Department: Center for Labor Research and Studies

Discipline: Labor Studies

Office: LC 305, Phone: 305-975-4730

Email: addyd@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: community building across cultures ethical community practices sustainable community development

Skills required for project: students would need (and gain more) experience with literature searches, communication skills, interviewing, facilitation skills

Department: Educational Leadership And Policy Studies

Discipline: Adult Education And Human Resource Development

Office: 361-A, Phone: 305-348-2094

Email: alfredm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Immigrant students in higher education Adult literacy Issues related to race, class, gender and women's learning and development

Skills required for project: I would expect the student to assist with library research, schedule appointments for interviews, and assist with interviews. I would coach the student to do some preliminary qualitative data analysis.

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry, Director of Forensics

Office: CP316, Phone: 305-348-3917

Email: almirall@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Materials analysis with Laser Ablation ICP-MS for provenance and sourcing Explosives analysis with SPME/GCMS and SPME/IMS

Skills required for project: Laboratory experiments

Department: Nursing

Discipline: Nursing

Office: HLSII-458A, Phone: 305-348-7708

Email: andersok@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Impact of breast cancer on couple relationships

Skills required for project: Library research, assisting with writing articles, assisting with data collection and data analysis, grant production, presenting

Department: Political Science and LACC

Discipline: Political Science

Office: DM 371, Phone: 305-348-2856

Email: arrarasa@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Democratization Human Rights Social Movements Political Violence and revolutions

Skills required for project: Library research

Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Discipline: Engineering

Office: EC 3981, Phone: 305-348-2683

Email: babijt@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Smart antennas for personal communication devices. Ultra wideband signaling in modern wireless technique. Biological effects produced by electromagnetics

Skills required for project: library research, computer simulations

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Developmental Psychology

Office: DM 263, Phone: 305-348-3988

Email: bahrick@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Infant perceptual and cognitive development: Face perception Intersensory perception autism Memory development

Skills required for project: library, running subjects, recruiting subjects, data tabulation, research lab meetings, clerical (xeroxing)

Department: DSIS

Discipline: Information Systems

Office: RB 250, Phone: 305-348-3476

Email: becferi@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: knowledge management, expert teams, team collaboration, knowledge discovery, knowledge sharing, knowledge application, knowledge transfer, knowledge capture

Skills required for project: library research, running experiments

Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry

Discipline: Organic Chemistry

Office: CP 318, Phone: 305-348-3736

Email: beckerd@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Medicinal chemistry Materials science

Skills required for project: Running experiments

Department: Statistics and Mathematics

Discipline: Statistics Research

Office: DM 402B, Phone: 305-348-2745

Email: benterki@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1) The relationship between physical activity and academic achievement. 2) The relationship between physical activity and mood in college age students. 3 The relationship between art and movement - does movement have meaning?

Skills required for project: Library Research. Theory Development. Qualitative Data collection such as interviews, document analysis, Field notes, etc.

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Biology/Immunology

Office: HLS 319C, Phone: 305-348-3100

Email: biggerc@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Various immune defenses of marine invertebrates. Environmental influences on immune defenses. Invertebrate genetics.

Skills required for project: running experiments on campus or library research

Department: Physics

Discipline: Physics

Office: CP 213, Phone: 305-348-3082

Email: bone@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Physics of human vision Macular pigment and age-related macular degeneration

Skills required for project: Running experiments, data analysis

Department: Art And Art History

Discipline: Visual Arts

Office: ACI 312, Phone: 305-919-4809

Email: brantp@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: intermedia projects that involve art and other diciplines.

Skills required for project: Help with installation and art production as well as research in latest computer applications to fibers projects.

Department: Biological Sciences and The Honors College

Discipline: Marine Biology

Office: ACI 378, Phone: 305-919-4793

Email: brownch@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: role of thyroid hormone in fish embryo development economic development in 3rd world countries farming of ornamental reef fish

Skills required for project: laboratory research, biochemical analyses, etc

Department: Economics and The Honors College

Discipline: Economics

Office: DM 318B, Phone: 305-348-3290

Email: carvajal@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Gender and ethnic comparisons

Skills required for project: Survey research

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Computer Science

Office: ECS 362, Phone: 305-348-3480

Email: chens@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Multimedia, databases, network

Skills required for project: programming, running experiments

Department: Biological Sciences / SERC

Discipline: Wetland Ecosystem Ecology/Everglades Ecology

Office: OE 236, Phone: 305-348-3101

Email: childers@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Topics will focus on our work in the Everglades

Skills required for project: Students should feel comfortable doing field work in the Everglades as well as on-campus lab work

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Software Testing/Software Engineering

Office: ECS 212A, Phone: 305-348-2440

Email: clarkep@cis.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Software Testing Software Engineering Software Maintenance

Skills required for project: Literature reviews and software development.

