Research articles describe research and creative projects in all the disciplines and are authored by UNH undergraduates or recent graduates in collaboration with Inquiry student and staff editors. They should not exceed 2500 words (excluding bibliography). These articles are based on research reports or essays written for a course or independent study. Because of the relatively short length and general audience of research articles, their authors often choose to narrow or refocus their original text. The research experience is held to be as important as research results.
Coming To America: The Social and Economic Mobility of African Immigrants in the United States
—Tobi E. Afolayan (Mentor: Cliff Brown)
McNair fellow Tobi Afolayan shares the results of his interviews with Nigerian immigrants living in Manchester, NH. Read article >>
Redefining Capitalism: The Changing Role of the Federal Reserve throughout the Financial Crisis (2006–2010)
—Chris Celi (Mentor: Bruce Elmslie)
Chris Celi takes an in-depth look at how the Fed's actions during the recent financial crisis have redefined capitalism as we know it. Read article >>
Eating For Two: A Study of the Effects of Obesity upon the Health of Pregnant Women and their Infants
—Michael Cochran-Boucher (Mentor: Patricia Halpin)
Michael Cochran-Boucher researches and confirms the dangers of obesity in pregnant women. Read article >>
Finding a Safe, Efficient Method of Producing High Quality, Non-corrosive Scanning Probe Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopes
—Dan Foley (Mentor: Karsten Pohl)
It took him all summer and many modifications, but Dan Foley found the right method for producing the probe tips. Read article >>
Recalibrating the Star Sensor: From the IBEX Satellite to the RENU Rocket
—Joshua French (Mentor: Eberhard Möbius)
Joshua French spent the summer with a UNH team preparing the star sensor for space flight aboard a NASA rocket. Read article >>
Sleeping in Safety: A Study of Nurse Anesthetists in Ghana
—Lauren Kasparian (Mentors: Gene Harkless and Gabriel Boakye)
Conducting research in Ghana with a grant from the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), Lauren Kasparian combined her personal and professional interests by fulfilling a life-long goal to visit Africa while also studying her chosen field of anesthesia. Read article >>
The Quest for Fisheries Sustainability: Age, Growth and Maturity of Golden Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) in Australia
—Elise Koob (Mentors: Molly Lutcavage and Shane Griffiths)
Eco-system based fisheries management, a new concept, needs the kind of research that Elise Koob carried out in Australia. Read article >>
Producing Biodiesel from Microalgae Grown in Municipal Wastewater from Dover, NH
—Brian McConnell (Mentor: Ihab H. Farag)
Microalgae may not be a widely known source of oil used for biodiesel production, but it has great potential. Brian McConnell spent the summer exploring this in the UNH Biodiesel Laboratory. Read article >>
No Longer a Secret: Uncovering My Family's Russian Jewish Heritage
—Ella Nilsen (Mentor: Cathy Frierson)
Spurred by a family secret, Ella Nilsen's research provided her and her family with a lost heritage. Read article >>
A Tale of Two Vices: An Applied Economic Analysis of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption
—John Rolfe (Mentor: Andrew J. Houtenville)
An economics class gave John Rolfe the opportunity to apply econometric methods to a subject of worldwide concern. Read article >>
Big Bank, Small Country: Switzerland, the Financial Crisis and the European Union
—Justin Thomas Schubert (Mentor: Benjamin Cole)
Justin Schubert combined his majors in business administration, German and international affairs to research the potential effects of a big bank failure on Switzerland's economy and culture. Read article >>
