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

April 15–30, 2011

“The URC gave me my first opportunity to present research I had done primarily on my own, and get a look at what my future will hold.”

“The most memorable aspect was having my parents come up to watch me present. I don’t think I’ve ever given a presentation in front of them, so it was kind of nice to be able to share this experience.”

“I loved having people come up and talk to me about their own research and how it related to mine. I got inspired with new ideas.” URC 2011

A welcome to participants and attendees

elcome to the 12th 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, an oral presentation, an art exhibit, or a creative presentation, we are confident that you will be impressed with these 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

2011 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 and engaged 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 disci- plines, 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 2011 Contents

Calendar of Events 4 Friday, April 29 Events Map 5 UNH Manchester URC—Engineering Technology Senior Project Presentations 25

Friday, April 15 Events 2010 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition and Parents Association Breakfast and Welcome M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition (I) Preview Reception 6 with UNH Provost John Aber and Parents Association Council President 27 Monday & Tuesday, April 25–26 Events Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium Graduate Research Conference (GRC) 6 Oral Presentations, Session A 27

Wednesday, April 27 Events Poster Presentations, Session A 30 Whittemore School of Business and Economics Oral Presentations, Session B 33 Undergraduate Research Conference 6 Poster Presentations, Session B 36 Whittemore School of Business and Economics Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide Oral Presentations, Session C 37 Innovation-to-Market Competition, Charles and Miriam Nelson Poster Competition 12 The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! (Act III) 40 Whittemore School of Business and Economics College of Health and Human Services Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide Grimes Award Competition 40 Innovation-to-Market Competition, Bud Albin Challenge Round 14 Psychology Department George M. Haslerud URC 41 Seacoast Reads Exhibition 14 Honors English Thompson School Community Leadership Program 15 Undergraduate Research Conference 42 UNH Office of Community Service Philosophy Department Student Partnerships 15 Undergraduate Research Conference 42 The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! (Act I) 15 Student Composers’ Concert 43 Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE) 16 Saturday, April 30 Events 20th Annual COLSA UNH Manchester URC—Poster Presentations 22 Undergraduate Research Conference 43

Thursday, April 28 Events Events in May UNH Manchester URC—Cinema Arts Day 23 Chemistry Department Poster Exhibition 48 The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! (Act II) 24 Whittemore School of Business and Economics Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide History Department Undergraduate Presentations 24 Innovation-to-Market Competition, Championship Round 49

Additional Features Acknowledgements 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. 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 3 URC 2011 Calendar All events are free and open to the public.

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Friday, April 15 3:30–6 p.m. 12:30–4 p.m. 6–8 p.m. UNH Manchester Undergraduate College of Health and Human Services Research Conference Grimes Award Competition 2011 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition Poster Presentations Pettee Hall, Room G10 (10) and M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition and UNHM Auditorium Preview Reception 1:30–5 p.m. Museum of Art, Thursday, April 28 Psychology Department (6) George M. Haslerud Paul Creative Arts Center 10 a.m.–1 p.m. (Exhibition runs April 16–May 20, 2011) Undergraduate Research Conference UNH Manchester Undergraduate Murkland Hall, Room 115 (5) Research Conference Monday & Tuesday, April 25–26 Cinema Arts Day 2–6 p.m. Monday 5–7 p.m. UNHM Auditorium Graduate Research Conference (GRC) Honors English Undergraduate Poster Presentations Research Conference 12:30–2 p.m. Huddleston Ballroom (1) Hamilton Smith Hall, The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! English Department (4) Tuesday 9 a.m.–3 p.m. (Act II) Hennessy Theatre, Graduate Research Conference (GRC) 4–8:30 p.m. Oral Presentations Paul Creative Arts Center (6) Philosophy Department (1) Huddleston Ballroom Undergraduate Research Conference 12:40–2 p.m. Murkland Hall, Room G17 (5) History Department Undergraduate Presentations Wednesday, April 27 8:00 p.m. MUB, Rooms 338/340 and Theatre I (3) 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Student Composers’ Concert Whittemore School of Business and Friday, April 29 Bratton Recital Hall, Economics Undergraduate Research Paul Creative Arts Center (6) Conference 8:00 a.m.–Noon Memorial Union Building (MUB) (3) UNH Manchester Undergraduate Saturday, April 30 Research Conference 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. 10:30 a.m.–Noon Engineering Technology Senior Project Presentations 20th Annual College of Life Sciences Seacoast Reads Exhibition UNHM Auditorium and Agriculture (COLSA) URC MUB, Rooms 330/332 (3) Huddleston Ballroom and (1 & 2) 9–9:30 a.m. Holloway Commons 10:30 a.m.–Noon Parents Association Breakfast with Thompson School Community Provost John Aber and UNH Parents Friday, May 6 Leadership Program Association Council President Peter (3) 3–4 p.m. MUB, Rooms 330/332 Hayden Chemistry Department MUB, Granite State Room (3) 10:30 a.m.–Noon Poster Exhibition Parsons Hall, Iddles Wing UNH Office of Community Service 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Student Partnerships Parents Association Undergraduate (3) Wednesday, May 11 MUB, Rooms 330/332 Research Symposium MUB, Granite State Room, 1–6 p.m. Noon–2 p.m. and assigned rooms (3) Whittemore School of Business The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! and Economics University-wide (Act I) 12:15–1 p.m. Paul J. Holloway Museum of Art, The Naked Arts—Creativity Exposed! Innovation-to-Market Prize (6) Paul Creative Arts Center (Act III) Competition MUB, Strafford Room (3) Championship Round 2–5 p.m. Holloway Commons (2) Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Symposium Kingsbury Hall and Morse Hall (8 & 9) 4 • University of New Hampshire COL LEGE ROAD

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

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Christopher Baldwin 2011 Senior B.A., B.F.A. Studio Arts, photography Graduate Research & M.F.A. Exhibition and Adviser: Julee Holcombe Conference (GRC) Kelli Brosnahan Preview Reception Studio Arts, photography April 25–26 Adviser: Julee Holcombe Monday, 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 15 Graduate Research Conference 6–8 p.m. Rachel Dennis Studio Arts, painting Poster Presentation Museum of Art Huddleston Ballroom Paul Creative Arts Center Adviser: Jennifer Moses This annual show celebrates the Alexandra Estee Tuesday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. achievements of graduating art Studio Arts, photography Graduate Research Conference students from the UNH Department Adviser: Julee Holcombe Oral Presentations Holloway Commons of Art and Art History. Helen-Ann Ireland Studio Arts The Graduate Research Conference Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidates: Adviser: Scott Schnepf Katharine Austin is devoted to celebrating the high- Fine Arts, painting Shannon Malley quality research being conducted Advisers: Benjamin Cariens, Studio Arts, drawing by graduate students at UNH and is Michael McConnell Adviser: Scott Schnepf designed to showcase research from graduate students in all disciplines. Elizabeth Beaudoin Sara McGrath Participants interact with other Fine Arts, painting Studio Arts, painting/drawing graduate students and faculty from Adviser: Benjamin Cariens Adviser: Michael McConnell across campus. Attending the GRC affords the entire University commu- Megan North Shayna Bicknell nity the opportunity to participate in Studio Arts, painting Fine Arts, painting the graduate education experience. Adviser: Leah Woods Adviser: Jennifer Moses

Heather Hall Rosilind O’Connor Fine Arts, drawing and painting Studio Arts, photography Adviser: Julee Holcombe Whittemore School of Adviser: Benjamin Cariens Business and Economics Joshua Torbick Elizabeth Palmatier Fine Arts, sculpture Studio Arts, painting Undergraduate Research Adviser: Leah Woods Adviser: Craig Hood Conference Morgan Paré Master of Fine Arts in painting Studio Arts, photography degree candidates: The Whittemore School of Business Adviser: Ben Cariens and Economics celebrates its under- Youngsheen Jhe graduate students who participate Katrina Reid Mark Soderling in this exciting research opportunity. Studio Arts, painting Nicole Weber Through original research and Adviser: Maryse McConnell Advisers: Grant Drumheller, valuable guidance from mentors, Craig Hood Brittni Ross students show how they gain deeper Studio Arts, photography academic knowledge as well as Bachelor of Arts degree candidates from Adviser: Julee Holcombe professional experience. The WSBE UNH Art and Art History Department, program knows that its students whose work will also be on view: Peter Striffolino strive for success, and we invite you Studio Arts, painting to join us at this rewarding event. Erin Alvarez Adviser: Grant Drumheller The URC includes a presentation Studio Arts, wood/furniture design of posters, oral presentations, Adviser: Julee Holcombe Brittany Verville Studio Arts, photography and feedback from University and Adviser: Michael McConnell business leaders.

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Poster Presentations John Rolfe MUB, Room 334/336 Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Wednesday, April 27 and Economics 9–10:20 a.m. 9 a.m.–6 p.m. A Tale of Two Vices: An Applied Memorial Union Building Economic Analysis of Alcohol and Tobacco Atkins Investment Group Consumption Adviser: Andrew Houtenville Students research and analyze current MUB, Strafford Room economic developments, industry Daniel Zilnicki sectors, and specific company stock 9 a.m.–Noon Economics performance to manage a portfolio Sovereign Debt and the Euro known as the Wildcat Investment Accounting and Finance Adviser: Aziz Saglam Fund. The fund uses real dollars to buy and sell investments. Robert Albee Hospitality Management Economics Moderators and Advisers: Anthony Cipolla Christine Meyer Stephen Ciccone and Ahmad Etabari Electrical Engineering Hospitality Management Alternative Investments Cyclicality of Financial Markets Investigation of Marketing in Bed and Adviser: Stephen Ciccone Breakfasts Robert Albee Adviser: Udo Schlentrich Economics William Fritzky Colin Kelley Accounting Management Finance The Life of Accounting: Its Past, Present, Charles Nettleship and Future Jillian Lawrence Finance and Marketing Adviser: Catherine Plante Management Performance and Learning in College Financials Joel Peltokangas Student Teams: The Role of Personality Accounting and Management and Team Dynamics Benjamin Allen Going Green: Income Tax Incentives Adviser: Vanessa Druskat Eric Harwood Adviser: Catherine Plante Benjamin Lawlor Sarah Sceery Finance Economics Management Coaching Leadership Style and Success: Basic Materials Chelsea Berg An Evaluation in Collegiate Athletics Tyler Campbell Economics and Communication Adviser: Anthony Pescosolido Matthew DiGirolamo Does Music Make You Smarter? A Finance Research Study on the Affects of Music Marketing David Runnals Education on Student Achievement Economics Adviser: Aziz Saglam Karrah Kwasnik Marketing Healthcare Ryan Connors Warning: The Impact of Digital Enhance- Economics ment Labels on Print Advertising Nicholas Castaldi The Effect of Sports on the United States Adviser: Melissa Bishop Gregory Ucich Economy Finance Adviser: Aziz Saglam Elizabeth Morash Anthony Cipolla International Affairs and Business Electrical Engineering John Rolfe Administration Entrepreneurial Venture Creation The Social Media Impact Econ Team and Economics Adviser: William Machanic Let it Snow: The Economic Variables That Christopher Celi Affect Cocaine Use in Young Adults Catherine Relihan Adviser: Aziz Saglam Economics Ryan Guidice (UNH McNair Scholar) International Business and Economics

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Whittemore School of Business and Economics Undergraduate Research conference, continued

MUB, Room 237 Chad Nettleship ’12 9–10:20 a.m. Finance and Marketing EcoGastronomy Visit Chad Nettleship’s presentation at the URC and you may pick up some tips for boosting Students in the Capstone Course for the Dual Major in EcoGastronomy your investment portfolio. Nettleship, a finance identify and pursue a research topic and marketing major at the Whittemore School related to EcoGastronomy. These of Business and Economics, is a member of the topics can include a wide range of student-run Atkins Investment Group (AIG). areas of focus including agriculture, Some 40 students in AIG are responsible hospitality, nutrition, and the myriad social, economic, environmental, for building and maintaining an all equity political, and ethical issues associated portfolio called The Wildcat Fund. Started in with food production and eating. 2005, the fund is worth about $52,000 and it Moderator: Daniel Winans consistently out-performs the S&P 500 index. Maryn Bonniwell EcoGastronomy Dual Major and Spanish Consumer Staples Comprehensive Model of Food Solutions: Stephanie Constant Foundations of Reducing the Growing Rate Finance and Management of Overweight Youth John McGrath Adviser: Amy Redman Anthony Savani Sarah Breen Finance EcoGastronomy Dual Major and Tourism Planning and Development Consumer Discretionary Experiential Food Studies Within New Kelli DeDonato England Alyssa King Adviser: Daniel Winans Brian Thompson Finance Emily Goldman EcoGastronomy and Hospitality Utilities Management Dual Major David Freeman Eating as One: An Exploration of Social Ryan Shelley Dining Finance Adviser: Amy Winans Matthew Gaboury Lauren Gordon Finance and Management Hospitality Management and EcoGastronomy Dual Major Telecom Seacoast Local Food Purveyor Robin Gerum Energy Adviser: Jay McSharry Finance Glenn Law Michael Longeri Jenna Pisarek Colin Sullivan Hospitality Management and Economics and Finance Finance EcoGastronomy Dual Major Benjamin Schenck Jeffrey Lowell Saving Our Regional Food History: How Business Administration Accounting Heirloom and Native Plants Contributed to Year Round Production and Consumption Technology Industrials Advisers: John Forti, Daniel Winans Gwynneth Heaps David Maxfield Finance and International Affairs Ian Seraichick Zachery Leach Cheyenne Skog Joseph Stanek Finance Finance

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Emily Malnati Erika Colbath Peter Mead Business Administration Finance Economics Survival Strategies: A Cross Cultural An Economic Analysis of George v. Farrar An Economic Analysis of How J. Ryan & Comparison of Value-Added Dairy Associates v. Century Brewing Association Businesses in Italy and New England Nicholas Driscoll Adviser: Andrew Conroy Finance and Economics Dana Morrell An Economic Analysis of Hafner v. Psychology Ryan Millian Hansen: Easement by Prescription An Economic Analysis of F.B.T. Prods., Hospitality Management and LLC v. Aftermath Records EcoGastronomy Dual Major Kurt Eddins Environmentally Sustainable Wine Economics and Political Science Joseph Navelski Production An Economic Analysis of Princeton Sociology and Chemical Engineering Advisers: Nelson Barber, Daniel Winans University Press v. Michigan Document An Economic Analysis of Services, Inc. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. Kayla Oteri Hospitality Management and Miles Ela Hillary Piispanen EcoGastronomy Dual Major Economics and Finance Economics Gate-to-Plate An Economic Analysis of U.S. Salt v. Boston An Economic Analysis of State of New Hampshire v. State of Maine Adviser: Trent Schriefer Dylan Fischer Economics Jake Posternak MUB, Room 334/336 An Economic Analysis of Florida Finance and Economics DEP v. Stop Beach An Economic Analysis of Dastar Corp. 10:40 a.m.–Noon v. Twentieth Century Fox Bridget Harris Law and Economics English Laura Roach An Economic Analysis of Cahill v. Morrow Economics The U.S. legal system provides An Economic Analysis of Edward J. Butler implicit and explicit rules, which Thomas Harritt v. Joseph Bruno, Rhode Island Supreme allocate benefits and costs among the Classics Court individuals and organizations in our Efficient Allocation of Property: The Effect society. Poster presentations showcase of Sakansky v. Wein and Easements on the David Runnals students’ independent research on Economic Development of Land Economics the legal system and the economic An Economic Analysis of Mitchell v. Samuel Jenness consequences of property, contracts, Castellaw, Supreme Court of Texas Finance torts, criminal law and mediation. An Economic Analysis of Kline v. Burns Jonathan Upchurch Moderator and Adviser: James Wible Economics and Political Science Dianna Kurowyckyj An Economic Analysis of DeLong v. Melinda Adams Health Management and Policy Baldwin Economics An Economic Analysis of Kelo v. New An Economic Analysis of R.A.V. v. City of London Rod Walker St. Paul Economics JoHannah Langley An Economic Analysis of Liebeck v. Michael Chan Health Management and Policy and McDonalds Restaurant Political Science Business Administration An Economic Analysis of Omega v. Costco An Economic Analysis of Philip Morris Lauren Wells Wholesale Corporation USA v. Williams Economics and Psychology An Economic Analysis of a Legal Decision Christopher Chandler Samuel Leger Economics and Earth Sciences Economics An Economic Analysis of Roberts v. An Economic Analysis of Walling v. Vaughn, Supreme Court of Michigan Przybylo

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Oral Presentations Samuel Alexanian Kyle Suva Nathanial Berg Courtney Thomson Wednesday, April 27 Andrew Bogosian Marketing 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Patrick Cash Megan Horowitch Memorial Union Building Jonathan Cilley Marketing and Chemical Engineering Lindsey Coleman Natalie Kitchen Jonathan Dunham Marketing and Management MUB, Room 203 Gretchen Eastman Cell Phone Use and Concentration During Chelsea Elliott Class 9–10:20 a.m. Daniel Gejay Dylan George Daniele Alves Marketing Research Henri Hendricks Andre Garron Allyson Kimball Business Administration Moderator and Adviser: Damon Kipp Charles Martin Michelle Avendano Michael Mattia Tyler Bascom Caitlin Agnelli Tracy Naylor Kristen Betro Management and Marketing Brian Norman Nicholas Brown Maria Albers Katherine O’Connor Kelly Donahue Brandon Amico Gordon O’Hearne Brooke Duchaney Hannah Cametti Max Stewart Samantha Engle Tim Cox Robert Valickus Stephanie Farnham Joseph Daloisio Marketing Dustin Feldman Sarah Davison Marketing Research on the In-Class James Frackleton Alexa Dufault Texting Behaviors Among College Students Steven Giangiulio Gregory Harris Samantha Engle Lauren Alfano Taylor Hodges Stephanie Farnham Hospitality Management Lauren Fopiano Seohyun Hwang Nicholas Blanchette Alexander Foss Ashley Kaplan Rachel Casey Scott Haskell Noel Lindgren Jamie Chasin Jonathan Jagelsky Ryan Martinez Ilana Cohen Jonathan Parker Jessica Paterson Glee Corsetti Alexandra Peterson Anthony Saia Chelsea Cumings Jennifer Phillips Jonathan Taylor Jason Deutsch Thomas Ray Joshua Tilton Christine Dinisi Casey Reilly Elizabeth Tom Caitlan Elliott Petra Ross-Raymond Vance Turner Georgina Gapp Laura Tentas Hannah Ward Henri Hendricks Sierra Thresher Edward Young Ashley Kimball Ryan Torres Marketing Kelly LaFrance Zachary Tyler Michael Germaske Alyssa Marinelli Julie Walsh Marketing and Finance Reid McCarthy Marketing Danielle McVicar Shannon Mellen Michael Dwyer Elizabeth Merriken Management and Marketing Management Lindsey Minton John Hernon Katelyn Gale Emily Nardone Kaycee Smith Business Administration and Marketing Jill Peterson Management Jillian Granucci Alanna Reeves Facebook Study Marketing and Kinesiology Bridget Robinson Texting While Driving Kara Scozzari Joana Simoneau Max Stewart

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MUB, Room 330/332 Kegan Quimby Session B Brittany Wiseman Moderator: William Machanic 9 a.m.–Noon Matthew Zanderigo Marketing Nathanial Berg Marketing Workshops Marketing the New Chevrolet Cruze to Rachel Casey College Students Glee Corsetti Students are organized into teams Adviser: Peter Masucci Sarah Davison and work for an entire semester Michael DeAngelo to resolve a marketing problem Danielle Beaman Elizabeth Merriken provided by an outside company Lauren Borges Alanna Reeves or organization. These real-world Megan Callaghan Bridget Robinson situations require extensive field Katelin Gaillardetz Robert Valickus research and data analysis, and Scott Giacalone Marketing research findings are used to design Lindsey Marshall Develop a New Brand Identity and and implement programs to solve Marc Paradise Marketing Campaign for the College of the client’s marketing challenge. Matt Thompson Engineering and Physical Sciences at UNH Marketing Adviser: Peter Masucci Session A Development of a Marketing Campaign for Moderator: William Machanic the Z7 Brand from New England Footwear Nicholas Blanchette Adviser: Peter Masucci Patrick Cash Jean Adams Jamie Chasin Patrick Clasby Chelsea Cumings Jonathan Cilley Hayley Comeau Erin Gallagher Christine Dinisi Jillian Kalogeropoulos Sabrina Hashmi Gretchen Eastman Eric Kenny Alyssa Marinelli Amanda Merisotis Kelly LaFrance Brittany McClintick Sarah Morse Stacy Simione Katherine O’Connor Rebecca Richardson Benjamin Stephenson Vicente Satir Adam Zelenka Caitlin Verville Marketing Marketing Marketing Ryan Tkowski Marketing the New Organizational Development and Implementation of a Marketing and Education Structure of the Office of the Senior Marketing Campaign for UNH Printing Developing a Marketing Campaign for The Vice Provost for Research at UNH and Mailing Services Children’s Museum of New Hampshire Adviser: Peter Masucci Adviser: Peter Masucci Adviser: Peter Masucci Amanda Brody David Arrigg Dylan George Nicholas Brown Michelle Avendano Angela Lambert Caryn Cormier Daniel Bolton Kelly Lundin Rachael Dille Benjamin Bourque Michael Mattia Katherine Glennon Brittany Covert Jill Peterson Sara Hartley Chelsea Elliott Joana Simoneau Ashley Kimball Samantha Engle Courtney Thomson Brian Norman Alicia Farrar Marketing Kristen Schwaegerle Matthew Gargano Development and Implementation of a Justin Silva Joseph Gehling Marketing Campaign for UNH Housing Benjamin Simmers Rachel Grundhoff Adviser: Peter Masucci Marketing Kory Himmer John DeWispelaere Kirby Hounsell Marketing and Entrepreneurial Thomas Johnson Venture Creation Brian King Karrah Kwasnik John Hernon Ryan Mutch Management Emily Nardone Development and Implementation of Kelly O’Connell a Marketing Campaign for the NH Innovation Commercialization Center Adviser: Peter Masucci

