Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Participants 2009
| Title of SURF Project | Faculty/Student Name | Majors (Student) | |
| 1 | The effect of the belief in free will on the interpretation of others’ moral behavior |
Faculty: Alex Guzman Student: Andrew Mahoney |
Psychology and Criminal Justice |
| 2 | Chemical Systems and Thermal Cycling; Development of Computational Models for the Design of Micro-reactors |
Faculty: Pauline Schwartz and Carl Barrett Student: Matt Cherubini |
Chemical Engineering |
| 3 | Computational Models of Chemical Evolution: The Role of Thermal Cycling in Breaking Chiral Symmetry with Application to Pre-biotic Chemistry |
Faculty: Pauline Schwartz and Carl Barrett Student: Dante Lepore |
Biochemistry and Forensic Science |
| 4 | Green Fluorescent Protein Constructs |
Faculty: Michael Rossi |
BS Biotechnology |
| 5 | Population structure of the snail Melamupus bidenatatus ion relation to sea-level rise effects on salt marshes |
Faculty: Roman Zajac Student: Ivana Espinosa |
Marine Biology |
| 6 | Development of Genetic Markers for Polydora cornuta (Annelida: Polychaeta) for population ecology studies – Phase II |
Faculty: Roman Zajac Student: Jamie Maziarz |
Science and Biology |
| 7 | Exploring a material’s heat transfer capabilities in order to improve the computing power of a personal computer |
Faculty: Saion Sinha |
Mechanical Engineering |
| 8 | Creating swarm intelligence for robotic coordinated movement |
Faculty: Christopher Martinez Student: Colton Murphy |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 9 | Novel genetic markers for Borrelia burgdorferi biofilm formation |
Faculty: Eva Sapi Student: Kyrle Luth |
Forensic Science and Biology |
| 10 | Styela clava as a Micro-Community |
Faculty: Carmela Cuomo Student: Samantha Davidson |
Marine Biology |
| 11 | Aquaculture of Limulus polyphemus, a biomedically important organism: Captive Spawning & Larval Grow-Out |
Faculty: Carmela Cuomo Student: Katherine Oren |
Marine Biology |
| 12 | Determining the caliber of a weapon by studying nanoparticles of gunshot residue |
Faculty: Saion Sinh Student: Robert Harvey III |
Forensic Science and Chemistry |
| 13 | Bias and the homicide investigation: does victim race affect detective decision making? |
Faculty: David Schroeder Student: Andrew Myruski |
Criminal Justice |
| 14 | Exploring sustainability in the hospitality industry: An examination of current go green practices among the top fifty U.S. hotels |
Faculty: Juline Mills |
Hospitality and Tourism and Bio Technology |
| 15 | Exploring the relationship between economics and human trafficking: Can economic policy improve victims’ lives? |
Faculty: Mario Gaboury and Christopher Sedelmaier Student: Stacey McMillin |
Criminal Justice |
