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Eighteen students have been selected by the Office of Undergraduate Research as the first cohort of Magellan Scholars for a total funding of $47,978.
Thirty applications were received for the initial round of funding in the Magellan Scholar program, which was created to enrich the academic experience of USC's undergraduates through research opportunities in all disciplines from science, technology, and medicine, to theatre, music, and art.
Each Magellan Scholar receives up to $3,000 to fund a research project, competing for the award with the submission of a research, scholarship, or creative project proposal developed in collaboration with a faculty mentor. Selection is based on the project's educational and intellectual merit, the potential impact of the project, and the student's previous academic success.
More information can be found at www.sc.edu/our/magellan.shtml. Questions should be directed to Julie Morris, program director, at 7-1141 or e-mail: jmorris@sc.edu.
The first Magellan Scholars, their mentors, and the project titles follow:
- Michael Morehead, Capstone Scholar, sport and entertainment management
Mentor: John Grady, sport and entertainment management
"An analysis of special legislation targeting ambush marketing at the Olympic Games"
- Keshia Rice, Capstone Scholar, electronic journalism
Mentor: Susanna Priest, mass communications and information studies
"Ethnicity and Journalistic Credibility"
- Mariel McWilliams, anthropology/biology
Mentor: Daniel Buxhoeveden, anthropology
"Microanatomical Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure"
- Steven Moses, Honors College, chemical engineering
Mentor: Thomas Davis, chemical engineering
"Separation of MgSO4 and NaCl by combined electrodialysis and crystallization"
- Judith Clary, biology
Mentor: Jason Gardner, cell and developmental biology and anatomy
"Effects of Relaxin hormone replacement on heart failure"
- Michael Coggins, chemistry
Mentor: John Dawson, chemistry and biochemistry
"Understanding the mechanisms of caldariomyces fuamgo chloroperoxidase catalysis: Application to bioremediation"
- Robert Freeman, civil engineering
Mentor: Liv Haselbach, civil and environmental engineering
"Clay Clogging and Vertical Porosities in Pervious Concrete"
- Alexander Jester, marine science
Mentor: Ronald Benner, biological sciences
"Seasonal changes in dissolved organic carbon in the Beaufort Sea"
- Frederick Moulton, electrical engineering
Mentor: Tangali Sudarshan, electrical engineering
"The growth of nucleation sites for ex-situ SiC growth on Si substrates"
- Jeremy VanderKnyff, Honors College, media arts
Mentors: Laura Kissel, media arts and Tom Lekan, history
"Tales of the Tidelands: Digital Archive and Documentary Media Exhibition"
- Kathleen Curtin, Honors College, English
Mentor: David Miller, English
"A hypertext edition of Spenser's "Faerie Queene" III.xi-xii"
- Carolyn Cooper, history
Mentor: Lacy Ford, history
"West African Roots of African American and European American Cultures in the South Carolina Lowcountry: Cuisine, Crafts and Music"
- Alyson Gibson, pharmacy
Mentor: Laura Fox, basic pharmaceutical sciences
"Physical Compatibility of Various Concentrated Intravenous Drugs with Neonatal Total Parenteral Nutrition Solution"
- Chase Gray, computer science
Mentor: Srihari Nelakuditi, computer science and engineering
"Incremental Deployment of Failure Inferencing based Fast Rerouting in IP Backbone Networks"
- Natalya Hall, chemistry
Mentor: Stephen Morgan, chemistry and biochemistry
"Characterization of Ball-point Pen Ink for Improvements in Document Conservation"
- Maria Jones, history
Mentor: Walter Edgar, Southern Studies
"Database of Nineteenth-century manuscript recipes in the South Caroliniana Library"
- Laurel Stanko, Honors College, marine science
Mentor: Ronald Benner, biological sciences
"Organic matter cycling in the Chukchi Sea"
- Jennifer Yiu, chemistry
Mentor: Stephen Morgan, chemistry and biochemistry
"Systematic Investigation for the Forensic Analysis of Fiber Dyes by Raman Microspectroscopy"
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