Recent Student Presentations
2007
Nick apRoberts-Warren '07
"Group Teoretical Techniques in Analyzing Vibronic Spectra in Solids"
Faculty Advisor; John Collins
Presented at: Spring Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, University of Maine, Orono ME, April 20, 2007.
Jon Kay '08
"Comparison of crater classification schemes on Ganymede"
Faculty Advisor: Geoff Collins
Presentated at: The 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferece, Houston, TX, March 2007.
Louie Michaud '08
"Comparison of strain measurement methods on Ganymede grooved terrain: Deformed craters vs. fault geometry"
Faculty Advisor: Geoff Collins
Presentated at: The 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferece, Houston, TX, March 2007.
Chris Stuetzle '07
"Computer Modeling and Visulization of Luminescent Crystals:The Role of Energy Transfer and Upconversion"
Faculty Advisors: Mike Gousie and John Collins
Presented at: Spring Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, University of Maine, Orono ME, April 20, 2007.
Jessica Tolson '07
"Energy Transfer Processes in Pr-doped Yttrium Silicate"
Faculty Advisor: John Collins
Presented at: Spring Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, University of Maine, Orono ME, April 20, 2007.
2006
Cheryl Areson '06
"Strategizing in Professional Sports Drafts a Good Thing, or a Bad Thing?"
Faculty Advisor: Tommy Ratliff, Mathematics
Presented at: The Thirteenth Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, on April 8, 2006
Katherine Boyle '04 and Emily Lipsky '06
"Asymmetric Hydrogenation of alpha-Enamide Esters in Ionic Liquid Solvent"
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Kalberg, Chemistry
Presented at: The 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta GA, March 29, 2006.
Leigh-Anne Cioffredi '06
"There's No Runway for this Model"
Faculty Advisor: Tommy Ratliff, Mathematics
Presented at: The Thirteenth Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, on
April 8, 2006
Ashley Jankowski '06
"With Liberty and Justice For All?"
Faculty Advisor: Tommy Ratliff, Mathematics
Presented at: The Thirteenth Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, on
April 8, 2006
Emily Martin '06
"Computer assisted time sequence sorting of grooves in eastern Mysia Sulci, Ganymede"
Faculty Advisor: Geoff Collins
Presentated at: The 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferece, Houston, TX, 2006.
Reed Tinsley '06
"The Divisibility of Fibonacci Numbers by Prime Numbers"
Faculty Advisor: Tommy Ratliff, Mathematics
Presented at: The Thirteenth Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, on
April 8, 2006
Jeremy Tudisco '06
"Graphical and Statistical Modeling of a doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Y3Al2(AlO4)3) Crystal", poster presentation at the Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges, Northeast Conference, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, April 21-22, 2006. Jeremy won the Best Poster Award.
Jeremy Tudisco '06
"Random and Non-Random Placement of Rare Earth Ions in an Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Y3Al2(AlO4)3) Crystal." Poster presentation with Professor John Collins (Physics) at the meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, Boston University, Boston, MA, March 31-April 1, 2006.
Jennifer Weiser '06
"Testing Printed Circuit Boards through Coloring"
Faculty Advisor: Tommy Ratliff, Mathematics
Presented at: The Thirteenth Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, on
April 8, 2006
2005
Steven Bowe '05
"Error Detection and Visualization in Digital Elevation Models"
Faculty Advisor: Mike Gousie, Computer Science
Presented at: Annual Conference of the Computing Sciences in Colleges, April 2005.
Katherine Boyle '04 and Emily Lipsky '06
"Ionic Liquids as Solvents in Synthesis of alpha-Amino Acids"
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Kalberg, Chemistry
Presented at: The 7th Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 23, 2005.
Maranda Lawton 06 and Jennifer Schefiliti 03
"Divalent Metals Ions Stabilize the Fold of Alkaline Phosphatase
from E. coli "
Presentation: The 7th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, Cambridge, MA 2005
Faculty Advisor: Elita Pastra-Landis, Chemistry
Sarah Stefan 05
"Analysis of Fingerprint Residu Via IR Microscopy"
Presentation: The 7th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference, Cambridge, MA 2005
Faculty Advisor: Laura Muller, Chemistry
Interdisciplinary trio in genomics publish
Bio-Stats-CompSci faculty suggest evidence for convergent evolution
Gousie and Milewski '07 highlight errors in digital maps
Dr. Mike Gousie and computer science major Sarah Milewski '07 publish their research on digital error visualization
Biology team publishes in Science
Professor Morris leads Wheaton contribution to Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Project
Life in Heavy Metal
Chemistry Professor Jani Benoit picks up the mercury trail
Diamonds in the Marsh
Dr. Barbara Brennessel publishes her new book on Terrapin Turtles
Galápagos - an icon for ecotourism
Dr. John Kricher urges serious students of natural history that a visit to the Galápagos is a must
Bacteriocentricity
Dr. Betsey Dyer's Field Guide: a call to experience the world as bacteria exerience it