SURF 2009 List of Recipients

Title of SURF Project

Faculty/Student Name

Majors (Student)

The effect of the belief in free
will on the interpretation of
others’ moral behavior

 Faculty: Alex Guzman
Student: Andrew Mahoney

 Psychology and 
Criminal Justice

Styela clava as a 
Micro-Community

Faculty: Carmela Cuomo
Student: Samantha Davidson

 Marine Biology

Aquaculture of Limulus 
polyphemus, a biomedically
important organism: Captive
Spawning & Larval Grow-Out

Faculty: Carmela Cuomo
Student: Katherine Oren

 Marine Biology

Determining the caliber 
of a weapon by 
studying  nanoparticles 
of gunshot residue

Faculty: Saion Sinh
Student: Robert Harvey III

 Forensic Science
and Chemistry

Bias and the homicide
investigation: does victim race affect detective decision making?

Faculty: David Schroeder
Student: Andrew Myruski

 Criminal Justice

Exploring sustainability in the
hospitality industry: An 
examination of current go
green practices among 
the top fifty U.S. hotels

Faculty: Juline Mills
Student: Dipti Gawankar 
and Jai Rathore

 Hospitality and 
Tourism and Bio Technology

Exploring the relationship 
between economics and human trafficking: Can economic policy
improve victims’ lives?

Faculty: Mario Gaboury
and Christopher Sedelmaier
Student: Stacey McMillin

 Criminal Justice

Chemical Systems and Thermal
Cycling; Development of Computational
Models for the Design of Micro-reactors

Faculty: Pauline Schwartz
and Carl Barrett
Student: Matt Cherubini

Chemical Engineering

Computational Models of
Chemical Evolution: The Role of Thermal Cycling in Breaking
Chiral Symmetry with Application 
to Pre-biotic Chemistry

Faculty: Pauline Schwartz
and Carl Barrett
Student: Dante Lepore

 Biochemistry and 
Forensic Science

Green Fluorescent Protein Constructs

Faculty: Michael Rossi
Student: Chuong Nguyen

 BS Biotechnology

Population structure of the snail
Melamupus bidenatatus ion 
relation to sea-level rise 
effects on salt marshes

Faculty: Roman Zajac
Student: Ivana Espinosa

 Marine Biology

Development of Genetic Markers
for Polydora cornuta (Annelida:
Polychaeta) for population 
ecology studies – Phase II

Faculty: Roman Zajac
Student: Jamie Maziarz

 Science and 
Biology

Exploring a material’s heat
transfer capabilities in order
to improve the computing power
of a personal computer

Faculty: Saion Sinha
and Ewa Kirkor
Student: Michael Taylor

 Mechanical 
Engineering

Creating swarm intelligence for
robotic coordinated movement

Faculty: Christopher Martinez
Student: Colton Murphy

 Electrical and 
Computer Engineering

Novel genetic markers
for Borrelia burgdorferi 
biofilm formation

Faculty: Eva Sapi
Student: Kyrle Luth

 Forensic Science
and Biology

 
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