Outcomes of Student Inquiry and Research
External Achievements: Journal Articles and other Publications
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is very proud to recognize and congratulate all IMSA students who have had the honor to have their Student Inquiry and Research work published. Recent publication examples include:
2004-2005 Academic Year:
- Kevin Patel and David Qasem
- The Effect of System Parameters on the Pre-Transition Swelling of Charged Hydrogels; J. Ostroha; K. Patel; D. Qasem; A. Lowman; N. Dan, In Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology v. 5 #5, pp. 657 - 662, October 1, 2004.
2003-2004 Academic Year:
- Bobby Xu
- An Alternative Subspace Approach to EEG Dipole Source Location; Xiao-Liang Xu, Bobby Xu and Bin He. In Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol.49, pp.327-244, Jan. 2004.
2002-2003 Academic Year:
- N. Sethakorn (Nan Sethakorn is class of 2001)
- Cultured Inquiry; J.A. Scheppler, N. Sethakorn, S. Styer, In The Science Teacher, 70(8):56, 2003.
2001-2002 Academic Year:
- P. Malina, C. Young, 2002. Paul Malina and Chris Young are both graduates of the IMSA class of 2002
- Raise Your Hands for Science! Paul Malina, Chris Young, In Learning and Leading with Technology. 29(8): 50-52.
- Lisa Yung, Nathan Walsh
- IMSA Visto por Sus Alumnos; In El Conquistador (newspaper), 1 February 2002, p. 6,
2000-2001 Academic Year:
- P. Agarwal Pooja AGarwal is a graduate of the IMSA class of 2001.
- "If I Could Make a School." Learning and Leading with Technology. 29(3): 28-31,41.
- Sean Mason
- Lethality and Centrality in Protein Networks; Jeong, H., Mason, S.P., Barabasi, A.-L. and Oltvai, Z.N. in Nature 411, 41-42, 2001.
- 'Real Science' CD produced, in conjunction with the Kids' Institute:
- Grace Woo
- Traditional Calculus and Modern Fuzzy Approach to Optimization in Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks; ASME press Volume 11,2001, pp.877-882 Grace Woo, Peng-Yung Woo.
1999-2000 Academic Year
- Rebecca Elsenheimer
- First Rock from the Sun: a Corundum-Hibonite Condensate from Murchison; Simon, Grossman, Elsenheimer; In Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2000.
- Heidi Kim
- A Role for Hepatocyte Growth Factor During Early Postimplantation Growth of the Placental Lineage in Mice; Yogesh Patel, Heidi Kim, Daniel A. Rappolee, In Biology of Reproduction, vol.62, pp. 904-912, 2000.
- Dan Murariu
- The Effects of Testosterone on Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Adult Laboratory Rat Brains, NCSSSMST Journal, 5:11-12 May, 2000.
- Winn W. Wasson (Winn is a graduate of the IMSA class of 2001.)
- Contributed 4 articles [Rhodes, The Children of Frank and Mabel Rhodes, Frieda S. Wasson (Benjamin Wasson – Arthur Wasson) Winn S. Wasson], on his paternal ancestry to Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County Illinois: Through the Years, Lee County Genealogical Society in October 2000.
1998-1999 Academic Year
- Steven Andreoli
- Analysis of the MLL Breakpoint Cluster Region; In Alpha Epsilon Newsletter, Boston University Summer 1999.
1997-1998 Academic Year
- Arati Shroff
- Spatial Learning and Memory in Aging C57BL/6 Mice; Craig Weiss, Arati Shroff, John Disterhoft; In Neuroscience Research Communications, volume 23, No.2 pp77-91, 1998.
- Adrianna Zhang
- The Detection of Simian Virus 40 in Human Tumors by Polymerase Chain Reaction; P.Rizzo, I.Di Resta, A. Powers, C. M. Matker, A Zhang, L.Mutti, W.M.Kast, H.Pass, M. Carbone; In Monaldi Arch Chest Dis vol.83: 2 pp.202-210, 1998.
1996-1997 Academic Year
- Ranjeet Rao
- Oxidation Studies on Silicon Carbonitride from Preceramic Polymers, Steven Gonczy, Ranjeet Rao, Michael McNallan; In Ceramic Transactions,vol. 85, American Ceramic Society 1997, pp. 157-163. Mentor(s): Dr. Michael McNallan; University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
1995-1996 Academic Year
- Andrew Cox
- Performance of BlackglasTM Composites in 4000-Hour Oxidation Study; Scott Campbell, Steven Gonczy, Michael McNallan, Andrew Cox, In Ceramic Engineering Science, Vol. 17, pp. 411-420, 1996. Mentor: Dr. Michael McNallan; University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
1991-1992 Academic Year
- Leah Berman, Rachel VanBrunt
- Victorian Herbs: Herbal Uses in the 1890's; In 1992 Kline Creek Cultivators, Leah Berman, Rachel VanBrunt, Illustrations Leah Berman; Mentor: Ms. Patricia Walton, Kline Creek Farm.