Fall 2008 Grants Recipients (A-F)

Fall 2009 Grant Recipients - (A-F)

Student Name	Major(s)	Faculty Mentor(s)	Project Title
Kirollos Abdel-Malek	Biological Sciences	Professor James Belluzzi	Effects of Nicotine Pretreatment on Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking in Adolescent and Adult Rats
Holly K. Aguigam	Biological Sciences	Professor Petra Wilder-Smith	Clinical Research Study to Evaluate the Effects of Prototype Dentifrices on Soft-Tissue Architecture
Alysia Ahmed	Chemistry/ Biological Sciences	Professor Frances Leslie	Effect of Nicotine Pretreatment on Cocaine seeking Behaviors in Adult and Adolescent Rats
Abraham D. Ahn	Literary Journalism	Professor Alice Fahs Professor Barry Siegel	Bringing the War Home: Truth and Reliability in 20th Century War Narratives
Seyed Siavash Ahrar	Electrical Engineering/ biomedical engineering (minor)	Professor William Tang	Microplatforms for the Separation of Malaria Infected Red Blood Cells from Healthy Red Blood Cells
Sarah J. Alaways	Dance	Professor Loretta Livingston	Illumin: An Exploration in the Process of Experienced Dance Crafting
Jason Albano	Biological Sciences	Professor Frances Leslie	Brief Nicotine Pretreatment has Long Term and Age-Specific Effects on Male Rat Dopamine System
Peter D. Alison	Physics	Professor Peter Taborek	A Closer Look at the Velocity Dependence of Friction
Maisam A. Alomar	Sociology/ Cognitive Sciences	Professor Jared Sexton	Representing Mass Imprisonment: Ideology, Popular Culture, and Public Policy
Carla E. Anduaga	Political Science	Professor Diana Kapiszewski	Accountability by Other Means: The Potential of Civil Society in Jumpstarting Socio Economic Rights Protection in Peru
Christine J. Antonios	Psychology & Social Behavior/ English	Professor Eric Knowles	Punished for Another's Crime: Determining the Effectiveness of Punishment Between Cultures
TeKeyia Armstrong	African-American Studies	Professor Jared Sexton	COINTELPRO: The Black Panther Party vs. The Ku Klux Klan
James E. Aronson	Psychology	Professor Charles E. Wright	Range as a Possible Property of Preattentive Set Representations
Jay Ashtana	Sociology	Professor Cynthia Feliciano	The Criteria for Admissions for Graduate Programs at UCI
David Avila	Biomedical Engineering/ Chicano/Latino Studies	Professor Brian Wong	Investigating the Correlation between Frontal and Lateral Views of the Face using Internet-Based Ratings
Beina Azadgoli	Biological Sciences	Professor Mahtab Jafari	The Effects of Rhodiola Rosea on Sleep Deprivation and Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila Melanogaster
Michael P. Baum	Psychology	Professor Mark Steyvers	Aggregating Eyewitness Testimony to Determine Truth
Andrew M. Beshai	English	Professor Daniel Gross	The Rhetorical Commander-in-Chief
Tiyaanah Q. Bevel	Sociology	Professor Alfonso J. Valdez	Reporting Weapons in High School: African-Americans Concern with their Safety versus their Social Status as a Snitch
Gail E. Boltron	Biological Sciences	Professor Michael J. Buchmeier	Using the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Reporter Gene to Analyze Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) Transcription and Replication in a Minigenome System
Ankita Bordoloi	Mechanical Engineering	Professor Farghalli A. Mohamed	Application of a Severe Plastic Deformation Technique at Room Temperature for Processing Titanium for Biomedical Applications
Kalli T. Boyne	Art History	Professor Raul Fernandez Professor Alka Patel	The Maghrib and the Caribbean: Importation of Islamic Building Practices to Cuba in the 16th-18th centuries
Meredith C. Busch	International Studies/ Russian Studies Minor	Professor Paula Garb	A Comparative Analysis of the HIV Epidemic in the Russian Federation and the Netherlands
Zoe Cabral	Chemistry	Professor Sergey Nizkorodov	Synthesis and Properties of Model 1,5-Dicarbonyls
Patricia K. Calbay	Psychology & Social Behavior	Professor Susan Charles	So, How Are You Feeling? Gender and Personality Differences in Emotional Reactivity in Interpersonal Interactions
Cynthia M. Canfield	Psychology & Social Behavior	Professor Larry D. Jamner	“Do I have your attention?” An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Recurrent
Joseph R. Capri	Biological Sciences	Professor Paul Gershon	Phosphopeptide Enrichment of Vaccinia Virus through Metal Oxide Chromatography: Identification of Phosphorylation Sites and Refinement of Procedure
Ashley Carey	Psychology	Professor Jeanett Castellanos	African American Undergraduate Females' Coping and Well-Being
Patricia A. Chan	Psychology/ Anthropology	Professor Peter Ditto	The Effect of Identifiably on Regret and Risk Aversion in the Asian Disease Problem
Derek T. Chen	Psychology	Professor Mary Louise L. Kean	Investigation of Nonsensical Word Recall in Mandarin-English Bilinguals
Mengfei Chen	International Studies/ public health policy	Professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom	Marketization and the Rise of the Internet: A Comparative Study of Chinese Media Coverage of SARS and H1N1
Brian Cheung	Biological Sciences/ Drama	Professor Adam Martiny	Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Synechococcus strain WH8102 under Phosphate Limited Conditions
Leng Chhuo	Sociology	Professor Samuel Gilmore	What is At Risk with At-risk Youth?
