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 |