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Undergraduate Research Associates Proposals 2009-2010

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Principal Investigator(s)

Department

Title

1.

Jolanta Artiz
Robyn Walker

Management Communication - Marshall School of Business

The Effects of Intercultural Communication Processes on Decision-Making Outcomes

2.

Andrea M. Armani

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Interferometric Waveguide Biosensors

3.

Lisa Aziz-Zadeh

Occupational Therapy at the School of Dentistry

Understanding and Empathizing with Dissimilar Others: A Study of Congenial Amputees and Pain Empathy During Painful Situations

4.

Laura Baker

Psychology - LAS

Gene-Environment effects on attention and emotional process

5.

Joseph Boone

English - LAS

Multimedia Melville

6.

Gail Peter Borden

Architecture

Material Precedent: The Typology of Modern Tectonics

7.

Roberta Brinton

Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Amyloid beta as a regulator of cholesterol clearance and efflux; implication for neuronal cholesterol trafficking dysfunction

8.

Samantha Butler

Biological Sciences - LAS

Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance in the developing spinal cord

9.

Iris Chi
Merril Silverstein Erin Shaw

School of Social Work
Gerontology

Longitudinal Study of Grandparenting, Intergenerational Support and Well-being of Older Adults in Rural China

10.

Andrew Curtis

Geography - LAS

Assessing the Recovery of Post-Disaster Landscapes of New Orleans

11.

Daryl L. Davies

Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy - KECK

The Human Intestinal Transporter hPepT1: Structure and Function

12.

Suzanne Edmands

Biological Sciences - LAS

Local adaptation and speciation in an intertidal copepod

13.

Adam Fincham

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering - VSOE

Testing and Optimization of a system for Artificial Surfing Wave Generation in Supercritical Flows

16.

Solomon Golomb

Electrical Engineering - VSoE

Primes and Twin Primes in Certain Intervals

15.

Sandy Green

Management and Organization - Marshall School of Business

The Role of Rhetoric in Crashes and the Evolution of Valuation and Accounting Practices

16.

Albert A. Herrera

Biological Sciences - LAS

Plasticity of Synaptic Connections During Embryogenesis

17.

Patrick James

International Relations - LAS

Near Crises in World Politics

18.

Elsi Kaiser

Linguistics - LAS

Investigating effects of cognitive coherence across modalitiess

19.

Arshad M. Khan

Neurobiology - LAS

Identifying Molecular Markers to Track the Activation of Lateral Hypothalamic Neurons During Hypoglycemia

20.

Sven Koenig

Computer Science - VSoE

Programming Pinball Machines

21.

Vitaly Kresin

Physics and Astronomy - LAS

Studies of Nanocluster Ionization and Depositions

22.

Joseph Landolph

Molecular Microbiology/Immunology - KECK

Molecular Biology of Global De-regulation of Gene Expression in Nickel-Induced 10T1/2 Mouse Embryo Cell Lines

23.

Marcus Levitt
Deborah Holmes-Wong
John Bowlt

USC Libraries
Slavic Literature and Languages - LAS
Slavic Literature and Languages - LAS

Russian Satirical Journals Project

24.

Gerald E. Loeb

Biomedical Engineering - VSoE

Biomimetic Tactile Sensors

25.

Thomas D. Lyon

Law & Psychology - LAW and LAS

Child Witness Research 2008-2009

26.

Peter C. Mancall

History - LAS

American Origins

27.

Francesca Mariani

Broad Center for Regen. Med. & Stem Cell res./ Keck School of Medicine

Skeletal Regeneration in Mice

28.

Francis S. Markland
Jr. Stephen Swenson

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - KECK
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - KECK

Evaluation of the Anti-Cancer Activity of a Novel Disintegrin

29.

Mara Mather

Gerontology

The effects of stress on cognition

30.

Jill McNitt-Gray
Deborah Holmes-Wond
Mathew Gainer
Haeyong Moon
Bhagi Subrahmanyam
Melinda Hayes
Marje Schuetze-Coburn

Kinesiology - LAS
USC Libraries
Digital Initiatives - USC Libraries
Digital Imaging Specialist - USC Libraries
Technical Services - USC Libraries
Special Collections - USC Libraries
Senior Associate Dean - USC Libraries

Biomechanics of Movement

33.

