SRCE Exposition 2010

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Ashley Kakkanatt '11 describes her "Homage to Chagall" to Sandra Mulryan Kristie Bemis ‘10 talks with Dr. Denny Wilkins about her research on Congressman Walsh and environmental politics Martin Spear ‘11 talks with President Sr. Margaret Carney about his study of self-disclosure in romantic relationships
Corey  Armstrong '11 discusses her "paraphrase" of Chagall's self-portrait with Dr. Chuck Walker The 2010 Exposition spanned Wednesday, April 28 to Friday, April 30 and featured a record 48 participants and 40 projects. The projects included research on the chemical basis of traditional indian medicines, an analysis of the friendship between the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington, and portraits of great African-American musicians.
Anne Young '10 discusses her research on nutrient restriction in certain rats and hamsters with Dr. Joel Benington Max Wallace '10 discusses his study of nutrient restriction in certain rats and hamsters with Jim Miller The many visitors to the reception included Vice President and Provost Mike Fischer and University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F, S.T.D.
The small photos on this page show just some of the participants and their suberb projects. Click on a small photo to see a larger version of the image. Priya Singhal ‘11 presents her research on the effects of the protein Cadherin-11 on mammary glands in mice Nick Arno ‘12 & Lauren Russo ‘12 talk with Dr. Mike Fischer about their research on zebrafish embryos
Sarah Morris ‘11 talks with Dr. Joel Benington about her research on the chemical bases of Seneca traditional medicines. The complete list of participants, projects, and mentors appears below the photos. The list is available as a pdf here: SRCE Exposition 2010 Program. Matthew Ryan '12 talks with Constance Pierce about his project, "Basquiat, Tupac, Jimi and Michael: Gone Too Soon"
Cara Gustafson '11 describes her study of the effects of music tempo on attention to Betsy and Doug Cashing Cara Gustafson shares a light moment with friends Rachel Engl ‘10 discusses her research on the friendship between the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington
Catie Greene ‘11 describes her research on students’ failure and success in academics to Sandra Mulryan

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Lauren Cussins '10 discusses her research on the effects of doodling on working memory
Tess Hanna ‘12 talks about her painting, "Paraphrase: Homage to Mary Cassatt", with Dr. Dan Tate Shivani Sharma ‘11 talks with Dr. Donna Brestensky about her study of vitamin B6 derivatives The 2010 Expo featured so many wonderful projects...
...and the reception attracted so many visitors... Kevin Cilano ’11 (right) and Jason Chien ‘12 (foreground) presented two related biology projects on one poster Kevin Kirby ’10 describes his research on "Aaron Burr and the 18th Century Rake"
Kate Berardino ’11 talks about her paintings of the Berardino children Ryan Duffy ‘11 presents his analysis of the relationship between Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson ...that the Trustees Room was positively crowded. Next year, we move to a new, larger venue!

 

The 2010 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition

 

Participants, Projects, and Mentors

To participate in the Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition, a student or group of students must be invited by a faculty member in the Arts & Sciences who considers their work “substantial” and “meritorious.” All projects were completed between the summer of 2009 and the spring of 2010. The projects are indexed by the mentors’ departments/programs.

 

The 2010 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition

Biochemistry

 Thomas Zaikos (Borer Fellow) ‘10: “Periodate aniline ligation of RAW 246.7 cell
      surface sialic acid residues increases expression of inflammatory cytokines with and
      without stimulation by lipopolysaccharide”
      Mentor: Dr. John Kupinski

Biology

 Nick Lorusso ‘10: “Effects of Benthic Sediment Levels on the Brood Rock Selection by
      Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
      Mentor: Dr. Ted Georgian

 Thomas Zaikos (Borer Fellow) ‘10: “Nutrient-limitation induces triglyceride synthesis
      in Neochloris oleoabundans
      Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington
 Neil Batta ’12, Shikha Gupta ’10, Divya Kurian ‘12: “Optimization of Lipid and Starch
      Extraction following Nutrient Depletion in the Green Algae Neochloris oleoabundans
      Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington

 Priya Singhal ‘11: “Cadherin-11 knockout mice have changes in canonical Wnt
      signaling in the mammary gland”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens

