Undergraduate Reseach

2010:
1. Research supported by NSF-TEQB
2. Research supported by Ronald McNair program
3. Research supported by NSF-REU
Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Carly Manning 1 Occurrence of the Fecal Pathogens E.coli 0517:H7 and Salmonella
Phil Scheuerman (environmental health)
McKayla Johnson 1

The effects of UV-induced DNA damage on Cell  Growth and DNA Repair

Phil Musich (molecular biology and biochemistry)
Ava Gooding 1 Analyzing Properties of Secondary RNA structures using graph theory Trina Wooten (mathematics & statistics)
Derek Crouthers 1 Analyzing Properties of Secondary RNA structures using graph theory Trina Wooten
 (mathematics & statistics)
Rebecca Leonard 1 Analyzing Properties of Secondary RNA structures using graph theory Trina Wooten
 (mathematics & statistics)
Sharon Cameron 1 Game theory with Defender Learning Lev Yampolsky (biological sciences)
Brigette Prater-Thompson 1 Lev Yampolsky (biological sciences)
Lindsey McAmis 1 Role of Stress in the Onset of Diabetes Mellitus in Mice Edward Onyango (health sciences)
Byron Roland 1 Fire effects on forest habitats: an individual based model Istvan Karsai (biological science)
Austin Rhoten 1 Ab Initio and Semi-empirical Quantum Chemistry Vibrational Calculations of a class of Bisphosphonates Scott Kirkby (chemistry)
Lauren Brooks 1

A Profile of Rural Southern Appalachian HIV Patients: VA versus Community

Foster Levy (biological sciences)
Chelsea Ross 1 Secondary RNA structure, combinatorics and random graphs Anant Godbole
(mathematics & statistics)
Landon Zink 1,3 Yue Zou (biochemistry & molecular biology)
Cade Herron 2 Classifying Human ABC transporters using  graph descriptors Debra Knisley
(mathematics & statistics)
Mychal Bolton 1 Edward Onyango (health sciences)
Lindsey Rogerson 1 Istvan Karsai (biological science)
Haley Stinnett

Localization of calbindin-D28K in the extraembryonic membranes of a highly placentotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia pagenstecher i

James Stewart (biological sciences), Rebecca Pyles(biological sciences) and Tom Ecay (physiology)
Xinyun Cao

Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Deficiency and Antagonist for Trauma-Hemorrhage

Race Kao (surgery)
Lee Ragsdale

Chronic Methylphenidate Treatment Decreases BDNF Concentration in the Striatum of Female Adolescent Rats

Russ Brow n (Psychology)
Jeremy Brooks 1 T1 Mapping Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis Christopher Kramer (Univ.of Virginia)
Laura Catron Immigration Laws & Immigrant Health:   Modeling the Spread of Tuberculosis in Arizona Baojun Sung (University of Montclair)
Joseph Powell The Baa-tany Goat Project & Roan Mountain’s Unique Alder Bald Levy Foster (biological sciences)




2009
1.
Research supported by NSF-TEQB

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Jeremy Brooks 1 Comparing and Contrasting Different Forms of the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Model Jeff Knisley (mathematics)
Lindsey McAmis 1 Role of Stress in the Onset of Diabetes Mellitus in Mice Edward Onyango (health sciences)
Lauren Brooks 1 Effect of Diet on the Expression of the Protective Mucins in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice Edward Onyango (health sciences)
Sharon Cameron 1 Defender/Offender Game: With Defender Learning Lev Yampolsky (biological sciences)
Landon Zink 1 RPA and P53 Interaction Yue Zou (biochemistry & molecular biology)
Carly Manning 1 Exploration of Food Sources by Ants: An agent based simulation Istvan Karsai (biological science)


2008
1. Research supported by ETSU Student-Faculty Collaboration grant-Honors College
2. Research supported by the MAA with funding from NSF, NSA and the Moody Foundation

