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Sarah Gormady, '09
Bolshevik Intention to Soviet Oppression: Jewish Women's Impressions of Stalin's Reign
Funding: IROP
Sarah Gormady, an international affairs and political science dual major from Durham, NH, will spend the summer interviewing Jewish women in St. Petersburg about their experiences living in Revolutionary and Stalinist Russia. More... |
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Andrew Langsner, '09
Potential U.S. Involvement in the Development of Siberia
Funding: IROP
Andrew Langsner, a civil engineering major from Lebanon, NH, will be spending the summer where most of us never dream of traveling—Siberia. More... |
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Andrew McKernan, '09
Ghosts of Stalin: Ruins and Revival in Contemporary Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow
Funding: IROP
Andrew McKernan, a Russian and linguistics dual major and Honors Program student from Bow, NH, received an International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) grant to research contemporary sculpture and architecture in Moscow. More... |
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Morgan O'Neill, '09
IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Star Sensor Calibration and Astrometric Transformation
Funding: SURF
Physics major Morgan O'Neill spent the summer conducting research at the Space Research Center in Warsaw, Poland. More... |
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Danielle Laroche, '08
Local Environmental Health Concerns: Improving the Relationship between Community-Based Participatory Organizations and Governmental Public Health Agencies
Funding: SURF
Recognizing that communities often perceive government public health agencies as not adequately addressing the health effects of environmental contaminants, health management and policy major Danielle Laroche designed a summer research project to explore this relationship.More... |
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Anna Visciano, '08
An Educational Youth Drama Program Implemented Cross-Culturally in America and South Africa
Funding: IROP
During the summer of 2007, anthropology major Anna Visciano traveled to the Western Cape of South Africa to observe how a self-designed educational drama program would vary when applied in different cultures. More... |
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Muhammad Islam, '08
Active Noise Control Headset
Funding: SURF
Muhammad Islam, an electrical engineering major from Bangladesh, recently spent the summer working in a UNH lab analyzing active noise control methods. More... |
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Trevor Mauck '08
Morocco: Transition from an Islamic Monarchy to a Democratic Islamic Nation
Funding: SURF
Trevor Mauck, a senior pursuing a dual major in political science and philosophy, went to Morocco over the summer to research the country's transition from an Islamic monarchy to a democratic nation. More... |
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Kelly Bailey '08
Perceptions of Shell Shock in World War I Britain
Funding: IROP
The Great War took a great toll on British soldiers. Kelly Bailey sees this first-hand while delving into the wartime archives at the University College of London. More... |
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Orrin Jones, '09
Winter Distribution Analysis of Wild Turkeys Surrounding Pease Tradeport
Funding: URA
From November 2006 through April 2007, wildlife management major Orrin Jones investigated the winter distribution of wild turkeys surrounding Pease International Tradeport. More...
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David Palange '07
Your Loving Sons: American Warfare through the Eyes of New England Soldiers
Funding: SURF
History major Dave Palange spent the summer after his junior year reading the letters of soldiers from three wars in American history: The Revolutionary War, The Civil War, and World War II. More... |
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Daniel Chaston '07
The Morin Huur and its Place in Mongolian History and Culture
Funding: IROP
Music education major Dan Chaston spent the summer in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, studying traditional Mongolian music. More... |
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Laura Smetana '08
Perspectives in Post-Communist Slovakia
Funding: SURF Abroad
In the summer of 2006, Laura traveled to Slovakia to interview members of her extended family about the effects of Slovakia's transition from a state-run, centrally planned economy and communist society to a capitalist, free-market democracy. More... |
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Alexandra Ross-Raymond '07
Paula Modersohn-Becker's self portraits
Funding: IROP
Alexandra Ross-Raymond, studio art and women’s study major, spent the summer investigating Paula Modersohn-Becker's self portraits in Berlin and Bremen, Germany—and creating paintings of her own. More... |
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Lena Collins '07
Invasive Species and Native Australian Clams
Funding: IROP
Biology major Lena Collins investigated the effect of the invasive species Caulerpa taxifolia on native clams in Wollongong, Australia. More... |
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Lisa Landry '07
Perinatal Care in Beijing
Funding: IROP
Nursing major Lisa Landry (third from left) stands with student nurses at a Chinese hospital. Using funds from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, Landry spent nine weeks in Beijing investigating perinatal care. More... |
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Virginia DeFreitas-Battersby '07
The Barriers Between the Kitchen and the Campaign: Women and Politics in San Jose, Costa Rica
Funding: SURF
Virginia DeFreitas-Battersby spent nine weeks in San Jose, Costa Rica evaluating the role of women in politics. More... |
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Emmanuel Pitia '07
Creating Biodiesel in Egypt
Funding: SURF
Emmanuel Pitia '07 spent the summer working at Egypt's National Research Center, where he extracted oil from Jatropha seeds and converted it to biodiesel. More... |
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Talia Connery '07
Using the Arts in AIDS Education
Funding: IROP
Using a grant from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, nursing major Talia Connery spent nine weeks in Africa using the arts to help educate Namibian citizens about AIDS. More... |
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Heather Tucker '07
Maasai/Elephant Conflicts and Crop Protection
Funding: IROP
Elephants, agriculture, and people…Heather Tucker conducted research in Tanzania using an IROP grant. More... |
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Laura Plummer '07
Investigating quinceañera in Puerto Rico
Funding: IROP
Laura Plummer is based in Puerto Rico this summer, where she's investigating quinceañera, the Latin American cultural practice celebrating a 15-year-old girl's transition to womanhood. More... |
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Kirsten Hutchison and Derek Pouliot '06
Exploring Abstract Mathematics
Funding: SURF
Major: Mathematics
Math majors Kirsten Hutchison and Derek Pouliot spent ten summer weeks searching for unexplored based rings. What's a based ring? "A collection of characters that can be added and multiplied," says Hutchison. More... |
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Adam Chouinard '06
Development of a System for Monitoring the Heart Rate of Freely Moving Lobsters
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Marine biology
Adam Chouinard says all it took was one course with zoology professor Win Watson to know that he wanted in on his lobster research. With funds from an undergraduate research award, Adam helped develop a lobster "backpack" that measures the crustacean's heart rate changes. More... |
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Sarah Mikulak '05
Examining the predation of oysters on constructed reefs
Funding: SURF
Major: Marine and freshwater biology
With the help of a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Connecticut native Sarah Mikulak spent her summer examining the predation of oysters on constructed reefs in a first-of-its-kind study in New Hampshire. More... |
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Jon Peiffer '05
"Wild Things": Creating the Music for the 2005 Dance Company Show
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Music Performance
"My undergraduate research project began as a piano piece. A year later, it was a full-blown musical and theatrical production called "Wild Things" for which I wrote and performed the music, and danced."
