SURF 2018 Projects & Papers
Student | Project Title | Mentor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |