The following is a list of projects worked on by TAMS students during the Summer of 2013.
Name | Research Project |
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Hans Ajieren |
Active Space Analysis of Praseodymium and Promethium Monofluorides Mentor – Dr. Angela Wilson Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Jack Cheng |
Characterization of high-temperature polymer coatings for thermoelectric generatios Mentor – Dr. Witold Brostow Department of Engineering and Materials Science University of North Texas |
Ben Chi |
Active Space Analysis of Praseodymium and Promethium Monofluorides Mentor – Dr. Angela Wilson Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Eileen Dai |
Supramolecular interaction in an ion-paired multinuclear complex for improved luminescence Mentor – Dr. Mohammad Omary Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Tony Deng |
Investigation of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Mentor – Dr. Jaye Johnson Department of Head and Neck Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Pranav Devalla |
An optimization of vehicle routing methods to accommodate network damage in large-scale emergencies Mentor – Dr. Armin Mikler Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of North Texas |
Krzysztof Drewniak |
A Method for Reducing the Severity of Epidemics by Allocating Vaccines According to Centrality Mentor – Dr. Armin Mikler Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of North Texas |
Ethan Fan |
Determination of a Method for Autonomous Movement via Neurological Signals Mentor – Dr. Nicoladie Tam Department of Biological Sciences Univeristy of North Texas |
Veena Ghorakavi |
Finding the function of a gene that may pertain to the relation of SAR and flowering Mentor – Dr. Jyoti Shah Department of Biological Sciences Univeristy of North Texas |
Leon Gu |
Earth Abundant Catalysis for the Conversion of Natual Gas to Liquids Mentor – Dr. Cundari Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Rahul Gupta |
Modeling Poly-Lysine Interactions with Mutant and Wild Type Cardiac Myosin Subfragment-2 Mentor – Dr. Douglas Root Department of Biological Sciences Univeristy of North Texas |
Lucy Hao |
Over activity in CA3 of the Hippocampus: Link to Schizophrenia Mentor – Dr. Carol A. Tamminga Department of Psychiatry UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Stacy Ho |
An investigation into Polyamines for Improving the Stability of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutant Myosin Peptides Mentor – Dr. Douglas Root Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Valerie Huynh |
Restraining Seizures: Roles of Somatostatin type-3 receptors and Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 on Primary Cilia Mentor – Dr. Jannon Fuchs Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Peter Jiang |
Chemical Modification of Wood Sawdust in Polymer-Wood Composites Mentor – Dr. Wiltold Brostow Department of Engineering and Materials Science University of North Texas |
Sagar Khetpal |
Discovering a Method to Control p53-dependent Apoptosis in Cancer Cells: Stressors to p53 Activation in the Stem Cells of Ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster Mentor – Dr. John Abrams Department of Cell Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Vanessa Ku |
dcd3 Maize Mutations Mentor – Dr. Amanda Wright Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Amy Kuprasertkul |
The Effect of ATP, dATP, and other Nucleotides on the contractility of Myofibrils Mentor – Dr. Douglas Root Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Helen Lu |
A Cost-Effective Predictive Method for the Purification and Synthesis of Novel Sulfonamide Antimicrobial Drugs Synteny Visualization Display Problem Mentor – Dr. William Acree Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Rosalind Ma |
The Comparison of the Efficiency of CLARITY to that of Standard Sectioning Methods on P30 GFP GFAP Mice Mentor – Dr. Qing Richard Lu Department of Development Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Siva Manivasagam |
Application of a pseudopotential-based composite method for first and second row transition metal thermochemistry Mentor – Dr. Angela Wilson Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Roja Manohar |
