Undergraduate Research Projects and Mentors

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Dr. Assaf Abdelghani, The Environmental Health Laboratories NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Assessment of the Impact of Toxic Chemicals on Humans and the Environment

Dr. Mouhamed Awayda, Department of Medicine
TITLE:  Transport Properties of MCF-7 Cells

Dr. Mouhamed Awayda, Department of Medicine
TITLE: Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in an Epithelial Breast Carcinoma Cell Model

Dr. Mouhamed Awayda, Department of Medicine
TITLE: Mechanisms of Genetic Hypertension

Dr. Henry L. Bart, Jr., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Shape Evolution in Fishes of the Subfamily Ictiobinae

Dr. Boumediene Belkhouche, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Bioinformatics

Dr. Paul Colombo, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program
TITLE: Roles of Hippocampal/Neostraital Systems in Multiple Forms of Memory

Dr. Mark Fink, Department of Chemistry  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Organometallic catalysis and Nanotechnology

Dr. Nancy Hopkins, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Inhibition of Cytochrome P450 by Acetylene Compounds

Dr. Vijay John, Department of Chemical Engineering
TITLE: A Novel Method of Desalination of Sea Water

Dr. Anthony Lamanna, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
TITLE: Fiber Reinforced Material Characterization for Military Bridge Strengthening Techniques

Dr. Arthur Lustig, Department of Biochemistry
TITLE: The Cellular Memory of Transcriptional States

Dr. L. Gabriel Navar, Department of Physiology  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Regulation of Kidney Function in Relation to Filtration Rate and Hypertension

Dr. Mark Schmehl, Department of Chemistry
TITLE: Synthesis of Materials for Electroluminescence Applications

Dr. Michael Schurr, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
TITLE: Transcriptional Fusion Studies of the DNR Promoter in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Dr. Michael Schurr, Department of Microbiology and Immunology  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Molecular Mechanism of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pathogenicity

Dr. Brij Singh, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Nano Technology:  Molecular Electronics and Nano Electronic for Quantum Computers

Dr. J-K Francis Suh, Department of Biomedical Engineering  NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: Research and Development of Permeability Testing Device for Hydrated Soft Tissue

Dr. Bradley Taylor, Department of Pharmacology NOT AVAILABLE
TITLE: New Medicines for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Dr. S. Thayumanavan, Department of Chemistry
TITLE: Light Emitting Devices through Organic Chemistry

Dr. Shuhai Xiao, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
TITLE: Electron Microscopy of Ancient Microfossils

Dr. Paul Ziehl, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
TITLE: Non-Destructive Test Methods for the Evaluation of Structures

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