Science
and Technology Day 2003
Tuesday, March 25
Metcalf Hall, George Sherman Union
With a record number
of outstanding presentations, Science and Technology Day 2003
demonstrated the excellence of graduate student research across
all the sciences, mathematics, and engineering disciplines.
To view the abstracts,
click
here.

Chancellor's
Award: Stephen Crampton, Department
of Computer Sciences, Advisor: Margrit Betke. Counting Fingers
in Real Time: A Webcam-based Human-Computer Interface with Game
Applications.
Provost's Award:
Attila Priplata, Applied BioDynamics
Lab, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: James Collins. Enhancing
Elderly Balance Control with Vibrating Insoles
Community Technology
Fund Award: Sarah Tao, Biomedical Engineering,
Advisor: Tejal Desai. Microfabricated Polymeric Devices
for Applications in Controlled Drug Delivery.
Berman Future
of Light Award: Magued Nasr, Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Bahaa Saleh. Quantum
Optical Coherence Tomography with Dispersion Cancellation.
Dean's Award:
CAS: Aaron Ferris, Department of Earth
Science, Advisor: Geoff Abers. High Resolution Image of
the Subducted Pacific Plate Beneath Central Alaska, 50-150 km
depth
Dean's Award:
ENG: Tyler Gore, Fangyi Chen, Marianne Nourzad, Christian Karl,
Zibing Yang, and Shan Lu, Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Allyn Hubbard. Cochlea
on a Chip
Dean's Award:
MED: Sushimita Lahiri, Department of
Physiology and Biophysics, Advisor: Karen N. Allen. Structure
of the Pentacovalent Phosphorus Intermediate of an Enzyme Catalyzed
Phosphate Transfer Reaction at Atomic Resolution
Dean's Award:
SDM: Edit Szepessy, Molecular and Cell
Biology, Advisor: Miklos Sahin-Toth. Characterization of
a Novel Trypsinogen Mutant that Protects against Pancreatitis
Dean's Award:
SAR: Gayle DeDe, Department of Health
Sciences, Advisor: Gloria Waters. The Relationship Between
Verbal Working Memory and Language Processing
Dean's Award:
SPH: Michele Jara, Epidemiology, Advisor:
Marianne Prout. Impact of HIV-Related Immunosupression on
Invasive Cervical Cancer Risk in Women with Low-Grade Squamous
Intraepithelial Lesions.
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will need a BU kerberos password to view the abstracts. For
password questions on the Medical Campus, please contact Ron
Tate (638-4576, rtate@bu.edu),
Hari Reddy (638-4279, hvr@bu.edu),
or Jennifer Borucki (jborucki@bu.edu);
on the Charles River Campus contact the IT front desk, 353-2780.
Please
address any other questions to research@bu.edu