Undergraduate Showcase for undergraduate research, Research engagement, scholarship, and creative Conference presentations

April 13–28, 2012

“Being able to turn an idea into an opportunity has been both a challenge and a learning experience that I will remember forever.”

“It was great to share my hard work with my parents and show them, in a professional manner, what I have strived to accomplish this past year.”

“I became part of a prestigious academic community and that was exciting.” URC 2012

A welcome to participants and attendees

elcome to the 13th annual celebration of research and discovery at the University of New Hampshire. The Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) highlights the outstanding research, scholarship, andW creative activities of our students and their faculty mentors. We take pride in—and learn from—their accomplishments.

What began as a University-wide effort in the spring of 2000 has blossomed into an annual tradition that puts UNH students in the spotlight. Our conference is now one of the largest and most diverse in the nation, and this year marks Mark W. Huddleston another record in participation. More than 1,100 students will present their findings at events across both the Durham and Manchester campuses, and represent academic achievements in every college and school.

This extraordinary learning experience helps students build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue graduate studies and meaningful careers. The URC is a shining example of our students’ success and discovery-based education at UNH.

Whether your visit includes a poster session, a formal presentation, an art exhibit, or a creative demonstration, we are confident that you will be impressed with the John D. Aber participants’ knowledge and understanding. Thank you for your interest in, and support of, our remarkable students.

Sincerely,

Mark W. Huddleston, President

John D. Aber, Provost

2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 1 Inquiry, Discovery, and Engagement: The UNH Undergraduate Research Conference

elcome to our springtime celebration of academic success and achievement at the University of New Hampshire. We take special pride in the efforts of our students and in the dedication of the facultyW who mentor and guide them. A hallmark of a UNH education is the opportunity to engage in hands-on research with faculty scholars.

This year, more than 1,100 UNH students mentored by more than 300 UNH faculty members will present their research and scholarship. Presentations will represent many disciplines as well as multidisciplinary learning communities Julie E. Williams where empirical research, engaged scholarship, and creative scholarship result.

Our undergraduate students also have this unique opportunity to gain essential skills to help them pursue graduate study, learn how to collaborate across disciplines, pursue meaningful careers, and make a difference in the world. Faculty members enjoy mentoring students, and report that working with students strengthens their teaching and research.

One of our goals at UNH is to provide a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to inquire, learn, discover, and engage. For many, the URC is their first opportunity to showcase their work to a much broader audience. They share the Peter Masucci results of their scholarship with fellow students, faculty, staff, family members, federal and state agency personnel, business and industry representatives, and members of our local community. This faculty-student partnership and the varied audiences to whom they present are vital to enriching and bringing new learning to life, which often leads to new areas of inquiry.

Please join us in thanking each student presenter and every faculty mentor who is making this great event possible. We encourage you to read the posters, listen to the presentations, and ask questions of our students. We are confident you will be impressed with what you learn and we look forward to your active engagement with the University of New Hampshire!

Julie E. Williams, Senior Vice Provost Engagement and Academic Outreach

Peter F. Masucci, Chair, URC Planning Committee 2 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE URC 2012 Contents

Calendar of Events 4 Friday, April 27 Events Map 5 UNH Manchester URC—Engineering Technology Senior Project Presentations 27 Friday, April 13 Events Parents Association Breakfast and Welcome 2012 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition and with UNH Provost John Aber and M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Preview Reception 6 Parents Association President Patricia Piecuch 27 Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium Monday & Tuesday, April 16–17 Events Graduate Research Conference (GRC) 6 Oral Presentations, Session A 29 Poster Presentations, Session A 32 Friday & Saturday, April 20–21 Events McNair Scholars 20th Anniversary Oral Presentations, Session B 34 Research Symposium 7 Poster Presentations, Session B 38 Monday, April 23 Events Oral Presentations, Session C 40 UNH Office of Community Service The Naked Arts­—Creativity Exposed! (Act III) 42 Student Partnerships 7 College of Health and Human Services Thompson School Community Leadership Program 8 Grimes Award Competition 42 Tuesday, April 24 Events Psychology Department George M. Haslerud UNH Manchester URC—Oral Presentations 9 Undergraduate Research Conference 42 Honors English Undergraduate Research Conference 43 Wednesday, April 25 Events Whittemore School of Business and Economics Philosophy Department Undergraduate Research Conference 9 Undergraduate Research Conference 43 Whittemore School of Business and Economics Student Composers’ Concert 44 Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide Innovation-to-Market Competition, Saturday, April 30 Events Charles & Miriam Nelson Poster Competition 14 21st Annual COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference 44 The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! (Act I) 16 Interdisciplinary Science and Events in May Engineering Symposium (ISE) 16 Chemistry Department Poster Exhibition 48 UNH Manchester URC, Poster Presentations 22 Whittemore School of Business and Economics Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide Thursday, April 26 Events Innovation-to-Market Competition, UNH Manchester URC—Cinema Arts Day 24 Championship Round 49 History Department Undergraduate Presentations 25 Additional Features The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! (Act II) 26 Acknowledgments 50 Student Index 51

All events are free and open to the public. Accessibility accommodation requests may be directed to Lynne Cooper at (603) 862-1997. 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 3 URC 2012 Calendar All events are free and open to the public. (Building numbers are bold and in parenthesis.)

Friday, April 13 Noon–2 p.m. 12:15–1 p.m. 6–8 p.m. The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! 2012 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition and (Act I) (Act III) M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition and Paul Creative Arts Center (6) Memorial Union Building (3) Preview Reception Museum of Art Strafford Room Paul Creative Arts Center (6) Noon–2 p.m. 1:30–4 p.m. Museum of Art Whittemore School of Business and College of Health and Human Services (Exhibition runs April 13–May 20, 2012) Economics University-wide Grimes Undergraduate Research Paul J. Holloway Prize Competition Monday & Tuesday, April 16–17 Innovation-to-Market Competition Pettee Hall, Room G-10 (10) Monday 5–7 p.m. Charles & Miriam Nelson Poster Round 1:30–5 p.m. Graduate Research Conference (GRC) Memorial Union Building (3) Psychology Department Poster Presentations 2–5 p.m. George M. Haslerud Undergraduate (1) Huddleston Hall Ballroom Interdisciplinary Science and Research Conference Tuesday 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Engineering (ISE) Symposium Murkland Hall, Room 115 (5) Graduate Research Conference (GRC) Morse Hall and Kingsbury Hall (8 & 9) 2–6 p.m. Oral Presentations 3:30–6 p.m. Honors English Undergraduate (3) Memorial Union Building UNH Manchester Undergraduate Research Conference Friday & Saturday, April 20–21 Research Conference Hamilton Smith Hall (4) Friday, 6:30–7:30 p.m. Poster Presentations English Department McNair Scholars Program 20th UNH Manchester, Auditorium 3:30–5 p.m. Anniversary Research Symposium Thursday, April 26 Hamel Center for Undergraduate Poster Presentations Research 25th Anniversary Reception 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (3) (11) Memorial Union Building UNH Manchester Undergraduate Cole Hall Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Research Conference 4–8:30 p.m. McNair Scholars Program 20th Cinema Arts Day Philosophy Department Anniversary Research Symposium UNH Manchester, Auditorium Undergraduate Research Conference Oral Presentations (5) 12:30–2 p.m. Murkland Hall, Room G17 (3) Memorial Union Building The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! 8 p.m. Monday, April 23 (Act II) Student Composers’ Concert (6) 10:30 a.m.–Noon Paul Creative Arts Center (6) Paul Creative Arts Center Seacoast Reads Exhibition Hennessy Theatre Bratton Recital Hall Thompson School Community 12:30–2 p.m. Saturday, April 28 Leadership Program History Department Undergraduate 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. Presentations 21st Annual College of Life Sciences UNH Office of Community Service Memorial Union Building Student Partnerships and Agriculture (COLSA) Rooms 338/340 and 302 (3) Undergraduate Research Conference Memorial Union Building (3) (1) Rooms 330/332 and 334/336 Friday, April 27 Huddleston Hall Ballroom (2) 8 a.m.–Noon and Holloway Commons Tuesday, April 24 UNH Manchester Undergraduate Friday, May 4 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Research Conference Engineering UNH Manchester Undergraduate 3–4 p.m. Technology Senior Project Chemistry Department Research Conference Presentations Oral Presentations Poster Exhibition UNH Manchester, Auditorium (7) UNHM Auditorium Parsons Hall, Iddles Lobby 9–9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 25 Parents Association Undergraduate Wednesday, May 9 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Research Symposium Breakfast 12:30–6 p.m. Whittemore School of Business Memorial Union Building Whittemore School of Business and and Economics Undergraduate Granite State Room (3) Economics University-wide Paul J. Holloway Prize Research Conference 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Innovation-to-Market Memorial Union Building (3) Parents Association Undergraduate Championship Round Research Symposium (2) Poster and Oral Presentations Holloway Commons Squamscott Room Memorial Union Building (3) Granite State Room and Assigned Rooms 4 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COL LEGE ROAD Campus Map

BUILDING KEY

1. Huddleston Hall 7. Parsons Hall UNH Manchester 2. Holloway Commons 8. Kingsbury Hall 400 Commercial Street 3. Memorial Union Building (MUB) 9. Morse Hall Manchester, N.H. 4. Hamilton Smith Hall 10. Pettee Hall For directions to UNH Manchester go to www.unhm.unh.edu/directions.html 5. Murkland Hall 11. Cole Hall or call (603) 641-4321. 6. Paul Creative Arts Center

2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 5 FRIDAY 4/13–TUESDAY 4/17

Master of Fine Arts in painting Carleen Rickarby 2012 Senior B.A., B.F.A., degree candidates: Studio Arts, photography Adviser: Michael McConnell & M.F.A. Exhibition and Clara Coleman Lennie Mullaney Alexia Valhouli Preview Reception Jesse James Thomas Studio Arts, ceramics Liz Wilson Adviser: Brian Chu Friday, April 13 Advisers: Brian Chu, Grant Drumheller 6–8 p.m. Paul Creative Arts Center Bachelor of Art degree candidates Museum of Art from UNH Art and Art History Graduate Research Department, whose work will also Conference (GRC) This annual show celebrates the be on view: achievements of graduating art students from the UNH Department Leah Akey Poster Presentations of Art and Art History. Studio Arts, painting Adviser: Craig Hood Monday, April 16 Bachelor of Fine Arts 5–7 p.m. degree candidates: Tyler Beaudoin Huddleston Hall Ballroom Studio Arts, woodworking Tara Appleton Adviser: Leah Woods The Graduate Research Conference Fine Arts, painting (GRC) is devoted to celebrating the Adviser: Grant Drumheller Amy Bergeron high quality research being conduct- Studio Arts, photography ed by graduate students at UNH and Kathryn Archambault Adviser: Julee Holcombe is designed to showcase research from Fine Arts, painting graduate students in all disciplines. Adviser: Ben Cariens Erica Cole Participants interact with other Studio Arts, photography graduate students and faculty from Monica Bancroft Adviser: Julee Holcombe across campus. Attending the GRC Fine Arts, painting & drawing affords the entire university commu- Adviser: Scott Schnepf Korrena Cowing Studio Arts, painting nity the opportunity to participate in Margo Belisle Adviser: Jennifer Moses the graduate education experience. Fine Arts, sculpture Adviser: Ben Cariens Carly DeLeeuw Studio Arts, photography Katherine Blanchette Adviser: Scott Schnepf Graduate Research Fine Arts, printmaking & drawing Conference (GRC) Adviser: Jennifer Moses Samantha Freese Studio Arts, photography Annie Grace Couvillion Adviser: Michael McConnell Oral Presentations Fine Arts, photography Adviser: Ben Cariens Samantha McCarthy Tuesday, April 17 Studio Arts, ceramics 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Taylor Maroney Adviser: Scott Schnepf Memorial Union Building Fine Arts, painting and drawing Adviser: Grant Drumheller Kathryn Michalovic The Graduate Research Conference Studio Arts, photography (GRC) is devoted to celebrating the Sarah Nelson Adviser: Leah Woods high quality research being conduct- Fine Arts, painting and drawing ed by graduate students at UNH and Adviser: Ben Cariens Jacqueline Murphy Studio Arts, painting is designed to showcase research from Adviser: Brian Chu graduate students in all disciplines. Participants interact with other Brynn Potter graduate students and faculty from Studio Arts, painting across campus. Attending the GRC Adviser: Jennifer Moses affords the entire university commu- nity the opportunity to participate in the graduate education experience.

6 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE The information contained in this program is considered accurate at press time. 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 7 FRIDAY 4/20–SATURDAY 4/21

Tracy Grimes (University of Cleveland) Wendolyn Florentino (University of McNair Scholars Program Sociology Massachusetts Boston) Pilot Study: The Investigation and Psychology 20th Anniversary Prosecution of Stalking Cases in the City Retention of Male Reproductive of Cleveland Behavior in Hybrid B6D2F1 Female Mice Research Symposium Adviser: Vallipuram Sarveswaran Independent of Ovarian Hormones Adviser: Jin Ho Park The McNair Scholars Program will Tariana Little (University of celebrate its history and legacy Massachusetts Boston) Lyse Lucien (University of Massachusetts by hosting the 20th Anniversary Psychology Boston) Research Symposium, which will Uno le Transmíte Todo a los Hijos: Latino Psychology and History be held in conjunction with the Parents’ Views of Their Roles as Sex Relationship Between Ethnicity, Gender, annual UNH Undergraduate Educators of Their Children Self Esteem, and Problem Behaviors in Research Conference (URC). This Adviser: Maria Torres Preadolescent Youth symposium brings together under- Adviser: Rebecca Hencke graduate students from a range of Amy Ma disciplines to promote undergraduate Occupational Therapy Fariyda Mulrain (University of scholarly work. The McNair program An Investigation of Occupation-based Massachusetts Boston) is dedicated to increasing the number Practice in Upper Extremity Intervention Undeclared of individuals from underrepresented Advisers: Barbara White, The Importance of Spirituality of Patients groups (low-income, first-generation, Elizabeth Stewart in Palliative Care Adviser: Millicent Reggins and/or racial minority) who are Owen Oboite (University of Massachusetts interested in pursuing and obtaining Boston) Conquista Roscoe (University of doctoral degrees and careers in aca- Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Massachusetts Boston) demia. This Anniversary Symposium Biology Exercise Science provides a forum for commemorating The Metabolic Fate of 1,2-Dehydro-N- Placenta Dysfunction success in undergraduate research. acetyldopamine in Cuticular Sclerotization Adviser: Laura Hayman of Sarcophaga bullata Pupa Adviser: Manickam Sugumaran Eric Sales Poster Presentations International Affairs and Political Science The Effect of Regional Climate on Friday, April 20 Differences in Public Opinion of Climate 6:30–7:30 p.m. Oral Presentations Change Memorial Union Building Saturday, April 21 Adviser: Lawrence Hamilton Room 338/340 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Chaquanzha Stephenson Memorial Union Building Elizabeth Adejuyigbe Political Science and Justice Studies (assigned rooms) Health Management and Policy How Does Sentencing Policy or Law Affect Persons of Different Race, Ethnicity, and Do Neighborhood Characteristics Influence Megan Corbiere Gender? the Existence of Asthma in Children? Earth Sciences Oceanography Adviser: Charles Putnam Adviser: Robert McGrath Nutrient Variability Reconstruction in the Bay of Bengal Over the Last 20,000 Years Rohina Asifi (California State University Adviser: Rosemarie Came East Bay) UNH Office of Community Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Trinh Dinh (University of Massachusetts Biology and Business Administration Boston) Service Partnerships Structural Studies on RNA-peptide Chemistry Interactions in the Replication Mechanism Convertible Fluorous Linker-assisted Monday, April 23 of Brome Mosaic Virus Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Furans 10:30 a.m.–Noon Adviser: Chul kim Adviser: Wei Zhang Memorial Union Building Rooms 330/332

Robert Wilson Undeclared Photovoice Manchester Adviser: Semra Aytur

6 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 7 MONDAY 4/23

Nolan Lauze Melanie Drogseth Thompson School Community Leadership Community Leadership PASS Program Students from the Nonprofit Research: Strong Women Community Leadership Manchester School of Technology, Warmth Strong Girls from the Millyard Research Project Event Adviser: Kate Hanson Program Advisers: Timothy Barretto, Kate Hanson Kelly Fox Capstone Portfolios, Matthew Mara Family Studies Community Leadership Nonprofit Research: Special Olympics Nonprofit Research, and Manchester Police Athletic League (The New Hampshire Chapter) Comedy Show Adviser: Kate Hanson Civil Technology Mapping Adviser: Timothy Barretto Fiona Gettinger Project Lori Parent Environmental Conservation Studies Monday, April 23 Community Leadership Nonprofit Research: Cocheco Valley 10:30 a.m.–Noon Civil Air Patrol: Leadership and Beyond Humane Society Memorial Union Building Adviser: Timothy Barretto Adviser: Kate Hanson The Community Leadership Program Andrew Schafer Anna Hall is an innovative associate degree Community Leadership Family Studies and diploma program that prepares With Open Minds Nonprofit Research: Early Learning NH students of all ages to work effectively Adviser: Timothy Barretto Adviser: Kate Hanson within community organizations Christian Stone Kelsey Hammond and to be active, influential citizens. Community Leadership Community Leadership This exhibition displays students’ The Movement, Overcoming Physical Nonprofit Research: G.A.L.A. Community leadership portfolios and highlights Limitations Adviser: Kate Hanson significant community projects and Adviser: Timothy Barretto partnerships. Maggi Hanson Community Leadership MUB, Room 334/336 MUB, Rooms 330/332 Nonprofit Research Nonprofit Research Adviser: Kate Hanson Capstone Projects Courtney Hinds Moderators: Kate Hanson Moderators: Tim Barretto Family Studies Caitlyn Ayres Nonprofit Research: Camp Sunshine Timothy Breen Community Leadership Adviser: Kate Hanson Community Leadership Nonprofit Research: Monadnock AIDS Jeffrey Lutz UNH Relay for Life Services Community Leadership Adviser: Timothy Barretto Adviser: Kate Hanson Nonprofit Research AnneMarie Graffeo Leah Burke Adviser: Kate Hanson Community Leadership Community Leadership Erin McKane Strike Out Breast Cancer Nonprofit Research: Tamworth Community Leadership Adviser: Timothy Barretto Community Nurse Association Nonprofit Research: Therapet Foundation Adviser: Kate Hanson Blair Heinrich Adviser: Kate Hanson Community Leadership Evan Cohen Gabrielle Moen Fundraising for the Working Dog Family Studies Community Leadership Foundation: Serving Police Dogs in Our Nonprofit Research: The Somersworth Sexual Assault Support Services Community Youth Safe Haven Adviser: Kate Hanson Adviser: Timothy Barretto Adviser: Kate Hanson

Chandler Culveyhouse Community Leadership Nonprofit Research Upreach Adviser: Kate Hanson

8 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 9 MONDAY 4/23–WEDNESDAY 4/25

Stephanie M. Morris Danielle Zamarchi Ryan Haggerty Nursing Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems History Nonprofit Research: Families in Transition and Ecogastronomy Dual Major The Corrupt Bargain: The Election of 1824 Adviser: Kate Hanson Nonprofit Research: Seacoast Local and Aftermath Adviser: Kate Hanson Adviser: John Resch Jacqueline Mundry Community Leadership Kevin Mason Nonprofit Research: On Belay MUB, Rooms 334/336 Politics and Society and Adviser: Kate Hanson The Warmth from the Millyard Communication Arts The International Criminal Court and Nicholas Pelrine Mapping Project Consolidation of the Responsibility to Community Leadership, Sport Studies, Moderator and Adviser: Protect as an International Norm and Communication Adviser: Michael Contarino Nonprofit Research: Oyster River Youth Anthony Vannozzi Organization Christopher Connolly Adviser: Kate Hanson Andrew MacLaren Whittemore School of Maura Power Hunter Picard Family Studies Matthew Sullivan Business and Economics Nonprofit Research: Big Brothers Big Sisters Civil Techonology of the Greater Seacoast Warmth from The Millyard: Interactive Undergraduate Research Adviser: Kate Hanson Resource Mapping Using ArcGIS Online Conference Meagan Prior Family Studies Oral Presentations Nonprofit Research: Families First UNH Manchester Adviser: Kate Hanson Wednesday, April 25 Undergraduate Research 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Meg Raccine Conference Memorial Union Building Family Studies Nonprofit Research: The Girl Scouts of Through original research and the Green and White Mountains Oral Presentations valuable guidance from mentors, Adviser: Kate Hanson this event helps students gain deeper Tuesday, April 24 academic knowledge as well as Heather Rusaw 10 a.m.–2 p.m. professional experience. This URC Nutrition and Ecogastronomy Dual Major University Center event includes poster presentations, Nonprofit Research: NOFA-NH Manchester oral presentations, and feedback Adviser: Kate Hanson The UNHM Oral Presentations from University and business leaders. Margaret Saliba feature formal scholarly lectures Community Leadership and/or multimedia presentations MUB, Room 334/336 Nonprofit Research: Invisible Children, Inc. reflecting the students’ research 10–11:30 a.m. Adviser: Kate Hanson interests. Atkins Investment Group Olivia Smith Brandon Boutin Communication Sciences and Disorders History and English Moderators and Advisers: Nonprofit Research: Cedarcrest Center for Terrorism in the Algerian War Stephen Ciccone, Ahmad Etabari Children with Disabilities Adviser: John Resch Paul Atkinson Adviser: Kate Hanson Nancy Fernandes Economics Benjamin Trolio Biology Tyler Walsh Environmental Conservation Studies Sequencing Mitochondrial DNA: A Circle Accounting Nonprofit Organization: 350.org Approach Portfolio Strategy Adviser: Kate Hanson Adviser: Sarah Kenick

8 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 9 WEDNESDAY 4/25

WHITTEMORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Nicholas Castaldi Richard Labore Joseph Daloisio Finance Glenn Law Caitlan Elliott Christopher Doyle Finance Stephanie Farnham Economics and Business Administration Brian Morin Alexander Foss Brian Lowell Economics Michael Nocella Accounting Energy Petra Ross-Raymond Healthcare Ryan Torres William McCarran Julie Walsh Daniel Cray Business Administration Cory Woodward Accounting Ryan Shelley Marketing Matthew DiGirolamo Thao Truong Development and Implementation of an Lucas Winthrop Finance Integrated Marketing Plan for Regaalo, Inc. Finance Basic Materials Maria Albers Technology Danielle McVicar Daniele Alves Alexander D’Eletto Marketing Kristen Betro Accounting David Mofford Andrew Bogosian Gustav Nilsson Finance Jonathan Dunham Christopher Smith Aaron Sullivan William Green Finance Economics Henri Hendricks Industrials Financials Noel Lindgren Alexandra Peterson Kurt Eddins Brendan Slein Joshua Tilton Economics Accounting Marketing Miles Ela Joseph Stanek Robert Wise Owen Pratte Caitlin Tappan Marketing and Business Administration Finance Finance Development and Implementation of a Telecommunications James Taylor Marketing Campaign for Net Impact International Business and Economics Eric Harwood Alexa Dufault Utilities Ryan Shelley Steven Giangiulio Finance Taylor Hodges Colin Kelley MUB, Room 330/332 Ryan Martinez International Affairs and Business Marketing Workshops Shannon Mellen Administration Gordon O’Hearne 10–11:30 a.m. Officers of Atkins Investment Group Jonathan Taylor Moderator: William Machanic Sierra Thresher Gwynneth Heaps Adviser: Peter Masucci Edward Young International Affairs and Finance Marketing Matthew McCormick Kelly Donahue Development and Implementation of Finance James Frackleton an Integrated Marketing Plan for The Raven Widger Andre Garron Tre Ponti Center for Performing Arts International Business and Economics Damon Kipp Samuel Alexanian Consumer Staples Natalie Kitchen Jessica Paterson Jason Deutsch Victoria Hexeberg Thomas Ray Katelyn Gale Business Administration Laura Tentas Seohyun Hwang Jonathan Jagelsky Benjamin Schenck Hannah Ward Jennifer Phillips Evan Walsh Marketing Anthony Saia Finance Development and Implementation of a Vance Turner Consumer Discretionary Marketing Campaign for Pokos, Inc. Marketing Development and Implementation of a Marketing Campaign for Rasamaya Movement Centers, Inc.

10 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 11 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Noon–1:30 p.m. Hannah Cametti MUB, Room 334/336 Katlyn Coyne Noon–1:30 p.m. Moderator: Catherine Blake Daniel Gejay Adviser: Peter Masucci Taylor Scully Marketing Research Caitlin Cleary Zachary Smith Zachary Tyler Moderator: Audrey Ashton-Savage Megan Daly Adviser: Peter Masucci Patrick Grasso Marketing Gregory Harris Design, Development, and Implementation Ethan Ash Shauna Laskowski of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Patrick Barnard Tracy Naylor Target, Corp.—Advertising and PR Team Bailey Comyns Stephanie Perkins Ashley Canning Kristen Kouloheras Benjamin Roberge Jilliane Friel Peter Kutz Kaitlyn Scofield Scott Haskell Steven Mountzouris Elizabeth Tom Peter Kutz Marketing Marketing Sarah Lapitino Measuring the Effects of Forced Triples in Development and Implementation of an Andrew Morse UNH Housing on Student Performance Integrated Marketing Plan for Climate Marketing and College Experience Counts Design, Development, and Implementation Ashley Canning Caitlin Agnelli of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Shauna Laskowski Kirstin Bibbiani Target, Corp.—Campaign Implementation David LeBlanc Lindsey Coleman Team Peter Neal Tim Cox Michelle Boisvert Alicia Papandrea Alexander Gerlitz Ilana Cohen Mark Partridge Ashley Kaplan Brooke Duchaney Marketing Peter Neal Dustin Feldman Assessing the Impact of Overcrowding in Alicia Papandrea Jillian Granucci UNH Campus Recreation Facilities Lauren Ringland Megan Horowitch Katlyn Coyne Maura Robinson Danielle McVicar Yang Zhi Shen Jilliane Friel Lindsey Minton Carrie Jensen Marketing Mark Partridge Development and Implementation of a Matthew M. McLaughlin Kyle Suva Sean Reagan Marketing Campaign for the Robert Noyce Marketing Scholarship Program Benjamin Roberge Development and Implementation of Maura Robinson Brandon Blackall an Integrated Marketing Plan for Our Marketing Marketing and Finance House For Girls Measuring the Demand for Expanded Kimberly Greenwood Brandon Amico Online Course Offerings at UNH David LeBlanc Taylor Barnes Mikayla Cadoret Kathleen Mommsen Lauren Fopiano Paige Goloubef Jonathan Parker Michael Germaske Kathleen Mommsen Marketing Matthew M. McLaughlin Michael Nocella Design, Development, and Implementation Steven Mountzouris Zachary Smith of an Integrated Marketing Campaign for Erin Shea Jamie Sullivan Target, Corp.—Research Team Kaycee Smith Marketing Max Stewart Robert Wise Jamie Sullivan Marketing and Business Administration Marketing A Study and Assessment of the UNH Development and Implementation of a Academic Advising System Marketing Campaign for the Town of Wells, Maine

10 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 11 WEDNESDAYWednesday 4/224/25

WHITTEMORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Kirstin Bibbiani MUB, Granite State Room Meagan Visnaskas Sarah Lapitino 10–11:30 a.m. Philosophy and Ecogastronomy Dual Jason Metzenroth Major Kaitlyn Scofield Accounting and Finance International EcoVillages and The Taylor Scully Underlying Philosophy Yang Zhi Shen Moderator: Wenjuan Xie Adviser: Daniel Winans Marketing Adviser: Catherine Plante Assessing the Effectiveness of UNH Christopher Bosco MUB, Granite State Room Advising and Career Placement Services Business Administration and Accounting 10–11:30 a.m. The Bankruptcy of General Motors MUB, Room 334/336 Macroeconomies from Around Brad Coletta the World Multidisciplinary Oral Accounting Presentations Lean Accounting: A New Approach to Moderator and Adviser: James Wible Cost Accounting Moderator: Fiona Wilson Molly Bulger William Fritzky Anthropology Kimberly Greenwood Accounting A Macroeconomic Survey of Norway Marketing Patent Law: Then and Now Higher Education Marketing to the Joshua Chamberlain Hispanic Student Population Political Science MUB, Granite State Room A Macroeconomic Survey of Russia Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage 10–11:30 a.m. Logan Chase Kevin Lapoint EcoGastronomy Business Administration and Business Administration Management and Finance Moderator: Daniel Winans A Macroeconomic Survey of Canada Micobrewing in the US: An Overview of Marcus Chase Garrett Bauer III the Microbrewery Industry and a Business Accounting and Finance Community and Environmental Planning Plan for Future Success A Macroeconomic Survey of Ireland Adviser: Fiona Wilson and Ecogastronomy Dual Major Expanding Markets for Sustainable Connor Clerkin Farm Products in New Hampshire: An Economics Assessment of Impact and Suitability A Macroeconomic Survey of Ecuador Whittemore School of of the Lake Sunapee Area Adviser: Daniel Winans Kathleen Gillespie Business and Economics Business Administration Emelie Buell A Macroeconomic Survey of Australia Undergraduate Research Nutrition and Ecogastronomy Conference Exploring UNH Dining Food: Ingredients, Marley Harunk Health, and Value Undeclared Poster Presentations Adviser: Daniel Winans A Macroeconomic Survey of Greece Sarah Jacobson Alexander LeGore Wednesday, April 25 Nutrition and Ecogastronomy Management 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Ecogastronomy Capstone: SNAP/EBT at A Macroeconomic Survey of Brazil Memorial Union Building the Seacoast Eat Local Winter Farmers’ Kevin McAleese Granite State Room Market. International Affairs and Political Science Advisers: Joanne Burke, Daniel Winans Through original research and A Macroeconomic Survey of Uruguay valuable guidance from mentors, Heather Rusaw Michael McCullock this event helps students gain deeper Nutrition and Ecogastronomy Dual Major Biomedical Science academic knowledge as well as profes- Moving Towards Sustainable Self- A Macroeconomic Survey of Japan sional experience. This URC event sufficiency: A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard includes poster presentations, oral Farming for the Modern Homesteading presentations, and feedback from Family University and business leaders. Adviser: Daniel Winans

12 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 13 WEDNESDAYWednesday 4/254/25

Tuan Nguyen MUB, Granite State Room Nicholas Babson Economics 10–11:30 a.m. International Business and Economics A Macroeconomic Survey of Vietnam and Management Marketing An Economic Analysis of Boston Redsox, Katie Pappas 25 Man Roster Business Administration Hannah Cametti A Macroeconomic Survey of Saudi Arabia Marketing Lisa Castelli Marketing Through Sports Accounting and Economics Sara Santos Adviser: William Machanic An Economic Analysis of the Boston Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Celtics Roster and Ecogastronomy Bridget Croasdale A Macroeconomic Survey of China Business Administration Michael Curtin Integrated Applied Mathematics Lauren Saucier Emily Gatsas Marketing and Justice Studies English/Journalism, International An Economic Analysis of College Football: Marlee O’Neil Affairs and German Market for Money? A Macroeconomic Survey of Germany Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Burt’s Bees’ Bee Clean Marketing Plan Joseph Daloisio Ian Tanafon Adviser: Lin Guo Marketing Political Science Economics of Sports A Macroeconomic Survey of Portugal Alicia Papandrea Marketing Hali Dengenis Alyssa Washakowski Market Analysis of the UNH Late Night International Business and Economics Business Administration Snacking Scene An Economic Analysis of Olympic A Macroeconomic Survey of Spain Advisers: M. Billur Akdeniz, Bruce Stadiums Pfeiffer Johnson Whippie Hans Fischer Physics and Kinesiology Anna Powers Economics and Information Systems A Macroeconomic Survey of Sweden Marketing Management Sean Stewart An Economic Analysis of the Relocation MUB, Granite State Room Marketing of the Oklahoma City Thunder 10–11:30 a.m. Market Research Study of Potential New WSBE Class Corey Flewelling Management Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Management An Economic Analysis of the Patriots Michael Borisenok Football Roster Entrepreneurial Venture Creation MUB, Granite State Room and Information Systems Management Noon–1:30 a.m. Scot Hein Economics Margaret Cobb Economics of Sports An Economic Analysis of Super Bowl Finance and Management Advertising Matthew Evans Moderator and Adviser: James Wible Management Samuel Alpert Kristine Horn James McWilliams Economics Political Science Information Systems Management An Economic Analysis of the Dallas An Economic Analysis of the Detroit Red and Management Mavericks Roster Wings Roster Seacoast NH Property Management Robert Johnson Adviser: William Hassey Birkley Argue Finance and Economics Mathematics & Statistics and Economics Megan Graham An Economic Analysis of the Boston An Economic Analysis of Improving NHL Information Systems Management TD Garden Entry Draft Metrics and Management William Kluber White Collar Crime and the United States’ Ethan Ash Economics Economy Marketing An Economic Analysis of the Efficiency Adviser: Thomas Hand An Economic Analysis of Fantasy Football on Revenue for the NFL of the New York Jets Roster

12 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 13 WEDNESDAY 4/25

WHITTEMORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Dianna Kurowyckyj Zakes Warner Amelia Berube Economics Economics Business Administration An Economic Analysis of UNH Athletics An Economic Analysis of Cowboy Stadium Mackenzie Fraser Kinesiology and Management Andrew Martin Daniel Weidman Mathematics & Statistics and Economics Economics Daniel Hernon An Economic Analysis of the Market for An Economic Analysis of Reliant Stadium Management and Justice Studies a National Hockey League Franchise in Matthew M. McLaughlin Relocation Sean Woods Marketing Business Administration Refrigeround Matthew T. McLaughlin An Economic Analysis of the Boston Adviser: William Hassey Economics Bruins’ Roster An Economic Analysis of the Oklahoma Brandon Blackall City Thunder Roster Marketing and Finance Joshua Corriveau Shane Morin Whittemore School of Business Administration Communication An Economic Analysis of the Relocation of Business and Economics Sayiram Sellappah NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg Paul J. Holloway Information Systems Management Christopher Siegel Sishemo Mwesigwa Innovation-to-Market Finance and Management Economics Tutor Finder An Economic Analysis of the Building of an Prize Competition Adviser: Mary Gale NBA Roster: The Miami Heat Michelle Boisvert Andrew O’Connor Charles & Miriam Nelson Jonathan Parker Finance Poster Competition Marketing An Economic Analysis of Gillette Stadium PolarPOD Wednesday, April 25 Adviser: Peter Masucci Bria Oneglia Noon–2pm Economics Memorial Union Building Michael Borisenok An Economic Analysis of Labor Markets Granite State Room Entrepreneurial Venture Creation and in Professional Athletics Information Systems Management Established with a gift from Charles Greater Than Sports Benjamin Phelps and Miriam Nelson, this poster Adviser: Kholekile Gwebu Economics competition gives students an An Economic Analysis of the Olympics: opportunity to showcase their Adam Brickett (graduate student) Cost or Benefit? research into entrepreneurship. Carleton Simpson Stephen Potts Students present a poster and a Electrical & Computer Engineering Economics three-minute oral presentation to CATshare An Economic Analysis of the Green Bay a team of judges comprised of Advisers: Michael Carter, Peter Masucci Packers: A Public Approach representatives from business and industry. Judges have up to three Alan Buzbee Eric Poulin minutes to ask follow-up questions. John Groff Economics Victoria Martin An Economic Analysis of Fenway Park Moderators: Michael Merenda, Management Devkamal Dutta Courtney Ruffen Fraser Tibbetts Art Studio and Ecogastronomy Finance and Economics Joshua Allen Bus Hunter An Economic Analysis of Lucas Oil Nicholas Beltramini Adviser: William Hassey Stadium Management Troy Delaney Management and Finance Lighten the Load Storage, LLC Adviser: William Hassey

14 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 15 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Christopher Chandler (graduate student) Joline Dubuc Noel Lindgren Ryan Martin (graduate student) Business Administration and Vance Turner MoSho Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Marketing Adviser: Charles Martin and Management NV Landscaping Stephan Halvatzes Adviser: Mary Gale William Clement Business Administration and Michael Lund Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Finance and Management Andrew Zamansky and Management Aaron Van de Car Finance and Management Dustin Feldman Business Administration and Marketing Management Michael Nocella Jeffery Holland Style Assist Laura Tentas Accounting and Management Adviser: William Hassey Marketing SOsponsored EZ-Lock Repelling Garbage Can Adviser: William Hassey Alexander Guilbeault Adviser: Mary Gale Marketing Daniel Mannarino William Clement Brandon Somogie Computer Science Jaimie Lemieux Julia Spencer William Sullivan Management Emily Spognardi Environmental Conservation Studies Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Marcheilla Surusa and Management Finance and Management Joseph Van Gombos Christopher Doleac LocalGrub Political Science Management Adviser: Mary Gale Robert Wise XRCise Marketing and Business Administration Advisers: Mark Galvin, Marc Sedam Andrew Jaccoma (graduate student) Trash 2 Treasure Olha Johnson (graduate student) Adviser: Michael Swack Joseph Daloisio Sensible Spreader Technologies Marketing Adviser: Robert Gough Michael Veilleux (graduate student) Nathan Laperle Gear Freedom Management and Marketing Daniel LaBrecque Adviser: Juan Florin Kyle Reilly Taylre O’Byrne Management Shaojun Yao (graduate student) Business Administration Lillian Seymour Anti-Fatigue Ointment Stick for Drivers The Arctic Box (Formerly Known as WAKUP) Adviser: William Hassey Business Administration Business Match Advisers: Marc Sedam, W. Rudolf Seitz Charles Denault Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Biology Michael Lapanne John Dodds Management Management Jesse Mills Andra Erglis Finance and Management Accounting Zip-Through Systems Cameron Quimby Adviser: Mary Gale Finance Commonjobapp.com Adviser: Mary Gale

William Leith Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Leith’s Karate School Adviser: William Hassey

14 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 15 WednesdayWEDNESDAY 4/25–Thursday 4/25 4/26

Jacqueline Amante The Naked Arts— Interdisciplinary Science Environmental Sciences Quantifying Methane Ebullitive Flux from Creativity Exposed & Engineering Subarctic Ecosystems Symposium (ISE) Adviser: Ruth Varner Act I Christopher Anderson Ryan Coffey Wednesday, April 25 Poster Presentations Charles Gurney Noon–2 p.m. Civil Engineering Paul Creative Arts Center Wednesday, April 25 Albacore Stabilization Museum of Art 2–5 p.m. Kingsbury Hall and Morse Hall Advisers: Jean Benoit, Ricardo Medina This event exposes the inner creative Benjamin Anibal process of artists working in various The ISE symposium welcomes and Laura Baldinger disciplines. Presenters will describe encourages scientific presentations Dustin Metayer the process, research, and other from undergraduate students in all Mechanical Engineering creative aspects undertaken to bring colleges and departments. The event Cohesive Incipient Motion an artistic creation from initial features undergraduate research that Adviser: Diane Foster inspiration to the stage or gallery. contributes to or benefits from an interdisciplinary science and engi- This may include a performance or Seshank Appasani neering perspective. Students have excerpts from their work to illustrate Christopher Chirgwin an opportunity to interact with peers their creative scholarship. Paul Rioux and gain professional experience Electrical & Computer Engineering Tara Appleton presenting research. Attendees learn The Measurement and Analysis of Ion Fine Arts more about research and educa- Flow Between the Human Body and Local A Development of Still Lifes tional opportunities in science and Ground Adviser: Julee Holcombe engineering at UNH. The program Advisers: Kent Chamberlin, Wayne Smith will include a poster session, refresh- Taylor Maroney ments, and an awards ceremony. Varouna Appiah Art Studio Rebecca Rubinstein The Structure of Life: Figure and Sinor Ali Environmental Engineering Environment Neil Hansen Data Acquisition and Response Tool Advisers: Julee Holcombe, Leah Woods Civil Engineering Adviser: Nancy Kinner Peter Calhoun Sarah Nelson International Affairs and Civil Rohina Asifi Fine Arts Engineering Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Painting the Internal Landscape Mill Pond Dam Removal Assessment and Biology and Business Administration Adviser: Julee Holcombe River Restoration in Durham, NH Structural Studies on RNA-peptide Adviser: Thomas Ballestero Interactions in the Replication Mechanism of Brome Mosaic Virus Anabelle Allen Adviser: Chul Kim Nicholas Balzano Alexander Buessing Nicholas Aubut Jesse Fand Joshua Chabot Ross Robertson William Holmes Civil Engineering Abigail Jenkins University of New Hampshire Steel Michael Johnson Bridge 2012 Timothy Roemer Adviser: Charles Goodspeed Mechanical Engineering NASA Magnetospheric Multi-scale Mission TableSatellite 1B Adviser: May-Win Thein

16 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 17 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Megan Barry Eric Beiswenger Christopher Blais Anthropology Elizabeth Campbell Logan Mower Ian Chase Jacob Chamberlain Jenny Nichols Environmental Sciences Andrew Kennedy Brian Zukas Clay Cowart Caleigh MacPherson Chemical Engineering Environmental and Resource Economics Anthony Morin Robert Carroll (graduate student) Jaron Peters Meghan Craig Microcapsule and Droplet Dynamics Camille Poulin Philosophy in Channels Tadd Smith Adviser: Nivedita Gupta Tyler Dami Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Patrick Merrill Matthew Bogle Tim Doucette Jonathan Wilson Neal Drake International Affairs and French Computer Science Alexander Klink Stephen Prescott UNH Lunabot for the NASA Lunabotics Brian Paula Geography Mining Competition Civil Engineering Susan Torman Adviser: May-Win Thein Maxwell Murray Environmental Conservation Studies Electrical & Computer Engineering Jason Berube A More Sustainable UNH Oyster River Dam Restoration Justin Bosiak Adviser: Cameron Wake Adviser: David Gress Matthew Garabedian Kurtis Bartlett Jeffrey Hebert Scott Bonneau Physics Lauren Heimann Kyle Devenish An Infrared Laser Testing Facility for the Geoffrey Howe Katherine Fletcher Characterization of the CLAS12 Silicon Mechanical Engineering Jonathan MacBride Detectors AIAA—Remote Controlled Airplane Civil Engineering Advisers: Maurik Holtrop, Sarah Phillips Adviser: Christopher White Nottingham School Athletic Fields Adviser: Jo Daniel Vincenzo Bartucca Lily Beyer Civil Engineering Erik Carlson Richard Bonnin Scott Byrne Daniel Berry Lorilee Mather Andrew Sartorelli Ellen LaMonica Robert Nickerson Adam Stankard Mechanical Engineering Eric Ohanian Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Ryan Henley Lyndeborough Road Bridge Replacement Data Center Thermal Management Environmental Engineering Project Adviser: Todd Gross Memorial Bridge Hydrokinetic Power Adviser: Raymond Cook Generation Alexandra Bowen Advisers: Kenneth Baldwin, Erin Bell Brendan Bickford Christen Breda Mechanical Engineering Megan Good Andrea Bedell Positron Identification by Coincident Patrick Ready Physics Annihilation Photons (PICAP) System Environmental Engineering Analysis of Scintillator Characteristics to Advisers: James Connell, May-Win Thein PCB’s: Scrapyard Remediation Improve Portable Neutron Spectroscope Adviser: Kevin Gardner (NSPECT) Alexander Black Adviser: James Ryan Jacob Dore Alexandra Bowen Joseph Gabriel Megan Good Vojtech Kubec Environmental Engineering Timothy Maloney The Effective Removals of Pharmaceuticals Patrick McCleary by Direct/Advanced UV Photolysis Mechanical Engineering Advisers: James Malley Formula Race Car—FSAE Nathaniel Bradley Adviser: Todd Gross Robert Chase Benjamin Sawyer Civil Engineering Inundation Analysis of Asphalt Concrete Adviser: Jo Daniel

