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April 8, 2007
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P/G County	P/G City	P/G Zip	StudentName-FML	Std Level1	Major(s)	Sex	Parent/Grdn Name	High School	HS City	RESEARCH ADVISER	RESEARCH PROJECT
BB	Fort Scott	66701	Erin M Lewis	Junior	Mechanical EngineeringBS	Female	David Lewis	Fort Scott High School	Ft Scott	Lorin Maletsky, associate professor of mechanical engineerg	Kinematic Effects of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of a Porcine
DG	Lawrence	66047	Michael J Appleby	Senior	Public AdministrationBA	Male	-	Shawnee Mission Northwest H S	Shawnee Mission	Kelly LeRoux, assistant professor of public admin	A Study of Nonprofit Economic Development Corporations in U.S. Cities
DG	Lawrence	66049	Tashia Danielle Dare	Senior	History of ArtBA	Female	Dwight and Stashia Dare	McPherson High School	McPherson	Paul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies	Hatshepsut: The Erasing of a King's Memory
DG	Lawrence	66044	Sunhwan Jo	Senior	ChemistryBS, Biochemistry & BiophysicsPHD	Male				Wonpil Im, assistant professor of molecular biosciences	NMR structure calculator in CHARMM-GUI: A web server for the automated structure calculation of biomacromolecules using CHARMM NMR tools
DG	Lawrence	66044	Alexander J Krejci	Senior	GeologyBS, PhysicsBS	Male	Jerry and Kelly Krejci	Olathe Northwest High School	Olathe	Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy	Atmospheric Consequences of Cosmic Ray Variability in the Extragalactic Shock Model
DG	Lawrence	66049	Collin Maxfield Paley	Senior	Latin American StudiesBA	Male	George and Judy Paley	Lawrence Free State High Sch	Lawrence	Jerry Jay Metz, lecturer in Latin Am. Studies	Cocaine, Roses, and Issues of Sovereignty in Colombia and Ecuador"
DG	Lawrence	66047	Caitlin Elizabeth Shanks	Senior	American StudiesBA, EnglishBA	Female	Craig and Pamela Shanks	Lawrence High School	Lawrence	Cheryl Lester, associate professor of American studies	The Princess in Children's Picture Books
EL	Hays	67601	Ashley M Depenbusch	Senior	Women's StudiesBA	Female	Jean Depenbusch	Hays High School	Hays	Joey Sprague, professor of sociology	Anti-Globalization Studies in Mexico: Gender & Cultural Identity Transformations through Community Resistance
EW	Kanopolis	67454	Rebecca A Orozco	Senior	BiologyBA	Female	Peter and Bonnie Orozco	Ellsworth High School	Ellsworth	Joy Ward, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary	The Effects of Elevated [CO2] on Flowering Time in Arabidopsis thaliana
FO	Dodge City	67801	John T Nguyen	Senior	PharmacyPD	Male	Thang Tran and Thong Nguyen	Dodge City Senior High School	Dodge City	Paul Hanson, professor of chemistry	Phosphate Tethers in Total Synthesis: Synthesis of C1-C14 Subunit of Dolabelide C.
