2012 Awards of Excellence
Winner/Class | Major | Faculty Adviser | Title of Presentation |
Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 27, 2012 | |||
| Madeline Bishop, Senior | International Affairs and Anthropology | Mary Wallace | Climate Change, Cosmology, and Cultural Resilience: An Andean Case Study View Presentation |
| Andrew Cardello, Senior | Management | Mark Hungerford | ExxonMobil Natural Gas Commercial View Presentation |
| Rachel Carter, Junior Matthew Laurion, Junior | English | Cord Whitaker | Dramatic Innovations: Original Dramas Inspired by Medieval Literature (Lords & Ladies) |
| Bradley Chamberlain, Senior | Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology | Paul Tsang | Are Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) Present in Skeletal Muscle of the Spiny Dogfish Shark, Squalus acanthias? View Poster |
| Paige Clairmont, Senior | Communication | Danielle Pillet-Shore | Taboo Talk and Social Relationships |
Matthew Cotton, Junior | Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology | Estelle Hrabak | A Screen to Identify Mutants with a Sodium-induced Root Skewing Phenotype View Poster |
Jenna Dion, Senior | Women's Studies | Faina Bukher | Feminism in Action: Women's Studies Internships |
| Patricia Donahoe, Junior | International Affairs and Political Science | Lawrence Reardon | Problem Revisited: Understanding China's Arms Export Policy View Presentation |
| Margaret Donovan, Junior Richard Madol, Junior | Nutrition Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology | Semra Aytur, Kendra Kattleman, and Jesse Morrell | A Correlative Study of Perceived Stress and Emotional Support with Weight Gain in College Students: Expanding the Young Adults Eating and Active for Health Project View Poster |
| Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Senior | Geography | Joel Hartter | Monitoring Forest Loss and Population Growth in a Biodiversity Hotspot of Africa View Poster |
| Benjamin Duckless, Senior | Biology | David Townson | Influence of Cytoskeletal Stress Filaments on Cell Death in Human Cervical Carcinoma View Poster |
| Natalie Fortier, Sophomore | Outdoor Education | Brent Bell | Experiential Education Philosophy: The Role of Risk View Presentation |
| Luke Franco, Senior | Communication | Mardi Kidwell | Invitation as a Form of Play View Presentation |
| Alyssa Freedman, Senior | Psychology | John Chaston
| Passive se and ser in Three Spanish Language Magazines: Usages and Styles Compared View Presentation |
| Natalie Gatlin, Senior | Occupational Therapy | Lou Ann Griswold | Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Goal-directed Intervention on the Social Interaction of Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities View Poster |
| Emilie Hall, Senior | International Affairs and Spanish | John Chaston | Student Usage of Prepositions: Considerations Far Beyond Por and Para View Presentation |
| Emilie Hall, Senior | International Affairs and Spanish | Mary Wallace | Costa Rica: An Emigration Anomaly |
| David Houle, Senior | International Affairs and Psychology | Mary Wallace | Unemployment in Spain: Analyzing the Job Market for Youth and the General Population |
| Matthew Jones, Senior | International Affairs and Communications | Jennifer Borda | Public Opinion Study: Should the United States Have a National Language |
Colin Kelly, Senior | International Affairs and Business Administration | Mary Wallace | Revitalization: Breton Stages a Comeback |
| Rebecca Keyes, Senior | Nursing | Gene Harkless | Helping Babies Breathe: Testing Its Implementation in Rural Uganda View Poster |
| Andrew Kitt, Senior | Psychology | William Stine | Correlates of Local and Global Stereopsis View Presentation |
| Julia Maldonado, Senior | Communication | Jennifer Borda | Women and Hostile Work Environments: Representations of Sexual Harassment in North Country View Presentation |
| Amelia Marden, Senior | International Affairs and English Teaching | Mary Wallace | Educational Equality for Students of North African Immigrant Origin in France |
Kelly Martin, Senior | Communication | Jennifer Borda and Sheila McNamee | Relational Processes in Education |
| Brian McConnell, Junior Seth Tremblay, Junior | Chemical Engineering | Ihab Faraq | Floating Photobioreactors for Microalgae Growth View Poster |
| Patrick McManus, Junior | Political Science | Lawrence Reardon | International Influence on China's Economic Reform |
| Chelsea Moyer, Senior | International Affairs and Political Science | Jeannie Sowers | Social Movements and Political Change in Morocco |
| Halie Olszowy, Junior | Sociology | Catherine Moran | The Idea of Necessity: Shopping Trends Among College Students View Presentation |
| Brian O'Connor, Junior | Political Science | Lawrence Reardon | Seeking Democracy Under Untenable Circumstances: The Case of Kurdistan |
| Katherine Pavone, Senior | International Affairs and History | Alynna Lyon | International Justice?: The United States and the International Criminal Court |
| Tawny Saez, Senior | International Affairs and Anthropology | Mary Wallace | Community-based Tourism in the Brazilian Amazon: Ana Case Study, Balancing Development and Conservation |
