Anthropology
Pearl Jurist-Schoen ‘11
Topic: The recent effects of tourism on Barbadian culture
Advisor: George Gmelch
Chelsea Tussing ‘11
Topic: The aftermath of ethnography: How the Barbadian Culture has Changed Since the Writing of "Parish Behind God's Back"
Advisor: Sharon Gmelch
Art History
Kira Simon ‘11
Topic: Museum Education and Exhibition Studies
Advisor: Lorraine Morales Cox
Biology
Tauseef Ahmed ‘13
Topic: Development of a robust PCR-based DNA test for Canine Epilepsy
Advisor: J. Stephen Horton
Christina Brown ‘11
Topic: Cell proliferation patterns during cyclic blastogenesis in Botryllus schlosseri: an immunhistochemical study
Advisor: Robert Lauzon
Isaiah Buchanan ‘11
Topic: Behavioral and ecological interactions between the lizard species Anolis carolinensis and Anolis sagrei
Advisor: Leo Fleishman
Michael Danise ‘11
Topic: The tradeoff between polyuronic acid content and photosynthesis rates in Sphagnum
Advisor: Steven Rice
Robert Davis ‘12
Topic: The relationship between tick body burdens and intestinal parasites in gray squirrels and chipmunks
Advisor: Kathleen LoGiudice
Johanna Geoghegan ‘11
Topic: Molecular investigation of human follicle stimulating hormone receptor through mutagenesis of the caveolin binding motiff
Advisor: Brian Cohen
Matthew Goodwin ‘12
Topic: Searching for a correspondence between differences in MC1R sequence and color morph in P. cinereus
Advisor: Barbara Pytel
Matthew Hanley ‘11
Topic: Investigating the function of a metacaspase in the development of the mushroom Schizophyllum commune by means of an improved “Knockout-Ready” strain
Advisor: Stephen J Horton
Shabana Hoosein ‘11
Topic: Limitations to seeding establishment in clear clayplain forests
Advisor: Jeff Corbin
Yaw Kwarteng ‘11
Topic: Analyzing posttranslational modifications to microtubules
Advisor: Barbara Danowski
Nancy Miorelli ‘11
Topic: Fecundity of prairie warblers (Dendroica discolor) in the Albany Pine Bush Advisor: Jennifer Bishop
Patrick O'Hern ‘11
Topic: Investigation of palmitoyl protein Thioesterase 1 RNAi knock-down during Drosophila embryonic neurogenesis
Advisor: Patrick O'Hern
Suzanne Ostrow ‘11
Topic: Studying the relationship between tick infection prevalence and gut parasite helminth egg densities in grey squirrels and chipmunks
Advisor: Kathleen LoGiudice
Alyssa Simeone ‘11
Topic: Characterizing an embryonic intestinal primary cell culture from Leucoraja erinacea
Advisor: Nicole Theodosiou
Rachael Singleton ‘11
Topic: Color identification ability in different light conditions in two species of lizards of the genus Anolis
Advisor: Leo Fleishman
Chemistry
Sarah Bercovici ‘11
Topic: Studying the effects of photochemical degradation on two UV filter chemicals
Advisor: Laura A. MacManus-Spencer
Nicholas Dunn ‘11
Topic: Increasing aerogel production efficiency for use in catalytic applications by utilizing the rapid supercritical extraction technique
Advisor: Mary Carroll
Suzanne Estok ‘11
Topic: Full synthesis and characterization of TEOS aerogels
Advisor: Mary Carroll
Hyeon Hwangbo ‘11
Topic: Synthesis of photochromic supramolecular polymers