GH	Hill City	67642	Zachary Leon Fischer	Senior	Classical AntiquityBA	Male	Vera Fischer	Hill City High School	Hill City	Anthony Corbeill, professor of classics	CiceroÕs Addiction: The Bittersweet Pleasure of Books
JO	Leawood	66209	Susan Queen Alig	Senior	HistoryBA	Female	David and Sandra Alig	Shawnee Mission East High Sch	Shawnee Mission	Jeffery Moran, associate professor of history	Judge Russell G. Clark: Eye of the Kansas City Desegregation Storm
JO	Leawood	66224	Rachel M Seymour	Senior	AnthropologyBA	Female	Bill and Raelene Seymour	Notre Dame De Sion.	Kansas City, Mo.	Sandra Gray, associate professor of anthropology	Subsistence Activites of Karamojong Women
JO	Leawood	66026	Katherine Elizabeth Wiley	Senior	ChemistryBS	Female	Paula Wiley	Shawnee Mission East High Sch	Shawnee Mission	Minae Mure, assistant professor of chemistry	Synthesis of a series of lysine tyrosyl quinone model compounds
JO	Lenexa	66215	Scott Alan Johnson	Graduate	Professional Master of Arch	Male	Jerry and Debbie Johnson	Olathe East High School	Olathe	Kapila Silva, visiting assistant professor of architecture	Communicative Architecture: An Analysis of How Digital Infrastructure Shapes Human Interaction in the Built Environment
JO	Lenexa	66220	Dana Lea Leichty	Junior	Chemical EngineeringBS	Female	Stephen Leichty	Olathe Northwest High School	Olathe	Jennifer Laurence, assistant professor of pharmaceutical chem	Identification of Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver (PRL-1) in Normal and Cancer Cells and Differences in SUMOylation
JO	Lenexa	66216	Justin Tyler Lynn	Senior	Applied Behavioral ScienceBGS, Human DevelopmentBGS	Male	Scott and Cindy Lynn	Saint Thomas Aquinas High Sch	Overland Park	Patricia Hawley, assistant professor of psychology	Social Dominance and Sexual Fantasies of Domination: Fantasy Appeal and Elements Explored
JO	Mission	66202	Zane Ali Jaafar	Junior	MicrobiologyBA	Male	Laurie and Mahmoud Jaafar	Shawnee Mission North High Sch	Shawnee Mission	Scott Hefty, assistant professor of molecular biosciences	Type three dependent translocation of a Chlamydia trachomatis candidate effector molecule, CT665"
JO	Olathe	66062	Sarah Elizabeth Beals	Senior	PsychologyBA, Strategic CommunicationsBSJ	Female	Jonathan and Cindy Beals	Olathe South High School	Olathe	Rick Ingram, professor of psychology	Judging Others, Gender and Body Esteem: A Study of Social Comparison "
JO	Olathe	66062	Erik Thomas Nelson	Senior	Cognitive PsychologyBS DECL	Male	Thomas and Lynell Nelson	Olathe South High School	Olathe	Paul Atchley, associate professor of psychology	The Effects of Risk Perceptions and Perceived Importance on the Likelihood of Answering and Initiating a Cellular Phone Call While Driving
JO	Overland Park	66213	Zachary Josef Abramovitz	Senior	EnglishBA	Male	Morris and Sara Abramovitz	Olathe East High School	Olathe	Janet Sharistanian, associate professor of English	Bertrand and Barbusse: Crossing the Literary No-ManÕs-Land from Pre-War to Intra-WWI French Fiction
JO	Overland Park	66213	Jason Daniel Lady	Senior	Public AdministrationBA	Male	-	Oak Grove High School	North Little Rock, Ark.	Holly Goerdel, assistant professor of public admin	Managing Homeland Defense in American States: A Multi-method Study of Intelligence Fusion Centers
JO	Overland Park	66214	Shanxi Jennifer Upsdell	Senior	EnglishBA, News and InformationBSJ	Female	David and Mel Upsdell	Home School - State of Kansas		Marjorie Swann, asociate professor of English	Queens of Hearts (and Communications): How Elizabeth I and Princess Diana Related to Their Publics