 Megan Vos ‘11, Neha Sanyal ‘12, Ashish Kumar ‘11: “The role of Cadherin-11 in
      branching morphogenesis and its effects on Wnt signaling in the adult mammary
      gland”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Jaela Agnello ‘12, Julie Scarpino ‘12, Samuel Saeli ‘11: “Effects of Lithium
      Chloride, Potassium Chromate, and Cadmium Chloride on zebrafish development”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Shihka Gupta ’10, Kyle Klosowski ‘12: “The effect of water from Two Mile Creek
      (Olean, NY) and Lithium Chloride on the development of zebrafish (Danio rerios)”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Nick Arno ‘12, Lauren Russo ‘12: “Effects of LiCl and Stink Creek water on zebrafish
      (Danio rerios) embryos”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Linsey Niles ‘12, Brent Wilkey ‘12, Edward Huebert ‘12: “Effects of caffeine and
      alcohol on the Chicken Embryonic Heart”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Kevin Cilano ’11, Jason Chien ‘12: Two projects on one poster.
      Cilano: “HAP1 and the Exon Junction Complex (EJC)”
      Chien: “Arabidopsis thaliana SR45 and its rice homologs”
      Mentor: Dr. Xiao-Ning Zhang

Chemistry

 Shivani Sharma ‘11: “Studies of the [3+2] Dipolarcycloaddition of Vitamin B6
      Derivatives”
      Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey
 Nick Sylor ’11, Jacob Donius ‘11: “Synthetic methodological development of
      3-hydroxypyridine cycloaddition reactions and natural product potential”
      Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey
 Sarah Morris ‘11: “Seneca Traditional Medicine - Towards the chemical composition of
      sassafras root and mullein smoke”
      Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey
 Shawn McGranaghan ‘10: “Thinking locally in natural product isolation : The
      purification and beginning analysis of Sassafras albidum leaves and root inspired by
      Seneca Nation traditional medicine”. Presented at the American Chemical Society
      (ACS) Western New York Undergraduate Research Symposium in March 2010
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      Mentor: Dr. David Hilmey

Computer Science

 Dan Eisemann ’10: “Corona Test Generator: Test Generation Made Easy and Tolerant”
      Mentors: Dr. Steven Andrianoff & Dr. David Levine

History

 Kristie Bemis ‘10: “Congressman Walsh and Environmental Politics: The Cleaning of
      Onondaga Lake”
      Mentor: Dr. Phillip Payne
 Kevin Kirby ’10: “Vain is He Who Tries to Please Them All: Aaron Burr and the 18th
      Century Rake”
      Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins
 Rachel Engl ‘10: “The Evolution of a Friendship: The Relationship of the Marquis de
      Lafayette and George Washington”. Honors Project.
      Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins
 Ryan Duffy ‘11: “Washington's Cabinet Schism: The Relationship between
      Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson”. Honors Project.
      Mentor: Dr. Karen Robbins

Mathematics

 Kevin Cilano ‘11: “Area = Perimeter: From Brain Teaser to High School Curriculum”
      Mentor: Dr. Doug Cashing

Physics

 Troy Mulholland ‘11: “Histogramming algorithm for muon standalone reconstruction in
      the CMS detector”. Summer 2009 REU at the University of Florida.
      SBU Mentor: Dr. Jack Neeson

Psychology

 Max Wallace ‘10: “The effect of nutrient restriction on habituation in Norway rats and
      Syrian hamsters”
      Mentor: Dr. Darryl Mayeaux
 Anne Young ‘10: “The effect of nutrient restriction on social learning in Norway rats and
      Syrian hamsters”
      Mentor: Dr. Darryl Mayeaux
 David Holfoth ‘11: “The Effects of Video Game Playing on Visual Attention”
      Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake
 Meghan Perschke ‘11: “The Effects of Working Memory Capacity and Social Pressure
      on Problem Solving”
      Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake
 Cara Gustafson ‘11: “Does Music Tempo Affect Attention?”
      Mentor: Dr. Matthew Shake
 Lauren Cussins ’10: “Effects of Doodling on Working Memory”. Senior thesis.
      Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Vogel
 Catherine Greene ‘11:  “Students’ Mindsets and Causal Attributions of Failure and
      Success in Academics”. Senior thesis.
      Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker
 Ashley Schinzing ‘10:  “Are Exercise and Sufficient Sleep Associated with the
      Well-Being of College Students?” Honors Project.
      Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker
 Howard Martin Spear ‘11:  “You are Sacred: A Study of Self-disclosure and
      Admiration in Romantic Relationships”. Independent study.
      Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker
 Sarah Specchio ‘10: “The Effect of Laughter and Extraversion on Creativity: A Test of
      Broaden & Build Theory”. Honors Project.
      Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker

Visual and Performing Arts

 Matthew Ryan ’12: “Basquiat, Tupac, Jimi and Michael: Gone Too Soon”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Kate Berardino ’11: “The Berardino Children”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Cornelius Durkin ’12: “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Ashley Kakkanatt ’11: “Paraphrase: Homage to Chagall”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Corey Armstrong ‘11: “Paraphrase: Chagall Self-Portrait”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Tess Hanna ‘12: “Paraphrase: Homage to Mary Cassatt”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce
 Matthew Johnson ’12: “Self-Portraits and Other Characters”
      Mentor: Professor Constance Pierce