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Fall 2009
Grant Recipients - (G-L)
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Student Name
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Major(s) |
Faculty Mentor(s) |
Project Title |
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Criminology, Law & Society/ Psychology and Social Behavior |
A Closer Look at Home Town Associations: A Case Study on Reinas de la Caña |
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Political Science |
The United States' and Mexico's Shared Physical Infrastructure |
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International Studies/ Law Forum |
The Effectiveness and Consequences of the International Criminal Court and how International Criminal Tribunals Have affected its Creation and Implementation |
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International Studies |
The Effects of Web 2.0 on the Mobilization of Grassroots Reform Movements in Iran |
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Biological Sciences |
The Effects of the Active Ingredients of Rhodiola Rosea, Salidroside and Rosavin, on Lifespan Extension in Drosophila Melanogaster |
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International Studies/ Political Science |
A Competition for European Energy Markets |
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Biological Sciences |
A Potential Mechanism for the Antidepressant Effects of Melanin Concentrating Hormone Receptor Antagonists |
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Chemical Engineering |
Fate of Endorcrine System Disrupting Chemicals in the Environment |
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Economics |
Monetary Shocks and how they affect Firm's Behavior |
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Neurobiology |
Should Emergency Ultrasound Directors Primarily Teach B Mode or M Mode Transthoracic Ultrasonography for the Bedside Detection of Pneumothorax? |
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International Studies/ Chicano Latino Studies |
Community-Based Organization: Finding the Tools for Success |
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Political Science |
Helem: The Emergence of the First Gay Rights Movement in the Arab World |
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Criminology, Law & Society/ International Studies |
Human Trafficking in the 21st Century |
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Biological Sciences |
Human Annexin A2 and its Interactions with Anti-Tumor Compounds and Acidic Phospholipids |
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History |
The Holocaust as an American Memory |
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Biological Sciences |
Regulation of Angiogenic Factors in the Mouse Iintrahippocampal Kainic Acid Model of Epileptogenesis |
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Sociology/ Quantitative Economics |
Social and Economic Embeddedness of Fundraising in On-Campus Student Organizations |
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Social Ecology |
The Plastic Ocean: A survey of Marine Debris Found at Crystal Cove State Park and How Land-Based Plastics are Polluting the World’s Oceans |
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Political Science |
The Forgotten Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education: Separate, and Still Unequal: Continued Segregation in Public Schools |
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Psychology & Social Behavior |
Children’s Development of Analogical Reasoning: A Closer Look at Individual Differences |
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Comparative Literature |
The Theological Question in Dante's Inferno |
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International Studies |
Human Rights Violations Against Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda and Their Reintegration Back into Society |
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Sociology |
The Gendered Organization of Work and the Intersection of Social Statuses in Full Service Restaurants |
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Criminology, Law & Society |
Financial Takeover: Revolving Door Politics of the TARP Bailout |
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Criminology, Law & Society |
The Role of Gender, Leadership, and Similarity in Team Interaction |
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International Studies/ Political Science |
The Curtailment of Women’s Rights with the Arrival of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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Psychology |
Iris Size and Attraction |
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Biological Sciences |
Determining the Role of PAX6 in Glioma Neural Stem-Like Cell Growth In Vivo |
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Psychology/ Sociology |
An Analysis of School Dropout Rate of English Second Language Hispanic Student with Emotional Behavioral Disorder |
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Sociology/ Minor in Educational Studies |
Female Chinese American Undergraduates: Influence of Childhood and Adolescent Experiences on Attitudes Towards Ideal Household Division of Labor |
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Chemistry/ Biological Sciences |
Development of a Palladium-Catalyzed Propargylation and Allenylation of Pyruvate |
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Physics/ International Studies |
Studying Transport of Nanospheres through Single Nanopores for the Preperation of a Virus Sensor |
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Biomedical Engineering |
The Role of the Glycocalyx Layer in Endothelial Cell Mechanotransduction and its Presence In Vitro |
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Neurobiology |
Role of Glutaminergic Receptors in Neurological Pathways from Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray to Nucleus Raphae Pallidus in Electroacupuncture Inhibition of Cardiovascular Reflexes |
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Psychology |
Undocumented Latina/o Students’ Graduate School Aspirations |
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Psychology |