Department: COE / Health, Physical Education & Recreation

Discipline: Athletic Training/Sports Medicine

Office: ZEB 251A, Phone: 305-348-6335

Email: clearym@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Human performance Dehydration Sports nutrition

Skills required for project: Library research, humam performance laboratory reserach, research presentation

Department: Physical Therapy and The Honors College

Discipline: Physical Therapy And Gerontology

Office: HLS 349, Phone: 305 348 1968

Email: cornelyh@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Fall preventions and balance interventions for older adults, health promotion through physical activity in older adults with or without chronic disease, self management programs

Skills required for project: Literature reviews, getting research articles, field work with exercise or health promotion programs, data collection, data entry

Department: Educational And Psychological Studies

Discipline: Special Education

Office: ZEB 242A, Phone: 305-348-2425

Email: cramere@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: overrepresentation of minority students in special education inclusion of diverse students with exceptionalities general education teacher preparation to effectively instruct students with disabilities

Skills required for project: library research, school based observations and interviews, data analysis

Department: History and The Honors College

Discipline: Ancient Greece And Rome

Office: DM 388A, Phone: 305-348-2974

Email: daviesg@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: To participate in the ongoing excavations that I direct at the site of Yotvata, Israel

Skills required for project: Volunteers gain experience of excavation, survey and recording techniques. They also benefit from a lecture program presented by the staff and visit sites of archaeological significance in the local area.

Department: Economics and The Honors College

Discipline: Economics

Office: DM 318A, Phone: 305-348-2318

Email: alonsoi@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Women and Economic development Minorities in the USA and Trade in the Caribbean

Skills required for project: library research, literature review

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Office: DM 299, Phone: 305-348-1970

Email: dechurch@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: organizational conflict, negotiations, team effectiveness

Skills required for project: At a minimum: library, pc-based literature searches, written synthesis of extant literature, preparation of scales and measures, participant recruiting, data collection, data coding and entry

Department: Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Discipline: Engineering And Computing

Office: EC 3417, Phone: 305-348-7016

Email: dulikrav@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. computational fluid dynamics 2. inverse design methods 3. evolutionary design optimization

Skills required for project: Programming new software and/modifying existing software.

Department: School of Music

Discipline: Voice/Opera

Office: PAC 146B, Phone: 305-348-3587

Email: dundasr@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Vocal Pedagogy, Vocal Performance, Vocal Literature, Opera Performance, Opera Literature

Skills required for project: Library Research, Studio Work, Field Work

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Computer Science

Office: ECS 365, Phone: 305-348-3381

Email: ege@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: object orientation, Voice-overIP, operating systems

Skills required for project: reading/writing research papers, design and programming of software

Department: Physical Therapy and The Honors College

Discipline: Physical Therapy

Office: HLS 349, Phone: 305-348-3113

Email: elbauml@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Gait training; biomechanics of human movement, applications of new techologies towards evaluation and treatment of movement disorders

Skills required for project: Library research, assistance with experiments in the Kinesiology laboratory.

Department: The Center On Aging, Stempel School Of Public Health

Discipline: Gerontology

Office: AC1 234, Phone: 305-919-5563

Email: elfenbep@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Aging and health including policy, clinical issues, health promotion and disease prevention, unintentional injury...

Skills required for project: field work

Department: College of Education and The Honors College

Discipline: Education Curriculm theory and history

Office: ZEB 363B, Phone: 305-348-3225

Email: fains@fiu.edu

Topics of interest:

Skills required for project:

Department: College of Law and The Honors College

Discipline: Criminal Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Process And Policy, Trial Practice, Pretrial Litigation And Advocacy

Office: PCA 355B, Phone: 305-285-0500

Email: fingerhut@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Application of the scientific method to law enforcement determinations of reasonable suspicion to detain and probable cause to arrest

Skills required for project: The project is limited only by the student's imagination. At a minimum, though, it will require legal research and writing, along with oral presentations.

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Psychology

Office: DM 286, Phone: 305-348-3190

Email: finley@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Fathers, children, and divorce; development of mother nurturance and involvement scales to match our existing and highly successful scales for fathers; false abuse allegations in the context of divorce and custody disputes

Skills required for project: Gathering data; processing data; library research

Department: Nursing

Discipline: Nursing

Office: HLS II 459, Phone: 305-348-7768

Email: fletcher@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Sickle Cell Disease Genetics Pain management

Skills required for project: library research and helping in preparing proposals and data collection

Department: College of Law

Discipline: Law

Office: GL 467, Phone: 305-348-5943

Email: jose.gabilondo@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Corporate and international finance, Cuban legal studies

Skills required for project: The full range of research and writing activities. Organization, strong writing skills, personal maturity, and quantitative skills are desired.

Department: Industrial & Systems Engineering

Discipline: Industrial Engineering

Office: EC 3114, Phone: 305-348-2980

Email: giachetr@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Healthcare management, patient scheduling, capacity management. Application of operations research to solve healthcare problems. 2. Queueing theory.