16 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 17 WEDNESDAY 4/25

INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM (ISE), CONTINUED

Kelsey Packard Emily Carlson Kyle Charmanski Chemistry Ransom Horner-Richardson Dean Dudley Austin Gregoire Civil Engineering Jeffrey Mattar Undeclared Harrison Roakes Steven Titus Elizabeth Brady (graduate student) Environmental Engineering Mechanical Engineering Monitoring Iso-α-acids to Evaluate Thistleton Robertson IV Drop Blast Whirlpool Efficiency of Hopped Wort Civil Engineering and Environmental Adviser: Diane Foster by HPLC Engineering Tyler Chase Adviser: Sterling Tomellini Alexander Rozycki Daniel Lapan Environmental Engineering Adam Brammer Daniel Mooney Potable Water Treatment System for the Andrew Grant Mechanical Engineering Dominican Republic Erich O’Dowd SigSauer Rifle Simulator Adviser: James Malley Mechanical Engineering Adviser: Brad Kinsey Fire Fighting Robot Erik Carlson John Clark Adviser: Barry Fussell Civil Engineering Earth Sciences Teaching Estimating Connecticut Stream Christopher Bridges Effects of pH on Arsenic Mobility in Temperatures Using Predictive Models Gary Porres Metasedimentary Bedrock: Insights from Adviser: Jennifer Jacobs Electrical & Computer Engineering Leaching Experiments on Rocks from the Kittery Formation Angle of Arrival Detection Kevin Carpenter Adviser: Julia Bryce Adviser: Kent Chamberlin Bryan Hinson Derek Long Jeffrey Brulet Shaun Cmar Amanda Sweetman Chemistry Electrical & Computer Engineering Civil Engineering Studies on Thermal and Carbocationic Data Collection for the FSAE Car Cocheco Site Development Rearrangements Through Isotopic Labeling Adviser: W.T. Miller Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Adviser: Richard Johnson Jesse Coburn Desiree Carron Shawn Bryan Physics International Affairs and Civil Computer Science The Turbulent Cascade and Proton Engineering Heating in the Solar Wind During Solar Joshua Clairmont Jared Duval Minimum Electrical & Computer Engineering Matthew Miller Adviser: Charles Smith Tangible User Interfaces for Multi-touch Zachary Zavalianos Surfaces Benjamin Comtois Civil Engineering Adviser: Andrew Kun Spencer Roux I-93 Exit 14 Superstructure Replacement Ryan Therrien Bradford Cannon Design Project Mechanical Engineering Physics Adviser: Erin Bell UNH Hydrofoil Force Balance A Statistical Study of Newborn Interstellar Garrett Cassidy Adviser: Martin Wosnik Pickup Ions Vincent Lyon Adviser: Charles Smith Britta Moore Timothy Condon Andrew Gherardi Emily Car Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Travers Ashley Hale Pedal Powered Washing Machine Mechanical Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Adviser: Brad Kinsey Bridge Underpass Turbine Bicycle for the Visually Impaired Samuel Chaney Adviser: Martin Wosnik Adviser: John LaCourse Daniel Enos Scott Connatser Spencer Carey Mechanical Engineering Vincent Hoang Brian McConnell Students Without Borders Jeffrey Manzik Brendan Nichols Adviser: Brad Kinsey Electrical & Computer Engineering Seth Tremblay Audio/Visual Effects Board Chemical Engineering Adviser: W.T. Miller Nanofiltration of Algal Oil from Hexane Adviser: Ihab Farag

18 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 19 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Isabel Cormier Joel Dietrich Scott Fanara Geology Matthew Lane Timothy Lotterhand Possible Sources of Red Merrimack Sands Christian Rice Zachary Scanlon Using Spectral Remote Sensing John Russo Civil Engineering Adviser: Shachak Pe’eri Civil Engineering Route 4 and Morgan Way Intersection Commercial Subdivision Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Ashlee Cummings Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Charlene Nault Justin Fleming Electrical & Computer Engineering Eric Donovan Chemistry Heads up Cones Jonathan Dwyer New Derivatives of Polycyclic Tetraamines Adviser: Richard Messner Kenneth Weigel Advisers: Gary Weisman, Edward Wong Electrical & Computer Engineering Jonathan Davidson Oar Bend Evan Flower Christopher Dick Adviser: Wayne Smith Joshua Kushinsky Andrew DiFabio Evan Plante Nicholas Dusza Tristan Donovan Mechanical Engineering Steven Gallerani Civil Engineering Sheet Hydroforming Machine David Jonas Foam Index Test Adviser: Ioannis Korkolis Charles Langlois Adviser: David Gress Justin Rau Daniel Foley Jacob Richards Tyler Dow Physics and Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Reem Haddad Oxidation Resistant Titanium Chromium Mini-Baja Brian Patinskas Nitride Hard Coatings Adviser: Robert Jerard Michael Umberger Adviser: James Krzanowski Civil Engineering Stefan Deangelis Windham High School Marcus Forand John Shepheard Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Chemistry Scott Shillieto Folding of Single Chain Polylactide as Matthew Weber Kimberly Drew Scaffolding for Nanoparticle Assemblage Aaron Wetherbee Chemistry Adviser: Erik Berda Civil Engineering Tandem Chain Extension Mannich Reaction: A New Synthetic Route to Michele Forrestall Douglas Road Bridge Replacement Geology Northbridge, MA b-Proline Adviser: Charles Zercher Aftershock Patterns of Oceanic Intraplate Adviser: Raymond Cook Strike Slip Earthquakes and Implications Geoffrey Delisle Kathryn Dube for Anomalous Aftershock Behavior of Matthew Gilchrest Chemistry Oceanic Transform Fault Earthquakes Liam Kalloch Computational Studies of Polymer Folding Adviser: Margaret Boettcher Michael McDermott in Various Solvents Adviser: Erik Berda David Gabrault Civil Engineering Zachary Valente UNH Crew Boathouse Jason Dusseault Kyle Wyatt Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Matthew Gloekler Civil Engineering Gregory DiSanto Andrew Jacobs Ryan Haselton Geography Benjamin Payeur Anton Pugachevsky The Lamprey River: Erosion and Habitat Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Science Assessment Communications for UAV Sensor Network Structural Analysis Using Smartphone Adviser: Anne Lightbody Adviser: Nicholas Kirsch Accelerometers Adviser: Tat Fu Jessica Dick Samantha Ebner Environmental Sciences Mechanical Engineering Jon Gatarz Agricultural Impacts on Soil and Plant Spatial Evolution of a Turbulent Boundary Mathew Mastrogiacomo Litter Mineralogy Layer Daniel Patterson Adviser: Jo Laird Adviser: Joseph Klewicki Curt Spencer Civil Engineering Sibley Pond Bridge Adviser: Erin Bell

18 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 19 WEDNESDAY 4/25

INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM (ISE), CONTINUED

Kevin Genestreti Caitlin Hoffman Edward LaVilla Physics Chemistry Physics On The Effect of Heavy Ions of Ionospheric Novel Approaches for Azamacrocycle An Alternative Anti-coincidence for Angle Origin on Magnetopause Reconnection Synthesis Detecting Inclined Sensors (ADIS) System Advisers: Lynn Kistler, Christoforos Advisers: Barbara Li, Gary Weisman, for Measuring Space Radiation Mouikis Edward Wong Advisers: James Connell, Clifford Lopate

Matthew Gibbons Blake Janelle Amanda Lade Civil Engineering and Civil Techonology Jonathan Noyes Chemical Engineering Jacob Sparkowich Jennifer Shartrand Toxic Gold? Bioavailability of Olive Oil Matthew Story Computer Science Waste Phenols to Plant Matter Civil Engineering UNH Sustainability Mobile App Adviser: Jillian Goldfarb Concord Sand and Gravel Quarry Adviser: Ted Sparr Taylor Langkau Expansion—Pembroke, NH Raymond Jones Earth Sciences Oceanography Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Matthew Mazzola Phosphate Availability During Sediment Mario Giroux Khanh Nguyen Resuspension Events in Great Bay Stanley Welch Matthew Normandeau Adviser: Linda Kalnejais Civil Engineering Thomas Provencher Ryan Lawrence (guest from Elizabeth City Casey Shingleton Alexandra Washakowski Mechanical Engineering State University) Environmental Engineering Chemistry Michael LeVeille Road and Climate Change Developing a Method for Estimating Computer Science Advisers: Jo Daniel, Jennifer Jacobs Accumulation Rates Using CReSIS UNH Underwater Remotely Operated Airborne Snow Radar from West Ryan Goulding Vehicle Antarctica Computer Science Adviser: May-Win Thein SAS Simulator Adviser: Linda Hayden (ECSU) Amy Keding Adviser: Mikkel Hagen Haodan Li Chemistry Electrical & Computer Engineering Ryan Goulding College Students’ Perspectives About Dynamics of Air and Wind Turbine Blade Nathan Jellis High School Chemistry Interaction Computer Science Adviser: Christopher Bauer Green Heat Heliostat Adviser: L. Gordon Kraft Glenn Koch (guest from Elizabeth City Adviser: Ted Sparr Aaron Longchamps State University) Christopher Neveu Joseph Grande Computer Science Aaron Teune Thomas Harada Hybrid Cloud Security: Replication and Computer Science Kendall Masse Direction of Sensitive Data Blocks Implementing a Shibboleth Single Sign Evan Willis Adviser: Linda Hayden (ECSU) Computer Science On System Android Health Gateway Sniffer Alec Kulbacki Adviser: Scott Valcourt Electrical & Computer Engineering Adviser: Barry Reinhold Matthew Lowell The Secure, Automated Home Physics and Mathematics & Statistics Rose Hadley Adviser: W.T. Miller Chemistry and Neuroscience and Detection of Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Behavior Ryan LaRocque Through Titanium Shielding Quantitative Determination of Free Sean Mitchell Adviser: F Hersman Julie Swan Metal Ion Concentration by Fluorescence Patrick MacArthur Environmental Engineering Calibration Methods Computer Science Adviser: Roy Planalp Alexander Pape Design and Implementation of a High-level Civil Engineering Application Programming Interface for Casey Hale Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation in Thomas Paquet Remote Direct Memory Access East Africa Adviser: Robert Russell Mechanical Engineering Adviser: Michael Collins Lignocellulosic Ethanol Biomass Refinery Adviser: Christopher White

20 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 21 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Kayla Mackenzie Phillip Munson Ivan Razumenic Chemical Engineering Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Electrical & Computer Engineering Palladium-tin Alloyed Catalysts for the Biology Pupil Diameter Based Cognitive Load Ethanol Oxidation Reaction in an Alkaline Matthew Reinhold Estimation in Driving Environment Medium Physics Adviser: Andrew Kun Adviser: Xiaowei Teng Carbohydrate Cancer Biomarkers: A New John Romano Technique for Structural Verification Matthew Mann Carleton Simpson Adviser: Vernon Reinhold Mechanical Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Daniel Pelcak Michael Naylor Electric Motorcycle Conversion William Rideout Civil Engineering Adviser: Allen Drake Computer Science UNH Wind Powered Bridge Jacob Schwartz TableSat IIB for the NASA Magenetosphere Adviser: Jean Benoit Computer Science MultiScale (MMS) Mission Software Engineering for the Mobile Adviser: May-Win Thein Patrick O’Brien Scott Picariello Application Market Matthew Marquis Mechanical Engineering Adviser: Radim Bartos Biology Mountain Bike Frame Jacob Setera Production of Barnacle Cement in Plants Adviser: Ioannis Korkolis Earth Sciences Adviser: Subhash Minocha Laurent Officer Isotope Geochemistry of Willwood William Matern Earth Sciences Oceanography Formation Paleosols from the Paleocene Mechanical Engineering Seasonal Variation of Benthic Nutrient Eocene Thermal Maximum; Bighorn Mathematical Model for Evaluating a Fluxes in the Great Bay Basin, WY Fluid Film Atop a Deflecting Solid Adviser: Linda Kalnejais Advisers: Julia Bryce, William Clyde Substrate Jason Shuster Adviser: Greg Chini Lauren Pappas Chemical Engineering Physics Robert Moore ChemECar Characterizing Electrons in Secondary Computer Science Adviser: Jillian Goldfarb and Primary Magnetic Islands During UAV Flight Handling via Multi-touch Magnetic Reconnection Interaction using Microsoft Surface Nicholas Parrillo Advisers: Li-Jen Chen, Roy Torbert Adviser: Andrew Kun Physics Water Surface Temperature and Salinity Wescott Smith Zachary Morrill-Winter Measurements Using Raman Scattering Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Adviser: Shachak Pe’eri Reservoir Pond Dam Reconstruction Interaction of a Laminar Shear-wake with Adviser: Ronald Pease a Circular Cylinder Michael Pena Matthew Stemkowski Adviser: Joseph Klewicki Electrical & Computer Engineering Electric Saxophone Physics Abigail Morris Advisers: Francis Hludik, W.T. Miller Computation of the Autocorrelation Earth Sciences Function for Solar Wind Turbulence at Seafloor Characterization of the Carol Perkins 1 AU Spanning Many Spatial Scales and Merrimack River Ebb Tidal Delta Electrical & Computer Engineering Using Multiple Techniques Advisers: William Clyde, Shachak Pe’eri Experimental Evaluation of Speech Based Advisers: Charles Smith, Bernard Vasquez SMS While Driving Matthew Mower Adviser: Andrew Kun Brady Stewart Chemistry and Mathematics & Statistics Electrical & Computer Engineering Zinc Carbenoid Mediated Preparation of Rachel Pisa Radiation Spectrometry For CubeSat Novel Peptidomimetics Environmental Engineering Application Adviser: Charles Zercher William Schkuta Adviser: Andrzej Rucinski Alexander Sellar Devin Mullen Civil Engineering Erika Swanson Electrical & Computer Engineering Cocheco River Bank Stabilization and Integrated Applied Mathematics Wireless Interface for the Project 54 Erosion Control Chlorine Corrosion in a Biomass Boiler Hardware Network Adviser: Ronald Pease Adviser: Stephen Wineberg Adviser: Andrew Kun

20 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 21 WEDNESDAY 4/25

INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM (ISE), CONTINUED

Karen Sweeney Charles Watkins Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Environmental Engineering UNH Manchester Biology Oil Flume Experiments Swathi Turlapati (post-doctoral Adviser: Nancy Kinner Undergraduate Research researcher) Population Diversity of Nitrifying Bacteria Bradley White Conference of Chronic Nitrogen Treated Soils at Chemical Engineering Harvard Forest, MA UNH Campus Air Quality Poster Presentations Advisers: Rakesh Minocha Adviser: Jillian Goldfarb Wednesday, April 25 Daniella Williams Spencer Tate 3:30–6 p.m. Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences University Center Ecology of Streams Surrounding Great Bay Analysis of Surface Elevation Tables (SET) Manchester of New Hampshire Salt Marshes Adviser: William McDowell The UNHM Poster Presentations Adviser: David Burdick Rebecca Wilson showcase students’ independent Environmental Engineering Jonathan Tomer research and internship projects, Metal Nanoparticles for Solar Panel Environmental Sciences service learning activities and civic Applications Land Cover Change in New Hampshire engagement projects in the learning Adviser: Dale Barkey Adviser: Russell Congalton lab of the city of Manchester. David Wood Cathleen Turner Merima Ahmetovic Biology Earth Sciences History Understanding Organic Carbon Cycling in Hailong Zhang (research project manager) Rise and Fall of Slobodan Milosevic the Great Bay: A Numerical Approach Whole Genome Analysis of Multiple Adviser: John Resch Adviser: Linda Kalnejais Diploid Strawberry Species Using Read Depth Coverage, SNP Density, and Percent Desiree Akerley Bryan Vangel Heterozygosity Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences Adviser: Thomas Davis Shadowing a Medical Examiner Estimating Stream Reaeration with Adviser: Stephen Pugh Gas Evasion and Sound Pressure Justin Woodman Adviser: William McDowell Electrical & Computer Engineering Millet Ali Room Mapping Robot Biological Sciences Nicholas Wageling Adviser: W.T. Miller EMT Certification Program Chemistry Adviser: Patricia Halpin Synthesis of 2,6-bis (aminomethyl) Caroline Wuest thiophenol for Use in Modeling Biological Biology Nicholas Bennett Metal-thiolate Bonds Developing the Technique for Genetic Biology Adviser: Samuel Pazicni Engineering of the Red Alga Porphyra Pharmacy Technician Adviser: Subhash Minocha Adviser: Stephen Pugh Victoria Ward Environmental Sciences (Hydrology) Jonathan Wurtz Haley Bergeron Determining the Response to Precipitation Physics Undeclared of Hummock and Hollow Microtopography Gamma Ray Polorimeter Simulation Concepts of Utopian Societies in a Temperate Fen and Development Adviser: John Resch Adviser: Ruth Varner Adviser: Mark McConnell

Lindsay Warner Matthew Young Environmental Engineering Physics Georgetown, Maine Water Quality On the Nonlinearity of Solar Cycles: Using Re-evaluation Data to Drive Predictions Advisers: Nancy Kinner Adviser: Marc Lessard

22 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 23 WEDNESDAY 4/25

Jessica Bissett Rebecca Cronk Ashley Higgins Humanities Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Oppressed and Oppressor: Total Principles of Biology II Teaching Assistant A Day in the Life of a Physician Assistant Institutions and Individual Freedom Capstone Adviser: Stephen Pugh Adviser: John Resch Adviser: Patricia Halpin Brittany Houghton Meagan Burd Elizabeth Derderian Biological Sciences English History One Day as an Emergency Medical Taj Mahal The Immigration Restriction League and Technician Adviser: Fred Metting the Immigration Act of 1924 Adviser: Stephen Pugh Adviser: John Resch David Ciampa Kellie Howard History Victoria DiPippo Biological Sciences and Psychology American Culture of Capitalism: The Humanities Honduran Mission Team Debate on Roosevelt’s New Deal 1933–1936 Reformation: Luther’s Doctrines and Adviser: Stephen Pugh Adviser: John Resch Biblical Interpretations Adviser: John Resch Naida Idrizovic Josie Colbert Biology History Ashley Eames A Day at OB/GYN Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech: Public Biology Adviser: Stephen Pugh Reaction Jessica Normand Aaron Jarzombek Adviser: John Resch Biological Sciences Computer Information Systems APS Video: The New Intoxication Josie Colbert Android Mobile Joystick Controller for Advisers: Patricia Halpin, Stephen Pugh History Seekur Robotic Systems Julia Child Jennifer Evans Adviser: Karla Vogel Adviser: Robert Macieski Biological Sciences Adam Karolian Prehospital Emergency Care: The EMT’s Chad Connors Communication Arts Role Aaron Green The Retrosexual Man in Contemporary Adviser: Stephen Pugh Michael Henenberg Advertising Damir Ibrahimovic Nancy Fernandes Adviser: Jeffrey Klenotic Aaron Jarzombek Biology Steven Keeler Brandon McLaughlin Sequencing Mitochondrial DNA: A Circle General Studies Johnny Mom Approach Meals on Wheels Evan Morse Adviser: Sarah Kenick Adviser: Patrice Mettauer Edward Pulkowski Renelle Gagnon Electrical Engineering Technology Charles Kimball Biology Brice Rader Politics and Society Municipal Water Testing Bethany Ross America’s Secret War Adviser: Lorraine Doucet Jonathan Schultz Adviser: Robert Macieski Skyler Swendsboe Ryan Gardner Kyle Kirwin (graduate student) Matthew Vartanian Biology History Computer Information Systems Bay of Pigs Invasion Korean War: MacArthur and Capstone Experience: Undergraduate Adviser: Robert Macieski Research Group in Speech at UNHM American Politics Advisers: James Bartoldus, Michael Jonas Michael Gavin Adviser: John Resch Undeclared Riley Lamontagne Rebecca Cronk Emergence of the Republican Party 1854 Politics and Society Biological Sciences Adviser: John Resch APS Video Contest: The Funny Bone Money in politics, Citizens United vs. the Adviser: Patricia Halpin Serena Hamelin FEC public opinion History Adviser: John Resch The Constitutionality of the Wagner Act Rachel Lamy Adviser: John Resch History Leaders in the Montgomery Bus Boycott Adviser: Robert Macieski

22 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 23 WEDNESDAY 4/25–THURSDAY 4/26

UNH MANCHESTER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Matthew Leets Lauren Pentasuglia Justin Thibeault Biological Sciences Biology Computer Information Systems Organic Winemaking at Domaine Terre HACCP Jacqueline Tims Rouge Adviser: Lorraine Doucet Biological Sciences Adviser: Stephen Pugh SpEAK: Speech Experiment Accessible Kaeley Pinkham Knowledge System for Capstone Speech Stephen Lemieux Biology Project History To Drink or Not to Drink? Adviser: Michael Jonas The Spanish Civil War: The Abraham Adviser: Lorraine Doucet Lincoln Brigade Jacqueline Tims Jessica Poznanski Adviser: John Resch Biological Sciences Politics and Society What Version are You On? An Erin MacLaren Jennifer Silva Investigation into Software English Psychology Configuration Management Newport Folk Festival Citizenship and Immigration Adviser: Mihaela Sabin Adviser: Fred Metting Adviser: Patrice Mettauer Justin Vankalken John Maddaus III Juliette Reddy History Computer Information Systems Biological Sciences Jazz Music Embedded Database Design Neurologist Job Shadow Adviser: Robert Macieski Adviser: Karla Vogel Adviser: Stephen Pugh

Rebecca Mason Christopher Reekie Biological Sciences Computer Information Systems UNH Manchester URC The Role of HAUSP in the Mitochondrial Comprehensive Virtualization Non-transcriptional p53 Apoptotic Documentation System Cinema Arts Day Pathway of IMR-32 Human Neuroblas- Adviser: Karla Vogel toma Cancer Cells Thursday, April 26 Adviser: Charles Walker Lindsay Rizzo 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Communication Arts University Center Jonathon Mayland Twentieth Century America Manchester History Adviser: Robert Macieski McCarthyism The UNHM Communication Arts Adviser: John Resch Martha Routos program has a production track in History which students complete introduc- Lauren Montminy Roe v. Wade: Supreme Court and tory and advanced course work in Biological Sciences Public Reaction video production, scriptwriting, Wildlife Rehabilitation: The Process and Adviser: John Resch audio production, film aesthetics, Rewards and documentary production. The Adviser: Stephen Pugh Danielle Schmidt History student films and scripts illustrate Kristen Mosher History of Graffiti in America student work at different stages in the Business Adviser: Robert Macieski curriculum. UMST 531: Community Service Experience Millet Ali with Families in Transition (FIT) Danielle Schmidt Jennifer Evans Adviser: Patrice Mettauer History Gay Rights: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Biological Sciences William Nichols Policy, 1993 The Secret Sense of the Inner Ear Biology Adviser: John Resch Adviser: Patricia Halpin Fetal Development Alyssa Bitsack Adviser: Patricia Halpin Cynthia Siemens Undeclared English Meagan O’Neil Families in Transition The Newport Folk Festival Undeclared Adviser: Patrice Mettauer Adviser: Fred Metting Race and Politics: Brown v. Board of Briana Bolton Education and Public Reaction Communication Arts Adviser: John Resch Hidden Truths Adviser: Anthony Tenczar