Elysia Chin	Biological Sciences	Professor Andrea Tenner	Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of C1q-mediated Modulation of Inflammatory Responses in Phagocytic Cells
Chih Hsuan Chou	Biological Sciences	Professor Henry Hirschberg Professor Brian Wong Professor Yi-Hong Zhou	Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors Using Non-Viral PAX6 Gene Therapy and Photochemical Internalization
Darya V. Claussen	Psychology & Social Behavior/ European Studies	Professor Sally S. Dickerson	Effect of Break-up on Rumination
Kimberly Co	Chemical Engineering	Professor Farghalli Mohamed	An Investigation of the Evolution of Morphology and Microstructure in Commercial Purity Titanium during Cryomilling
Jennifer S. Cook	Psychology	Professor Thomas Parham	The Influence of Perceived Social Support on Motivation to Attend College, Academic Success, and Persistence Toward Graduation in Female and Male College Students
David J. Curry	Sociology/ Economics	Professor David Snow	Back To The World: The Lingering Effect of Combat Service and the Social Problems Associated With War
Meril M. Dagher	Psychology & Social Behavior/ Criminology Law and Society	Professor Valerie Jenness	Does Aggression Hinder One's Adaptation to Social Roles and the Amount of Satisfaction One Derives from Them?
John M. Dandurand	Psychology	Professor William H. Batchelder	Exploring the Testing Effect
Amarjit Dass	Biological Sciences	Professor Rimal Bera Professor Dana Nguyen	Relationships with Parents, Siblings and Peers During Childhood and Adolescent Years Can Be Predictors of Adult Depression
Ashley Delgado	Sociology/ Cognitive Science	Professor Jeanett Castellanos	Latina Undergraduates, Coping, and Well-being: A Psychosociocultural Analysis
Alexandria G.. Delgado	Psychology & Social Behavior	Professor Jutta Heckhausen	Raza Day: The Role of Cultural Congruity in the College Transition for Latino Students
Jorge E. Delmuro	Political Science/ Chicano/Latino Studies	Professor Caesar D. Sereseres	Participation in Extracurricular Activities and the Improvement of Academic Performance and Enrollment in Post Secondary Education
Derrick Diego	Chemistry	Professor Matt Law	Synthesis of Iron Pyrite (FeS2) Nanowire Arrays by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Vubataz (Tiara) Din	Psychology & Social Behavior/ Education	Professor Chuansheng Chen	The Influence of Time Management on College Adjustment: A Comparison of Asian and White Students
Harmony B. Dixon	Biological Sciences	Professor Rachel Martin	γS-Crystallin and the Mutations that cause Protein Aggregation
Emmeline C. Domingo	Sociology/ Literary Journalism	Professor David S. Meyer	Taking Back our University: A Sociopolitical Analysis on Tactics used during the 2009-2010 UC Student Movement
Eun Kyu Dong	Biological Sciences	Professor Aimee Edinger	Mechanism of Cellular Response to FTY720
Sean R. Dowsing	Economics/ quantitative economics	Professor Gary Richardson	Why do Bailouts Exist Outside the Federal Reserve and How do These Institutions Work?
Vincent Duong	Chemistry	Professor Rachel Martin	Design of a 500 MHz Triple-Resonance Switched-Angle Spinning Probe for Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Cyrus Fard	Political Science	Professor Katherine Tate	Guerillas on the Mic: Black Nationalism and the Golden Age of Hip Hop
Danielle B. Farrell	English/ History Minor	Professor Richard Godden	The Making and Consuming of 1920’s New York City
Aayah Fatayerji	Biological Sciences	Professor Jennifer Martiny	Identification of Possible Mutations Involved in Coevolution between Synechococcus and Cyanophages
Warren J. Fong	English	Professor Susan E. Davis	Cambodian Genocide and Its Moral Implications
Michael S. Fuller	Political Science	Professor Patrick M. Morgan	21st Century Privateers
Nicole M. Furr	Biological Sciences	Professor Edwin S. Monuki	The Effects of Egf and Fgf on the Transcription of Genes Involved in the BMP Signaling Pathway