RUSP Scholars 2009–2010

Parag Bathia

Parag Bathia (pmb4@rice.edu)

Cruise Control Efficiency Optimization in Passenger Vehicles

Advisor: Andrew Barron

Civil Engineering

Mary Dozier (med3@rice.edu)

The Impact of Women in Academia

Advisor: Lesley Campbell

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

MAry Draper

Mary Draper (msd1@rice.edu)

“Young, handsome, and honestlie educated Maides”: English Women in Virginia, 1607-1650

Advisor: Rebecca Goetz

History

Sarah Ezzel

Sarah Ezzel (see1@rice.edu)

The Effect of Anxiety-Inducing Situations on Perception of Ambiguous Information

Advisor: Denise Chen

Psychology

Elena Fabiano

Fabiano, Elena (Elena.M.Fabiano@rice.edu)

First Language to Second Language Semantic Divergence: A Study of Spanish Second Language Acquisition

Advisor: Michel Achard

Linguistics

Vatsala Goyal

Vatsala Goyal (vg2@rice.edu)

Gene Regulation during Infection by Bacteriophage SPO1

Advisor: Charles Stewart

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Sergio Jaramillo

Sergio Jaramillo (sj1@rice.edu)

Phenotypic Characterization of The Lethal 11Jus6 ENU Mutant Mouse Line

Advisor: Karen Hirschi

BCM Molecular and Cellular Biology

Mary Copeland Johnson (Mary.C.Johnson@rice.edu)

Reconstituted Truth: When the Sub-Conscious Reconstructs the Truth from a Lie

Advisor: Amy Franklin

Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision
Making, UT School of Health Information Sciences

Teresa Lee

Teresa Tai-jun Lee (Teresa.T.Lee@rice.edu)

Sema3A Signaling during Ocular Vasculogenesis

Advisor: Peter Lwigale

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Karen Mei

Karen Yuan Mei (ym2@rice.edu)

The Role of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

Advisor: Robia Pautler

BCM Molecular Physiology

Harrison Nguyen

Harrison Nguyen (hpn1@rice.edu)

The Role of the Small T Antigen in Merkel Cell Carcinogenesis

Advisors: Stephen Tyring

Dermatology, Microbiology (UT-Houston)

Arthi Satyanaran

Arthi Satyanarayan (as12@rice.edu)

Integrated Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Breast Cancer Using Herceptin-Coated Gold Nanoparticles

Advisor: Rebekah Drezek

Bioengineering

Embre Smith

Embre Smith (ejs2@rice.edu)

A Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness: German-Texans in the Civil War Era

Advisor: Carl Caldwell

History

Lora Wildenthal (wildenth)

Faculty Coordinator

History

Daniel Wagner (dswagner)

Faculty Coordinator

Biochemistry and Cell Biology