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Answer Poverty Section: 0102 Mentors: Mr. Brian Beard, 5-3259, briangbeard@erols.com and Mr. Jerry Grossman, 5-3052, jgrossman@iris.econ.umd.edu Librarian: Ms. Judy Markowitz, 4-1316, judym@umd.edu Members: Maira Fonseca, Jason George, Maryann Girgis, Miriam Langer, Alexander Mont, Shaun Robinson, Maitreya Sriram. Website: http://answerpoverty.org/ |
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CARE: Community Advancement through Revitalization Efforts
Section: 0204 Mentor: Dr. Linda Moghadam, 5-6389, linda@socy.umd.edu Librarian: Ms. Barbara Lay, 5-9264, blay@umd.edu Members: Victoria Chisholm, Nancy Chow, Jiaxing Fei, Jennifer Finder, Sarah Gan, Nicole Hosseinipour, Priya Kumar, Allison Wilson Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/care/index.htm |
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FASTR: Finding Alternative Specialized Travel Routes
Section: 0101 Mentor: Dr. Jim Purtilo, 5-2706, purtilo@cs.umd.edu Librarian: Ms. Kim Ricker, 4-1355, kmr@umd.edu Members: Jacob Cigna, James Czisny, Pratik Dave, Caitlin Hickey, Jessica Holzberger, Jeffrey James, Megan Kuhn, Siwei Kwok, Bryan O'Haver, Emily Ryan, Laura Slivinski. Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/fastr/ |
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HEAT:
Human Energy Acquisition Technology
Section: 0103 Mentor: Dr. Peter Kofinas, 5-7335, kofinas@umd.edu Librarian: Mr. Jim Miller, 5-9152, jmiller2@umd.edu Members: Adam Blechman, George Braker, Kara Chaprnka, Bradley Chodnicki, Esther DuBow, Brandon Hall, Kelly Pernia, Timothy Sy, Matthew Thompson, Jordan Tucker. Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/heat/ |
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iGEM Section: 0104 Mentor: Dr. David O'Brochta, 4-6343, obrochta@umbi.umd.edu Librarian: Mr. Tom Harrod, 5-7253, tharrod@umd.edu Members: Jennifer Axe, Robert Billmyre, Kevin Duty, Gregory Hitz, Kevin Lin, Michael Mergler, Zachary Neuman, Lauren Trager, Allison Weatherford. Website: http://umdigem.org/ |
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JUICED: Judging and Understanding and Interpreting the Consumption of Enhancing Drugs
Section: 0202 Mentor: Dr. Marc Rogers, 5-2484, mrogers1@umd.edu Librarian: Mr. Timothy Hackman, 5-8521, thackman@umd.edu Members: Daniel Ahmad, Megha Bansal, Elizabeth Dillon, Shauna Dorsey, Aysha Jawed, Perry Katz, Andrew Newton, Ashley Palaigos, Anita Sahu, Curtis Sharkey, Devang Sharkey, Devang Sharma. Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/juiced/ |
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Risky Business Section: 0105 Mentor: Dr. Fred Wheaton, 5-2223, fwheaton@umd.edu Librarians: Mr. Jim Miller, 5-9152, jmiller2@umd.edu and Mr. Robert Kackley, 5-9155, rkackley@umd.edu Members: Mark Limsam, Sarah Semmel. Website:http://www.freewebs.com/2009riskybusiness/ |
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No More Needles Section: 0201 Mentor: Dr. Nam Wang, 5-1910, nsw@umd.edu Librarian: Mr. David Wilt, 5-9141, dwilt@umd.edu Members: David Baumgarten, Wen Bian, Nicole Chait, David Chen, Linh-Yen Do, James Johnston, Hung Lu, Kevin Quinn, Benjamin Tylka, Vanessa Vichayakul, Yishan, Zhou. Website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~klu/aboutus.html |
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Renewables Section: 0203 Mentor: Dr. Jungho Kim, 5-5437, kimjh@umd.edu Librarian: Mr. Robert Kackley, 5-9155, rkackley@umd.edu Members: Rachelle Bye, Erin Conroy, David Green, Phil Hannam, Matthew Kosmer, Alex Meiseles, Emma Roach, Sumegha Singhania, Amy Zhang Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/renewables/ |
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Saving Testudo Section: 0205 Mentor: Dr. Lowell Adams, 5-1178, ladams4@umd.edu Librarian: Ms. Cindy Todd, 4-7224, ctodd@umd.edu Members: Curtis Bennett, Sona Chaudhry, Marjorie Clemens, Lacy Gilmer, Samantha Lee, Thomas Parker, Emily Peterson, Jessica Rajowski, Karen Shih, Sasika Subramaniam, Rachel Wells, Jessica White. Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/savingtestudo/ |
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SHINE: Students Helping Implement Natural Energy Section: 0206 Mentor: Dr. Peter Chang, 5-1957, pchang@umd.edu Librarians: Mr. Damon Austin, 5-9666, daustin@umd.edu and Ms. Nedelina Tchangalora, 5-9144, nedelina@umd.edu Members: Mark Lomaskin, Rebecca Mahony, Lindsay Mooney, Joseph O'Brien, Ryan Robinson, Charlotte Sanford-Crane, Adam Teitelbaum. Website:http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/shine/shine/index.htm |
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Team Om Section: 0208 Mentor: Dr.. Christa Schmidt, 4-7656, schmidtc@umd.edu Librarian: Ms. Judy Markowitz, 4-1316, judym@umd.edu Members: Dina Carlin, Shaina Castle, Maia Chisholm, Jonathan Facemire, Allison Fleming, Molly Goldman, Briana Lee, Jenna Schultz, Margaret Wells. Website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~jschultz/Home3.html |
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VISION Section: 0106 Mentor: Dr. Ramalingam Chellappa, 5-3656, rama@cfar.umd.edu Librarians: Mr. Robert Kackley, 5-9155, rkackley@umd.edu and Mr. Dan Newsome, 4-7958, wdn@umd.edu Members: Steven Caperna, Christopher Cheng, Junghee Cho, Victoria Fan, Avishkar Luthra, Brendan O'Leary, Jansen Sheng, Lee Stearns, Andrew Sun, Roniel Tessler, Paul Wong, James Yeh. Website: http://teams.gemstone.umd.edu/classof2009/vision/ |
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Vote-CP: Voice of the Electorate - Collegiate Participation Section: 0207 Mentor: Ms. Abigail Kiesa, Abigail.kiesa@tufts.edu Librarians: Ms. Gerri Foudy, 5-9028, gfoudy@umd.edu and Mr. Terry Owen, 4-1328, towen@umd.edu Members: Sarah Choi, Alka Jhaveri, Kristen Keefe, Supraja Murali. Website: http://votecp09.googlepages.com/home |
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