Skills required for project:

Department: Nursing

Discipline: Nursing

Office: HLS 470, Phone: 305-348-7722

Email: mgillesp@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: HIV/AIDS among immigrants HIV/AIDS among offenders Effect of trauma and or violence among perpetrators, families, victimis and emergency healthcare and 911 responders

Skills required for project: Library research, phoning subjects, conduct interviews or complete questionnaires, and data entry

Department: The Honors College

Discipline: Biology/Ecology

Office: , Phone: 786-232-2674

Email: mionectes@aol.com

Topics of interest: 1. Tropical biology and ecology, conservation 2. Sustainable development in developing countries 3. Environmental health and human health interdependence and interactions

Skills required for project: Library research coupled with the design and planning of an independent project to be conducted in the field in summer 2008 (in the Peruvian Amazon)

Department: Public Health

Discipline: Dietetics & Nutrition

Office: HLS 1499, Phone: 305-348-0194

Email: greenwoo@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Dietetics & Nutrition Food Servicie Systems Management

Skills required for project: Library research, surveys, performance improvement opportunities. Students will need to meet the pre-requistes for upper division courses

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Clinical Psychology

Office: DM 295, Phone: 305-348-3374

Email: lindsay.ham@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: The link between anxiety and substance abuse College drinking Social anxiety disorder

Skills required for project: Running experiments, library research, and data entry.

Department: English

Discipline: Creative Writing, Publishing

Office: DM 465A, Phone: 305-348-3405

Email: hargitai@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Publishing student creative writing(poetry, short fiction, novel, essay) 2. Literary Translation with an eye toward publishing

Skills required for project: 1. Compile, revise, polish student texts and prepare them for publication 2. Submit to literary journals, "little magazines," anthologies 3. Query publishers for book-length projects/proposals

Department: College of Business / School of Accounting

Discipline: Accounting Information Systems

Office: RB 244A, Phone: 305-348-4210

Email: Kenneth.Henry@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Inter-Organizational Systems Pattern Matching Case-Based Reasoning

Skills required for project: Library research

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Office: DM 299, Phone: 305-348-7547

Email: hillern@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: - How does psychology inform the study of leadership and leadership processes? - Top executive in organizations can have enormous effects on hundreds and even thousands of people's lives, and we know that these executive are NOT perfect decision makers.

Skills required for project: Involvement in study design and set-up (including conceptual development of the stud), assist in conducting experiment, data analysis.

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Psychology

Office: DM208, Phone: 305-348-0724

Email: jaccardj@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Adolescent decision making - how adolescents make important decisions in their lives Parent-adolescent communication and parent-adolescent relationships Alcohol impaired driving by adolescents

Skills required for project: library work to review literature, collect some data, analyze it and write it up.

Department: Environmental Studies / SERC

Discipline: Environmental Microbiology/Soils

Office: ECS 337, Phone: 305-348-6553

Email: jayachan@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Biocontrol of Invasive Species in South Florida Everglades Soils and Nutrient Cycling Microbial Structural and Functional Diversity Conservation of Endangered plant species in South Florida Pesticides Fate and Transport - Biodegradation/Bioremediation

Skills required for project: Conducting field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments. Apply statistical analysis to interpret the results.

Department: BBC Library

Discipline: English

Office: BBC 210, Phone: 305-919-5933

Email: kasss@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Chinese Cinema, Humor, and Classical Music

Skills required for project: Library Research, interviewing, analyzing results, and writing a report

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Art And Science

Office: HLS 218C, Phone: 305-348-7315

Email: kiml@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Mechanism of directional sensing of eukaryoptic cells Signal transduction pathways regulating Cell Fate Decision

Skills required for project: Running experiments, Preparing power point presentation, and documentation of tjhe results.

Department: School of Architecture

Discipline: Interior Design

Office: PCA 273A, Phone: 305-348-6630

Email: jking@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Relationship between workplace environmental characteristics and worker productivity, relationship between privacy and worker productivity, relationship between worker communication and worker productivity

Skills required for project: Library literature review, small field experiment, data gathering and analysis

Department: The Honors College and Architecture

Discipline: Architecture

Office: DM 233, Phone: 305-348-4100

Email: kneskij@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Architectural History, History of South Florida, Mediterranean Cultural History (Italy in particultar), South Florida Horticulture. Pre-20th Century Polish History. n.b: these are topics of interest, not expertise.

Skills required for project: All serious proposals for student research projects relevant to topics of interest listed above will be considered. Excellent writing and communication skills, good work ethic, as well as adequate research skills are basic prerequisites for any project proposal to be considered.

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology

Office: OE 232, Phone: 305-348-3103

Email: kopturs@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: interactions between ants and caterpillars on plants with extrafloral nectaries nectar secretion under different environmental conditions pollination herbivory improving urban habitats with wildlife gardening

Skills required for project: field work, greenhouse and lab experiments

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Molecular and Cell Biology

Office: HLS 219A, Phone: 305-348-6678

Email: kosl@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Development of neural crest derived lineages: melanocytes and Schwann cells Development of the mammalian cardiac conduction system

Skills required for project: running experiments genetic database searches

Department: Education

Discipline: Reading Education

Office: ZEB 257B, Phone: 305-348-2777

Email: Sharon.Kossack@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Writing and implementing grants to fund - Special education and literacy in Abaco, Bahamas. - Creating of a microsociety approach to curriculum for at-risk high school students to encourage them to seek vocational training or college after graduation

Skills required for project: 2) TROY Academy. An alternative educational center for adjudicated youth that now serves as field experience for our content reading classes. I believe strongly that all kids can learn and would love to move the focus of this school to a high-gear Upward Bound program, grooming as many of these kids as we can for a brighter, more community-positive future through college or vocational training, perhaps gearing the educational program to a microsociety structure in which the students learn through creating a miniature society that works in positive, proactive, democratic ways. This would require funding, so we're targeting grants to this goal.

