2004 Award Winners
1st Place Graduate
Heliodoro Sanchez, Jr.,
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Title: The Wealthy, The Middle Class, and The Uneducated: The Relationship
Among Socioeconomic Status, Demographic Shifts, and Education.
2nd Place Graduate
Richa Chandra,
Texas A&M University
Title: The Characterization and Detection of Remnant Lipoproteins in
Human Serum.
3rd Place (1) Graduate
Cassidy Johnson,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Title: The Affect of Changes in Gravity on Phagocytosis.
3rd Place (2) Graduate
Tausha Calvin, Premkumar B. Saganti, and Richard Wilkins,
Prairie View A&M University
Title: Variation of Radiation Environment During Current Solar Cycle:
ACE/CRIS Data.
3rd Place (3) Graduate
Andrew Conkey,
Texas A&M University
Title: Mechanical Measurements Implementing a Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer.
3rd Place (4) Graduate
Sandeep Gaudana, Dr. Michael Tomaszewski,
Texas A&M University
Title: Managing DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) Databases-The SAS© Way.
3rd Place (5) Graduate
Jennifer Bray,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Title: Arudhati Roy: A Global Voice
3rd Place (6) Graduate
Brandi Kutil, Martin J. Spiering, Christopher L. Schardl and Heather
H. Wilkinson,
Texas A&M University
Title: Evolution of a Novel Secondary Metabolite Gene Cluster Implicated
in Loline Alkaloid Biosysthesis of Grass-Endophytes (Epichloe and Neotyphodium
SPP.)
3rd Place (7) Graduate
Yan Cai,
Texas A&M University
Title: Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Pelagic Fishes From the NW Gulf
of Mexico.
3rd Place (8) Graduate
John C. Watson Jr.,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Title: Reclaiming a National Identity: State-Sponsored Muralism in
the United States and Mexico 1920-1945.
1st Place Undergraduate
Jessica Hester,
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Title: Making Connections Through Literature: A Literacy-Based Approach
to Mathematics Instruction.
2nd Place Undergraduate
Carmelino Castillo,
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Title: Mathematical and Physical Concepts Applied in Using Lego® Mindstorm
Microprocessors.
3rd Place (1) Undergraduate
Megan Lambert, Robert G. Trujillo, Thomas R. Loughlin, Thomas S. Gelatt,
John C. Patton, Cole W. Matson, and John W. Bickham,
Texas A&M University
Title: Genetic Variation and Population Structure: Using the mtDNA
Hypervariable Control Region to Study the Eastern and Western Stocks of Steller
Sea Lions (Eumetopias Jubatus).
3rd Place (2) Undergraduate
Andrew McInnes, Bryan Fielder, Eddie Majzlik, Tim Dellapenna, Nicole
Joiner, and Christian Noll,
Prairie View A&M University-Galveston
Title: Exploitation of Buried Paleochannels Under Follet's Island,
TX For Beach Re-Nourishment.
3rd Place (3) Undergraduate
Steven Zandstra, Bobby Greiner, and Dr. Keith West,
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Title: The Effects of a Total Solar Eclipse on Ionospheric Density
and Temperature: A Case Study.
3rd Place (4) Undergraduate
Luz Earley and C. P. Bagley,
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Title: Linguistic and Textual English/Spanish Resource Development
for Bilingual/ESL Based Entities in Academia, The Agricultural Industry and
International Travel.
3rd Place (5) Undergraduate
D. Alcantara, C. Romero, S. Chopin, G. Buck, and D. Hernandez,
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, St. Mary's University, San Antonio
Title: Antibacterial Efficacy of Indigenous Medicinal Plants of Northern
Mexico.
3rd Place (6) Undergraduate
Ashley Tull, Kristen J. Epresi,
Texas A&M University
Title: Isodose Profiling of a Food Irradiation Plant.
3rd Place (7) Undergraduate
Ramiro Munoz III, Juan F. Uribe Jr., Bobby Soto, and Zhanping You,
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Title: Top-Down Cracking in Asphalt Concrete Pavement Application of
Phytase to Reduce P Loading in Soils.
3rd Place (8) Undergraduate
Robert Munguia Jr.,
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Title: Application of Phytase to Reduce P Loading in Soils Irrigated
With Swine Effluent.