Advisor: Laurie Tyler
Rayana Johnson ‘11
Topic: Development of laboratory modules for a general education course in culinary chemistry: the chemistry of flavor
Advisor: Joanne Kehlbeck
Alison Kracunas ‘11
Topic: Photochemical degradation of octyl methoxycinnamate
Advisor: Laura A. MacManus-Spencer
Danielle Krieg ‘12
Topic: Development of laboratory modules for a general education course in culinary chemistry: chemistry of chocolate and sugar
Advisor: Joanne Kehlbeck
Darrin Liau ‘11
Topic: Morphosynthetic control of anodized aluminum oxide
Advisor: Mike E. Hagerman
Katherine Morris ‘11
Topic: The synthesis and evaluation of novel molecular transporters
Advisor: Joanne Kehlbeck
Anna Mueller ‘11
Topic: Luminescent probes of hydrophobic aerogels
Advisor: Mary Carroll
Megan O'Connor ‘12
Topic: The fate and occurrence of ultraviolet filter chemicals in surface waters
Advisor: Laura A. MacManus-Spencer
Bowman Potter ‘11
Topic: Five membered rings made easy: organo-catalysis and iodocarbocyclization
Advisor: James Adrian
Michelle Richter ‘11
Topic: Cloning of a putative metacaspase gene from schizophyllum commune
Advisor: Kristin Fox
Misty Shah ‘12
Topic: Development of laboratory modules for a general education course in culinary chemistry: breads and browning
Advisor: Joanne Kehlbeck
Clancy Slack ‘11
Topic: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy monitored enzyme kinetics
Advisor: Joanne Kehlbeck
Kelly Zebrowski ‘11
Topic: Synthesis and activity of platinum anti-cancer drug derivatives
Advisor: Laurie Tyler
Zeliang Zheng ‘11
Topic: Purification and analysis of a metacaspase from S. commune
Advisor: Kristin Fox
Computer Science
Davis Barber ‘11
Topic: Effects of display size on embodied conversational agent interactions
Advisor: K. Striegnitz, A. Tartaro
Sara Block ‘12
Topic: Interactive technologies for video modeling
Advisor: Andrea Tartaro
Daniel Gnoutcheff ‘12
Topic: Simplifying NewtworkManager: a Google summer of code project
Advisor: Kristina Striegnitz
Rachel Hogue ‘11
Topic: Statistical analysis and comparison of texts in ancient greek
Advisor: Kristina Striegnitz and Valerie Barr
Davis Knox ‘11
Topic: Using a coevolutionary genetic algorithm to produce soft robot morphologies and gaits
Advisor: John Rieffel
Alex Levine ‘11
Topic: Research into social robotics
Advisor: John Rieffel
Michael Lucey ‘11
Topic: Can a mind-reading game controller detect non-verbal indications of confusion?
Advisors: Kristina Striegnitz and Andrea Tartaro
Petr Mach exchange
Topic: Integrating social robotics into the CSC104 curriculum
Advisor: John Rieffel
Daniel Mendelsohn ‘11
Topic: Pedagogical tool for the usability science
Advisor: Chris Fernandes and Aaron Cass
Ramsey Steiner ‘12
Topic: Visualization of cascading selective undo
Advisor: Aaron Cass, Chris Fernandes
Tim Stephens ‘13
Topic: Evolutionary fabrication
Advisor: John Rieffel
Kirk Winans ‘12
Topic: Language learning activities for the sugar learning environment
Advisor: Kristina Striegnitz
Economics
David Leavitt ‘12
Topic: Is the Monte Carlo simulation a useful retirement planning tool?