Department: Decision Sciences and Information Systems / College of Business Administration

Discipline: Business Administration

Office: RB 252B, Phone: 305-348-3403

Email: kyparis@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: research in the area of mathematical scheduling

Skills required for project: computer programming in Excel/Basic etc.

Department: The Wolfsonian

Discipline: Curatorial Department

Office: , Phone: 305-535-2627

Email: lamonaca@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Issues of Modernity, technology, progress; and hotel architecture in South Florida.

Skills required for project: Library research; assist curators with exhibition administrative work.

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Biochemistry

Office: CP 317, Phone: 305-348-3277

Email: lengf@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Transcription-coupled DNA supercoiling; Protein-DNA interaction

Skills required for project:

Department: Mechanical And Materials Engineering

Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Office: EAS 3462, Phone: 305-348-3643

Email: levyez@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Fracture mechanics/ fatigue analysis

Skills required for project: Creating finite element model of 3-D crack problems using the FEM package to extract SIF values for different crack geometries, running multiple cases based on element size

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Computer Science

Office: ECS 318, Phone: 305-348-6036

Email: taoli@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: data mining, information retrieval, bioinformatics

Skills required for project: 1. Library research 2. Programming 3. Running experiments

Department: History

Discipline: History/Medieval Studies

Office: DM 389, Phone: 305-348-7357

Email: lifshitz@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Anything on women/gender, religion, texts and intellectual culture in the pre-modern world would be do able i could also work with students on medievalism, romantic nationalism and other such phenomena in the US and modern Europe.

Skills required for project: Library research

Department: College of Engineering

Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Office: EC 2141, Phone: 305-348-1596

Email: llincx@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Gas flow in micronozzles for application in micro satelites; 2. Heat transfer in microchannels for application in electronic cooling; 3. Aerosol dispersion during decontamination activities.

Skills required for project: Literature search, runing experiments in laboratories, and analyzing collected data.

Department: Modern Languages and The Honors College

Discipline: French and Linguistics

Office: DM 498B, Phone: 305-348-2379

Email: machonis@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Verb Particles in English Neutral Verbs in English Lexicon-grammar: syntactic analysis of some aspect of student's native language.

Skills required for project: Dictionary work, web based research, and analyzing large groups of data in one's native language

Department: Environmental Studies

Discipline: Biogeochemistry, Hydrology, Natural Resource Management

Office: ECS340, Phone: 305-348-6826

Email: mcclainm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Nutrient and sediment transport in rivers 2. Nutrient transport in forest litterfall 3. Preservation techniques for nutrients in water

Skills required for project: Setting up and running analyses of water, plant material, and soils in the laboratory.

Department: Chemirstry

Discipline: Analytical/Forensic Chemistry

Office: CP 313, Phone: 305-348-7543

Email: mccordb@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Genetic typing of nucleic acids microfluidic detection of drugs in body fluids electrospray mass spectrometry nanomolecular devices

Skills required for project: Running experiments under the supervision of myself and advanced graduate students

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Office: ZEB 326, Phone: 305-348-2094

Email: mceacher@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Child and sexual abuse Emotional matreatment in the classroom cross cultural and multicultural issues in counseling exceptional student education

Skills required for project: Library research, assisting in conducting experiments, collecting data

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Discipline: Transport Modeling

Office: EC 2671, Phone: 305-348-1352

Email: mcgoron@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Drug delivery/drug development for cancer imaging and therapy 2. Nuclear Medicine Imaging (computation modeling and image processing) 3. Respiratory Gated PET validation with a respiratory phantom

Skills required for project: Students would do literature search, compile data, learn to present data, assit graduate students in the laboratory with their experiments. This may be theoretical (computational modeling, computer algorithms etc), wet lab (simple chemistry, cell culture, drug dosing, cell assays). Mechanically building or assembling devices or instruments necessary for the research. Ordering materials in the lab. Keeping inventory. Helping to keep the laboratory maintained.

Department: College of Arts and Sciences

Discipline: EVR

Office: ECS 339, Phone: 305-348-6518

Email: melessea@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Spatially distributed watershed modeling, geospatial applications to hydrology, wetland restoration evaluation, vegetation pattern and hydrolic response modeling

Skills required for project: Library research, field experiment and modeling

Department: International Relations

Discipline: International Relations

Office: DM 432, Phone: 305-348-1857

Email: mesbahim@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Culture and Religion in Int'L Relations Islam and World Politics Int'L Relations of Central Asia?Middle East National Security Studies

Skills required for project: Library research

Department: College of Arts and Sciences

Discipline: Biology/IFRI

Office: HLS 418B, Phone: 305-348-7410

Email: millsd@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Molecular DNA profiling of soil microbial communities, non-human DNA profiling for equine, bovine and avian forensics

Skills required for project: running experiments

Department: College of Law

Discipline: Law, Legal History, Latin American Law

Office: GL 485, Phone: 305-348-8347

Email: mirowm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Latin American constitutional law Legal history

Skills required for project: running experiments

Department: Marketing

Discipline: Marketing

Office: RB 307, Phone: 305-348-3330

Email: miyazaki@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Communication of risk information for products & services. Privacy issues in online marketing. Pricing practices of service firms.

