An Exhibition of Student Research and Scholarship
Table of Contents
Letters of Introduction
From Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Provost
College of Arts and Sciences
Letter of Introduction from Anne S. Meltzer, Dean
Undergraduate
Modeling the Stock Market under Uncertain Volatility and Returns
Alexandra Agroskin and Eric Weaver under Professor V. Dobric of the Mathematics Department
Subcellular Immunolocalization of Monoclonal Aantisperm Antibodies in Human Sperm Cells
Raffaella De Martino, Jennifer J. Venditti, and Barry Bean, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Art Spiegelman's Maus as Valuable Holocaust Resource
Ariel Fried, Research Advisor Professor Silberstein, Religion Studies Department
Arms, Wings, and Mechanical Things
Jason F. O'Koren, The Department of Art and Architecture
Scenography
Brittany Vasta, Department of Theatre
Grillz: The Interesting and Complex Life of a Commodity
Nishika Vidanage & Nina Granberry
Graduate
Maximizing the Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity in Organic Molecules for Photonic Applications
Joshua C. May, Prof. Ivan Biaggio, Department of Physics and Center for Optical Technologies, Lehigh University,
Dr. Filip Bures, Prof. François Diederich, Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg
Micro-Mechanical Properties of Endothelial Cells Measured With Optical Tweezers
Meron Mengistu (1), H. Daniel Ou-Yang (2), and Linda Lowe-Krentz (3)
Departments of Biological Sciences (1) and Physics (2), Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA 18015
Creating Community Connection: History as a Foundation for the Future
Project Leader: Amey Senape - Project Assistant: Andrea Freimuth, History Department
Electronic Structure and Energetics of DNA-Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Complexes
S. E. Snyder and S. V. Rotkin, Department of Physics, Lehigh University
Estrogen and Dain Bramage: Lessons From Songbirds
Ryan D. Wynne & Colin J. Saldanha, Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University
Seeing roots of mountains, imaging the crust of Tibet
Brian Zurek, Stephane Sol, Anne Meltzer and Peter Zeitler, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chamber Trio
Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano
Composed by Asher Christl, Performed by Soo Hooi Oh, Asher Christl, and Donia Jarrar
College of Business and Economics
Letter of Introduction from Thomas J. Hyclak, Dean
Undergraduate
Perspectives on Business and Economics: Transformation in Post-Communist Hungary
Presented by The Martindale Student Associates Program: Soo Hooi Oh, Meghan Berkenstock, Sara Lupson, Andrew John
Recycling at Lehigh University
Clark Cohen, Matthew J. Heinsimer, Tiffany L. Hong, Martin Michael, Stephen P. Salemme, Lauren A. Wexler, Faculty Advisor: Nevena T. Koukova, Department of Marketing
Graduate
Job Performance Monitoring, Auditing and Executive Compensation
Mihai Badescu, James Dearden, Department of Economics
Medicaid Influence in the Drug Market
Dana Costea (1), Franklin Carter (2), Shin-Yi Chou (1), Arthur King (1)
(1) Department of Economics and (2) Marketing Department, Lehigh University
Learning and Forgetting in Cardiac Care: Evidence from Taiwan
Jason Hockenberry, Shin-Yi Chou, and Hsien-Ming Lien
The Effects of Licensing on the Wages of Radiologic Technologists
Edward J. Timmons, Department of Economics, Robert J. Thornton, Department of Economics
Impact of National Health Insurance on Maternal Health Behaviors and Infant Health Outcomes: A Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Justin Tsung-Yi Wang (*), Shin-Yi Chou (*), Li-Kwang Chen, Michael Grossman, and Jin-Tan Liu
(*) Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University
The Effect of Veteran Status on Earnings:Draft vs. Post-draft
David Noel van der Goes, Edward J. Timmons, Department of Economics
College of Education
Letter of Introduction from Sally A. White, Dean
Graduate
Social Support and Psychological Distress among Hispanic Elders
Maria-Cristina Cruza-Guet (1), Arnold R. Spokane (1), Grace I. L. Caskie (1), Scott C. Brown (2), and José Szapocznik (2)
(1) Lehigh University College of Education, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
(2) University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Teacher Ratings of ADHD Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Students: Bias or Behavioral Difference?
Shelley J. Hosterman, George J. DuPaul, & Asha K. Jitendra, Department of Education and Human Services, Lehigh University
Democratic Community and Teacher Leadership
Lisa A. Kensler, Grace I. L. Caskie, George P. White, Lehigh University
Increasing Assertiveness Skills: Training Adults with Disabilities to Respond to Undesired Staff Behaviors
Stacy L. Nonnemacher, Department of Education and Human Services
Quality of Life and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Gabriell Sacks, Ph.D., Special Education
"E-mmediacy" Strategies for Enhancing Social Connectedness in Online Learning: A Delphi Study
Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon, College of Education, Educational Technology Program
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Letter of Introduction from S. David Wu, Dean
Undergraduate
Finite Element Analysis of Clinical Pressure-Flow Waveforms in a Collapsed Respiratory Airway
E. David Bell (1), Samir N. Ghadiali (1,2,3)
(1) Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University
(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University
(3) Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Evaluation of the Quasi-Steady State Model for Near Hermetic Optoelectronic Packages
Jennifer Y. Deng, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Measuring Surface Strains in Magnesium Alloy AZ31
Brian F. Gerard, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Dr. Matthew R. Barnett, Jonathan Mullins, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Present and Future: The Economic and Environmental Feasibility of Biofuels
Brian Goldstein
Nonlinear Analysis of a High-Performance Structural System with Self-Centering Friction Damping Device
Christopher Hsiao and Yunfeng Zhang
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Optimizing the Safe Water System for point-of-use water disinfection in the developing world
Nadine P. Kotlarz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Design and Testing of Micro Air Vehicles
Michael Szedlmayer, Pat Boyle, Joseph Regensburg, Jordan Stitzer, Ka Wai Kwok
Graduate
Arsenic Crisis in Indian Subcontinent: A Local Solution to a Global Problem
Lee Blaney, John Greenleaf, Dr. Sudipta Sarkar, Prasun Chatterjee, Dr. Arup K. SenGupta, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University
Enhanced Reactions in a Novel Chromatographic Reactor
Brad J. Carnish, Hugo S. Caram, Department of Chemical Engineering
World's First Flexible Active-Matrix Polymer Light-Emitting Diode (AM-PLED) Display
Ta-Ko Chuang, Advisor: Prof. Miltiadis K. Hatalis, Display Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
An Intelligent System Approach to a Coordinated Supply Chain
Julie Drzymalski, N.G. Odrey (advisor), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University
New Classes of Quantum Error Correction Codes
Graduate Student: Peiyu Tan, Advisor: Tiffany Jing Li, Department of Electrical Computer Engineering
Energy-Aware Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks for Signal Detection
Yang Yang and Rick S. Blum, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