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Sarah Fournier Moderator and Adviser: Lauren Adams Georgina Gapp Andrew Houtenville Management Laura Greichen Jonathan Edmunds Christopher Celi, Team Leader Allyson Kimball Business Administration Reid McCarthy Economics The Optimalists Kyle Labbe Kara Scozzari Business Administration and Hannah Slavin Eric Harwood, Team Leader Management Marketing Finance AppFit Charles Nettleship The Marginalists Adviser: Warren Daniel Finance and Marketing Marketing Tradeport, Inc., Services to Aaron Arsenault Students, Faculty, and Staff at UNH Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Adviser: Peter Masucci Whittemore School of BotaniBrew Business and Economics Adviser: William Hassey MUB, Room 302 Paul J. Holloway Benjamin Bathalon 9–10:20 a.m. Lauren Treacy Innovation-to-Market Business Administration Multidisciplinary Oral Rachel Casey Prize Competition Marketing Presentations Transit Tracker This competition takes students Adviser: Warren Daniel Moderator: Catherine Blake out of the classroom and into the Nicholas Boghosa Jenna Pisarek real world. Students are required to Colleen Fyfe Economics and Finance research and prepare strategies for Entrepreneurial Venture Creation The Current Economic Recovery commercializing new products and Biodiesel Executive Car Adviser: Zeynep Senyuz services, which they present to a panel of industry judges. Prizes are Adviser: M. Billur Akdeniz David Runnals awarded for the most feasible and Lauren Borges Economics fundable approaches for starting, Marketing Diffusion Index for the Strength of Interna- acquiring, or expanding a business tional Multilateral Coordination venture. Kelly Lavallee Adviser: Aziz Saglam Brian Morrison Business Administration Charles and Miriam Nelson Communtiversity MUB, Room 302 Poster Competition Adviser: Warren Daniel 10:40 a.m.–Noon Wednesday, April 27th Patrick Bowling Horace Zhang The UNH Federal Reserve 9 a.m.–Noon MUB, Strafford Room Environmental Engineering and Challenge Municipal Processes Adam Gagne Each year the U.S. Federal Reserve Jean Adams Environmental Engineering holds a tournament-style competi- Marketing Tahlor Marchi tion, the “Fed Challenge,” in which Micaela Flynn Entrepreneurial Venture Creation university teams from across the Accounting and Marketing and Finance and Management country face off, putting forward Kimberly Page their best economic forecasts and UNH Bike Share Finance and Entrepreneurial Venture Adviser: Alison Watts policy recommendations. In prepara- Creation tion for next year’s Challenge, two Virtual Mall Grant Broom teams from the UNH Council on Adviser: William Hassey Patrick Hoyt Economic Affairs will face off this Stephen Miller year at the URC in front of a panel of Business Administration UNH faculty and Ph.D. students. LifeBelt Adviser: William Hassey

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Christopher Canaway (graduate student) Jeffrey Gargaly Matthew Law Share the Beer Daniel McAuliffe Management and Accounting Adviser: Juan Florin Business Administration and Brittany Verville Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Entrepreneurial Venture Creation and Russell Chin Evan Leach Art Studio Business Administration and Finance Corey Snelling and Management Caitlin Verville Mechanical Engineering Marketing Andrew Hart Ian Macdonald University Note Takers LLC. Management Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Adam Robichaud Interceptor Speakers, Inc. Accounting and Management Adviser: William Hassey Jeffrey Levesque Campus Carpool Mathematics and Psychology Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Janet Greer-Carney (graduate student) Degbe.com TLC Institute Adviser: Junhao Shen Barrett Cox Adviser: Juan Florin Benjamin Groleau Tahlor Marchi Business Administration Morganne Helprin Gregory Mili Benjamin Lawlor Management and Finance Entrepreneurial Venture Creation and Finance Shannon Mellen Management RaiseNow Management and Marketing Urban Farming Advisers: Stephen Ciccone, Ashley Thibeault Advisers: William Hassey, Kholekile Gwebu, William Hassey Management William Knowles Go-Go Grocer Matthew Cuneo Meaghan McClellan (graduate student) Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Matthew Steckowych HealthFull Express Management Erica Hjorth Adviser: Juan Florin Jason Roach Kelly Weisert Michael Miller Finance and Management Management Management and Finance D.A.R.T. (Durham Alternative Rental Scan-Print-Credit ‘Inprint Technology’ Christian Peta Transportation) Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Joshua Poisson Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Stephen Lamarre Management and Entrepreneurial Davis Demers Management Venture Creation Business Administration, Finance and Emily Malnati MediaManiac International Business and Economics Business Administration Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Nicholas Febonio Heather Mitchell Christine Phipps Business Administration and Business Management Business Administration International Business and Economics Thomas Thomas Iron Horse Sweet Life Accounting Adviser: Catherine Blake Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Laundry Trackers Adviser: Warren Daniel John Rolfe Nicholas French Entrepreneurial Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Venture Creation Jared Lambert Economics James Fritz Community and Environmental Planning An Online Lending Platform Connecting Management Alex Manoogian College Students to Private Investors FNF Taxi Service Management Adviser: William Hassey Adviser: Howard Allen Raymond Shirtz Vicente Satir Benjamin Gallant Business Administration Marketing CollegeConnection.com Sarah Sceery Ryan Tkowski Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Management Marketing and Education Mikyla Lasher iDoc: Bridging the Gap to the Digital Management and Finance World Fuel Performance Adviser: William Hassey Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage

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Susanne Schaller (graduate student) Eric Childs (graduate student) Kurt Strandson Zoology Margaret Rotondo (graduate student) Daniel Turcott (graduate student) The Coastal Resiliency Project SugarSnap Gourmet NewsApp Adviser: David Burdick Adviser: Robert Gough Adviser: Juan Florin

Branden Sweetser Anthony Cipolla Brian Veroneau (graduate student) Nicholas White Electrical Engineering BrewHub Economics John DeWispelaere Adviser: Robert Gough Helios Marketing and Entrepreneurial Venture Adviser: Stephen Ciccone Creation Matthew Gaboury Seacoast Reads Finance and Management Bud Albin Challenge Round E-PROXY Inc. Exhibition Wednesday, April 27 Advisers: William Hassey, Peter Masucci 1–4 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 Ryan Curtis (graduate student) 10:30 a.m.–Noon MUB Room 330/332, Shawn Marsh (graduate student) Theatre I, Theatre II Memorial Union Building CareerAdventure Rooms 338/340 Adviser: Robert Gough Scott Amalfi The Seacoast Reads exhibition dis- Mathew Smith Catherine De Vasto (graduate student) plays the work of UNH student vol- Michael Sullivan BoomerSherpa unteers who tutor young children in Management Adviser: Juan Florin elementary schools and after-school The Water Hub Mark Eadie programs in literacy. Since 1998 over Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Business Administration and Financial one thousand UNH students have and Managerial Economics worked through Seacoast Reads Kier Barbour to tutor a like number of children. Heather Muller Katelyn Gale Sponsored by the Graduate Pro- Business Administration Business Administration and Marketing gram in Reading and housed in the Bryce Kelly Nicholas Kornutik Department of Education, Seacoast Management Business Administration Reads draws students from across the Jetport Energy LLC Atmos Inc. University and represents one of the Adviser: Audrey Ashton-Savage Adviser: Warren Daniel largest service and outreach organiza- tions on campus. Nicholas Blanchette Timothy Harmon Megan Callaghan Nicholas Tamblyn Amanda Bourgoine Gretchen Eastman Civil Engineering English Teaching Marketing Scott Olsen Seacoast Reads! Matthew Robinson (graduate student) Environmental Engineering Adviser: Carrie Powers Regaalo—Gift Giving Made Easy Jessica Streitmater Michaela Champlin Adviser: Peter Masucci Business Administration Family Studies University Response Management Daniel Bottomley Jenna Guerriero Application Business Administration Family Studies Adviser: Nancy Kinner Monadnock Automated Design Seacoast Reads! Adviser: Anthony Pescosolido Lukas Kolm (graduate student) Adviser: Carrie Powers Ewan Seabrook (graduate student) Daniel Brault (graduate student) John Trayner (graduate student) Brandon Milton (graduate student) Lo-Kid Matthew Zanderigo Adviser: Robert Gough Marketing Rackk.com Susanne Schaller (graduate student) Adviser: Kholekile Gwebu Zoology Red Cat Kitchen Adviser: Michael Merenda

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Allison Doucette Thompson School Community Leadership UNH Office of Community Seacoast Science Center Community Leadership Adviser: Kate Hanson Service Partnerships

Program Samantha Fulford Wednesday, April 27 Animal Sciences: Equine Sciences 10:30 a.m.–Noon Wednesday, April 27 The New Hampshire Society for the Memorial Union Building 10:30 a.m.–Noon Protection of Cruelty to Animals Rooms 338/3340 Memorial Union Building Adviser: Kate Hanson Rooms 338/340 This display showcases the work of Julie Loosigian student service organizations and The Community Leadership Program English student groups—ranging from spring is an innovative associate degree Kaleo Coffee break trips to residence hall commu- and diploma program that prepares Adviser: Kate Hanson nity partnerships—engaged in com- students of all ages to work effectively Dylan Palmer munity service and service-learning within community organizations projects throughout the year. and to be active, influential citizens. Food Service Management This exhibition displays students’ Wild Cat Friends Alexander Freid leadership portfolios and highlights Adviser: Kate Hanson Political Science and Philosophy significant community projects and Nathan Riggs UNH Trash 2 Treasure partnerships. Sociology Adviser: Marianne Fortescue New Hampshire Public Radio Capstone Projects Adviser: Kate Hanson

Nicholas DeMulder Christian Stone The Naked Arts— Community Leadership Morgan Townsend-Curley Creativity Exposed The ‘Art In Motion’ Experience Community Leadership Adviser: Timothy Barretto Sexual Assault Support Services Adviser: Kate Hanson Act I Ernst Ketel Community Leadership Brittany Thompson Wednesday, April 27 Reds Race, HUB Captains and Teams Family Studies Noon–2 p.m. Fundraiser HUB Family Resource Center Museum of Art, Adviser: Timothy Barretto Adviser: Kate Hanson Paul Creative Arts Center

Niklas Sigl Meredith Thompson This event exposes the inner creative Community Leadership Undeclared process of artists working in various Pi Kappa Phi’s Annual 5K Road Race! The New Hampshire Society for the concentrations. Student presenters Adviser: Timothy Barretto Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will describe the work they undertake Adviser: Kate Hanson to bring an artistic creation from Nonprofit Research initial inspiration to the gallery. Thomas Anderson Reading Makes a Difference Katharine Austin Business Administration Elyssa Arriel Fine Arts, Painting NH Businesses for Social Responsibility Social Work Advisers: Benjamin Cariens, Adviser: Kate Hanson Reading Makes a Difference Michael McConnell Adviser: Kate Hanson Victoria Belkin Shayna Bicknell Humanities Sarah Cowart Fine Arts, Painting The North Conway Community Center Social Work Adviser: Leah Woods Adviser: Kate Hanson Reading Makes a Difference Joshua Torbick Adviser: Kate Hanson Andrew DeGrace Fine Arts, Sculpture Communication Carla Joseph Adviser: Leah Woods NH Businesses for Social Responsibility Social Work Adviser: Kate Hanson Reading Makes a Difference Adviser: Kate Hanson 14 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 15 WednesdayWedn 4/25–Thursdayesday 4/27 4/26

Jonathan Alix David Andrews Interdisciplinary Science Kurtis Bartlett Electrical Engineering Physics Auto-Negotiation Python Board & Engineering An Infrared Laser Testing Facility for the Adviser: Michael Carter Characterization of the CLAS12 Silicon Symposium (ISE) Detectors Matthew Andrews Advisers: Maurik Holtrop, Sarah Phillips Electrical Engineering Yuriy Kharin Poster Presentations Nathaniel Allen Electrical Engineering Wednesday, April 27 Patrick Kilar Vacuum Tube Audio Amplifier 2–5 p.m. Brian Roy Adviser: Michael Carter Kingsbury Hall and Morse Hall Mechanical Engineering Hydrokinetic Turbine Featuring Variable Justin Audley The ISE symposium welcomes and Flux Generation Blake Brown encourages scientific presentations Advisers: Kenneth Baldwin, Christopher Dean from undergraduate students in all Martin Wosnik Andrew Russell colleges and departments. The event Andrew Saunders features undergraduate research that Jacqueline Amante Electrical Engineering contributes to or benefits from an Theodore Harris (graduate student) Wireless Hummer interdisciplinary science and engi- Environmental Science: Ecosystems Adviser: Richard Messner neering perspective. Students have The Response of Cyanobacteria and Shane Baia an opportunity to interact with peers Zooplankton to Experimental Addition of Mechanical Engineering and gain professional experience Nitrogen to Large Lake Enclosures Christopher Carrier presenting research. Attendees learn Adviser: Frank Wilhelm Mechanical Engineering more about research and educa- Miles Amaral VFG Turbine Deployment Structure tional opportunities in science and Matthew Bedard Advisers: Kenneth Baldwin, engineering at UNH. The program Lucas Henry Martin Wosnik will include a poster session, refresh- Eoghan Kelley ments, and an awards ceremony. Gregory Lonsdale Parris Ballentine Jordan Kusch Christopher Abbott Jonathan Swiger Alexander Lippincott Jonathan Carabello Samuel Wesley Ethan Thibaudeau Gregory Cole Patrick Woodman Mechanical Engineering Peter Gazzara Mechanical Engineering Electromagnetic Forming Machine Joseph Kelly A Water Pumping Windmill For Adviser: Brad Kinsey Kyle Letourneau Developing Regions Jared Majcher Adviser: Ioannis Korkolis Timothy Barnum Addison Masse Cory Anderson Geology Matthew Morin Gabriel Dakowicz Magnetostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous Guy Pederzani Gregory Halsey Through Paleocene Patagonian Sedimen- Kevin Perkins Rowen Prescott tary Formations Andrew Reeves Devin Quinn Adviser: William Clyde Michael Spacone Civil Engineering Justin Tremblay Kelly Barry Bridge Girder Lab Testing Mechanical Engineering Jack Bauer Adviser: Charles Goodspeed SAE Collegiate Design Series Mini-Baja Ryan Mastromarino Adviser: Robert Jerard Jeffrey Anderson Arianna Paquette Geology Samuel White Hajrush Aliu Comparing Mineral Modes of Littleton Civil Engineering Neeraj Gill Volcanic Samples Taken from Lyme and Culvert Replacement in New Durham, NH Electrical Engineering Cornish, NH Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Remote Controlled Lawn Mower Adviser: Peter Thompson Adviser: Wayne Smith

16 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 17 Wednesday 4/27

Kelly Barry Corey Snelling Levi Byers Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering International Affairs and Civil Effect of Increasing Binder Replacement LunaCats—Senior Design Project Engineering with Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Hot Mix Adviser: May-Win Thein Justin Forte Asphalt Maureen McHugh Robert Bouchard Adviser: Jo Daniel Zachary Schmidt Joshua Cerri Shawn Thompson Samantha Beam Wesley Cotnoir Civil Engineering Zoology Nicholas DeMarchi Yacht Club Development Effects of Social Status of Female Red Deer Camilla Leonila Garcia Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau on Herd Movement Nicholas Jean Adviser: Michelle Scott Adam Jordan Julie Cafarella (graduate student) Mark Richards Cathleen Turner (UNH McNair Scholar) Makenzie Benander Cameron Torrey Environmental Science: Hydrology Hydrology Joseph Wilson The Relationship Between Turbulence Daniel Broman Alicia Zani Intensity (T.I.) and Local Sediment Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Deposition in Sites with Different Christopher Dorich FSAE: UNH Precision Racing Biomass Density in a Salt Water Marsh Environmental Science: Ecosystems Adviser: Todd Gross Advisers: Linda Kalnejais, The Effect of Snow on Green Roofs Anne Lightbody Adviser: Jennifer Jacobs Julian Bratina International Affairs and Civil Ramon Calderon Jr. (UNH McNair Alyssa Birt Engineering Scholar) Animal Sciences: Bioscience and Karen Huberdeau Statistics and Mathematics Technology Andrew McRae Mathematical Instruction: The Effect on Genetic Expression of Fas in the Bovine Gaston Ngarukiye Selecting a Math Related Major Corpus Luteum Arthur Patch Adviser: Karen Graham Adviser: David Townson Diego Soto Civil Engineering Bradford Cannon James Blackwell Ash Street Bridge Design Physics Geology Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Study of Interplanetary Magnetic Waves Amanda Hyde (graduate student) Due to Newborn Interstellar Ions as Vincent Percuoco (graduate student) Nathan Brouwer Observed by the Ulysses Spacecraft Nutrient Removal Along a Salinity Electrical Engineering Adviser: Charles Smith Gradient in Coastal Louisiana Image Processing and Detection of DNA Advisers: Linda Kalnejais, Markers from Electron Microscope Images Cheryl Caputo Anne Lightbody Adviser: Richard Messner Samuel Despins Sarah Kissell Joseph Bonner Jonathan Brown Environmental Engineering Daniel Broman Samuel Marlin John DeWispelaere Michele Duspiva Computer Engineering Marketing and Entrepreneurial Venture Civil Engineering Improvement of Audio Capture in Hand- Creation Shoals Marine Laboratory: Geographic held Devices Through Digital Filtering Stormwater Design (Hodgson Brook) Information System Web Application Adviser: W. Miller Adviser: Alison Watts Adviser: Nancy Kinner John Burdett Joel Carrier Nathaniel Bonnier Electrical Engineering and Psychology Kaitlyn Jacobson Peter Duve Automated E-HERMS Brewery Tucker McCarthy Michael Giguere Adviser: John LaCourse Cory Osgood Hao Hoang Lauren Buzinski Justin Smith Joshua Laverdiere Civil Engineering Evan Leach Abigail Morris Geology Fast Food Restaurant Site Design Matthew Munoz Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Michael Simon Determining Sediment Provenance in the Atchafalaya River Delta, Louisiana Advisers: Linda Kalnejais, Anne Lightbody

16 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 17 Wednesday 4/27

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE), continued

Yunus Cezairli Anthony Cipolla David Cote David Gallagher Electrical Engineering Miguel Miranda (UNH McNair Scholar) Anthony Visone Automated Protein Dilutor and Environmental Engineering Mechanical Engineering Interferometer Raeanna Hughes UNH Jet Ski Advisers: Allen Drake, Thomas Laue Environmental Engineering and History Adviser: James Forsythe Small Scale Drinking Water Filtration for Andrew Clemence Schools in the Dominican Republic Gina Chaput Grant Dillon Advisers: James Malley, Alison Watts General Biology Stephen Pamboukes Kyle Charmanski Mechanical Engineering Yuanyuan Cui (graduate student) Mechanical Engineering Aaron Murtagh Xiameng Liu Marissa Rousseau Mechanical Engineering and Nursing Chemical Engineering Physics Charles Sullivan Surfactant Effects On Drop Formation in Biodiesel: Utilization of Waste Water to Mechanical Engineering and Business Co-Flowing Fluids Cultivate Microalgae Oil Feedstock Administration Adviser: Nivedita Gupta Adviser: Ihab Farag ElectroCAT Electric Bicycle Adviser: Barry Fussell Tyler Curtis Justin Charos Athena Gagnon Corey Dietrich Christopher Cogswell Mitchell Osbourne Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering and Philosophy Samuel Silver Ryan Dyer Dakota Smith Amy Underwood Civil Engineering and Sociology Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Nicholas Pearson Incorporation of Metal Nanoparticles in NASA Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission Civil Engineering and Civil Technology Anodic Aluminum Oxide Coatings TableSatIII MUB Staircase Adviser: Dale Barkey Adviser: May-Win Thein Adviser: Raymond Cook John Cole Matthew Daigle Lindsey Chiron Patrick Kerrigan Robert Hunter Electrical Engineering Michael Litchfield Kendra Kreider Electric Snowmobile Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Adviser: L. Gordon Kraft Nicholas Rivera A/V LED Cube Mechanical Engineering Adviser: Richard Messner Phylicia Cicilio UNH Combat Robot Shirley Dame Amanda Devine Adviser: Francis Hludik Emely Medina Physics James Stewart Jr. Michael Consiglio Measuring Atmospheric Neutrons from Chemical Engineering Chad Hayes Space Adviser: Mark McConnell Rebecca Wilson Andrew Kongmany Environmental Engineering Joshua Roy Timothy Davis Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis and Process Christopher Taylor Computer Engineering Design for Printable Conductive Media Jonathan Zoller Handheld GPS Adviser: Dale Barkey Civil Engineering Adviser: Francis Hludik Ossipee Lake Road Bridge Phylicia Cicilio Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Benjamin Decato Haley Harper Computer Science Brian McConnell Joseph Corsello Synteny and Orthology Lauren Pappas Eric Doe Adviser: Philip Hatcher Emily Smith Kathryn Quay Seth Tremblay Thomas Zakarian Justin Deloatch (guest from Elizabeth City Augustin Wimsatt Environmental Engineering State University) Brian Zukas Mini Ecoline Computer Science Chemical Engineering Adviser: Alison Watts The Spectral Reflectance of Ship Wakes UNH American Institute of Chemical between 400 and 900 nm Engineers ChemE Car Adviser: Darnell Johnson (ECSU) Adviser: Jillian Goldfarb

18 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 19 Wednesday 4/27

Carleen Dingman Chemistry Joshua R. French ’12 Solvent Effects on Aerosol Phase Chemi- cals: Are Present UV/Vis Techniques Physics Misleading? Adviser: Margaret Greenslade Even before a rocket blasted off from Norway in December carrying UNH-built star Evign Dodge sensing equipment, Joshua French would have been justified saying, “Mission Accom- Political Science plished.” French is presenting his URC project on his work with the team that developed Marlayna Lumbard the Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU). French says the process of calibrat- English/Journalism ing a star sensor on the rocket taught him a great deal about hands-on research, team- Christopher MacRae work, and overcoming obstacles under pressure. “Working with the star sensor was truly History the culmination of my undergraduate research at the University of New Hampshire,” says Ella Nilsen History and English/Journalism French, who was mentored by Eberhard Möbius, UNH professor of plasma physics. Reducing Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gases at UNH Adviser: Cameron Wake

Kaitlyn Dugan Chemistry Barbara Li (Post-doctoral Research) Synthesis of Copper(II) Complexes of Cross-Bridged Tetraamines Designed for Radiopharmaceutical Applications Advisers: Gary Weisman, Edward Wong

Kathryn Ferreira Mathematics Employment Differences Among College Graduates Who Know a Second Language Adviser: Aziz Saglam

Jonathan Fincke Mechanical Engineering Modeling of Two Phase Flow in a Hele- Shaw Cell Adviser: Greg Chini Joshua French Michelle Gitschier Evan Flower Physics Dana Martin Mechanical Engineering Providing an Absolute Pointing Reference Hannah Pierce Development of a Hydroforming Machine for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Olivia vondenBenken for Sheet Metal (IBEX) Civil Engineering Adviser: Ioannis Korkolis Adviser: Eberhard Moebius Green Features of the New Child Study and Development Center at the University of James Folan III Kevin Genestreti New Hampshire Chemical Engineering Physics Adviser: Erin Bell Highly-Expanded Porous Latex Particles Pressure Balance between Space Plasmas Adviser: John Tsavalas and the Earth’s Magnetosphere Adam Goudreau Advisers: Lynn Kistler, Erin Kelley Daniel Foley Christoforos Mouikis Civil Engineering Physics Structural Design for a New Child Study A Novel Method for Safely and Efficiently and Development Center Producing Platinum Iridium STM Tips Adviser: Erin Bell Adviser: Karsten Pohl

18 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 19 Wednesday 4/27

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE), continued

Katherine Gray Timothy Harmon Henry Jones Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Wildlife Ecology Comparative Analysis of Difference Shingle Analysis of Fish Populations Along Predation on Capercaillie (Tetrao urogal- Sources in the Production of Asphalt Northern New Hampshire Streams lus) Nests—Loses to Different Predators Concrete Adviser: Thomas Ballestero Adviser: Peter Pekins Adviser: Jo Daniel Runzhi He Colin Joyce Katherine Gray Brian Zukas Physics Timothy Harmon Chemical Engineering Observations and Theory of Waves Richele Reynolds Microcapsule Dynamics in Varying Generated by Newborn Pickup Ions Nicholas Tamblyn Channel Geometries Adviser: Charles Smith Civil Engineering Adviser: Nivedita Gupta Kyle Kalutkiewicz Scott Olsen Laura Hood Physics and Mathematics Environmental Engineering Andrew Klein Cosmological Prospects of Axionic Jessica Streitmater Alexander Stitt String-Inflation in Large Volume String Business Administration Civil Engineering Compactifications University Resource Management Concrete Canoe Adviser: Per Berglund Application Adviser: Ricardo Medina Adviser: Nancy Kinner Sarah Kissell Stephen Hoogendoorn Environmental Engineering Luke Gregory Chadd LaFond Determining the Bioavailability of Organic Isaac Yeaton Sean Pinette Contaminants With the Use of Passive Mechanical Engineering Heather Waice Sampling Techniques Cellulosic Bioethanol Refinery Civil Engineering Adviser: Kevin Gardner Adviser: Christopher White Safe Routes Adviser: Kevin Gardner Kaitlin Kwiecien Kathryn Hack Patrick Massicotte Alison Wirth Amy Hunter Luke Teal Mechanical Engineering Jay Johonnett Georgian Tutuianu Disney ImagiNations—Wall_E Roller Monica Plante (UNH McNair Scholar) Civil Engineering Coaster Civil Engineering Bridges to Prosperity Senior Design Adviser: Barbaros Celikkol Hogdson Brook TMDL Adviser: Rebekah Gaudreau Adviser: Jennifer Jacobs Cedric Hall (guest from Elizabeth City Kaitlin Kwiecien State University) Luke Jablonski Civil Engineering Mathematics Physics Rapid Response Flood Zone Mapping for Correspondence Between Inherent Optical Computer Simulations of Lanthanum Disaster Relief in Data Sparse Regions: Properties and Net Oxygen Production Bromide Scintillation and Light Readout A Case Study in Haiti Adviser: Darnell Johnson (ECSU) Adviser: Peter Bloser Adviser: Jennifer Jacobs

Gregory Halsey Erick Janampa Carlo LaScala Dana Martin Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Nicholas Parrott Nano-catalyst Design for the Direct Properties and Performance of Electrical Engineering Ethanol Fuel Cell Reaction Building Derived Aggregate in Comparison Instrumented Workboot Adviser: Xiaowei Teng to Crushed Stone Adviser: John LaCourse Adviser: Jeffrey Melton Zachary Laforet Michael Jefferson Jr. (guest from Elizabeth Geology Andrew Harmon City State University) Indirect Measuring of Soil Conductivity Justin Languirand Computer Science and Mathematics for the Calculation of Soil Salinity Mechanical Engineering Tracking Ice Flow in Two Greenland Outlet Adviser: Gregg Moore Intelligent Tool Holder for CNC Milling Glaciers Applications Adviser: Darnell Johnson (ECSU) Advisers: Barry Fussell, Robert Jerard

20 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 21 Wednesday 4/27

Ruben Lalinde Kristen McNeill Rachel Pisa Benjamin Major Biochemistry Environmental Engineering Ben Minerd Regulation of Yeast mRNA Production Are New England States Reducing Their Computer Engineering Adviser: Clyde Denis Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Tracking Andrew Pavlik Statewide Energy Use Joseph Miller Electrical Engineering Adviser: Cameron Wake Computer Science Reconnaissance Robot Internet Security of the Future: A Look at Monica Plante (UNH McNair Scholar) Adviser: Francis Hludik Security in IPv6 Civil Engineering Emily Lantz Adviser: Timothy Carlin Creating an Apparatus to Test Microbial Katherine Lantz Degradation at Cold Temperatures Miguel Miranda (UNH McNair Scholar) Medical Laboratory Science (-20 to 5 Degrees Celsius) Environmental Engineering Adviser: Nancy Kinner Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Desalination With Ultraviolet Light as Plant Biology Pretreatment Jordan Reddel Managing a Genetic Disease by Enzyme Adviser: James Malley Chemistry Replacement Therapy: Plants to the Rescue Design, Synthesis, and Characterization Adviser: Subhash Minocha Peter Moran of Novel Bifunctional Ligands for Use in a Chemistry Ryan Lawrence (guest from Elizabeth City Copper (II) Sensor Progress Towards the Synthesis of Adviser: Roy Planalp State University) (±)-Heliotridane Chemistry Adviser: Charles Zercher Austin Rickert Survey of Post Last Glacial Maximum Hydrology Environment: Unusual Soil Constituents Matthew Mower Water Table Characteristics of Fen in Rocky Hock Bay Stratigraphy Chemistry and Mathematics Microtopography Adviser: Darnell Johnson (ECSU) Studies in Cyclopropyl Alcohol Formation Adviser: Ruth Varner and Peptidomimetics Stephanie LeRette Adviser: Charles Zercher David Robinson Meaghan Maher Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Zygmunt Nowak-Solinski Kingsbury Courtyard Senior Project Rebecca Wilson Civil Engineering Adviser: Charles Goodspeed Environmental Engineering CIE 788.01 Project Planning and Design: Copper Electrodeposition for High-Density Guild Lagoon Closure Kevin Rychert Vertical Semi-Conductor Integration Adviser: James Malley Physics Adviser: Dale Barkey Statistical Study of Pulsating Aurora Amadin Osagiede Using the THEMIS All-Sky Camera Array Evan Lonstein Timothy Postlethwaite with Respect to Large-Scale Spatial and Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Temporal Aspects as well as Correlation to Cocheco River Dredging Project Memorial Park Design GOES-13 Satellite Particle Flux Data Adviser: Kevin Gardner Adviser: Charles Goodspeed Adviser: Marc Lessard

Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Alex Papantones Steven Rzepka Plant Biology Chemistry Civil Engineering Molecular Recognition Using Polymers of Ashley Matthews Steel Bridge Competition 2011 N-isopropylacrylamide Nutritional Sciences Adviser: Raymond Cook Adviser: W. Rudolf Seitz Miraculous Tomatoes: Optimizing the Pro- Steven Rzepka duction of a Taste Bud Modifying Protein Arianna Paquette Adviser: Subhash Minocha Civil Engineering Civil Engineering An Investigation into an Alternative Geomorphic Trends Downstream of an Brian McConnell Calculation for the Shear Lag Factor used Impoundment Seth Tremblay in Effective Net Area Calculations for the Adviser: Thomas Ballestero Chemical Engineering Design of Steel Tension Members Effect of Harvesting Frequency and Water Adviser: Raymond Cook Recycling on Algae Growth Adviser: Ihab Farag

20 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 21 Wednesday 4/27

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium (ISE), continued

Jennifer Scolamiero Cathleen Turner (UNH McNair Scholar) Brian Avery Civil Engineering Hydrology James Bartoldus UNH Bike Infrastructure Enhancement The Effects of Hydro-modification on Karen Ibey Program Water Quality in the Lamprey River Nicholas Sandberg Adviser: Kevin Gardner Watershed Electrical Engineering Technology Adviser: John Davis Scott Innes Kyle Shaughnessy Corey Mooney Matthew Standley Georgian Tutuianu Christopher Reekie Russell Wilcox Civil Engineering Matthew Wakim Mechanical Engineering Shower Head Infiltrometer SURF Computer Information Systems Automation of an Ultrasonic Transmission Adviser: Thomas Ballestero Capstone Experience in Computer Process Information Systems: An Undergraduate Adviser: Brad Kinsey Victoria Ward Hydrology Speech Research Group Samantha Sinclair Modeling of Sediment Deposition in the Adviser: Michael Jonas Geology Mississippi River Delta William Cabana Reconstructing the History of Sedimenta- Adviser: Anne Lightbody Computer Information Systems tion at the Former Head-of-tide Dam on Lock It-Track It: Protect Your Network the Bellamy River, Dover, NH Carick Wienke Adviser: Karla Vogel Adviser: Joel Johnson Computer Engineering Indoor Localization Using a Modern Laura Cassella Stacey Snyder Smartphone Matthew Edmonds Geology Adviser: Nicholas Kirsch Christopher Reekie Constraining Mantle Melting Depth of Matthew Wakim Icelandic Glacial Volcanoes: A Compari- David Wilk Computer Information Systems son of the Most Recent and Penultimate Chemistry Open Source Donation Management Glaciations Leon Wong (post-doctoral researcher) Software Advisers: Julia Bryce, Joseph Licciardi Functionalization of Cyclam Derivatives Advisers: Gary Weisman, Edward Wong Adviser: Mihaela Sabin Joshua Stawarz Harry Dodson Physics Matthew Young Scott Innes Applications of Third-Moment Theory to Physics Computer Information Systems Turbulence in the Solar Wind at 1 AU A Statistical Study of Narrow-Band ELF Adviser: Charles Smith Events Observed at the South Pole Rebecca Lee Adviser: Marc Lessard Communication Arts Amanda Steed Case Management System for Domestic Mathematics Violence Unit of Manchester Cupolet Classification by Instrument Adviser: Mihaela Sabin Adviser: Kevin Short UNH Manchester Matthew Douston Matthew Stemkowski Undergraduate Research History Physics Conference Plagues and Sickness in Antebellum Computation of the Autocorrelation Manchester Function for Solar Wind Turbulence at Adviser: Robert Macieski 1 AU Poster Presentations Advisers: Charles Smith, Bernard Vasquez Lisa Eagleson Wednesday, April 27 History Travis Trottier 3:30–6 p.m. Teacher Training in Antebellum New Mechanical Engineering University Center Hampshire Measurement of Mass Transfer by Manchester Adviser: Robert Macieski Rapid Ablation Adviser: Christopher White The UNHM Poster Presentations Matthew Evans showcase students’ independent Computer Science research and internship projects, Corporate Virus and Malware Solutions service learning activities and civic Adviser: Karla Vogel engagement projects in the learning lab of the city of Manchester.

22 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 23 Wednesday 4/27–Thursday 4/28

Derek Gallant Schuyler Norman Andrew Casey History Computer Information Systems Communication Arts Death and Crime in Victorian Manchester Recreate Production Environment for Severed Adviser: Robert Macieski QA Testing Adviser: Jeffrey Klenotic Adviser: Karla Vogel John Grossmith Mike Fidyk Computer Information Systems Daniel Pepin Communication Arts Increasing Efficiency Through Standardiza- Computer Information Systems Paul Murphy and the Red Sox tion at Best Buy Developing the OpenITware Platform Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Adviser: Karla Vogel Architecture Adviser: Mihaela Sabin Danielle Flynn Christopher Hardy Business Administration and Media History Laura Trinward Practices Manchester 1846: From a Town to a City History GET IT ON Adviser: Robert Macieski Manchester, New Hampshire: The Mill Girl Adviser: Anthony Tenczar and Religion Aaron Jarzombek Adviser: Robert Macieski Andrew Gibson Daniel Pepin Communication Brice Rader Matthew Wakim MEDIUM Thomas Tierney Computer Information Systems Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Computer Information Systems Redesigning a Phone Infrastructure for Internship2Career: Management System Stephens and Michaels Associates David Klein for the UNHM Internship Program Adviser: Karla Vogel Communication Arts Adviser: Mihaela Sabin Heartbeat Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Jillian Kinney History UNH Manchester Kevin Mason Irish in Manchester Communication Arts and Politics Adviser: Robert Macieski Undergraduate Research and Society Pattern Shawn Kraus Conference Adviser: Anthony Tenczar History Manchester Taverns and Temperance in Cinema Arts Day Erroll James Ponio the Mid-nineteenth Century Communication Arts Adviser: Robert Macieski Thursday, April 28 Film Projects 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Lowell Mower University Center Camille Quarles History 400 Commercial Street Communication Colonial Manchester: Stark’s Fort and the Manchester Protection of an Expanding Frontier A Dedicated Service: Phillip Parker Adviser: Robert Macieski The UNHM Communication Arts Adviser: Anthony Tenczar program has a production track in Cristina Murphy which students complete introduc- Christopher Spencer History tory and advanced course work in Communication Impact That Living and Working video production, scriptwriting, Shaken Up Conditions in Manchester Had on People’s audio production, film aesthetics, Adviser: Anthony Tenczar Physical and Mental Health During and documentary production. The 1830–1860 student films and scripts illustrate Adviser: Robert Macieski student work at different stages in the curriculum. Keith Naber History Heather Anderson Temperance Movement in Manchester Communication Arts Adviser: Robert Macieski Wherever I Am Adviser: Anthony Tenczar

22 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 23 Thursday 4/28

Jonathan Gray English The Creative Process: A Personal Experi- ence of Cartoons, Muses, and Much More Adviser: Thomas Payne

Justin Morin Theatre Set Design for Museum, A Play by Tina Howe Adviser: Szu-Feng Chen

Jake Nevrla Communication On the Morning That She Found Him Adviser: Thomas Payne

Benjamin Tibbetts Music Theory Setting Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet to Music Adviser: Christopher Kies Annie Grace Couvillion ’12 Studio Art History Department Undergraduate As a sophomore, Annie Grace Couvillion received a Summer Undergraduate Research Presentations Fellowship to photograph the underbelly of New Hampshire life in the summer of 2010. She spent three months traveling throughout the state, photographing the people and Thursday, April 28 places that summer tourists generally do not see. 12:40–2 p.m. Memorial Union Building Couvillion says her project, which will be shown at the URC, had a dual purpose: to Rooms 338/340, Theatre I help her explore documentary photography as a career, and to create a body of work that might bring into focus the world of the disadvantaged in New Hampshire. The History Department hosts a panel of undergraduate history majors, presenting research projects from their academic classes, research George Adams (UNH McNair Scholar) seminars, and honors theses. Music The Naked Arts— Peter Daigle Beat-Class Modulation in Steve Reich’s History Music for 18 Musicians Creativity Exposed World War II as a Proving Ground for an Adviser: Rob Haskins Independent Air Force Act II Victoria Carot Adviser: Janet Polasky Theatre Thursday, April 28 Thibaut Delloue Costume Design for Museum, A Play by 12:30–2 p.m. History and Philosophy Tina Howe Hennessy Theatre Abraham Lincoln and New Hampshire’s Adviser: Szu-Feng Chen Paul Creative Arts Center Independent Democrats Annie Grace Couvillion Adviser: J. William Harris This event exposes the inner creative Art Studio process of artists working in various Out of Focus: Images of the Underside of disciplines. Student presenters will New Hampshire Life in 2010 describe the work they undertake to Adviser: Julee Holcombe bring an artistic creation from initial inspiration to the stage or gallery.

24 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 25 Thursday 4/28 –Friday 4/29

Thibaut Delloue Evan Monty Matthew Conti History and Philosophy History Mechanical Engineering Technology Jacob Goodwin A Struggle Against Change: Rural New OSRAM—Cathode Shrinkage Reduction Andrew Holmes Hampshire During the Great Depression Adviser: Ralph Draper Kyle Libby Adviser: W Jeffrey Bolster Steve Cyr Evan Monty Ella Nilsen Mechanical Engineering Technology Sarah Yozzo History and English/Journalism Munters—Design of Clamping System History Being Jewish in Russia and the United Adviser: Ralph Draper Ella Nilsen States: Immigration, Legacy, and Family History and English/Journalism History Karim El Mouatacim Panel 1—History, Change and Continuity Adviser: Cathy Frierson Electrical Engineering Technology Adviser: Janet Polasky PSNH—Evaluate Interconnection of Mobile Generator Danielle Flynn Adviser: Ralph Draper Business Administration and Media UNH Manchester Practices Shaun LeClaire Ashley Heim Undergraduate Research Mechanical Engineering Technology Zoology Pedro’s Inc.—Testing Fixture for Bicycle Conference Chain Lubricants Michael Houle Adviser: Ralph Draper English Teaching Engineering Technology Robyn Keriazes Josh LeTarte English/Journalism Senior Project Presentations Mechanical Engineering Technology Elizabeth Orlowicz LAARS—Numerical Model of a Heat Marine and Freshwater Biology Friday, April 29 Exchanger 8 a.m.–Noon Adviser: Ralph Draper Alexandru Panait University Center Sociology and History Manchester Benjamin Leary Joseph Stanek Electrical Engineering Technology Finance The UNHM Engineering Technology JPSA—Laser Testing/Data Collection Panel 2—Propaganda and Film Program presents its annual Senior System Advisers: Marion Dorsey, Janet Polasky Project Presentation day. This event is Adviser: Ralph Draper the culmination of an academic year Paul Goodman effort where full-time seniors for- Kevin Maffei History mally present their projects to peers, Electrical Engineering Technology Conditions In German WWII POW Camps faculty members, representatives UNH-IOL—Automation of Displays Adviser: Marion Dorsey and technical advisers of sponsoring Adviser: Ralph Draper companies, and special guests. Robyn Keriazes Matthew Morrill English/Journalism Brett Austin Mechanical Engineering Technology Housewives at War Mechanical Engineering Technology D.G. O’Brien—Powder Coat Process Advisers: Marion Dorsey, Janet Polasky Viega—Design and Analysis of a Radiant Adviser: Ralph Draper Heating System Kyle Libby Zachary Paul Adviser: Ralph Draper History Mechanical Engineering Technology Smaller, Simpler, Smarter: A History of James Bartoldus OSRAM—Cost Reduction for Arc Tube Human-Computer Interfaces Electrical Engineering Technology Adviser: Ralph Draper Adviser: Kurk Dorsey Kratylos—Client Server System Daniel Rollins Adviser: Ralph Draper Christopher Lowell Electrical Engineering Technology History Brandon Bergeron Zeta—Test Board for Seismograph The Battle That Saved England Mechanical Engineering Technology Adviser: Ralph Draper Adviser: Marion Dorsey PT Castings—Tooling Manual Colton Seymour Adviser: Ralph Draper Mechanical Engineering Technology Wirebelt—Automated Lowering System Adviser: Ralph Draper

24 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 25 to be a sponsor of URC

UNH Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday, April 29, 2011 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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Oral Presentations, Session A Travis Pynenburg Parents Association English Literature Friday, April 29 Ralph Waldo Ellison as Major American Undergraduate Research 9:30–10:40 a.m. Author Symposium Memorial Union Building Adviser: Reginald Wilburn