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Brian Burke Ryan Liston Rachael Stanley Communication Communication Arts Biological Sciences No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Life in Ireland Atrial Fibrillation Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Adviser: Patricia Halpin

Andrew Casey Mollie Markins Communication Arts Communication Arts Mobile Meal Time Stella’s Restaurant of Middle Street History Department Adviser: Jeffrey Klenotic Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Undergraduate Sarah Cotton Elizabeth Mason English/Journalism Communication Arts Presentations The Immigrant: A Conversation With Lessons for Life My Papa Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Thursday, April 26 Adviser: Anthony Tenczar 12:30–2 p.m. Rebecca Mason Memorial Union Building Brittany Debelis Biological Sciences Rooms 338/340 and 302 Communication Arts Energy Production and Exercise The Ride Adviser: Patricia Halpin The History Department hosts a Adviser: Anthony Tenczar panel of undergraduate history Kaeley Pinkham majors, presenting research projects Katelyn Dobbs Biology from their academic classes, research Communication Arts Skeletal Muscle: Through the Eyes of a seminars, and honors theses. The Story Behind Jew Pond Skier Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Adviser: Patricia Halpin MUB, Room 338 Ashley Eames Erroll James Ponio Session 1: An Age of Revolution Biology Communication Arts Jessica Normand The Hitman Moderator: Janet Polasky Biological Sciences Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Madeleine Beihl APS Video: The New Intoxication Erroll James Ponio History Advisers: Patricia Halpin, Stephen Pugh Communication Arts From the Forest to the Freshet: The Andrew Gibson “Don’t Go Away” Music Video Development of the Upper Connecticut Communication Arts Adviser: Anthony Tenczar River Valley of New Hampshire, 1750–1820 Cows Adviser: Jessica Lepler Andres Reyes Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Communication Arts Derek Kelly Andrew Gibson Riverview History Communication Arts Adviser: Anthony Tenczar People and the Press: The Role of the Press Untitled #1 in the American and French Revolutions Andres Reyes Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Adviser: Janet Polasky Communication Arts Matthew Gillespie The Q-Tip That Should Not Be Alex Peterson Communication Arts Adviser: Anthony Tenczar History and Political Science High Fire—a Profile Documentary A Revolution Within a Revolution: The Nicole Romanuk Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Cherokee During the American Revolution Communication Arts Adviser: Janet Polasky Matthew Gillespie Club 47 Revived Communication Arts Adviser: Fred Metting Alexa Price The Morning Shift History Christopher Spencer Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Loyalist Identities in Revolutionary Communication New Hampshire Just Do It. Jill Johnston Adviser: Eliga Gould Biology Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Horses Digestive System Adviser: Patricia Halpin

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HISTORY DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE PRESENTATIONS, CONTINUED

Margaret Zoladkowski MUB, Room 302 History The Naked Arts— Passion and the Public House: The Session 3: Twentieth-Century Mobilization of the Colonies Towards Russia and America Creativity Exposed Liberty, Independence, and the American Revolution Moderator: Gregory McMahon Act II Adviser: Janet Polasky Cory McKenzie Thursday, April 26 History and Philosophy 12:30–2 p.m. MUB, Room 340 Orthodoxy in Exile: The Russian Church Paul Creative Arts Center in America Session 2: Race and Ethnicity Hennessy Theatre, Adviser: Cathy Frierson in America This event exposes the inner creative Ella Nilsen process of artists working in various Moderator: Jeffrey Bolster History disciplines. Presenters will describe Exploring the Relationship Between the Dustin MacKay the process, research, and other United States Government and the Press History creative aspects undertaken to bring During the Vietnam War If They Lack the Punch They Won’t Pull: an artistic creation from initial Adviser: Yan Lu The Crisis, Race Enterprises, and inspiration to the stage or gallery. Professionalism in Manhattan, 1900–1920 Elizabeth Orlowicz This may include a performance or Adviser: W. Jeffrey Bolster Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology excerpts from their work to illustrate Total War and the Masters of Surviving: their creative scholarship. Stephanie Moran Propaganda and Advertising of World War History Sara Bourgeau II Companies Shattered Bowls and Mirrors: Discussing Xuehui Li Adviser: Marion Dorsey the Differences Between Northern and Danielle Pancoast Southern Death Practices Among 17th, Jillian Price Theatre and Dance 18th, and 19th Century African Americans Anthropology and History Set, Costume and Lighting Design for Adviser: W. Jeffrey Bolster A Homogenous Mass of Human Clay: “The Memory of Water,” a Play by Shelagh Musical Propaganda in World War I Stephenson Kerry Murchie America Adviser: Szu-Feng Chen History and Justice Studies Adviser: Marion Dorsey Irish Republican Army: Friend or Foe? Oliver Brennan Adviser: Ellen Fitzpatrick Eric Pugliano Music History and Geography Don’t Stop The Beat: An Introductory Jessica Tinios Mapping of the Journeys of the Children Taxonomy to the World of Electronic History of the Gulag Dance Music You Can’t Expatriate Me, I’m Emigrating Adviser: Cathy Frierson Adviser: Rob Haskins Adviser: W. Jeffrey Bolster Peter Kispert English Diving Drifting: The Roots of Fiction Adviser: Thomas Payne

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Merritt Elmore UNH Manchester URC Mechanical Engineering Technology Parents Association Design of a Compressed Air Priority Engineering Technology System for PSNH Merrimack Generating Undergraduate Research Station Senior Project Adviser: Ralph Draper Symposium Presentations Kyle Gentle Welcome Breakfast with Mechanical Engineering Technology Friday, April 27 Thorium Free and 1500 Watt Electrode UNH Provost John Aber and 8:00 a.m.–Noon Assembly Automation University Center Adviser: Ralph Draper Parents Association President Manchester Karen Ibey Patricia Piecuch The UNHM Engineering Technology Electrical Engineering Technology Program presents its annual Senior Friday, April 27 Automated Functional Testing 9–9:30 a.m. Project Presentation day. This event is Adviser: David Forest the culmination of an academic year Memorial Union Building effort where full-time seniors for- Derek Lovely Granite State Room mally present their projects to peers, Mechanical Engineering Technology This informal gathering gives faculty members, representatives Flame-based Singeing Process for Nomex students, faculty, and attendees an and technical advisers of sponsoring Products at Velcro USA, Inc. opportunity to visit with UNH companies, and special guests. Adviser: Ralph Draper Provost John Aber and Parents Brian Avery Brian Maltais Association President Patricia Electrical Engineering Technology Electrical Engineering Technology Piecuch before experiencing the G2 Screencorder Pro Mariner Product Development large university-wide event that Adviser: David Forest Adviser: David Forest follows—the Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium. Richard Bouchard Matthew Penney Mechanical Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology Strap Reduction on Metal Arch Assembly Filling System for Degassed Oil Filled Machine Cables Adviser: Ralph Draper Adviser: Ralph Draper

Nathan Clasby James Shreenan Electrical Engineering Technology Electrical Engineering Technology Reliable High Speed Digital Storage and High Speed Taper Tension Control System Retrieval Test Mezzanine Adviser: David Forest Adviser: David Forest Ryan Thibeault Mechanical Engineering Technology Hull Penetrator Wire Twisting Process Improvement Adviser: Ralph Draper

Corey Tong Mechanical Engineering Technology FDA Approved Validation of a Pharma- ceutical Grade Parts Washer Adviser: Ralph Draper

Ross Wilson Mechanical Engineering Technology Pin Welder Process Improvement Using Design of Experiments Adviser: Ralph Draper

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UNH Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday, April 27, 2012 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

igh-quality undergraduate research is the hallmark of a University of New Hampshire education. HWith funds provided by the Parents Association, the University has been able to increase its support to students during the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC). Helping to fund student innovation: it’s one of the many ways the Parents Association enhances the University’s academic mission. TO BE A SPONSOR OF URC

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Laura Yurkosky Mia Marzelli Parents Association English Teaching Art Studio Undergraduate Research Hand-in-Glove: Big Oil Corporations and Adviser: Faina Bukher Nigerian Dictators Brittany Zorn Symposium Psychology and Women’s Studies MUB, Room 304 Adviser: Faina Bukher The Parents Association Undergradu- Kathryn Boyle-Steed ate Research Symposium showcases Ethnic Studies: The Matter of Psychology and Women’s Studies students from all disciplines. Difference and the Middle Ages, Social Reactions to Women’s Disclosure Students present their faculty- or Language, Faith, Race, and of Partner Abuse mentored projects in either of two Time Adviser: Katie Edwards interactive poster sessions, or in one of the three oral presentation Moderator and Adviser: sessions. University-wide participants Cord Whitaker MUB, Room 233 come from a variety of disciplines. Jacob Browning Feminist Issues in Contemporary Oral Presentations, Session A English Culture, Politics, and Hollywood The King of Tars and Dramatic Film Friday, April 27 Conversion Romance 9:30–10:40 a.m. Moderator and Adviser: Jacqueline Cordell Jennifer Borda Memorial Union Building English Literature and Linguistics Presentation, Perception, and Power: Hilary Juntwait MUB, Room 302 The Authority of Foreign Terminology in Communication “The Reeve’s Tale” and “The Miller’s Tale” Where is G.I. Jane? Women’s Fight for Ethnic Studies: African Combat Positions in the Military Allison Lane Literature: Reading and Writing English and German Eliza Mackintosh the Postcolony Fauset’s Plum Bun, the Middle Ages, and English/Journalism and Communication Moderator and Adviser: the Reversal of Race Roles Women in Higher Education as Depicted Sandhya Shetty in the Film “Mona Lisa Smile” MUB, Room 237 Elizabeth Barker Julia Maldonado English Teaching and Political Science Feminism in Action: Women’s Communication Women and Hostile Work Environments: A Nigerian Spring: How to Make the Niger Studies Internships Delta B(l)oom, Again Representations of Sexual Harassment in Moderator: Faina Bukher North Country Sarah Fenerty English/Journalism Jonathan DiTroia MUB, Room 207 Emerging from the Dreamscape: Interior International Business and Economics Lives, Exterior Realities in Nuruddin Adviser: Faina Bukher From Classroom to Cyberspace: Farah’s Maps Jenna Dion Informational and Relational Andrew Flood Women’s Studies Processes in Education and Sociology Adviser: Faina Bukher Communication Transforming Characters in Nuruddin Farah’s Maps Lauren Garza Moderator: Sheila McNamee Sociology and Women’s Studies Curtis Hines Adviser: Faina Bukher Kendra Mack English Communication Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Politics of Oil Viral Visualizations: Online Infographics in Nigeria as Reflections of the Internet’s Informational Landscape Adviser: Josh Lauer

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PARENTS ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM—ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION A, CONTINUED

Kelly Martin MUB, Room 330 Adam Harr Communication and Psychology International Affairs and Linguistics Kevin New International Affairs: Business Motivations and Changes in French Hollie Roma and Economics Language Planning Communication Adviser: Molly Wallace Relational Processes in Education Moderator: Biniam Iyob Colin Kelley Adviser: Sheila McNamee Benjamin Frehner International Affairs and Business International Affairs and Business Administration MUB, Room 340 Administration Revitalization: Breton Stages a Comeback German Employee Benefits and Their Adviser: Molly Wallace Global Governance and Effect on Corporate Culture the Changing Dynamics of Adviser: Molly Wallace Alex Miller International Affairs and Political Science International Organizations David Houle Linguistic Divisions and Partisanship in Moderator: Allison LeTourneau International Affairs and Psychology Belgium Unemployment in Spain: Analyzing the Adviser: Molly Wallace Kayleigh Mitchell Job Market for Youth and the General Political Science and Spanish Population Brendan Sheehan United States Power in the United Nations: Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and Political Science Can Palestine Achieve Full Membership The End of the ETA and the Rise of the Status Adrienne Messe Bildu? Adviser: Alynna Lyon International Affairs and Anthropology Adviser: Molly Wallace Marketing Research of Chinese Alexander Parkes Consumerism Athina Simolaris Political Science and Justice Studies Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and Spanish Executive Leadership in the Kádár Regime A Nation Divided: Basque Nationalism of Communist Hungary Samantha Thayer and Resistance Towards a Unified Spanish Adviser: Mary Malone International Affairs and Economics State Welfare Expenditures and Global Competi- Adviser: Molly Wallace Katherine Pavone tion as Reflected in the French Government International Affairs and History and Economy MUB, Room 334 International Justice?: The United States Adviser: Molly Wallace and the International Criminal Court International Affairs: Moving Adviser: Alynna Lyon Mark Thorne International Affairs and Russian Across Borders: Immigration, Laura Roach Monetary Intervention: The Currency Trafficking, and Study Abroad Economics We Value The Ethnic and Economic Incentives to Adviser: Molly Wallace Moderator: Tom Haines Participate in a Terrorist Organization Justin Fairbanks Adviser: Alynna Lyon MUB, Room 332 International Affairs and Anthropology Kelley Stenberg Who Can Be a Spaniard? The Effects of Political Science International Affairs: Language, Spanish Policies on the Discrimination UN Peacekeeping in the Democratic Regionalism, and Separatism of Ethnic Minorities Republic of Congo Adviser: Molly Wallace Moderator: Jessica Robles Adviser: Alynna Lyon Denise Fonseca Elizabeth Gottsegen Gregory Wilson International Affairs and Communication International Affairs and Psychology History The Effects of Prostitution Policy on The Power of Language: Linguistic Effects Global Governance and Environmental Human Trafficking in Italy on Social Tension Throughout the Regions Issues: The Responsibility of the Developed Adviser: Molly Wallace of Spain World Adviser: Molly Wallace Emilie Hall Adviser: Alynna Lyon International Affairs and Spanish Costa Rica: An Emigration Anomaly Adviser: Molly Wallace

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Gwynneth Heaps Erin Powell MUB, Strafford Room International Affairs and Finance International Affairs and German Great Migrations: The Effects of Identity and Nationalist Politics in Studies in Spanish Syntax 1 Immigration on the Italian Economy Post-World War II Austria and Government Regulations Adviser: Molly Wallace Moderator and Adviser: John Chaston Adviser: Molly Wallace Eranis Vizcaino Kate Brock Jiyoung Kwak International Affairs and Spanish Spanish International Affairs and Sociology Ineffective Protests Distinguishing que, el que, el cual in Why South Korean Students Study in Adviser: Molly Wallace Spanish Language Print Media the United States Ann Emmerling Adviser: Molly Wallace MUB, Room 203 Spanish Give me an A: Looking at UNH Students’ Katty Medina Philosophy and Methods International Affairs and Business Understanding of the Spanish Personal a Research in Outdoor Education Administration Sean Farley Hispanic Business Professionals in 21st Moderator and Adviser: Brent Bell Spanish Century Spain Article and Noun Agreement in Spanish: Adviser: Molly Wallace Renee Bernier A Minor or Major Detail? Outdoor Education and Social Work MUB, Room 336 Experiential Education Philosophy: Alyssa Freedman Intrinsic Moral Values Psychology and Spanish International Affairs: Politics Passive se and ser in Three Spanish Renee Bernier and Protest Language Magazines: Usages and Styles Outdoor Education and Social Work Compared Moderator: Molly Wallace Outdoor Orientation Programs: What Happens Next? Marilyn Goscinski Kendall Clark Spanish International Affairs and Sociology Benjamin Chase The Spanish Preterite and Present Perfect The Practice of Populism in Argentina: English Teaching in Spain and Cuba: Usages Compared A Comprehensive Study of Twentieth Experiential Education Philosophy: Century Argentinean Political Leaders The Traditional School Revised Hilary Miller Adviser: Molly Wallace Chemistry and Spanish Natalie Fortier Regional Variation in the Occurrence of Thomas Dolzall Outdoor Education Spanish loísmo, leísmo, and laísmo International Affairs and History and Experiential Education Philosophy: The Role of Risk Russian MUB, Room 321 Faltering Hegemony: United Russia and Yojin Higashibaba Party Pluralism in Putin’s Russia Outdoor Education The Rise of China: War and Adviser: Molly Wallace Experiential Education Philosophy: Exports The Search for Higher Truth Zachary Field Moderator: Michael Cole International Affairs and Sociology Thomas Weaver Italian Civic Participation: A Community Outdoor Education Patricia Donahoe Phenomenon Wilderness Medical Training Requirements International Affairs and Political Science Adviser: Molly Wallace for Outdoor Orientation Programs China’s Changing Outlook: Understanding China’s Arms Export Policy Chelsea Moyer Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Affairs and Political Science Social Movements and Political Change in Duncan Fleming Morocco Political Science Advisers: Jeannie Sowers, Molly Wallace The Sino-Soviet Split Adviser: Lawrence Reardon

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PARENTS ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM—ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION A, CONTINUED

Patrick McManus John Bucci (research scientist) Political Science Parents Association Denise Jurczyszak International Influence on China’s Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Economic Reform Undergraduate Research Biology Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Symposium Mitochondrial DNA and Real Time PCR to Detect Fecal Sources in Surface Water MUB, Room 338 Poster Presentations, Adviser: William McDowell, Inga Sidor War and Change in International Kimberly Buchwald Session A Psychology Politics Peer Influence on Adolescent Substance Friday, April 27 Moderator: Chris Buckman Use 9:30–10:40 a.m. Adviser: Ellen Cohn Matthew Dennehy Memorial Union Building Political Science Granite State Room Rebecca Butz Democracies and War Candace Stohl Lisa Armstrong Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Psychology Christina Polito Effects of Interpersonal Trauma Across the David Lefkin Nursing Lifespan on Physical and Mental Health: A Political Science Two Cultures of Caring: A Comparative Study of College Women The UN and Syria: Responding to Study of Nurses’ Perceptions and Adviser: Katie Edwards Oppression Experiences of Caring for People Within Adviser: Lawrence Reardon a Hospice Context in the United Kingdom Daniel Buzzell and the United States Lauren Flanagan Christopher Lynch Adviser: Carol Williams-Barnard Connor Meiselman Political Science Stephanie Tee Arab Spring Heather Balch Kinesiology Psychology Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Mackenzie Fraser Correlates of Authenticity Doubts Kinesiology and Management Stephanie Weiner Adviser: Edward Lemay International Affairs and Political Science Patterns in Athletic Director Development Malvinas Miscalculation: The Argentine Diana Bartash Adviser: Heather Barber Stephanie Hemway Invasion Error Amanda Cavanaugh Nursing Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Zoology Perceptions of Reasons for Tobacco Use Traveling Salesperson Problem in Pigeons Among College Students Adviser: Brett Gibson Advisers: Susan Fetzer, Carol Williams-Barnard Andrew Clark Rachel Fredette Madeline Bishop Animal Science: Pre-veterinary Medicine International Affairs and Anthropology Ovarian Mapping: Tracking the Authenticity and Identity-making: Recruitment, Growth, and Regression of Capoeira in Boston and New York Ovarian Follicles in Dairy Cattle Adviser: Meghan Howey Adviser: David Townson Andrew Blake Margaret Donovan Neuroscience and Behavior Nutrition Benjamin Wormwood (graduate student) A Correlative Study of Perceived Stress The Effects of Subiculum on Pre-frontal and Emotional Support with Weight Gain Cortex in Spatial Memory Tasks in College Students: Expanding the Young Adviser: Robert Mair Adults Eating and Active for Health Project Advisers: Kendra Kattleman (South Dakota University), Jesse Morrell

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Natalie Gatlin Kristen Manning Caroline Wuest Occupational Therapy Nursing Biology Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Goal-di- A Community Approach: Improving the Developing the Technique for Genetic rected Intervention on the Social Interac- Health and Wellness of People with Engineering of the Red Alga Porphyra tion of Youth with Neurodevelopmental Intellectual Disabilities Adviser: Subhash Minocha Disabilities Adviser: Joan Hahn Adviser: Lou Ann Griswold Amy Wuorio Erin McKeon Nursing Katrina Heisler Nursing Adolescent Perceptions on Teenage Danielle Van Eron Nurses’ Experiences of Providing Prenatal Pregnancy in an Urban New England Nursing Care to Immigrant Women School Setting A Descriptive Study of Undergraduate Adviser: Carolyn Tobin Advisers: Pamela Dinapoli, Gene Harkless Contraceptive Attitudes Among Students at the University of New Hampshire Erin Parnell Julia Zamarchi Adviser: Joyce Cappiello Nursing Health Management and Policy Midwives’ Experiences of Providing Asthma Among Older Adults in NH: How Jessica Hinkley Women-centered Care to Low-risk Women They Manage and Control Their Condition Liana Newcombe Adviser: Carolyn Tobin Advisers: Semra Aytur, Rosemary Caron Nursing Allison Pendergast Understanding the Experience of Weight MUB, Granite State Room Gain and Body Image During Adolescent Psychology and Justice Studies Pregnancy Come Around to My Point of View: The Social Work: Extraordinary Adviser: Carolyn Tobin Effect of Loaded and Legal Language on Mock Jury Decisions Experiences! Rebecca Keyes Adviser: Ellen Cohn Senior social work students complete Nursing internships in a variety of agencies Helping Babies Breathe: Testing Its Rose Stanzione Nutrition that address social justice issues Implementation in Rural Uganda or work with people in need of Adviser: Gene Harkless Food System Indicators in Selected Towns in New Hampshire assistance. Examples include agencies Calla Lachance Adviser: Joanne Burke focused on health care, education, Communication Sciences and Disorders adoption, corrections, unemploy- Identifying Early Markers in Autism Briana Terrill ment, homelessness, and refugee Adviser: Rae Sonnenmeier Nursing assimilation to U. S. culture. This Identifying Gaps in Perceived Ability: year approximately 20,000 internship Riley Laramore Promoting Exercise in Young Adults with hours will supplement students’ Michelle Maher Disabilities classroom learning and promote Caitlin Pascoe Advisers: Pamela Dinapoli, the University’s commitment to Jessica Skalinski Carol Williams-Barnard community engagement. Their Nutrition posters reflect the variety, complexity, Sarah Vlachos Seeing Stars and contributions they have made to Nursing Advisers: Gale Carey, Jesse Morrell these agencies. Nurse Satisfaction in Caring for Elders Stacey MacKinnon Adviser: Joan Hahn Moderators: Gretchen Bean, Kinesiology Martha Orttman Collegiate Recruiting William Whipple Adviser: Heather Barber Neuroscience and Behavior Stephanie Brown The Traveling Salesman Problem in Rats Social Work Richard Madol Adviser: Brett Gibson The Importance of Illness Management Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Recovery (IMR) in the Mental Health Biology Lindsey Wright Community Healthy Homes Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Adviser: Gretchen Bean Adviser: Semra Aytur Do Forest Edges Mediate Community Invasibility in Pastures? Sarah Carroll Adviser: Richard Smith Social Work Helping Seniors Remain in their Homes: The Social Worker’s Role Adviser: Gretchen Bean

