Summer 2002 Undergraduate

• Student Patricia Brandl and Miles Maguire (Journalism), The Local Angle: Effects of Ownership Changes on News Content in a Daily Paper.
• Student Mary Jo Graves and Colleen McDermott (Biology/Microbiology), Microbial Contamination of Recreational Water.
• Student Ian Geib and Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), Effect of Lead Pollution on Bacterial Abundance and Diversity in Rush Lake Sediments.
• Student Jeff Lucas and Thomas Naps (Computer Science), Software Libraries to Help Computer Science Educators Animate Tree and Graph Algorithms.
• Student Dana Then and William Wacholtz (Chemistry), Heteroleptic Zinc (II) Complexes Employing Dithiolate and a Novel Phosphonate-Based N,N-Heterocyclic Ligand.
• Student Matthew Dodge and William Wacholtz (Chemistry), Synthesis and Characterization of Pyridazine Trigold (I) Complexes.
• Student Nathan Kleczewski and Stephen Bentivenga (Biology/Microbiology), A Survey of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in a Restored Wisconsin Prairie.
• Student Jeffrey Baumann and John Bowen (Geography), The Integrators and the Globalization of the Air Cargo Services Industry in Southeast Asia.
• Student Agnes Kecskemeti and James Paulson (Chemistry), Induction and Characterization of Apoptosis (Programmed Cell Death) in Various Human Cancer Cell Lines.
• Student David Slotten and Dana Vaughan (Biology/Microbiology), Summer Squirrel Light Damage.

Academic Year 2002-2003 Undergraduate

• Student Stephanie Hocker and George Hudak (Geology), Chemistry of Alteration Mineral Phases at the Archean Five-Mile Lake Volcanic-Associated Mineral Prospect in Northeastern Minnesota.
• Student Shannon Hardel and M. Denise McHugh (Nursing), Knowledge, Beliefs and Educational Programs: Effects of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Use.

Summer 2002 Graduate

• Student Dawn Dettlaff and Kathleen Stetter (Psychology), Methods of Analysis of Vocalizations of Black Howler Monkeys in Belize, Central America.
• Student Brian Langolf and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Evaluation of Microbial Air Emissions From Biofilers.
• Student Yvette Evrard and Beatrice Holton (Biology/Microbiology), The Role of Tension in Amniotic Membrane Formation.
• Student Martin Brick and Marguerite Helmers (English), Collective Memory and Visual Images.

Summer 2002 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Brian Ayotte and Susan McFadden (Psychology), The Effect of Collaborative Cognition on Adherence to Instructions.

Summer 2001 Undergraduate

• Student Joshua Adrians and Mark Lattery (Physics), Student Conceptions and the Springiness of P-Prim.
• Student Stephanie Daniel and Trudy Kavanagh (Geography), An Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Tree Clump Development at Treeline, Sunwapta Pass, Alberta.
• Student Adam Dorn and Peter Johnson/Harold Gulley (Geography), The Ramifications of the Student Residential Area.
• Student Erik Englebert and Greg Kleinheinz (Biology & Microbiology), The Development of a New Water Quality Monitoring Program.
• Student Rebecca Hudak and Elizabeth Prine/Pete Brown (Anthropology/Religious Studies), Diversity in a Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: A Guide for Humanity.
• Student Shawn Kelly and Trudy Kavanagh (Geography), The Effect of Soil Temperature on Seedling Growth at Treeline, Sunwapta Pass, Alberta.
• Student Ben Kessel and Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Facies and Microfossil Study of the Mechanisms and Timing of the Termination of the Heshan Carbonate Platform, Nanpanjiang Basin, South China.
• Student Eric Kiefer and Linfeng Xie (Chemistry), Environmentally Benign Synthetic Reactions.
• Student Josh Koscher and Dana Vaughan (Biology & Microbiology), Cholesterol Synthesis and Retinal Light Damage: A Quantitative Study.
• Student Brian Langolf and Greg Kleinheinz (Biology & Microbiology), Monitoring Eutrophication in a Northern Lake.
• Student Jamie Oaks and Scott Snyder (Biology & Microbiology), Coevolution Among Turtles and Parasites: A Test of the Tenant.
• Student Rebecca Pulver and Beatrice Holton (Biology and Microbiology), Amniotic Membrane.
• Student Lisa Sieracki and Stephen Bentivenga (Biology & Microbiology), A Survey of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Herbaceous Woodland Plants.
• Student Stephanie Solberg and Ann Frisch (Human Services and Professional Leadership), Involuntary Sterilization: Past, Present, and Future Including a Case Study.
• Student Jason Strahl and Shunfu Hu (Geography), Inventory of In-shore Channels on Winnebago Upper Pool Lakes Using GIS, Digital Image Processing and GPS Techniques.
• Student Ivy Whitehead and Sarah Nilsen (Communication), Vera Caspary: A Hollywood Screenwriter (note: summer 2001 & fall 2001).

