2010 International Scholar Research Summaries

The Fifth Annual International Scholar Research Exposition will be held outside President Gee's office, near the Office of the Vice President of Research, on the second floor of Bricker Hall. Current international J-1 visiting scholars were invited to submit research summaries and from those, 30 finalists were asked to create research posters for display. The posters will be in on display in Bricker Hall during November and December 2010.

• Miriam Arrueta, Entomology (Bolivia) and Baleshka Brenes, Entomology (Nicaragua)
  Manipulating soil invertebrate communities through agroecosystem management practices
  Faculty Mentor: Casey W. Hoy


• Heiko Becker, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  Prognostic Gene Mutations in Older Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Associated Biologic Implications
  Faculty Mentor: Guido Marcucci and Clara D. Bloomfield


• Riccardo Biasini, Automotive Engineering (Italy)
  Modeling and Control of Regenerative Braking Strategy
  Faculty Mentor: Giorgio Rizzoni


• Astrid Bonnegarde-Bernard, Veterinary Biosciences (France)
  Role of gastro-intestinal tract in food allergen induced asthma
  Faculty Mentor: Prosper N. Boyaka


• Juan Carlos Cabrera, Entomology (Honduras) and Diego Orellana, Entomology (Ecuador)
  Management to improve the crop health and baking functionality of organic Midwestern Spelt
  Faculty Mentor: Larry Phelan


• Alvaro Castro Aranguiz, Geography (Chile)
  Space Temporary Analysis of Tawahka Asangi Biosphere Reserve (RBTA)
  Faculty Mentor: Kendra McSweeney


• Anping Chen, Economics (China)
  When are cities engines of growth in China? Spread and backwash effects across the urban hierarchy
  Faculty Mentor: Mark D. Partridge


• Samuel A. Discua Duarte, Entomology (Honduras)
  Effects of sugar addition on plant growth and defense
  Faculty Mentor: Dan Herms


• Kiran Kumar Doddapaneni, Biochemistry (India)
  Structural and Mechanistic Studies of a Novel Nucleotide Hydrolase, RCL
  Faculty Mentor: Zhengrong (Justin) Wu


• Varun Dwivedi, Food Animal Health Research Program (India)
  Mucosal immunization with biodegradable PLG- nanoparticles elicits effective anti-PRRSV immune responses in pigs
  Faculty Mentor: Renukaradhya J. Gourapura


• Kasturi Ganesh, College of Medicine (India)
  PGE2 Mediated Induction of Oncostatin M Production in Human Chronic Wounds
  Faculty Mentor: Sashwati Roy


• Fei Gu, Biomedical Informatics (China)
  Tumor specific methylation profile of endometrial cancer
  Faculty Mentor: Victor Jin


• Naohisa Hashimoto, Electrical & Computer Engineering (Japan)
  Fault Detection and Fault Tolerant System for Automated Mobile Systems
  Faculty Mentor: Ümit Özgüner


• Eun Kyoung Kim, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (South Korea)
  Ternary Diagram Modeling of Soil Texture Data for Predicting Subsurface Fracturing in Glacially Related Fine-grained Materials
  Faculty Mentor: Ann D. Christy


• Wei Li, Plant Pathology (China)
  Arabidopsis AtSPL11, a novel U-box/ARM E3 ligase, is involved in the regulations of cell death, defense and flowering time
  Faculty Mentor: Guo-Liang Wang


• Antonio Manenti, Mechanical Engineering (Italy)
  Battery modeling of the Peukert Effect for PbA batteries
  Faculty Mentor: Yann Guezennec


• Klaus H. Metzeler, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  Novel genetic changes in acute myeloid leukemia – uncovering the biology and advancing personalized treatment strategies
  Faculty Mentors: Guido Marcucci and Clara D. Bloomfield


• Suvra Prakash Mondal, Chemistry (India)
  Potentiometric nitric oxide gas sensor for human breath analysis
  Faculty Mentor: Prabir K. Dutta


• Matteo Muratori, Energy Engineering
  Understanding the Influence of the Temperature on Li-Ion Batteries
  Faculty Mentor: Marcello Canova


• Yuese Ning, Plant Pathology (China)
  The E3 ligase OsNDS1 negatively regulates drought and salt stresses in rice
  Faculty Mentor: Guo-Liang Wang


• Reynaldo Núñez Salazar, Horticulture and Crop Science (Peru)
  Unilateral Incompatibility – QTL mapping approach
  Faculty Mentor: Esther van der Knaap


• Myriam Oger, Biomedical Informatics (France)
  Image processing and analysis in histopathology: Follicular lymphoma grading
  Faculty Mentor: Metin N. Gurcan


• Kandy de Lourdes Rojas Tirado, Entomology (Guatemala)
  Flight behavior of an invasive insect: the emerald ash borer
  Faculty Mentor: Robin A. J. Taylor


• Sebastian Schwind, Comprehensive Cancer Center (Germany)
  The expression of microRNA-181a in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Biologic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications
  Faculty Mentor: Clara D. Bloomfield, Guido Marcucci


• Yongqiang Tian, School of Environment and Natural Resources (China)
  Development and Utilization of Composts Made of Waste Paint Sludge Containing Melamine Resin
  Faculty Mentor: Warren A. Dick


• Kagan Topalli, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Turkey)
  A THz Focal Plane Array for Excised Tissue Imaging
  Faculty Mentor: Kubilay Sertel


• Rongrong Wan, Geograhpy (China)
  Linking land-use and land-cover changes to watershed-level hydrological processes
  Faculty Mentors: Darla Munroe and Desheng Liu


• Dan Wang, South Centers (China)
  Identification and analysis of microsatellites containing ESTs from yellow perch Perca flavescens
  Faculty Mentor: Hanping Wang


• Hong-yi Zhang, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (China)
  Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor Preserves Gut Barrier Function by Blocking Neutrophil-Endothelial Cell Adhesion after Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation in Mice
  Faculty Mentor: Gail E. Besner


• Guohui Zhao, Biochemistry (China)
  In Vitro Reconstitution of a Bacterial Polysaccharide Biosynthetic Pathway
  Faculty Mentor: Peng George Wang