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PARENTS ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM—POSTER PRESENTATIONS: SESSION A, CONTINUED

Megan Coughlin Elise Perron Social Work Parents Association Christopher Sawyer Healthy Teen Relationships: What Every Patrick Toomey Provider Should Know Undergraduate Research Communication Adviser: Gretchen Bean Comm-entary: Production, Design and Symposium Fundraising Kaitlin Couture Adviser: Melissa Deem Social Work and Justice Studies Oral Presentations, Session B The Realities of Human Trafficking Adviser: Gretchen Bean Friday, April 27 MUB, Room 340 10:50 a.m.–Noon Bryan Haak Contemporary Debates in Latin Memorial Union Building Social Work American Politics Youth Taking Charge: Youth Advocacy Adviser: Gretchen Bean MUB, Rockingham Lounge Moderators: José Carrasquillo, Mary Malone Katherine Hall Comm-entary: Danielle Baker Social Work The Undergraduate Journal Informed Consent: The Effects of State Psychology and Justice Studies Mandated Laws on Abortion Counseling of Communication Migrant Workers in Costa Rica: Why Is Adviser: Gretchen Bean 10:50 a.m.–2:50 p.m. There So Much Controversy? Adviser: Mary Malone Kaitlyn Noble Moderator: Melissa Deem Social Work Maria Carrasquillo Solution-based Casework: Utilizing the Alexander Bourne Political Science and Justice Studies Strengths Perspective in Child Protective Communication Migrating South Instead of North: Services Danielle Olean Examining Immigration Trends in Central Adviser: Gretchen Bean Communication America Comm-entary: Community Outreach Adviser: Mary Malone Jessica Picone Adviser: Melissa Deem Social Work Keper Connell Overcoming Health Care Barriers for Mary Callaghan International Affairs and Spanish Illegal Immigrants Yu-Chu Cheng Can an Army of Teachers Replace an Army Adviser: Gretchen Bean Communication of Soldiers? Evidence from Costa Rica Kelly Martin Adviser: Mary Malone Communication and Psychology Comm-entary: Manuscript Reviewing Kyle Murphy Adviser: Melissa Deem Political Science and History The Pink Tide: Where Did It Come From, Claire Cole and Where Is It Going? Hilary Juntwait Adviser: Mary Malone Jaime Sheppard Communication MUB, Room 203 Comm-entary: Forum Adviser: Melissa Deem Effects of Mass Media Elizabeth Griffith Campaigns Communication and Women’s Studies Moderator and Adviser: Ruth McBain Mark Hungerford Julia Pelczarski Communication Andrew Cardello Comm-entary: Social Media and Publicity Management Adviser: Melissa Deem ExxonMobil Natural Gas Commercial

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Camilla Cooper Samantha Woods Jesse Childs Communication and Political Science Anthropology Political Science Gender Representation in the Media: The Curating Historic Documents: Economic Inequality: How States Pursue Outcomes of Living in a Patriarchal Society Collaborations with Wampanoag Elders Economic Prosperity in the International Adviser: Siobhan Senier Community Jessica Kierstead Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Communication and Political Science Every Woman Has an Inner Goddess: MUB, Room 302 Patricia Donahoe Analyzing Jennifer Lopez’s Razor Ethnic Studies: Postcolonial International Affairs and Political Science Commercial Problem Revisited: Understanding China’s Fiction: Salman Rushdie and Arms Export Policy Lindsay Lemieux Beyond Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Communication What is Beautiful? The Counter-narrative Moderator: Sandhya Shetty Alex Miller to Dove Commercials International Affairs and Political Science Kelsey Brandon Attaining Independence: Moving Toward Katherine Maxwell English Renewable Energy Communication The Voice of the Colonized: Salman Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Rap’s Finest Confronts Commander Rushdie’s Literary Empire in Chief Adviser: Sandhya Shetty MUB, Room 207 Emily Bryant MUB, Room 304 Equine Studies Honors Projects in Ethnic Studies: Digitizing Native Following Haroun: An Analysis of Salman Communication Rushdie’s Great ‘Children’s Novel’ American Literature Adviser: Sandhya Shetty Moderator: Danielle Pillet-Shore

Moderator: Siobhan Senier Daniel Healy Paige Clairmont Communication Ana Caguiat English Teaching Teaching Dual Market Economic Taboo Talk and Social Relationships English Adviser: Danielle Pillet-Shore Indigenous New England: Why a Digital Theories Through Literature Archive? Adviser: Reginald Wilburn Danielle Flynn Adviser: Siobhan Senier Peter Kispert Communication The Socioeconomic Impact of Dams in Michelle Hahnl English Communication and Tribal Culture in Developing Communities in Belize English Adviser: Danielle Pillet-Shore Tradition and Christianity in a Mahasweta Devi’s Pterodactyl Narragansett Hymn Adviser: Sandhya Shetty Kendra Mack Adviser: Siobhan Senier Ann Schofield Communication English Code as Sword: How the Concept of Peter Kispert Information Warfare Fabricates Digital English The Mahavidyas: Shakti, or Feminine Energy in Hinduism Heroes, Adversaries, and Victims Indigenous Women in the Native Novel Adviser: Joshua Meyrowitz Adviser: Siobhan Senier Adviser: Sandhya Shetty Kelly Martin Maureen McAuliffe MUB, Room 321 Communication and Psychology Anthropology The Student-consumer: Implications of Indigenous Aesthetics and Ethics in From Surviving to Thriving: a Metaphor on Higher Education Navajo Poetry The Role of International Trade Adviser: Sheila McNamee Advisers: Meghan Howey, Siobhan Senier Moderator: Alvina Snegach Siobhan Smith English Jennifer Ballentine Mapping Native Space in Maine Political Science Adviser: Siobhan Senier U.S.-Latin American Conflict Adviser: Lawrence Reardon

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PARENTS ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM—ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION B, CONTINUED

MUB, Room 330 Amelia Marden Theresa Lewis International Affairs and English International Affairs and Political Science International Affairs: Economics, Teaching Wasting Conservation: Solid Waste and Culture, and Development Educational Inequality for Students of Water Management in Costa Rica North African Immigrant Origin in France Adviser: Molly Wallace Moderator: Gregg Orifici Adviser: Molly Wallace Christopher Semaan Nicolas Farr Teagan Morin International Affairs and Political Science International Affairs and Political Science International Affairs and Theatre China: Why Environmental Legislation is How Mega Sporting Event Preparations are and Dance Ineffective at Mitigating Pollution Affecting Development in Rio de Janeiro Integration within Parisian Education Adviser: Molly Wallace Adviser: Molly Wallace Adviser: Molly Wallace

Zander Fogg Michael Vidal MUB, Room 336 International Affairs and Environmental International Affairs and Psychology International Affairs: Identity and Resource Economics Ethnicity and Education in Ghana Tourism and Authentic Culture in France Adviser: Molly Wallace and Culture—Implications for Adviser: Molly Wallace Health, Politics, and Economics Marissa Lucas MUB, Room 334 Moderator: Richard Parks International Affairs and Communication International Affairs: Cultural Factors Shaping Spain’s Economic Michelle Estee Stagnation Environmental Policies and International Affairs and French Adviser: Molly Wallace Impacts The Effects of Globalization on French Health and Gastronomy Stephanie E. Morris Moderator: Jennifer Purrenhage Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and Russian No Country for Old Men: Russia’s Male Madeline Bishop Tess Milliken Demographic Crisis International Affairs and Anthropology International Affairs and Sociology Adviser: Molly Wallace Climate Change, Cosmology, and Cultural Gender Inequality in Spain and How it Resilience: An Andean Case Study Affects the Emotional Health of Spanish Tawny Saez Adviser: Molly Wallace Mothers with Careers International Affairs and Anthropology Adviser: Molly Wallace Community-based Tourism in the Peter Calhoun Brazilian Amazon: Anã Case Study, International Affairs and Civil Carleen Rickarby Balancing Development and Conservation Engineering International Affairs and Art Studio Adviser: Molly Wallace Examining the Structure of Relationships A Shift in Culture: Contemporary Art between Transnational Corporations, in France Governments, and Environmental Policy: Adviser: Molly Wallace MUB, Room 332 The Case of Texaco in the Ecuadorian Eva Skewes International Affairs: Education, Amazon Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and History Inequality, and Integration Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité: French Ryan Greenwood Identity and the Construction of National Moderator: Claire Malarte-Feldman International Affairs History Mikaela Buchinski Rose-colored Water: Why the Jordanian Adviser: Molly Wallace Government is Not Addressing Dangerous International Affairs and Political Science Basil Thomson Education in Shanghai and Its Effect on Levels of Radium in the Disi Aquifer Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and Spanish Income Inequality Constructing Identity in Buenos Aires: Adviser: Molly Wallace Soccer’s Violent Barra Brava Kaci Greatorex Adviser: Molly Wallace International Affairs and Anthropology The Battle for Education Reform in Chile Adviser: Molly Wallace

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MUB, Room 338 MUB, Room 237 MUB, Room 233 International Affairs: Policies in Multidisciplinary Session 1: State Formation and Survival in International and Comparative Research Topics in Kinesiology, the Anarchic World Perspective Health Management, and Moderator: Victoria Adewumi Exercise Science Moderator: Benjamin Cole Andrew Coukos Desiree Carron Moderator: Patricia Craig, Political Science International Affairs and Civil Dain LaRoche Establishing Southern Sudan: Religion, Ethnicity, and Nation-building Engineering Camilla Brett Adviser: Lawrence Reardon A Comparative Study of Public Transpor- Melissa Powers tation Systems in Germany and the United Kinesiology and Physical Education James Lennon States Researching the Lived Experiences of Political Science Adviser: Molly Wallace Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities The Necessity of Colonization: A Defense Conor Hughes on a College Campus of the Undefendable International Affairs and Political Science Adviser: Michelle Grenier Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Heartache and Abduction: Catherine Lafferty Patrick Marvin Japan vs. the World Health Management and Policy Political Science and Justice Studies Adviser: Molly Wallace Jessica Ulrich (graduate student) A Grand Strategic Vision for the Matthew Jones Addressing Persistent Public Health Issues 21st Century International Affairs and Communication via Academic Community Partnerships Adviser: Lionel Ingram Advisers: Rosemary Caron Brazil and the United States: Entertain- Brian O’Connor ment Law and the Creative Process Christopher Logan Political Science Adviser: Molly Wallace Kinesiology Seeking Democracy Under Untenable Sean Waters Lower-extremity Forces Influence the Circumstances: The Case of Kurdistan International Affairs and French Energy Cost of Walking Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Genetically Modified Organisms: Policies Adviser: Dain LaRoche on Labeling in the United States and the Paige Ricci MUB, Strafford Room European Union Health Management and Policy Adviser: Molly Wallace Studies in Spanish Syntax 2 The Pregnancy Project: Impact of Kelly Whittier Ultrasound Use During Pregnancy Care Moderator: John Chaston International Affairs and Health Adviser: Robert McGrath Andrew Becker Management and Policy Samantha Scarneo International and Development Aid Influx into Madagascar: The Damage Kinesiology Economics and Spanish of the U.S. Sanctions Effect Physiological Effects of Acute Bouts of What’s His Style? A Spanish Narrative Adviser: Molly Wallace Aquatic and Land Based Sprinting Analysis of Past Reference Verb Usage in Adviser: Summer Cook The Patagonian Express Adviser: John Chaston Charlotte Slate Exercise Science Kayleigh Mitchell Static Balance Testing Predicts Gait Political Science and Spanish Performance in Middle-aged and Older Se what?! Identification and Analysis of the Women Most Common Uses of Spanish se Adviser: Dain LaRoche Adviser: John Chaston

Laura Simard Spanish Se Usage and Meaning in Laforet’s El Aguinaldo Adviser: John Chaston

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PARENTS ASSOCIATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM—ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION B, CONTINUED

Emily Spicer Samantha Bouvier Nicholas Dowhaniuk Spanish Kasey Lynch Geography Identifying Meaning Within Imperfect and Psychology Monitoring Forest Loss and Population Preterite Usage in Spanish Narrative Kathryn Boyle-Steed Growth in a Biodiversity Hotspot of Africa Adviser: John Chaston Psychology and Women’s Studies Adviser: Joel Hartter Abby Zelenka Saige Jutras Benjamin Duckless Spanish Psychology and Justice Studies Biology Don’t Know What to se? An In-depth Look Intimate Partner Violence: The Influence of Cytoskeletal Stress Filaments at the Passive ser and Passive se Usage and Relationship Between Stages of Leaving on Cell Death in Human Cervical Style in Literary Texts and Personal, Relational, and Social Carcinoma Adviser: John Chaston Factors Adviser: David Townson Advisers: Kristiana Dixon, Katie Edwards Michele Forrestall Kathryn Boyle-Steed Geology Parents Association Psychology and Women’s Studies Aftershock Patterns of Oceanic Intraplate Annie Crossman Strike Slip Earthquakes and Implications Undergraduate Research Ryan Hebert for Anomalous Aftershock Behavior of Symposium Arianna Schaaff Oceanic Transform Fault Earthquakes Psychology Adviser: Margaret Boettcher Support or No Support? Questioning Poster Presentations, Community Support Given to LGBT Valerie Gauthier Session B College Students Experiencing Intimate Jordan Strand Partner Violence Psychology and Justice Studies Friday, April 27 Advisers: Katie Edwards, Amanda Mead 10:50 a.m.–Noon Kateryna Sylaska Psychology Memorial Union Building Pressure to be Perfect: Relational and Bradley Chamberlain Granite State Room Societal Contributors to College Women’s Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Elizabeth Adejuyigbe Biology Eating Behaviors Health Management and Policy Are Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) Adviser: Katie Edwards Do Neighborhood Characteristics Influence Present in Skeletal Muscle of the Spiny the Existence of Asthma in Children? Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias? Jeffrey Hodgdon Adviser: Robert McGrath Adviser: Paul Tsang Music Kinds of Online Social Support for Cancer Gianelle Avola Jessica Child Patients and Caregivers Jennifer Lyon Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Adviser: Ellen Cohn Nursing Biology Understanding Caregiver Factors The Effects of Environmental Enrichment Matthew Marquis Influencing Childhood Influenza on Attention in Rats Biology Vaccinations Adviser: Jill McGaughy Production of Barnacle Cement in Plants Adviser: Subhash Minocha Adviser: Pamela Dinapoli Mackenzie Colburn Michaela Barhite Sociology and Justice Studies Kayla O’Meara Nutrition Gendered Glass Ceilings in American French Do Environmental Chemicals Predict Law Firms L’écrivain en Souffrance: Henry Miller à Weight Gain in College-aged Females? Adviser: Rebecca Glauber Dijon Adviser: Nadine Berenguier Adviser: Gale Carey Matthew Cotton Catherine Bousquet Elora Demers Hannah Paroline Psychology and Justice Studies Kendall Milkey Chemistry The Effects of Different Types of Evidence Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Amide N-Oxides: Potential Oxygen Atom on Jury Decisions Biology Transfer Agents? Adviser: Ellen Cohn Megan Thompson (graduate student) Adviser: Arthur Greenberg A Screen to Identify Mutants with a Sodium-induced Root Skewing Phenotype Adviser: Estelle Hrabak

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Corey Peden Katherine Wooten Social Work: Extraordinary Nursing Neuroscience and Behavior Experiences! An Investigative Study of Nurses’ Attitudes Are Female Rats Prone to the Same Towards Death and The Relation to Coping Stress-induced Memory Deficits as Male Moderators: Gretchen Bean, Strategies After Patient Death Rats in a Visible Platform Task in the Martha Ortmann Advisers: Gerard Tobin, Morris Water Maze? Carol Williams-Barnard Adviser: Robert Drugan Elyssa Arriel Social Work Easing the Challenges of Aging: Benefits of Jordan Perry English 602 Advanced Rachel Trainque Continuous Care Retirement Communities Psychology Professional and Technical Adviser: Martha Ortmann Helping Behavior in Situations at Risk for Writing Posters Sexual Violence: Does Friends’ Approval Rebecca Bergman Matter? Moderator and Adviser: Social Work Adviser: Victoria Banyard Christy Beemer The Refugee Experience: Overseas Processing Alli Puchlopek Nicole Avedikian Adviser: Martha Ortmann Sociology International Business and Economics UNH Students’ Attitudes Toward and Marketing Sarah Cowart Social Work Bisexuality Nicholas Brown Adviser: Rebecca Glauber Exploring the Impacts of I Am Moving, Communication I Am Learning Amanda Regis Caitlin Cassella Adviser: Martha Ortmann Sociology English The Motherhood Earnings Penalty: A Study Stacey Hoang of Inequity Between Daycare Providers Kristen DeCandia Social Work and Elementary School Teachers Sport Studies The Waysmeet Center: A Model of Adviser: Rebecca Glauber Inclusiveness Bronwyn Field Adviser: Martha Ortmann Branden Singh English Psychology Jocelyn Jenkins Independent Voters: Changing Role Brian Gingras Social Work 1960–2004 Political Science and English Social Skills Group for Children on the Adviser: John Resch Autism Spectrum Alexander Hatch Adviser: Martha Ortmann Erika Swanson English Literature and Management Integrated Applied Mathematics Carla Joseph Jared Hay Social Work Chlorine Corrosion in a Biomass Boiler Communication Adviser: Stephen Wineberg Hand in Hand: A Collaborative Approach Connor Meiselman to Medical Transportation Christine Turner Kinesiology Advisers: Martha Ortmann Political Science and Spanish The Students’ Vote James Parolisi Lynn Mooney Adviser: Dante Scala English/Journalism Social Work 21st Century Center: Impact on Youth Alison Wirshing Dustin Swanson Adviser: Martha Ortmann Biology Biomedical Science Genetic Engineering of Dunaliella Species Eleanor Wilson to Improve Use in Biofuel Production Chloe Swift Social Work Advisers: Leland Jahnke, Undeclared Barriers to Education for Homeless Youth Subhash Minocha Adviser: Martha Ortmann

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Molly McKeown Rachel Carter Parents Association Communication English and Classics Storytelling and the Embodied Patrick Downs Undergraduate Research Organization of Participation Matthew Laurion Symposium Adviser: Mardi Kidwell Adam Spear Allison Zorawowicz MUB, Theatre I English Oral Presentations, Session C Andrew Gilbert Dramatic Innovations: Original Friday, April 27 English/Journalism 1:40–2:50 p.m. Dramas Inspired by Medieval Peter Rizzo Memorial Union Building Literature English and Philosophy Dramatic Innovations: Original Dramas Moderator and Adviser: Inspired by Medieval Literature MUB, Room 237 Cord Whitaker (Lords & Ladies) An Art Historical Take on Cinema John Aquino Derek Byron MUB, Room 302 Moderator: Patricia Emison Kelli Cacciotti Exploring Research in Sociology Catherine Armstrong Brianna Cameron Art History Martha Kobus Moderators: Rebecca Glauber, An Art Historian Looks at Film: Michael English Tom Safford Fried and His Mentors Mark McGwin Adviser: Patricia Emison Communication Amber Carlson Sholanna Pemberton Sociology and Justice Studies Maisea Bailey English Teaching Neighborhood Disadvantage and Student’s Art History Perception of Health: An Analysis of Oliver Thomas Post-war Politics and Film: A Brief Look the Current and Prior Health of College English/Journalism at Benjamin, Malraux, and Bazin Students Once Moving to College Dramatic Innovations: Original Dramas Adviser: Patricia Emison Adviser: Rebecca Glauber Inspired by Medieval Literature Sarah Zankowski (The Wild Men) Heather Dean Art History International Affairs and Sociology and Kai Beaton The Director as Artist Justice Studies English and German Adviser: Patricia Emison Suicide Survivors: A Comparative Analysis Nicholas Davies of Reactions to Suicide in China and the English and Business Administration MUB, Room 233 United States Tristen Krakie Adviser: James Tucker English and Spanish Communication and the Body Zachary Field Holly Linseman International Affairs and Sociology Moderator: Mardi Kidwell Anthropology Media Perceptions and Public Affairs Christina Forte Kaitlyn Shouse Apathy in the Politically Inexperienced: Communication English Teaching A Replication Face, Gaze, and Laughter in Interaction Brian Ward Adviser: Karen Vangundy Adviser: Mardi Kidwell English/Journalism Dramatic Innovations: Original Dramas Makenzie Keene Luke Franco Inspired by Medieval Literature (Chaucer’s Sociology Communication Knights) The Effect of Working for Pay During the Validating Claims: How We Negotiate School Year on Educational Achievement Winning a Game Adviser: Rebecca Glauber Adviser: Mardi Kidwell Halie Olszowy Peter Geyer Sociology Communication The Idea of Necessity: Shopping Trends Joint Attention in an Episode of Beer among College Students Making Adviser: Catherine Moran Adviser: Mardi Kidwell

