Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Day - April 5th, 2006
Welcome to the Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Day sponsored by the Graduate School and the Society of Duke Fellows. This research conference was initiated in March 2000 to acknowledge and show appreciation for the scholarly contributions of graduate students to the university. This program provides an opportunity for these students to showcase their research and receive constructive feedback from faculty about their work. This year's event had 84 presenters representing 29 departments.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SIXTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DAY
(Click on a name below to view the presenter's abstract.)
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Rhea Brooking,
Pathology
INHIBITION OF MAST CELL DEGRANULATION BY SALMONELLA
Abigail Brown,
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
TESTING A MODEL FOR THE REGULATION OF THE HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS
ANTIGENOMIC RIBOZYME
Jordan L. Cocchiaro,
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHLAMYDIA
TRACHOMATIS AND HOST CELL LIPID DROPLETS
Brian E. Coggins,
Biochemistry
RAPID MEASUREMENT OF PROTEIN STRUCTURAL DATA BY NMR
Heather Dean,
Neurobiology
NEURONS IN MACAQUE POSTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX REPRESENT SPATIAL
INFORMATION IN ALLOCENTRIC COORDINATES
Kyle Dexter,
Biology; University Program in Genetics and Genomics
DETERMINISM IN THE COMPOSITION OF TROPICAL TREE COMMUNITIES
Thomas Gerber,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY OF AN ACTIVE
FOREARC BASIN, WAIPAOA CONTINENTAL SHELF, NEW ZEALAND
Kelly J. Gordon,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
ROLE OF THE TYPE III TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-β RECEPTOR
(TβRIII) IN EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION DURING PANCREATIC
CARCINOGENESIS
Adam Hartstone-Rose,
Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
THE CARNIVORES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR INFLUENCE
ON HUMAN EVOLUTION
Brendan P. Hodkinson,
Biology
THE ROLE OF NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA IN THE LICHEN SYMBIOSIS
Anne Kiang,
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
NEW GENERATION ADENOVIRAL VECTOR MEDIATES LONG TERM GENE THERAPY
IN CRIM POSITIVE MICE
Kellye C. Kirkbride,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
THE TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-β TYPE III RECEPTOR (BETAGLYCAN)
IS A CO-RECEPTOR FOR THE BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS
Tianyu Li,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
DISSECTION OF PGC-1α-MEDIATED ERα SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN HEPATOCYTES
Feifei Liu,
Cell and Molecular Biology; Immunology
SECONDARY REARRANGEMENTS AT IGκ DURING B CELL DEVELOPMENT
Wayne E. Mayer, Environment
THE PIASSABA PALM: CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUFFER ZONE
OF PERU’S CORDILLERA AZUL NATIONAL PARK
Niharika B. Mettu,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
PROBING THE MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE OF THE AF-2 COACTIVATOR BINDING
INTERFACE OF PPARγ
Janaina Pantoja,
Neurobiology
PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY THALAMIC RESPONSES DURING THE ACTIVE
DISCRIMINATION OF TACTILE STIMULI IN RATS
Margie A. Ream,
Neurobiology
NOREPINEPHRINE IMPROVES FETAL TOLERANCE OF HYPOXIA AND PROMOTES
NORMAL CARDIAC DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION.
Joshua C. Sandquist,
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
DISTINCT ROLES OF NON-MUSCLE MYOSIN II HEAVY CHAIN ISOFORMS
A AND B IN CELL MIGRATION
Charlie V. Shaw,
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS E6 PROTEIN MODULATES EXPRESSION OF NF-κB
Michael A. Slifer,
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
DISENTANGLING DEPRESSION AND APOLIPOPROTEIN-E
Varun Swamy,
Environment
FROM FRUIT TO SAPLING: CONSTRUCTING AN INTEGRATED PICTURE
OF TREE RECRUITMENT IN LOWLAND TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
Maria L. Wise,
University Program in Ecology
LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS: COLOR PATTERNS AND AMONG-SITE VARIABILITY
AS INDICATORS OF SUBSPECIES STATUS
Tiffany Woods,
Biology
INDUCED RESISTANCE IN SOYBEANS HAS NO EFFECT ON ODOR PREFERENCES
OF SPINED SOLDIER BUGS
HUMANITIES
Jeannine Carpenter,
English
STYLISTIC VARIATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY
IN DYNAMIC CONVERSATIONAL SETTINGS
Erica R. Edwards,
Literature
BADU’S BLUES: DISRUPTING BLACK LEADERSHIP’S GROOVE
Lydia C. Newell,
English
“WORD ITSELF AGAINST WORD”: DISCURSIVE MASTERY AND THE
SYMBOLIZATION OF POWER IN SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II
Firat Oruc,
Literature
WHAT IS WORLD LITERATURE?
