Anthropology:
Sharmeen Azher '17
Project: Rights-Based Activism in Rural India
Adviser: Jeffrey Witsoe
Biochemistry:
Gregory Geisel '17
Project: Regulation of hFSHR Trafficking by Caveolin-1
Adviser: Brian Cohen
Lakhen Leang '18
Project: Analyzing the Catalytic Activity of Schizophyllum commune Metacaspases in the Presence of Varying Divalent Cation Concentrations
Adviser: Kristin Fox
Jenna Pradhuman '17
Project: Importance of Lipid Rafts for Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone Function
Adviser: Brian Cohen
Stephanie Scharbach '17
Project: Purification and Characterization of Scp2 from S. commune
Adviser: Kristin Fox
Bioengineering:
Jaime DeFelice '17
Project: Controlled Cyclic Compression of an Open Tibial Fracture Using an External Fixator Affects Fracture Healing in Mice
Adviser: Jennifer Currey
Vera Marsova '18
Project: Evaluation of Mammalian Cytocompatibility with Cellular Protectant Trehalose Analogs
Adviser: Sudhir Khetan
Darlene Pedines '18
Project: MicroCT Analysis of Bone Fractures in a Mouse Tibia
Adviser: Jennifer Currey
Biology:
Anna Doran '17
Project: Regeneration of the Local Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Adviser: Jeffrey Corbin
Samantha Frye '17
Project: 3D Modeling of Skate Spiral Intestines
Adviser: Nicole Theodosiou
Brianna Godlewski '17
Project: Glucocorticoid Sensitivity Related to Obesity and Weight Gain
Adviser: Brian Cohen
Kim Nguyen '17
Project: Genomic Patterns of Divergence in Drosophila Athabasca
Adviser: Roman Yukilevich
Naalia Phoenix '17
Project:
Adviser: Brian Cohen
Caroline Roberto '18
Project: Identifying Looming Cells in Dragonflies
Adviser: Robert Olberg
Ashley Rosa '17
Project: Analyzing Nitrogen Cycling Rates in the Albany Pine Bush using 15N
Adviser: Jeffrey Corbin
Justin Salm '17
Project: Analysis of hFSHR CBM double mutants
Adviser: Brian Cohen
Catherine Wadman '17
Project: Using a habitat preference assay to test color perception in an Anolis lizard
Adviser: Leo Fleishman
Chemistry:
Kimberly Bolduc '17
Project: Ligand Functionalization of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots for Polymeric Solar Heterojunction Films
Adviser: Michael Hagerman
Jack Bragg '17
Project: Synthesis and Evaluation of Butyrylated Trehalose Analogs as Cellular Protectants in Mammalian Cells
Adviser: Margot Paulick
Brittany Gay '17
Project: Cuticular hydrocarbon analysis of Drosophila athabasca: Identification, quantification, and synthesis
Adviser: Joanne Kehlbeck
Sonja Hansson '18
Project: Optimization of Propyrylated Trehalose Analog Delivery into Mammalian Cells
Adviser: Margot Paulick
Daniel Jackson '17
Project: Size-Controlled Synthesis of CdSe Nanoparticles for Ligand Optimization and use in Thin Film Solar Cells
Adviser: Joanne Kehlbeck
Paige Kotowitz '18
Project: Measuring Vapor Pressures with the Electrodynamic Balance
Adviser: Andrew Huisman
Jessica Maung '18
Project: Photolysis and Cellular Toxicity of Octyldimethyl para-Aminobenzoic acid
Adviser: Laura MacManus-Spencer
Molly McDonald '17
Project: Comparison of Scp1 and Scp3 Metacaspase Activity
Adviser: Kristin Fox
Alexandra Novak '17
Project: Campus Installation of Air Quality Sensors
Adviser: Andy Huisman
Lauren O'Connor '18
Project: Photolysis of Organic Ultraviolet Filter Chemicals
Adviser: Laura MacManus-Spencer