Welcome Breakfast with MUB, Room 203 MUB, Room 237 UNH Provost John Aber and Ethnic Studies: Inventing the Feminism in Action: Women’s Parent Association Council (In)visible Self Studies Internships President Peter Hayden These sessions are sponsored in Moderator and Adviser: Carina Self part by the minors in Africana and Bie Aweh Friday, April 29 African American Studies, American Women’s Studies and Political Science 9–9:30 a.m. Studies, and Race, Culture and Power. Feminist Majority Foundation, Los Memorial Union Building Housed in the UNH Center for the Angeles, CA Granite State Room Humanities, these interdisciplinary academic programs promote under- Sara Espinal This informal gathering gives standing of American and African, Women’s Studies students and attendees an opportu- Diasporic, and African American NARAL/ProChoice NH, Concord, NH nity to visit with UNH Provost culture and history as well as the John Aber and Parents Association connections between and among race, Allison Hitchings Council President Peter Hayden. culture, and power on the national Family Studies Both speakers will provide a preview and global level. Partnering with New Generations, Greenland, NH of the large University-wide event offices and initiatives campus-wide, Laura Joseph that follows: the Parents Association the programs support the University’s Undergraduate Research Symposium. Women’s Studies and Spanish and commitment to fostering inclusive International Affairs excellence. Waysmeet Center, Durham, NH Moderator: Reginald Wilburn Parents Association Erin King Chloe Abu-Jaber Women’s Studies Undergraduate Research Renee Poisson Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Symposium English Mountains, Denver, CO Native American Authors from New Holly Surette England: A Collaborative Online Project The Parents Association Undergradu- Women’s Studies Adviser: Siobhan Senier ate Research Symposium showcases The UNH Women’s Commission, Durham, students from all disciplines. Students Lauren Barry NH present their faculty-mentored English Sarah Ward projects in either of two interactive Maria W. Stewart and Phillis Wheatley: Women’s Studies and Family Studies poster sessions, or in one of the three The Origins of an Enlightened Literary Arts in Reach, New Castle, NH oral presentation sessions. University- Tradition wide participants come from a variety Adviser: Reginald Wilburn Fileshea White of disciplines. Women’s Studies Allison Bratton Dover Permaculture Group, Dover, NH English Teaching Afrocentricity Jayne Wilhelm Adviser: Reginald Wilburn Women’s Studies Barrington Permaculture, Barrington, NH Josh DiPirro English The Absent Egg: Existential Dialectics as a Social Critique in Invisible Man Adviser: Reginald Wilburn

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MUB, Strafford Room Katelyn Chisholm Natalija Ulemek International Affairs and Spanish International Affairs and Communication Honors Program: US-Sino Crime, Poverty, and Safety in Costa Rica Media’s Contribution to Political Change Relations (1) and Nicaragua in Post-Communist Russia Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Moderator: Monica Chiu Samantha Corti Henry Bowen International Affairs and Political Science MUB, Room 340 Undeclared Money, Crime and Corruption: What Does International Affairs— The Gap: Understanding the US-China It Take to Undermine Democracy? Trade Deficit Adviser: Benjamin Cole Immigration and Discrimination Adviser: Lawrence Reardon in the Mediterranean Charissa Eno Amanda Condon International Affairs and Sociology Moderator: Fernando Gonzales International Affairs and Political Science Paco: Blowing up the Slums in Buenos Nationalism in Modern Day China Aires Oluwatobiloba Afolayan Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Adviser: Benjamin Cole International Affairs and Communication North Africans in Spain: Economic Success Daniel Cray as a Sociopolitical Unreality Business Administration MUB, Room 334 Adviser: Benjamin Cole Imbalance: The Reasons Behind the Sino- International Affairs—From US Trade Deficit Joanna Frankie Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Hip-hop to Howitzers: Popular International Affairs and Spanish Resistance in Comparative Immigration from Morocco to Spain Allison Ginwala Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer International Affairs and English/ Perspective Kevin Kennedy Journalism Moderator: Claire Malarte-Feldman US-Sino Relations: Censorship Tension International Affairs and Political Science Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Katherine Bragg Immigrants in Spain International Affairs and Communication Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Hannah Lawrence Symbolic Resistance as a Source of Political Science and Justice Studies Anna Miner Disunion within Catalonia and Spain International Affairs and Spanish Après 6.4: U.S. Foreign Policy Concerning Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Human Rights in China Population Uprooting: Reasons for Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Gideon Cohn Increased Immigration to Spain International Affairs and Anthropology Adviser: Benjamin Cole Christine Turner Hip Hop and Rebellious Youth Political Science Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer MUB, Room 332 Leaning East: The United States’ Trade Dependence on Chinese Goods Elizabeth Morash International Affairs—Learning Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Affairs and Business to Hate: Immigration, Xenopho- Administration bia and Extremism in Germany MUB, Room 336 From Miss Canary Islands 1936 to Generalissimo: Francisco Franco’s Moderator: Kirk Buckman International Affairs— Orchestration of the Fascist Spanish Development and Democracy in State in 1939 Christopher Buchanan Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Affairs and Political Science Latin America Turks in German Society: An Integration Jodie SanDonato Failure Moderator: Mary Malone International Affairs and Spanish Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Julian Bratina Rebels Without a Cause? The Common International Affairs and Civil Occurrence of Strikes in Spain Gregory Lenz Engineering Adviser: Benjamin Cole International Affairs and Political Science The Argentine Complex: When Will She Why We Hate: A Look Into Rising Bounce Back? Xenophobia in Germany Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Adviser: Benjamin Cole

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Sebastian Sink MUB, MUB Room 330 Kelly Martin International Affairs and German Communication The Anatomy of a Curb-Stomp: Youth International Affairs— Opportunities and Consequences: and Right-wing Hatred in Contemporary Production, Consumption, and Globalization, Media, and the Germany Dominican Republic Adviser: Benjamin Cole the Environment in Central and Adviser: Michael Albrecht North America Marc Venhaus Bethany Schmidt International Affairs and Business Moderator: Theodore Howard Sociology Administration Impressions of the Prison Rape Elimina- Timor Gamirov Germany as an Immigration Destination tion Act: Wardens’ Attitudes Toward, and International Affairs and English Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Implementations of, the PREA On-site Solar in New Hampshire Business: Adviser: Karen Vangundy Why Do Companies Get Involved? MUB, Room 338 Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer MUB, Room 302 International Affairs—New Jessica Giguere Immigration Patterns and Old International Affairs and Environmental Multidisciplinary Session 2: Prejudices, Europe and Latin and Resource Economics Human Health Issues Environmental Damages in Costa Rica’s America Protected Parks Moderator: Brent Bell Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Moderator: Stacy VanDeveer Karla Armenti (Department of Health and Natallia Leuchanka Human Services, State of N.H.) Victoria Adewumi (UNH McNair International Affairs and Environmental Scholar) Sarah Distefano Science: Ecosystems International Affairs and Political Science Health Management and Policy and The Loss of Ecosystem Services on the Will Costa Rica Take the “Poor, Huddled Business Administration Yucatán Peninsula in the 21st Century Masses, Yearning to Breathe Free”? : Public Characterization of Adult Blood Lead Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Policy and Public Opinion Towards Refu- Levels in the New Hampshire Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance gees in Costa Rica Tessa Mandra Program (ABLES) Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer International Affairs and Environmental Adviser: Rosemary Caron Conservation Studies Adam Harr Sustainable Development in Costa Rica International Affairs and Linguistics Anna Dupuis Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Legitimate Language: French and Euro- Health Management and Policy Ultraviolet Exposure in the Sun and pean Discrimination Against Indigenous Vanessa Valencia Tanning Salons Languages International Affairs and Business Adviser: Robert McGrath Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Administration Consumerism in America Emma Prichard Bethany Murphy Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Affairs and Anthropology Kinesiology Emarginati in Italia: How New Immigrants Acute Effects of Blood Flow Restricted and Old Prejudices are Affecting the Roma MUB, Room 321 Exercise on Muscular Function and in Italy Central Activation Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Multidisciplinary Session 1: Adviser: Summer Cook Exploring the Social World Vanessa Richards Cathryn Reynolds International Affairs and Spanish Moderator: Catherine Moran Kinesiology The Next Great Migration: Ecuador to Prehospital Emergency Removal of Football España Molly Driscoll Helmets Using Two Techniques Adviser: Benjamin Cole European Cultural Studies Adviser: Erik Swartz Constructing Civic Identity: Boston’s City Hall Heidi Shumila Adviser: Jeffry Diefendorf Kinesiology Influence of Obesity on Gait and Metabolic Cost of Walking in Older Adults Adviser: Dain LaRoche

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MUB, Room 207 Kylie Rivers Jessica Skalinski Parents Association Multidisciplinary Session 3: Communication Issues in Psychology Punctums Galore: An Audience Centered Undergraduate Research Notion of the Punctum Moderator: William Stine Symposium Brittany Trahan Eva-Molly Dunbar Communication Poster Presentations Psychology The Genres of UFO Photography Effectiveness of Eating Concerns Mentoring Session A Program MUB, Room 304 Adviser: Victoria Banyard Friday, April 29 The Many Faces of French 9:30–10:40 a.m. Andrew Kitt Memorial Union Building Psychology Studies at UNH Granite State Room Temporal Limits of Perceived Rotation in Moderator and Adviser: The Parents Association Undergradu- the Venetian Blind Effect: Eye Dominance Barbara Cooper Through Luminance and Contrast ate Research Symposium showcases Modulation Laura Angers students from all disciplines. Adviser: William Stine International Affairs and French Students present their faculty- The Origins of the AOC Designation mentored projects in either of two Patrick Noonan interactive poster sessions, or in Psychology Nicole Marino one of the three oral presentation Venetian Blind Effect: Cancelling Dynamic International Affairs and French sessions. University-wide participants Geometric Disparities Using Contrast and Marie-Antoinette: 18th Century come from a variety of disciplines. Luminance Fashionista Adviser: William Stine Ashleigh Alario Benjamin Phinney Valerie Cartier Kyle Tarbell French and Russian Nursing English Dubuffet in Translation The Influence of Caffeine Knowledge on Film and Psychopathology Consumption During Pregnancy Adviser: Delia Konzett Paige Root Adviser: Pamela Dinapoli French and Spanish Translation: The Second Sex Kevin Anderson MUB, Rockingham Lounge Psychology Rhetoric of the Photograph Learning Choice-Reinforcement Contingencies in Major Depressive Moderator and Adviser: Disorder Michael Jackson Adviser: Paul Hamilton Amanda Adams Jennifer Bakan Communication Psychology Kisses in War The Impact of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant on the Family Kendra Mack Advisers: Carolyn Mebert, Susan Parsons Communication MD, MRP (The Health Institute at Tufts Photo Frames as Prison Walls: The Medical Center) Rhetorical Value of Identification Photographs Elyssa Barrick Kristen Onos (graduate student) Lindsey Poisson Psychology Communication The Role of Hippocampus in Spatial Work- The Evolution and Manipulation of War ing Memory in the Rat: Direction Versus Photography Location-based Cues Adviser: Robert Mair

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Catherine Bousquet Shanon Farley Jillian Lawrence Psychology and Justice Studies Sociology Management Effects of Parental Monitoring on The Influence of Sex Education in Public Performance and Learning in College Adolescent Behavior Schools on Sexual Behavior Student Teams: The Role of Personality Adviser: Ellen Cohn Advisers: Benjamin Brown, and Team Dynamics Jennifer Vanderminden Adviser: Vanessa Druskat Rachael Butterfield Nursing Joshua Gerry Theresa Lewis Care Giving at Home for Sick Children in General Biology International Affairs and Political Science Pune, India Allison Nahin Las Mamas: Reflections on Indigenous Advisers: Gene Harkless, Timothy Stillwell Spirituality in Peru Carol Williams-Barnard Biochemistry Adviser: Frédérique Apffel-Marglin Lauren Campbell TaylorAnn Sarro Catherine Newkirk Occupational Therapy Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Nursing Analyzing the Effect of Teacher-directed Biology Maintaining the Patency of and Structure on Social Interaction of Children Mutagenesis of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Unclogging Nasogastric Tubes Using the Evaluation of Social Interaction Phosphorylation Sites Advisers: Susan Fetzer, (ESI) Adviser: Andrew Laudano Carol Williams-Barnard Adviser: Lou Ann Griswold Paul Goodwin Melody Pothier Herbert Cornell III Geography Occupational Therapy Justice Studies and History Pease International Tradeport—Success Early Intervention Services for Children The Effects of Playing Violent Video Post BRAC (Birth to Three) with Autism Games on the Aggressive Behavior of Adviser: Alasdair Drysdale Adviser: Shelley Mulligan New Hampshire Adolescents Maren Gray Adviser: Ellen Cohn Caitlin Rivers Nursing Anthropology Olivia Cristaldi Family Planning and Abortion Services in Exploring Childhood Obesity in Rural Sociology Ghana: An Exploration into the Thoughts New Hampshire Gender and Age Differences in IT Use and Perceptions of Reproductive Health- Adviser: Curt Grimm Advisers: Rebecca Glauber, care Providers Kenneth Johnson Advisers: Carolyn Tobin, Karilyn Sheldon Carol Williams-Barnard Anthropology and Classics Sara Dennison (graduate student) Lithic Analysis, Living Sites, and Social Jacqueline Hembrook Katie Hallam Interactions During Late Prehistory in Psychology Nursing Northern Michigan Effects of Event-related Microstimulation Hospice Nurse Perceptions of the Adviser: Meghan Howey of Mammillary Bodies on Spatial Working Hospice-Nursing Home Relationship Memory in the Rat Adviser: Gerard Tobin Sarah Tower-Richardi Adviser: Robert Mair Psychology Lauren Kasparian Binding of Location and Color in Retino- Jennifer Dezenzo Nursing topic, Not Spatiotopic, Coordinates Nutritional Sciences Sleeping in Safety: A Descriptive Study of Advisers: Julie Golomb, Andrew Leber The Good Eats Cooking Series Research Nurse Anesthetists in Ghana Study Adviser: Gene Harkless Justin Witts Adviser: Joanne Burke Health Management and Policy Suzanne LaChance Differences in Quality of Inpatient Care Karen Doyen Zoology Between Urban and Rural Hospitals in Communication Sciences and Disorders Environmental Enrichment of Blind New Hampshire English Phonetic Acquisition in Native (Chelonia mydas) and Fully-sighted Adviser: Leslie MacLeod Spanish Speaking Adults (Caretta carettta) Sea Turtles Adviser: Jeanne O’Sullivan Adviser: Michelle Scott

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English 602: Advanced Technical posters reflect the variety, complexity, Jonathan Hutchings Writing Project Posters and contributions they have made to Social Work these agencies. Transitioning At-Risk Adolescents: An Adviser: Cristy Beemer Ecological Model Moderators: L. Rene Bergeron, Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Maureen Barry Gretchen Bean English Literature Jolene Jones Melissa Blanchette Amanda Bourgoine Social Work and Justice Studies Social Work English Teaching Victim Impact Groups: Inmates Do You Suspect Child Abuse? What Understanding and Taking Responsibility Matthew Fall Happens Next English/Journalism for Their Actions Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Ian Ferguson English/Journalism Caroline Brewer Katrina Nichols Social Work Jay Geigley Social Work Area Home Care and Family Services, English Alcohol-related Sexual Assaults: An Inc: Upholding a Client’s Right to Self- Mindy Lavallee Analysis of Contributing Factors determination Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron English Adviser: Gretchen Bean Melissa Stanwood Brittany Noble English Amanda Brown Social Work Thomas Wilbur Social Work and Spanish Importance of Prenatal Care: The English Gaining Independence Through Commu- Manchester Community Health Center nity Resources After Brain Injury Leandra George Adviser: Gretchen Bean Adviser: Gretchen Bean Classics Mallorie Patterson Alison Heleen Lauren Catano Social Work Music Education Social Work Fathers Helping Fathers: A Group to Better Shannon Malley Residents Have Rights: A Grievance Parenting Art Studio Process for Concerns and Complaints Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Elizabeth Racine Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine Hannah Plimpton Gulsun Cavusoglu Social Work Social Work and Political Science Partnering with the Power of Horses: MUB, Rockingham Lounge Becoming a New Hampshire Resident: The Equine-assisted Learning as a Motivation- Refugee Resettlement Process 9:30 a.m.–Noon al Learning Environment Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Adviser: Gretchen Bean

Social Work: Amanda Fuller Chelsea Tanous Social Work Extraordinary Experiences! Social Work Parent’s Guide to Filing a CHINS Petition How Military Affiliation Effects Students’ Senior social work students complete Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron Experiences in College: A Comparative internships in a variety of agencies Skyla Heath Study that address social justice issues Social Work Adviser: Robert Jolley or work with people in need of The Street Outreach Program assistance. Examples include agencies Abby Zorawowicz Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron focused on health care, education, Social Work adoption, corrections, unemploy- Kelly Hogan Solution-focused Practice: What It Means ment, homelessness, and refugee Social Work for the Division for Children, Youth, and assimilation to U. S. culture. This The Impact of Community Service Within Families year approximately 20,000 internship Adolescent Diversion Programs Adviser: Gretchen Bean hours will supplement students’ Adviser: Gretchen Bean classroom learning and promote the University’s commitment to Justin Husband community engagement. Their Social Work Do You Know Your Rights? You Should Adviser: L. Rene Bergeron

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MUB, Room 237 Michael Pope Parents Association International Affairs and Political Science Communication Honors & Elections and Party Dominance in Undergraduate Research McNair Program Research Panel Southeast Asia Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Symposium Moderator: Mardi Kidwell Christopher Semaan Oral Presentations Katherine Bragg International Affairs and Political Science International Affairs and Communication Water Pollution in China: Enforcement Session B Symbolic Resistance as a Source of and Implementation of Pollution Policies Disunion Within Catalonia and Spain and Standards Friday, April 29 Adviser: Jennifer Borda Adviser: Lawrence Reardon 10:50 a.m.–Noon Memorial Union Building David Day David Turner Communication Political Science Starbucks: An Ethnography of a Routine Investigating China’s Water Shortage MUB, Rockingham Lounge Adviser: Mardi Kidwell Adviser: Lawrence Reardon 12:30–3 p.m. Lauren Gancarz Communication MUB, Room 203 Comm-entary: The Student The Evolution of Gender Role Construction Ethnic Studies: Writing Race Journal of Communication, in Modern Advertising Matters, in Black and White 2011 Edition Event Adviser: Jennifer Borda Arisbel Henriquez (UNH McNair Scholar) These sessions are sponsored in Comm-entary is the University of part by the minors in Africana and New Hampshire’s annual student Political Science and Justice Studies Student’s Assessment of Crime and Safety African American Studies, American journal of communication, founded Studies, and Race, Culture and Power. in 1981. Students in Communication in the Age of the Clery Act Adviser: Mardi Kidwell Housed in the UNH Center for the or other disciplines may participate. Humanities, these interdisciplinary The journal is an excellent way for Laura Yegge academic programs promote under- prospective majors to preview the Communication standing of American and African, type of projects that students work A Relational Approach to Social Transfor- Diasporic, and African American on in advanced courses. mation in War-Torn Areas culture and history as well as the Moderator and Adviser: Adviser: Sheila McNamee connections between and among race, Melissa Deem culture, and power on the national MUB, Room 340 and global level. Partnering with Brittany Adelhardt offices and initiatives campus-wide, Megan Boselli Elections, Imbalances, and the programs support the University’s Chelsey Canavan Desperation in Asia commitment to fostering inclusive Paige Clairmont excellence. Lindsey Comeau Moderator: Brian Noonan Sara Coppola Moderator: Courtney Marshall Tyler Easley Tara Durbano Anthony Bosco Political Science Brittany Hartnett English The Chinese Water Crisis Jessica LaCroix Casting Call: The Words and Roles that Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Kendra Mack Define Black Womanhood Katelyn Madden Michelle Galvin Adviser: Caitlin Vaughan Kelly Martin Political Science and Justice Studies Jake Nevrla Amanda Bronson Gender Imbalance in China Stephanie Raddock Occupational Therapy Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Christopher Spencer Revisiting This Bridge: Why Race Matters Laura Yegge Matthew Gibbons in Collaborative Writing Communication Humanities Adviser: Caitlin Vaughan Danielle Flynn Desperate Housewives: A Brief Look at Business Administration and Modern Japanese Sexuality Media Practices Adviser: Lawrence Reardon

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Ericka Dupervil Connor Strobel MUB, Room 330 Undeclared Political Science and Philosophy Revisiting This Bridge: Why Race Matters The Failed U.S. Response to Imperialism International Affairs— in Collaborative Writing and Colonialism in China Democracy and Dissent in the Adviser: Courtney Marshall Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Middle East and Africa Jamal Jones Undeclared MUB, Room 332 Moderator: Jeannie Sowers Revisiting This Bridge: Why Race Matters International Affairs— Alisha Burns in Collaborative Writing Bridges to Nowhere: State International Affairs and Communication Adviser: Courtney Marshall Kidnapping, Bombs, and Underwear: Projects and Investments in Sara Smith Yemen in Mainstream Media English Comparative Perspective Adviser: Benjamin Cole Racist Donkey, Sexy Fish: Gender, Race, Moderator: Robert Mohr Caroline Cenerizio and their Portrayal in American Film International Affairs and Communication Animals Courtney Arrigo Arabs, Israel, and the European Union Adviser: Delia Konzett International Affairs and Spanish Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Spanish Universities: A Worthwhile MUB, Strafford Room Investment John Dudley Adviser: Benjamin Cole International Affairs and History Internet Usage and Mass Protest: A Case Honors Program: US-Sino Levi Byers Relations (II) Study of Egypt International Affairs and Civil Adviser: Benjamin Cole Moderator: Monica Chiu Engineering Drilling for Oil in the Amazon Elizabeth Marcotte Robyn Keriazes Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer International Affairs and Political Science English/Journalism Power and Politics in Africa: What Senegal Christine Kratz Nominal Neutrality: U.S. Reasons for Tells Us About Emerging Democracies in International Affairs and Tourism Plan- Supporting China Prior to World War II the 21st Century ning and Development Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Adviser: Benjamin Cole Olympic Size Dreams and Nightmares: Hannah Paroline An Analysis of the Impacts of Hosting the Aaron Mohammed Chemistry Olympic Games Communication The Iraq Conflict and China’s Military Adviser: Benjamin Cole The History of Psychological Oppression: Modernization The Media, Geopolitics, and Myths Behind Patrick Logue Adviser: Lawrence Reardon the Palestinian Expulsion: 1880–2010 International Affairs and Spanish Adviser: William Woodward Michael Pope Building Governments: Why States International Affairs and Political Science Manipulate Architecture Madeline Sadowski The Cross-Strait Status Quo: Taiwan’s Adviser: Benjamin Cole Political Science Independence and the U.S. The Education of Women and Its Impact Nicole Marino Adviser: Lawrence Reardon on Employment in Jordan, Iran, and International Affairs and French Pakistan Patrick Quinn The System of Education in France Adviser: Jeannie Sowers Music Performance Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Western Classical Music in China Adviser: Lawrence Reardon