Skills required for project: Assist in development of research scope; conduct some library research; help in collecting, coding, and analyzing data; assist in writing research paper.

Department: Physics

Discipline: Theoretical Nuclear Physics

Office: CP202, Phone: 305-348-1012

Email: rajamani.narayanan@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Theory of elementary particles (quarks, eletrons etc) Evolution of the universe close to the big-bang era

Skills required for project: Use visualization techniques on the computer to understand some properties of elementary particles in nature.

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Computer Science

Office: ECS 353, Phone: 305-348-2744

Email: navlakha@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Computer Applications Programming Data Structures and Algorithms

Skills required for project: Library/Internet research Good writing and communication skills

Department: Hospitality And Tourism Management

Discipline: Human Relations/Organizational Behavior

Office: HM 105, Phone: 305-919-4523

Email: newmand@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Emotional Intelligence Leadership

Skills required for project: Library research Data collection

Department: Health Policy & Management

Discipline: Research Psychologist -- Research Methodologist

Office: HLS 561, Phone: 305-348-0426

Email: newmanf@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Mental health and substance abus interventions with adolescents, elder abuse, food safety for mothers in the WIC program, evidence based practice in psychology and health care

Skills required for project: Liberary research and synthesis of research findings Statistical analysis -- I would help the student learn what is needed provided that the student already has had an elementary statistics or research methods course.

Department: Center for Labor Research and Studies

Discipline: Interdisciplinary; And Sociology

Office: LC 311, Phone: 305-348-2616

Email: nissenb@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Economic Development and Public Expenditures and Benefits Affordable Housing and Development Race and Labor Unions

Skills required for project: Data entry, library research, internet research, maybe data base extraction or manipulation. Any of these.

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Molecular Biology, Physiology of mosquitoes. Vector Biology.

Office: HLS 218B, Phone: 305-348-6632

Email: noriegaf@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Regulation of synthesis of hormones in mosquitoes. 2. Genomics and Proteomics of the neuroendocrine system in mosquitoes. 3. Nutricional regulation of gene expression in mosquitoes

Skills required for project: I would like them to have their own projects. Design their own experiments and manage every step involved in scientific research.

Department: History

Discipline: African History and Archaeology

Office: DM 385B, Phone: 305-348-3191

Email: ogundira@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Consumption and Material Culture in pre-modern societies, with emphasis on Atlantic Africa

Skills required for project: Types of Research: library/archival research, laboratory work (physico-chemical properties of artifacts), archaeological data analysis, and computer-based data management. Prerequisites: diligence and excellent work ethic.

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Legal Psychology

Office: DM 296A, Phone: 305-348-3687

Email: oneilk@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Juror Decision Making Social Psychology

Skills required for project: Research project will be student's responsibility, for design, data collection, and analysis.

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Organic Chemistry

Office: CP 310, Phone: 305-348-3968

Email: osheak@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Photochemistry Environemntal Chemistry

Skills required for project: literature search, laboratory work,

Department: Electrical Engineering

Discipline: Nanotechnology, Nanophotonics

Office: CEC 3955, Phone: 305-348-7371

Email: roberto.panepucci@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Nanophotonic devices and Integrated Optics Microfluidics and Sensors Nanofabrication technology

Skills required for project: Computer programing using graphical interface software such as Labview. Sample preparation and carrying out experiments using embossing and characterization with microscope and perhaps atomic force microscope. Microfabrication of fluidic devices and sensors. Experimentation with fiber-optic components and devices.

Department: History

Discipline: History

Office: DM 387A, Phone: 305-348-3768

Email: patrouch@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: European history, 1350-1720 Vienna and urban history courts and patronage in early modern Europe (especially the Habsburg Dynasty)

Skills required for project: Mostly library or archival research leading to a research paper and presentation, perhaps at a professional or student conference.

Department: Occupational Therapy

Discipline: Occupational Therapy And Medical Anthropology

Office: HLS 243, Phone: 305-348-3104

Email: paulward@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: understanding the experience of adolescents in foster care, improving the transitional outcomes of adolescents leaving the foster care system

Skills required for project: literature reviews, questionnaire development, one on one interviews with participants, data entry

Department: The Honors College

Discipline: Allied Health Care, Religion, and Human Rights Law

Office: DM 233, Phone: 305-348-4100

Email: pfeiffer@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Biomedical ethics, Breast Cancer research, Indigenous Religions, Alternative Healing, Human Rights Law

Skills required for project: I would expect each student to engage in any pertinent area of research that would enhance her/his project, particularly library use that involves database research utilizing multimedia; following proper scientific conduct for "experiments in the field;" perhaps more important is the principles of procedure: make an outline and follow it, so that the methodology is consistent and accurate.Principles of procedure: 1. Select topic, write thesis statement 2. Identify goals to accomplish in the outline 3. Identify conflicting claims or tension statements 4. Look at past trends in decision making and contributing factors, history of the subject matter 5. Project future trends 6. Look at alternatives and make recommendations 7. Conclusion, summary statements for closingthis should correspond to your thesis

Department: Earth Sciences

Discipline: Hydrogeology

Office: PC 327A, Phone: 305-348-3119

Email: pricer@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Chemical Hydrogeology of the Everglades phosphorus content of limestone rock

Skills required for project: Field work in the Everglades Laboratory analysis of rock and water samples

Department: International Relations

Discipline: Cultural Geography

Office: DM 435A, Phone: 305-348-2618

Email: pricep@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: US-Mexico border Juarez murders of women Site specific installation on US-Mex. border Popular religion and folk saints

Skills required for project: Methods used depend on the question asked! I am trained in quantitative and qualitative methods, and have used both in my work.

