12th Annual Undergraduate Symposium for
Scholarly & Creative Work

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Randolph Hall

2010 Symposium Program

2010 Awards Banquet Program

2010 Undergraduate Symposium Prize Winners

$1000 First Prizes and $500 Second Prizes were awarded in each category

Arts
Honorable Mention	Olivia Burke, Nathan Doctor, Ryan Fischvogt, Michael (David) Hoffman, Zlatan Sehovic, Bradley Sutton Vernacular Architecture in Panama Faculty Sponsors: Rachel Berney, Jeff Guh, and Erik Mar, School of Architecture
Honorable Mention	Jeremy Allen Paris Portraits Faculty Sponsors: Steve Child, Shannon Ebner, and Haven Lin-Kirk, Roski School of Fine Arts
Honorable Mention	Martin Benson A Self Expressive Truth Faculty Sponsor: Evan Holloway, Roski School of Fine Arts
2nd Prize	Annamaria Feist, Andrea Vancura Orange Appeel Faculty Sponsor: Everett Lewis, School of Cinematic Arts
2nd Prize	Saul Tobin Piano Sonata HaTzmichah Faculty Sponsor: Frederick Lesemann, Composition, Thornton School of Music
1st Prize	Yuan-Yu (Henry) Chang Latrine Lander Faculty Sponsor: Erik Mar, School of Architecture
Humanities
Honorable Mention	Sarah Butler, Tiffany Tsai The Front Lines of Empire: Metal Arrowheads and Projectile Points as Indicators of Social and Political Transformation in the ancient Middle East Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Swartz Dodd, Religion, USC College
Honorable Mention	Janinda Gunawardene, Gemma Morales Early Acquisition of Spanish Tense and Verbal Aspect by Spanish-English Bilinguals Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Silva-Corvalán, Spanish & Portuguese, USC College
2nd Prize	Alexandra Sinnott Rome Goes Green: A study of glass recycling in the ancient Roman Empire Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Swartz Dodd, Religion, USC College
1st Prize	Sarah Hawley The Iconography of Empire: Political Transition as Demonstrated in the Terracotta Figurines of Tell al-Judaidah Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Swartz Dodd, Religion, USC College
Life Sciences
Honorable Mention	Grace Hwang Assessing the impact of handling sea turtles and exploring ways to improve conservation efforts by reducing injury incurred Faculty Sponsor: Steve Lund, Earth Sciences, USC College
Honorable Mention	James Chalfant Reciprocal Relations of Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat to Bone Structure and Strength Faculty Sponsor: Tishya Wren, Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi
Honorable Mention	Negar Kahen Rizobia and Crop Productivity in High Salinity Areas Faculty Sponsor: Sergey Nuzhdin, Molecular Cell Biology
Honorable Mention	Jasmine Thum Are You Breathing?: Monitoring Autonomic Function using Spontaneous Cardiorespiratory Variability Faculty Sponsors: Patjanaporn Chalacheva, Biomedical Engineering (PhD Candidate); Michael C.K. Khoo, Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics, Viterbi School of Engineering, Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair
Honorable Mention	Jeannie Zhang Phosphotyrosine-like immunoreactivity marks putative microglia in the hypothalamus and thalamus Faculty Sponsor: Arshad M Khan, Biological Sciences, USC College
2nd Prize	Rebecca Gibbs Selective vulnerability of the neuromuscular junction in a mouse model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Faculty Sponsors: Chein-Ping Ko and Karen Ling, Biological Sciences, USC College
2nd Prize	Dustin Tetzl FMRI study of the neural correlates of ADHD Faculty Sponsors: Xavier Castellanos, NYU School of Medicine: Departments of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Radiology; Albert Herrera, Biological Sciences, USC College
1st Prize	Marissa Srour Development of a Rib Regeneration Model in Mammals Faculty Sponsor: Francesca Mariani, Eli and Edyth Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC
Interdisciplinary Award	Rami Hamzey, Michael Hazboun, Darcelle Kimble-Manalo, Kotaro Uyeda, Matthew Williams Biomechanical Analysis of Movement Strategies in Collegiate Women’s Volleyball Players Faculty Sponsor: Jill McNitt-Gray, Kinesiology, USC College
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Honorable Mention	Lesley Petrie Hydrogen Isotopic Analyses of Leaf Wax Biomarkers in Miocene and Pliocene Age Marine Sediments off NE Africa Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Feakins, Earth Sciences, USC College
Honorable Mention	Ryan Berti Bridging the Gap: The Use of Ad-Hoc Enabled Smart Phones to Distribute Data Locally in the Cellular Network Faculty Sponsors: Michael Crowley, Viterbi School of Engineering; Robert De Groot, Southern California Earthquake Center
1st Prize	Henry Yuen Fingerprinting DNA with Quantum Mechanics: DNA Nanopore Sequencing via Principal Component Analysis Faculty Sponsor: Aiichiro Nakano, Physics, Computer Science
1st Prize	Szeyan (Charlotte) Chan, Hannah Gray Bio-Sand Filters for Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria and Arsenic from Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Developing Countries Faculty Sponsors: Massoud Pirbazari and Varadarjan Ravindran, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi
Social Sciences
Honorable Mention	Zachary Kleiman Emotion Driven Outcome Assessment in Sports Faculty Sponsors: Jo Ann Farver and Richard John, Psychology, USC College
Honorable Mention	Ellen Lee Falling out of favor: Processes of status loss within groups Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Overbeck, Marshall School of Business
2nd Prize	Shelly McArdle The Best Boss You Will Ever Have: A Field Study on Personality Traits in Student Leaders Faculty Sponsor: Richard John, Psychology, USC College
2nd Prize	Daniel Wu Reimagining the Figueroa Corridor, 1960-2000: Growth Politics, Policy, and Displacement Faculty Sponsor: Leland Saito, Sociology, USC College
1st Prize	Jenna Tomei, Emilie Winckel The “Monster Molester” and the “Innocent Victim”: Child Sexual Abuse Stereotypes and Their Effects on Jury Decisions Faculty Sponsor: Thomas D. Lyon, Gould School of Law and Psychology, USC College
Interdisciplinary Award	Marrissa Emond Menstrual Culture from Seven Ethnic Dayak Tunjung and Benuaq Villages of West Kutai (Borneo): Associated Spiritual Practices, Attitudes, and Distress Faculty Sponsor: Robert Delgado, Anthropology and Biological Sciences, USC College