Margaret A. Ozierski,
Romance Studies
BARE LIFE INTERRUPTED: THE ART OF BECKETT, THE PHILOSOPHY OF AGAMBEN
Teresa Shewry,
Literature
BLACK RAINBOWS: LITERATURE AMIDST ECOLOGICAL STRUGGLES
IN THE PACIFIC
PYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEEERING
Neha Awasthi,
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF Fe-NANOPARTICLES
Merrill J. Birdno,
Biomedical Engineering
TREATMENT OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS BY DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION:
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Billyde Brown,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE AU, PT, AND AU-PT
ALLOYED ELECTRODES IN DILUTE SULFURIC ACID
Chenghui Cai,
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT COMPUTER PLAYER FOR CLUE®:
A CASE STUDY ON PREPOSTERIOR DECISION ANALYSIS
Spencer J. Cutler, Biomedical Engineering
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ENERGY RESOLUTION
IN DEDICATED EMISSION MAMMOTOMOGRAPHY
Alice C. De Bellis,
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
INVESTIGATION OF NANOSCALE FRICTION IN STIMULUS-RESPONSIVE POLYMER
BRUSHES USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
Darren Drewry,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY
Michael A. Garcia,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF GaN AND AlGaN SURFACES
WITH HEMIN FOR NITRIC OXIDE DETECTION
Erik Halvorson,
Computer Science
GEOMETRIC APPROACHES TO ADAPTIVE REJECTION SAMPLING
Scotland Leman,
Statistics and Decision Sciences
THE EVOLUTIONARY FOREST ALGORITHM
Ming De Lin,
Biomedical Engineering
MICRO RADIOGRAPHY IMAGING OF THE RODENT
WITH PHENYLEPHRINE INDUCED VASCULAR HYPERTENSION
Bin Liu,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
MOTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMS MIRRORS
WITH APPLICATIONS IN ION TRAP
Andre M. Loyd,
Biomedical Engineering
A CT METHOD FOR FINDING THE PEDIATRIC HEAD CENTER OF GRAVITY
AND INERTIAL PROPERTIES
Urmi Majumder,
Computer Science
DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF SELF-REPAIRING DNA LATTICES
Stephen Odaibo,
Computer Science
AN XML WEB SERVICES APPROACH TO ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
Ming Qian,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
APPLYING FUSION TECHNIQUES ON PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS
FOR DETECTING COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT IN HUMAN BRAIN
Hadas Raanan,
Earth and Ocean Sciences
CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC PROFILES IN THE SATURATED ZONE AS TOOLS
TO CHARACTERIZE FLOW IN A HOMOGENEOUS COASTAL AQUIFER
Tong Ren,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
DESIGN AND SIMULATIONS OF METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES
Abel Rodriguez,
Statistics and Decision Sciences
BAYESIAN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PROTEINS
Samadrita Roychowdhury,
Physics
BRIGHTER ELECTRON BEAMS WITH DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING
Maureen L. Upton,
Biomedical Engineering
THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
OF STRAIN IN THE MICROENVIRONMENT OF MENISCUS CELLS
Eric A. Vance,
Statistics and Decision Sciences
AGENT-BASED METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORKS
Ashwin Wagadarikar,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
CODES FOR MULTIMODAL MULTIPLEX SPECTROSCOPY
Heather Wake,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
MIXED SIGNAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NONLINEAR DECODER
FOR DELTASIGMA ENCODED STREAM
Xing Zong,
Physics
COMPTON SCATTERING ON A POLARIZED 3HE TARGET AT HIS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
David Alexander, Business Administration
TEMPORAL INSTABILITY IN CONSUMERS’ ACQUISITION INTENTIONS
FOR REALLY NEW PRODUCTS
Preeti Aroon,
Public Policy Studies
A SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM…IN INDIA?:
COULD THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT GRADUALLY ESTABLISH A UNIVERSAL
PENSION SYSTEM?
