2010 AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Research and Creative Activities:

Awards for Graduate Research:

• Jenean O’Brien: Cancer Biology Program, AMC – Graduate School
  “Mammary Gland Involution as a Target for Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer Prevention”
• Emily Rhodes: Civil Engineering, College: DC - College of Engineering and Applied Science
  “Tire Crumb Rubber in Stormwater Filtration”

Award for Undergraduate Research:

• Meghan Cromie, Integrative Physiology, AMC - School of Medicine
  “Highly Sensitive Assay to Measure Biolimus A9 in Pigs and Humans”

Award for Undergraduate Creative Activity:

• Sarah Coughlin, College: DC - College of Arts and Media
  Piano Performance: “The Brilliance and Plight of 20th Century Composer Aram Khachaturian”

Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

Undergraduate Research:

• Stefan Elsener, Keith Ray, Brittany Bragdon, Nathan Smith, Ryan Gaffney:  Mechanical Engineering, DC College of Engineering and Applied Science
  “Victim Evacuation Robotic Vehicle”

Graduate Research:

• Susan Farabaugh:  Biochemistry and Molecular Genetic, AMC Graduate School
  “Six1 is Dependent on its Induced Breast Cancer Progression”
• Shelley Durazo:  Pharmaceutical Sciences, AMC School of Pharmacy
  “Unraveling the Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Uptake and its Importance in Drug Targeting”
• Bradley Stolz:  Mechanical Engineering, DC College of Engineering and Applied Science
  “Modeling of Vehicle Yaw Instability”