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Current Projects:

Completed Projects:

2008
1. Research supported by NSF-UBM
2. Research supported by the MAA with funding from NSF, NSA and the Moody Foundation
3. Research supported by ETSU Student-Faculty Collaboration grant-Honors College
Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Alison Coston2 Graph-theoretic modeling of the family of Human ABC transporters Dr. Debra Knisley
Kenneth Lauderdale2 Multiple sequence alignment algorithms based on numerical sequences Dr. Debra Knisley
Annette Nti2 Network analysis of the CFTR interaction network Dr. Debra Knisley
Maribel Reyes2 Predicting HIV-1 drug resistance due to specific amino acid substitutions Dr. Debra Knisley
DaVaughn Lauderdale2 Invariants of line graphs from RNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Maleka Khambaty3 Modeling habitat fragmentation

2007

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Steve Patton2 Descriptors derived from line graphs of RNA trees Dr. Debra Knisley
Leonard Roberts2 Biomolecular invariants of amino acid trees Dr. Debra Knisley
Duran Williams2 Small world properties of networks Dr. Debra Knisley

2006
Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Daniel Lamb3 Graph-theoretic models of the human Hsp70 ATPase domain (honors thesis) Dr. Debra Knisley
Jennifer Stepp Using graph theory to develop a predictive model for OB-folds in proteins (honors thesis) Drs. Lev Yampolsky & Debra Knisley

2005

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Holly Hicks1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs. Celia McIntosh and Debra Knisley
Brad Wild1 Predicting function of proteins from structural information using graph theory Drs.  Celia McIntosh Debra Knisley
Daniel Lamb1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs.  Celia McIntosh & Debra Knisley
Shannon McConnell1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs.  Celia McIntosh & Debra Knisley
Mike Phillips1 Bottom up approach of division of labor Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Dmitry Yampolsky1 Computational approach of division of labor Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Patricia Carey1 Neural networks and microarrays Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Jennifer K. Cooke1 Diapause in Sarcophaga
Erin Ashton1 Statistical approach to multifactorial microarray analysis
Tywanna Anderson2 Using graphical invariants to quantify secondary RNA structure Dr. Debra Knisley
Huda Hussein2 Predicting RNA structure by domination invariants Dr. Debra Knisley
Veranda Moffet2 On the chromatic number of DNA graphs Dr. Debra Knisley
Glenda Span2 On the regularity of DNA graphs Dr. Debra Knisley

2004

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Mike Phillips1 Agent-based modeling of insect societies Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Leanna Horton1 Markovian and connected palindromes Dr. Anant Godbole
Patricia Carey1 Neural networks and microarray expression data Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Georganna Rose1l Characterization of genes differentially regulated in Sarcophaga crassipalpis using neural network and microarray analysis Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Emily Mullersman1 A game theoretical model for intraspecific brood parasitism
Jennifer Whittington1 Game theory model of intraspecific nest parasitism Drs. Lev Yampolsky and Jeff Knisley
Brad Wild1 Graph model of chaperone proteins Hsp70 and Hsp60 Dr. Debra Knisley
Daniel Lamb1 Graph models of DNA repair enzymes Drs. Debra Knisley and Yue Zou
Francesca Duncan2 Combinatorial study of siRNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Mariam Konate2 Combinatorial study of siRNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Jeremy Smith2 Graph-theoretic models of secondary RNA structure Dr. Debra Knisley
Ary Clemons2 Combinatorial representations of RNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Luke Drake Using graphical parameters of trees to predict secondary RNA structures Dr. Debra Knisley


2003

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Katherine Williams Characterizing some graphical properties of secondary protein structures Dr. Debra Knisley