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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

Title of SURF Project	Faculty/Student Name	Major (Student)

The effect of the belief in free will on the interpretation of others’ moral behavior	Alex Guzman/Andrew Mahoney/	Dual Major: Psychology and Criminal Justice
Chemical Systems and Thermal Cycling; Development of Computational Models for the Design of Micro-reactors	Pauline Schwartz, Carl Barrett/Matt Cherubini	Chemical Engineering
Computational Models of Chemical Evolution: The Role of Thermal Cycling in Breaking Chiral Symmetry w/Application to Pre-biotic Chemistry	Pauline Schwartz, Carl Barrett/Dante Lepore	Biochemistry and Forensic Science
Green Fluorescent Protein Constructs	Michael Rossi/Chuong Nguyen	BS Biotechnology
Population structure of the snail Melamupus bidenatatus ion relation to sea-level rise effects on salt marshes	Roman Zajac/Ivana Espinosa	Marine Biology
Development of Genetic Markers for Polydora cornuta (Annelida: Polychaeta) for population ecology studies – Phase II	Roman Zajac/Jamie Maziarz	Science & Biology
Exploring a material’s heat transfer capabilities in order to improve the computing power of a personal computer	Saion Sinha, Ewa Kirkor/Michael Taylor	Mechanical Engineering
Creating swarm intelligence for robotic coordinated movement	Christopher Martinez/Colton Murphy	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Novel genetic markers for Borrelia burgdorferi biofilm formation	Eva Sapi/Kyrle Luth	Forensic Science/Biology
Styela clava as a Micro-Community	Carmela Cuomo/Samantha Davidson	Marine Biology
Aquaculture of Limulus polyphemus, a biomedically important organism: Captive Spawning & Larval Grow-Out	Carmela Cuomo/Katherine Oren	Marine Biology
Determining the caliber of a weapon by studying nanoparticles of gunshot residue	Saion Sinha/ Robert Harvey III	Forensic Science/Chemistry (Double Major)
Title of SURF Project	Faculty/Student Name	Major (Student)

Bias and the homicide investigation: does victim race effect detective decision making?	David Schroeder/Andrew Myruski	Criminal Justice
Exploring sustainability in the hospitality industry: An examination of current go green practices among the top fifty U.S. hotels	Juline Mills/Dipti Gawankar and Jai Rathore	Hospitality and Tourism and Bio Technology
Exploring the relationship between economics and human trafficking: Can economic policy improve victims’ lives?	Mario Gaboury & Chris Sedelmeier/Stacey McMillin	Criminal Justice

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