Taylor Reidy Undeclared Establishing Positive Sino-U.S. Relations During the Nixon Years Adviser: Lawrence Reardon

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MUB, Room 338 MUB, Room 336 Theodore Brackett International Affairs and Civil International Affairs— International Affairs— Engineering Gender and Identity Dynamics: Promoting Development in the The Sustainable French and Us Adviser: Benjamin Cole Beyond the Birds and the Bees Third World Sarah Cattin Moderator: Jeff Sherman Moderator: Georgeann Murphy International Affairs and Political Science Zachary Delcambre Heather Dean France & Rwanda: A Supportive to a International Affairs and Psychology International Affairs and Sociology and Severed Relationship and Spanish Justice Studies Adviser: Benjamin Cole The Chilean Boys’ Club: A Study of the China’s Housing Bubble: To Pop or Not Sarah Feehan Lack of Practical Application of Women’s To Pop? International Affairs and English Rights Adviser: Lawrence Reardon The Obscurity of Japanese Politics and How Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Heather Lake It Led to the Passage of Bill 156 Jessica LeBlanc International Affairs and Spanish Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer International Affairs and Sociology Indigenous Poverty in Southern Mexico Katherine Pavone Franco, Family Law, and the Feminine Adviser: Lawrence Reardon International Affairs and History Identity: Progressing from Four Decades The Mafia: A Continued Plague Upon the of Gendered Prescription and Restriction Joshua Richards International Affairs and Anthropology Modern Italian State in Spain Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Advisers: Benjamin Cole, Get Rich, Have Less Kids, Plant More Lawrence Reardon Trees: Rural-Urban Disconnect in China Adviser: Lawrence Reardon MUB, Room 304 Catherine Levesque International Affairs and General Biology Sasa Tang Multidisciplinary Session 4: Who Let Her Out of the Kitchen? The Sex- International Affairs and Political Science From Biochemistry to Sign Understanding State and Non-State Inter- ist Side of HIV/AIDS Language Adviser: Benjamin Cole actions: A Case Study of Tanzania Adviser: Benjamin Cole Moderator: Dovev Leung-Levine Oana Tutuianu International Affairs and Linguistics Sara Tatnall and Chemistry International Affairs and English William Altenburg Chivalry or Chauvinism and its Literature Philosophy and Biochemistry Reemergence in Spain The Politics of Underdevelopment: Gabon The Nature of Free Will: Its Origin in the Adviser: Benjamin Cole Case Study Biothermodynamics of Living Systems Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Adviser: Willem De Vries Abbey White Abigail Boduch International Affairs and Spanish MUB, Room 334 Traditional Views Transcend Time: Biochemistry Machismo’s Presence in Contemporary International Affairs— ORC6 Association with ATR Adviser: Kevin Culligan Spain Public Policy Problems in Adviser: Lawrence Reardon Comparative Perspective Julie Cafarella (graduate student) Cathleen Turner (UNH McNair Scholar) Moderator: Ray Cook Hydrology The Relationship Between Turbulence Laura Angers Intensity (T.I.) and Local Sediment International Affairs and French Deposition in Sites with Different Biomass Legality of the Roma Gypsy Expulsions Density in a Salt Water Marsh from France Advisers: Linda Kalnejais, Adviser: Stacy VanDeveer Anne Lightbody

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Kara Kelly-Martin Lyssa Wilson Communication Sciences and Disorders Sociology Parents Association American Sign Language versus Cued Duplicity: Refugees Experience with Racial Speech Identity Undergraduate Research Adviser: Nicole Dobson Adviser: Benjamin Brown Symposium Joseph Miller Computer Science MUB, Room 302 Poster Presentations Internet Security of the Future: A Look at Risk and the Human Experience Security in IPv6 Session B Adviser: Timothy Carlin Moderator: Michelle Grenier Friday, April 29 Robin Baum 10:50 a.m.–Noon MUB, Room 321 Nonie Cobb Memorial Union Building Multidisciplinary Session 5: Kacie Connal Granite State Room Undeclared Social Science, Language, and The Effects of Being Raised by a Teen Kevin Anderson Community Mother Psychology Adviser: Brent Bell Moderator: Thomas Safford Personality Moderates the Legal Socializa- Ryan Fyfe tion Model of Rule-violating Behavior David Brefini Molly Gaffey Adviser: Ellen Cohn Spanish David Thompson Understanding Femicide in the Globalized Margarite Bechis Undeclared Context of Ciudad JuÁrez Psychology What Form(s) of Risk Might Be Inflicted Adviser: Lori Hopkins Speaking on Eggshells: Perceived Partner Upon an Individual if They Were to Not Security as a Predictor of Deceptive Com- Jacob Goodwin Dream? munication in Romantic Relationships History Adviser: Brent Bell Adviser: Edward Lemay Faded Memories: Confronting the Cassandra Godinez Hungarian Holocaust through Cemetery Alyssa Birt Communication Sciences and Disorders Restoration. Animal Sciences: Bioscience and Adviser: Jeffry Diefendorf James Golden Technology Lindsey Judge Genetic Expression of Fas in the Bovine Katie-Ann Lawrence Benjamin Kelley Corpus Luteum Sociology and Women’s Studies Undeclared Adviser: David Townson Female Sexuality; A Qualitative Power of the Mind Explanation of Development and Behavior Adviser: Brent Bell Jonathan Blair Adviser: Jean Elson Gregory Bruno Ronnie Harris Lauren Gardner Alexandru Panait Cori Rees Aida Margolin Sociology and History Kinesiology Molly Newbury Video Game Habits of UNH Students David Tanner Kinesiology at Philbrook Marketing An Examination of Factors Involved in the Adviser: Lawrence Hamilton Effects of Drinking and Drug Use on Hiring of NCAA Assistant Coaches College Athletes versus Non-Athlete Adviser: Heather Barber Vanessa Richards College Students International Affairs and Spanish Walter Bubley Adviser: Brent Bell Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses of Animal Sciences: Bioscience and Probability and Possibility in Spanish? Kailey McKenna Technology Guess Again. Kinesiology Eian Prohl Adviser: John Chaston What are the Risks Associated with General Biology Texting for College Students? Are Gelatinases Present in the Plasma Adviser: Brent Bell of the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias? Adviser: Paul Tsang

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Christine Coyne (graduate student) Jessica Loper Angela Neal (graduate student) Fine Arts and Psychology and Family Parents Association Margaret Wile Studies Psychology Dating Violence in Adolescence Undergraduate Research Self-Protective Memory of Interpersonal Adviser: Erin Sharp Events Symposium Adviser: Edward Lemay Amy Ma (UNH McNair Scholar) Occupational Therapy Oral Presentations Nicole D’Alessio Analysis of Intervention on Stressed Environmental and Resource Economics Pregnant Women’s Social Networks Session C The New Pirates of the Caribbean: Tourism Adviser: Barbara White in Barbados Friday, April 29 Adviser: Douglas Morris Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) 1:40–2:50 p.m. Matthew Power (graduate student) Memorial Union Building Andraya Ehrlich Lin Shao (graduate student) General Biology Michael Sellarole Measurement of Ribonuclease Sa Charge General Biology MUB, Room 237 Variants with Membrane-confined Sticky Tomatoes: Production of Barnacle Electrophoresis Glue in Tomato Plants Case Studies in Persuasion and Adviser: Thomas Laue Adviser: Subhash Minocha Public Problems

Mary Foley Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Moderator and Adviser: Occupational Therapy Ashley Matthews Lawrence Prelli Comparison of Social Interaction of Deaf Nutritional Sciences Children and Their Hearing Peers Oluwatobiloba Afolayan Miraculous Tomatoes: Optimizing the Pro- Adviser: Lou Ann Griswold International Affairs and Communication duction of a Taste Bud Modifying Protein Jordyn Krall Joshua Gerry Adviser: Subhash Minocha Kirstin Lang General Biology Kevin O’Leary Communication Allison Nahin Psychology and Justice Studies Damned If You Do and Damned If You Biochemistry Earning Honesty Credentials: Partners’ Don’t: The Rhetoric of Infrastructure TaylorAnn Sarro Negativity Reduces Authenticity Doubts for Maintenance in Newmarket Hallie Webster Low Self-Esteem Individuals Alexander Cooper Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Adviser: Edward Lemay Biology Brittany Duffy Activation of Estrogen Receptors in Sarah Ransom Katherine Gunts MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells By Tyrosine Psychology and Justice Studies Travis Harsin Phosphorylation Effects of Victim and Perpetrator Communication Adviser: Andrew Laudano Reputation on Attitudes Towards Competing Dramas About Student Alcohol Relational Aggression: Who is the Bully? Use at UNH: The Case of Alcohol Amnesty MaryGrace Kelleher Adviser: Ellen Cohn English Michael Crupi Cosmetics and Beauty Remedies of the Michael Vidal (UNH McNair Scholar) Nathaniel Goodrich 17th and 18th Centuries International Affairs and Psychology Ryan Murphy Adviser: Nicola Imbracsio The Directive Functions of Autobiographi- Danielle Olean cal Memories: Selecting a Major Communication Matthew Libman Advisers: Kie Kuwabara, David Pillemer Rhetorical Management of Public Psychology Perceptions of Public Problems: The Intermittent Swim Stress Exposure Results Downtown Portsmouth Parking Issue in Sex Differences in Animal Models of Depression Advisers: Robert Drugan, Timothy Warner

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MUB, Theatre I Alicia Conn Lauren Petraitis Kathryn Losik English Dramatic Innovations: Students English Literature Violence Against Women in the Partition Present Drama and Research Andrew Dionne of India Adviser: Sandhya Shetty Drawn from English Literary Alyssa Lofaro English Teaching Classics Margaret Lubanko MUB, Room 332 Moderator and Adviser: Kinesiology and English Cord Whitaker Erin Simpson International Cooperation on Earth Sciences the Environment Luke Bella-Spooner Kyle VanEtten Bronwyn Field Moderator: Matthew DiLorenzo Classics and English Allison Lane ENGL 694B: The Wild Things Kevin Farrell Sara Smith Environmental Conservation Studies English MUB, Room 203 The IPCC and Climate Change Claire McCahan Adviser: Alynna Lyon Music Ethnic Studies: Difference and Amanda Pelchat Claire Stodola English Teaching the World Around Us Environmental Conservation Studies Nick Reid These sessions are sponsored in Nile Basin Initiative Influenced the English/Journalism part by the minors in Africana and Riparian Sates’ Management Alexandra Sargent African American Studies, American Adviser: Alynna Lyon Political Science Studies, and Race, Culture and Power. Sara Tatnall Jillian Stackhouse Housed in the UNH Center for the International Affairs and English English and History Humanities, these interdisciplinary Literature ENGL 694B: The Medieval Masqueraders academic programs promote under- The World Bank and the Chad-Cameroon standing of American and African, Pipeline John Bender Diasporic, and African American Adviser: Alynna Lyon Music and English culture and history as well as the Michael Hatton connections between and among race, Andrea Urbano Elizabeth Liguori culture, and power on the national Environmental Conservation Studies Thomas Selinka and global level. Partnering with The Effectiveness of the Basel Convention Emily Sullivan offices and initiatives campus-wide, on the Control of Transboundary Dillon Welch the programs support the University’s Movements of Hazardous Waste and their English commitment to fostering inclusive Disposal Vincent Spadafora excellence. Adviser: Alynna Lyon English/Journalism Moderator: Sandhya Shetty ENGL 756: Chaucer’s Dronkelewes MUB, Room 334 Bie Aweh Andrew Brady Women’s Studies and Political Science International Security and Andrew Doyle The Fight Against the War on Women Hannah Perreault Humanitarian Cooperation Adviser: Carina Self Annie Eliza Stevens Moderator: Brian Noonan English Daniel Healy Robert Fontaine English Teaching Ashley Benoit English/Journalism Hell on Earth: Ultimate Evil as a Catalyst Political Science Sex Trafficking: Prevention, Awareness Siobhan Smith for 19th-Century Black Women’s Radical and Reform in Asia English Literature Decisions Adviser: Lawrence Reardon ENGL 756: Le Jardin de la Poésie Adviser: Reginald Wilburn Andrea Turmel Political Science and Psychology UN Military Capacity and NATO as a Political and Military Alliance Adviser: Alynna Lyon

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Zahkary Wedemeyer Amanda King Monica Plante (UNH McNair Scholar) Political Science Family Studies Civil Engineering The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Being Different: How Attitudes and Creating an Apparatus to Test Microbial Organization on Stability in Central Asia Values Toward Diversity Impact Bullying Degradation at Cold Temperatures Adviser: Alynna Lyon in Elementary Schools (-20 to 5 Degrees Celsius) Adviser: John Nimmo Adviser: Nancy Kinner

MUB, Room 330 Matthew Richards (UNH McNair Scholar) Rebecca Wilson Issues in the 2010 Congressional Kinesiology Environmental Engineering The Impact of the CSNH Coaching Zlatan Zuka (UNH McNair Scholar) Elections Education Program on Coaching Efficacy Chemical Engineering Moderator: Dante Scala Adviser: Karen Collins A Comparative Study of Nanofiltration and Hexane Evaporation for the Recovery Chelsea Tanous Evign Dodge of Microalgae Lipids Social Work Political Science Adviser: Ihab Farag How Military Affiliation Effects Students’ New Hampshire’s First Congressional Experiences in College: A Comparative District Study MUB, Room 302 Adviser: Dante Scala Adviser: Robert Jolley Kaitlyn Dowling Multidisciplinary Session 8: Natalie Thomas (UNH McNair Scholar) Political Science Studies in Art History, Music and Mathematics Yes We Can: Leading the Next Generation The Influence of State Standards on Philosophy Adviser: Susan Siggelakis Lesson Design Moderator: Rebecca Karo Patrick Marvin Adviser: Timothy Fukawa-Connelly Political Science Ashley Brizard Expansion of the American Financial MUB, Room 338 Anthropology Crisis Legends of the Untersberg Mountain Adviser: Lionel Ingram Multidisciplinary Session 7: Adviser: Burt Feintuch Brooks Payette Explorations in Engineering Mariel Fluhr Political Science and BioScience Music and Earth Sciences Prepared for the Perfect Storm Subtitling Peppino: An Abusive Translation Adviser: Dante Scala Moderator: TBD of I Cento Passi Adviser: Amy Boylan David Turner Sinor Ali (UNH McNair Scholar) Political Science Civil Engineering Jennifer King Florida’s U.S. Senate Race Clean Drinking Water for Small System Art History Adviser: Dante Scala Through Intermittent Slow Sand Filtration Menzel’s Circle (i.e., Biosand Filters) Adviser: Rebecca Karo Adviser: Michael Collins MUB, Room 321 Sean Matthews Richard Jimenez (UNH McNair Scholar) Philosophy Multidisciplinary Session 6: Justice Studies and Spanish Spirituality and Faith in OE: A Call for Issues in Education and The Relationship Between the Production- Intentional Focus on the Spiritual Life of Development Location of Methamphetamine and the the Individual Establishment of the Drug in New Markets Adviser: Brent Bell Moderator: Molly Doyle Advisers: John Kirkpatrick, Kevin O’Shea Alison McCann David Jacobsen Emily Lantz History Political Science and Women’s Studies Katherine Lantz Michelangelo’s Last Judgment Manhunt: The Public Body and the Medical Laboratory Science Adviser: Patricia Emison Struggle for Queerness in Rurality: Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Reconsidering Counterpublics and the Managing a Genetic Disease by Enzyme Pornographic Narrative Replacement Therapy: Plants to the Rescue Adviser: Courtney Marshall Adviser: Subhash Minocha

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MUB, Room 336 Benjamin Tibbetts Amy Ma (UNH McNair Scholar) Music Theory Occupational Therapy UNH Sustainability Internship Border Crossing Analysis of Intervention on Stressed Program Adviser: William Kempster Pregnant Woman’s Social Networks Adviser: Barbara White Moderators: Sara Cleaves and Kelly Hathorne Jason Whitney Barry Santos Heidi Shumila English Kinesiology/Exercise Science Emma Groves Sarah Miranda Influence of Obesity on Gait and Metabolic Geography Theatre Cost of Walking in Older Adults New Hampshire Businesses for Social Night Word Music X Adviser: Dain LaRoche Responsibility: Creating a Sustainable Adviser: Thomas Payne Community Through Public Outreach Amanda King Adviser: Jason Whitney Family Studies Being Different: How Attitudes Toward Corey Johnson College of Health and Diversity Impact Bullying in Elementary Business Administration Schools The Driving Forces Behind Sustainability Human Services Grimes Adviser: John Nimmo in American Higher Education Award Competition Advisers: Sara Cleaves, Ross Gittell Carolyn Gilooly Occupational Therapy Thomas Zakarian Friday, April 29 Assessment of the Level of Function and Environmental Engineering 12:30–4 p.m. Healthcare Utilization of Individuals with Sustainability at UNH: An Internship with Pettee Hall, Room G10 Strokes in Belize the UNH Sustainability Academy Jack and Marianna Grimes and Adviser: Kerryellen Vroman Adviser: Sara Cleaves family, all UNH graduates, endowed Cathryn Reynolds the funds for this celebration of Kinesiology/Athletic Training excellence in undergraduate research. Prehospital Removal of Football Helmets The Naked Arts— The oral presentation competition Using Two Techniques includes finalists who have been Adviser: Eric Swartz Creativity Exposed selected by CHHS faculty after rigor- ous scientific review of written Lauren Campbell Act III proposals. Information on partici- Occupational Therapy pants will be available at this event. Analyzing the Effect of Teacher-Directed Friday, April 29 Structure on Social Interaction of Children 12:15–1 p.m. Anna Dupuis Using the Evaluation of Social Interaction Memorial Union Building Health Management and Policy Adviser: Lou Ann Griswold Strafford Room Knowledge and Behavior Around UV Ex- posure in College-age Men and Women Mary Foley This event exposes the inner creative Adviser: Robert McGrath Occupational Therapy process of artists working in various Comparison of Social Interaction of Deaf disciplines. In Act III, students Bethany Murphy Children and their Hearing Peers perform and discuss a collaborative Kinesiology/Exercise Science Adviser: Lou Ann Griswold piece made as a result of interdisci- Acute Effects of Blood Flow-restricted Ex- plinary creativity within the artistic ercise on Muscular Function and Central disciplines: Art, Music, and/or Activation Theatre/Dance. Adviser: Summer Cook Meghan Blakeman Sarah DiStefano Theatre Health Management and Policy Characterization of Adult Blood Lead David Jacobsen Levels in the NH Adult Blood Level Political Science and Women’s Studies Epidemiology and Surveillance Program Claire McCahan Adviser: Rosemary Caron Music

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Psychology Department Amy Ma ’12 George M. Haslerud Occupational Therapy Undergraduate Research Amy Ma, a UNH McNair Scholar, has been studying ways that stressed pregnant women Conference might be able to decrease their levels of stress and increase the quality of their social Friday, April 29 support networks. Ma is presenting her URC project on the results of a 2008 study done 1:30–5 p.m. by her mentor, Barbara P. White, associate professor of occupational therapy at UNH. Murkland Hall, Room 115 Their analysis showed that occupational therapy decreased stress in an intervention The George M. Haslerud Undergrad- group compared to a control group. uate Research Conference, named for the late Professor Emeritus of Psychology, recognizes and celebrates undergraduate research conducted by honors psychology students. Stu- dents present their original research projects before an audience of UNH faculty, staff, graduate students, fel- low undergraduates, and friends and family. Kevin Anderson Psychology Personality Moderates the Legal Socializa- tion Model of Rule-violating Behavior Adviser: Ellen Cohn

Jennifer Bakan Psychology The Impact of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant on the Family: Six Kara Caputo Andrea Duys Month Follow-Up Psychology Psychology Advisers: Carolyn Mebert, Susan Parsons Traits and Memory The Role of Norepinephrine in Affective MD, MRP (The Health Institute at Tufts Adviser: Michelle Leichtman Shifting Medical Center) Adviser: Jill McGaughy Amanda Cripps Elyssa Barrick Psychology and English/Journalism Lydia Garnhart Kristen Onos (graduate student) Role of Ventral Midline Intralaminar Psychology Psychology Thalmic Nuclei in Working Memory Understanding Age Differences in Helping The Role of Hippocampus in Spatial Work- Adviser: Robert Mair Behavior ing Memory in the Rat: Direction Versus Adviser: Victoria Banyard Location-based Cues Sara Dennison Adviser: Robert Mair Jacqueline Hembrook (graduate student) Mireille Hartley Psychology Psychology Margarite Bechis Effects of Event-related Microstimulation Personal Experience and Stigma Towards Psychology of Mammillary Bodies on Spatial Working Persons with Mental Illness and Criminal Speaking on Eggshells: Perceived Partner Memory in the Rat Conviction Security as a Predictor of Deceptive Adviser: Robert Mair Adviser: Rebecca Warner Communication in Romantic Relationships Adviser: Edward Lemay Sara Douglas Psychology The Antecedents and Consequences of Interpersonal Understanding Advisers: Ellen Cohn, Vanessa Druskat

