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Students Get Weaver Undergraduate Research Awards
Four Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology students and
four professors will explore a wide range of science and engineering
projects through a collaborative undergraduate research program
supported by Joseph and Reba Weaver of Indianapolis.
The projects will begin this summer and must be
completed by May 2006. The $2,000 awards cover student wages,
campus residential costs, and supply and material expenses. No
faculty salaries or major equipment expenses are allowed.
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| Ready To Do Research: Applied
biology student Derek Trobaugh (right) met with Reba Weaver after
being awarded 2005-06 Joseph and Reba Weaver Undergraduate
Research Grants. |
Studying the in-vitro generation of amoebocyrtes from
the American Horseshoe Crab will be Amber Brannan, a junior applied
biology major from Brazil, Ind., and William Weiner, assistant professor
of applied biology and biomedical engineering.
Meanwhile, sophomore chemistry major Dan Szymkowiak of
Port Angeles, Wash., will examine an application of the Amberlite resin
RA-400 to aqueous-phase palladium catalyzed Suzuki reactions. He
will be assisted by Rebecca DeVasher, assistant professor of chemistry.
Junior applied biology major Derek Trobaugh of New
Castle, Ind., will study hydrogen peroxide production in T lymphocytes,
along with Kay C Dee, associate professor of applied biology, and Gabi
Nindl of the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Mathematics major Hari Ravindran, a sophomore from Doha,
and David Finn, associate professor of mathematics, will utilize their
math skills in a project "Modeling the Shape of a Cookie".
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| 2005-06 Grant Recipients: Reba
Weaver receives flowers from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
students Hari Ravindran (middle) and Dan Szymkowiak after
receiving the Joseph and Reba Weaver Undergraduate Research
Grants. |
Academic departments have added their support to the
Weaver Undergraduate Research Program by providing matching grant funds,
enriching the educational experience for the students and faculty,
according to Daniel Moore, associate dean of faculty. A total of eight
student/faculty proposals were reviewed by the selection panel that
included faculty from the applied biology and biomedical engineering,
computer science and software engineering, electrical and computer
engineering, and humanities and social sciences departments.
Five projects completed during the 2004-2005 fiscal year
were featured in this year's Graduate/Weaver Research Symposium,
conducted May 17 on campus. These projects simulated acoustic
signals for hearing loss, creating an integrated circuit model of a
muscle fiber, and used optics to induce changes in the magneto-optical
properties of chemicals.
Joseph Weaver was a 1935 Rose-Hulman chemical
engineering graduate who received an honorary doctorate in engineering
from the college in 1985. The Marshall, Ill., native was
co-founder and board member of Regency Electronics, and founder and
chairman of the board of Printed Wiring at Indianapolis. He died
in 1988. His wife, Reba, lives in Indianapolis and established the
Weaver Undergraduate Research Award program to memorialize her husband
and enhance the Rose-Hulman undergraduate experience.
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