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Isobel Madigan '05
The Socio-Cultural Effects of Architectural Change in Walangama, Sri Lanka
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Anthropology
Isobel Madigan studied the relationship between rural village life and its architecture in Sri Lanka using funds from an IROP grant. "It forever changed the way I view the United States," she says. Watch Video... |
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Nick Dellas '05
Texture Formation in Thin Films During Sputter Deposition
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Physics
"I was able to make a connection between concepts learned in class and the research that I was working on." Nick Dellas '05, on his UROP research project. More... |
 
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Neil Mushaweh '05 & Peter Chivers '05
Helicopter Control Feedback System
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Mechanical Engineering
"We did everything from building the capital for the project, to the design process, to the implementation process." Watch video... |
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Brianna Heath '05
Dispersal and Home Range Establishment of yearling Moose in Northern New Hampshire
Major: Wildlife Management
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Michelle Zitta '05
Age-related changes in running economy
Major: Exercise Science
Learn about Michelle's research.
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Jason Dahlstrom '05
Two investigations with Lamprey GTH
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Computer Engineering
Last summer, Jason conducted research on lamprey using a grant from the International Research Opportunities Program. Watch video . . . |
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Emily Lagana '05
Care in a Pediatric Hospice in England
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Nursing
Emily will tell you that in the United Kingdom alone, there are 11 freestanding pediatric hospices but in the United States, there is only one.
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Procheta Mallik '05
Modeling and Data Inversion Techniques for Solar Neutron Detectors
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Physics
Procheta conducted his research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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David Noblet '05
Research, Implementation, and Optimization of Peer-to-Peer Data Sharing Service
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Computer Science
David conducted his research at the Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systemes Aleatoir in Rennes, France.
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Nicholas Park '05
A Firsthand Study of Color: Painting in the Home Region of Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Painting
Paris and Nice were the sites of Nicholas's exploration of Matisse and Bonnard.
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Dan Turaj '04
Investigated the expression of genes in a plant undergoing stress
Funding: SURF
Major: Biology
"One of the great benefits of SURF is that you can work closely with a faculty adviser in your area of interest. Their experience provides you with the proper direction and guidance to make your project a reality."
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Gregory Bergeron '04
The scales of freedom and liberty
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Philosophy and Political Science
"The UROP experience has proved invaluable, academically as well as personally. I was able to apply my skills and knowledge to a philosophical study of civil rights and liberties."
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Jesse McEntee '03
East meets west—in the Northeast
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Anthropology
"By conducting research, I was able to see some of the real-life implications of what it means to be an anthropologist in the U.S."
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Joel Daniels '03
From Mount Olympus to Capitol Hill
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Computer Science
"Joel was able to walk in as a junior and went to work with a group of graduate students and Ph.D.'s, and it was a tremendous environment for him."
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Jessie Wallner '03
Finding Tibet in the heart of Nepal
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Anthropology
"Because of my long-term interest in Tibet and my admiration for the Tibetan culture, the IROP experience was the perfect opportunity for me to expand my academic horizons."
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Angela Pelletier '03
Making waves
Funding: IROP grant
Major: Mechanical engineering
Angela Pelletier loves water. It all started when her mom dunked baby Angela during an infant swim class—never suspecting she might be launching her daughter's career path.
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Elizabeth Gagnon '02
Research on Malaria in Tanzania
Funding: IROP
B.S. Zoology, B.A. English
Elizabeth Gagnon conducted research on malaria in Africa using funds from and IROP grant. "I received an IROP grant to travel to Tanzania during the summer of 2001. The experience turned out to be a pivotal event in my life in terms of choosing a career path."
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Andrew Case '01
Threading a Needle Through the Notch: An Environmental History of Construction of Interstate 93 in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire.
Funding: SURF grant
Major: History
"I wholeheartedly recommend pursuing UROP to any undergraduates interested in going beyond the traditional framework of their education."
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Elizabeth Keane '01
Taking research personally
Funding: SURF grant
Major: English
"My expense award made it possible to spend one month in Ireland, comparing other Irish writing with Synge's, and searching for clues to link my family to the Aran Islands."
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Jack Loveless '01
The tales that rocks can tell
Funding: UROP grant
Major: Geology
"Rocks can tell great stories to those trained to read their verse."
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