The University of St. Thomas

Undergraduate Research & Collaborative Scholarships

Travel Award Winners, 2011-2012

Kyle Boughner

Development and Validation of a Mathematical Model of Microfilm Formation in Atomization Cooling of Micromachining

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO

Zachary Dziura

Anchors, Contagious but not Virulent
Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Seattle, WA

Tyler Firkus

Effects of Non-selective Cycloxygenase Inhibitor, Ibuprofen, on Gene Expression, Prostaglandin Synthesis and Reproductive Behavior in Zebrafish
Annual Meeting of Society and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Boston, MA

Seth Hausken

Directed Graphs of Commutative Rings
2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, MA

Courtney Hoff

The Rat Enriched Environment Paradigm: an Ideal Semester-Long Undergraduate Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory Project
2011 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Jane Lucas

Directed Graphs of Commutative Rings
2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, MA

Alexandra Martynec

Animal Models of Fear, Anxiety, and Pain
Neuroscience 2011 Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Shannon Meaders

2011 Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference, New Orleans, LA

Katie Miller

Diet Composition Does Not Affect Ant Colony Tempo

Stacy Ngwesse

Chemotactic Response of Psudeomonas putida F1 to Phenylacetate
71st Annual Meeting North Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Des Moines, IA

Jazmine Olson

Altered Maternal, Social and Anxiety-like Behaviors in Rat Environmental Enrichment
2011 Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Senta Riley

Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Analysis Comparison of Stamped Aluminum and Injection Molded Polypropylene Wind Turbine Blades
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Denver CO

Aaron Rodriguez

Invariant Polynomials Under Symmetric Group Action
2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, MA

Benjamin Schneider

Chemotaxis of Pseudomonas putida F1 toward Phenylacetate
71st Annual Meeting North Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Des Moines, IA

Eric Smith

The Effects of Short-Term Exposure to Urban Surface Runoff on Reproductive, Immune, and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Boston, MA

Kayla Williams

Identification of a Chemoreceptor for Amino Acids in Pseudomonas putida F1
ASM Regional Meeting, Des Moines, IA