Journal of the
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences

Class of 1997
Volume 16, 1998

Copyright (c) 1998, by The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences
and Carnegie Mellon University
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Table of Contents

Preface

Biology Team Projects: Effects of Splicing Factor Interactions on the Ultrabithorax Phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster: A Synthetic Lethal Screen for Proteins that Interact with B52. Amendola, Bradley, Loux, Smith, Stolz, Vilberg, Wainwright, Yohe, Zordan; Generation of LYS2 Insertion Mutants by Tn5 Transposition in E. coli. Barnes, Bollman, Jain, Maier, Sabnis, Schwartz, Rao, Vaidya; Role of the N63 Gene on the Optomotor Response in Drosophila melanogaster. Chen, Choi, Chu, Moore, Yip; A Study of Furosemide Inhibition on Skeletogenesis in Sea Urchin Embryos. Beck, Gasiewski, Ilyas, Kumar, Kwak, Lim, Mathers, Roda, Whelan
Chemistry Team Projects: Buckminsterfullerenes: Diels-Alder and Fullerenation Reactions. Bonazza, Gates, Hofmeister, Hogya, Margolis, Neizmik, Weidman; Project: C-N-T, Analysis of Anion-Ligands in Cobalt Coordination Isomers. Kinney, Lewis, Reyes, Sullivan; Spectroscopic Analysis of the Effects of Micelles on the Williamson Synthesis of Ether. Dodson, Freund, Hoess, Sanyal, Weinberger, Wolfe
Computer Science Team Projects: Artificial Reasoning Using Computer Heuristics for Mancala and Abalone Game Evaluations. Bonawitz, Casterline, Ferguson, Linney, Reingold, Richman, Vinocur; Computer as Programmer. Dasgupta, Hattangadi, Krichten, Miller, Miller, Sha, Weiss; Pattern Recognition Using Neural Networks. Ingram, Hurst, Todi; Rat Race: Applied Biocomputing. Burlando, Dru, Mareino, Rickard, Stick, Thompson, Thompson, Yung
Mathematics Team Projects: The Mathematics of Social Choice. Caruso, Kovich, Morrow, Palladino
Physics Team Projects: The Effects of Solar Activity on the Upper Ionosphere. Cho, Salzman, Weiland; Gravitational Lensing. Campbell, Datta, Gorelik, Herrmann, Troyani; Turbulence. Burns, Collins, Dimas, Morrison, Nedzinski

Journal of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences

Journal of the
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences