2004 REACH Award Recipients
Waleed Abbasi
Zoology
"A Population Genetic Study of Two Cephalopod Species (Sepia pharaonis and Uroteuthis duvauceli) in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans"
Faculty mentor: Frank Anderson
$1,494
Andrew Blackwell
Biological Sciences
"Reconstruction of the Sperm Cells of Two Primitive Land Plants from the Transmission Electron Microscope Through Three-Dimensional Digital Models"
Faculty mentor: Karen Renzaglia
$1,500
Joshua Buursma
Cinema
"A Family Evening" - A Short Film
Faculty mentor: Mike Covell
$1,500
Sean P. Coombe
Political Science
"The State of the Union Address: A Statement to the People or the Pundits?"
Faculty mentor: Jason Barabas
$1,495
DeAnn Harley
Physics
"Optimization of Pulsed Laser Deposition Parameters for Growing Spin-Polarized Thin Films"
Faculty mentor: Shane Stadler
$1,500
Shane Hassler
Art
"Understanding Traditional Japanese Mokume Gane"
Faculty mentor: Rick Smith
$1,500
Joshua Hunt
Psychology
"Effects of Anxiety and Nicotine on Attentional Bias and Emotional Interpretation"
Faculty mentor: David Gilbert
$1,500
Jason Inczauskis
Plant Biology
"Factors Influencing Invasion Success of Chinese Tallow in Floating Freshwater Marsh Communities"
Faculty mentor: Loretta Battaglia
$1,500
Eric Johnson
Plant Biology
"Spore Wall Development in the Liverwort Sphaerocarpos texanus: A Correlated Light, Fluorescent, and Electron Microscope Investigation"
Faculty mentor: Karen Renzaglia
$1,500
Margaret Kramer
Art
"Ancient Gold"
Faculty mentors: Richard Mawdsley and Rick Smith
$1,500
Christopher Krantz
Physiology
"The Effects of American Ginseng Root on Human Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation"
Faculty mentor: Laura Murphy
$1,500
Michael Lencioni
Biological Sciences/Secondary Education
"An Investigation of Chaoborus Predation Rates in Campus Lake During Autumn Using a Field and Experimental Approach"
Faculty mentor: Frank M. Wilhelm
$770
Naarah Lindsay
Physiology
"Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Macular Degeneration"
Faculty mentor: Jena J. Steinle
$1,425
Kelly Ming
Physiology
"Developmental DNA Deletion in Tetrahymena"
Faculty mentor: Piroska Huvos
$1,465
Randy Oitker
Chemistry
"Self-Assembly of Organic Nanocrystals and Optical Investigation"
Faculty mentor: Ling Zang
$1,200
Temitope Oshodi
Biological Sciences
"A Phylogenetic Analysis of the North American Land Snail Family Polygyridae Based on Molecular Sequence Data"
Faculty mentor: Frank Anderson
$1,290
Raphi Rechitsky
Sociology & Philosophy
"Mass Media Constructions of Anarchist Movements in the U.S."
Faculty mentor: Jennifer Dunn
$1,420
Joey Stringer
Chemistry
"Modified B-Cyclodextrin as a Possible Environment-Friendly Disinfectant"
Faculty mentor: Yuqing Hou
$1,500
Ven Ney Wong
Chemistry
"The Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayers and How It Correlates to the Structure of Polymer Films"
Faculty mentor: Daniel Dyer
$1,500
Maja Wright-Phillips
Psychology
"Anxiety, Solitary Play Behaviors, and Peer Relationships: A Longitudinal Study"
Faculty mentor: Lisabeth Dilalla
$1,500