Department: School Of Journalism & Mass Communication

Discipline: Advertising & Public Relations

Office: ACII 320, Phone: 954-593-0422

Email: rafkind@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Stealth Marketing International Advertising (possibly Germany compared to USA -- I lead study abroad program to Berlin) Student Attendance to Campus Events

Skills required for project: research, field work, focus groups, interviews

Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Discipline: Social and Cultural Anthropology

Office: AC1 380, Phone: 305- 919-4567

Email: jrahier@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Cultures and performances of the African diaspora Black immigrants to the United States race relations in Latin America

Skills required for project: Again, it depends of the project. If the project is an anthropological one, library research and fieldwork (at the very least) would be necessary.

Department: Mathematics

Discipline: Mathematics/Higher Education Administration

Office: DM 416, Phone: 305-237-7569

Email: rameaup@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: mathematics, education, statistics

Skills required for project: collecting data, analyzing data, presenting information

Department: Environmental Studies

Discipline: Toxicology

Office: EL 1 (BBC), Phone: 305-919-5869

Email: randg@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: effects of contaminated sediments on organisms

Skills required for project: laboratory work

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: Computer Science

Office: ECS 381, Phone: 305-348-6230

Email: raju@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Operating Systems Storage Systems Security Multimedia

Skills required for project: Student will typically work on formulating a new problem, create a solution, implement the solution, and evaluate it with experiments.

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Chemistry

Office: CP 323A, Phone: 305-348-6682

Email: reink@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Isolation and characterization of natural products from algae, identification of genes related to natural product biosynthesis

Skills required for project: n/a

Department: Industrial & Systems Engineering

Discipline: Human Factors and Usability Engineering

Office: EC 3112, Phone: 305-348-3537

Email: resnickm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: My research projects change year to year. The theme is using information to customize technology, particularly related to ebusiness. Currently we are designing a customized portal for students to access university information.

Skills required for project: Students would help in establishing the information requirements for valid customization, brainstorming for product relationships, interface prototyping, and conducting customer surveys.

Department: Environmental Studies

Discipline: Anthropology

Office: ECS 335, Phone: 305-348-1209

Email: riachj@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Community-based resource management in rural Amazonian populations.2. Creative apporaches to integrated health, development, and conservation strategies in rainforest environments.3. Ethnoecology/ethnobotany

Skills required for project: Library research, first hand field work involving interviews and possibly sampling of any of the following: plants, animals, water, or soil.

Department: School of Social Work

Discipline: Social Research

Office: HLSII 359, Phone: 305-348-5885

Email: ricec@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Treatment of alcohol use disorders.

Skills required for project: Working on a team with social work students to help develop and test computer and web-based clinical interventions.

Department: Modern Languages

Discipline: Spanish and Linguistics

Office: DM 498A, Phone: 305-348-2046

Email: rocaa@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Bilingualism, language attitudes, Spanish in the U.S. (particularly, Spanish in Miami); teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. Language policy issues in education and public settings. Hispanic cultures: women and film. The Americas

Skills required for project: Library research, film viewing, field work (if applicable).

Department: Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Discipline: Adult Education and Human Resource Development

Office: ZEB 360A, Phone: 305-348-6151

Email: roccot@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Disability studies, disclosure, older workers, equity issues, social justice

Skills required for project: Since I have never worked with an undergraduate student it would depend on the student.

Department: English and The Honors College

Discipline: English literature

Office: ACI 343, Phone: 305-919-5922

Email: rochelso@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Victorian and late Victorian literature and culture; Jewish literature in Britain and the US; Women's studies in ninenteenth-century British literature. My ongoing research will result in a book on the Anglo-Jewish writer Israel Zangwill.

Skills required for project: library research (including work with microfilm reader and non-electronic databases), photocopying, etc. I would also be interested in mentoring Honors students doing research projects in my areas of expertise.

Department: School Of Computing And Information Sciences

Discipline: College Of Engineering And Computing

Office: ECS 212C, Phone: 305-348-1835

Email: sadjadi@cs.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Autonomic Computing, Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing, Distributed Computing, Software Engineering, Adaptive Software, Adaptive Middleware.

Skills required for project: developing research programs, running experiments, writing technical paper, developing software documentation, reviewing technical papers.

