Research Fellow	Major	Proposed Thesis Title	Fellows Advisor (Department)
Calli Bailey	Political Science	The Prevalence of Relationship Violence among College Students: Men and Women's Role in Partner Violence	Jeff Ackerman (Sociology)
Clayton R. Boldt	Genetics	A Study of Cattle Disposition: Exploring QTL Associated with Temperament	Claire Gill (Animal Science)
Kyle Borque	Biomedical Engineering	Polymer Coating for Quantum Dots	Kenith Meissner (Biomedical Engineering)
Allison Burzlaff	Political Science and French	Comparative Analysis of American & French Media Coverage of Female Presidential Candidates	Elisabeth Ellis (Political Science)
Austin C. Carlson	Accounting	The Undermining Influence of Corruption in the Developing Economies of Eastern Europe	Eluned Jones (Agricultural Economics)
Morgan Chateau	Biochemistry and Genetics	Effect of Point Mutations in Set1 on Histone H3 Methylation and Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Mary Bryk (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Amanda Ching	Anthropology	A Cultural Evolutionary Perspective on Partible Paternity	Michael Alvard (Anthropology)
Varun Chowdhary	Biochemistry and Physics	Determining the Co-crystal Structure of LysA Complexed with DAP and D-ornithine	Gokulan Kuppan (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Nora Cope	American Studies	Cooking their Culture: The Relationship Between Cookbooks and the Societal Roles of the Women Who Owned them in the 1940s and 1950s	Susan Stabile (English)
Alfredo Echeverria	Chemistry	Development and Refinement of a Novel Optical Imaging Method for Mycobacteria in Detection and Susceptibility to Antibiotics	Jeffrey D. Cirillo (Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis)
Shefali Gajjar	Biochemistry	The Mechanism of Rtg2p in Yeast in Chromatin Remodeling at the Start of the Cell Cycle	Michael Polymenis (Biochemistry and Biophysics)
Paul Geffert	Physics	Searching for Dark Matter in Particle Physics Experiments	David Toback (Physics)
John R. Gilhooly	English	Rediscovering Francis Stevens	Alfred Bendixen (English)
Brett Hern	Electrical Engineering	Proposal for Research on Benefits of Compressed Sensing for Image Compression	Krishna Nayaranan (Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)
Chelsea J. Humbyrd	Ocean Engineering	Increasing the Performance of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters: Designing the Most Effective Structure to Focus Incoming Waves	Patrick Lynett (Civil Engineering and Ocean Engineering)
Thomas Kessinger	Microbiology	Antimicrobial Efficacy of Name Brand Contact Lens Solutions Concerning Common Optic Microbial Pathogens	Rita Moyes (Biology)
Katherine J. Kuban	Biomedical Science	Survey of Neuronal Variations in Adult Beta 2 (-/-) Knockout Mice	Louise Abbott (Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health)
Ji Heon Kwon	Electrical Engineering	Improved Connectivity using Hybrid Uni/Omni-Directional Antennas in Sensor Networks	Deepa Kundur (Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)
Jennifer Minarcik	Psychology	Undesired Pregnancies Relationship Changes:  Preexisting problem or Other Factor?	Brian Doss (Psychology)
Amanda C. Moehnke	History	The Emergence of Anorexia in Modern America	David Vaught (History)
Rebecca A. Muff	Accounting and English	Current Russian Women Authors in Translation	Elisabeth Rich (European and Classical Languages and Cultures)
Clark Needham	Biomedical Engineering	Development of Nanoparticles for use as a Contrast Agent in Thermoacoustic Tomography	Kenith Meissner (Biomedical Engineering)
Joshua L. Owen	Chemistry	Inhibitor Atudies on Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Malate Synthase	James Sacchettini (Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemistry)
Matthew S. Propst	Biomedical Science	The Effects of Puberty on Theiler's Virus-Induced Demyelinating Disease as an Animal Model for Multiple Sclerosis	C. Jane Welsh (Veterinary Anatomy)
Smiruthi Ramasubramanian	Biomedical Engineering	Acute Inflammatory Response and Long-Term Tissue Response of Intradermally Implanted Microspheres	Michael McShane (Biomedical Engineering)
Zachary W. Rathke	Philosophy and Communication	Comparative Analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Will to Power" and William James' "Will to Truth"	Theodore D. George (Philosophy and Humanities) John J. McDermott (Philosophy)
Aschley Schiller	History	The Impact of Digital Photography	David McWhirter (English)
John S. Tannehill	Environmental Design	Design for Affordable, Energy Efficient Urban Residence	Rodney Hill (Architecture)
Sarah Tilford	Biomedical Science and Chemistry	Interferons and Successful Pregnancy Establishment in Mice	Thomas E. Spencer (Animal Science)
Phuongmai (Mai) Truong	Physics and Math	Quantum Spectrum of Small World Networks	Gregory Berkolaiko (Mathematics)
Gloria E. Vittone	Biochemistry and Genetics	An Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Trichoderma Virens: The Root Colonization Process	Charles M. Kenerley (Plant Pathology and Microbiology)
Brian Wilks	(Mechanical Engineering)	The Development of Low Cost Mechatronic Systems Relating to Control of a 2-D, Free—Standing Inverted Pendulum Mounted on a Single Rotating Wheel	Won-jong Kim (Mechanical Engineering)
Corbin Williamson	History	Factors Affecting the Feasibility of a Warsaw Pact Invasion of West Germany	Donald J. Curtis (History)