Day: April 11, 2011
Probing the mystery of our ‘working memory’
April 11, 2011
Name: Matthew Levine Age: 20 Hometown: North Potomac, Md. Major: neuroscience, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Faculty sponsor: Jonathan Flombaum, assistant professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Project title: “The Capacity and Quality of Spatial Working Memory” A self-proclaimed “numbers guy,” junior Matthew Levine doesn’t have any trouble remembering phone […]
Exploring how kids with ‘bionic ears’ perceive music
April 11, 2011
Name: Lindsay Scattergood Age: 23 Hometown: Green Bay, Wis. Major: oboe performance, Peabody Conservatory; anthropology, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Faculty sponsor: Charles Limb, associate professor, Otolaryngology, School of Medicine Project title: “Cochlear Implant–Mediated Music Perception in Children” The two sides of her undergraduate studies, oboe performance and anthropology, eventually led double-degree student Lindsay […]
Following the music
April 11, 2011
Name: J. Caleb Johnson Age: 23 Hometown: Kansas City, Mo. Major: viola performance, Peabody Conservatory Faculty sponsor: Susan Weiss, Musicology Department, Peabody Institute Project title: “The Persian Diaspora and Its Effects on Musics of the Middle East” Caleb Johnson’s original plan was to travel to Iran over winter break, consult an ethnomusicologist at the University […]
Identifying IPV in pregnant women of African descent
April 11, 2011
Name: Ashley Chappell Age: 21 Hometown: Shrewsbury, Pa. Major: nursing, School of Nursing Faculty sponsor: Jacquelyn Campbell, Anna D. Wolf Professor, Community–Public Health Nursing, School of Nursing Project title: “Abuse During Pregnancy Among African-American and Afro-Caribbean Women” Nursing major Ashley Chappell’s project focused on intimate partner violence among African-American women in the United States and […]
Always chasing butterflies
April 11, 2011
Name: Peter Houlihan Age: 20 Hometown: Bel Air, Md. Major: behavioral biology, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Faculty sponsor: Gregory F. Ball, vice dean for science and research infrastructure, and professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Project title: “Phenotypic Plasticity Among Populations of Nymphalid Butterflies in Biogeographically Diverse […]
Thwarting info security threats
April 11, 2011
Name: Greg Vorsanger Age: 21 Hometown: Yardley, Pa. Major: computer engineering, Whiting School of Engineering Faculty sponsor: Gerald Masson, professor of computer science and founding director of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, Whiting School of Engineering Project title: “RFID-Protected USB Flash Drive Hub” Pocket-size USB flash drives have become a simple and popular way […]
Looking for the cause of preeclampsia
April 11, 2011
Name: Millie Shah Age: 20 Hometown: Fullerton, Calif. Major: biomedical engineering, Whiting School of Engineering Faculty sponsor: Feilim Mac Gabhann, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, Whiting School of Engineering Project title: “Computational Modeling of VEGF and sFlt-1 to Stimulate Preeclampsia and Evaluate Treatments” For many women, pregnancy proceeds smoothly. But a small percentage of expectant […]