2006 REACH Award Winners
Janie Blanks
Civil and Environmental Engineering
"Operation of Multi-Reservoir Systems Using a Genetic Algorithm"
Faculty mentor: John Nicklow
$1,200
Brittny Corrigan
Zoology
"Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Working Memory Following Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats"
Faculty mentor: Douglas Smith (Psychology)
$1,500
David Dalzotto
Forestry
"Determining Environmental Factors Influencing Ecological Success of Current and Future Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantean) Restoration Efforts in Southern Illinois"
Faculty mentor: Sara Baer (Plant Biology)
$1,445
Esteban del Valle
Art & Design - Painting
"Coming of Age in Chicago: An Exploration of Mixed-Media and Large Portraiture"
Faculty mentor: Najjar Abdul-Musawwir
$1,500
Tesha Dozier
Psychology
"The Relationship Between Body Preference and Psychological Well Being Among African American Women"
Faculty mentor: Ellen Teng
$1,500
Sean Goodin
Physiology
"Comparison of the Metabolic Effects of a Melanocortin Antagonist in Female and Male Rats"
Faculty mentor: April Strader
$1,530
Djamilatou Hangadoumno
Microbiology
"Intrinsic Bioremediation of Perchlorate"
Faculty mentor: Laurie Achenbach
$1,500
Nadia Lopez
Zoology
"Effects of Enrichment of Callitrichid Primates: A Comparison of Three Zoos"
Faculty mentor: Susan Ford (Anthropology)
$1,491
Amanda Lynch
Art & Design - Glass
"The Evolution of Glass Art and Glass Artists"
Faculty mentor: Jiyong Lee
$1,500
Ryan McMillen
Plant Biology
"The Diversity of Stomata in Non-Seed Plants: A Correlation Between Structure and Genome Size"
Faculty mentor: Karen Renzaglia
$1,500
Jeremy Pierce
Psychology
"Initial Preclinical Efficacy Testing of COG1410 in a Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury"
Faculty mentor: Michael Hoane
$1,500
Robyn Reeves
Cinema & Photography
"SciGirls: Using Media to Shape Community-Based Learning"
Faculty mentor: Cory Byers
$1,010
Brenda Sanders
Workforce Education & Development
"Can the Medical Model of Teaching Be Used to Better Prepare Principals?"
Faculty mentor: John Haller (History)
$1,500
Kurt Seifert
Biological Sciences
"An Investigation of Chaoborus Daily Migration and Predation Rates in the Wildlife Pond During Autumn Using a Field and Computer Analysis Approach"
Faculty mentor: Frank Wilhelm (Zoology)
$1,470
Erin Shanle
Plant Biology
"Production of an Anti-Cancer Precursor Compound in the Moss Physcomitrella patens"
Faculty mentor: Aldwin Anterola
$1,500
Kelly Smith
Information Systems & Technologies
"The Relationship Between Ethical Decision Making and Personal Characteristics (Age and Gender) of Information Systems & Technologies Students"
Faculty mentors: Diane Davis and Belle Woodward
$973
Brett Timmons
Zoology
"Biological Control of Snail Populations Using the Native Sunfishes Red-Ear, Warmouth, and Red-Ear X Warmouth Hybrid"
Faculty mentor: Anita Kelly
$848
Laura Tolar
Psychology/Administration of Justice
"Parent-Child Interactions and Child Externalizing Behaviors"
Faculty mentor: Lisabeth DiLalla
$1,500
Jodi Vandermyde
Zoology
"Determining If δ15N in Otoliths Reflects Fish Trophic Level and Environment Like Muscle δ15N"
Faculty mentor: Greg Whitledge
$1,200
April Vigardt
Plant & Soil Science
"Effects of Vermicompost on Growth and Establishment of Broccoli Transplants"
Faculty mentor: Jorge Hernandez
$1,500