Grant Recipients
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS)
2009 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Daniel Castelli, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. May-Win Thein, Mechanical Engineering
Project: TableSat for NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Benjamin Jenkins, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. May-Win Thein, Mechanical Engineering
Project: TableSat for NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Michele Pelletier, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. May-Win Thein, Mechanical Engineering
Project: TableSat for NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Dylan Fransway, Electrical & Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Radim Bartos, Computer Science
Project: Navigation and Localization in Mobile Sensor Networks
James Jackson, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Philip Hatcher, Computer Science
Project: Evaluating C* on an IBM Cell Cluster
Kyle Kalutkiewicz, Physics & Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Per Berglund, Physics
Project: Axionic Inflation in Large Volume String Compactifications
Xiameng Liu, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita Gupta, Chemical Engineering
Project: Drop Formation in Co-flowing Fluids
Matthew Young, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marc Lessard, Physics
Project: Statistical Study of ULF Pc1-2 Wave Propagation Characteristics in the High Latitude Ionospheric Waveguide
2009 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Meagan Wengrove, Civil Engineering
Research Site: Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Thomas Ballestero, Civil Engineering
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jorge Rivera-Santos, University of Puerto Rico
Topic: Storm Water Management and Analysis of the Boquerón Refuge
2009 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Kevin Rose
Research Site: Cork, Ireland
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Wheeler Ruml, Computer Science
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Mr. Richard Wallace, Cork Constraint Computation Centre
Topic: Adaptive Backtracking in Best-Leaf-First Search
2009 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Carlo LaScala, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Xiaowei Teng, Chemical Engineering
Project: Design of Non-Platinum Nanocatalysts for a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Reaction
Meaghan Maher, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Russell Carr, Chemical Engineering
Project: Multiple Steady States and Non-linear Blood Flow
2008 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Nicholas Bencivenga, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Roy Planalp, Chemistry
Topic: Preparation of Novel Bifunctional Chelating Ligands: Synthesis and Spectrophotometric Characterization
Corinne Disenhof, Geology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jo Laird, Earth Sciences
Topic: Chemical Analysis of 450 Million Year Old Subduction Zone Rocks from Tillotson Peak, Vermont
Michael Gagnon, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. P.T. Vasudevan, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Biodiesel Production by Enzymatic Transesterification of Waste Oil
Muhammad N. Islam, Electrical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. L. Gordon Kraft, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Topic: Active Noise Control (ANC) Headset using Cerebellar Model Arithmetic Computer (CMAC) Neural Network Controller
Tuyen Nguyen, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Mark McConnell, Physics
Topic: Integral Analysis of a 2.22 MeV Source Candidate
Austin Purves, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Per Berglund, Physics
Topic: Observables in Multi-Field Slow-Roll Inflation
2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Eman Akam, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Edward Wong, Chemistry
Project: Supramolecular Chemistry and Zinc (II) Cross-Bridged Tetraazamacrocyclic Complexes
Allen Hubbe, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Wheeler Ruml, Computer Science
Project: Use of Inadmissible Heuristics to Improve the Performance of Combinatorial Search
Matthew Jones, Earth Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Will Clyde, Earth Science
Project: Paleomagnetic Analysis of the Denver Basin’s K/T Boundary
Madison Myers, Geology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Julie Bryce, Earth Science
Project: Potential Arsenic Contributions from Bedrock to the Seacoast NH Water Supply
Thaddaeus Webster, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ihab Farag, Chemical Engineering
Project: Algae and Carbon Dioxide: An Amazing Combination to Create Biodiesel
Alex Evangelou, Electrical Engineering / Studio Arts
Kyle Maroney, Electrical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Brad Kinsey, Mechanical Engineering
Project: Developing Training Modules for the 2009 FIRST Robotics Control System
Matthew Lape, Electrical Engineering
Mark Taipan, Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Andrew Kun, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project: Kingsbury Location Awareness System (KLAS)
2008 International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Andrew Langsner, Civil Engineering
Research Site: Akademgorodok, Russia
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Cathy Frierson, History
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Uzbekova, Research Associate & Dr. Eugenii Vodichev, Associate Director of Institute of History of Russian Academy of Sciences
Topic: Potential U.S. Involvement in the Development of Siberia
Samuel Meehan, Physics
Research Site: Saclay, France
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maurik Holtrop, Physics
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Jacques Ball, Research Engineer, Service de Physique Nucleaire
Topic: Investigation and Optimization of Micromegas Detectors to be Implemented in CLAS12 Upgrade
Vassili Vorotnikov, Chemical Engineering
Research Site: Madrid, Spain
Faculty Mentor: Prof. P.T. Vasudevan, Chemical Engineering
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Francisco Plou, Doctor at Institute of Catalysis CSIC Topic: Production of Renewable Biofuels
2008 Research Presentation Grant
Eman Akam, Chemistry
Project title: Encapsulation of Fullerene [60] into Carbon Nanotubes
Conference: American Chemical Society
Lina Faller, Computer Science
Project: An Investigation of Repeating Sequences in the Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 Genome
Conference: Posters on the Hill
Muhammad Islam, Electrical Engineering
Project: Active Noise Cancellation Headset
Conference: National Conference for Undergraduate Research
Scott Luczko, Environmental Engineering: Industrial Processes
Project: Elastic Effects on Bubbles Rising in a Square Capillary
Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Corinne Sadlowski, Chemistry
Project: Scope of the Tandem Chain Extension-Aldol Reaction of B-Keto Imides Conference: American Chemical Society
2007 Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Owen Friend-Gray, Environmental Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jeffery Melton, Civil Engineering
Topic: Activation of Black Phosphate Rock for Heavy Metal Absorption
2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) USA
Glareh Azadi, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita Gupta & Prof. P.T. Vasudevan, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Enzymatic Reaction in a Two-phase Flow Microchannel System
Janine Fraschetti, Earth Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Joel Johnson, Earth Science
Topic: The Timing and Chemical Characterization of a Possible Toba Ash Occurrence in the Bay of Bengal, Offshore India
Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Electrical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. L. Gordon Kraft, Electrical Engineering
Topic: Active Noise Control Headset
Andrew Maher, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Rob Braswell, Complex Systems Research Center
Topic: Developing a New Approach for New England Seasonal Climate Forecasting Based on Data Mining and Nonlinear Dynamics
William Meagher, Civil Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Jo Daniel, Civil Engineering
Topic: The Use of Pelletized Asphalt Cement in Hot Mix Asphalt
Brian Patenaude, Physics / Mathematics
Seth Quarrier, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Karsten Pohl, Physics
Topic: Open Design, High Resolution, Dynamically Controlled Electronics for
Scanning Probe Microscopy
2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Abroad
Morgan O'Neill, Physics
Research Site: Warsaw, Poland
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Eberhard Moebius, Physics
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maciej Bzowski, Space Research Centre, Warsaw Topic: IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Star Sensor Calibration and Astrometric Transformation
2007 Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP)
Joshua Wood, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Ryan, Space Science Center
Project: Simulating the Optical Behavior of Photons Within a Prototype Scintillator Using the Program Geant4.