JO	Prairie Village	66207	Brandon Harry Hidaka	Senior	BiochemistryBA	Male	Paul and Roxanne Hidaka	Shawnee Mission East High Sch	Shawnee Mission	Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of psychology	Anti-depressive Effects of Sprint Interval Training
JO	Shawnee	66216	Bennett J Berning	Senior	BiologyBS	Male	Barton and Leslie Berning	Shawnee Mission Northwest H S	Shawnee Mission	Kathy Mitchell, assistant professor of pharmacology & tox	Wharton's Jelly: An abundant novel source of pluripotent stem cells for cell-based therapies and drug discovery
JO	Shawnee	66217	Matthew Daniel Petrie	Senior	Environmental StudiesBS, Urban PlanningMUP, GeographyMA	Male	Patrick and Mary Pat Petrie	Shawnee Mission Northwest H S	Shawnee Mission	Shannon O'Lear, associate professor of geography	Stormwater Pollution Reduction Mechanisms for Urban Watersheds in Lawrence, Kansas: Addressing NPDES Phase I Requirements for a Municipal Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan"
JO	Shawnee	66216	Scott J Pinkelman	Senior	HistoryBA, Latin American StudiesBA	Male	Anthony and Mary Pinkelman	Shawnee Mission Northwest H S	Shawnee Mission	Mohammed El-Hodiri, professor of economics	Securitization and the Current Credit Crunch
JO	Shawnee	66216	Taras Adrianowich Zelenchuk	Senior	BiologyBA	Male	Lesya and Adrian Zelenchuk	Shawnee Mission East High Sch	Shawnee Mission	Paulyn Cartwright, assistant professor of ecology and evol bio	Isolation of Novel Genes for Reconstructing the Cnidarian Tree of Life
LV	Lansing	66043	Gwyndolyn N Jones	Senior	ChemistryBS, FrenchBA	Female	Robert and Janet Jones	Lansing High School	Lansing	Kristin Bowman-James, professor of chemistry	Anions and Their Macrocyclic Chaperones
LY	Emporia	66801	Anne Catherine Kretsinger	Senior	Communication StudiesBA DECL	Female	W Brock and Mary Kretsinger	Emporia Senior High School	Emporia	Robert Rowland, professor of communication studies	Narrative Style and the Rhetoric of An Inconvenient Truth
LY	Emporia	66801	Erik J Runge	Senior	Aerospace EngineeringBS	Male	Mark and Cathy Runge	Emporia Senior High School	Emporia	Richard Hale, associate professor of aerospace engineering	Structural Design, Analysis, and Testing of Vivaldi Ground Penetrating Radar Antennas for the Meridian UAS"
MP	McPherson	67460	Amelia Grace Yowell-Mayes	Senior	Political ScienceBGS	Female	Michael and Tricia Yowell	GED - State of Kansas		John Kennedy, assistant professor of political science	Levels of Women's Political Participation and Women's Health
RL	Manhattan	66502	Allison Elizabeth Green	Senior	HistoryBA, Political ScienceBA	Female	Dickie and Barbara Green	Manhattan High School	Manhattan	Anton Rosenthal, associate professor of history	Filming the French Empire: The Role of the Movies in the Franco-Algerian Experience
RL	Manhattan	66503	Elspeth K Pearce	Senior	BiologyBS	Female	Robert and Demerilus Pearce	Manhattan High School	Manhattan	Rob Ward, assistant professor of molecular biosci	Identification of Broad-regulated genes during leg development in Drosophila
RS	Waldo	67673	Alisha Ann Ridgley	Senior	Political ScienceBA	Female	Brad and Beth Zweifel	Lucas-Luray High School	Lucas	Sharon O'Brien, associate professor of political science	Catalyst to Conflict: Water Scarcity
SA	Salina	67401	Matthew Edward Mcginley	Senior	Public AdministrationBGS	Male	Mary McGinley	Salina High School South	Salina	Kelly LeRoux, assistant professor of public admin	Does Executive Compensation Lead to More Effective Nonprofit Organizations?