Summer 2001 Graduate

• Student Richard Grebe and Toivo Kallas (Biology & Microbiology), Characterization of Native and Mutant Rieske Proteins of Photosynthesis.
• Student Laura Kuhn and Kathleen Stetter/Lee McCann (Psychology), Subjective and Objective Measures of Implicit Learning.
• Student Bacelisa Melendez VanWyk and Colleen McDermott (Biology & Microbiology), Biotechnology in the High School Classroom.
• Student Christine Schneider and Teri Shors (Biology & Microbiology), Interaction of Molluscum Contagiousum Virus (MCV) Protein MC002L with the Human Signaling Lymphocytic Activating Molecule (SLAM).

Summer 2001 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Rebecca Hoffman and Bert Chiang/Mary Ann Marchel (Special Education), Caseloads of Early Childhood Special Educators in Birth-to-3 Settings.

Summer 2000 Undergraduate

• Student Cory Adams and Jim Koch (Psychology), Induction of c-Fos by Delta9 Tetrahydrocannarinol: A Search for Brain Stem Mechanisms.
• Student Shannon Barnaby and Toivo Kallas (Biology & Microbiology), The Role of the Photosystem I PsaF Protein in Fast Electron Transfer to Photosystem 1 in Cyanobacteria.
• Student Blake Buchan and Dana Vaughn (Biology & Microbiology), Computer- Assisted Measurements of Cellular Damage in Rat Retina.
• Student Fred DeMeuse and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology & Microbiology), Carbon Dioxide and Total Hydrocarbon Analyses of Bench-scale Biogiltration Units.
• Student Agnes Kecskemeti and James Paulson (Chemistry), Mitotic Arrest, Hyperthermia and Apoptosis in Human Cancer Cells.
• Student Andrea Matter and Teri Shors (Biology & Microbiology), The Vaccinia D9 Gene: Let’s get Critical.
• Student Erin McMahon and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology & Microbiology), Characterization and Enumeration of Microbial Populations in a Bench-scale Biofilter Unit.
• Student Trent Newkirk and George Hudak (Geology), Field Mapping of Lava Flow Morphologies Associated with Ancient Volcanic-associated Mineral Deposits, Northeastern Minnesota.
• Student Jason Odette and George Hudak (Geology), Field Mapping of Alteration Mineral Assemblages Associated with Ancient Volcanic-associated Mineral Deposits in Northeastern Minnesota.
• Student John Rausch and Michael Briley (Physics/Astronomy), The Ultraviolet Spectrum of HD 122563: A Test of Modern Models and the Chemical History of the Milky Way.
• Student Erik Roach and Colleen McDermott (Biology/Microbiology), The Anti-microbial Properties of Spices.
• Student Matthew Schaeve and Anthony Gabriel (COLS), Nearshore Ecological Effects of Shore Protection Winnebago Pool Lakes, Wisconsin.
• Student James Schlichting and Edwin Jager (Art), Interdisciplinary Project to Design and Illustrate a Multilingual Textbook.
• Student Daniel Youngbauer and Jeff Behm (Religious Studies/Anthropology), Experimental Replication of Meskwaki Ceramic Technology.
• Student Bart Dahl and Xiangqun Zeng (Chemistry), Probing Molecular Absorption at Metal Electrodes.

Academic Year 2000-2001 Undergraduate

• Student Terry Bartman and Jeff Behm (Religious Studies/Anthropology), A GIS Approach to the Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns at the Bell Site.
• Student Jared Haas and Gregory Adler (Biology & Microbiology), Habitat Use by a Tropical Forest Rodent.
• Students Lisa Juzenas & Kim Trent and Lenore Wineberg (Curriculum and Instruction), An Oral History of a Country School, 1961-2000.
• Student Mark Knuteson and Sarah Nilsen (Communication), Pare Lorentz’s ‘Nuremberg’: Documentary and the Cold War.
• Student Beccy Moyer and Teri Shors (Biology and Microbiology), Virus Quest/Lake Winnebago.

Summer 2000 Graduate

• Student Sylvie Coulibaly and Dana Vaughan (Biology/Microbiology), Microanatomy of Light Damaged ‘Second Order” Nerve Cells.
• Student Shannon Davis and Gregory Adler (Biology/Microbiology), Resource Abundance and the Demography of a Tropical Forest Rodent.
• Student Andrew Lewis and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Biofiltration of Water-Insoluble Volatile Organic Compounds.
• Student Jennifer Nemke and Dana Vaughan (Biology/Microbiology), Does Retinal Light Damage in Rats Induce a Gliotic Response?

