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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY College at Oneonta has announced the
recipients of its fall 2008 grants through its Student/Faculty Grant Program
for Research and Creative Activity. The College's
Committee on Research
reviewed 31 applications from student researchers working with faculty
sponsors individually or in teams. Eighteen of the projects were funded, and
the total value of the grants was $17,823. Another round of grants will be
available in the spring semester.
SUNY Oneonta's
Student/Faculty Grant Program for Research and Creative Activity enables
students to conduct in-depth research in a major area of interest under the
guidance of a faculty advisor. The grants program is funded by the College
at Oneonta Foundation's unrestricted endowment and administered by the
College's Committee on Research. The research projects span a range of
disciplines from the sciences to the liberal arts and social sciences.
[More information on the recipients and their specific projects is
included below.]
More information about SUNY Oneonta's Student/Faculty Grant Program for
Research and Creative Activity is available from the Chair of the College's
Committee on Research, Kathy Meeker of the Grants Development Office, at
(607) 436-2632. #####
Student Grant Program for Research and Creative Activity: Fall 2008 Awardees
Student Name(s): Holly Dame, Madison Kerr, Kayla Young
Faculty Sponsor(s): Tony Scafide (Music)
Project Title: Don't Ask: A Video Ethnography
Funded Amount: $823
Student Name(s): Mike DeVasto
Faculty Sponsor(s): Devin Castendyk (Earth Sciences)
Project Title: Exploring the Subsurface with Electrical Resistivity
Funded Amount: $970
Student Name(s): Veronica DiMola
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jeffrey Heilveil (Biology)
Project Title: Phylogeography and Post Glacial Range Expansion in Acroneuria
Carolinesis (Banks) (Plecoptera: Perlidae)
Funded Amount: $1,500
Student Name(s): Maureen Fass
Faculty Sponsor(s): Sven Anderson (Art)
Project Title: Plastic Voyeurs: The Secret Lives of Dolls
Funded Amount: $1,500
Student Name(s): Shawn Gillespie
Faculty Sponsor(s): Donna Vogler (Biology)
Project Title: Life History and Genetic Diversity of Hedyotis Cookiana, a
Globally Endangered Plant
Funded Amount: $1,200
Student Name(s): Cynthia Gottuso
Faculty Sponsor(s): Shih-Ming Hu (Human Ecology)
Project Title: Acceptability of Drop Cookies Prepared with Okra Gums as a
Fat Ingredient Substitute
Funded Amount: $950
Student Name(s): Theresa Greiner and Katherine Lowell
Faculty Sponsor(s): Charlene Christie (Psychology)
Project Title: General Knowledge Assessment
Funded Amount: $475
Student Name(s): Caitlin Heuberger and Elijah Spina
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jacqueline Bennett (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Project Title: Photochemical [2+2] Cyclizations Producing Analogs to Beta-Lactam
Antibiotics
Funded Amount: $1,500
Student Name(s): James Lauzun
Faculty Sponsor(s): Kelly Gallagher (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Project Title: Structural Modeling of the Snow Flea Antifreeze Protein
Funded Amount: $400
Student Name(s): Julissa Lopez
Faculty Sponsor(s): Moussa Kalifa Traore (Human Ecology)
Project Title: The African Growth Opportunity Act and Apparel Trade Between
the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa: the Case of Ghana
Funded Amount: $250
Student Name(s): Matthew Miner and Kaitlyn Charles
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jacqueline Bennett (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Project Title: Green Photochemical Dimerization of Dibenzylideneacetone
Funded Amount: $1,500
Student Name(s): Ryan Palumbo
Faculty Sponsor(s): Fred Zalatan (Biology)
Project Title: The Effect of a Putative Fatty Acid Transport Protein on the
Rate of Fatty Acid Uptake in Caulobacter crescentus
Funded Amount: $1,000
Student Name(s): Patricia Rees
Faculty Sponsor(s): Florian Reyda (Biology)
Project Title: Copper Sulfate, Potassium Permanganate and Malachite Green
Action on Ichthyopthirus multifilis (White Spot) Disease in Food, Ornamental
and Pet Fish
Funded Amount: $670
Student Name(s): Tyson Robb
Faculty Sponsor(s): Devin Castendyk (Earth Sciences)
Project Title: Green Solution to an Orange Problem: Energy Producing
Purification of Acid Mine Drainage
Funded Amount: $1,200
Student Name(s): Jacob Sango
Faculty Sponsor(s): Trudy Thomas-Smith (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Project Title: Investigation of Components of Cleaning and Personal Care
Products in the Environment
Funded Amount: $1,000
Student Name(s): Rebecca Shea
Faculty Sponsor(s): Paul French and Allen Anderson (Physics & Astronomy)
Project Title: Atwood's Machine: Methods to Success
Funded Amount: $185
Student Name(s): Rachel Stevenson
Faculty Sponsor(s): Jeffrey Heilveil (Biology)
Project Title: Isolation and Identification of Male-specific DNA Markers
from Litobranchia recurvata (Ephemeroptera: Ephermeridae)
Funded Amount: $1,500
Student Name(s): Ariane Torres
Faculty Sponsor(s): Joseph Chiang (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Project Title: Synthesis of Transparent Conducting Oxide for Solar Cells
Funded Amount: $1,200
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