Advisor: Tomas Dvorak
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anas Alghbari ‘12
Topic: Investigation of acoustic cues in medial-consonant voicing contrasts in the speech of American English kids
Advisor: Helen Hanson
Omar Hassib ‘11
Advisor: Shane Cotter
Saem Hur ‘13
Topic: Acoustic study of medial stop consonants in American children
Advisor: Helen Hanson
Aung Soe ‘11
Advisor: Shane Cotter
Geology
Shannon Brady ‘11
Topic: Early Holocene edifice failure and sector collapse of Volcán Barú, Panama
Advisor: Holli Frey
Kaitlin Clark ‘11
Topic: Provenance of Calstic sediments in cores form Collins Pond, Scotia, New York
Advisor: Donald Rodbell
Jonathan Griffith ‘11
Topic: Geomorphologic and paleoenvironmental change in Glacier National Park, Montana
Advisor: Donald Rodbell
Tyler Izykowski ‘11
Topic: Determining thermal history and age of zircons in Southeast Alaska strata
Advisor: John I. Garver
Elizabeth Morgan ‘11
Topic: Geochemical and thermodynamic modeling and analysis of Gore Mountain Garnets, Adirondacks, NY
Advisor: Kurt Hollocher
History
Sergio Azcona ‘12
Topic: Amid slavery and freedom
Advisor: Kenneth Aslakson
Gabrielle Contelmo ‘11
Topic: Gender perspectives: women as heroes and martyrs in Jesuit propaganda during the early modern period
Advisor: Mazin Tadros
Leland Garivaltis ‘11
Topic: The struggle of influential women in Latin American and Caribbean History
Advisor: Teresa Meade
Jessica Johnson ‘12
Topic: Unpacking the "Quadroon-Placage" myth
Advisor: Kenneth Aslakson
Scott Power ‘11
Topic: Schenectady’s New Deal: the effects of the WPA on Schenectady county
Advisor: Andrew Morris
Joseph Privitera ‘12
Topic: Union College and the Civil War
Advisor: Andrea Foroughi
History and American Studies
Sarah O'Connor ‘11
Topic: Cultural lag theory
Advisor: Andy Feffer
Mechanical Engineering
Kyle Abrahamson ‘11
Advisor: Andrew Rapoff
Max Balter ‘12
Topic: Explaining the mesial groove of maxillary canines in Cercopithecoid Monkeys
Advisor: Andrew Rapoff
Robin Barabasz ‘11
Topic: Effects of superhydrophobic aerogel surface coatings on drag reduction
Advisor: Ann Anderson
Maxwell Becton ‘11
Topic: Catalytic aerogel research
Advisor: Bradford A. Bruno
Walter Chin ‘12
Topic: Thermal strains in radio frequency microelectromechanical systems Microbridge Structure
Advisor: Rebecca Cortez
Steven Gacin ‘12
Topic: Fabrication and characterization of hydrophobic aerogels
Advisor: Ann Anderson
Rotislav Haruda, exchange student
Advisor: Richard Wilk
Jiri Havran, exchange student
Advisor: Richard Wilk
Mitchell Lee ‘11
Topic: Real time monitoring and control of a photovoltaic-electrical system
Advisor: Richard Wilk
Marc Nash ‘11
Topic: Mechanical characterization of a healing fracture callus in a mouse model
Advisor: Jennifer Currey
Bernadette Peace ‘10
Topic: Atomic force microscopy of a polymer-based solar cell
Advisor: Becky Cortez
Kelly Pearson ‘11
Topic: Vertical axis wind turbine analysis and design
Advisor: Richard Wilk
Christopher Pillsbury ‘12
Topic: Design of a pressure burst tester for the quantifying of the healing of ionmer samples
Advisor: Stephen Kalista
Justin Rodriguez ‘11
Advisor: Ann Anderson and Brad Bruno
John Russell ‘11
Topic: Design and fabrication of a small-scale tensegrity robot
Advisor: William Keat
Elias Samia ‘11
Topic: Design of lighting and propulsion systems for the Ballston Lake submersible
Advisor: William Keat
Emmet O'Connell ‘11
Topic: Design and fabrication of a catalytic aerogel testbed
Advisor: Ann Anderson
Modern Languages and Literature
Keerti Murari ‘11
Topic: Deportation process and migrant labor
Advisor: Victoria Martinez
Philosophy
Jennifer Granina ‘11
Topic: Exploring the field of bioethics as it pertains to the creation of books : before bioethics and the Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics
Advisor: Robert Baker
Philosophy and Bioethics
Chandni Vaid ‘11
Topic: Cambridge Dictionary of Bioethics
Advisor: Robert Baker
Physics & Astronomy
