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 |