2009 Exhibition of Student Research and Scholarship
Table of Contents
College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Exhibitions
Geochemical investigation of hydrothermal and microbial alteration in modern and ancient seafloor lavas, and the search for extraterrestrial life
Authors: Lauren Anderson
Department(s): EES
G.R.U.V. Project: Introducing the Global Rescue and Utility Vehicle
Authors: Nicolas de Peyer
Department(s): design arts
Characterizing the Composition of an Unknown Compound Found on an Ancient lamp.
Authors: Grace Heck
Department(s): Chemistry
The Inscriptions and Hieroglyphics at the Mayan Cities of Palenque and Copan
Authors: John Powell
Department(s): Anthropology
The Impact of Mindwandering on Task Performance
Authors: Jessica Stuart
Department(s): Psychology
Signals that link energy to reproduction: Gastric fill, bulk, intake, or caloric intake
Authors: Burton Tabaac
Department(s): Biological Sciences
Graduate Exhibitions
Expanding Peatlands in Alaska Caused by Accelerated Glacier Melting Under a Warming Climate
Authors: Julie Loisel
Department(s): EES
Sister chromatid cohesion is essential to cell viability
Authors: Marie Maradeo
Department(s): Biological Sciences
Analysis of B and Be Star Populations of the Double Cluster h and x Persei
Authors: Amber Marsh
Department(s):Physics
Childhood Asthma in Bethlehem: A localized Investigation and Push towards Community Action
Authors: Elizabeth Roth
Department(s): Political Science
Injury and Glial Aromatization Combine to Up-regulate Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2) in the Adult Zebra Finch Brain
Authors: Bradley Walters
Department(s): Biological Sciences
Bifunctional Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cholinergic Pro-Drugs asPotential Therapeutics for Sulfur Mustard- Induced Blisters
Authors: Sherri Young
Department(s): Chemistry
College of Business and Economics
Undergraduate
Venture Capital in New Zealand: A Struggling Enterprise
Authors: Ashley Fry
Department(s): Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise
Golf Course Planning & Operation Analysis
Authors: Zack Peters, Will Robinson
Department(s): Civil Engineering, English
The Effect of Competition on Quality and Cost in Pennsylvania Health Care
Authors: Matthew Horne, Shin-yi Chou
Department(s): Economics
Medicare & Medicaid Reform: Ensuring Long-Term Solvency
Authors: Nathan Punwani
Department(s): Economics
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Authors: Gianni Simplicio
Department(s): Economics
Graduate
The Long-Run Relation among Financial Development, Technology and Economic Growth: A Panel Cointegration Study
Authors: Andrey Zagorchev, Youngsoo Bae, Geraldo Vasconcellos
Heterogeneity of hospital drug prescription strategy under Global Budget in Taiwan
Authors: Shin-Yi Chou, Hsien-Ming. Lien, Jing Hua Zhang, Mary Beth Deily
Department(s): Economics
Hospital Report Cards, Patients' Travel Distance, and Health Outcomes
Authors: Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Suhui Li
Department(s): Economics
Does the Banking Sector Affect Sovereign Risk?
Authors: Erdem R. Aktug, Nandu Nayar, Geraldo Vasconcellos
Department(s): Economics and Finance
Tort Reform, Physician Behavior And Health Outcomes: Experience in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Authors: Yi Lu, Shin-Yi Chou, Jason Hockenberry, Muzhe Yang
Department(s): Economics
Do Bad Report Cards Have consequences? How Publicly Reported Provider Quality Information Impacts the cABG Market in Pennsylvania
Authors: Justin Tsung-Yi Wang, Jason Hockenberry, Shin-Yi Chou
Department(s): Economics
College of Education
Graduate Exhibitions
What Do They Expect? Predictors of College Students' Multicultural Expectations and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help
Authors: Aimee-Nicole Carrilyn Adams
Department(s): Counseling Psychology
Home visiting and family involvement: Exploring the quantity of program participation to family outcomes
Authors: Catherine Bracaliello
Department(s): School Psychology
Postsecondary Education for Transition-Age Students with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities: A National Survey
Authors: Clare Burgess
Department(s): Special Education
Growing globally minded citizens in the desert: A comparative curricula analysis of two schools in Kuwait
Authors: Kelly Card & Rosalee VanStaalduinen
Department(s): Comparative and International Education & Educational Leadership
Beyond the Project: Sustaining Pre-service Teacher Education Teacher Reform in a Post-Soviet Latvia.
Authors: Suzanne McAllister, Colin Webster & Amy Moyer
Department(s): Comparative and International Education& Educational Leadership
"Affective Teaching" to Learn Science: What is the Relationship between Practice and Achievement
Authors: Yamil Sanchez
Department(s): Teaching, Learning, & Technology
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Undergraduate Exhibitions
Understanding Microneedle Penetration Mechanics
Authors: Steven J. Henry, Walter L. Brown, Ph.D., Richard P. Vinci, Ph.D.
Department(s): Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Poster Metallography of a Modern Pattern-welded Steel Knife Blade
Authors: Tom Nizolek
Department(s): Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Poster Microvascular Fabrication via Dielectrophoretic Assembly
Authors: Corey Luthringer, Ryan Slopek, Kyle McKeown, Thanh Ta, James F. Gilchrist
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Poster Detection of Cryptosporidium in the Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment Plant
Authors: Kevin Myers and Dr. Kristen Jellison
Department(s): Environmental Engineering
Poster Cracking an Unsolved Civil War Cipher
Authors: Young Eun Suk, Becky Rovner
Department(s):Computer Science and Engineering
Poster Electron Mobility in SONOS Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Devices
Authors: Joshua Goldman, Marvin H. White, Gan Wang, Nathan Eichenlaub
Department(s): Electrical Engineering, Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid State Studies
Graduate Exhibitions
Accurate Indoor Localization Exploiting Distributed Space time Codes
Authors: Xingkai Bao
Department(s): Electrical & Computer Engineering
Convective Deposition of Microsphere Monolayers
Authors: Pisist Kumnorkaew
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
How to Divide (and Conquer): Using General Disjunctions for Solving Integer Programs
Authors: Ashutosh Mahajan
Department(s): Industrial & Systems Engineering
Peeling DNA from a Solid Substrate
Authors: Suresh Manohar
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Manufacturing of Steel/Composite Hybrid Hull
Authors: Scott Shirey
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Current Profile Control in the DIII-D Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Authors: Chao Xu
Department(s): Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
