2016 SURF Projects

Projects and Papers

 

Collaborators Projects

Student: Niuska Alvarez Fuenmayor

Mentor: Ali Senejani

Evaluating Human Cell Survival and DNA Damage after Exposure to Various Amounts of Chlorine Dioxide
Poster Abstract

Student: Emily Barkley

Mentor: Christina Zito

The Effects of Extracellular Exosomes on the Growth of HPV Negative Cervical Cancer Cells
Poster | Abstract

Student: Cameron Brouillard

Mentor: Kagya Amoako

A Mechanical Platform Designed to Study Sports-Related Head Injury
Poster | Abstract

Shakoyah Brown

Mentor: Patrick Rivers

Breathing with No Air: Black Orality and the Music Industry during Protest Movements
Poster | Abstract

Student: Louis G Cavaliere

Mentor: Jean-Paul Simjouw

Endocrine Disruptors in Sediment at the Quinnipiac River
Poster | Abstract

Student: William Ciccone

Mentor: Meryl Sole

Music and the Toddler: A Study on how Toddlers use Music at night through Crib Songs
Poster

Student: Glen Craig

Mentor: Byungik Chang

Analysis of Material Properties with Recycled Concrete and Masonry 
Poster | Abstract

Student: Edwin David

Mentor: Amanda Simson

Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Energy
Poster | Abstract

Student: Nicole Deck

Mentor: Gail Harnett

Study of Salt Marsh Restoration Success in Dodge Paddock and Beal Preserve, Stonington, CT
Poster | Abstract

Student: Tatiana Dominiguez

Mentor: Nancy Savage

Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Molybdenum Oxide 
Poster | Abstract

Student: Timothy Earley

Mentor: Roman Zajac & Amy Carlile

Genetic Variablity of Melampuus Bidentatus Populations in Connecticut 
Poster | Abstract

Student: Samantha Eldredge

Mentor: Margaret Savilonis

Women in the Apocalypse: Power and Gender in Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven and Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake
Poster | Abstract

Student: Cassidy Haigh

Mentor: Anne Kringen

Assessing Police Perceptions of Mental Illness
Poster | Abstract

Student: Gabrielle A Hartley 

Mentor: Claire Glynn

A Comparative Analysis of Protein and Peroxidase Stains for Blood Detection on Laundred Clothing
Poster | Abstract

Student: Owen Johnson

Mentor: Amanda Simson & Gokhan Egilmez 

A Sustainability Assessment of Rare Earth and Precious Metals in the CT Region
Poster | Abstract

Student: Phylicia M Kidd

Mentor: Melanie Eldridge

The Distribution of Benthic Marcotauna in the Quinnipiac River
Poster | Abstract

Student: Nicole Langlois

Mentor: Pier Cirillo

Intramolecular Oxidative Cyclizations toward the Synthesis of Cadiolides
Poster | Abstract

Student: Marianna Liang

Mentor: Dequan Xiao

Substitution Group Effect on the Inhabitation of Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolases for Parkinson's Disease: Synthesis and Computational Analysis
Poster | Abstract

Student: Vincent M Madar

Mentor: Paulette Pepin & April Yoder

A Historical Investigation into the Purpose and uses of Fort Terry on Plum Island, New York, in the Spanish-American War, 1898-1902
Poster | Abstract

Student: Anna M Mercaldi

Mentor: Kagya Amoako

Nitric Oxide Reactor for Conjugating Nitric Oxide to Polymeric Materials
Poster | Abstract

Student: Nicholaus Miller

Mentor: Jonathan Kringen

The Fluidity of Crime Borders: Social Disorganization in New Haven's Neighborhoods
Poster

Student: Victor N Miller

Mentor: Cheryl Li

Developing and Integrating a Control Program for a Remotely Operated Vehicle
Poster | Abstract

Student: Lillian C Mitsakos

Mentor: Roman Zajac & Jean-Paul Simjouw 

Assessment of Nitrogen Dynamics in a Connecticut Salt Marsh 
Poster | Abstract

Student: Kelli Mosca

Mentor: John Kelly

Osmoregulation and smolt physiology of sea-run brown trout
Poster | Abstract

Student: Erin Murdoch

Mentor: Pauline Schwartz & Carl Barratt

Computation Models of the Transmission of Chirality: The Chemical Evolution of Homochirality, a Biosignature of Life
Poster | Abstract

Student: Damani Piper

Mentor: Patrick Rivers

Technology vs Live Instrumentation; An Analysis of the Creative Process Behind Hip Hop Music
Poster | Abstract

Student: Zachary T Polston

Mentor: Heather Coyle

Determining the Potential Application of Graflex Extraction Buffer for Forensic Science Involving Salivary DNA Extraction
Poster | Abstract

Student: Nicholas Rodo

Mentor: Amanda Simson & Gokhan Egilmez

Economic Impacts of Rare Earth Metals Located in Connecticut
Poster | Abstract

Student: Victoria V Ruderman

Mentor: Virginia Maxwell

Development of Printed Ion-Selective Electrodes for the Measurement of Calcium in Bovine Blood
Poster | Abstract

Student: Robert G Ruiz

Mentor: Roman Zajac

Responses of Nekton to Climate and Anthropogenic Related Changes in Long Island
Poster | Abstract

Student: Tyler J Schlagetter

Mentor: Claire Glynn

The Analysis of Blood Stains and their Enhancing Reagents using Ramen Spectroscopy
Poster | Abstract

Student: Robert Schmicker

Mentor: Ibrahim Baggili & Frank Breitinger

Android Malware Feature Extraction and Representation
Poster | Abstract

Student: Sean E Smith

Mentor: Robert Rattner & Roman Zajac

Assessing Photographic Techniques for Quantifying Fouling Community Development and Biodiversity
Poster | Abstract

Student: Michelle M Stephens

Mentor: John Roy

Optimum Stocking Density of the Eastern Oyster in Upwellers at the Sound School Regional Aquaculture Center
Poster | Abstract

Student: Eric Sychampanakhone

Mentor: Randy Melick & Liza Masalimova

Feminarum: Investigations of the Consciousness of Gender in Sculptural Ecorche
Poster | Abstract

Student: Arielle Telesmanic

Mentor: Nancy Savage

Redesign, Construction and Validation of a Sensor Testing Apparatus
Poster | Abstract

Student: Austin Thomas

Mentor: Joseph Levert

Using Tribology to Optimize a Commercial Polishing Process
Poster | Abstract

Student: Kayla V Waites

Mentor: Melanie Eldridge

Regulation of Detoxitication Genes as a way to measure toxitity of heavy metals in other compounds
Poster | Abstract

Student: Victoria R White

Mentor: Chris Haynes

Framing the 2016 Election: The Consequences of Donald Trump's Abnormal Rhetoric
Poster | Abstract

Student: Tong Zhou

Mentor: Junhui Zhao

Distributed Management Platform based Charging Station for Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Distribution Networks
Poster | Abstract