undergraduate research program(urp)

faculty research grants

all USC research groups

 

Funded Undergraduate Research Projects Summer 2005

 

 

Principal Investigators

Department

Title

1.

Shrikanth Narayanan
Dani Byrd
Sungbok Lee

Elec.Eng./Comp.Sci./Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics/ Electrical Engineering

Toward Illuminating Fine Details in Human Speech Production: Building a Phonetic Database of Real-Time Moving Speech Images

2.

John Wilson
Jennifer Wolch
Travis Longcore

Geography
Geography
Geography

Qualitative Assessment Techniques for Urban Parks & Open Space

3.

John Bowlt
Tatiana Akishina

Slavic Languages & Literature
Slavic Languages & Literature

Voices of the Soviet Past

4.

Donald Arnold

Biological Sciences

Generation of Phage Display Antibodies for Studying Subcellular Targeting of Proteins in Neurons

5.

Samantha Butler

Biological Sciences

Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Guidance in the Developing Spinal Cord

6.

Brent J. Liu
Michael Khoo
H.K. Huang

Radiology
Biomedical Engineering
Radiology

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and Facial Biometrics (FB) Systems in a Clinical Environment for HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Security Compliance

7.

Gary Rosen

Mathematics

Estimation of Blood Alcohol Concentration Based Upon the Measurement of the Alcohol Concentration in Sweat; Model Inversion and Deconvolution

8.

Stanley J. Huey, Jr.

Psychology

Training Undergraduates to Rate Therapist Behavior for Family and Adult Psycotherapy

9.

Bruce Zuckerman
Lynn Swartz Dodd

Religion
Religion

Ancient Innovation: Tracing Communication, Artistic Effects & Craft Networks

10.

Sandra Ball-Rokeach

Communications

A Content Analysis of Health Messages in Los Angeles’ Hispanic TV Programs

11.

Laura A. Baker
Jennifer Unger

Psychology
Preventive Medicine

Risk Factors for Substance Use: Genes and Environment

12.

Robert H. Chow

Physiology & Biophysics

Amyloidogenic Proteins in Pancreatic Beta Cells

13.

Roseann Giarrusso
Margaret Gatz
Carol McCleary
Linda Clark

Gerontology/Sociology
Psychology
Neurology
Neurology

Self-Concept and Cognitive Functioning  Across Thirty-Four Years: The Influence of Intergenerational Relationships

14.

James Smith
Brian Head
Richard Mc Ilvery

Thornton School of Music
Thornton School of Music
Thornton School of Music

A Digital Performance and Masterclass Library of the Thornton Classical Guitar Department

15.

Tom Lyon

Law & Psychology

Improving Child Witness’ Performance

16.

Joseph R. Landolph

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Molecular Mechanisms/Molecular Biology of Neoplastic Transformation by Insoluble Nickel Compounds-Part A- Summer