19th Annual CEFNS Undergraduate Research and Design Symposium - April 27, 2012  

First place research/research-based internships (tie)

Meagan Seymour

"Phylogenetic Analysis of Trans-Eurasian Bacillus anthracis"
Mentor: Talima Pearson, Biology/MGGEN 

Kristin Wiggins

"Evaluating Molecular Methods of Detection for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases"
Mentor: Jolene Bowers, Biology 

First place community projects

Nicole Wolfe, Erik Alberson, Justin Benedict, Jason Marmon, Kelly Plouffe, and Trace Richardson

"Feasibility Study:  Bringing a Meat Processing Plant to Northern Arizona"
Mentor: Helen Sisk, SESES 

First place engineering design

Umair Khan, David Blakesley, James Shaeffer, Ibraheem Algargoush

"Audio-Visual Lectern"
Mentor: Clinton Baker, CEFNS IT/Electrical Engineering

Second place research/research-based internships (tie)

Joshua Mayoral

"Does Mucus Play a Role During Infection with the Parasite Toxoplasma gondii?"
Mentor: Fernando Monroy, Biology

Audrey Ford

"Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Protein Scaffolds"
Mentor: Brent Nelson, Mechanical Engineering

Third place research/research-based internships (tie)

Emily Kaufman

"Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis type A1 in the United States"
Mentor: David Wagner, Biology/MGGEN

Mary Zuniga

"Depleted Uranium and UVB Light Combined Cytotoxicity and Mutation Frequency in Human Skin Cells
Mentor: Diane Stearns, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Phi Kappa Phi graduating senior award

Derek Jurestovsky

"Taphonomic Analysis of Two Shell Beds in the Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah"
Mentor: David Elliott, SESES

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