Students earn research grants

ERIE — Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, awarded spring research grants to the following students:

Brittany Martinelli, a senior from Mars, “iPhones versus Eye Doctors: What Attributes of Metropolitan Areas Entice People 25-29, and 65 and Over, to Move There?”

Luke Elliott, a junior from Butler, “Embedded Wireless Sensors for Biometric Force Measurement.”

Matthew McGee, a sophomore from Cranberry Township, “Coconut Shell and Oil Additives for Tough Olefin Composites.”

Matthew McCormick, a senior from Butler, “Wear-Monitoring Tool Holder.”

Nathan Siebert, a senior from Harmony, “Design of Experiment for Effectiveness of a Thermal Protective Coating for Automotive Components.”

Taylor Pokrant, a junior from Grove City, “Comprehensive Statistical Database of Multilateral Treaties Project.”

Alison Defurio, a senior from Renfrew, “Stress Levels and Demands of Athletics.”

Katelyn Marsh, a junior from Emlenton, “Betrayal Trauma: Effects on Conflict Management Style with Authority Figures.”

William Shelstad, a junior from Butler, “Effect of Media on Thoughts and Behaviors.”

Bradley Abramson, a freshman from Evans City, “Various Prime Numbers.”

William Emmel, a freshman from Butler, “Functions and Higher Dimensional Geometry.”

Kevin Nelen, a freshman from Fenelton, “Functions and Higher Dimensional Geometry.”

Katelyn Melvin, a senior from Grove City, “Determining the Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Agion Silver Technology on Door Handles within the Penn State Erie Campus.”

Kathryn Sauka, a senior from Butler, “Application of BF3-CH3OH Toward the Direct Alkylation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Hypervalent Iodine.”

Amanda Stetz, a senior from Mars, “Monitoring the Effect of Heme Electron Density on Mb Nitrite Reductase Activity.”

Samantha Storti, a junior from Portersville, “Genetic Perturbation of Folate Metabolism through Knockdown of Methionine Synthase in Zebrafish.”

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CANTON, Ohio — The artwork of Brian Neigh of Butler is on display at the annual RSVP exhibit at Malone University.

This free exhibit is a writing and visual art exchange exhibit in the Fountain Gallery of the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts in Canton, Ohio. The work will be on display through Feb. 18.

Neigh is a senior art major at Malone.