SG	Derby	67037	Timothy A Spencer	Senior	HistoryBGS, Music EducationBME	Male	Tim and Barbara Spencer	Derby High School	Derby	Dena Register, assistant professor of music & dance	Music Retention in the Collegiate Setting
SG	Garden Plain	67050	Catherine Anne Seiwert	Senior	Applied Behavioral ScienceBGS, PsychologyBGS	Female	Leon and Denise Seiwert	Garden Plain High School	Garden Plain	Glen White, professor in applied behaviorial science	Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities: Developing and Using a Supportive Entrepreneurial Training Package to Create Consumer-Owned Businesses
SG	Wichita	67230	Preston L Alltizer	Senior	MicrobiologyBS	Male	Richard Alltizer	Andover Central High School	Andover	Kristi Neufeld, assistant professor of molecular biology	Characterization of the APC mNLS Mouse Intestinal Epithelia
SN	Topeka	66604	Adam R Burnett	Senior	Theatre and FilmBGS	Male	Russell Burnett and Vicki Fulmer	Topeka High School	Topeka	Henry Bial, assistant professor theatre & film	The Role of the Spectator, the Actor, and the Playwright in ""Nightmares: An Artful Demonstration of the Sublime by Adam R. Burnett"""
SN	Topeka	66610	William R Burns	Junior	Aerospace EngineeringBS	Male	Michael and Elizabeth Burns	Home School - State of Kansas		Richard Hale, associate professor of aerospace engineering	An Avionics Software System for the CReSIS Meridian Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle
SN	Topeka	66614	Stephen Sai Folmsbee	Junior	BiochemistryBS, BiologyBS	Male	Nobuko and Mark Folmsbee	Topeka High School	Topeka	Yoshiaki Azuma, assistant professor	SUMOlyation within Human Colon Cancer Cells
SN	Topeka	66610	Sarah Elizabeth Madden	Senior	Afr & Afr-Amer StudiesBA	Female	Mary and Tim Madden	Washburn Rural High School	Topeka	Garth Myers, associate professor of geography and African	'Stakeholders' and 'Sustainablility': A Rhetorical Analysis of Solid Waste Management Initiatives in Dakar, Senegal "
SN	Topeka	66616	Richard Aaron Martinez	Senior	American StudiesBGS, PsychologyBGS	Male	Kirsten Martinez	Topeka High School	Topeka	Omri Gillath, assistant professor of psychology	The Effects of Sexual (but not Friendly) Priming on Conflict Resolution Strategies in Romantic Relationships
SN	Topeka	66605	Jamie Lyn Wenke	Sophomore	ChemistryBS	Female	Corwyn Wenke and Sonya Purling	Washburn Rural High School	Topeka	Heather Desaire, associate professor of chemistry	Development of a Quantitative, Label-Free Approach for Glycopeptide Analysis "
SN	Topeka	66614	Heather M Wurtz	Senior	AnthropologyBA, Latin American StudiesBA	Female	Tim and Karen Wurtz	Hayden High School	Topeka	Bartholomew Dean, associate professor of anthropology	Maternal Health in Ayacucho, Peru: Healing Social Scars in a 'Forgotten Department' "
SN	Wakarusa	66546	Rebecca Kate Reed	Senior	Speech-Language-HearingBA	Female	Myron and Carol Reed	Shawnee Heights Sr High School	Tecumseh	Edward Auer, assistant professor, speech-lang-hearg	Investigating the speechreading of words presented in isolation and in sentences
WY	Kansas City	66109	Philip Robert Adam	Junior	BiologyBS, MicrobiologyBS	Male	Robert and Renee Adam	Piper High School	Kansas City	Bill Picking, professor of molecular biosciences	Interaction of deoxycholate with IpaD, the type III secretion apparatus needle tip protein of Shigella flexneri "
WY	Kansas City	66109	Daniel J Barrera	Senior	BiochemistryBS, BiologyBS	Male	Henry and Teresa Couchman	Piper High School	Kansas City	Paul Hanson, professor of chemistry	Efforts Toward Development Of Anthranilic Acid-Derived Beta-Keto Sultams For Library Production
WY	Kansas City	66102	Michael Louis McRoy	Senior	Public AdministrationBGS	Male	-	Wyandotte High School	Kansas City	Kelly LeRoux, assistant professor of public admin	Measuring Performance in the Nonprofit Sector: A Look at the Practices of Social Service Organizations
WY	Kansas City	66109	Hannah Marie Nusz	Sophomore	Afr & Afr-Amer StudiesBA, Social WorkBSW	Female	Christy and Ricky Nusz	Piper High School	Kansas City	Alice Lieberman, professor of social work	Evaluation of Case Study AIDS Clinic and AIDS Awareness Strategies in Uganda

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