2012 SURF Projects

Projects and Papers

 

Collaborators Projects

Student: Alyssa Abraham

Inhibition of Biofilm Formation with Electrospun Titanium Dioxide Films
Paper

Student: Colin Bassett

High-marsh pool use by the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax, in a New England salt marsh
Paper

Student: Gregory Bode

Quantitative Analysis of Questioned Documents Using an Atomic Force Microscope
Paper

Student: Kevin Boettger

Using Impulse Response Technology to Recreate the Sonic Characteristics of Analog Microphone Preamps and Acoustic Spaces
Paper

Student: Deanna Calabrese

Detection and Characterization of the DNA Inhibitory Agent Found in Carpet Backing
Paper

Student: Derrick Chelikowsky Jr.

The Microalga Pavlova contains an Analog for the Hormone Ecdysone that Promotes Metamorphosis of Larval Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians irradians)
Paper

Student: John Faugno

The Effect of 9/11 on Political Satire in the United States
Paper

Student: Abigail Freyer

Thin Layer Chromatography with Electrospun Silica
Paper 

Student: Sam Gurr

The effects of ocean acidification and dissolved nitrogen sources on the growth and elemental stoichiometry of the marine diatoms Thalassiosira pseudonana and Thalassiosira weissflogii
Paper

Student: John Hamilla

CFD Simulations of Flow over Airfoils: An Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamics
Paper

Student: Christina Kling

Isolation of Mycobacteriophage from Local Soil
Paper

Student: Christina Machinski

An Illustrated Field Guide for the Local Flora and Fauna of the Long Island Sound (Greater New Haven Region)
Paper

Student: Brandy Marneau and Jaclyn Kubala

Kinetic Characterization of a Chemical Model System with Chiral Symmetry Breaking
Paper

Student: Bryan Neumann

Effects of Exemestane on Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional T47D Breast Cancer Cell Cultures
Paper

Student: Martha Perez

Optimizing Rearing Protocols for Limulus polyphemus Larvae and Juveniles – The Effects of Tank Conditions on Oxygen Metabolism
Paper

Student: Cara Petitti

The Application and Adaptation of the Writing Process in Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
Paper

Student: Sean Pickett

Extracting and Characterizing Cannabinoids From FTA Cards: A Convenient Sampling Method for Marijuana Samples
Paper

Student: Taylor Scarpone

The Importance of Early Substance Use to Mental Health Treatment Completion
Paper

Student: Shawnee Sullivan

Gunshot Residue Nanoparticle Spray Pattern Analysis Using an Atomic Force Microscope
Paper

Student: Ashley Winward

Investigation of Parachute Vortex Shedding using CFD
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