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Alexandru Panait Ashley Morse MUB, Room 336 Sociology Russian and German The Influence of Politics, Religious Nastasia Kairova and Dmitry Karamazov: Multidisciplinary Session 4: Attendance, and Education on Carnality, Crimes of Passion, and Research Topics in Geography, Volunteering Rates Compassionate Acquittals in Dostoevsky’s Adviser: Lawrence Hamilton Writings Psychology, Philosophy and Adviser: Ronald LeBlanc Political Science

MUB, Room 321 Kayla O’Meara Moderator: Dovev Leung-Levine French Issues in Anthropology William Altenburg L’écrivain en Souffrance: Henry Miller à Philosophy Dijon Moderator: Meghan Howey Thermodynamic Dissapative Systems: Adviser: Nadine Berenguier Megan Barry the Link Between Physics, Biology, and Anthropology Philosophy MUB, Room 332 Sustainability and the Humanities Adviser: Willem De Vries Adviser: Siobhan Senier Multidisciplinary Session 3: Paul Goodwin John DeGennaro Research Topics in Earth Geography Anthropology Science, Biology, and Chemical Gaying Ogunquit Adviser: Blake Gumprecht Confederate in Belize: An Archeological Engineering and Ethnohistoic Investigation of Colonial Andrew Kitt Artifacts at the McRae-Stallworth Site Moderator: Xiaowei Teng Rachel Shanahan Near Saturday Creek Linnea Simm Peter Abdu Adviser: Eleanor Harrison-Buck Psychology Wildlife and Conservation Biology Sasha Thalheimer Size Analysis and Development of Female Alexander Sakovits Anthropology and Russian Bluefin Tuna Gonads in the Gulf of Mexico Neuroscience and Behavior Fiber Arts in the Early Soviet Period Adviser: William Howell Correlates of Local and Global Stereopsis Adviser: Ronald LeBlanc Adviser: William Stine Jenny Jing Biomedical Science Hannah Lawrence MUB, Room 334 Eating Disorders and Obesity: Two Sides of Political Science and Justice Studies Multidisciplinary Session 2: the Same Coin Rachael Plushner Adviser: Jennifer Esala Political Science Research Topics in the Classics Brittany Zorn Brian McConnell and Languages Psychology and Women’s Studies Seth Tremblay An Interrogation of Gender-neutral Spaces Moderator: Dennis Britton Chemical Engineering at UNH Floating Photobioreactors for Microalgae Michael D’Angelo Adviser: Mary Malone Growth Classics Adviser: Ihab Farag Eric Saindon Ovid the Vegetarian? Pythagoras’ Speech in Geography Metamorphoses 15.60–478 Emily Smith Is College the Answer? How Communities Adviser: Susan Curry Chemical Engineering Shape Decisions About College Enhancement of Bio-oil by Pervaporation Kelsey Liebenson-Morse Adviser: Benjamin Brown Adviser: Ihab Farag English Christine Warden Dante Gabriel Rossetti Cathleen Turner Philosophy and Political Science Adviser: Rebecca Karo Earth Sciences Actors in World Politics: Identity Understanding Organic Carbon Cycling in Adviser: Alynna Lyon the Great Bay: A Numerical Approach Adviser: Linda Kalnejais

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HONORS ENGLISH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, ORAL PRESENTATIONS: SESSION C, CONTINUED

MUB, Room 338 Samuel Rheaume Art Studio College of Health and Public Opinion: Exploratory 24 Hours and Beyond: Comparing Usage of Studies on Key Social Issues the Spanish Present Perfect and Preterite Human Services Grimes Adviser: John Chaston Moderator: Mark Hungerford Award Competition Chelsea Stickney Matthew Jones Spanish Friday, April 27 International Affairs and Communication Why Does the Subjunctive Follow el hecho 1:30–4 p.m. Public Opinion Study: Should the United de que in Spanish? Meaning and Style in Pettee Hall, Room G10 States Have a National Language? Oral and Written Production Adviser: Mark Hungerford Adviser: John Chaston Jack and Marianna Grimes and family, all UNH graduates, endowed Samantha Ramsdell the funds for this celebration of Communication excellence in undergraduate research. Public Opinion on Sexuality Education in The Naked Arts—­­ The oral presentation competition America includes finalists who have been Adviser: Mark Hungerford Creativity Exposed selected by CHHS faculty after rigorous scientific review of written Samantha Simpson Act III proposals. Information on partici- Communication pants will be available at this event. Public Opinion Research on Animal Friday, April 27 Medical Testing 12:15–1 p.m. Adviser: Mark Hungerford Memorial Union Building Strafford Room Psychology Department Christopher Walker Communication This event exposes the inner creative George M. Haslerud Are Video Games More Harmful or process of artists working in various Undergraduate Research Beneficial to Kids Today? disciplines. Presenters will describe Adviser: Mark Hungerford the process, research, and other Conference creative aspects undertaken to bring MUB, Room 340 an artistic creation from initial Friday, April 27 inspiration to the stage or gallery. 1:30–5 p.m. Studies in Spanish Syntax 3 This may include a performance or Murkland Hall, 115 excerpts from their work to illustrate Moderator: John Chaston their creative scholarship. The George M. Haslerud Undergrad- uate Research Conference, named Eliza Cope George Adams for the late Professor Emeritus of Spanish Music Psychology, recognizes and celebrates Spanish Mood Alternation in Temer, Sonority Hierarchy in Steve Reich’s “Come undergraduate research conducted Esperar, Entender, Sospechar, and Parecer: Out”: An Intersection of Language and by honors psychology students. Exaggerated or Real Music Students present their original re- Adviser: John Chaston Adviser: Maya Ravindranath search projects before an audience of UNH faculty, staff, graduate Emilie Hall Jessica Emerson International Affairs and Spanish students, fellow undergraduates, Theatre and Dance and friends and family. Student Usage of Prepositions in Spanish: Directing “Rabbit Hole,” a Play by David Considerations Far Beyond por and para Lindsay-Abaire Heather Balch Adviser: John Chaston Adviser: David Kaye Psychology Emily Koester Correlates of Authenticity Doubts Travis Pynenburg Adviser: Edward Lemay Spanish and Linguistics English Literature Subjunctive Adverbial Clauses: Es posible Training Wheels: The Roots of Fiction Sarah Bradshaw que We Need to Take Another Look Adviser: Thomas Payne Psychology Adviser: John Chaston A Rodent Model of the Ontogeny of Adolescent Attention: The Effects of Ritalin Adviser: Jill McGaughy

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Kevin Cannon Megan Katz Psychology Honors English English and Education When Reassurance Becomes Rejection: An The Language of Instruction: Using Experimental Exploration Into Excessive Undergraduate Research Language to Empower Urban Elementary Reassurance-seeking and Interpersonal School Students Rejection Conference Adviser: Thomas Newkirk Adviser: Edward Lemay Friday, April 27 Eliza Mackintosh Eva-Molly Dunbar 2–6 p.m. English/Journalism and Communication Psychology Hamilton Smith Hall A Digital Revolution: Journalism in Effectiveness of Eating Concerns Mentoring English Department Today’s Society Program Adviser: Thomas Haines Adviser: Victoria Banyard To complete Honors-in-English, students must conduct a semester- Renee Poisson Sarah Ransom long research project, culminating English Literature Psychology and Justice Studies in a 30–40 page senior thesis. The The Representation of Native Women in Attributions of Responsibility for Honors English Undergraduate Indigenous New England Literature Relational Aggression: Victim and Research Conference provides these Adviser: Siobhan Senier Perpetrator Reputation and Kind of students and students in the linguis- Reputation tics program with the opportunity Travis Pynenburg Adviser: Ellen Cohn to share their work with their fellow English Literature students, professors, and families. Being the Protagonist: Player-character Erin Sandler The presentations include poetry, Identification in Contemporary Interactive Classics and Psychology autobiographical writing, journalism, Narrative Religiosity, Identity, and Depression in and scholarship on literary texts from Adviser: Thomas Newkirk Late Adolescence: An Exploratory Study several different centuries. Adviser: Carolyn Mebert Nias Achorn Choe Shannon English Literature Philosophy Department Psychology Ernest Hemingway’s Treatment of Spain Undergraduate Research Perception, Rumination and Reaction: The in The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Role of Personality Variables in Predicting Bell Tolls Conference Workplace Behaviors Adviser: Sarah Sherman Advisers: Paul Harvey, Rebecca Warner Friday, April 27 Patrice Comeau Kristen Williams 4–8:30 p.m. English Teaching Murkland Hall, G17 Psychology and Justice Studies Consumerism as a Form of Death Denial I Can’t Because It’s Wrong: Adolescent in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby The Philosophy URC is a mosaic Moral Reasoning and Rule Violating and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman of concise and meaningful student Behavior Adviser: Sarah Sherman presentations, varying from such Adviser: Ellen Cohn philosophical topics as applied ethics, Jacqueline Cordell language theory, and social justice. English Literature and Linguistics Standard presentations predomi- The Individual Voice: The Expression of nantly last fifteen minutes and are Authority through Dialects, Idiolects, and subsequently followed by a brief Borrowed Terminology in Chaucer’s question-and-answer period. Canterbury Tales Adviser: Cord Whitaker William Altenburg Philosophy Joanne Deming Thermodynamic Dissapative Systems: English Literature the Link Between Physics, Biology, and The First and Final Poetry of Joanne Philosophy Deming Adviser: Willem De Vries Adviser: David Rivard

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PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Christopher Bruneau Philosophy Student Composers’ 21st Annual COLSA Ethical Intuitionism: From Ross to Audi Adviser: Paul McNamara Concert Undergraduate Research

Christopher Cogswell Friday, April 27 Conference Chemical Engineering and Philosophy 8 p.m. The Biological Basis of Moral Systems Paul Creative Arts Center Student presentations at the Annual Adviser: Willem De Vries Bratton Recital Hall COLSA URC are based on research conducted in any of the college’s Alicia Jacobs The UNH Student Composers’ departments. Research ranges from Philosophy Concert is an annual event that field studies to molecular biology to On the Benefits of Viewing Health Care features the music of undergraduate genomics studies. Registrants will as a Needs-claim and graduate students of the Music be notified by the COLSA URC Adviser: David Hiley Department. The music is newly commmittee if they are selected for Brianna Jean composed, and is almost exclusively an oral presentation. Philosophy and Mathematics & Statistics performed by fellow music students. The Cause of Emergent Supervenience Parker Callahan Oral Presentations Relations Music Composition Adviser: Willem De Vries Three Moods for the Piano Saturday, April 28 Taylor Levesque Adviser: Christopher Kies 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. Philosophy Holloway Commons Nathan Faro Piscataqua Room Defending Determinate Content Music Composition Adviser: Willem De Vries Gaslight Jacqueline Amante Tailer Ransom Adviser: Christopher Kies Environmental Sciences Quantifying Methane Ebullitive Flux from Philosophy and Psychology Brett Gallo Subarctic Ecosystems Zombies, Epiphenomenalism and the Music Composition Adviser: Ruth Varner A Posteriori Necessity of Phenomenal Sextet Consciousness Adviser: Ryan Vigil Benjamin Decato Adviser: Willem De Vries Computer Science Vincent LaMonica Gene Family Size and Expression Levels in Kevin Vansylyvong Music Education the Genus Vibrio Philosophy and History Irish Suite for Brass Quintet Advisers: Vaughn Cooper, Philip Hatcher Michel Foucault and the Confines of Adviser: Michael Annicchiarico Historical Methodology and Historical Ryan Finethy Meaning Molly Ann McCahan Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Adviser: David Hiley Music Composition and Ecogastronomy Biology A Thirsty Fish Quantitating Changes to Global Histone Christine Warden Adviser: Michael Annicchiarico Philosophy and Political Science Modification Patterns Following Stoic Minds: Psychological Findings and Zachary Onett Camptothecin Treatment the Stoic Philosophy Music Composition Adviser: Feixia Chu Adviser: Paul McNamara Karate Sara Gassman Adviser: Christopher Kies Justin Ykema Environmental Conservation Studies Philosophy Community Activism in the Gulf Coast Problem of Evil After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Adviser: Willem De Vries Adviser: Thomas Safford Alyssa Mixon Biology and Classics An Investigation of Zostera marina (Eel- grass) Resilience through Genetic Diversity Advisers: Jim Coyer, Anita Klein, Jeanine Olsen, Sarah Weigel

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Scott Morin Steven Bench Michael Cassella Biology Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Cloning cDNA of Gonadotropin-releasing Biology Biology Hormone (GnRH) Isoforms from Brains of Auxin and Cytokinin Crosstalk at the Level Kati Kluck Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata of Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Biology Advisers: David Berlinsky, Adviser: Dennis Mathews A Pilot Study of Genetic Resilience and Di- Wayne Decatur, Stacia Sower versity Among Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Kimberly Bixby Populations in the New England Coastal Gina Soule Scott Finnance Region Applied Animal Science Adrienne Morann Adviser: Anita Klein Effects of Kelp Meal on Performance and Cody White Structural Growth of Conventional and Neuroscience and Behavior Bradley Chamberlain Organic Dairy Calves Nocturnal Swimming Activity Patterns in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Adviser: Andre Brito Melibe leonina Influenced by Localized Biology Circadian Clock Proteins Are Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) William Wyman Adviser: Winsor Watson Present in Skeletal Muscle of the Spiny Biomedical Science Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias? Cell Staining Techniques for Quantifica- Kimberly Bixby Adviser: Paul Tsang tion of Actively Replicating S-phase Cells in Cody White Arabidopsis thaliana Neuroscience and Behavior Andrew Clark Adviser: Kevin Culligan Presence of a Light Sensitive Molecule, Rachel Fredette Cryptochrome, in the Ventral Nerve Cord Animal Science: Pre-veterinary Medicine of Lobsters, Homarus americanus Ovarian Mapping: Tracking the Recruit- Poster Presentations Adviser: Winsor Watson ment, Growth, and Regression of Ovarian Follicles in Dairy Cattle Stephanie Blevens Saturday, April 28 Adviser: David Townson 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Huddleston Hall Ballroom Biology Matthew Cotton Use of Comparative Genomics to Elora Demers Peter Abdu Determine Origin and Function of Introns Kendall Milkey Wildlife and Conservation Biology in Caenorhabdites Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Alexej Siren (graduate student) Adviser: John Collins Biology Standardizing a Non-invasive Survey John Bucci (research scientist) Megan Thompson (graduate student) Method to Estimate Population Density A Screen to Identify Mutants with a Denise Jurczyszak of American Martens in Northern New Sodium-induced Root Skewing Phenotype Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Hampshire Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Biology Adviser: Peter Pekins Mitochondrial DNA and Real Time PCR to Amanda Craig Behailu Aklilu (graduate student) Detect Fecal Sources in Surface Water Animal Science: Pre-veterinary Medicine Stacy Wong Adviser: William McDowell, Inga Sidor Rikki Miller (graduate student) Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Tyler Burks Developing Electrophysiological Procedures Biology Biology to Record Neuronal Response Properties The Role of Replication Protein A High or Low Antibody Responder Chickens from Thalamic Nuclei (RPA70C) in Response to Replication Have Differential Embryonic Bursal Gene Adviser: Brett Gibson Blocks in the Model Plant Arabidopsis Expression After Testosterone Exposure Miranda Cruz (graduate student) thaliana Adviser: Robert Taylor Adviser: Kevin Culligan John Doyle Emily Callahan Environmental Conservation Studies Michaela Barhite Neuroscience and Behavior Sustainability and the Oyster River Nutrition Tests for Number Discrimination in Clark’s Cooperative School District Do Environmental Chemicals Predict Nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) Adviser: Shelley Mitchell Weight Gain in College-aged Females? Adviser: Brett Gibson Adviser: Gale Carey

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21ST ANNUAL COLSA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Nicole D’Alessio Benjamin Duckless Kathryn Fox Environmental and Resource Economics Biology Plant Biology Donna Pohli Influence of Cytoskeletal Stress Filaments Petunia (Solanaceae) for the Flora of North Tourism Planning and Development on Cell Death in Human Cervical America The Discount Rate of the Rochester- Carcinoma Adviser: Janet Sullivan Durham Pipeline Project Adviser: David Townson Katherine Frazier Adviser: John Halstead Umija Durakovic Danica Goodheart Danielle D’Amore Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Applied Animal Science Biomedical Science Biology Comparing the Stress Marker Cortisol in Is there a Link Between Heterozygosity and Motility Mutants in Photorhabdus Pasture vs. Total Mixed Ration-fed Dairy Mobility, Size, or Sex in the Blue Mussel, temperata Cattle Mytilus edulis? An EPIC-PCR Approach Adviser: Louis Tisa Adviser: Thomas Foxall Adviser: Marian Litvaitis Whit Durant Mitchell Granoff Padraic Dayton Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Environmental and Resource Economics Biology Biology and Spanish The Effects of PDBEs on Lipid Accumula- Identification of Novel Proteins in Transla- Zander Fogg tion in Liver Tissue tional Complexes in Saccharomyces cere- International Affairs and Environmental Adviser: Gale Carey visiae via Analytical Ultracentrifugation and Resource Economics with the Fluorescence Detection System Sara Edquist (graduate student) Adviser: Clyde Denis Evan Girard John Marovelli Environmental and Resource Economics Zoology Taylor Hickman Feasibility of Productive Agricultural Christopher Wells (graduate student) Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Use of Fallow Public Land: Case Study in Biology Sinead Grabbert Economic and Human Development in the Epigenetic Regulation of Rett Syndrome Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology Seacoast Region in a Mouse Model Does an Invasive Intertidal Shore Crab Adviser: John Halstead Adviser: Feixia Chu Affect the Population Demography of Three Diego DelAlamo Intertidal Periwinkles? Marianne Hromis Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Adviser: Larry Harris Plant Biology Biology Alpine Flora of Valtallina and Val Hannah Eldred Assessment of Bacterial Endosymbiont Malenco, Central Italian Alps Biomedical Science Community Populations in Caulerpa Adviser: Janet Sullivan mexicana Using Quantitative PCR Cytoplasmic Sequestration of p53 in the Advisers: Wayne Fagerberg, Louis Tisa Cell Line KG-1, and a Clinical Population Clayton Hutchinson Adviser: Charles Walker Environmental Sciences Jessica Dick Leaf Litter Decomposition in Beaver Siobahn Evans Environmental Sciences Habitat of the Ipswich Watershed Biology Agricultural Impacts on Soil and Plant Adviser: Wilfred Wollheim Litter Mineralogy Effects of Diabetic Conditions on Vascular Adviser: Jo Laird Wound Healing Jonas Insinga Adviser: Thomas Foxall Zoology Margaret Donovan The Effects of Forest Management on Kathleen Farrell Nutrition Mushroom-Eating Beetles Environmental and Resource Economics A Correlative Study of Perceived Stress Adviser: Donald Chandler and Emotional Support with Weight Gain A Cost-benefit Analysis of Water Quality in College Students: Expanding the Young Adviser: Alberto Manalo Jenny Jing Biomedical Science Adults Eating and Active for Health Project Jonathan Fogel Assaying Antioxidant Capacity in Advisers: Kendra Kattleman, Jesse Morrell Biology Strawberry Fruit Expression of Fungal Lipases in Higher Advisers: Thomas Davis, Lise Mahoney Plants for Biodiesel Production Adviser: Subhash Minocha

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Jason Langevin Leslie Mayo-Smith Katherine Norwood Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Effect of Food Selection on the Survival Charles Traverse (graduate student) Biology and Mathematics & Statistics and Growth Rate of the Bryozoan Bugula An Adaptive Walk in a Biofilm Optimization of the Novel Assay Aldefluor neritina Community: Redux to Measure Fluorescence in ALDH-Ex- Adviser: Larry Harris Adviser: Vaughn Cooper pressing SKBR3 Cells Adviser: Charles Walker Katherine Lantz Sarah McGraw Biomedical Science Environmental Conservation Studies John Passero Production of Human Alpha-galactosidase Small Farm Agro-forestry Decision Caleb Shaw A in Plants Making in Central America: A Preliminary Environmental Sciences Adviser: Subhash Minocha Investigation Dispersion, Population Structure, and Adviser: Theodore Howard Growth of the Newly Invasive Castor Riley Laramore Aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus) in Michelle Maher Stephen McKernan Durham, New Hampshire Caitlin Pascoe Hailong Zhang (research project manager) Adviser: Thomas Lee Jessica Skalinski Measuring Trehalose in Porphyra Using Nutrition Enzymatic Assays Amy Reichenbach Seeing Stars Adviser: Anita Klein Zoology and French Advisers: Gale Carey, Jesse Morrell They Also Serve: Shelter Dogs as Potential Megan McLaughlin Alternatives to Purpose-bred Service Dogs Bethany Lefebvre Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Adviser: Jessica Bolker International Affairs and Environmental Biology Conservation Studies Charles Traverse (graduate student) Jennifer Roloff Development of a High-sensitivity Method Iron Competition in Biofilm-evolved Burk- Nutrition to Detect Accumulation of Cyanobacteria holderia cenocepacia BAI versus BMI as a Predictor of Body Fat Toxins, Microcystins, in Tissues of Cherry Adviser: Vaughn Cooper in College Students Tomatoes and Bush Beans Adviser: Gale Carey Advisers: James Haney, Amanda Murby Stephanie Moses Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology McKenzie Shaw Michael MacArthur Is p53 Upregulated During Test Regenera- Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Nutrition tion of the Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus Biology Effects of Evidence-based Nutritional droebachiensis The Effect of Cytokinin on PIN Protein Strategies on Body Composition and Adviser: Charles Walker Levels in Arabidopsis thaliana Strength in Collegiate Football Players Adviser: Dennis Mathews Adviser: Dennis Bobilya Phillip Munson Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Gina Soule Adam Marquis Biology Applied Animal Science Wildlife and Conservation Biology Feeding Red Clover Cut at Sundown and Matthew Reinhold Landscape and Local-scale Effects on Harvested as Baleage Did Not Improve Physics Stream Salamanders in Southeastern Milk Yield in Late-Lactation Dairy Cows Carbohydrate Cancer Biomarkers: A New New Hampshire Adviser: Andre Brito Technique for Structural Verification Adviser: Kimberly Babbitt Adviser: Vernon Reinhold Matthew Gerding Matthew Marquis Genetics Megan Murray Biology Environmental Conservation Studies Jeffrey Sun (graduate student) Production of Barnacle Cement in Plants Solid Waste Management in Urban Direct Characterization of Vibrio parahae- Adviser: Subhash Minocha Developing Societies: A Comparative Study molyticus Virulence Using Fruit Flies Adviser: Cheryl Whistler Rebecca Mason of Haiti, Tanzania and India Biological Sciences Adviser: Mimi Becker The Role of HAUSP in the Mitochondrial Non-transcriptional p53 Apoptotic Path- way of IMR-32 Human Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells Adviser: Charles Walker