Joanna Oh '17
Project: Synthesis of Water Soluble Luminescent Dye for Sensing
Adviser: James McGarrah
Alexandra Pagano '18
Project: Photolysis and Toxicity of Ultraviolet Filter Chemicals
Adviser: Laura MacManus-Spencer
Joni-Rae Partridge '17
Project: The Synthesis and Analysis of [Co(MDEDS)CN2] by C13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Adviser: Laurie Tyler
Yi Ting Paung '17
Project: Influence of Hydrophobicity on Properties of Silica Aerogel as Drug Delivery System
Adviser: Mary Carroll
Tuan Pham '18
Project:
Adviser: Vijay Ramalingam
Chris Porat '17
Project: Upgrading the Union College EDB to flow organic vapors
Adviser: Andy Huisman
Luisa Posada '17
Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Aerogels for Catalytic Applications
Adviser: Mary Carroll
Maxwell Stwertka '19
Project: Atomic Force Microscopy of cocoa butter
Adviser: Joanne Kehlbeck
Jake Ulrich '17
Project: The Binding of Perfluoroalkyl Acids to Human Serum Albumin
Adviser: Laura MacManus-Spencer
Computer Science:
Rory Bennett '18
Project: On-The-Fly Task Model Differentiation
Adviser: Chris Fernandes
James Boggs '18
Project: Coupling the MAP-Elites Algorithm and Attractor-Selection Dynamics to Generate Dynamic Tensegrity Locomotion
Adviser: John Rieffel
Frank Chiarulli '17
Project: Evolutionary Fabrication
Adviser: John Rieffel
John Enquist '17
Project: Engaging in Human Dialogue with Robots
Adviser: Aaron Cass, Kristina Striegnitz, Nick Webb
Yuan Gao '18
Project: Social Robot Development: Approaching Strategies for Asking for Assistance
Adviser: Aaron Cass
Zongliang Ji '19
Project: Exploring Fast Matrix Multiplication
Adviser: Matthew Anderson
John Peterson '17
Project: EvoFab (evolutionary fabrication)
Adviser: John Rieffel
Venus Yu '17
Project: Expressions and Gestures That Enrich Robot-Human Interactions
Adviser: Aaron Cass, Kristina Striegnitz, Nick Webb
Economics:
Mia DiRienzo '18
Project: The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Maternal Smoking Cessation and Infant Health
Adviser: Jia Gao
Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Sang Won Choi '17
Project: Wavelength Agile Photoacoustic Microcscopy
Adviser: Takashi Buma
Catherine Kanama '17
Project: Upgrading of an Automatic Time-Based Water Sampler
Adviser: James Hedrick
Lam Ngo '18
Project: Software-controlled Eletronic Board
Adviser: James Hedrick
Ashish Pereira '18
Project: Investigating the properties of coda stop consonants in children
Adviser: Helen Hanson
Doug Rosa '17
Project: Electromechanical Mode Estimation
Adviser: Luke Dosiek
Pranav Shrestha '19
Project: Distribution-level frequency sampling using inexpensive and open-source PMU
Adviser: Luke Dosiek
English:
William Garner '18
Project: Contemporary Reception of Richard Roos's "La Belle Dame Sans Mercy"
Adviser: Kara Doyle
Geology:
Carli Aragosa '17
Project: Magmatic outgassing and the effects of chemical weathering through water geochemistry analysis of streams in Dominica
Adviser: Holli Frey
Hannah Barnes '18
Project: Reconstructing Lead Pollution Using a Speleothem and Matching Peaks with Global Events
Adviser: David Gillikin
Carolyn Connors '17
Project: Aquatic Biogeochemistry: Tracking Pollution in Fluvial Systems
Adviser: Anouk Verheyden-Gillikin
Alexander Dolcimascolo '17
