Fall 2005 Grants Recipients (T-Z)

Fall 2005 Grant Recipients - (T-Z)

Student Name	Major(s)	Faculty Mentor(s)	Project Title
Allan Taing	Environmental Analysis & Design	Professor Jean-Daniel Saphores	The Impact of Price on Water Consumption in Residential Apartment Households
Kelly M. Tami	History	Professor Alice Fahs	1898 Adoption Legislation: The Children’s Aid Society and the Placing-Out Program
Sedora Tantraphol	Sociology	Professor John M. Liu Professor Feng Wang	Hakken (discovery): Taiko as a Cultural Experience Affecting Players' Ethnic Self-Identification
Matthew Te	Biological Sciences	Professor Betty H.. Olson	Influence of Rain Events on Particle Associated Aeromonas spp. and Aerolysin Gene Occurrence in Southern California Waters
Jarrett A. Thibodeaux	Sociology	Professor Thomas J. Douglas	Evolution Adapting to Society
Michael A. Thompson	Chemistry	Professor Reginald M. Penner	Synthesis of Patterned Bismuth Nanowires
Jimmy Tong	Psychology	Professor Mary Louise Kean	Effects of Early English Exposure
Talinn H. Toorian	Biological Sciences	Professor Albert Cerussi Professor Bruce Tromberg	Non-Invasive Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy Measurement of Tissue Oxygenation in Infants
Andrew D. Torr	Psychology	Professor Scott Brown	Neighborhood Effects in Absolute Identification
Bernadeth R. Torres	Psychology & Social Behavior	Professor Chuansheng Chen	The Cross Cultural Differences Amongst Late Adolescents and their Very Important, Nonparental Adults
Quoc-Phong P. Tran	Biological Sciences	Professor Ann K. Sakai Professor Stephen G. Weller	Changes in Inflorescence Architecture Following Artificial Selection for Sex Allocation in Schiedea salicaria
Kimberly L. Tran	Biological Sciences	Professor Benno Roozendaal	Glucocorticoid Interaction with the MAPK Pathway in the Hippocampus on Memory Retrieval
David T. Truong	Biomedical Engineering	Professor Steven C. George	Epithelial Cells Direct Angiogenesis in an in vitro Model of the Respiratory Mucosa
Jerry D. Truong	Studio Art/ Psychology	Professor Daniel J. Martinez	Infecting the Gallery: Mimicking a Cancer to Find a Cure
Teresa Tseng	Chemistry/ Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Professor Sheryl Tsai	Crystal Structure and Drug Design for M. Tuberculosis’ Acyl CoA Carboxylase D5
David Y. Tseng	Electrical Engineering/ Computer Engineering	Professor Henry P. Lee	Optical Trapping: Improving Motion Control and Macroscopic Trapping With Sensors
Sarah Vidal	Psychology & Social Behavior/ Criminology, Law & Society	Professor Jennifer L. Skeem	Supervision of Juvenile Probationers
Leyna P. Vo	Psychology	Professor Jeanett Castellanos	Familial Influences on Asian American Undergraduates' College Adjustment: Asian Values Gap, Parental Support and Rigid Control
Thanh N. Vu	Chemistry	Professor Sheryl Tsai	Structural Analysis of Aromatic Polyketide Synthase
Constance S. Wang	Comparative Literature/ East Asian Language and Literature	Professor Jonathan M. Hall	Fantasy and the Supernatural: A Representation of the Complex and Paradoxical in Natsume Soseki’s Ten Nights of Dreams
Cindy Wang	Biological Sciences	Professor Adriana Briscoe	Resolving Phylogenetic Relationships in Lepidoptera: A Molecular Systematic Approach Using the COI, Period, Ef-1 α, and Opsin Genes
Sarah L. Watson	Political Science/ International Studies	Professor Caesar D. Sereseres	Development of Anticipatory Military Strikes as a Means of Self-Defense: The Impact on the Bush First Strike Doctrine
James J. Wenner	Physics/ Mathematics	Professor Roger D. McWilliams	Properties of Ion Acoustic Waves in Plasma
Shanty Wijaya	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Professor Craig M. Walsh	DRAK2 Negatively Regulates T Cell Receptor Signaling by Increasing the Threshold for T Cell Activation
Catherine D. Williams	Economics/ French	Professor Gary Richardson	The Impact of the Trade Balance and the Gold Flow on the U.S. and France During the Great Depression
Andrew Willsie	Physics/ Biology, Chemistry - Currently Undeclared	Professor Michael Dennin	Pattern Formation in Electroconvection
Nadia Wong	International Studies/ Social Ecology	Professor Feng Wang	The Connections Between Internal Migration and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in China
Julie N. Wu	Biological Sciences	Professor Carrie Baker Brachmann	Investigation Into the Role of Grim in Developmental Apoptosis
Tiffany J. Wu	Political Science/ History	Professor Dorothy Solinger	Eurasia or My-Asia: An Analysis of US-Chinese Prospects for Cooperation and Competition in Central Asia
Alison N. Wu	Biomedical Engineering	Professor Kavita Arora	Investigation Into the Role of the Maverick Gene in Drosophila Development
Patrick Wu	Neurobiology	Professor Shin Lin	Integration of Traditional Qigong Practices With Western Sports and Medicine
Kinrin Yamanaka	Chemistry/ Biological Sciences Minor	Professor Andrea J. Tenner	Modulation of NFkB Transcription Factors in Monocytes by Interaction with C1q
Richard Yi	Biomedical Engineering	Professor Zoran Nenadic	Error Rate Reduction in Brain Computer Interfaces Using Information-Theoretic Features
Kevin T. Yoshioka	Psychology & Social Behavior	Professor Jeanett Castellanos	Asian American Students and Mentorship, College and Life Satisfaction
Leena E. Youssefian	Biological Sciences	Professor Agenor Limon-Ruiz Professor Ricardo Miledi	The Effects of Caspase Inhibitors on Xenopus Oocytes Microinjected With Rat Sciatic Nerve Membranes
Allison J. Zemek	Biomedical Engineering	Professor Brian J. Wong	The Measurement of Temperature Distribution Profiles and Mechanical Properties in Rabbit Nasal Septal Cartilage Following Laser Irradiation
Vicky W. Zhou	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/ Dance	Professor Paul D. Gershon	Determining the Function of Vaccinia Virus Poly(A) Polymerase (VP55) Residues by Mutagenesis
Vanessa L. Zuabi	International Studies/ Political Science	Professor Lina Kreidie Professor Caesar D. Sereseres	Lebanon as a Model for Iraq: Predicting the Future of Democratization in Iraq