2006-2007 Undergraduate Research Award
Ashley Bolbrock, Earth Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Joel Johnson, Earth Science
Topic: Sources and Mechanisms for Carbon Delivery to the Deep Sea: Biological Station M, Monterey Fan, California
Amanda Brown, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Harper, Physics
Topic: Effects of Composition on Microstructure in Silver-Silicon Composite Thin Films
Joseph Iuliucci, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dale Barkey, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Tin-Silver and Tin-Gold Metal Particle Electrocodeposition for Lead-Free Packaging
Eddie Jones, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ihab Farag, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Optimization of Algal Lipid Content in Different Nutrient Deficient and Sufficient Environments
Matthew Shump, Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Martha Jackson, Athletics
Topic: Six Sigma Analysis of Student-Athlete Eligibility
2005-2006 Undergraduate Research Award
Devin Avery, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Radim Bartos, Computer Science
Topic: Network Traffic Trace Generator
Don Carlson, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Harper, Physics
Topic: Composite Gold and Silicon Dioxide Thin Films for Molecular Attachment
David Connaughton, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ihab Farag, Chemical Engineering
Topic: In Situ Transesterification of Microalgal Oil
Ian Honsberger, Earth Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Julia Bryce, Earth Sciences
Topic: Magmatic Processes in the Early Stages of Continental Rifting
Will Morrison, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maurik Holtrop, Physics
Topic: A Study of the Properties of the O 1020 Meson in Nuclei
2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Abroad
Emmanuel Pitia, Chemical Engineering
Research Site: Cairo, Egypt
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Ihab Farag, Chemical Engineering
Foreign Faculty Mentor: Dr. Guzine ElDiwani, National Research Center
Topic: Biodiesel Fuel from Jatropha
2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship - USA
Eric Beauregard, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita Gupta, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Deformation of Biological Cells and Artificial Microcapsules in Microfluidic Devices
Christopher Black, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Marc Lessard, Space Science Center
Topic: Analyzing Data from the South Pole for Pi1B Pulsations in conjunction with helping to Build and Install Ground-Based Sensors to Study Pi1B Pulsations in the Region of a Polar Cusp
Hee Yeon Cho, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Richard P. Johnson, Chemistry
Topic: Research on a New Molecular Rearrangement with a Highly Strained Molecule as Reactive Intermediate
Michael Dunn, Chemistry
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Roy Planalp, Chemistry
Topic: Modifications of the Tachpyr Iron Chelator for Use in Cancer Therapy through Tumor Cell Apoptosis
Lina Faller, Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Prof. William Thomas, Biochemistry
Prof. Dan Bergeron, Computer Science
Topic: Evolution of Microsatellite Loci in Five Fungal Species
Michael Howley, Geology
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Joseph Licciardi, Earth Science
Topic: Timing and Style of Laurentide Ice Sheet Retreat from the Contoocook River Basin
Jingyan Li, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita Gupta, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Surfactant Effects on Drop Dynamics in Microfluidic Devices
Kyle R. McLaughlin, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. James Connell, Physics
Topic: Mechanical Housing for ADIS System
Will Morrison, Physics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Maurik Holtrop, Physics
Topic: Extraction of the Phi (1020) Meson and Measurement of its Interaction in Nuclei
Jeffery Nichols, Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Alejo Hausner, Computer Engineering
Topic: Improved Simulated Tile Mosaics by Void Filling
2005-2006 Research Presentation Grants
Eric Beauregard, Biomedical / Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita R. Gupta, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Free Surface Flows in Microfluidic Devices: An Experimental Study
Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH
Michael O’Connor, Chemical Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Nivedita R. Gupta, Chemical Engineering
Topic: Free Surface Flows in Microfluidic Devices: An Experimental Study
Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH
Kirsten Hutchison and Derek Pouliot, Mathematics
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Dmitri Nikshych, Mathematics
Topic: Study and Classification of Based Rings
Conference: National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Asheville, NC