Project: Source and tectonic history of the Yakutat Group (Alaska) and the Evolution of the Cordillera
Adviser: John Garver
Alice Hayden '18
Project: Aquatic Biogeochemistry: Tracking Pollution in Fluvial Systems
Adviser: Anouk Verheyden-Gillikin
Michael Kaye '17
Project: Biogeochemistry of High Andean Lakes and Streams
Adviser: David Gillikin
Tshering Lama Sherpa '18
Project: Trace Metal Analysis of soils around Lake Junin for Heavy Metal Contamination
Adviser: Don Rodbell
Benjamin Lucas '18
Project: Geochemistry of the Prescott Complex, a largely unstudied gabbro-granitoid pluton in central Massachusetts
Adviser: Kurt Hollocher
James Molloy '18
Project: Wind Transport of Mine Tailings Dust
Adviser: Donald Rodbell
Julie Sophis '17
Project: Provenance and thermal history of the Chugach terrane rocks in Russell Fiord, Alaska
Adviser: John Garver
Katherine Swager '17
Project: Geochronology and Tectonic History of Dominica, Lesser Antilles
Adviser: Holli Frey
Maria Van Nostrand '18
Project: Determining Magma Temperatures of Crystal-Poor Rhyolites from Tepetiltic Volcanic Field, Mexico
Adviser: Holli Frey
History:
Andrew Cassarino '18
Project: Our Son: The Life and Times of Edward Hastings Ripley ; Union 365
Adviser: Andrea Foroughi
Mathematics:
Ari Bennett '18
Project: Attitudinal Change Over the Life Course
Adviser: Roger Hoerl
Elizabeth Ricci '19
Project: Mathematics and Literature: Genre Analysis using Network Theory
Adviser: George Todd
Mechanical Engineering:
Adam Ashcroft '18
Adviser: Jaron Kuppers
Project: 3D Printing Silicon Base Molds for Specialized Elastomeric Toolingâ„¢
John Costa '17
Adviser: Bradford Bruno
Project: Developing an instrumented mold for aerogel window development
Elizabeth Donlon '18
Adviser: Ann Anderson
Project: Making Transparent Aerogels for use in Windows
Lianna Gangi '18
Adviser: Ashok Ramasubramanian
Project: Investigations of Body Flexure During Early Embryonic Chick Development
Kelsey Graham '17
Adviser: Jeremy Vanderover
Project: MER331 Jet Engine Lab Introduction
Zhixin Kang '17
Adviser: William Keat
Project: Evaluation and Enhancement of 2D and 3D Non-linear Computational Models of Silica Aerogels Undergoing Progressive Damage under Compressive Loading
Robert Keever '17
Adviser: Ronald Bucinell
Project: Mechanical Engineering Fungal Based Biopolymer Composites - Structure / Property / Processing Relationships
Jeremy Manus '17
Adviser: Bradford Bruno
Project: Union Catalytic Aerogel Testbed
Kathleen Matthews '17
Adviser: Rebecca Cortez
Project: Electrical Characterization of Polyaniline and Creation of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell
Raquel Paramo-Lora '17
Adviser: Ronald Bucinell
Project: Characterization of Mycelium's Bulk Mechanical Properties
Jacob Pessin '19
Adviser: Ann Anderson
Project: A Study of Aerogel Processing Conditions
Keanu Rodriguez '17
Adviser: Jeremy Vanderover
Project: Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine Design
Madeline Samuell '17
Adviser: Richard Wilk
Project: Design and Development of a Solar Powered Thermoelectric Cooler
Modern Languages and Literatures:
Natalya Brill '18
Project: Russian Verbs of Motion – A Virtual Application
Adviser: Kristin Bidoshi
Neuroscience:
Natalia Ciesielska '17
Project: An extended receptive-field investigation of dragonfly visual neurons using a projection cube.
