Undergraduate Research Grant Awards
(Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)
Undergraduate Researcher: Chad Aldridge
Project Title: "Correlation Between Power, Balance, Agility Tests, and Static Strength Measures"
Research Mentor: Dr. Charles Onate, Department of Exercise Science, Sport, Physical Education, and Recreation
Undergraduate Researcher: Lindsey Andrews
Project Title: "Coupling of a Laser Beam for Second Harmonic Generation"
Research Mentor: Dr. Charles I. Sukenik, Physics Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Meredith McPherson
Project Title: "Effects of Surface Canopy Properties on the Submarine Light Environment of a Macrosystis (Giant Kelp) Forest"
Research Mentor: Dr. Richard Zimmerman, Oceanography Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Scott Miles
Project Title: "Working Memory and Attention"
Research Mentor: Dr. Ivan Ash, Psychology Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Devina Mohan
Project Title: "Cytotoxic Effects of Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particulates on the Brain Tissue"
Research Mentor: Dr. Paula Mazzer, Dept. of Chemistry and Bio Chemistry
Undergraduate Researcher: Susan Ocean
Project Title: "The Intergenerational Transmission of Interparental Violence and Alcohol Abuse
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Kelley, Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Researcher: Abhinav Reddy
Project Title: " Determining the Presence of X-Mrk Protooncogene in Melanic Phenotypes of Gambusia Holbrookia"
Research Mentor: Dr. Lisa Horth, Biology Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Erin VanDyke
Project Title: "The Aleuts: The Enslaved Native Americans of the Fur Seal Industry"
Research Mentor: Dr. Brian Payne, History Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Eric Womack
"A Comparison of Genetic Connectivity in Two Species of Pelagic Fishes in the Indo Malay
Philippine Archipelago"
Research Mentor: Dr. Kent Carpenter, Biology Department
Undergraduate Researcher: Tyler Yowell
Project Title: "In Their Own Words: Tidewater Voices Documentary"
Research Mentor: Dr. Bridget Anderson, English Department
