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Western Washington University’s Committee for Research and Creative Opportunities has announced the spring 2014 cycle awards, which provide encouragement for undergraduate students to engage in creative work in their disciplines and up to $500 per student in funding to support their projects.

This type of research is at the core of Western’s goal of supporting interdisciplinary study across campus.

Faculty members on the committee select undergraduate recipients based on the quality of the students’ proposals, significance of the project and its feasibility.

The following students received Research and Creative Opportunities grants for spring quarter:

Bellevue

Kevin Lowdon, Studio Art/Photography: Exhibition Funding

Bellingham

Anzhela Storozhenko, Chemistry: Voltage-Dependent SERS Sensor

Bothell

Saum Hadi, Chemistry: PEI Purification and Characterization

Shelby Windom, Theatre Arts: "To Whom it May Concern" Theatrical Piece

Carlsbad, California

Jesse Larson, Chemistry: Enhancing the Performance of Silk-Based Conducting Polymer Artificial Muscles

Everett

Angela Cowley, Sociology: Hooking Up and College Students

Lynden

Diane Perez, Chemistry: Characterization of PtCo Nanoparticles

Oak Harbor

Melissa Hand, Fine Arts: Corporeal Visages of the Pacific Northwest

Olympia

Hayley Boyd, Fine Arts: Salvaged Space

Port Townsend

Nicholas Ostrovsky-Snider, Chemistry: Electropolymerization of Conductive Polymers Onto Silk Films

Renton

Kyle Andelin, Economics: The Impact of Flood Risk on Property Values

Serena Wo, Biochemistry: scHb Crystallization

Richland

Quinton Maldonado, Studio Art: Color Portraits

Spokane

Spencer Isitt, Studio Art: Photo Research Travel

Yakima

Paige Atterberry, Chemistry Department: Directing Nerve Growth on Silk-Based Biomaterials Using Chemokine Gradients

For more information, contact Connie Hernandez in Western’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 360-650-2884, connie.hernandez@wwu.edu, or visit .