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Legal Psychology

Office: DM 291, Phone: 305-3484-3384

Email: schreibe@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Witness memory, police interviewing

Skills required for project: Library research, phoning subjects, running experiments, writing, scoring transcripts, entering data

Department: Psychology and The Honors College

Discipline: Psychology

Office: DM 281A, Phone: 305-348-4025

Email: bennett.schwartz@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: primate behavior, animal cogntition, human memory.

Skills required for project: n/a

Department: Occupational Therapy

Discipline: Occupational Therapy

Office: HLS 237, Phone: 305-348-2264

Email: scottp@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Impact on organ transplantation on lifetyle and wellness

Skills required for project: library research, interviewing transplant candidates and recepients, work on-site at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Department: Mathematics

Discipline: Mathematics

Office: DM 461B, Phone: 305-348-3047

Email: carmen.shershin@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Non-Euclidean Geometry 2. Criptography 3. Graph Theory

Skills required for project: He/She would help in the library research, working out solutions to exercises, testing of the written presentations, etc.

Department: Library (Head, Special Collections)/ English Department (Adjunct)

Discipline: Caribbean Literature, History And Art

Office: GL 422A, Phone: 305-348-3136

Email: silverav@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Caribbean Literature Caribbean Art

Skills required for project: Library Research Community activities Interviews

Department: College of Business Administration

Discipline: Finance

Office: ACII 120G, Phone: 305-919-5275

Email: simonh@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Financial markets, investor behavior, computerized market, prediction models

Skills required for project: Library research, data collection and mining, some stats

Department: Physics and The Honors College

Discipline: Astronomy

Office: CP 217A, Phone: 305-348-1565

Email: simpsonc@galaxy.fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Dwarf Galaxy Evolution, interacting galaxies, dark matter content of galaxies

Skills required for project: reducing and analyzing radio interferometer data reading professional scientific papers

Department: Theatre and Dance

Discipline: Theatre

Office: PAC 138B, Phone: 305-348-3356

Email: skowm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Women in the arts in Medieval Europe. 2. Manifestations of the Romantic Era's ideal of feminity as seen through costume, gesture and manners of that time. 3. Costume in performance as a reflection of social attitudes in Berlin in the 1920's.

Skills required for project: This kind of research is mostly library and archivesal based.

Department: Earth Sciences

Discipline: Earth Sciences

Office: AC1 389, Phone: 305-919-5969

Email: srimal@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Thermo-barometric studies of metamorphic terrains. Dating of Monazites using Elctron Microprobe. I would need sometime to think of other suitable research topics more focussed to the skill level of the student.

Skills required for project: library research and lab work

Department: Psychology

Discipline: Psychology

Office: DM 251, Phone: 305-348-6488

Email: stephens@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Sexual Scripting and Sexual Risk taking among college women. Skin color and Dating Beliefs. Identity devepment and sexual scripting among Black Hispanics.

Skills required for project: Preparing literature review, interviewing participants, setting up online survey, transcribing tapes, and analyzing data.

Department: Sociology and Antropology

Discipline: Anthropology

Office: DM 320C DM 320C DM 320C, Phone: 305-348-2247305-348-2247

Email: stepick@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Immigration and Interethnic Relations in Miami.

Skills required for project: Data Analysis and writing.

Department: Earth Sciences

Discipline: Hydrogeology

Office: PC 346A, Phone: 305-348-3117

Email: sukopm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Computer modeling of fluids, chemicals, and heat Developing graphical user interfaces for computer models Laboratory measurements of effective porosity in carbonate rocks

Skills required for project: Library research, computer modeling, computer code development, laboratory and field work.

Department: Accounting

Discipline: Accounting

Office: BA 237A, Phone: 305-348-3259

Email: suryseka@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: The ethical dimensions of executive compensation, what can we learn from the Enron and other accounting scandals, is more regulation of the accounting profession needed?

Skills required for project: Library research and writing

Department: English

Discipline: English (Renaissance Studies)

Office: DM 451, Phone: 305-348-1270

Email: suttonj@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Shakespeare related topics; Renaissance literature; Renaissance cultural studies;

Skills required for project: A lot of library and internet research on their topic in first semester, and a carefully plotted and planned writing schedule in the second, resulting in a first rate thesis of 40-50 pages with a substantial bibliography.

Department: Theatre and Dance

Discipline: Theatre

Office: WPAC, Phone: 305-348-7545

Email: tangeman@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Theatre History, Multi-media, Directing

Skills required for project: Literature survey, performing experiments, writing papers

Department: Mechanical And Materials Engineering and The Honors College

Discipline: Engineering

Office: CEAS 3473, Phone: 305-348-3304

Email: tanseli@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1) Modeling and interpretation 2) Development of health monitoring systems

Skills required for project: 1) Literature survey 2) Performing experiments 3) Writing paper

Department: Marketing

Discipline: Business Administration

Office: RB 306B, Phone: 305-348-3318 or 305-348-2571

Email: taylork@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Consumer behavior & consumer satisfaction Negotations and impact of personal factors on outcomes Families and culture, particularly inter-racial and inter-cultural families

Skills required for project: Library research Assist with running experiments Data entry and tabulation Possibility to design and run own study

Department: Political Science

Discipline: Political Science

Office: DM 481, Phone: 305-213-3357

Email: thielm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: European Politics, International Relations & Regionalism/Regional Integration

Skills required for project: Library & online research, possible field work (depending on the subject)

Department: Education / University Graduate School and The Honors College

Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction

Office: PC 236, Phone: (305) 348-2455

Email: thiru@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Various topics related to the impact of technology in education and society, technology integration in education, training faculty members and teachers to integrate technology, and the interactions between science, technology and society.