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21ST ANNUAL COLSA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, CONTINUED

Karen Sweeney Caroline Wuest Kimberly Drew Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology Chemistry Biology Developing the Technique for Genetic Tandem Chain Extension Mannich Swathi Turlapati (post-doctoral Engineering of the Red Alga Porphyra Reaction: A New Synthetic Route to researcher) Adviser: Subhash Minocha b-Proline Population Diversity of Nitrifying Bacteria Adviser: Charles Zercher of Chronic Nitrogen Treated Soils at William Wyman Harvard Forest, MA Biomedical Science Kathryn Dube Advisers: Rakesh Minocha Public Health Partnerships Chemistry Adviser: Rosemary Caron Computational Studies of Polymer Folding Breanna Travers in Various Solvents Biology Sarah Yunes Adviser: Erik Berda Development of an Online Taxonomic Key Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular to Stream Macroinvertebrates Biology Justin Fleming Advisers: James Haney, Amanda Murby, Determining the Presence of Cytoplasmic Chemistry Jeffrey Schloss Sequestration of p53 in SKBR3 Breast New Derivatives of Polycyclic Tetraamines Cancer Cells Advisers: Gary Weisman, Edward Wong Katie Velez Adviser: Charles Walker Samantha Werner Caitlin Hoffman Biomedical Science Chemistry Feeding Incremental Levels of Kelp Meal Novel Approaches for Azamacrocycle (Ascophyllum nodosum) Did Not Improve Chemistry Department Synthesis Milk Production in Organic Dairy Cows Poster Exhibition Advisers: Barbara Li, Gary Weisman, Adviser: Andre Brito Edward Wong

Taylor Warren Friday, May 4 Amy Keding Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular 3–4 p.m. Chemistry Biology Parsons Hall, Iddles Lobby College Students’ Perspectives About High The Effects of First Step Beneficial School Chemistry The Chemistry Department Poster Adviser: Christopher Bauer Mutations in Multiple Environments Exhibition is the result of students’ Adviser: Vaughn Cooper yearlong senior thesis research in Matthew Mower Alison Wirshing such areas as organic, inorganic, Chemistry and Mathematics & Statistics Biology physical or analytical chemistry, and Zinc Carbenoid Mediated Preparation of Genetic Engineering of Dunaliella Species under the direction of their research Novel Peptidomimetics to Improve Use in Biofuel Production adviser. Adviser: Charles Zercher Advisers: Leland Jahnke, Elizabeth Brady (graduate student) Jake Thunstrom Subhash Minocha Kelsey Packard Chemistry David Wood Chemistry Molecular Imprinting of poly-N- Biology Austin Gregoire Isopropylacrylamide Adviser: W. Rudolf Seitz Hailong Zhang (research project manager) Undeclared Whole Genome Analysis of Multiple Monitoring Iso-a-acids to Evaluate Nicholas Wageling Diploid Strawberry Species Using Read Whirlpool Efficiency of Hopped Wort by Chemistry Depth Coverage, SNP Density, and Percent HPLC Synthesis of 2,6-bis (aminomethyl) Heterozygosity Adviser: Sterling Tomellini thiophenol for Use in Modeling Biological Adviser: Thomas Davis Jeffrey Brulet Metal-thiolate Bonds Adviser: Samuel Pazicni Lindsey Wright Chemistry Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Studies on Thermal and Carbocationic Brittany White Do Forest Edges Mediate Community Rearrangements Through Isotopic Labeling Chemistry Invasibility in Pastures? Adviser: Richard Johnson Development of New and Scalable Adviser: Richard Smith Synthetic Routes to Polycyclic Organic Compounds Adviser: Richard Johnson

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Whittemore School of Business and Economics Paul J. Holloway Innovation-to-Market Prize Competition Championship Round Wednesday, May 9 12:30–6 pm Holloway Commons Squamscott Room This competition takes students out of the classroom and into the real world. Students are required to research and prepare strategies for commercializing new products and services, which they present to a panel of industry judges. Prizes are awarded for the most feasible and fundable approaches for starting, acquiring, or expanding a business venture.

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Acknowledgements

The UNH Undergraduate Research Conference Thanks to the 2012 URC Planning Committee Tom Safford, Assistant Professor, Department has grown to become a signature event at the (and all the many individuals who served on of Sociology University, an annual highlight of the spring numerous subcommittees) Pamela Smith, Chair, Outreach subcommittee; semester and one of the largest and most diverse Director, Donor Relations, UNH Advancement conferences of its kind. Bringing the URC to Martha Barker, Chair, URC Communications Ruth Varner, Co-Chair, ISE Symposium; Research fruition each year is the result of a collaborative, subcommittee; Project Graphic Designer, Associate Professor, Earth Systems Research behind-the-scenes network of a great many campus Editorial and Creative Services Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, community members. Here, we acknowledge these Brent Bell, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceans and Space individuals and campus institutions, and thank Kinesiology/Outdoor Education Cord Whitaker, Assistant Professor, them for helping make URC 2012 happen. Jennifer Borda, Associate Professor, Department Department of English of Communication James Wible, Chair, WSBE URC; Professor, Special thanks to: Karen Burnett-Kurie, Co-chair, ISE subcommit- Economics Parents Association tee; Educational Program Coordinator, Office Debra Williams, Co-Chair, ISE Symposium; Office of the Vice President for Student and of Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Administrative Manager, CEPS Office Academic Services Oceans, and Space of the Dean Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Engagement Janet Cass, Co-Chair, Parents Association Julie Williams, Senior Vice Provost for and Academic Outreach Undergraduate Research Symposium; Director, Engagement and Academic Outreach All Faculty Mentors UNH Parents Association Kathy Cataneo, Director of Research Development 2012 URC Event Coordinators: Center for International Education and Communications, Office of the Senior Victoria Adewumi, McNair Scholar Program College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Vice Provost for Research 20th Anniversary Research Symposium (CEPS) Advisory Board Lynne Cooper, Co-Chair, Parents Association Michael Annicchiarico, Student Composers’ College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium; Program Concert Alumni Association Coordinator, Office of the Senior Vice Provost Tim Barretto and Kate Hanson, Thompson School College of Engineering and Physical Sciences for Engagement and Academic Outreach of Applied Sciences, Community Leadership (CEPS) Dean’s Office Vaughn Cooper, Chair, COLSA URC; Associate Program College of Life Sciences and Agriculture Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular Janet Cass, Lynne Cooper and Peter Masucci, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Sciences Parents Association Undergraduate Research Department of Civil Engineering Molly Doyle, Administrative Director, Symposium (PAURS) Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research Vaughn Cooper, 20th Annual COLSA URC Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Kate Gillen, Consulting Director, Connors Marianne Fortescue, UNH Office of Community Memorial Union Building Administrative Staff Writing Center Service Partnerships New Hampshire NASA Experimental Program to Nivedita Gupta, Co-chair, ISE Symposium, Nivedita Gupta, Ruth Varner, Debra Williams, and Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Karen Burnett-Kurie, Interdisciplinary Science New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium Rob Haskins, Chair, Naked Arts Subcommittee; and Engineering (ISE) Symposium Phi Beta Kappa Associate Professor, Department of Music Rob Haskins, The Naked Arts—Creativity The University Honors Program Erica Johnson, Director, InterOperability Lab Exposed! The University Writing Programs Peter Masucci, Chair, URC Planning Committee; Delia Konzett, Honors English Undergraduate UNH Advancement Co-Chair, Parents Association Undergradu- Research Conference UNH Dining Services ate Research Symposium; Adjunct Professor, Jessica Lepler, History Department URC UNH Editorial and Creative Services Department of Marketing Catherine Mazur, Senior B.A., B.F.A. and M.F.A. UNH InterOperability Laboratory Robert McGann, Director, UNH Admissions Exhibition Preview Reception UNH New and Emerging Media Michael Merenda, Co-Chair, WSBE Holloway Michael Merenda and Cynthia Nizzari-McClain, UNH Photographic Services Competition; Professor, Department of WSBE Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide UNH Printing Services Management Innovation-to-Market Competition UNH Transportation Services Cari Moorhead, Chair, Graduate Research Cari Moorhead and Amanda Royce, Graduate UNH Video Services Conference (GRC); Associate Dean, Research Conference (GRC) URC Program Assistants Rebecca Howard ’14 UNH Graduate School David Pillemer and Rhyannon Bemis, Psychology and Liz Sterndale ’13 Thomas Payne, Assistant Professor, Department George M. Haselrud URC Web Solutions Department of English Dan Reagan, UNH Manchester Undergraduate Whittemore School of Business and Economics Dan Reagan, Chair, UNHM URC; Associate Dean, Research Conferences Marketing and Advertising Club UNH Manchester Cindi Rohwer, Chemistry Department Poster Lawrence Reardon, Associate Professor and Chair, Exhibition Department of Political Science Robert Scharff and Eliza Wood, Philosophy Amanda Royce, Graduate Assistant/Coordinator, Department URC Graduate Research Conference (GRC) Neil Vroman, College of Health and Human Mark Rubinstein, Vice President, Student and Services (CHHS) Grimes Award Competition Academic Services James Wible and Sinthy Kounlasa, WSBE URC

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Abdu, Peter 41, 45 Becker, Andrew 37 Brown, Nicholas 39 Chandler, Christopher 15 Achorn, Nias 43 Bedell, Andrea 17 Brown, Stephanie 33 Chaney, Samuel 18 Adams, George 42 Beihl, Madeleine 25 Browning, Jacob 29 Charmanski, Kyle 18 Adejuyigbe, Elizabeth 7, 38 Beiswenger, Eric 17 Brulet, Jeffrey 18, 48 Chase, Benjamin 31 Agnelli, Caitlin 11 Belisle, Marguerite 6 Bruneau, Christopher 44 Chase, Ian 17 Ahmetovic, Merima 22 Beltramini, Nicholas 14 Bryan, Shawn 18 Chase, Logan 12 Akerley, Desiree 22 Bench, Steven 45 Bryant, Emily 35 Chase, Marcus 12 Akey, Leah 6 Bennett, Nicholas 22 Bucci, John 32, 45 Chase, Robert 17 Aklilu, Behailu 45 Bergeron, Amy 6 Buchinski, Mikaela 36 Chase, Tyler 18 Albers, Maria 10 Bergeron, Haley 22 Buchwald, Kimberly 32 Cheng, Yu-Chu 34 Alexanian, Samuel 10 Bergman, Rebecca 39 Buell, Emelie 12 Child, Jessica 38 Ali, Millet 22 Bernier, Renee 31 Buessing, Alexander 16 Childs, Jesse 35 Ali, Sinor 16 Berry, Daniel 17 Bulger, Molly 12 Chirgwin, Christopher 16 Allen, Anabelle 16 Berube, Amelia 14 Burd, Meagan 23 Ciampa, David 23 Allen, Joshua 14 Berube, Jason 17 Burke, Brian 25 Clairmont, Joshua 18 Alpert, Samuel 13 Betro, Kristen 10 Burke, Leah 8 Clairmont, Paige 35 Altenburg, William 41, 43 Beyer, Lily 17 Burks, Tyler 45 Clark, Andrew 32, 45 Alves, Daniele 10 Bibbiani, Kirstin 11, 12 Butz, Rebecca 32 Clark, John 18 Amante, Jacqueline 16, 44 Bickford, Brendan 17 Buzbee, Alan 14 Clark, Kendall 31 Amico, Brandon 11 Bishop, Madeline 32, 36 Buzzell, Daniel 32 Clasby, Nathan 27 Anderson, Christopher 16 Bissett, Jessica 22 Byrne, Scott 17 Cleary, Caitlin 11 Anibal, Benjamin 16 Bitsack, Alyssa 24 Byron, Derek 40 Clement, William 15 Appasani, Seshank 16 Bixby, Kimberly 45 Cacciotti, Kelli 40 Clerkin, Connor 12 Appiah, Varouna 16 Black, Alexander 17 Cadoret, Mikayla 11 Cmar, Shaun 18 Appleton, Tara 6, 16 Blackall, Brandon 11, 14 Caguiat, Ana 35 Cobb, Margaret 13 Aquino, John 40 Blais, Christopher 17 Calhoun, Peter 16, 36 Coburn, Jesse 18 Archambault, Kathryn 6 Blake, Andrew 32 Callaghan, Mary 34 Coffey, Ryan 16 Argue, Birkley 13 Blanchette, Katherine 6 Callahan, Emily 45 Cogswell, Christopher 44 Armstrong, Catherine 40 Blevens, Stephanie 45 Callahan, Parker 44 Cohen, Evan 8 Armstrong, Lisa 32 Bogle, Matthew 17 Cameron, Brianna 40 Cohen, Ilana 11 Arriel, Elyssa 39 Bogosian, Andrew 10 Cametti, Hannah 11, 13 Colbert, Josie 23 Ash, Ethan 11, 13 Boisvert, Michelle 11, 14 Campbell, Elizabeth 17 Colburn, Mackenzie 38 Asifi, Rohina 7, 16 Bolton, Briana 24 Canning, Ashley 11 Cole, Claire 34 Atkinson, Paul 9 Bonneau, Scott 17 Cannon, Bradford 18 Cole, Erica 6 Aubut, Nicholas 16 Bonnin, Richard 17 Cannon, Kevin 43 Coleman, Clara 6 Avedikian, Nicole 39 Borisenok, Michael 13, 14 Car, Emily 18 Coleman, Lindsey 11 Avery, Brian 27 Bosco, Christopher 12 Cardello, Andrew 34 Coletta, Brad 12 Avola, Gianelle 38 Bosiak, Justin 17 Carey, Spencer 18 Comeau, Patrice 43 Ayres, Caitlyn 8 Bouchard, Richard 27 Carlson, Amber 40 Comtois, Benjamin 18 Babson, Nicholas 13 Bourgeau, Sara 26 Carlson, Emily 18 Comyns, Bailey 11 Bailey, Maisea 40 Bourne, Alexander 34 Carlson, Erik 17, 18 Condon, Timothy 18 Baker, Danielle 34 Bousquet, Catherine 38 Carpenter, Kevin 18 Connatser, Scott 18 Balch, Heather 32, 42 Boutin, Brandon 9 Carrasquillo, Maria 34 Connell, Keper 34 Baldinger, Laura 16 Bouvier, Samantha 38 Carroll, Robert 17 Connolly, Christopher 9 Ballentine, Jennifer 35 Bowen, Alexandra 17 Carroll, Sarah 33 Connors, Chad 23 Balzano, Nicholas 16 Boyle-Steed, Kathryn 29, 38 Carron, Desiree 18, 37 Cooper, Camilla 35 Bancroft, Monica 6 Bradley, Nathaniel 17 Carter, Rachel 40 Cope, Eliza 42 Barhite, Michaela 38, 45 Bradshaw, Sarah 42 Casey, Andrew 25 Corbiere, Megan 7 Barker, Elizabeth 29 Brady, Elizabeth 18, 48 Cassella, Caitlin 39 Cordell, Jacqueline 29, 43 Barnard, Patrick 11 Brammer, Adam 18 Cassella, Michael 45 Cormier, Isabel 19 Barnes, Taylor 11 Brandon, Kelsey 35 Cassidy, Garrett 18 Corriveau, Joshua 14 Barry, Megan 17, 41 Breda, Christen 17 Castaldi, Nicholas 10 Cotton, Matthew 38, 45 Bartash, Diana 32 Breen, Timothy 8 Castelli, Lisa 13 Cotton, Sarah 25 Bartlett, Kurtis 17 Brennan, Oliver 26 Cavanaugh, Amanda 32 Coughlin, Megan 34 Bartucca, Vincenzo 17 Brett, Camilla 37 Chabot, Joshua 16 Coukos, Andrew 37 Bauer, Garrett 12 Brickett, Adam 14 Chamberlain, Bradley 38, 45 Couture, Kaitlin 34 Beaton, Kai 40 Bridges, Christopher 18 Chamberlain, Jacob 17 Couvillion, Annie Grace 6 Beaudoin, Tyler 6 Brock, Kate 31 Chamberlain, Joshua 12 Cowart, Clay 17

2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 51 Cowart, Sarah 39 Donovan, Eric 19 Fischer, Hans 13 Gibbons, Matthew 20 Cowing, Korrena 6 Donovan, Margaret 32, 46 Flanagan, Lauren 32 Gibson, Andrew 25 Cox, Tim 11 Donovan, Tristan 19 Fleming, Duncan 31 Gilbert, Andrew 40 Coyne, Katlyn 11 Dore, Jacob 17 Fleming, Justin 19, 48 Gilchrest, Matthew 19 Craig, Amanda 45 Doucette, Tim 17 Fletcher, Katherine 17 Gillespie, Kathleen 12 Craig, Meghan 17 Dow, Tyler 19 Flewelling, Corey 13 Gillespie, Matthew 25 Cray, Daniel 10 Dowhaniuk, Nicholas 38 Flood, Andrew 29 Gingras, Brian 39 Croasdale, Bridget 13 Downs, Patrick 40 Florentino, Wendolyn 7 Girard, Evan 46 Cronk, Rebecca 23 Doyle, Christopher 10 Flower, Evan 19 Giroux, Mario 20 Crossman, Annie 38 Doyle, John 45 Flynn, Danielle 35 Gloekler, Matthew 19 Cruz, Miranda 45 Drake, Neal 17 Fogel, Jonathan 46 Goloubef, Paige 11 Culveyhouse, Chandler 8 Drew, Kimberly 19, 48 Fogg, Zander 36, 46 Good, Megan 17 Cummings, Ashlee 19 Drogseth, Melanie 8 Foley, Daniel 19 Goodheart, Danica 46 Curtin, Michael 13 Dube, Kathryn 19, 48 Fonseca, Denise 30 Goodwin, Paul 41 D’Alessio, Nicole 46 Dubuc, Joline 15 Fopiano, Lauren 11 Goscinski, Marilyn 31 D’Amore, Danielle 46 Duchaney, Brooke 11 Forand, Marcus 19 Gottsegen, Elizabeth 30 D’Angelo, Michael 41 Duckless, Benjamin 38, 46 Forrestall, Michele 19, 38 Goulding, Ryan 20 D’Eletto, Alexander 10 Dudley, Dean 18 Forte, Christina 40 Grabbert, Sinead 46 Daloisio, Joseph 10, 13, 15 Dufault, Alexa 10 Fortier, Natalie 31 Graffeo, AnneMarie 8 Daly, Megan 11 Dunbar, Eva-Molly 43 Foss, Alexander 10 Graham, Megan 13 Dami, Tyler 17 Dunham, Jonathan 10 Fox, Kathryn 46 Grande, Joseph 20 Davidson, Jonathan 19 Durakovic, Umija 46 Fox, Kelly 8 Granoff, Mitchell 46 Davies, Nicholas 40 Durant, Whit 46 Frackleton, James 10 Grant, Andrew 18 Dayton, Padraic 46 Dusseault, Jason 19 Franco, Luke 40 Granucci, Jillian 11 Dean, Heather 40 Dusza, Nicholas 19 Fraser, Mackenzie 14, 32 Grasso, Patrick 11 Deangelis, Stefan 19 Duval, Jared 18 Frazier, Katherine 46 Greatorex, Kaci 36 Debelis, Brittany 25 Dwyer, Jonathan 19 Fredette, Rachel 32, 45 Green, Aaron 23 DeCandia, Kristen 39 Eames, Ashley 23, 25 Freedman, Alyssa 31 Green, William 10 Decato, Benjamin 44 Ebner, Samantha 19 Freese, Samantha 6 Greenwood, Kimberly 11, 12 DeGennaro, John 41 Eddins, Kurt 10 Frehner, Benjamin 30 Greenwood, Ryan 36 DelAlamo, Diego 46 Edquist, Sara 46 Friel, Jilliane 11 Gregoire, Austin 18, 48 Delaney, Troy 14 Ela, Miles 10 Fritzky, William 12 Griffith, Elizabeth 34 DeLeeuw, Carly 6 Eldred, Hannah 46 Gabrault, David 19 Grimes, Tracy 7 Delisle, Geoffrey 19 Elliott, Caitlan 10 Gabriel, Joseph 17 Groff, John 14 Demers, Elora 38, 45 Elmore, Merritt 27 Gagnon, Renelle 23 Guilbeault, Alexander 15 Deming, Joanne 43 Emerson, Jessica 42 Gale, Katelyn 10 Gurney, Charles 16 Denault, Charles 15 Emmerling, Ann 31 Gallerani, Steven 19 Haak, Bryan 34 Dengenis, Hali 13 Enos, Daniel 18 Gallo, Brett 44 Haddad, Reem 19 Dennehy, Matthew 32 Erglis, Andra 15 Garabedian, Matthew 17 Hadley, Rose 20 Derderian, Elizabeth 23 Estee, Michelle 36 Gardner, Ryan 23 Haggerty, Ryan 9 Deutsch, Jason 10 Evans, Jennifer 23, 24 Garron, Andre 10 Hahnl, Michelle 35 Devenish, Kyle 17 Evans, Matthew 13 Garza, Lauren 29 Hale, Ashley 18 Dick, Christopher 19 Evans, Siobahn 46 Gassman, Sara 44 Hale, Casey 20 Dick, Jessica 19, 46 Fairbanks, Justin 30 Gatarz, Jon 19 Hall, Anna 8 Dietrich, Joel 19 Fanara, Scott 19 Gatlin, Natalie 33 Hall, Emilie 30, 42 DiFabio, Andrew 19 Fand, Jesse 16 Gatsas, Emily 13 Hall, Katherine 34 DiGirolamo, Matthew 10 Farley, Sean 31 Gauthier, Valerie 38 Halvatzes, Stephan 15 Dinh, Trinh 7 Farnham, Stephanie 10 Gavin, Michael 23 Hamelin, Serena 23 Dion, Jenna 29 Faro, Nathan 44 Gejay, Daniel 11 Hammond, Kelsey 8 DiPippo, Victoria 23 Farr, Nicolas 36 Genestreti, Kevin 20 Hansen, Neil 16 DiSanto, Gregory 19 Farrell, Kathleen 46 Gentle, Kyle 27 Hanson, Maggi 8 DiTroia, Jonathan 29 Feldman, Dustin 11, 15 Gerding, Matthew 47 Harada, Thomas 20 Dobbs, Katelyn 25 Fenerty, Sarah 29 Gerlitz, Alexander 11 Harr, Adam 30 Dodds, John 15 Fernandes, Nancy 9, 23 Germaske, Michael 11 Harris, Gregory 11 Doleac, Christopher 15 Field, Bronwyn 39 Gettinger, Fiona 8 Harunk, Marley 12 Dolzall, Thomas 31 Field, Zachary 31, 40 Geyer, Peter 40 Harwood, Eric 10 Donahoe, Patricia 31, 35 Finethy, Ryan 44 Gherardi, Andrew 18 Haselton, Ryan 19 Donahue, Kelly 10 Finnance, Scott 45 Giangiulio, Steven 10 Haskell, Scott 11

