Note: This program was discontinued following the
2006-2007 academic year.

Congratulations to the following UW Oshkosh students and their faculty advisers who have received Small Grants Collaborative Research grants:

Academic Year 2006-2007:

• Nancy Aguilar (Don Hones, Curriculum and Instruction), Becoming a Bilingual Teacher: Language, Culture and Advocacy for Children and Their Families.
• Eric Martin (Eric Hiatt, Geology), Environmental Stress Factors and Decline of Sea Grass (Thalassia sp.) Meadows, Bermuda.
• Craig LeNoble (Tim Paulsen, Geology), 40Ar/39Ar Analysis of Detrital Minerals from a Sandstone in the Ross Orogen Belt, Antarctica.
• Aaryn Mustoe (Jim Koch, Psychology), The Effects of Dynamic Stressors on Alcohol Consumption.
• Peter Plasko (Dennis Rioux, Physics/Astronomy), Effects of Armature Construction and Design on Rail Erosion and Plasma Production in an Electro-Magnetic Accelerator.
• Julie Bradenstein (Todd Sandrin, Biology/Microbiology), Assessing the Sensitivity of a Novel, Rapid, Mass Spectrometry-based Method of Microbial Source-Tracking.
• Alyssa Dysert, Marianne Radley and Amy Rolph (Kathleen Stetter, Psychology), Comparisons of Field Methods for Collecting Hand Use Data on Black Howler Monkeys in Belize, Central America.
• Vai Lor (Lisa Dorn, Biology/Microbiology), Plant Maternal Nutrition Effects Seedling Traits.
• Kevin Stack (Jennifer Wenner, Geology), A Thin Section Study of the Processes That Generate Continental Crust in Continental Arcs: The Role of Titanite and Magma Mixing.
• Laurie Rieder (Don Stolley, Art), The Human Figure: An Alternative Color Photography Study Employing the Color Polaroid Transfer Process.
• Heidi Dhein (Shelly Michalski, Biology/ Microbiology), Isolation of Brugia Malayi Adult Worm Basic Proteins Using Two Dimensional SDS-PAGE.
• Jill Malmstadt (Colin Long, Geography), Long-term Fire History From Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin.
• Shawn Phetteplace (Michael Rutz, History), Brain Drain in Western Africa and the University of Wisconsin's Impact on Development.
• Barbara Herritt (James Paulson, Chemistry), Detection of Apoptosis Via Anti-Phosphatidylserine Antibody and DNA Ladder Kit.
• Kathryn Koenig (Greg Kleinheinz, Biology/Microbiology), Genetic Analysis of E. coli Isolates from Door County, WI Beach Sand.
• Andrew Loken (Jennifer Mihalick, Chemistry), A Comparison of the Structures and Reactivities of Flavonoids.
• James Dawson (Troy Perkins, Communication), Brothers.
• Kristine Scanlan (Marianne Johnson, Economics), Feasibility Study: Economics and Business Research Station in Peru.

Academic Year 2005-2006:

• Aaron Burg (Colleen McDermott, Biology/Microbiology), Detecting Unique Genetic Sequences in the 16s rRNA Gene in Bacteroides Isolated From Avian Waste or Canine Feces.
• Cole Edwards (Eric Hiatt, Geology), Evidence of Biological Activity in the Formation of the Earliest Marine Phosphate Deposits.
• Heidi Galica (Noelle Beyer, Chemistry), Creating More Effective Drugs Using Sugars.
• Alisa Hass and Jessica Fournier (Colin Long, Geography and Urban Planning), Millennial-scale Environmental History of the Central Cascade Range, Oregon.
• Angela Hensel (Robert Hinrichs, Communication), Avoiding Information Distortion in Press Coverage of Climate Change Science.
• Cassandra Irwin (Stephen Kercher, History), The Kohler Strike of 1954: The Kohler Company's Resistance to Union Representation.
• Jon Jugenheimer (Tim Paulsen, Geology), Microstructural Analysis of Tertiary Marbles, Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
• Linsey Keller (Stephen Kercher, History), A History of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Credit Union.
• Nicole Lyon (Druscilla Scribner, Political Science), Family Policy in Germany: Gender Equality in a Changing World.
• John Moore IV (Michael Briley and Nadia Kaltcheva, Physics/Astronomy), Strmgren Photometry of Small Dark Clouds.
• Shawn Phetteplace (Marianne Johnson, Economics), The American Dream: Economic Benefits of Immigration Within the NAFTA Zone.
• Catherine Polster (Jennifer Mihalick, Chemistry), Chromatography of Marigold Extracts.
• Mallory Weiland (Gregory Kleinheinz, Biology/Microbiology), Source-tracking of E. coli Contamination at Lake Superior Beaches.
• Amy Wolff and Andrew Petkus (Susan McFadden, Psychology), The Effect of Participation in Structured Activities on Social Behaviors of Residents With Dementia and on Staff Attitudes Towards Residents.
• Jonathan Sager (Dana Vaughan and Todd Sandrin, Biology/Microbiology), RT-PCR of Vimentin and PDK4 in Ground Squirrel Retina.

Academic Year 2004-2005:

• Phillip Anderson (Todd Sandrin, Biology/Microbiology), Determining the Source of E. coli Contaminating Wisconsin Beaches Using DNA Fingerprinting.
• Angela Bloechl (Susan McFadden, Psychology), Evaluating Attitudes Toward the Insanity Defense.
• Justin Bohn (Greg Kleinheinz, Biology/Microbiology), Effects of Rainfall on E. coli Levels at Vilas County, WI Beaches.
• Lindsay Ejnik (Chris Rose, Public Affairs), College Students and Alcohol and Drug Use.
• Laura Fischer-Guex (Robert Pillsbury, Biology/Microbiology, and William Mode, Geology), Paleolimnology of Rush Lake.
• Molly Fuchs (Noelle Beyer, Chemistry), Developing Better Antibiotics One Gene at a Time.
• Aaron Gruber (Dana Vaughan, Biology/Microbiology), Travel for Technical Training.
• Sarah Hughes (Greg Kleinheinz, Biology/Microbiology), Source-Tracking of E. coli Contamination at Lake Superior Beaches.
• Chris Jarvis (Wendy Strauch-Nelson, Art), Book Learning at the High School Level.
• Sonja Jeter (Colleen McDermott, Biology/Microbiology), Bacteroides as an Indicator Bacterium for Fecal Contamination of Recreational Water.
• Nicholas Kaat (Troy Perkins, Communication), Tractor for Sale.
• Brett Kroncke (Noelle Beyer, Chemistry), Fighting Antibiotic Resistance With Sugar.
• Todd Matschi (Gail Panske, Art), The State of Our Civil Rights.
• Megan O'Bright (Kathleen Stetter, Psychology), Predicting Change.
• Matthew Rubin (Lisa Dorn, Biology/Microbiology), Genes and Maternal Effects in Plants.
• Michael Tappa (Jennifer Wenner, Geology), How Do Continents Grow?
• Jacki Thering (Klara Bahcall, Music), The World of Chamber Music.