Jacob Batson
Chemistry
Mentor: David Dixon
“Predictions of the Acidities of Peptides for Proteomic Research”

Micah Bennett
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Bernard Kuhajda
“Life History and Conservation of Madtom Catfishes (genus Noturus) in the Cahaba River Drainage, Alabama”

Jennifer D. Clark
Biology
Mentor: Juan Lopez-Bautista
“Using Genetic Markers as Tools for Determining Phylognetic Relationships of an Unusual and Infrequent Symbiotic Green Alga: Oophila”

Perry Guevera
English & Spanish
Mentor: Nancy Campbell
“Zen Buddhism and Contemporary North American Poetry”

Ryan House
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Mentor: David Dixon
“Computational Catalysis: The Binding Energy of Metal Ions in Zeolite Acid Sites”

Heath Howell
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Bernard Kuhajda
“Fish Utilization of Riffle Habitat Created by a Dam Removal on the Cahaba River”

Glenn Kelly
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: David Dixon
“Computational Chemistry Studies of Supported Catalytic Reactions”

Daniel Marion
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: David Dixon
“Lewis Acid/Base Properties of Arduengo-type Carbenes”

Michelle McGaha
Industrial Engineering
Mentor: James P. Hubner
“Development and Implementation of Image Analysis Techniques for Luminescent Photo-elastic Coatings”

Suzanah Moorer
Studio Art
Mentor: Nancy Campbell
“Recasting the Real: Reconstructivism: A Response to Hybridity in Contemporary Art Methodologies”

Kevin Pinkerton
Telecommunications & Film
Mentor: Shuhua Zhou
“Effects of Morbid Curiosity on Perception, Attention and Reaction to Bad News”

Adam Rankin
Business Administration
Mentor: John Petrovic
“The Geography of Children’s Primary Language Use in an English Immersion Classroom”

Renee Rivas
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Guy Caldwell
“Identification of Novel Susceptibility and Neuroprotective Genes Associated with Parkinson’s Disease”

Mary Kathryn Sewell
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Christopher S. Brazel
“Development of Controlled-Release Polymers with Dispersed Magnetic Nanoparticles: Magnetic Heating & Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy”

Jackson Switzer
Biochemistry
Mentor: David Dixon
“Computational Studies of the Decomposition of Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction”

Robyn Thomas
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Kim Caldwell
“Investigating the Function of Proteins Associated with Cell Division and Human Neurological Disorders in the Nematode C. elegans”

Andrew Vincent
Biochemistry
Mentor: David Dixon
“Computational”

Vera Welch
Classics
Mentor: Kirk Summers
“Bibliographic Database Design: The Latinized Entries for French Presses to 1600”