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Laura Jarvis Teresa Ware Amanda Morris Psychology Psychology English Teaching Family Matters: The Effect of Family Children’s Use of Autobiographical Film Analysis of Pride and Prejudice Structure and Parenting Factors on Memories in Solving Social Problems Adviser: Janet Yount Adolescent Rule-violating Behavior Adviser: David Pillemer Adviser: Ellen Cohn Sara Tatnall Lesley White International Affairs and English Erin Kuta Psychology Literature Psychology Depression and Neuroticism as Predictors Structure, Relationships, and Politics: The Influence of Working Memory of Consumption of Chocolate and Other The Dew Breaker And Haitian-American Resolution on Attention Capture Comfort Foods: Possible Self Medication Transnationalism Adviser: Andrew Leber Adviser: Rebecca Warner Adviser: Reginald Wilburn

Matthew Libman Psychology Intermittent Swim Stress Exposure Results Honors English Philosophy Department in Sex Differences in Animal Models of Depression Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Research Advisers: Robert Drugan, Timothy Conference Conference Warner

Christine Miller Friday, April 29 Friday, April 29 Psychology 2–6 p.m. 4–8:30 p.m. The Effects of Lesions in the Orbitofrontal Hamilton Smith Hall Murkland Hall, Room G17 English Department Cortex on Reversal Learning in a Attention The Philosophy URC is a mosaic Set-shifting Task To complete Honors-in-English of concise and meaningful student Adviser: Jill McGaughy students must conduct a semester- presentations, varying from such Kevin O’Leary long research project, culminating philosophical topics as applied ethics, Psychology and Justice Studies in a 30–40 page senior thesis. The language theory, and social justice. Earning Honesty Credentials: Partners’ Honors English Undergraduate Standard presentations predomi- Negativity Reduces Authenticity Doubts for Research Conference provides these nantly last fifteen minutes and are Low Self-Esteem Individuals students and students in the linguis- subsequently followed by a brief Adviser: Edward Lemay tics program with the opportunity question-and-answer period. to share their work with their fellow Jason Adams Jacqueline Roberge students, professors, and families. Philosophy Psychology The presentations include poetry, An Appeal to the Enlightenment Project: Perspectives of Self and Time: A Measure autobiographical writing, journalism, Foucault’s Politicization of Kant’s “What’s of Possible Selves, Risky Behavior and Time and scholarship on literary texts from Enlightenment?” Perspectives several different centuries. Adviser: Nickolas Smith Adviser: Carolyn Mebert Chloe Abu-Jaber William Altenburg Tanya Rouleau English Philosophy and Biochemistry Psychology and Sociology Perspective and Remembrance in the The Nature of Free Will: Its Origin in the Children’s Use of Autobiographical Vietnam War Biothermodynamics of Living Systems Memories During Social Problem-solving Adviser: Monica Chiu Adviser: Willem De Vries Adviser: David Pillemer Melissa Duhamel Christopher Bruneau Sarah Tower-Richardi English Philosophy Psychology Breaking from Brecht in Heiner Muller’s Altruistic Desire in Robert Audi’s The Updating Internal Representations of the Hamletmachine Architecture of Reason Visual World After Eye Movements Adviser: Georgeann Murphy Adviser: Paul McNamara Adviser: Andrew Leber Jason Gilmore English Teaching Decision in the Dragon Age: The Narrative Elements of Choice-driven Video Games Adviser: Thomas Newkirk

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Christopher Cogswell Chemical Engineering and Philosophy Student Composers’ 20th Annual COLSA Technological Determinism and the Bloodless Revolution Concert Undergraduate Research Advisers: Willem De Vries, Nickolas Smith Friday, April 29 Conference 8 p.m. Sean Matthews Bratton Recital Hall Oral Presentations Philosophy Paul Creative Arts Center A Response to Marx’s Critique on Religion: Saturday, April 30 A Suggestion for a Better Diagnosis of the The UNH Student Composers’ 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. Core Problem Concert is an annual event that Huddleston Ballroom and Adviser: Nickolas Smith features the music of undergraduate Holloway Commons and graduate students of the Music Yourai Mol Department. The music is newly Student presentations at the Annual Humanities composed, and is almost exclusively COLSA URC are based on research W.V.O. Quine and the Two Dogmas of performed by fellow music students. conducted in any of the college’s Empiricism departments. Projects range from Adviser: Willem De Vries William Baldoumas field studies to developmental to Music molecular biology and genomics Colin Piekarski Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra studies. A number of studies are Philosophy Adviser: Christopher Kies collaborative efforts between work The Commodification of Education here at UNH and work carried out Parker Callahan Adviser: Nickolas Smith in foreign countries. Music Theory Tailer Ransom Four Vignettes for Woodwind Quintet: Jacqueline Amante Philosophy Scenes from Summer Theodore Harris (graduate student) Relevance of Maxian Thought in Modern Adviser: Christopher Kies Environmental Science: Ecosystems Ecology The Response of Cyanobacteria and Adviser: Willem De Vries Brett Gallo Zooplankton to Experimental Addition of Music Theory Nitrogen to Large Lake Enclosures Conor Stokes Wachträume for Oboe and Percussion Adviser: Frank Wilhelm Philosophy Adviser: Lori Dobbins Forgiveness and Justice for the Repentant Dana Daukss Offender Jeffrey Heim Takayoshi Kosugi (graduate student) Adviser: Timm Triplett Music Theory Biochemistry Suite for Woodwind Quintet Ryan Sullivan Adviser: Michael Annicchiarico Ciara Dimou Philosophy Kristen Gazda The Divine Two-Step: How God May Allow Zachary Onett General Biology Gratuitous Natural Evil Music Theory The Effects of Novel Lamprey RFamide Adviser: David Hiley Puppy for Piano Solo Peptides in Petromyzon marinus (Sea Adviser: Christopher Kies lamprey) Neuroendocrine System Joshua Thibeault Adviser: Stacia Sower Philosophy David Orr Justice and Disabilities Music Theory and Performance Nicolette Gagnon Adviser: Nickolas Smith Reflection for Trumpet and Piano Environmental Science: Ecosystems Adviser: Andrew Boysen Tracing Nitrogen Movement at the Organic Dairy Farm Benjamin Tibbetts Adviser: Andrew Ouimette Music Theory Tack Piano Concertino Adviser: Lori Dobbins

Seth Waters Music Education Trois Dualites Adviser: Lori Dobbins

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Kristen Getchell Nicole Abate Alyssa Birt Biochemistry Zoology Animal Sciences: Bioscience and Megan Thompson (graduate student) Effects of Nest Presence on Aggression in Technology Genetics the Male Betta splendens Genetic Expression of Fas in the Bovine Characterizing the Phenotype of a PP2A Adviser: Michelle Scott Corpus Luteum Mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana Adviser: David Townson Noel Alaka Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Joseph Bisson Ryan Guidice (UNH McNair Scholar) Biology Biochemistry International Business and Economics The Identification of New Photorhabdus Can the Nutlin3 Antagonist of Human Sustainable Agriculture: Policy Challenges temperata Mutants Defective in Motility Mdm2 Promote Apoptosis of Clam in Northern New England Adviser: Louis Tisa Hemocyte and Human Neuroblastoma Adviser: John Halstead Cancer Cells? Julianne Ast Adviser: Charles Walker Keziah Katz Biochemistry Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Megan Thompson (graduate student) Kelly Boisvert The Effects of Dependent Infants on the Genetics Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Social Behavior of Mantled Howler Identifying Mutant Protein Phosphatase The Problem Solving Abilities of the Monkeys (Alouatta palliate) 2A Lines in Arabidopsis thaliana Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Adviser: Michelle Scott Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Adviser: Michelle Scott

Elise Koob Ryan Baldwin Kirsten Bruell Marine and Freshwater Biology and Envi- Marine and Freshwater Biology Molecular, Cellular and Developmental ronmental Conservation Studies Matthew Siskey Biology Age, Growth and Maturity of Golden General Biology Megan Thompson (graduate student) Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) in Multi-trophic Integrated Aquaculture Genetics Australian Waters Adviser: Larry Harris Gravitropism and Auxin Distribution is Advisers: Shane Griffiths, Maryellen Delayed in Roots of Protein Phosphatase Lutcavage Ryan Baldwin 2A Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Marine and Freshwater Biology Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Leslie Mayo-Smith Use of Autofluorescence and Hyperspectral Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Reflectance to Measure Chlorophyll a and Walter Bubley Charles Traverse (graduate student) Phycocyanin on Membrane Filters Animal Sciences: Bioscience and Microbiology Adviser: James Haney Technology An Adaptive Walk in a Complex Biofilm Eian Prohl Community Diane Beaudoin General Biology Adviser: Vaughn Cooper Environmental Science: Ecosystems Are Gelatinases Present in the Plasma of Characteristics of an Asian Bittersweet the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus (Celastrus orbiculatus) Invasion at West acanthias? Foss Farm, Durham, New Hampshire Adviser: Paul Tsang 20th Annual COLSA Adviser: Thomas Lee Lam Bui Undergraduate Research Christopher Benton (graduate student) Zoology Conference Biochemistry Behavior of Invasive Green Crabs Carcinus Arthur Mathieson maenas Exposed to Different Light Sources Stephen McKernan Adviser: Larry Harris Poster Presentations Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Sophia Burke Saturday, April 30 A Comparison of Tide Pool Populations of Environmental Science: Ecosystems 7:45 a.m.–2 p.m. Codium fragile subsp. fragile Within the Are Extremophile Biofilms Limited by Huddleston Ballroom and Brave Boat Harbor Estuary, York-Kittery, Nitrogen? Determination of Ammonium in Holloway Commons ME Acid Mine Drainage and its Implications Adviser: Anita Klein for Life at Low pH Adviser: Linda Kalnejais

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Tyler Burks Jennifer Dezenzo Crystal Ellis (graduate student) Molecular, Cellular and Nutritional Sciences Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Developmental Biology The Good Eats Cooking Series Research Biology Embryonic Bursal Gene Expression in Study Jordan Stinson Chicken Lines Selected for Differential Adviser: Joanne Burke Microbiology Antibody Response is Altered by The Effects of Disturbance on Burkholderia Christopher DiCroce Testosterone Exposure cenocepacia Biofilm Communities Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Adviser: Robert Taylor Adviser: Vaughn Cooper Biology Andrew Butler Katelyn Gagne Ryan Finethy Zoology General Biology Biochemistry Hybridization Between Rare New England A Characterization of Bovine Corpus Quantitative Analysis of Histone Cottontails and Common Eastern Cotton- Luteum Endothelial Cells through Post-translational Modifications Resulting tails: Genetic Results Using Microsatellite Immunohistochemistry and Light from the DNA Damage Response DNA and Implications for Conservation of Microscopy to Advance the Study of the Adviser: Feixia Chu a Declining Species Mammalian Corpus Luteum Adviser: Adrienne Kovach Adviser: David Townson Bridget Foley Zoology Karyn Cahill (UNH Research Scientist) Jeremy Dobbins-Bucklad Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the New Elizabeth Dwinell Biochemistry England Cottontail Molecular, Cellular and Developmental The Effects of Stress Conditions on Protein Adviser: Adrienne Kovach Biology Translation: Observing Effect Through Recombinant Expression of Phosphodi- Analysis of 48S Complex Formation and David Fournier esterase (PDE) for Studying Differences Steady State Levels Computer Science Between the Photoreceptor (PDE6) and Adviser: Clyde Denis Rate and Pattern of Mutation in rRNA Smooth-muscle (PDE5) Enzyme Families Repeats of Diverse Eukaryotes Adviser: Rick Cote Rachel Donner Advisers: R Daniel Bergeron, Microbiology W. Kelley Thomas Karyn Cahill (UNH Research Scientist) Occurrence of Histidine Kinase Mutation Scott Gabreski Christina Loporcaro and Population Dynamics of Adaptation Marine and Freshwater Biology Biochemistry Advisers: Brian Schuster, Cheryl Whistler Isolation and Culture of the Gonial Cells The Molecular Basis of Differences in Light Kristin Duclos of the Green Sea Urchin; Their Potential Responsiveness of Rods and Cones: Role of Marine and Freshwater Biology Use in Studies of Factors Initiating Annual the PDE6 Inhibitory Subunit Gametogenesis Advisers: Rick Cote, Xiujun Zhang Daniel Merselis Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Adviser: Charles Walker Dorothy Cataldo Biology Kristin Gallagher Microbiology Ontogeny of Na+/K+ ATPase in Early Zoology Development of a Microtiter Plate Assay Larval Rainbow Smelt, Osmerus mordax A Comparison of Phosphotyrosine Levels for High Throughput Screening of Interac- Adviser: David Berlinsky and the Tumor Suppressor Gene p53 as tions Among Oral Microorganisms Indicators of Cancer in Tumors and Advisers: Patricia Diaz, Frank Rodgers Stephen Dunn Molecular, Cellular and Normal Tissues of Sharks Virginia Chamberlain Developmental Biology Adviser: Andrew Laudano Katherine Frazier A Study of Src: Tracing the Evolution of a Anna Gerber-Williams Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine Cancer Gene Marine and Freshwater Biology Markers of Health in Pasture-fed vs. Total Advisers: R Daniel Bergeron, Recovery Assessment of Benthic Mixed Ration-fed Dairy Cows John Collins, W. Kelley Thomas Invertebrate Epifauna in the Western Gulf Adviser: Thomas Foxall Andraya Ehrlich of Maine Fishing Closure Gina Chaput General Biology Adviser: Raymond Grizzle Genetics Measurement of Ribonuclease Sa Charge Cloning the Chlorella accD Gene for Use in Variants with Membrane-confined Increasing Lipid Production Electrophoresis Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Adviser: Thomas Laue

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Kristen Greene Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine The Effect of Molasses or Cornmeal on Milk Production and Nitrogen Utilization of Grazing Organic Dairy Cows Adviser: Andre Brito

Sarah Grillo Biochemistry Extracellular Matrix Protein Production on Porcine Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells with Diabetic Conditions Adviser: Thomas Foxall

Jillian Hartwell Medical Laboratory Science Characterization of Chitin Degradation in Vibrio fischeri Adviser: Cheryl Whistler

Daniel Mulhern ’12 Lisa Heyer Biochemistry Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Identification of Palmitoyl Acyltranferase The title of Daniel Mulhern’s URC project involves some heady stuff: “Is the Mitochondri- Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana al Heat Shock Protein, Mortalin, Involved in Cytoplasmic Sequestration of p53 in Human Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Neuroblastoma and Colon Carcinoma Cell Lines?” Thankfully, Mulhern and other URC Taylor Hickman participants embrace the opportunity to share even their most complex work in plain Biochemistry English—and in ways that show us how their work is important in our everyday lives. Epigenetic Regulation of Histone Post-translational Modifications in Rett Syndrome Adviser: Feixia Chu Joshua Gerry Jade Golden General Biology Daniel Mulhern Matthew Holub Allison Nahin Biochemistry Sarah Jamieson Timothy Stillwell Is the Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein, Environmental and Resource Economics Biochemistry Mortalin, Involved in Cytoplasmic Seques- and EcoGastronomy Dual Major TaylorAnn Sarro tration of p53 in Human Neuroblastoma Researching the Economic Impact of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental and Colon Carcinoma Cell Lines? Strawbery Banke on the Portsmouth, New Biology Adviser: Charles Walker Hampshire Area Using The Multiplier Effect Mutagenesis of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Victoria Goodheart Adviser: John Halstead Phosphorylation Sites General Biology and Medical Laboratory Adviser: Andrew Laudano Science Haeleigh Hyatt Joshua Gerry The Biochemical and Physiological Effects Zoology General Biology of Caffeinated Beverages, Especially Energy Can Dogs Understand Human Cues Even Drinks, on the Physical and Emotional Allison Nahin With Distractions? Health of Young Adults Biochemistry Adviser: Michelle Scott Adviser: Dennis Bobilya TaylorAnn Sarro Kyle Jenks Hallie Webster Mitchell Granoff Marine and Freshwater Biology Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biochemistry Circadian Rhythms of Visual Sensitivity Biology Isolating Proteins and Testing for Presence in the American Lobster (Homarus Activation of Estrogen Receptors in in Translation Initiation Complexes americanus) MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells By Tyrosine Adviser: Clyde Denis Adviser: Winsor Watson Phosphorylation Adviser: Andrew Laudano

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Jeffrey Jett Emily Lantz Laura Mayo Biochemistry Katherine Lantz Nutritional Sciences Expression of Biological Clock Proteins in Medical Laboratory Science The Effect of Perceived Social Support on Melibe leonina Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Exercise Habits Among College Students Adviser: Winsor Watson Plant Biology Adviser: Jesse Morrell Managing a Genetic Disease By Enzyme Suzanne Johnson Allison McQueen Replacement Therapy: Plants to the Rescue Zoology General Biology and French Adviser: Subhash Minocha Tidal Rhythms of Locomotion Expressed by Does Hexabromocyclododecane Decrease Freely Moving Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus Katherine Lawrence Gluconeogenesis in Rat Liver? polyphemus, in the Great Bay Estuary Biochemistry Adviser: Gale Carey Adviser: Winsor Watson Construction and Analysis of Nanodiscs Ashley Miranda with Incorporation of E. coli FtsZ Protein Thomas Johnson Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine Adviser: Thomas Laue Biochemistry In Vitro Gas Profile of High and Low Sugar A Messenger Molecule Governs Interde- Philip Lewis (UNH McNair Scholar) Alfalfa Supplemented With Molasses or pendency in an Evolved Pseudomonas Zoology Corn Meal aeruginosa Biofilm Community Developing a Survey Method to Measure Adviser: Andre Brito Adviser: Vaughn Cooper Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus) Ashley Miranda Abundance on Harvested Moose (Alces Kiara Jordon Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine alces) Biochemistry Effect of Kelp on Growth of Dairy Calves Adviser: Peter Pekins The Difference of Effect of Anions and Adviser: Andre Brito Cations on the Charge of Ovalbumin Jocelyn Lubniewski Reed Mitchell Adviser: Thomas Laue Nutritional Sciences Zoology Health-related Messaging in the University Daniel Kilham The Location and Physiology of of New Hampshire Community Forestry: Forest Science Putative Circadian Clock Neurons in Adviser: Gale Carey Balancing Economics and Ecological Melibe leonina Values: An Application of France’s Martel- Lance Mailloux Adviser: Winsor Watson oscope System to New England’s Northern Environmental Conservation Studies Amanda Murby (graduate student) Hardwood Forests Anthropogenic Impacts on Wetlands in Marine and Freshwater Biology Adviser: Theodore Howard Durham, New Hampshire Advisers: David Burdick, Thomas Lee Michael Piantedosi Mallory Korman Environmental Conservation Studies Molecular, Cellular and Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) and Plant Biology Developmental Biology Plant Biology Accumulation of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Breast Proteomics Matthew Power (graduate student, guest Agricultural Crops Adviser: Meenakshi Singh from University of Washington/Seattle) Adviser: James Haney Biochemistry Anthony Kostek Allison Nahin Environmental Conservation Studies Lin Shao (graduate student) Biochemistry Is Local Policy Helping Our Wetlands? Genetics Transcriptional Activation of Estrogen Adviser: Mimi Becker Michael Sellarole Receptors in T47D Breast Cancer Cells General Biology by Estrogens, Xeanoestrogens, and Suzanne LaChance Sticky Tomatoes: Production of Barnacle Environmental Estrogens Zoology Glue in Tomato Plants Adviser: Andrew Laudano Environmental Enrichment of Visually- Adviser: Subhash Minocha impaired and Fully-sighted Harbor Seals Katrina Papanastassion (Phoca vitulina) Rajtilak Majumdar (graduate student) Zoology Adviser: Michelle Scott Plant Biology Is Fine-Scale Genetic Structure Exhibited Ashley Matthews in Southern Maine Saltmarsh Sparrow Nutritional Sciences Populations? Miraculous Tomatoes: Optimizing the Adviser: Adrienne Kovach Production of a Taste Bud Modifying Protein Adviser: Subhash Minocha

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20th Annual COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference, continued

Hannah Rankin Breanna Travers Biochemistry General Biology Chemistry Department Research Study Characterizing Phago Effects of Microcystin on the Indian Ponds’ cytosis Ability of 3D4/31 Porcine Alveolar Mussel Population Poster Exhibition Macrophages In Vitro Adviser: James Haney Adviser: Anthony Tagliaferro Friday, May 6 Emily Troisi-Rauschenberger 3–4:30 p.m. Timothy Reilly Environmental Conservation Studies Parsons Hall, Iddles Wing Biochemistry Understanding the Environmental and Is the Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase, Social Factors in Managing Desertification: The Chemistry Department Poster HAUSP, Present in the Genome of Cancer- A Case Study in Niger, Africa Exhibition is the result of students’ ous and Non-cancerous Clam Hemocytes? Adviser: Mimi Becker year-long senior thesis research in Adviser: Charles Walker such areas as organic, inorganic, Brittany Welch physical or analytical chemistry, and Alexander Robles Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine under the direction of their research Biochemistry Comparison of Effectiveness of Daily advisor. Is Antigrade Movement of p53 to the Deworming with Pyrantel Tartrate to Rota- Mitochondria Dependent Upon the tional Deworming with Pyrantel Pamoate Christopher Devine Chaperone Protein Hsp90? Adviser: David Townson Chemistry Adviser: Charles Walker Chromatographic Analysis of Phenolic Jessica Whitmore Compounds in Maple Sap Benjamin Sherr Environmental Conservation Studies Adviser: Sterling Tomellini General Biology Community-based Wetland Restoration of Megan Thompson (graduate student) Salt Marshes and Mangroves: The Roles of Carleen Dingman Genetics Education and Stewardship Chemistry Interaction Between Gravitropism and Adviser: David Burdick Solvent Effects on Aerosol Phase Skewing in Arabidopsis Roots Chemicals: Are Present UV/Vis Techniques William Wyman Adviser: Estelle Hrabak Misleading? Microbiology Adviser: Margaret Greenslade Amanda Shumway Public Health Literacy in the Twenty-first Nutritional Sciences Century: Policy and Implications for Michael Gould Metabolic Syndrome Risk in College-age Contemporary Undergraduate Public Chemistry Individuals compared to College-age EMTs Health Education Well-defined Tetraaniline Grafted Polyeth- Adviser: Mary Katherine Lockwood Adviser: Rosemary Caron ylene; Synthesis, Properties and Effect of Branch Placement Justin Stilwell Adviser: Roy Planalp Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine Christine Wilkinson Scott Howard Environmental Conservation Studies Chemistry Quantifying the Cost of Inexperience: Cellulosic Ethanol Reduced Reproductive Success in Young Adviser: Roy Planalp Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) on Taylor Langkau Appledore Island, Maine Chemistry Advisers: David Bonter, Julie Ellis An Application of Nanocomposite Justin Stilwell Materials and Molecular Photocatalysis Animal Sciences: Pre-veterinary Medicine in Solids A Survey of Fish Species in the Prey Adviser: Gonghu Li Remains of Great Black-backed Gulls, Heather Lewis Larus marinus, in the Gulf of Maine Chemistry Advisers: David Bonter, Julie Ellis Adiabatic Bomb Calorimetry: Enthalpy of Combustion Adviser: Roy Planalp