52 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Hatch, Alexander 39 Johnson, Michael 16 Lapan, Daniel 18 MacLaren, Andrew 9 Hay, Jared 39 Johnson, Olha 15 Lapanne, Michael 15 MacLaren, Erin 24 Healy, Daniel 35 Johnson, Robert 13 Laperle, Nathan 15 MacPherson, Caleigh 17 Heaps, Gwynneth 10, 31 Johnston, Jill 25 Lapitino, Sarah 11, 12 Maddaus, John 24 Hebert, Jeffrey 17 Jonas, David 19 Lapoint, Kevin 12 Madol, Richard 33 Hebert, Ryan 38 Jones, Matthew 37, 42 Laramore, Riley 33, 47 Maher, Michelle 33, 47 Heimann, Lauren 17 Jones, Raymond 20 LaRocque, Ryan 20 Maldonado, Julia 29 Hein, Scot 13 Joseph, Carla 39 Laskowski, Shauna 11 Maloney, Timothy 17 Heinrich, Blair 8 Juntwait, Hilary 29, 34 Laurion, Matthew 40 Maltais, Brian 27 Heisler, Katrina 33 Jurczyszak, Denise 32, 45 Lauze, Nolan 8 Mann, Matthew 21 Hemway, Stephanie 32 Jutras, Saige 38 LaVilla, Edward 20 Mannarino, Daniel 15 Hendricks, Henri 10 Kalloch, Liam 19 Law, Glenn 10 Manning, Kristen 33 Henenberg, Michael 23 Kaplan, Ashley 11 Lawrence, Hannah 41 Manzik, Jeffrey 18 Henley, Ryan 17 Karolian, Adam 23 Lawrence, Ryan 20 Mara, Matthew 8 Hernon, Daniel 14 Katz, Megan 43 LeBlanc, David 11 Marden, Amelia 36 Hexeberg, Victoria 10 Keding, Amy 20, 48 Leets, Matthew 24 Markins, Mollie 25 Hickman, Taylor 46 Keeler, Steven 23 Lefebvre, Bethany 47 Maroney, Taylor 6, 16 Higashibaba, Yojin 31 Keene, Makenzie 40 Lefkin, David 32 Marovelli, John 46 Higgins, Ashley 23 Kelley, Colin 10, 30 LeGore, Alexander 12 Marquis, Adam 47 Hinds, Courtney 8 Kelly, Derek 25 Leith, William 15 Marquis, Matthew 21, 38, 47 Hines, Curtis 29 Kennedy, Andrew 17 Lemieux, Jaimie 15 Martin, Andrew 14 Hinkley, Jessica 33 Keyes, Rebecca 33 Lemieux, Lindsay 35 Martin, Kelly 30, 34, 35 Hinson, Bryan 18 Kierstead, Jessica 35 Lemieux, Stephen 24 Martin, Ryan 15 Hoang, Stacey 39 Kimball, Charles 23 Lennon, James 37 Martin, Victoria 14 Hoang, Vincent 18 Kipp, Damon 10 LeVeille, Michael 20 Martinez, Ryan 10 Hodgdon, Jeffrey 38 Kirwin, Kyle 23 Levesque, Taylor 44 Marvin, Patrick 37 Hodges, Taylor 10 Kispert, Peter 26, 35 Lewis, Theresa 36 Marzelli, Mia 29 Hoffman, Caitlin 20, 48 Kitchen, Natalie 10 Li, Haodan 20 Mason, Elizabeth 25 Holland, Jeffery 15 Kitt, Andrew 41 Li, Xuehui 26 Mason, Kevin 9 Holmes, William 16 Klink, Alexander 17 Liebenson-Morse, Kelsey 41 Mason, Rebecca 24, 25, 47 Horn, Kristine 13 Kluber, William 13 Lindgren, Noel 10, 15 Masse, Kendall 20 Horner-Richardson, Ransom 18 Kluck, Kati 45 Linseman, Holly 40 Mastrogiacomo, Mathew 19 Horowitch, Megan 11 Kobus, Martha 40 Liston, Ryan 25 Matern, William 21 Houghton, Brittany 23 Koch, Glenn 20 Little, Tariana 7 Mather, Lorilee 17 Houle, David 30 Koester, Emily 42 Logan, Christopher 37 Mattar, Jeffrey 18 Howard, Kellie 23 Kouloheras, Kristen 11 Long, Derek 18 Maxwell, Katherine 35 Howe, Geoffrey 17 Krakie, Tristen 40 Longchamps, Aaron 20 Mayland, Jonathon 24 Hromis, Marianne 46 Kubec, Vojtech 17 Lotterhand, Timothy 19 Mayo-Smith, Leslie 47 Hughes, Conor 37 Kulbacki, Alec 20 Lovely, Derek 27 Mazzola, Matthew 20 Hutchinson, Clayton 46 Kurowyckyj, Dianna 14 Lowell, Brian 10 McAleese, Kevin 12 Hwang, Seohyun 10 Kushinsky, Joshua 19 Lowell, Matthew 20 McAuliffe, Maureen 35 Ibey, Karen 27 Kutz, Peter 11 Lucas, Marissa 36 McBain, Ruth 34 Ibrahimovic, Damir 23 Kwak, Jiyoung 31 Lucien, Lyse 7 McCahan, Molly Ann 44 Idrizovic, Naida 23 Labore, Richard 10 Lund, Michael 15 McCarran, William 10 Insinga, Jonas 46 LaBrecque, Daniel 15 Lutz, Jeffrey 8 McCarthy, Samantha 6 Jaccoma, Andrew 15 Lachance, Calla 33 Lynch, Christopher 32 McCleary, Patrick 17 Jacobs, Alicia 44 Lade, Amanda 20 Lynch, Kasey 38 McConnell, Brian 18, 41 Jacobs, Andrew 19 Lafferty, Catherine 37 Lyon, Jennifer 38 McCormick, Matthew 10 Jacobson, Sarah 12 LaMonica, Ellen 17 Lyon, Vincent 18 McCullock, Michael 12 Jagelsky, Jonathan 10 LaMonica, Vincent 44 Ma, Amy 7 McDermott, Michael 19 Janelle, Blake 20 Lamontagne, Riley 23 MacArthur, Michael 47 McGraw, Sarah 47 Jarzombek, Aaron 23 Lamy, Rachel 23 MacArthur, Patrick 20 McGwin, Mark 40 Jean, Brianna 44 Lane, Allison 29 MacBride, Jonathan 17 McKane, Erin 8 Jellis, Nathan 20 Lane, Matthew 19 Mack, Kendra 29, 35 McKenzie, Cory 26 Jenkins, Abigail 16 Langevin, Jason 47 MacKay, Dustin 26 McKeon, Erin 33 Jenkins, Jocelyn 39 Langkau, Taylor 20 Mackenzie, Kayla 21 McKeown, Molly 40 Jensen, Carrie 11 Langlois, Charles 19 MacKinnon, Stacey 33 McKernan, Stephen 47 Jing, Jenny 41, 46 Lantz, Katherine 47 Mackintosh, Eliza 29, 43 McLaughlin, Brandon 23

2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 53 McLaughlin, Matthew M. 11, 14 Mundry, Jacqueline 9 Parnell, Erin 33 Puchlopek, Alli 39 McLaughlin, Matthew T. 14 Munson, Phillip 21, 47 Paroline, Hannah 38 Pugachevsky, Anton 19 McLaughlin, Megan 47 Murchie, Kerry 26 Parolisi, James 39 Pugliano, Eric 26 McManus, Patrick 32 Murphy, Jacqueline 6 Parrillo, Nicholas 21 Pulkowski, Edward 23 McVicar, Danielle 10, 11 Murphy, Kyle 34 Partridge, Mark 11 Pynenburg, Travis 42, 43 McWilliams, James 13 Murray, Maxwell 17 Pascoe, Caitlin 33, 47 Quimby, Cameron 15 Mead, Amanda 38 Murray, Megan 47 Passero, John 47 Raccine, Meg 9 Medina, Katty 31 Mwesigwa, Sishemo 14 Paterson, Jessica 10 Rader, Brice 23 Meiselman, Connor 32, 39 Nault, Charlene 19 Patinskas, Brian 19 Ramsdell, Samantha 42 Mellen, Shannon 10 Naylor, Michael 21 Patterson, Daniel 19 Ransom, Sarah 43 Merrill, Patrick 17 Naylor, Tracy 11 Paula, Brian 17 Ransom, Tailer 44 Messe, Adrienne 30 Neal, Peter 11 Pavone, Katherine 30 Rau, Justin 19 Metayer, Dustin 16 Nelson, Sarah 6, 16 Payeur, Benjamin 19 Ray, Thomas 10 Metzenroth, Jason 12 Neveu, Christopher 20 Peden, Corey 39 Razumenic, Ivan 21 Michalovic, Kathryn 6 New, Kevin 30 Pelcak, Daniel 21 Ready, Patrick 17 Milkey, Kendall 38, 45 Newcombe, Liana 33 Pelczarski, Julia 34 Reagan, Sean 11 Miller, Alex 30, 35 Nguyen, Khanh 20 Pelrine, Nicholas 9 Reddy, Juliette 24 Miller, Hilary 31 Nguyen, Tuan 13 Pemberton, Sholanna 40 Reekie, Christopher 24 Miller, Matthew 18 Nichols, Brendan 18 Pena, Michael 21 Regis, Amanda 39 Miller, Rikki 45 Nichols, Jenny 17 Pendergast, Allison 33 Reichenbach, Amy 47 Milliken, Tess 36 Nichols, William 24 Penney, Matthew 27 Reilly, Kyle 15 Mills, Jesse 15 Nickerson, Robert 17 Pentasuglia, Lauren 24 Reinhold, Matthew 21, 47 Minton, Lindsey 11 Nilsen, Ella 26 Perkins, Carol 21 Reyes, Andres 25 Mitchell, Kayleigh 30, 37 Nilsson, Gustav 10 Perkins, Stephanie 11 Rheaume, Samuel 42 Mitchell, Sean 20 Noble, Kaitlyn 34 Perron, Elise 34 Ricci, Paige 37 Mixon, Alyssa 44 Nocella, Michael 10, 11, 15 Perry, Jordan 39 Rice, Christian 19 Moen, Gabrielle 8 Normand, Jessica 23, 25 Peters, Jaron 17 Richards, Jacob 19 Mofford, David 10 Normandeau, Matthew 20 Peterson, Alex 25 Rickarby, Carleen 6, 36 Mom, Johnny 23 Norwood, Katherine 47 Peterson, Alexandra 10 Rideout, William 21 Mommsen, Kathleen 11 Noyes, Jonathan 20 Phelps, Benjamin 14 Ringland, Lauren 11 Montminy, Lauren 24 O’Brien, Patrick 21 Phillips, Jennifer 10 Rioux, Paul 16 Mooney, Daniel 18 O’Byrne, Taylre 15 Picard, Hunter 9 Rizzo, Lindsay 24 Mooney, Lynn 39 O’Connor, Andrew 14 Picariello, Scott 21 Rizzo, Peter 40 Moore, Britta 18 O’Connor, Brian 37 Picone, Jessica 34 Roach, Laura 30 Moore, Robert 21 O’Dowd, Erich 18 Pinkham, Kaeley 24, 25 Roakes, Harrison 18 Moran, Stephanie 26 O’Hearne, Gordon 10 Pisa, Rachel 21 Roberge, Benjamin 11 Morann, Adrienne 45 O’Meara, Kayla 38, 41 Plante, Evan 19 Robertson, Ross 16 Morin, Anthony 17 O’Neil, Marlee 13 Plushner, Rachael 41 Robertson, Thistleton 18 Morin, Brian 10 O’Neil, Meagan 24 Pohli, Donna 46 Robinson, Maura 11 Morin, Scott 45 Oboite, Owen 7 Poisson, Renee 43 Roemer, Timothy 16 Morin, Shane 14 Officer, Laurent 21 Polito, Christina 32 Roloff, Jennifer 47 Morin, Teagan 36 Ohanian, Eric 17 Ponio, Erroll James 25 Roma, Hollie 30 Morrill-Winter, Zachary 21 Olean, Danielle 34 Porres, Gary 18 Romano, John 21 Morris, Abigail 21 Olszowy, Halie 40 Potter, Brynn 6 Romanuk, Nicole 25 Morris, Stephanie E. 36 Oneglia, Bria 14 Potts, Stephen 14 Roscoe, Conquista 7 Morris, Stephanie M. 9 Onett, Zachary 44 Poulin, Camille 17 Ross, Bethany 23 Morse, Andrew 11 Orlowicz, Elizabeth 26 Poulin, Eric 14 Ross-Raymond, Petra 10 Morse, Ashley 41 Packard, Kelsey 18, 48 Powell, Erin 31 Routos, Martha 24 Morse, Evan 23 Panait, Alexandru 41 Power, Maura 9 Roux, Spencer 18 Moses, Stephanie 47 Pancoast, Danielle 26 Powers, Anna 13 Rozycki, Alexander 18 Mosher, Kristen 24 Papandrea, Alicia 11, 13 Powers, Melissa 37 Rubinstein, Rebecca 16 Mountzouris, Steven 11 Pape, Alexander 20 Poznanski, Jessica 24 Ruffen, Courtney 14 Mower, Logan 17 Pappas, Katie 13 Pratte, Owen 10 Rusaw, Heather 9, 12 Mower, Matthew 21, 48 Pappas, Lauren 21 Prescott, Stephen 17 Russo, John 19 Moyer, Chelsea 31 Paquet, Thomas 20 Price, Alexa 25 Saez, Tawny 36 Mullaney, Lennie 6 Parent, Lori 8 Price, Jillian 26 Saia, Anthony 10 Mullen, Devin 21 Parker, Jonathan 11, 14 Prior, Meagan 9 Saindon, Eric 41 Mulrain, Fariyda 7 Parkes, Alexander 30 Provencher, Thomas 20 Sakovits, Alexander 41

54 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Sales, Eric 7 Smith, Olivia 9 Thomas, Jesse James 6 Washakowski, Alexandra 20 Saliba, Margaret 9 Smith, Siobhan 35 Thompson, Megan 38, 45 Washakowski, Alyssa 13 Sandler, Erin 43 Smith, Tadd 17 Thomson, Basil 36 Waters, Sean 37 Santos, Sara 13 Smith, Wescott 21 Thorne, Mark 30 Watkins, Charles 22 Sartorelli, Andrew 17 Smith, Zachary 11 Thresher, Sierra 10 Weaver, Thomas 31 Saucier, Lauren 13 Somogie, Brandon 15 Thunstrom, Jake 48 Weber, Matthew 19 Sawyer, Benjamin 17 Soule, Gina 45, 47 Tibbetts, Fraser 14 Weidman, Daniel 14 Sawyer, Christopher 34 Sparkowich, Jacob 20 Tilton, Joshua 10 Weigel, Kenneth 19 Scanlon, Zachary 19 Spear, Adam 40 Tims, Jacqueline 24 Weiner, Stephanie 32 Scarneo, Samantha 37 Spencer, Christopher 25 Tinios, Jessica 26 Welch, Stanley 20 Schaaff, Arianna 38 Spencer, Curt 19 Titus, Steven 18 Wells, Christopher 46 Schafer, Andrew 8 Spencer, Julia 15 Tom, Elizabeth 11 Werner, Samantha 48 Schenck, Benjamin 10 Spicer, Emily 38 Tomer, Jonathan 22 Wetherbee, Aaron 19 Schkuta, William 21 Spognardi, Emily 15 Tong, Corey 27 Whippie, Johnson 13 Schmidt, Danielle 24 Stanek, Joseph 10 Toomey, Patrick 34 Whipple, William 33 Schofield, Ann 35 Stankard, Adam 17 Torman, Susan 17 White, Bradley 22 Schultz, Jonathan 23 Stanley, Rachael 25 Torres, Ryan 10 White, Brittany 48 Schwartz, Jacob 21 Stanzione, Rose 33 Trainque, Rachel 39 White, Cody 45 Scofield, Kaitlyn 11, 12 Stemkowski, Matthew 21 Travers, Breanna 48 Whittier, Kelly 37 Scully, Taylor 11, 12 Stenberg, Kelley 30 Travers, Jonathan 18 Widger, Raven 10 Sellappah, Sayiram 14 Stephenson, Chaquanzha 7 Traverse, Charles 47 Williams, Daniella 22 Sellar, Alexander 21 Stewart, Brady 21 Tremblay, Seth 18, 41 Williams, Kristen 43 Semaan, Christopher 36 Stewart, Max 11 Trolio, Benjamin 9 Willis, Evan 20 Setera, Jacob 21 Stewart, Sean 13 Truong, Thao 10 Wilson, Eleanor 39 Seymour, Lillian 15 Stickney, Chelsea 42 Turlapati, Swathi 22, 48 Wilson, Gregory 30 Shanahan, Rachel 41 Stohl, Candace 32 Turner, Cathleen 22, 41 Wilson, Jonathan 17 Shannon, Choe 43 Stone, Christian 8 Turner, Christine 39 Wilson, Liz 6 Shartrand, Jennifer 20 Story, Matthew 20 Turner, Vance 10, 15 Wilson, Rebecca 22 Shaw, Caleb 47 Strand, Jordan 38 Tyler, Zachary 11 Wilson, Robert 7 Shaw, McKenzie 47 Sullivan, Aaron 10 Ulrich, Jessica 37 Wilson, Ross 27 Shea, Erin 11 Sullivan, Jamie 11 Umberger, Michael 19 Winthrop, Lucas 10 Sheehan, Brendan 30 Sullivan, Matthew 9 Valente, Zachary 19 Wirshing, Alison 39, 48 Shelley, Ryan 10 Sullivan, William 15 Valhouli, Alexia 6 Wise, Robert 10, 11, 15 Shen, Yang Zhi 11, 12 Sun, Jeffrey 47 Van de Car, Aaron 15 Wong, Stacy 45 Shepheard, John 19 Surusa, Marcheilla 15 Van Eron, Danielle 33 Wood, David 22, 48 Sheppard, Jaime 34 Suva, Kyle 11 Van Gombos, Joseph 15 Woodman, Justin 22 Shillieto, Scott 19 Swan, Julie 20 Vangel, Bryan 22 Woods, Samantha 35 Shingleton, Casey 20 Swanson, Dustin 39 Vankalken, Justin 24 Woods, Sean 14 Shouse, Kaitlyn 40 Swanson, Erika 21, 39 Vansylyvong, Kevin 44 Woodward, Cory 10 Shreenan, James 27 Sweeney, Karen 22, 48 Vartanian, Matthew 23 Wooten, Katherine 39 Shuster, Jason 21 Sweetman, Amanda 18 Veilleux, Michael 15 Wormwood, Benjamin 32 Siegel, Christopher 14 Swendsboe, Skyler 23 Velez, Katie 48 Wright, Lindsey 33, 48 Siemens, Cynthia 24 Swift, Chloe 39 Vidal, Michael 36 Wuest, Caroline 22, 33, 48 Silva, Jennifer 24 Tanafon, Ian 13 Visnaskas, Meagan 12 Wuorio, Amy 33 Simard, Laura 37 Tappan, Caitlin 10 Vizcaino, Eranis 31 Wurtz, Jonathan 22 Simm, Linnea 41 Tate, Spencer 22 Vlachos, Sarah 33 Wyatt, Kyle 19 Simolaris, Athina 30 Taylor, James 10 Wageling, Nicholas 48 Wyman, William 45, 48 Simpson, Carleton 14, 21 Taylor, Jonathan 10 Walker, Christopher 42 Yao, Shaojun 15 Simpson, Samantha 42 Tee, Stephanie 32 Walsh, Evan 10 Ykema, Justin 44 Singh, Branden 39 Tentas, Laura 10, 15 Walsh, Julie 10 Young, Edward 10 Siren, Alexej 45 Terrill, Briana 33 Walsh, Tyler 9 Young, Matthew 22 Skalinski, Jessica 33, 47 Teune, Aaron 20 Ward, Brian 40 Yunes, Sarah 48 Skewes, Eva 36 Thalheimer, Sasha 41 Ward, Hannah 10 Yurkosky, Laura 29 Slate, Charlotte 37 Thayer, Samantha 30 Ward, Victoria 22 Zamansky, Andrew 15 Slein, Brendan 10 Therrien, Ryan 18 Warden, Christine 41, 44 Zamarchi, Danielle 9 Smith, Christopher 10 Thibeault, Justin 24 Warner, Lindsay 22 Zamarchi, Julia 33 Smith, Emily 41 Thibeault, Ryan 27 Warner, Zakes 14 Zankowski, Sarah 40 Smith, Kaycee 11 Thomas, Oliver 40 Warren, Taylor 48 Zavalianos, Zachary 18

2012 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE • 55 Zelenka, Abby 38 Zhang, Hailong 22, 47, 48 Zoladkowski, Margaret 26 Zorawowicz, Allison 40 Zorn, Brittany 29, 41 Zukas, Brian 17

56 • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE “I loved how people were genuinely interested in my presentation.”

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