2006 Undergraduate Research Forum Award Winners

Note: Due to scoring ties, there were two first-place winners and two third-place winners in this year's competition.

First Place
Joshua Boone
Mathematics
Project: "Production of Diffraction Patterns from Escher 'Crystals'"
Faculty Mentor: David Kammler, Mathematics
and
Sara Reardon
Microbiology
Project: "Haploinsufficiency of DEAF-1 Produces Parent-of-Origin Defects in Spermatogenesis"
Faculty Mentor: Michael Collard, Physiology

Second Place
Frederick McLevich III
Physiology
Project: "The Effect of Devil's Club Root on Insulin Secretion and Cell Proliferation in Insulinomic Pancreatic Beta Cells"
Faculty Mentor: Laura Murphy, Physiology

Third Place
Laura Gibson
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Project: "Controlled Release of Molecules from Environmentally Responsive Non-Toxic Matrices"
Faculty Mentor: Bakul Dave, Chemistry & Biochemistry
and
Matthew Wegener
Zoology/Fisheries
Project: "Age and Growth of Asian Carp in the Illinois River"
Faculty Mentor: James Garvey, Zoology/Fisheries

Honorable Mention
LaQuita Smith and Matthew Pais
Civil Engineering
Project: "Fail-Safe Child Car Seat"
Faculty Mentor: Max Yen, Civil Engineering

People's Choice Award
Jonathan Cohen
Forestry
Project: "Place-based Attitudes Towards Forest Management: Shawnee National Forest, Illinois"
Faculty Mentor: Jean Mangun, Forestry