48 • University of New Hampshire 2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 49 Friday 5/6–Wednesday 5/11

Matthew Marcinkowski Inquiry journal of Chemistry Whittemore School of undergraduate research A Binuclear Dye for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Business and Economics The URC is but one means for students Adviser: Gonghu Li to share their findings. Some of the works Paul J. Holloway you see here today might become the basis Alyssa Milano Innovation-to-Market of a University honors or master’s thesis; Chemistry others may find their way to national Analysis of Naturally Occurring Impurities Prize Competition conferences and professional meetings and Economically Motivated Additives in where UNH undergraduates present their Heparin Using High Performance Liquid work to future colleagues and peers; still Chromatography Championship Round others may appear in Inquiry, UNH’s Adviser: Sterling Tomellini Wednesday, May 11 online journal of undergraduate research. Published annually, Inquiry features the Peter Moran 1–6 p.m. research articles, briefs, and commentar- Chemistry Holloway Commons ies of undergraduates. Progress Towards the Synthesis of This competition takes students (±)-Heliotridane Through a Zinc-mediated out of the classroom and into the Read more at Homologation real world. Students are required to www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal Adviser: Charles Zercher research and prepare strategies for David Moyer commercializing new products and Chemistry services, which they present to a Computer Modeling of Copper Complex panel of industry judges. Prizes are Links to research Structures awarded for the most feasible and opportunities Adviser: Roy Planalp fundable approaches for starting, acquiring, or expanding a business Centers and Institutes at UNH Alex Papantones venture. Information on participa- www.unh.edu/research/ Chemistry tion will be available at this event. Molecular Recognition Using Polymers of Center for International Education N-isopropylacrylamide www.unh.edu/cie Adviser: W. Rudolf Seitz Hamel Center for Undergraduate Jordan Reddel Research Chemistry www.unh.edu/undergrad-research Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Novel Bifunctional Ligands for Use in a McNair Graduate Opportunity Copper (II) Sensor Program Adviser: Roy Planalp www.unh.edu/mcnair James Roane Chemistry Engagement Water Soluble Acenes for Thin-film www.unh.edu/engagement Electronics Adviser: Glen Miller Research and Discover Summer Internship Program in Earth Sciences www.eos.unh.edu/ ResearchAndDiscover/

University Honors Program www.unh.edu/honors-program

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Acknowledgements

The UNH Undergraduate Research Conference has Jim Graham, Co-Chair, URC Communications subcommittee; grown to become a signature event at the University, an annual Writer, Editorial and Creative Services Erica Johnson, Director, InterOperability Lab highlight of the spring semester and one of the largest and most William Kempster, Chair, Naked Arts Subcommittee; Associate Professor, diverse conferences of its kind. Bringing the URC to fruition Department of Music each year is the result of a collaborative, behind-the-scenes Pamela Libby, Chair, Outreach subcommittee; Director, Donor Relations, network of a great many campus community members. Here, UNH Advancement we acknowledge these individuals and campus institutions, and Peter Masucci, Chair, URC Planning Committee; Co-Chair, WSBE URC; Adjunct Professor, Department of Marketing thank them for helping make URC 2011 happen. Robert McGann, Director, UNH Admissions Jeffrey Melton, Co-chair, ISE subcommittee; Research Assistant Professor, Special thanks to: Department of Civil Engineering Michael Merenda, Co-Chair, WSBE URC; Professor, Department of Parents Association Management Office of the Vice President for Student and Academic Services Cari Moorhead, Chair, Graduate Research Conference (GRC); Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach Associate Dean, UNH Graduate School All Faculty Mentors Maggie Morrison, Associate Director, Alumni Programs, Alumni Association Thomas Payne, Assistant Professor, Department of English Center for International Education Dan Reagan, Chair, UNHM URC; Associate Dean, UNH Manchester College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) Lawrence Reardon, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Alumni Association Amanda Royce, Graduate Assistant/Coordinator, Graduate Research College of Life Sciences and Agriculture Conference (GRC) Editorial & Creative Services Emily Robbins Bradley, Associate Director, Connors Writing Center Environmental Research Group Mark Rubinstein, Vice President, Student and Academic Services Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research Ellen Ruggles, Senior Administrative Assistant, UNH Manchester Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Tom Safford, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Memorial Union Building Administrative Staff Lisa Townson, Chair, Evaluation subcommittee; Assistant Director, New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium Cooperative Extension Phi Beta Kappa Paul Tsang, Faculty Director, Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research; The University Honors Program Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical The University Writing Programs Ruth Varner, Co-Chair, ISE Symposium; Research Associate Professor, UNH Advancement Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, UNH Dining Services Oceans and Space UNH Media Relations Cord Whitaker, Assistant Professor, Department of English UNH Photographic Services Debra Williams, Co-Chair, ISE Symposium; Administrative Manager, UNH Printing Services CEPS Office of the Dean UNH Transportation Services Julie Williams, Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach UNH Video Services URC Program Assistants Katie McCabe ’12, Rebecca Howard ’14 2011 URC Event Coordinators Web Solutions Michael Annicchiarico, Student Composers’ Concert Whittemore School of Business & Economics Marketing and Tim Barretto and Kate Hanson, Thompson School of Applied Sciences, Advertising Club (Danielle Flynn ’12 and Julie Walsh ’12, co-presidents, Community Leadership Program and their team of hard-working student volunteers) Michelle Leichtman, Psychology Department George M. Haselrud URC Lynne Cooper and Peter Masucci, Parents Association Undergraduate Thanks to the 2011 URC Planning Committee (and all the many Research Symposium (PAURS) individuals who served on numerous subcommittees) Marianne Fortescue, UNH Office of Community Service Partnerships Martha Barker, Co-Chair, URC Communications subcommittee; William Kempster, The Naked Arts – Creativity Exposed! Senior Graphic Designer, Editorial and Creative Services Vaughn Cooper, 20th Annual COLSA URC Brent Bell, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology/Outdoor Peter Masucci, Michael Merenda, and Cynthia Nizzari-McClain, Education WSBE URC and WSBE Paul J. Holloway Prize University-wide Innovation- Jennifer Borda, Associate Professor, Department of Communication to-Market Poster Session and Championship Round Competition Janet Cass, Co-Chair, Parents Association Undergraduate Research Cari Moorhead and Amanda Royce, Graduate Research Conference (GRC) Symposium; Director, UNH Parents Association Dan Reagan, UNH Manchester Undergraduate Research Conferences Kathy Cataneo, Director of Research Development, Office of the Senior Cindi Rohwer, Chemistry Department Poster Exhibition Vice Provost for Research Janet Polasky, History Department URC Lynne Cooper, Co-Chair, Parents Association Undergraduate Research Catherine Mazur, Senior B.A., B.F.A. and M.F.A. Exhibition Preview Symposium; Program Coordinator, Office of the Senior Vice Provost Reception for Engagement and Academic Outreach Delia Konzett, Honors English Undergraduate Research Conference Vaughn Cooper, Chair, COLSA URC; Associate Professor, Department Jeffrey Melton, Ruth Varner, and Debra Williams, Interdisciplinary Science of Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical and Engineering (ISE) Symposium Molly Doyle, Administrative Director, Hamel Center for Undergraduate Neil Vroman, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Research Grimes Award Competition Kate Gillen, Consulting Director, Connors Writing Center Eliza Wood, Philosophy Department URC

50 • University of New Hampshire Student Index

Abate, Nicole 44 Bakan, Jennifer 30, 41 Bottomley, Daniel 14 Caputo, Cheryl 17 Abbott, Christopher 16 Baldoumas, William 43 Bouchard, Robert 17 Caputo, Kara 41 Abu-Jaber, Chloe 27, 42 Baldwin, Christopher 6 Bourgoine, Amanda 14, 32 Carabello, Jonathan 16 Adams, Amanda 30 Baldwin, Ryan 44 Bourque, Benjamin 11 Carot, Victoria 24 Adams, George 24 Ballentine, Parris 16 Bousquet, Catherine 31 Carrier, Christopher 16 Adams, Jason 42 Barbour, Kier 14 Bowen, Henry 28 Carrier, Joel 17 Adams, Jean 11, 12 Barnum, Timothy 16 Bowling, Patrick 12 Cartier, Valerie 30 Adams, Lauren 12 Barrick, Elyssa 30, 41 Brackett, Theodore 35 Casey, Andrew 23 Adams, Melinda 9 Barry, Kelly 16, 17 Brady, Andrew 38 Casey, Rachel 10, 11, 12 Adelhardt, Brittany 33 Barry, Lauren 27 Bragg, Katherine 28, 33 Cash, Patrick 10, 11 Adewumi, Victoria 29 Barry, Maureen 32 Bratina, Julian 17, 28 Cassella, Laura 22 Afolayan, Bartlett, Kurtis 16 Bratton, Allison 27 Castaldi, Nicholas 7 Oluwatobiloba 28, 37 Bartoldus, James 22, 25 Brault, Daniel 14 Cataldo, Dorothy 45 Agnelli, Caitlin 10 Bascom, Tyler 10 Breen, Sarah 8 Catano, Lauren 32 Alaka, Noel 44 Bathalon, Benjamin 12 Brefini, David 36 Cattin, Sarah 35 Alario, Ashleigh 30 Bauer, Jack 16 Brewer, Caroline 32 Cavusoglu, Gulsun 32 Albee, Robert 7 Baum, Robin 36 Brizard, Ashley 39 Celi, Christopher 7, 12 Albers, Maria 10 Beam, Samantha 17 Brody, Amanda 11 Cenerizio, Caroline 34 Alexanian, Samuel 10 Beaman, Danielle 11 Broman, Daniel 17 Cerri, Joshua 17 Alfano, Lauren 10 Beaudoin, Diane 44 Bronson, Amanda 33 Cezairli, Yunus 18 Ali, Sinor 39 Beaudoin, Elizabeth 6 Broom, Grant 12 Chamberlain, Virginia 45 Aliu, Hajrush 16 Bechis, Margarite 36, 41 Brosnahan, Kelli 6 Champlin, Michaela 14 Alix, Jonathan 16 Bedard, Matthew 16 Brouwer, Nathan 17 Chan, Michael 9 Allen, Benjamin 7 Belkin, Victoria 15 Brown, Amanda 32 Chandler, Christopher 9 Allen, Nathaniel 16 Bella-Spooner, Luke 38 Brown, Blake 16 Chaput, Gina 18, 45 Altenburg, William 35, 42 Benander, Makenzie 17 Brown, Jonathan 17 Charmanski, Kyle 18 Alvarez, Erin 6 Bender, John 38 Brown, Nicholas 10, 11 Charos, Justin 18 Alves, Daniele 10 Benoit, Ashley 38 Bruell, Kirsten 44 Chasin, Jamie 10, 11 Amalfi, Scott 14 Benton, Christopher 44 Bruneau, Christopher 42 Childs, Eric 14 Amante, Jacqueline 16, 43 Berg, Chelsea 7 Bruno, Gregory 36 Chin, Russell 13 Amaral, Miles 16 Berg, Nathanial 10, 11 Bubley, Walter 36, 44 Chiron, Lindsey 18 Amico, Brandon 10 Bergeron, Brandon 25 Buchanan, Christopher 28 Chisholm, Katelyn 28 Anderson, Cory 16 Betro, Kristen 10 Bui, Lam 44 Cicilio, Phylicia 18 Anderson, Heather 23 Bicknell, Shayna 15, 6 Burdett, John 17 Cilley, Jonathan 10, 11 Anderson, Jeffrey 16 Birt, Alyssa 17, 36, 44 Burke, Sophia 44 Cipolla, Anthony 7, 14, 18 Anderson, Kevin 30, 36, 41 Bisson, Joseph 44 Burks, Tyler 45 Clairmont, Paige 33 Anderson, Thomas 15 Blackwell, James 17 Burns, Alisha 34 Clasby, Patrick 11 Andrews, David 16 Blair, Jonathan 36 Butler, Andrew 45 Clemence, Andrew 18 Andrews, Matthew 16 Blakeman, Meghan 40 Butterfield, Rachael 31 Cobb, Nonie 36 Angers, Laura 30, 35 Blanchette, Melissa 32 Buzinski, Lauren 17 Cogswell, Christopher 43, 18 Armenti, Karla 29 Blanchette, Byers, Levi 17, 34 Cohen, Ilana 10 Arriel, Elyssa 15 Nicholas 10, 11, 14 Cabana, William 22 Cohn, Gideon 28 Arrigg, David 11 Boduch, Abigail 35 Cafarella, Julie 17, 35 Colbath, Erika 9 Arrigo, Courtney 34 Boghos, Nicholas 12 Cahill, Karyn 45 Cole, Gregory 16 Arsenault, Aaron 12 Bogosian, Andrew 10 Calderon, Ramon 17 Cole, John 18 Ast, Julianne 44 Boisvert, Kelly 44 Callaghan, Megan 11, 14 Coleman, Lindsey 10 Audley, Justin 16 Bolton, Daniel 11 Callahan, Parker 43 Comeau, Hayley 11 Austin, Brett 25 Bonner, Joseph 17 Cametti, Hannah 10 Comeau, Lindsey 33 Austin, Katharine 6, 15 Bonnier, Nathaniel 17 Campbell, Lauren 31, 40 Condon, Amanda 28 Avendano, Michelle 10, 11 Bonniwell, Maryn 8 Campbell, Tyler 7 Conn, Alicia 38 Avery, Brian 22 Borges, Lauren 11, 12 Canavan, Chelsey 33 Connal, Kacie 36 Aweh, Bie 27, 38 Bosco, Anthony 33 Canaway, Christopher 13 Connors, Ryan 7 Baia, Shane 16 Boselli, Megan 33 Cannon, Bradford 17 Consiglio, Michael 18

2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 51 Constant, Stephanie 8 Deutsch, Jason 10 Eagleson, Lisa 22 French, Joshua 19 Conti, Matthew 25 Devine, Amanda 18 Easley, Tyler 33 French, Nicholas 13 Cooper, Alexander 37 Devine, Christopher 48 Eastman, Fritz, James 13 Coppola, Sara 33 DeWispelaere, Gretchen 10, 11, 14 Fritzky, William 7 Cormier, Caryn 11 John 11, 14, 17 Eddins, Kurt 9 Fulford, Samantha 15 Cornell, Herbert 31 Dezenzo, Jennifer 31, 45 Edmonds, Matthew 22 Fuller, Amanda 32 Corsello, Joseph 18 DiCroce, Christopher 45 Edmunds, Jonathan 12 Fyfe, Colleen 12 Corsetti, Glee 10, 11 Dietrich, Corey 18 Ehrlich, Andraya 37, 45 Fyfe, Ryan 36 Corti, Samantha 28 DiGirolamo, Matthew 7 El Mouatacim, Karim 25 Gaboury, Matthew 8, 14 Cote, David 18 Dille, Rachael 11 Ela, Miles 9 Gabreski, Scott 45 Cotnoir, Wesley 17 Dillon, Grant 18 Elliott, Caitlan 10 Gaffey, Molly 36 Couvillion, Annie Grace 24 Dimou, Ciara 43 Elliott, Chelsea 10, 11 Gagne, Adam 12 Covert, Brittany 11 Dingman, Carleen 19, 48 Ellis, Crystal 45 Gagne, Katelyn 45 Cowart, Sarah 15 Dinisi, Christine 10, 11 Engle, Samantha 10, 11 Gagnon, Athena 18 Cox, Barrett 13 Dionne, Andrew 38 Eno, Charissa 28 Gagnon, Nicolette 43 Cox, Tim 10 DiPirro, Josh 27 Espinal, Sara 27 Gaillardetz, Katelin 11 Coyne, Christine 37 Distefano, Sarah 29, 40 Estee, Alexandra 6 Gale, Katelyn 10, 14 Cray, Daniel 28 Dobbins-Bucklad, Evans, Matthew 22 Gallagher, David 18 Cripps, Amanda 41 Jeremy 45 Fall, Matthew 32 Gallagher, Erin 11 Cristaldi, Olivia 31 Dodge, Evign 19, 39 Farley, Shanon 31 Gallagher, Kristin 45 Crupi, Michael 37 Dodson, Harry 22 Farnham, Stephanie 10 Gallant, Benjamin 13 Cui, Yuanyuan 18 Doe, Eric 18 Farrar, Alicia 11 Gallant, Derek 23 Cumings, Chelsea 10, 11 Donahue, Kelly 10 Farrell, Kevin 38 Gallo, Brett 43 Cuneo, Matthew 13 Donner, Rachel 45 Febonio, Nicholas 13 Galvin, Michelle 33 Curtis, Ryan 14 Dorich, Christopher 17 Feehan, Sarah 35 Gamirov, Timor 29 Curtis, Tyler 18 Doucette, Allison 15 Feldman, Dustin 10 Gancarz, Lauren 33 Cyr, Steve 25 Douglas, Sara 41 Ferguson, Ian 32 Gapp, Georgina 10, 12 D’Alessio, Nicole 37 Douston, Matthew 22 Ferreira, Kathryn 19 Garcia, Camilla Leonila 17 Daigle, Matthew 18 Dowling, Kaitlyn 39 Fidyk, Mike 23 Gardner, Lauren 36 Daigle, Peter 24 Doyen, Karen 31 Field, Bronwyn 38 Gargaly, Jeffrey 13 Dakowicz, Gabriel 16 Doyle, Andrew 38 Fincke, Jonathan 19 Gargano, Matthew 11 Daloisio, Joseph 10 Driscoll, Molly 29 Finethy, Ryan 45 Garnhart, Lydia 41 Dame, Shirley 18 Driscoll, Nicholas 9 Fischer, Dylan 9 Garron, Andre 10 Daukss, Dana 43 Duchaney, Brooke 10 Flower, Evan 19 Gazda, Kristen 43 Davis, Timothy 18 Duclos, Kristin 45 Fluhr, Mariel 39 Gazzara, Peter 16 Davison, Sarah 10, 11 Dudley, John 34 Flynn, Gehling, Joseph 11 Day, David 33 Dufault, Alexa 10 Danielle 23, 25, 33, 50 Geigley, Jay 32 De Vasto, Catherine 14 Duffy, Brittany 37 Flynn, Micaela 12 Gejay, Daniel 10 Dean, Christopher 16 Dugan, Kaitlyn 19 Folan, James 19 Genestreti, Kevin 19 Dean, Heather 35 Duhamel, Melissa 42 Foley, Bridget 45 George, Dylan 10, 11 DeAngelo, Michael 11 Dunbar, Eva-Molly 30 Foley, Daniel 19 George, Leandra 32 Decato, Benjamin 18 Dunham, Jonathan 10 Foley, Mary 37, 40 Gerber-Williams, Anna 45 DeDonato, Kelli 8 Dunn, Stephen 45 Fontaine, Robert 38 Germaske, Michael 10 DeGrace, Andrew 15 Dupervil, Ericka 34 Fopiano, Lauren 10 Gerry, Joshua 31, 37, 46 Delcambre, Zachary 35 Dupuis, Anna 29, 40 Forte, Justin 17 Gerum, Robin 8 Delloue, Thibaut 24, 25 Durbano, Tara 33 Foss, Alexander 10 Getchell, Kristen 4 Deloatch, Justin 18 Duspiva, Michele 17 Fournier, David 45 Giacalone, Scott 11 DeMarchi, Nicholas 17 Duve, Peter 17 Fournier, Sarah 12 Giangiulio, Steven 10 Demers, Davis 13 Duys, Andrea 41 Frackleton, James 10 Gibbons, Matthew 33 DeMulder, Nicholas 15 Dwinell, Elizabeth 45 Frankie, Joanna 28 Gibson, Andrew 23 Dennis, Rachel 6 Dwyer, Michael 10 Frazier, Katherine 45 Giguere, Jessica 29 Dennison, Sara 31, 41 Dyer, Ryan 18 Freeman, David 8 Giguere, Michael 17 Despins, Samuel 17 Eadie, Mark 14 Freid, Alexander 15 Gill, Neeraj 16

