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Fostering a Community of Student Scholars UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S Tenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium A Decade of Celebrating Undergraduate Scholarship and Creativity 18 May 2007 MARY GATES HALL 12:00 – 5:00 PM PROCEEDINGS Created by the Undergraduate Research Program with the support of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Office of Research, and the Mary Gates Endowment for Students. The Tenth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is organized by the Undergraduate Research Program (URP), which facilitates research experiences for undergraduates in all academic disciplines. URP staff assist students in planning for an undergraduate research experience, identifying faculty mentors, projects, and departmental resources, defining research goals, presenting and publishing research findings, obtaining academic credit, and seeking funding for their research. Students interested in becoming involved in research may contact the URP office in Mary Gates Hall Room 120 for an appointment or send an email to [email protected]. URP maintains a listing of currently available research projects and other resources for students and faculty at: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/. Janice DeCosmo, Director Jennifer Harris, Associate Director Tracy Nyerges, Special Programs Coordinator and Adviser Jessica Salvador, Graduate Student Assistant James Hong, Staff Assistant The Undergraduate Research Program is a unit of the UW’s Undergraduate Academic Affairs UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S TENTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS POSTER SESSIONS 6 PRESENTATION SESSIONS 107 1A. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY 108 1B. POLITICS, POLICIES, AND NARRATIVES OF THE ENVIRONMENT 110 1C. TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 111 1D. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR INTERACTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT 113 1E. APPLICATIONS OF DISCRETE METHODS 115 1F. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CROSS-HISTORICAL LOOK AT GLOBAL CHALLENGES 117 1G. CRITICAL SLICES: OUR CHANGING SOCIAL CONTEXT 119 1H. BIOENGINEERING: MATERIALS AND MOVEMENT 121 1I. EVALUATING NON-INVASIVE IMAGING AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES IN IN-VIVO MODELS 123 1J. NANOSTRUCTURES IN ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 126 1K. ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS 127 1L. ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 128 1M. INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH 130 1N. GENETIC RESEARCH, EXPRESSION, AND BEHAVIOR 132 1O. MOLECULAR STUDIES OF AGING, DISEASE, AND THERAPY 134 2A. GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 136 2B. INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE 138 2C. INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE NEURAL SYSTEMS 140 2D. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEVER 142 2E. SOCIAL SCIENCE ANALYSES OF HEALTH, PEACE, AND PERSONAL SECURITY 145 2F. RE-READING THE PAST: VARIETIES OF REVISIONIST CULTURAL CRITICISM 147 2G. QUANTUMS TO PLASMAS 149 2H. BIOENGINEERING AND HUMAN HEALTH 151 2I. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: PAST AND PRESENT 153 2J. ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 155 2K. QUANTUM OPTICS AND QUANTUM COMPUTING 156 2L. INVESTIGATING COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 157 2M. SWIMMING IN THE MUCK: MICROBES AND ORGANIC MATTER IN WATER 159 2N. EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES ON NATURAL POPULATIONS AND SPECIATION 161 2O. NOVEL BIOMOLECULAR/BIOMATERIAL APPROACHES TO MAJOR PROBLEMS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 163 2P. RESEARCHING DANCE/PERFORMING RESEARCH 166 INDEX 169 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 176 PLEASE NOTE: Abstracts are listed alphabetically by the presenter’s last name, unless otherwise noted. ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS! Find Research Opportunities at UW and Beyond To learn more how to get involved in undergraduate research, the Undergraduate Research Program maintains a listing of current research opportunities available at: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/atuw.html and offers individual advising to undergraduates; email [email protected] for an appointment. Travel Awards for Undergraduates to Present Research These awards help make it possible for undergraduates to extend their research experience by contributing to important discussions of current research at professional conferences. Students who have had a paper or poster accepted to a conference may apply for funding for travel expenses and registration fees. Applications are accepted on a continuing basis. For more information visit the Undergraduate Research Program website: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/students/urta.html. Sponsored by the UW Office of Research, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Mary Gates Endowment