SURF 2018 Projects & Papers
Student | Project Title | Mentor(s) |
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Jared Bowman | How Source Cues and Arguments Affect Support for the Iran Nuclear Deal | Chris Haynes |
Ashley Britt | Structural Dependence of the Thermal Stability of Citrates | Chong Qiu |
Cynthia Celone | The Art of Movement on a Two-Dimensional Surface Poster | Final Report | Patricia Miranda and Nancy Gladwell |
Julie Chmura | Using Trace Metal Concentrations in Muscle to Determine Geolocation of White Tailed Deer | Christopher O’Brien |
Kristen Cianci | Exploratory Research on Social Media Exposure and Support for Animal Rights | Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo |
Talya Davis-Day | Pissing in a Cup: Exploring Attitudes Toward Drug Testing in Community Corrections and Beyond | Kevin Barnes-Ceeney |
Kyle DeGennaro | Using Photography and Digital Software as a Method to Assess Marine Fouling Communities and Changes in Species Growth Patterns | Robert Rattner |
Matthew DiBlanda | 2018 McHale Fellow Energy Storage Omptimizations for Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Stations | Junhui Zhao |
Amanda Dye | The Preservation Point at Which Peat Bogs Hinder Natural Decomposition in Organic Matter | Peter Massey and Christopher O’Brien |
Alexandra Farah | Examining the Possible Difference Between Venous and Menstrual Blood Through the Methylation Status of the hCG-β Protein as a Means of Identification | David |
Jessica Flynn | Evaluation of an Ethanol Blood Diffusion Model Apparatus | Robert Powers |
Lori Fogg | Color, Content, and Viewer’s Perception | Nancy Gladwell |
David Garcia | 2018 McHale Fellow A Sustainable and Reliable Hybrid Microgrid System for Rapidly Deployed Military and Isolated Town Environments | Junhui Zhao |
Rachel Gilmore | Recovery of touch DNA: a comparison of four collection methods on various substrates | Claire Glynn |
Grace Hancox | The Analysis of Printer Ink Over Time Using Infrared Spectroscopy | Alyssa Marsico |
Christopher Hayes | Building Open-Source Software to Better Understand the Impact of Soot on Global Warming | Frank Breitinger and Chong Qiu |
Shania Henry | The Effect of Ethanol on Acetylsalicylic Acid Enzymatic Hydrolysis | Robert Powers |
Thomas Hong | Molecular Design of Novel Micellar Timed-Release Drug Delivery Systems | Arthur Gow |
Laura Jankowski | Creation of Methodology for Differentiation between Wild and Farm-Raised Chinook Salmon via Elemental Analysis | Christopher O’Brien |
Anna Kroon | Digital Editions of Valentine and Orson | Mary Isbell |
Matthew Malone | Conformal Acoustic Parametric Array | Eric Dieckman |
Daniel Masi | Degradation of Plastic Polymers Using Green Heterogeneous Catalysts | Dequan Xiao |
Stacie Meruelo | Study of Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Formation and Dissociation | Kristine Horvat |
Autumn Muise | Investigating Commercially Available microRNA Extraction Kits for Use with Forensically Relevant Body Fluids | Claire Glynn |
Yo Ng | 2018 McHale Fellow Comprehensive Air Quality Assessment Using Portable Devices: A Pilot Study for an In-Class Project | John Osambo and Chong Qiu |
Kelvin Okah | Evaluating the Cell Cytotoxicity of Electromagnetic Wavelength Emitted by Cell Phones And Wi-fi On HEK-293 Cell | Alireza Senejani |
Matthew Paulus | The Butt of a Joke Poster| Final Report | Guy-Serge Emmanuel |
Callia Ricozzi | Assessing Supply Chain Resilience of the Manufacturing Industry in Connecticut | Gokhan Egilmez and Ridvan Gedik |
Madison Rowe | Where Are Our Shows: An Exploration of Black Representation in Television | Patrick Rivers |
Alec Shackett | Dissecting Decentralization: An in Depth Look at Blockchain Technology and its Applications | Frank Breitinger |
Alyson Shaw | The Investigation into Interactions Between Explosive Residue and Common Household Cleaning Supplies Using Infrared Spectroscopy | Alyssa Marsico |
Nicholas Sherwood | Using Low Level Aerial Imagery to Asses Fiddler Crab (Uca pugnax) Populations in Salt Marshes | Roman Zajac |
Mackenzie Smillie | How the Visual Presentation of Information Impacts Information Recall | Chris Haynes |
William Theune | Evaluating the Efficiency of Transgene Knock-In by CRIPSPR/Cas9-Mediated Nonhomologous End Joinin in Zebrafish | Alireza Senejani and Carter Takacs |
Benjamin Thomas | Investigation of Thermal Properties of Carboxylates with Various Structures | Chong Qiu and Pier Cirillo |
Alicia Wagner | Laboratory Synthesis of Cadiolide Analogs | Pier Cirillo |
Chelsea White | Psychologists’ Motivation to Pursue Their Career | Kento Yasuhara |
Shuhong Xiang | Fabrication of Photo-Responsive Nanospheres as Vehicles for Controlled Drug Delivery | Dequan Xiao |
Katelyn Zicker | Concentration of Microplastics in Geukensia demissa from Bradley Point, New Haven, CT | Gail Harnett and Jean-Paul Simjouw |