undergraduate research program(urp)

faculty research grants

all USC research groups

 

Funded Undergraduate Research Projects 2005-2006

 

 Principal Investigators

Department

Title

1.

Eunice D. Howe

Art History/LAS

Innovative Video Production on Leonardo
Da Vinci

2.

David Schwartz
Tania Abouezzeddine

Psychology/LAS
Psychology/LAS

Friendship as a Protective Factor During Adolescents

3.

Anna Lubowicz

Linguistics

Towards Understanding the Interaction of Phonology and Morphology: Nickname Formation in Polish and English

4.

Rachel Walker

Linguistics

Examining Speech Sound Patterns That Shape Humans Languages: Investigation of Retroflex Consonant Assimilations

5.

Joseph D. Miller
Robert Chow

CNB/Keck School
Physiology/Keck School

Characterization of Primate Embryonic Stem Cells

6.

Brad Zebrack

School of Social Work

Assessing the Needs of Young Adult Cancer Patients and Survivors

7.

Chris Weare
Juliet Musso

SPPD
SPPD

Cross Talk: Political Communications in L.A. Neighborhood Councils

8.

Carol Shammas

History/LAS

Durability and Permanence of the U.S. Housing Stock 1790-1940

9.

Maria Luisa Zubizarretta
Tania Ionin

Linguistics
Linguistics

Language Acquisition by Children & Adults: The Role of Age in Ultimate Attainment of Grammatical Knowledge

10.

Sandy Howell
Iris Chi
Maryalice Jordan-Marsh
Margaret McLaughlin

Biokinesiology
School of Social Work
School of Social Work
Annenberg School

Health Internet Skills for Urban Survivors: A Focus on Korean Language Elders

11.

Bosco Tjan

Psychology

Neural Correlates of Visual Crowding- an FMRI study

12.

Albert Herrera

Biological Sciences/LAS

Role of Electrical Coupling in the Development of Neuromuscular Synapses

13.

Mary Kearns-Jonker

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Gene Therapy to Induce Transplant Tolerance

14.

Sandy E. Green, Jr.

Management & Organization

The Role of the Rhetoric in Shaping the Financial Market

15.

Caleb E. Finch
Eileen M. Crimmins
Elizabeth M. Zelinski

Gerontology
Gerontology
Gerontology

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Age Changes in Health & Cognition

16.

Bruce Zuckerman
Lynn Swartz Dodd

School of Religion
School of Religion

Ancient Innovation: Tracing Communication, Artistic Effects and Craft Networks

17.

Laura A. Baker
Jennifer Unger

Psychology
Preventive Medicine/Keck

Risk Factors for substance use: Genes and Environment

18.

Daniel P. Holschneider
Jean-Michel I. Maarek

Psychiatry/Keck School
Biomedical Engineering

Functional Brain Mapping in Freely-Moving Animals

19.

Martin Gundersen
Cheryl M. Craft
Laura Marcu

Elec. Eng.-Electrophysics
Cell & Neurobiology
Biomedical Engineering

UPSET Pulsed Power Research

20.

Magdalene J. Seller
Srinivas R. Sadda

Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology

Mechanism of Visual Restoration of Retinal Transplants

21.

Gene Bickers
Edward Rhodes
Vitaly Kresin
Stephan Haas
Maxim Olshanii

Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy
Physics & Astronomy

Coordinated Research in Physics & Astronomy

22.

Jeffrey M. Sellers

Political Science/LAS

Governance and Inequality in the Multicultural Metropolis

23.

Devon Brooks
Jan Nissly

School of Social Work
School of Social Work

Contemporary Adoptive Families Project

24.

Joseph R. Landolph

Molecular Biology/Immunology/Keck School of Medicine

Molecular Biology of Neoplastic Transformation by Insoluble Nickel Compounds-Part B-Academic Year 2005-2006

25.

Thomas H. Jordan

Earth Sciences/LAS

The SCEC/Use IT Program: Training 21st Century Scientists, Decision-Makers, and Citizens

26.

Anthony D. Borquez
Verduyn

School of Engineering
School of Engineering

RFID Technology: The Use in a Higher Education Setting

27.

Ferol Mennen
Penelope Trickett
John Horn

Social Work
Social Work & Psychology
Psychology

Maltreatment in Young Adolescents

28.

Samantha Butler

Biological Sciences/LAS

Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Guidance in the Developing Spinal Cord

29.

Michael Jarrett
Kim Reynolds
Jennifer Wolch

Preventive Medicine/Keck
Preventive Research/Keck
Geography/LAS