Pavel Aprelev
Advisor: Chad Orzel
Halley Darling ‘13
Topic: A survey of neutral hydrogen properties of the NGC 5846 group of galaxies
Advisor: Rebecca Koopman
Jay Dulmaa
Advisor: Samuel Amanuel
Karel Durkota exchange
Topic: Development of a JAVA program to image data for a table-top radio astronomy interferometer
Advisor: Jon Marr
Tim Kuehn ‘12
Topic: Neutron capture rates of R-process nucleosynthesis in a specific environment
Advisor: Rebecca A. Surman
Adam Margulies ‘13
Topic: Use of IDL to model R-process nucleosynthesis in supernovae
Advisor: Rebecca A. Surman
Ana Mikler ‘12
Topic: ALFALFA HI upper limits in NGC 5846 group galaxies
Advisor: Rebecca Koopman
Rob Moore ‘11
Topic: The analysis of environmental materials using proton induced gamma-ray emission spectroscopy
Advisor: Scott LaBrake
Katelyn O'Brien ‘11
Topic: Studying star formation properties in the galaxy NGC 5846 using H-alpha
Advisor: Rebecca Koopman
Erin Osgood ‘12
Topic: Studying the Aggregation of Insulin using a Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Advisor: Jay Newman
Hannah Ryan ‘12
Topic: Characterization of different pigments on the micro raman spectrometer
Advisor: Seyffie Maleki
Katie Schuff ‘11
Topic: Proton induced X-ray emission spectroscopy of red wine samples using the Union College pelletron accelerator
Advisor: Scott LaBrake
Anna Sise ‘12
Topic: High density percolation
Advisor: Gary Reich
Mark Sullivan ‘13
Topic: High density percolation
Advisor: Gary Reich
Colin Turley ‘13
Topic: Proton elastic scattering analysis of environmental materials
Advisor: Michael Vineyard
Michael Varughese ‘11
Topic: The effects of L-Arginine on the aggregation of Insulin
Advisor: Jay Newman
Pengfeng Zhang ‘13
Topic: Astronomy photograph
Advisor: Francis Wilkin
Maria Battaglia ‘12
Topic: Seasonal variation and trace elemental mapping of the composition and concentration of New York rainwater samples using the Union College pelletron particle accelerator & proton induced X-ray emission
Advisor: Scott LaBrake
SreyNoch Chin ‘12
Topic: A continuing study of stellar and neutral hydrogen properties of the NGC 5846 group of galaxies
Advisor: Rebecca Koopmann
Colin Gleason ‘11
Topic: Elemental analysis of atmospheric aerosols in urban areas
Advisor: Michael Vineyard
Charles Harrington ‘11
Topic: Ion beam analysis of atmospheric aerosols in the adirondacks
Advisor: Michael Vineyard
Amer Khraisat ‘13
Topic: Influences of molecular polarity on the phase transition of physically confined molecules
Advisor: Samuel Amanuel
Political Science
Andrew Churchill ‘11
Topic: Federalism issues in drug enforcement: marijuana, narcotics and the evolution of a national drug policy
(circa 1940s-1960s)
Advisor: Phil Nicholas
Psychology
Danielle Ayers ‘12
Topic: Eating disorders and body image
Advisor: Josh Hart
Ciro Griffiths ‘12
Topic: Cybercycle study
Advisor: Cay Anderson-Hanley
Molly Head ‘11
Topic: Relationship between self-monitoring and perspective-taking abilities, & relationship between self-monitoring and early dating
Advisor: Linda Stanhope
Jaclyn Mandart ‘12
Topic: Analysis of collective intelligence
Advisor: Christopher Chabris
Caitlin Miner ‘11
Topic: Neural network modeling: simulating the brain in introduction to cognitive neuroscience
Advisor: Steve Romero
Amanda Snyder ‘11
Topic: Social facilitation and competitiveness: impact on exercise of older adults in the Cybercycle study
Advisor: Cay Anderson-Hanley
Vadim Yerokhin ‘11
Topic: Resting EEG: effects of exercise on alpha and beta waves
Advisor: Cay Anderson-Hanley
Kseniya Zhuzha ‘11
Topic: Effect of mortality salience on gambling
Advisor: Joshua Hart
Religious Studies
Andrea Meyers ‘11
Topic: U.S. foreign relations with Israel and perception on Palestine
Advisor: Peter Bedford
Theater & Dance
Joseph Abate ‘12
Topic: Performance with the Saratoga Shakespeare Company
Advisor: Patricia Culbert
Annora Brennan ‘11
Topic: Performance with the Saratoga Shakespeare Company
Advisor: Patricia Culbert