2007 Winners

Aerospace Engineering

• Rachel Berg '07, Matthew Clark '07: "Analysis of an Onboard Infrared Camera Assembly"
  Advisor: Nikos Gatsonis

Biology and Biotechnology

• Donna Davidson '07: "Inhibition of HIV—1 Tat—Induced Inflammation by the NF—kB Subunit RelB"
  Advisor: David Adams

Biomedical Engineering

• Charles Gammal '07(ME/ECE), Erika Hall '07,Rachelle Horwitz '08, Stephanie LeGare '07: "A Device for Monitoring the Severity of Peripheral Edema"
  Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Yitzhak Mendelson, John McNeill (ECE), Raymond Dunn (UMMS)

Chemical Engineering

• Priya Jayachandran '07: "Kinetics of Nanoparticle—Based DNA Hybridization"
  Advisor: Susan Zhou

Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Eugene Douglass '07 (Chemistry): "Synthesis and Quantitative Testing of Electrochemical and Optical Sensors in Surface Formats"
  Advisor: Grant McGimpsey
• Kerri George '07 (Biochemistry): "The Effects of Ajulemic Acid on Osteoclast Differentiation"
  Advisor: Jill Rulfs (BB)

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Christine Keches '07, Amy LeBlanc '07: "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Asphalt Materials"
  Advisor: Rajib Mallick

Computer Science

• Todor Kiryazov '07, Gregory McHale '07, Daniel Mezynski '07, Phillip Sweeney '07: "ComputerWorld Survey System"
  Advisor: David Brown, Diane Strong (MG)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Jeffrey Pelligrino '07, John Scimone '07,Kaushal Shrestha '08: "AMISR RF Amplifier Test Station"
  Advisor: John Orr
• Brian Foley '07, Sean Hallinan '07, Hans Jensen '07: "Non—Invasive Metal Detection"
  Advisors: Stephen Bitar, Reinhold Ludwig, Sergey Makarov
• Kevin Bobrowski '07, Christopher Korzeniowski '07, Francisco de Molina Cobo '07: "Search and Rescue Robot"
  Advisor: James Duckworth

Management

• John Bosch '07, Joseph Hsu '07, Erin Mazuera '07, Kelly Osberg '07: "Demographic Preferences in Web Design: Usability Testing Through Eye Tracking"
  Advisors: Soussan Djamasbi, Thomas Tullis

Interactive Media and Game Development

• Brandon Germain '07, Robert Shaw '07: "From FPS
  into Strategy CTF in UT2k4"
  Advisor: David Finkel

Mathematical Sciences

• Andrew Port '07, Jeremy Ristau '07: "One—Dimensional Viscoelastic Cell Motility Model"
  Advisor: Roger Lui
• Jessica Clark '07, Sean Mulready '07: "Optimal Portfolio Analysis with Turnover Constraints"
  Advisor: Arthur Heinricher

Mechanical Engineering

• Samuel Feller '07, Nathan Malatesta '07, Nicholas McMahon '07
  Advisor: Kenneth Stafford

Physics

• Colin DeGraf '07, Keeley Stevens '07: "Lateral Force Calibration for Probe Microscopy"
  Advisor: Nancy Burnham

Professional Writing

• Stephanie LeGare '07: "Drawing Back the Curtains: Finding New Ways to Assess and Improve Tutoring Services in the Writing Center at WPI"
  Advisor: Lorraine Higgins (HUA)

The Provost's MQP Awards recognize students who have completed outstanding Major Qualifying Projects as a demonstration of their competency in their chosen academic disciplines. Each academic department holds its own competition to select the winners.