Skills required for project: While the actual set of activities will depend on the project selected by the student, I do expect students to perform a combination of activities.

Department: History

Discipline: History

Office: DM 398, Phone: 305-348-2961

Email: uribev@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Colombian migration to the United States (recent) - Domestic violence (history of) - Legislation on money laundering. Evaluation.

Skills required for project: Library research; conducting electronic survey; gathering database.

Department: Physics

Discipline: Astronomy

Office: CP 236, Phone: 305-348-3670

Email: vanhamme@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: modeling binary star light and velocity curves interacting binary stars extrasolar planets

Skills required for project: Literature search, learning how to use certain computer programs, data entering, computer experiments.

Department: Mathematics

Discipline: Mathematics

Office: DM 418, Phone: 305-348-2056

Email: villamor@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Differential equations Applied calculus Numerical analysis

Skills required for project: Read books and papers.

Department: School of Social Work

Discipline: Clinical Psychology

Office: MARC 310, Phone: 305-348-5612

Email: Eric.Wagner@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: My research group has four ongoing NIH-funded clinical research projects, all of which involve the evaluation and testing of intervention approaches for teenagers with substance use and related problems (e.g., interpersonal aggression, HIV risk)

Skills required for project: library research, phoning subjects, running experiments are all possibilities

Department: Electrical And Computer Engineering

Discipline: Microcomputer

Office: EC 3265A, Phone: 305-348-2807

Email: swang02@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1.An Efficient Implementation of distributed Shared Memory. 2.The Non-linear dynamic system simulation. Study on laser system. 3.The Monte Carlo Method and Application. Monte Carlo method for the simulation of electronic Noise in MESFET.

Skills required for project: n/a

Department: Biological Sciences

Discipline: Neuroanatomy

Office: HLS I 219C, Phone: 305-348-3099

Email: weekso@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. Learning and Memory, Memory and Menopause 2. Chemokine Receptors and the Central Nervous System in relation to HIV Proteins 3. Neuromuscular reinnervation/regeneration

Skills required for project: Library research, running experiments and engaging in all related lab research activities.

Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Discipline: Sociology

Office: DM 340A, Phone: 305-3483651

Email: westl@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: gender studies, sexuality studies

Skills required for project: library research, qualitative methods

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Biophysical Chemistry

Office: CP 309, Phone: 305-348-2855

Email: winkles@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: protein binding to DNAs carcinogen binding to DNAs unusual protein structures

Skills required for project: Conducting experiments and analyzing their results

Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry

Discipline: Chemistry

Office: CP 307, Phone: 305-348-6195

Email: wnuk@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Organic chemistry of nucleosides with applications in biochemistry and in anticancer and antiviral medicine. Research involving invention of mechanism-based inhibitors of enzymes vital to cancer cell and/or virus proliferation, and collaborative

Skills required for project: Running experiments and analyzing spectroscopic data. Literature serach

Department: History

Discipline: History

Office: DM 381B, Phone: 305-348-2803

Email: woodk@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Taverns, Hotels, Bars, and Restaurants in the United States and the Caribbean, 1780-1900 Travel narratives in the United States and the Caribbean, 1780-1860 Comparative gender roles in the United States and Great Britain, 1780-1860

Skills required for project: Library/archival research

Department: English

Discipline: Linguistics

Office: DM 468A, Phone: 305-348-2992

Email: yavasm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Acquisition of first language sound system -Acquisition of sound systems in bilingual children

Skills required for project: Data collection, and transcription

Department: Mathematics

Discipline: Algebra, Algebraic Geometry

Office: DM 342B, Phone: 305-348-3170

Email: yotovm@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Homological Mirror Symmetry Singularities of function on toric spaces Topology of Lefschetz fibrations

Skills required for project: The student will definitely need to work with a lot of books (librtary). And with preprints on line as well.

Department: Physics

Discipline: Condensed Matter Physics

Office: CP 207, Phone: 305-348-3956

Email: zhangj@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: 1. nanoscale thin film fabrication of novel oxide materials 2. Surface characterization of oxide compounds 3. Surface structure and dynamics of polymer materials

Skills required for project:

Department: School Of Hospitality & Tourism Management

Discipline: Strategic Management

Office: HM 336, Phone: 305-919-4540

Email: zhaoj@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Environmental scanning of hospitality & tourism industry Strategic management in the hospitality & tourism management competitive analysis of hospitality & tourism companies

Skills required for project: library research, running experiments or field work

Department: Religious Studies

Discipline: Religious Philosophy and Mysticism

Office: AC1 225, Phone: 305-919-5610

Email: zoharz@fiu.edu

Topics of interest: Peace and religion War and religion Terrorism and religion The “Other” and religion Any Judaica topic (or in comparative context). Especially Spirituality and Mysticism

Skills required for project: library research, phoning subjects, field work, etc.