UURAF WINNERS 2005

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Category	Prize	Presenter	Title of Presentation
Physical Sciences
	First	Darya E. Howell	Catalytic Hydrogeneration of 1, 2 Cyclopentanediols: Applications in Green Industrial Chemistry
	Merit	Janelle C. Shane	Pulse Shapes and Patterns: Mapping Coherant Control Problems
Business & Communication Arts
	First	Paul Summers	Establishing Communication in Rural Markets in Michigan
	Merit	Lucie J. Richards	Smoking Cessation and Theory of Planned Behavior
	Merit	John W. Phillip III, Andres S. Galarza, Adam R. Clegg, Tyler C. Smeltekop, Deborah R. Grace	Redesigning the Career Services and Placement Website
Engineering
	First	Michelle K. Foncannon	Effects of Increasing Heel Stiffness in Athletic Shoes on Impulsive Loads While Running
	Merit	David A. Bendert	Aggregate Interlock in Reinforced SCC Members
Biochemistry & Molecular
	First	Nikola Vuljaj	Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Members and Virulence Genes Necessary for Infection and Disease Causation in Humans, Animals and Plants
	Merit	Elizabeth A. Bartlett	Characterization of the Gene Responsible for bovine Hereditary Zinc Deficiency
	Merit	Kathryn M. Gonyea	Role of hUbc13 in Damage Avoidance during DNA Replication by Human Fibroblasts past Fork-blocking Lesions
Social Sciences (1)
	First	Chenai J. Muzamhindo	Culture, Self-Concept and Self-Esteem in Depressed Japanese and American Women
	Merit	Jeri M. Burtapelle	Older Adults Look Back
	Merit	Jennifer M. Schmidt	Society’s Control of Gender: A Look at MSU’s Gender Notions
Social Sciences (2)
	First	Arthur R. Sandt	Investigating the Ecological Validity of Emotion Induction Using Pictorial Stimuli in the Laboratory: A Psychophysiological Assessment
	Merit	Alicia Ratterree	A Wolf at the Door: The Re-emergence of European Anti-Immigration Parties
	Merit	Shanti A. Zaid	Reading Between Sacred Lines: Status of Regla de Ifa Leadership in Santiago de Cuba
Humanities
	First	Megan M. Carroll	The Ideal Beauty
	Merit	Lindsey A. Bertolini	Understanding Aesthetic Development
	Merit	Kate L. Fedewa	Making Classics Current: Student-friendly Magazines as Supplementary Materials
Agriculture & Natural Resources
	First	Allison M. Meyer	Effect of Age on Antioxidant Activity in Muscle and Identification of Iron Regulatory Proteins in Liver of Cattle
	Merit	Kristin A. Pratt	MSU’s Project FISH (Friends Involved in Sportfishing Heritage) Program and Its Impacts on Different Stakeholders
	Merit	Andrew F. Knowles	Experimental Method to Quantify Sand Residual Sand in Produce