| Tawny Saez, Senior | International Affairs and Anthropology | Meghan Howey | Analyzing How Tourism Shapes Cultural Systems Within Host Societies: A Community Case Study of Rural Tourism in the Amazon |
| Samantha Scarneo, Recent Graduate | Kinesiology | Summer Cook | Physiological Effects of Acute Bouts of Aquatic and Land Based Sprinting View Presentation |
| Laura Simard, Senior | Spanish | John Chaston | Se Usage and Meaning in Laforet's El Aguinaldo |
| Sasha Thalheimer, Senior | Anthropology | Ronald LeBlanc | Fiber Arts in the Early Soviet Period View Presentation |
| Kelly Whittier, Senior | International Affairs and Health Management and Policy | Mary Wallace | Aid Influx into Madagascar: The Damage of the U.S. Sanctions Effect View Presentation |
| Stephanie Weiner, Junior | International Affairs and Political Science | Lawrence Reardon | Malvinas Miscalculation: The Argentine Invasion Error |
| Lindsey Wright, Recent Graduate | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Richard Smith | Do Forest Edges Mediate Community Invasibility in Pastures |
| Katherine Wooten, Junior | Neuroscience and Behavior | Robert Drugan | Are Female Rats Prone to the Same Stress-induced Memory Deficits as Male Rats in a Visible Platform Task in the Morris Water Maze? View Poster |
| Ethnic Studies Awards for "Scholarly Innovations and Risk Taking" | |||
| Ana Caguiat, Senior | English | Siobhan Senier | Indigenous New England: Why a Digital Archive? |
| Peter Kispert, Senior | English | Sandhya Shetty | Communication and Tribal Culture in Mahasweta Devi's Pterodactyl |
| Elizabeth Barker, Junior | English Teaching | Sandhya Shetty | A Nigerian Spring: How to Make the Niger Delta B(l)oom, Again View Paper |
| Jacob Browning, Senior | English | Cord Whitaker | The King of Tars and Dramatic Conversion Romance |
| Phi Betta Kappa Research URC Award | |||
| Maria Carasquillo, Sophomore | Political Science | Mary Malone | Migrating South Instead of North: Examining Immigration Trends in Central America |
| Center for International Education URC Awards | |||
| Eva Skewes, Senior | International Affairs and History | Mary Wallace | Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite: French Identity and the Construction of National History |
| Emilie Hall, Senior | International Affairs and Spanish | Mary Wallace | Costa Rica: An Emigration Anomaly |
| UNH-Manchester URC Poster Presentation Award Winner | |||
| Rebecca Mason, Senior | Biological Sciences | Charles Walker | The Role of HAUSP in the Mitochondrial Non-transcriptional p53 Apoptotic Pathway of IMR-32 Human Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells |
| UNH-Manchester URC Oral Presentation Award Winner | |||
| Ryan Haggerty, Junior | History | John Resch | The Corrupt Bargain: The Election of 1824 and Aftermath |
| UNH-Manchester URC Cinema Arts Award Winner | |||
| Brian Burke, Senior | Communication | Anthony Tenczar | A Man's World |
| Christopher Spencer, Senior | Communication | Anthony Tenczar | Just do it. |
| UNH-Manchester URC Engineering Technology Senior Project Award Winner | |||
| Karen Ibey, Senior | Electrical Engineering Technology | David Forest | Automated Functional Testing at Philips Teletrol Systems, Inc. View Presentation |
| Thompson School of Applied Sciences - Community Leadership Program | |||
| Leah Burke, Freshman | Community Leadership | Kate Hanson | Nonprofit Research: Tamworth Community Nurse Association |
| Fiona Gettinger, Freshman | Environmental Conservation Studies | Kate Hanson | Nonprofit Research: Cocheco Valley Humane Society |
| Kelsey Hammond, Sophomore | Community Leadership | Kate Hanson | Nonprofit Research: G.A.L.A. Community |
| Danielle Zamarchi, Sophomore | Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems | Kate Hanson | Nonprofit Research: Seacoast Local View Presentation |
| Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium | |||
| Jacqueline Amante, Senior | Environmental Sciences | Ruth Varner | Quantifying Methane Ebullitive Flux from Subarctic Ecosystems |
| Andrea Bedell, Senior | Physics | James Ryan | Analysis of Scintillator Characteristics to Improve Detection of Illicit Radioactive Sources |
Christopher Blais, Freshman | Chemical Engineering | Nivedita Gupta | Microcapsule and Droplet Dynamics in Channels |
| Alexandra Bowen, Senior Megan Good, Senior | Environmental Engineering | James Malley | The Effective Removals of Pharmaceuticals by Direct/Advanced UV Photolysis View Poster |
| Jeffrey Brulet, Senior | Chemistry | Richard Johnson | Studies on Thermal and Carbocationic Rearrangements Through Isotopic Labeling View Poster |
| Shawn Bryan, Senior Joshua Clairmont, Senior | Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Science | Andrew Kun | Tangible User Interfaces for Multi-touch Surfaces View Poster |
William Devore, Senior | Civil Engineering | Ronald Pease | Reservoir Pond Dan Reconstruction |
Michael LeVeille, Senior | Computer Science Mechanical Engineering | May-Win Thein | UNH Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| Laurent Officer, Senior | Earth Sciences Oceanography | Linda Kalnejais | Seasonal Variation of Benthic Nutrient Fluxes in the Great Bay |
| Justin Woodman, Senior | Electrical and Computer Engineering | W.T. Miller | Room Mapping Robot |
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