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Alison Coston 2 Graph-theoretic modeling of the family of Human ABC transporters Debra Knisley
Kenneth Lauderdale 2 Multiple sequence alignment algorithms based on numerical sequences Debra Knisley
Annette Nti 2 Network analysis of the CFTR interaction network Debra Knisley
Maribel Reyes 2 Predicting HIV-1 drug resistance due to specific amino acid substitutions Debra Knisley
DaVaughn Lauderdale 2 Invariants of line graphs from RNA Debra Knisley
Maleka Khambaty 1 Modeling habitat fragmentation

2007

1. Research supported by
 the MAA with funding from NSF, NSA and the Moody Foundation

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Steve Patton 2 Descriptors derived from line graphs of RNA trees Debra Knisley
Leonard Roberts 2 Biomolecular invariants of amino acid trees Debra Knisley
Duran Williams 2 Small world properties of networks Debra Knisley

2006
 1. Research supported by ETSU Student-Faculty Collaboration grant-Honors College
Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Daniel Lamb 1 Graph-theoretic models of the human Hsp70 ATPase domain (honors thesis) Debra Knisley
Jennifer Stepp 1 Using graph theory to develop a predictive model for OB-folds in proteins (honors thesis) Drs. Lev Yampolsky & Debra Knisley

2005
1. Research supported by NSF-UBM
2.
Research supported by  the MAA with funding from NSF, NSA and the Moody Foundation

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Holly Hicks 1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs. Celia McIntosh and Debra Knisley
Brad Wild 1 Predicting function of proteins from structural information using graph theory Drs.  Celia McIntosh Debra Knisley
Daniel Lamb 1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs.  Celia McIntosh & Debra Knisley
Shannon McConnell 1 Graph theoretic based models of UDP-Glucosyltransferases Drs.  Celia McIntosh & Debra Knisley
Mike Phillips 1 Bottom up approach of division of labor Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Dmitry Yampolsky 1 Computational approach of division of labor Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Patricia Carey 1 Neural networks and microarrays Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Jennifer K. Cooke 1 Diapause in Sarcophaga Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Erin Ashton 1 Statistical approach to multifactorial microarray analysis Drs. Edith Seier and Lev Yampolsky
Tywanna Anderson 2 Using graphical invariants to quantify secondary RNA structure Dr. Debra Knisley
Huda Hussein 2 Predicting RNA structure by domination invariants Dr. Debra Knisley
Veranda Moffet 2 On the chromatic number of DNA graphs Dr. Debra Knisley
Glenda Span 2 On the regularity of DNA graphs Dr. Debra Knisley

2004
1. Research supported by NSF-UBM
2.
Research supported by  the MAA with funding from NSF, NSA and the Moody Foundation

Student Project Description Faculty Advisor
Mike Phillips 1 Agent-based modeling of insect societies Drs. Steve Karsai and Jeff Knisley
Leanna Horton 1 Markovian and connected palindromes Dr. Anant Godbole
Patricia Carey 1 Neural networks and microarray expression data Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Georganna Rose 1l Characterization of genes differentially regulated in Sarcophaga crassipalpis using neural network and microarray analysis Drs. Karl Joplin and Jeff Knisley
Emily Mullersman 1 A game theoretical model for intraspecific brood parasitism
Jennifer Whittington 1 Game theory model of intraspecific nest parasitism Drs. Lev Yampolsky and Jeff Knisley
Brad Wild 1 Graph model of chaperone proteins Hsp70 and Hsp60 Dr. Debra Knisley
Daniel Lamb 1 Graph models of DNA repair enzymes Drs. Debra Knisley and Yue Zou
Francesca Duncan 2 Combinatorial study of siRNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Mariam Konate 2 Combinatorial study of siRNA Dr. Debra Knisley
Jeremy Smith 2 Graph-theoretic models of secondary RNA structure Dr. Debra Knisley
Ary Clemons 2 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 Debra Knisley