Student Programs

UNH's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows program is designed to engage students in the experience of applied research under the direct tutelage and mentorship of a faculty member. The full process involves students crafting a research proposal, conducting a research project, and preparation and presentation of results in written and oral-presentation form at a research fair. The program supports student engagement, experiential learning, persistence and mentoring.

Students' proposals are reviewed and awards made by a faculty committee chaired by the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and one faculty scholar from each college, each appointed by the dean of that college. Student fellowships include a summer stipend, room and partial board, an allowance for research and report supplies and an award certificate.

Applications for the summer of 2008 will be solicited in early March. The full complement of student summer research for 2007 is shown below:

SURF RESEARCH PROGRAM
 

Student Name	Major	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Tim Beckwith	Accounting/Criminal Justice		Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and the Determination of Peer Institutions
Duncan Paige	Marine Biology	C. Cuomo	Aquaculture of Limulus Polyphemus, A Biometically Important Organism
Jonathan Ellis	Finance & Music	M. Griffiths	Going Green
Jeremy Baril	Biology-Environmental Science	M. Hessberger	Detection of Multiple Human Pathogens in Deer Ticks Using Real Time Poly-Merase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Formalin-Fixation Paraffin Embedding (FFPE) with Immuno-Fluorescence Technique (IFT)
Elizabeth Atkinson	Psychology	J. Mace	Can We Determine the Functions of Everyday Involuntary Autobiographical Memories?
Carrie K. Gomez	Biology	S. Sinha	Nanobiosensor Development for the Detection of DNA Hybridization
Jenna Veronneau	History/Criminal Justice	B. Woodworth	Exertion of American Political Influence in British Guiana During the Kennedy Administration
Lesley McGuffie	Marine Biology	R. Zajac	Control of Larval Development Modes in the Polychaete Annelid Polydora Cornut
McKenzie Bear	Chemistry/ Biology	N. Savage	Synthesis and Testing of Vanadium (V) Oxide-Polypyrrole Composites as Gas Sensors
John Hangasky	Forensic Science/Chemistry	H. Harris	Recovery and Infrared Analysis of Nitrate Salt Explosives

CBIA/PFIZER SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS

Student Name	Major	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Dan Osipovitch	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Pauline Schwartz	DNA Templated Reactions: An Example of Fast-Forced Oscillating Reactions
Courtney Jones	Biochemistry/Chemistry	Chuck Vigue	Hallervorden-Spatz Disease: Mutations in the Pantothenate Kinase 2 Gene
Suzanne Letourneau	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Eddie Luzik	Synthesis Of A Bis-Phosphino-[7] Helicene As A Chiral Catalyst Template Akin To Binap
Shana Santos	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Eddie Luzik	Chirality Induction By Use Of A Lactic Acid Derivative As A Chiral Auxillary In Photochemical Ring Closure
Lauren Mularski	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Eddie Luzik	Replacements For Ozone-Depleting Solvents In The NBS Halogenation Reaction
Kelli Sladick	Forensic Science/ Biochemistry	Eddie Luzik	Alkynylation of Esters into Tolan

 
NASA (CT Space Grant)

Student Name	Major	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Mike Seeber	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Nancy Savage	Polypyrrole-Tungsten Trioxide Composites for Vapor Sensing

 

 NIST (National Institute of Standards, Washington, DC)

Student Name	Major	Faculty Mentors	Project Title
Melody Johnson	Chemical Engineering	Sameer S. Rahatekar  Jeffrey W. Gilman	Preparation and Characterization of Natural Fiber Blends for Barrier Fabrics

Faculty Summer Research Award

Student Name	Major	Faculty Mentor	Project Title
Robert Almeida	Chemistry/Forensic Science	Eddie Luzik	Biofuels From Common Local Diffuse Source Seed Crops: Bio-Diesel From Acorns
Tom Gordon	Biology/Forensic Science	Pauline Schwartz	DNA Templated Reactions: An Example of Fast-Forced Oscillating Reactions