Michael A. Messner

Sociology and Gender Studies - LAS

Gender in Televised Sports: A Twenty-Year Follow-Up

32.

Douglas Noble
Michael Patterson
Marc Schiler

Architecture
Architecture
Architecture

Case Studies of Structural Glass Facades

33.

Sergey Nuzhdin

Molecular and Computational Biology - LAS

Genetic diversity and competitive success: a mechanism for the adaptive value of polyandry?

34.

Sergey Nuzhdin
Donal T. Manahan

MCB- LAS
MCB- LAS

Population Genetics Meets High-Throughput Sequencing

35.

Roumayana Pancheva

Linguistics - LAS

Comprehending Comparative Sentences in Real Time: Integrating Formal Grammatical Models with Brain Behavior

36.

Scott Paterson

Earth Sciences - LAS

Earth Sciences Undergraduate Team Research in China and California

37.

Massoud Pirbazari

Civil and Environmental Engineering - VSoE

Bio-Sand Filters for Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria and Arsenic from Drinking Water at Low-Cost

38.

Carol Prescott
Donna Spruijt-Metz

Psychology - LAS
Preventive Medicine - KECK

Reducing Energy Use Among University Dorm Residents

39.

Edward Rhodes

Physics and Astronomy - LAS

Helioseismic Studies of Solar Internal Dynamics

40.

Michelle Riconscente
John Walsh

Educationn
Gerontology

Investigating Students' Academic Motivation

41.

Robert Riggs

Preventive Medicine - KSOM

Undergraduate Experience in Obesity Prevention Research

42.

David Schwartz

Clinical Psychology - LAS

The USC Academic Success Project

43.

Jeffery Sellers

Political Science - LAS

Metropolitan Governance and the Politics of Local Taxation

44.

Cyrus Shahabi

Computer Science - VSoE

GeoSIM: An Urban Sensing System for Social Image Mapping of Urban Geolocations

45.

Carmen Silva-Corvalàn

Spanish and Portuguese - LAS

Grammars in Contact: Acquiring Spanish and English at a Time

46.

Andrew D. Smith

Biological Sciences, Computational and Molecular Biology - LAS

Prototyping algorithms for designing synthetic promoters

47.

Biju Thomas

Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institution - KECK

Advanced techniques for visual functional evaluation in rodents

48.

Carmen Silva-Corvalàn

Spanish and Portuguese - LAS

Grammars in Contact: Acquiring Spanish and English at a Time

49.

John P. Wilson

Geography - LAS

Characterization of Traffic Proximity to Children and Associated Environmental Justice Socioeconomics

50.

Sheila Woodward
Jack Turman
Smeeta Sardesai

Music Education
Genetic Medicine-KSoM
Pediatrics-KSoM

The impact of maternal sound-based intervention on independent oral feeding, growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants

51.

Carmen Silva-Corvalàn

Spanish and Portuguese - LAS

Grammars in Contact: Acquiring Spanish and English at a Time

52.

Ann Marie Yamada

Social Work

Eliminating Mental Health Disparities: Training Providers to Assess Sociocultural Issues Relevant to Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services

53.

Maria Luisa Zubizarreta

Linguistics - LAS

Second Language Speech: The Acquisition of Phrasal Prosody and Rhythm

54.

Bruce Zuckerman
Lynn Dodd
James Moffett
Ran Boytner

Religion - LAS
Religion - LAS
Biological Sciences - LAS
Anthropology - LAS

Ancient Innovation: Strategies for Tracing Communication, Artistic Effects, and Craft Networks Through Archaeometric Analysis of Metal & Ceramic Artifacts

55.

Bruce Zuckerman
Lynn Dodd
James Moffett

Religion - LAS
Religion - LAS
Biological Sciences - LAS

Ancient Innovation: Strategies for Tracing Communication, Artistic Effects, and Craft Networks Through Archaeometric Analysis and Imaging of Stone, Metal & Ceramic Artifacts