Western undergrads get money to conduct research
Western Washington University’s Committee for Research and Creative Opportunities has announced the spring 2014 cycle awards, which provide encouragement for undergraduate students to engage in creative work in their disciplines and up to $500 per student in funding to support their projects.
This type of research is at the core of Western’s goal of supporting interdisciplinary study across campus.
Faculty members on the committee select undergraduate recipients based on the quality of the students’ proposals, significance of the project and its feasibility.
The following students received Research and Creative Opportunities grants for spring quarter:
Bellevue
Kevin Lowdon, Studio Art/Photography: Exhibition Funding
Bellingham
Anzhela Storozhenko, Chemistry: Voltage-Dependent SERS Sensor
Bothell
Saum Hadi, Chemistry: PEI Purification and Characterization
Shelby Windom, Theatre Arts: "To Whom it May Concern" Theatrical Piece
Carlsbad, California
Jesse Larson, Chemistry: Enhancing the Performance of Silk-Based Conducting Polymer Artificial Muscles
Everett
Angela Cowley, Sociology: Hooking Up and College Students
Lynden
Diane Perez, Chemistry: Characterization of PtCo Nanoparticles
Oak Harbor
Melissa Hand, Fine Arts: Corporeal Visages of the Pacific Northwest
Olympia
Hayley Boyd, Fine Arts: Salvaged Space
Port Townsend
Nicholas Ostrovsky-Snider, Chemistry: Electropolymerization of Conductive Polymers Onto Silk Films
Renton
Kyle Andelin, Economics: The Impact of Flood Risk on Property Values
Serena Wo, Biochemistry: scHb Crystallization
Richland
Quinton Maldonado, Studio Art: Color Portraits
Spokane
Spencer Isitt, Studio Art: Photo Research Travel
Yakima
Paige Atterberry, Chemistry Department: Directing Nerve Growth on Silk-Based Biomaterials Using Chemokine Gradients
For more information, contact Connie Hernandez in Western’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 360-650-2884, connie.hernandez@wwu.edu, or visit http://www.wwu.edu/rsp/documents/ugrad.shtml.