Adviser: Robert Olberg
Katherine Maximov '17
Project: Using feeding responses to test color discrimination and preference in the lizard Anolis sagrei
Adviser: Leo Fleishman
Physics:
Brian Cattafe '17
Adviser: Michael Vineyard
Project: Ion Beam Analysis of Cultural Heritage Relics
Sajju Chalise '19
Adviser: Scott LaBrake
Project: PIXE Analysis of Thick Targets Collected in the Adirondacks
Steven Cohen '18
Adviser: Francis Wilkin
Project: Extrasolar Planetary Transits Using a Programmable Filter Wheel and Guiding Chip
Skye Conlan '18
Adviser: Nelia Mann
Project: Two-Dimensional Stable Configuration of BuckyBalls
Allegra Dawes '19
Adviser: Heather Watson
Project: Diffusivity in Iron-Nickel Alloys and Sulfides and Planet Formation
Genesis Guerra '18
Adviser: Gregory Hallenbeck
Project: Galaxy Evolution and Interactions in HI
Kerry Lewis '17
Adviser: Rebecca Koopmann
Project: Star Formation in Galaxies
Brendan McGuire '18
Adviser: Scott LaBrake
Project: PIXE & Popcorn
Iseinie Mendez '17
Adviser: Michael Vineyard
Project: Proton Induced X-Ray Emission Analysis of Lake Sediments
Madeleine Miller '19
Adviser: Heather Watson
Project: Closure temperature of Isotopic systems in Iron Meteorites
Brendan O'Connor '17
Adviser: Francis Wilkin
Project: Colliding Stellar Winds with a Twist: Orbital Motion and Coriolis Forces
Paul Philpott '17
Adviser: Gregory Hallenbeck
Project: Merger Geometry and Simulations of NGC 3227
Aiyana Poulin '19
Adviser: Becky Koopmann
Project: Star Formation in Groups of Galaxies
Chandler Sturgeon '18
Adviser: Nelia Mann
Project: Eta Meson Production Through Meson Exchanges In Proton-Proton Collisions
Kevin Trigo '19
Adviser: Rebecca Koopmann
Project: Does AGN feedback relate to star formation in group galaxies?
Jason Turner '18
Adviser: Seyffie Maleki
Project: Generation of Entangled Photon Pairs by Type-II Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
Political Science:
Olivia Britton '18
Adviser: Thomas Lobe
Project: Seeking Asylum: Analyzing the Obstacles of Refugees within the European Union
Raiesa Fraser '17
Adviser: Guilermina Seri
Project: From Baltimore to Bahia: How the Black Lives Matter Movement Rooted Political Activism among Afro-Brazilians
Ellice Tordesillas '19
Adviser: Mark Dallas
Project: China’s Distinctive Industrialization: Production in a World of Fragmentation
Tianyu Zhao '19
Adviser: Mark Dallas
Project: China Transactional Trade and Investment Data Project
Psychology:
Joseph Windle-Puente '17
Adviser: Carol Weisse
Project: Palliative C.A.R.E. (Community Action, Research, and Education)
Elizabeth Altman '19
Adviser: Cay Anderson-Hanley
Project:
Noemie Bechu '17
Adviser: Lindsay Morton
Project: The Role of Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Control in adhering to Physical Therapy programs
Julia Brooks '17
Adviser: Catherine Walker
Project: Predictors of Clinical Outcome Among Eating Disorders Patients in an Intensive Outpatient Program Implementing an Integrative Treatment Approach
Rachel Fried '17
Adviser: Carol Weisse
Project: Palliative C.A.R.E. (Community Action, Research, and Education)
Shiraz Mumtaz '17
Adviser: Daniel Burns
Project: Stress, Dying and Memory: A two part study on the Dying to Remember Effect and Processing via Eye Tracking
Maxwell Spence '18
Adviser: Carol Weisse
Project: Palliative C.A.R.E. (Community Action, Research, and Education)
Allison Vandoren '17
Adviser: Carol Weisse
Project: Palliative C.A.R.E. (Community Action, Research, and Education)
Emily West '17
Adviser: Cay Anderson-Hanley
Project: Relating Traumatic Brain Injury During Young Adulthood to Cognitive Outcomes
Sociology/ Environmental Policy:
Nia Francis '17
Adviser: Janet Grigsby
Project: Anthropological Stance on Environmental Justice Issues - The reclaiming, rebuilding and the revitalizing of New Orleans
Visual Arts:
Allison Smith '17
Adviser: Lorraine Cox
Project: Visual Thinking in Higher Education: Creative Learning for Art History