52 • University of New Hampshire Gilmore, Jason 42 Hartnett, Brittany 33 Jagelsky, Jonathan 10 Kipp, Damon 10 Gilooly, Carolyn 40 Hartwell, Jillian 46 Jamieson, Sarah 46 Kissell, Sarah 17, 20 Ginwala, Allison 28 Harwood, Eric 7, 12 Janampa, Erick 20 Kitchen, Natalie 10 Gitschier, Michelle 19 Hashmi, Sabrina 11 Jarvis, Laura 42 Kitt, Andrew 30 Glennon, Katherine 11 Haskell, Scott 10 Jarzombek, Aaron 23 Klein, Andrew 20 Godinez, Cassandra 39 Hathorne, Kelly 40 Jean, Nicholas 17 Klein, David 23 Golden, Jade 46 Hatton, Michael 38 Jefferson, Michael 20 Kolm, Lukas 14 Golden, James 36 Hayes, Chad 18 Jenks, Kyle 46 Kongmany, Andrew 18 Goldman, Emily 8 He, Runzhi 20 Jenness, Samuel 9 Koob, Elise 44 Goodheart, Victoria 46 Healy, Daniel 38 Jett, Jeffrey 47 Korman, Mallory 47 Goodman, Paul 25 Heaps, Gwynneth 8 Jimenez, Richard 39 Kornutik, Nicholas 14 Goodrich, Nathaniel 37 Heath, Skyla 32 Johnson, Corey 40 Kostek, Anthony 47 Goodwin, Jacob 25, 36 Heim, Ashley 25 Johnson, Suzanne 47 Kosugi, Takayoshi 43 Goodwin, Paul 31 Heim, Jeffrey 43 Johnson, Thomas 11, 47 Krall, Jordyn 37 Gordon, Lauren 8 Heleen, Alison 32 Johonnett, Jay 20 Kratz, Christine 34 Goudreau, Adam 19 Helprin, Morganne 13 Jones, Henry 20 Kraus, Shawn 23 Gould, Michael 48 Hembrook, Jacqueline 31, 41 Jones, Jamal 34 Kreider, Kendra 18 Granoff, Mitchell 46 Hendricks, Henri 10, 10 Jones, Jolene 32 Kurowyckyj, Dianna 9 Granucci, Jillian 10 Henriquez, Arisbel 33 Jordan, Adam 17 Kusch, Jordan 16 Gray, Jonathan 24 Henry, Lucas 16 Jordon, Kiara 47 Kuta, Erin 42 Gray, Katherine 20 Hernon, John 10 ,11 Joseph, Carla 15 Kwasnik, Karrah 7, 11 Gray, Maren 31 Heyer, Lisa 46 Joseph, Laura 27 Kwiecien, Kaitlin 20 Greene, Kristen 46 Hickman, Taylor 46 Joyce, Colin 20 Labbe, Kyle 12 Greer-Carney, Janet 13 Himmer, Kory 11 Judge, Lindsey 36 LaChance, Suzanne 31, 47 Gregory, Luke 20 Hitchings, Allison 27 Kalogeropoulos, Jillian 11 LaCroix, Jessica 33 Greichen, Laura 12 Hjorth, Erica 13 Kalutkiewicz, Kyle 20 LaFond, Chadd 20 Grillo, Sarah 46 Hoang, Hao 17 Kaplan, Ashley 10 Laforet, Zachary 20 Groleau, Benjamin 13 Hodges, Taylor 10 Kasparian, Lauren 31 LaFrance, Kelly 10, 11 Grossmith, John 23 Hogan, Kelly 32 Katz, Keziah 44 Lake, Heather 35 Groves, Emma 40 Holmes, Andrew 25 Kelleher, MaryGrace 37 Lalinde, Ruben 21 Grundhoff, Rachel 11 Holub, Matthew 46 Kelley, Benjamin 36 Lamarre, Stephen 11 Guerriero, Jenna 14 Hood, Laura 20 Kelley, Colin 7 Lambert, Angela 11 Guidice, Ryan 7, 44 Hoogendoorn, Stephen 20 Kelley, Eoghan 16 Lambert, Jared 13 Gunts, Katherine 37 Horowitch, Megan 10 Kelley, Erin 19 Lane, Allison 38 Hack, Kathryn 20 Houle, Michael 25 Kelly, Bryce 14 Lang, Kirstin 37 Hall, Cedric 20 Hounsell, Kirby 11 Kelly, Joseph 16 Langkau, Taylor 48 Hall, Heather 6 Howard, Scott 48 Kelly-Martin, Kara 36 Langley, JoHannah 9 Hallam, Katie 31 Hoyt, Patrick 12 Kennedy, Kevin 28 Languirand, Justin 20 Halsey, Gregory 16, 20 Huberdeau, Karen 17 Kenny, Eric 11 Lantz, Emily 21, 39, 47 Hardy, Christopher 23 Hughes, Raeanna 18 Keriazes, Robyn 25, 34 Lantz, Katherine 21, 39, 47 Harmon, Andrew 20 Hunter, Amy 20 Kerrigan, Patrick 18 LaScala, Carlo 20 Harmon, Timothy 14, 20 Hunter, Robert 18 Ketel, Ernst 15 Lasher, Mikyla 13 Harper, Haley 18 Husband, Justin 32 Kharin, Yuriy 16 Lavallee, Kelly 12 Harr, Adam 29 Hutchings, Jonathan 32 Kilar, Patrick 16 Lavallee, Mindy 32 Harris, Bridget 9 Hwang, Seohyun 10 Kilham, Daniel 47 Laverdiere, Joshua 17 Harris, Gregory 10 Hyatt, Haeleigh 46 Kimball, Allyson 10, 12 Law, Glenn 8 Harris, Ronnie 36 Hyde, Amanda 17 Kimball, Ashley 10, 11 Law, Matthew 13 Harris, Theodore 16 Ibey, Karen 22 King, Alyssa 8 Lawlor, Benjamin 7, 13 Harris, Theodore 43, 9 Innes, Scott 22 King, Amanda 39, 40 Lawrence, Hannah 28 Harsin, Travis 37 Ireland, Helen-Ann 6 King, Brian 11 Lawrence, Jillian 7, 31 Hart, Andrew 13 Jablonski, Luke 20 King, Erin 27 Lawrence, Katherine 47 Hartley, Mireille 41 Jacobsen, David 39, 40 King, Jennifer 39 Lawrence, Katie-Ann 36 Hartley, Sara 11 Jacobson, Kaitlyn 17 Kinney, Jillian 23 Lawrence, Ryan 21

2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 53 Leach, Evan 13, 17 Malnati, Emily 9, 13 Miller, Christine 42 Nilsen, Ella 19, 25 Leach, Zachery 8 Mandra, Tessa 29 Miller, Joseph 21, 36 Noble, Brittany 32 Leary, Benjamin 25 Manoogian, Alex 13 Miller, Michael 13 Noonan, Patrick 30 LeBlanc, Jessica 35 Marchi, Tahlor 12, 13 Miller, Stephen 12 Norman, Brian 10, 11 LeClaire, Shaun 25 Marcinkowski, Matthew 49 Millian, Ryan 9 Norman, Schuyler 23 Lee, Rebecca 22 Marcotte, Elizabeth 34 Milton, Brandon 14 North, Megan 6 Leger, Samuel 9 Margolin, Aida 36 Miner, Anna 28 Nowak-Solinski, Lenz, Gregory 28 Marinelli, Alyssa 10, 11 Minerd, Ben 21 Zygmunt 21 LeRette, Stephanie 21 Marino, Nicole 30, 34 Minton, Lindsey 10 O’Connell, Kelly 11 LeTarte, Josh 25 Marlin, Samuel 17 Miranda, Ashley 47 O’Connor, Katherine 10, 11 Letourneau, Kyle 16 Marsh, Shawn 14 Miranda, Miguel 18, 21 O’Connor, Rosilind 6 Leuchanka, Natallia 29 Marshall, Lindsey 11 Miranda, Sarah 40 O’Hearne, Gordon 10 Levesque, Catherine 35 Martin, Dana 19, 20 Mitchell, Heather 13 O’Leary, Kevin 37, 42 Levesque, Jeffrey 13 Martin, Kelly 29, 33 Mitchell, Reed 47 Olean, Danielle 37 Lewis, Heather 48 Martinez, Ryan 10 Mohammed, Aaron 34 Olsen, Scott 14, 20 Lewis, Philip 47 Marvin, Patrick 39 Mol, Yourai 43 Onett, Zachary 43 Lewis, Theresa 31 Mason, Kevin 23 Monty, Evan 25 Onos, Kristen 30, 41 Li, Barbara T.Y. 19 Masse, Addison 16 Mooney, Corey 22 Orlowicz, Elizabeth 25 Libby, Kyle 25 Massicotte, Patrick 20 Moran, Peter 21, 49 Orr, David 43 Libman, Matthew 37, 42 Mastromarino, Ryan 16 Morash, Elizabeth 7, 28 Osagiede, Amadin 21 Liguori, Elizabeth 38 Mathieson, Arthur 44 Morin, Justin 24 Osbourne, Mitchell 18 Lindgren, Noel 10 Matthews, Ashley 21, 37, 47 Morin, Matthew 16 Osgood, Cory 17 Lippincott, Alexander 16 Matthews, Sean 39, 43 Morrell, Dana 9 Oteri, Kayla 9 Litchfield, Michael 18 Mattia, Michael 10, 11 Morrell, Dana 9 Page, Kimberly 12 Liu, Xiameng 18 Maxfield, David 8 Morrill, Matthew 25 Palmatier, Elizabeth 6 Lofaro, Alyssa 38 Mayo, Laura 47 Morris, Abigail 17 Palmer, Dylan 15 Logue, Patrick 34 Mayo-Smith, Leslie 44 Morris, Amanda 42 Pamboukes, Stephen 18 Longeri, Michael 8 McAuliffe, Daniel 13 Morrison, Brian 12 Panait, Alexandru 25, 36 Lonsdale, Gregory 16 McCahan, Claire 38, 40 Morse, Sarah 11 Papanastassion, Lonstein, Evan 21 McCann, Alison 39 Mower, Lowell 23 Katrina 47 Loosigian, Julie 15 McCarthy, Reid 10, 12 Mower, Matthew 21 Papantones, Alex 21, 49 Loper, Jessica 37 McCarthy, Tucker 17 Moyer, David 49 Pappas, Lauren 18 Loporcaro, Christina 45 McClellan, Meaghan 13 Mulhern, Daniel 46 Paquette, Arianna 16, 21 Losik, Kathryn 38 McClintick, Brittany 11 Muller, Heather 14 Paradise, Marc 11 Lowell, Christopher 25 McConnell, Brian 18, 21 Munoz, Matthew 17 Paré, Morgan 6 Lowell, Jeffrey 8 McGrath, John 8 Murby, Amanda 47 Parker, Jonathan 10 Lubanko, Margaret 38 McGrath, Sara 6 Murphy, Bethany 29,40 Paroline, Hannah 34 Lubniewski, Jocelyn 47 McHugh, Maureen 17 Murphy, Cristina 23 Parrott, Nicholas 20 Lumbard, Marlayna 19 McKenna, Kailey 36 Murphy, Ryan 37 Patch, Arthur 17 Lundin, Kelly 11 McKernan, Stephen 44 Murtagh, Aaron 18 Paterson, Jessica 10 Ma, Amy 37, 40, 41 McNeill, Kristen 21 Mutch, Ryan 11 Patterson, Mallorie 32 Macdonald, Ian 13 McQueen, Allison 47 Naber, Keith 23 Paul, Zachary 25 Mack, Kendra 30, 33 McRae, Andrew 17 Nahin, Allison 31, 37, 46, 47 Pavlik, Andrew 21 MacRae, Christopher 19 McVicar, Danielle 10 Nardone, Emily 10, 11 Pavone, Katherine 35 Madden, Katelyn 33 Mead, Peter 9 Navelski, Joseph 9 Payette, Brooks 39 Maffei, Kevin 25 Medina, Emely 18 Naylor, Tracy 10 Pearson, Nicholas 18 Maher, Meaghan 21 Mellen, Shannon 10, 13 Neal, Angela 37 Pederzani, Guy 16 Mailloux, Lance 47 Merisotis, Amanda 11 Nettleship, Charles 7, 8, 12 Pelchat, Amanda 38 Majcher, Jared 16 Merriken, Elizabeth 10, 11 Nevrla, Jake 24, 33 Peltokangas, Joel 7 Major, Benjamin 21 Merselis, Daniel 45 Newbury, Molly 36 Pepin, Daniel 23 Majumdar, Meyer, Christine 7 Newkirk, Catherine 31 Percuoco, Vincent 17 Rajtilak 21, 37, 39, 47 Milano, Alyssa 49 Ngarukiye, Gaston 17 Perkins, Kevin 16 Malley, Shannon 6, 32 Mili, Gregory 13 Nichols, Katrina 32 Perreault, Hannah 38

54 • University of New Hampshire Peta, Christian 13 Reynolds, Richele 20 Selinka, Thomas 38 Stilwell, Justin 48 Peterson, Alexandra 10 Richards, Joshua 35 Sellarole, Michael 37, 47 Stinson, Jordan 45 Peterson, Jill 11 Richards, Mark 17 Semaan, Christopher 33 Stitt, Alexander 20 Petraitis, Lauren 38 Richards, Matthew 39 Seraichick, Ian 8 Stodola, Claire 38 Phillips, Jennifer 10 Richards, Vanessa 29, 36 Seymour, Colton 25 Stokes, Conor 43 Phinney, Benjamin 30 Richardson, Rebecca 11 Shao, Lin 37, 47 Stone, Christian 15 Phipps, Christine 13 Rickert, Austin 21 Shaughnessy, Kyle 22 Strandson, Kurt 14 Piantedosi, Michael 47 Riggs, Nathan 15 Sheldon, Karilyn 31 Streitmater, Jessica 14, 20 Piekarski, Colin 43 Rivera, Nicholas 18 Shelley, Ryan 8 Striffolino, Peter 6 Pierce, Hannah 19 Rivers, Caitlin 31 Sherr, Benjamin 48 Strobel, Connor 34 Piispanen, Hillary 9 Rivers, Kylie 30 Shirtz, Raymond 13 Sullivan, Charles 18 Pinette, Sean 20 Roach, Jason 13 Shumila, Heidi 29, 40 Sullivan, Colin 8 Pisa, Rachel 21 Roach, Laura 9 Shumway, Amanda 48 Sullivan, Emily 38 Pisarek, Jenna 8, 12 Roane, James 49 Sigl, Niklas 15 Sullivan, Michael 14 Plante, Monica 20, 21, 39 Roberge, Jacqueline 42 Silva, Justin 11 Sullivan, Ryan 43 Plimpton, Hannah 32 Robichaud, Adam 13 Silver, Samuel 18 Surette, Holly 27 Poisson, Joshua 13 Robinson, Bridget 10, 11 Simione, Stacy 11 Suva, Kyle 10 Poisson, Lindsey 30 Robinson, David 21 Simmers, Benjamin 11 Sweetser, Branden 14 Poisson, Renee 27 Robinson, Matthew 14 Simon, Michael 17 Swiger, Jonathan 16 Ponio, Erroll James 23 Robles, Alexander 48 Simoneau, Joana 10, 11 Tamblyn, Nicholas 14,20 Pope, Michael 33, 34 Rolfe, John 7, 13 Simpson, Erin 38 Tang, Sasa 35 Posternak, Jake 9 Rollins, Daniel 25 Sinclair, Samantha 22 Tanner, David 36 Postlethwaite, Timothy 21 Root, Paige 30 Sink, Sebastian 29 Tanous, Chelsea 32, 39 Pothier, Melody 31 Ross, Brittni 6 Siskey, Matthew 44 Tarbell, Kyle 30 Power, Matthew 37, 47 Ross-Raymond, Petra 10 Skalinski, Jessica 30 Tatnall, Sara 35, 38, 42 Prescott, Rowen 16 Rotondo, Margaret 14 Skog, Cheyenne 8 Taylor, Christopher 18 Prichard, Emma 29 Rouleau, Tanya 42 Slavin, Hannah 12 Taylor, Jonathan 10 Prohl, Eian 36, 44 Rousseau, Marissa 18 Smith, Dakota 18 Teal, Luke 20 Pynenburg, Travis 27 Roy, Brian 16 Smith, Emily 18 Tentas, Laura 10 Quarles, Camille 23 Roy, Joshua 18 Smith, Justin 17 Thibaudeau, Ethan 16 Quay, Kathryn 18 Runnals, David 7, 9, 12 Smith, Kaycee 10 Thibeault, Ashley 13 Quimby, Kegan 11 Russell, Andrew 16 Smith, Mathew 14 Thibeault, Joshua 43 Quinn, Devin 16 Rychert, Kevin 21 Smith, Sara 34, 38 Thomas, Natalie 39 Quinn, Patrick 34 Rzepka, Steven 21 Smith, Siobhan 38 Thomas, Thomas 13 Racine, Elizabeth 32 Sadowski, Madeline 34 Snelling, Corey 13, 17 Thompson, Brian 8 Raddock, Stephanie 33 Saia, Anthony 10 Snyder, Stacey 22 Thompson, Brittany 15 Rader, Brice 23 Sandberg, Nicholas 22 Soto, Diego 17 Thompson, David 36 Rankin, Hannah 48 SanDonato, Jodie 28 Spacone, Michael 16 Thompson, Matt 11 Ransom, Sarah 37 Santos, Barry 40 Spadafora, Vincent 38 Thompson, Megan 44, 48 Ransom, Tailer 43 Sargent, Alexandra 38 Spencer, Christopher 23, 33 Thompson, Meredith 15 Ray, Thomas 10 Sarro, TaylorAnn 31, 37, 46 Stackhouse, Jillian 38 Thompson, Shawn 17 Reddel, Jordan 21, 49 Satir, Vicente 11, 13 Standley, Matthew 22 Thomson, Courtney 10, 11 Reekie, Christopher 22 Saunders, Andrew 16 Stanek, Joseph 8, 25 Thresher, Sierra 10 Rees, Cori 36 Savani, Anthony 8 Stanwood, Melissa 32 Tibbetts, Reeves, Alanna 10, 11 Sceery, Sarah 7, 13 Stawarz, Joshua 22 Benjamin 24, 40, 43 Reeves, Andrew 16 Schaller, Susanne 14 Steckowych, Matthew 13 Tierney, Thomas 23 Reid, Katrina 6 Schenck, Benjamin 8 Steed, Amanda 22 Tilton, Joshua 10 Reid, Nick 38 Schmidt, Bethany 29 Stemkowski, Matthew 22 Tkowski, Ryan 11, 13 Reidy, Taylor 34 Schmidt, Zachary 17 Stephenson, Benjamin 11 Tom, Elizabeth 10 Reilly, Casey 10 Schwaegerle, Kristen 11 Stevens, Annie Eliza 38 Torbick, Joshua 6, 15 Reilly, Timothy 48 Scolamiero, Jennifer 22 Stewart, James 18 Torres, Ryan 10 Relihan, Catherine 7 Scozzari, Kara 10, 12 Stewart, Max 10 Torrey, Cameron 17 Reynolds, Cathryn 29, 40 Seabrook, Ewan 14 Stillwell, Timothy 31, 46 Tower-Richardi, Sarah 31, 42

2011 Undergraduate Research Conference • 55 Townsend-Curley, White, Abbey 35 Morgan 15 White, Fileshea 27 Trahan, Brittany 30 White, Lesley 42 Travers, Breanna 48 White, Nicholas 14 Traverse, Charles 44 White, Samuel 16 Trayner, John 14 Whitmore, Jessica 48 Treacy, Lauren 12 Wienke, Carick 22 Tremblay, Justin 16 Wilbur, Thomas 32 Tremblay, Seth 18, 21 Wilcox, Russell 22 Trinward, Laura 23 Wile, Margaret 37 Troisi-Rauschenberger, Wilhelm, Jayne 27 Emily 48 Wilk, David 22 Trottier, Travis 22 Wilkinson, Christine 48 Turcott, Daniel 14 Wilson, Joseph 17 Turmel, Andrea 38 Wilson, Lyssa 36 Turner, Cathleen 17, 22, 35 Wilson, Rebecca 18, 21, 39 Turner, Christine 28 Wimsatt, Augustin 18 Turner, David 33, 39 Wirth, Alison 20 Turner, Vance 10 Wiseman, Brittany 11 Tutuianu, Georgian 20, 22 Witts, Justin 31 Tutuianu, Oana 35 Wong, Leon 22 Tyler, Zachary 10 Woodman, Patrick 16 Ucich, Gregory 7 Wyman, William 48 Ulemek, Natalija 28 Yeaton, Isaac 20 Underwood, Amy 18 Yegge, Laura 33 Upchurch, Jonathan 9 Young, Edward 10 Urbano, Andrea 38 Young, Matthew 22 Valencia, Vanessa 29 Yozzo, Sarah 25 Valickus, Robert 10, 11 Zakarian, Thomas 18, 40 VanEtten, Kyle 38 Zanderigo, Matthew 11, 14 Venhaus, Marc 29 Zani, Alicia 17 Veroneau, Brian 14 Zelenka, Adam 11 Verville, Brittany 6, 13 Zhang, Horace 12 Verville, Caitlin 11, 13 Zilnicki, Daniel 7 Vidal, Michael 37 Zoller, Jonathan 18 Visone, Anthony 18 Zorawowicz, Abby 32 vondenBenken, Olivia 19 Zuka, Zlatan 39 Waice, Heather 20 Zukas, Brian 18, 20 Wakim, Matthew 22, 23 Walker, Rod 9 Walsh, Julie 10, 50 Ward, Hannah 10 Ward, Sarah 27 Ward, Victoria 22 Ware, Teresa 42 Waters, Seth 43 Webster, Hallie 37, 46 Wedemeyer, Zahkary 39 Weisert, Kelly 13 Welch, Brittany 48 Welch, Dillon 38 Wells, Lauren 9 Wesley, Samuel 16, 17

56 • University of New Hampshire “The URC boosted my confidence in my research capabilities, public speaking, and sharing ideas with others.”

“I enjoyed reflecting on my internship experience and being able to answer the audience’s questions. I learned the most from what they asked me.”

“The most rewarding aspect of the URC was being able to communicate to a wide range of people about the work that I have done. It was rewarding to receive praise from professors, friends, industry professionals, and others who support undergraduate research.”