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2000 Pilot Studies

Sister Susan J. Cronin, Biology

Identification of a novel mutant suppressor of a PDRI-3 hyper-resistant phenotype in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevesiae (In collaboration with Dr. John Golin, The Catholic University of America)

Dr. Kathryn Lysko, Chemistry

Analysis of Chester County Well Water – Is Our Drinking Water Safe? Presented at SEPCHE Honors Symposium at Chestnut Hill College , the Mid-Atlantic Regional American Chemical Society at the University of Delaware and at the Immaculata College Honors Colloqium Student Presentations

Dr. Frank Martin, Biology

Ionic Circuit Analysis of Epithelial Transport Driven by the Sodium/Potassium Pump (In collaboration with Drs. Boudko & Harvey of the Whitney Lab., U of FL) Presentations were made at the International Symposium on Porters in Teluride, Colorado and the International Symposium on V-ATPases in Stowe, Vermont.  Results were published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Mrs. Valerie Martin, Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science

Voice Recognition and Synthesis: The Impact of Voice Recognition & Synthesis on Distance Learning  ( Researchers presented at the April 7th 2001  Berks County Research Conference at Alvernia College.)

Jean Mastrangeli, Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science

Analyzing termination of seizure EEG signals. (Researchers presented at the annual national joint conference of the Mathematical Association of America with the American Mathematical Association, and won national recognition for their poster.)

Dr. Carl Pratt, Biology

Mary’s Lake Aquatic Study: Promoting Undergraduate Research in Ecology and Environment Biology