Ecosystem Science Center

$500 Grand Prize

Elizabeth Boisvert for "Initiation and Development of Three Lake Superior Coastal Peatlands" (SFRES; Tom Pypker, Advisor)

$100 Merit Prizes

Lucas Spaete for "Aspen Biomass Assessment for MI, WI, and MN: A GIS and Regression Approach for Quantifying Biomass" (SFRES; Ann Maclean, Advisor)

Sarah Stehn for "Altitudinal Gradients of Bryophyte Diversity and Community Assemblage in Southern
Appalachian Spruce-fir Forests" (SFRES; Christopher Webster, Advisor)

Honorable Mentions

Chris Miller for "The Economic Feasibility of Aspen as a Coal Co-Firing Component" (SFRES; Robert Froese, Advisor)

Mathew Metz for "Summer Predation Patterns of Yellowstone Gray Wolves" (SFRES; John Vucetich, Advisor)

Max Henschell for "Do the Birds Care? Avian Community Response to Floristic Quality" (SFRES; David Flaspohler, Advisor)

Biotechnology Research Center

$500 Grand Prize

Hydrogel System Delivers Glutathione and Interleukin- 10 to Mitigate Secondary Injury following Spinal Cord Damage.       ERIC  J. MINNER,  RYAN GILBERT,  Biotech Research Center, Biomedical Engineering Department, Michigan Technological University.
$100 Merit Prizes

The Role of Aligned Fiber Density in Axon Motility. JARED M. CREGG, HAN BING WANG & RYAN J. GILBERT,  Biotech Research Center, Biomedical Engineering Department, Michigan Technological University.
Selection for Improved Hybrid Poplar Via Dilute Acid and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Using Mini-Reactors.  JILL R. JENSEN, ANWAR AGLAN, VICTOR BUSOV, DAVID R. SHONNARD, Biotech Research Center, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University.

Activation Tagging of A Poplar AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Involved in Lateral Root Formation. DALILA TRUPIANO, VICTOR BUSOV,  Biotech Research Center, University of Molise, Italy, Michigan Technological University.

Axonal Guidance Conduits Containing Aligned, Electrospun Poly-L-Lactic Acid Fibers Direct in Vitro Neurite Outgrowth.  HAN BING WANG, JARED M. CREGG, ANDRES HURTADO, MARTIN OUDEGA, MICHAEL E. MULLINS, RYAN J. GILBERT, Biotech Research Center, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological Univeristy.

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Last updated: November 12, 2009