for Students Mary Gates Research Scholarships Through participation in research, undergraduate students learn about the essential role of inquiry in a vital society. These competitive research scholarships are available to enhance the educational experiences of students across campus who are engaged in research with faculty. Application deadlines are in autumn and winter quarter for each academic year. For more information visit the Mary Gates Endowment website: http://www.washington.edu/oue/mge/becoming_research.shtml Funded by the Mary Gates Endowment for Students Library Research Award for Undergraduates The University Libraries, in cooperation with the Undergraduate Research Program, is sponsoring the “Library Research Award for Undergraduates” competition, recognizing University of Washington students who produce significant inquiry requiring use of information resources, the library, and its collections. Application deadline: May 21, 2007. For more information visit the Odegaard Undergraduate Library website: http://www.lib.washington.edu/researchaward/ Library Research awards are funded through the Kenneth S. Allen Library Endowment and the Friends of the Libraries STUDENTS TALK ABOUT WHY THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM “This is the chance to show off what you’ve been working so hard for! My project has taken 10 months so far so I’m excited to present to everyone what I’ve accomplished to this point.” “Experience! Comfort in front of an audience and getting a feel for a big part of an academic career. Answering questions from non-experts forces you to gain a greater basic understanding of your research; it’s easy to get lost in learning techniques and to forget what’s actually going on.” “You get to meet many students who share the same goals.” “Self-confidence, after it is over you can relax and say ‘I did it.’” “You never understand something until you teach it to someone else. This is an opportunity to teach.” “You meet people. A lot of people. And you get to talk to them about what you do, and they are interested. It’s really cool.” POSTER SESSIONS PLEASE NOTE: Abstracts are listed alphabetically by the presenter’s last name. Toxicity of Imidacloprid to Salmonids Mentor: Ron Krabill, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Kevin Adams, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences UW Bothell James Banfill, Senior, Environmental & Conservation Biology Nelson Mandela is inarguably a media icon. He is held up Eahn Holm, Senior, General Biology and Aquatic & as a Messianic figure, a father and grandfather to a broken Fishery Sciences nation, and a leader by not only South African media Neal Jander, Senior, Ecosystem Science & Resource but global media. How did he rise to such eminance? Management And how, as a prisoner for 30 years, did he remain such Andrew Ryznar, Senior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences a figurehead when his image and words were banned Tristan Stringer, Senior, Biology (Environmental and from the public sphere? Was the South African media Conservation) involved in the thoughtful construction of Mandela, or Mentor: Christian E. Grue, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences was his icon borne out of desperation for leadership? Did the perceptions of Mandela by different groups help to Carbaryl has been used to control burrowing shrimp affect the end of Apartheid? Our collective attempts to within oyster beds in Willapa Bay and Gray’s Harbor, answer these questions examine the historical formation Washington for 5 decades. These shrimp destabilize the of Mandela as this icon, how media has worked towards sediments onto which young Pacific oysters are seeded. A shaping that image throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and legal settlement requires growers to reduce the annual use the specific reactions of South Africans towards Mandela of carbaryl such that use of the pesticide is discontinued using ethnographic interviews. Our research delves into by 2012, and to seek alternatives. Imidacloprid has been the complex relationship between the South African media, shown to be effective in controlling burrowing shrimp Mandela and South African citizens, specifically the and its toxicity to non-target fishes appears to be less shifting ideology of the government towards neo-liberal than that of carbaryl. The static 96-h LC50 for juvenile economic policies. We examine the role of resistance print rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to technical media and the alternative press and its effects on the image grade imidacloprid is 211 ppm, ca. 2 orders of magnitude of Mandela, both towards those involved directly with less toxic than carbaryl to juvenile trout and Chinook the struggle and the White South African population. Our (Oncorhynchus tshawytsha). The toxicity of imidacloprid research includes the media’s construction of Mandela and as formulated products to salmonids, particularly juvenile how he was shaped, represented and portrayed with regards Chinook that occupy waters above the treated beds and to class and race, and what effect