Latino Undocumented College Students: Obstacles, Perception, and Outcomes |
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Chemical Engineering |
the Efficiency of Osmosis Stress for the Prevention of Biofilm Growth |
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Chemistry/ Biology |
A Search for Self-Cleaving Ribozymes |
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Biological Sciences/ Public Health Policy |
Incompatibility Relationships in the Mid-Styled Morph of Oxalis alpina Populations from Sierra La Mariquita, Pinos Altos Mts., and Chiricahua Mts. |
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Chemistry |
Synthesis and Characterization of Atmospherically-Relevant Nitrogen-Containing Compounds |
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Psychology |
Language and Literacy Practices in a Technologically Intensive Environment |
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International Studies |
Social Network Analysis of the Intramural Sports Program at the ARC |
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Art History/ biology minor |
The Study of a Titanium Oxide Silicon Coating over Several Trials of Dental Implants |
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Chemical Engineering |
Characterization and Expression of Bacterial Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Genes for the Production of Short Chain Carbon Molecules in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Chemistry |
Determination of mass loss from photolysis of SOA by QCM |
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History |
Computerized Cognitive Training Methods to Improve Human Intelligence |
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English/ Political Science |
Jester In the King’s Court: How Satire Acts as a Lens Cleaning Solution to the Tainted Lens of Political Media Coverage in the 21st Century |
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English |
Comparative Analysis of Chaucer and Shakespeare's Troilus and Criseyde/Cressida |
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Chemistry |
Synthesis of Peptides which Adopt Parallel Beta-Sheet Confirmations |
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International Studies |
Real Property Rights in China |
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Social Ecology |
Effects of Conspicuous Recycling Receptacles and Recycling Behavior on UCI’s Campus |
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Biological Sciences |
Net Energy Intake, Metabolic Rate, and Growth Rate of the American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) in Response to Atmospheric Oxygen Levels |
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Economics |
The Role of Activist Researchers' Participation in The Globalization Process of Social Policy and Social Movements |
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Public Health Sciences/ Pharmaceutical Sciences |
The Impact of Rhodiola rosea and its Active Putative Compounds on Differentiated Neurons from P19 Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells |
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Chemistry |
Synthesis and Characterization of Electronic Variants of the 4-Ureido-2-Pyrimidone (UPy) Motif |
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Sociology |
Depression and Suicide Ideation among Korean American Undergraduates: A Psychosocialcultural Study |
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Biological Sciences |
Influence of Thrombospondin-4 and Calcium Channel Alpha-2-Delta-1 Subunit in the Development of Hyperalgesia |
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Biological Sciences |
Identifying Marine Prokaryotic Communities in Coastal Sea Waters |
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Literary Journalism/ Criminology, Law & Society |
Newspaper Coverage about Roe v. Wade |
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Biological Sciences |
Investigating the role of the Smad-cofactor Schnurri in growth of the larval Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ) in Drosophila melanogaster |
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Sociology/ (minors in Political Science and French) |
Is Radical Democracy Effective? How Transnational Networked Organizations are Transforming Movement Outcomes |
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Biomedical Engineering |
Evaluating the Relationship between Voltage Magnitude and Degree of Tissue Softening in EMR-treated Rabbit Septal and Auricular Cartilage |
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International Studies/ Business Economics |
Technology Transfer for the Rising Giant: Brazil and France Defense Relations |
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Psychology & Social Behavior/ Management |
The Moderating Effect of Hardiness on the Student Learning Motivation of College Students During an Economic Downturn |
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Biological Sciences/ Business Economics |
Topical Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARγ) Antagonists for Age-Related Changes in the Meibomian Gland |
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Biological Sciences |
Characterizing Genomic Sassanfar Aptamers |
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Biomedical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering, Material Sciences Engineering |
The Centrosome and its Role in the Process of Cell Migration |
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Public Health Sciences |
Enzyme Activity Analysis of Multiple Marine Biofilm Producing Bacteria |
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Chemistry |
Method Development for the Investigation of Photochemial Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter and its Dependency on Oxygen |
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Political Science/ History |
Transit Points: The Trafficking of Drugs through West Africa |
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Anthropology/ Economics |
Oil, Water, and Violence |
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Biomedical Engineering |
Microfluidic Design for Rapid Malaria Detection |
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Psychology/ Education |
Micro Successes of First Generation Transfer Students |