Twenty undergraduate student researchers from across campus to conduct unique research during the summer
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The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is thrilled to announce the recipients of the Summer 2023 award program. This program provides funding for student researchers to pursue their proposed research projects alongside their faculty supervisors. This summer, a diverse array of topics will be explored by the student researchers in STEM, Social Sciences, Nursing, Humanities, and the Arts. These range from the investigation of old documents at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives to research travel to Iceland and work at UMass Dartmouth labs, as well as externship opportunities at the New Bedford Research and Robotics. The Office of Undergraduate Research collaborates with our esteemed faculty, campus liaisons, and local industries to create exceptional research opportunities for undergraduate students. These opportunities enable students to make new discoveries, interact with research faculty outside of the classroom, and showcase their intellectual dedication and academic skills.
The Summer 2023 recipients are:
Anthony Cascio - Economics
Title: “Analyzing the Market Behavior of Climate-Sensitive and Resistant Seafood Assets in Response to Changing Environmental Conditions”
Supervisor: Sarah Cosgrove and Randy Hall
Anamika Mennon - Mechanical Engineering
Title: “Advancing the Performance of Structural Supercapacitors Using Nano-porous Carbon Fibers”
Supervisor: Caiwei Shen
Caitlin Ragan - Bioengineering
Title: “Fiber reinforced Hydrogel Composites”
Supervisors: Dapeng Li and Tracie Ferreira
Daphne Poirier - Biochemistry & Chemistry
Title: “Solid Boosters for Redox-Targeting Flow Batteries”
Supervisor: Patrick Cappillino
Haleigh Nogueira - Biology
Title: “How anthropogenic road noise affects prey physiological response to predation risk in free-living mammals”
Supervisor: Michael Sheriff
Jasmine Singh - Computer Science
New Bedford Research & Robotics Fellow
Jordan Berevereli - Mechanical Engineering
Title: “Evaluation of Porous Super-Hydrophobic Surface for Gas Replenishment in Turbulent Flows”
Supervisor: Hangjian Ling
Kamryn Kobel - English & Communications
Title: “The Role of Women Within the Early American Gothic Novel”
Supervisor: Laurel Hankins
Kayeekuh SaintLouis - Nurisng
Title: “Racial Microaggression and Race-based Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Nursing Faculty of
Color”
Supervisors: Amy Shapiro and Shannon Avery-Desmarais
Linh Dan Nguen - Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: “Elucitdating the Molecular Basis of Nef-ALIX Interaction”
Advisor: Xiaofei Jia
Madeline Shaklee - Biology and Mathematics
Title: “Proteins Need to Relax and Get in Shape: Using Computer Algorithms to Improve Published Structures”
Supervisor: Firas Khatib
Mahul Puri - Bioengineering
Title: “Gliding Motility Gene Deletion in Cellulophaga Lytica Bacteria”
Supervisor: Milana Vasudev
Mason Ferbert - Bioengineering
Title: “Electrospun nanofibers for controlled drug delivery for treatment of myocardial Infarction”
Supervisor: Sankha Bhowmick
Matthew Stearns - Physics
Title: “Exploring Applications of Quantum Conditional Probabilities and Entropies”
Supervisor: David Kagan
Monika Janina Kristjánsdóttir - Graphic Design; Art History
Title: “Iceless Futures: Visual Depiction of Southern Iceland’s Environmental Crisis”
Supervisor: Pamela Karimi
Owen Carvalho - Portuguese Studies
Title: “Censorship in the Estado Novo: A Comparison of Portuguese Journalism in Portugal and the Portuguese Diaspora”
Supervisor: Gláucia V. Silva
Vanessa Costa - Biology
Title” Behavioral Responses of the White Footed Mouse to Chronic Road Noise”
Supervisor: Michael Sheriff
William Girard - Computer Science
Title: “Developing Real-Time Evolving Deep Learning Models for Hydro-Plant Operations”
Supervisor: Haiping Xu
Yi-Hung Hsu - Animation and Game Arts
New Bedford Research & Robotics Fellow
Zach Perreira - Physics
Title: “Exploring Gravitational Waveform Models in Exotic Regions of Parameter Space”
Supervisor: Sarah Caudill