2008 REACH Award Winners

Joseph Batir
Geology
"Verification of Grave Sites Using Geophysical Methods at the Holliday Cemetery"
Faculty mentor: Harvey Henson, Geology
$1,500

Andrew Dennhardt
Zoology
"Ultraviolet Radiation Perception as a Foraging Technique for Two Nocturnal Avian Species: The Great Horned Owl and Barred Owl"
Faculty mentor: Michael Eichholz, Zoology
$1,221

Heather Foslund
Zoology
"Sediment Toxicity of Pyrethroids in Urban Creeks"
Faculty mentor: Michael Lydy, Zoology
$1,450

Lisa Furby
Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
"Novel Sensor for the Extraction of Potassium and Sodium in Biomedical Applications"
Faculty mentor: Ajay Mahajan, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
$1,450

Alicia Guebert
Art History
"The Creole House: Research, Preservation, and Interpretation"
Faculty mentor: Stacey Sloboda, Art and Design
$1,497

Robert Ham
Physiology
"Production of Taxol Precursors in the Moss Physcomitrella patens"
Faculty mentor: Aldwin Anterola, Plant Biology
$1,500

Sarah Heck
Psychology
"McTBI: Does a Fast Food Diet Worsen Behavioral Outcome Following a Traumatic Brain Injury?"
Faculty mentor: Michael Hoane, Psychology
$1,500

Jennie Irwin
Rehabilitation Institute
"Enhancing Treatment Outcomes for Methamphetamine Abusers Utilizing Contingency Management Techniques"
Faculty mentor: D. Shane Koch, Rehabilitation Institute
$1,500

Lauren Kacz
Chemistry
"Use of Volume Sensitive Organosilica Sol-Gels in Dynamic Modulation of Protein Folding-Unfolding Pathways"
Faculty mentor: Bakul Dave, Chemistry
$1,500

Merry Lanker
Art Education
"Art and Literature"
Faculty mentor: Sally Gradle, Art and Design
$1,497

Chasity Love
Chemistry
"Study of the Adsorption of Small Copper Clusters on the Surface of Zinc Oxide"
Faculty mentor: Lichang Wang, Chemistry
$1,475

Kevin Loyd
Psychology
"The Effect of Self-Generated Versus Externally Imposed Rules on Human Learning"
Faculty mentor: Eric Jacobs, Psychology
$1,500

Gareth McGee
Microbiology
"Molecular Investigation of Perchlorate-Reducing Bacteria Associated with Native Illinois Plants"
Faculty mentor: Laurie Achenbach, Microbiology
$1,250

Elizabeth Patterson
Biological Sciences
"Discovering the Role of Forkhead Transcription Factor Foxj1 and Its Role in Pituitary Development and Maintenance"
Faculty mentor: Buffy Ellsworth, Physiology
$1,449

Mame Redwood
Plant Biology
"Biological and Artistic Illustration of Plant Life Cycles"
Faculty mentor: Jane Geisler-Lee, Plant Biology/Erin Palmer, Art and Design
$1,400

Shanna Strieker
Physiology
"Cell Models of Embryogenesis and Tumorigenesis"
Faculty mentor: Jodi Huggenvik, Physiology
$1,500

Gary Vancil Jr.
Geology
"Antarctic Foraminiferal Taphonomy and Its Effect on Paleoenvironmental Proxies"
Faculty mentor: Scott Ishman, Geology
$737

Stacie Wallace
Psychology
"'We Were Only Playing': An Exploration of Playful Aggression and Gender and Its Impact on the Initiation of Aggression"
Faculty mentor: Rebecca Weston, Psychology
$1,500

Sara Beth Wells
Physiology
"CPEB Zinc Finger Domain Structure and Interactions with mRNA, Symplekin, and CPSF"
Faculty mentor: Brian Lee, Chemistry
$1,500

Ann Womack
Microbiology
"Synergistic Tumor Suppressor Activity of DEAF-1 and p53 in a Conditional Mouse Model for Prostate Cancer"
Faculty mentor: Michael Collard, Physiology
$1,425