Epigenetic Effects of hypoxia on the Morphology and Physiology of Drosophila melanogaster Mentor – Dr. Warren Burggren Department of Biological Science University of North Texas |
William Ou |
DFT Modeling of the Aldehyde-Water Shift Reaction with a Cationic CpIr Catalyst Mentor – Dr. Tom Cundari Department of Chemistry University of North Texas |
Alisha Paul |
Taxonomic profiling of bacterial metagenomes Mentor – Dr. Rafeev Azad Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Subodh Potla |
Determination of a Method for Autonomous Movement via Neurological Signals Mentor – Dr. Nicolade Tam Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
David Qiu |
Properties of Concrete Aggregate and Admixtures Mentor – Dr. Witold Browtow Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of North Texas |
Aishwarya Ramamurthi |
Protein Stripping of Peptoid-Coupled Beads for Fluoroscopic Peptoid Library Screen Mentor – Dr. Dwight German Department of Psychiatry UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Anita Rao |
The role of Parent Behaviors and Parent-Child Interactions Mentor – Dr. Daniel Taylor Department of Psycology University of North Texas |
Victoria Rivera-Peterson |
JAK3- Not Just Another Kinase Target for Leukemia Therapy Mentor – Dr. Robert Kirken Department of Biological Sciences University of Texas at El Paso |
Mathews Roy |
Dynamic effect of micro particles in a liquid Mentor – Dr. Zhenhai Xia Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of North Texas |
Kinnari Ruikar |
The Role of P2Y1 and P2Y12 in Hemostasis Mentor – Dr. Pudur Jagadeeswaran Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Kalpana Satish |
A Cost-Effective Predictive Method for the Purification and Synthesis of Novel Sulfonamide Antimicrobial Drugs Mentor – Dr. William Acree Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Julia Shan |
A Cost-Effective Predictive Method for the Purification and Synthesis of Novel Sulfonamide Antimicrobial Drugs Mentor – Dr. William Acree Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Harvey Shi |
A Quantitative Study of ZnSe Nanowires and its Potential Applications in Industry Mentor – Dr. Marco Buongiorno Department of Physics and Chemistry University of North Texas |
Minji Son |
Verification of the Presence of Meis1 in Cardiomyocytes using tdTomato Protein Reporters Mentor – Dr. Hesham A. Sadek Department of Intrenal Medicine, Cardiology University of Texas Southwester |
Tracy Theisen |
Electrolytic Deposition of Thiophene-3-Acetic Acid onto ITO Mentor – Dr. Guenter Gross Department of Biology University of North Texas |
Robert Tung |
A Novel Statistical Representation of Education and Development Mentor – Dr. Alex White Department of Mathematics Texas State University |
Dmitri Ukraintsev |
Respiration Rate of Drosophila Melanogaster Embryos Mentor – Dr. Stanislav Shvartsman and Dr. Joe Benziger Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Princeton University |
Annabel Wang |
Wetting Angles of Molten Polymers on Thermoelectric Solid Metal Surfaces Mentor – Dr. Haley E. Hagg Lobland Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of North Texas |
Bobby Wang |
Restraining Seizures: Roles of Somatostatin type-3 receptors and Melanin-concentration hormone receptor 1 on Primary Cilia Mentor – Dr. Fuchs Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |
Natalie Wingfield |
The Detection of Cancer through Electrical Impedance Scanning: A Model Mentor – Dr. Vijay Vaidyanathan Department of Engineering University of North Texas |
Erin Yang |
Clonal Dynamics of Hepatocytes in the Context of Regeneration after Chronic CCl4 Intoxication Mentor – Dr. Hao Zhu Department of Internal Medicine Pediatrics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Cindy Yu |
Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Potential Link Between Maternal High Fat Diet and Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders Mentor – Dr. Deborah Clegg Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Eric Zhang |
Suppression of Hepatic XP1s Decreases the Bile Salt Pool Mentor – Dr. Richard M. Green Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology Hepatology Northwestern University |
Haoling Zhu |
The Effects of Tension on the Structure of the Actin Filament Using a Modification of the Gravitational Force Spectrometer Mentor – Dr. Douglas Root Department of Biological Sciences University of North Texas |