Summer 1999 Undergraduate

• Student Michael Buelow and Teri Shors (Biology/Microbiology), Analysis of Novel Molluscum Contagiosum Virus Genes.
• Student Sylvie Coulibaly and Dana Vaughan (Biology/Microbiology), Electron Microscope Study of Zebrafish Retina for Evidence of Gap Junction Destruction by Lysosomes.
• Student Pete Fantle and William Mode (Geology), Palynological Study on South Shore of Lake Butte des Morts.
• Student Amy Fox and Jennifer Mihalick (Chemistry), Energy Changes in Manganese Binding by Sugars.
• Student Jared Haas and Robert Lansman (Biology/Microbiology), Son-killing in the Gypsy Moth Lymantria Dispar.
• Student Agnes Kecskemeti and Charles Gibson (Chemistry), Reduced-Mercury Dental Amalgams.
• Student Cindy Lancaster and Anthony Gabriel & Shunfu Hu (Geography), Assessment and Inventory of Vegetation and Habitat for the Terrell’s Island Restoration Project and Management Plan.
• Student Andrea Matter and Toivo Kallas (Biology/Microbiology), Molecular Tagging of the Cytochrome bf6 Complex of Photosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
• Student Stacy Mundschau and James Paulson (Chemistry), The Mechanism by Which Okadaic Acid Induces Histone H1 Dephosphorylation Human Cells Arrested in Mitosis.
• Student Randall Schultz and Gail Panske (Art), Using Transparent Forms as Icons for Visual Communication in the Fine Art Print.
• Student Mark Soboleski and William Wacholotz (Chemistry), Synthesis and Spectroscopic Investigations of Mono- and Dinuclear Zinc (II) and Cadmium (II) Complexes.
• Student Maggie Trabeau and Colleen McDermott (Biology & Microbiology), Role of Cyanbacterial Slime and Toxins in Affecting Lake Winnebago Water Quality.
• Student Joshua Wagner and Jennifer Mihalick (Chemistry), The Structure of a Natural Polymer.
• Student Amy Wallenfang and Mary Drecktrah (Special Education), Investigating Violence in Elementary Schools.
• Student Shannon Wayczi & Karen Steilen and Judy Lambert (Reading Education), Course Impact on Teacher Response to Beginning Reader’s Miscues.
• Student Melissa Wielgosh and Linfeng Xie (Chemistry), Solvent Effects on the Nature of Reactive Bases.
• Student Julie Wieland and Jonathan Gutow (Chemistry), Construction of an Apparatus to Grow Chemically Bound Coatings.
• Student Erica Wierth and James Paulson (Chemistry), The Role of Topoisomerase 2 in Mitotic Chromosome Condensation in Human Cells.
• Student Zane York and Li Hu & Art Pontynen (Art), Paintings/A Celebration of the Classical/Christian Themes of Optimism and Aspiring Towards the Ideal.

Academic Year 1999-2000 Undergraduate

• Student Katie Hinz and Donald Hones (Curriculum and Instruction), Critical Pedagogy and Bilingual Secondary Students: Transforming Realities Through Classroom Dialogues.
• Student Cody Nikolai and Teri Shors (Biology/Microbiology), It’s Defective! Studies on a Mutant Viccinia Virus.
• Student Catherine O’Hearn and Andrea Gullickson (Music), The Role of Repertoire Selection in the Development of Basic Ensemble Skills of Double Reed Students.
• Student Christopher Peshek and William Mode (Geology), Late Glacial Permafrost and Moraine Formation, North-Central Wisconsin.
• Student Jodi Wierzbicki and Denise McHugh (Nursing), Insanity Criteria and Childbearing 1898-1937, Northeastern Wisconsin (Winnebago County).

Summer 1999 Graduate

• Student Nate Kieper and Stephen Makar (COBA), Managing Foreign Currency Risk Over the Return Horizon: Derivatives Use and Natural Hedging.
• Student Barbara Reinardy and Teri Shors (Biology/Microbiology), Construction of a Vector for Foreign Gene Expression by the Vaccinia Virus.
• Student Susan Bellman and Michael Briley (Physics/Astronomy), Metallicity Survey of the Dwarf Spherodial Galaxy Drace.
• Student Mark Endries and Gregory Adler (Biology/Microbiology), Modeling Spacing Patterns of a Tropical Forest Roden Using Radiotelemetry and GIS.
• Student Tracy McClowryand Teri Shors (Biology/Microbiology), Expression of Involucrin and Cytokeratin 16 in Tissue Infected with Human Papillomavirus Types 11 and 83.

Summer 1999 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Vicki Woschnick and Julie Schaffer (English), A Woman’s Place is in the Canon: Challenging the ‘High Romantics’.