Erin Avots,
History
EVOLUTION OF RACE SLAVERY IN MARITIME NORTH CAROLINA, 1660-1780
Sara J. Becker,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
LINK BETWEEN QUALITY OF LIFE AND FREQUENCY
OF USE AMONG ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
Jorgianne Civey Robinson,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
HOMEWORK AND ACHIEVEMENT: A SYNTHESIS OF RECENT RESEARCH
Amy N. Dalton,
Business Administration
THE DEPLETED CHAMELEON: SELF-REGULATORY CONSEQUENCES
FOR SOCIAL ASYNCHRONY
Karina Fernandez-Stark,
Public Policy Studies
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE BUSINESS SECTOR SHAPING POLICIES
FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN CHILE
Kristen Foster,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FUNCTIONS
OF INSTANT MESSAGING AMONG ADOLESCENTS
Alexis T. Franzese,
Sociology
AUTHENTCITY: A THEORETICAL MODEL AND EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION
Steven Frenk,
Sociology
THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUALITY ON DIVINE RELATIONS:
A FOLLOW-UP TO THE POLLNER (1989) STUDY
Jia Guo,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
PHONOLOGY-TO-ORTHOGRAPHY MAPPING PROCESS IN CHINESE
Deborah Hall,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
UNINTENDED COMMUNICATION OF BEHAVIORAL NORMS:
THE DOWNSIDE OF POSITIVE MESSAGE FRAMES
Charles R. Jonassaint,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
JOHN HENRYISM (JH) IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEO PI-R DOMAINS
Tanya Kaefer,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
FROM SYMBOLS TO SYMBOL SYSTEM: PRE-READING CHILDREN’S
UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC PRINCIPLES OF WRITING SYSTEMS
Min Li,
Business Administration
UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN NEGOTIATION
THROUGH MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF SELF-CONSTRUAL
Kristina L. McDonald,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
LONELINESS IN CONTEXT: A NEW MEASURE OF LONELINESS
FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
Sandra Y. Nay,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL AGGRESSIVE CONFLICT
AND REJECTION SENSITIVITY ON RELATIONSHIP AGGRESSION
Paul A. O’Keefe,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
ACHIEVMENT MOTIVATION AND THE IMPLICIT AVOIDANCE OF TEMPTATIONS
Erika A. Patall,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN HOMEWORK: A RESEARCH SYNTHESIS
Lisa Caitlin M. Perri,
Psychological: Social and Health Sciences
THE RELATIONSHIP OF DEPRESSION TO OVERT MOTOR PAIN BEHAVIOR
AND PAIN REPORTS IN DEPRESSED LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Jessica Sautter and Rebecca Tippett,
Sociology
CHECK OUT MY PROFILE: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE INTERNET DATING POPULATION
Michelle Sherrill,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
COGNITIVE LOAD IS NOT DEPLETING: AN INVESTIGATION
OF REGULATORY RESOURCES
SilverMoon,
History
THE LOOKING GLASS: THE SCHOOL OF TLATELOLCO AS A MIRROR
OF COLONIAL MEXICO’S RELATIONSHIPS
Danielle Terrazas Williams,
History
ROADS TO FREEDOM: AFRO-MEXICANS AND MANUMISSION
IN 17TH CENTURY MEXICO
Diana Tyson,
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
EMOTION REGULATION: ISSUES OF MEASUREMENT & INTERPRETATION
RATIONALE FOR USE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS:
MEASURING EMOTIONAL AROUSAL & EMOTION REGULATION
Jennifer L. Welsh,
History
“FOR IF ST. ANNE IS YOUR GRANDMOTHER”: THE HOLY FAMILY
AND ITS MATRIARCH IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SOCIETY
Jenette Wood Crowley,
History
DEGRADATION OR SALVATION:
MORMON POLYGAMY AND THE QUESTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Owen Yeates,
Political Science
PREDESTINATION AND THE NEED FOR TOLERATION IN THE THOUGHT
OF ROGER WILLIAMS
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