Projects (asterisk indicates project available to UPR students as well)
2018
Anthropology
Rebuilding Neandertals from fossil fragments*
Zachary Cofran (Anthropology)
Astronomy
Biology
Deer Abundance Impacts on Forest Community Structure and Nutrient Dynamics along an urban to rural gradient.
Lynn Christenson (Biology)
Consequences of Deer Overabundance and Invasive Species on Forest Community Structure and Diversity*
Keri vanCamp (Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve)
Chemistry
Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Amines
Joe Tanski (Chemistry)
Cognitive Science
Experimental Research on Category Learning*
Janet Andrews (Cognitive Science)
Creating Tools for Cognitive Science at Scale*
Josh de Leeuw (Cognitive Science)
Evolutionary-Developmental Robotics
Ken Livingston and John Long (Cognitive Science)
Computer Science
From Words to Dungeons (and Dragons)
Simon Ellis (Computer Science)
Dynamic Story Construction from Narrative Design Patterns in Role-Playing Games*
Tom Ellman (Computer Science)
Managing microscale data in a privacy-sensitive manner*
Jason Waterman (Computer Science)
Earth Science and Geography
Climate History of the Rensselaer Plateau, east-central New York*
Kirsten Menking (Earth Science and Geography)
Investigation of Microplastics in Coastal Sands, Outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Jill Schneiderman (Earth Science and Geography)
Mathematics and Statistics
The geometry of line arrangements: exploiting symmetry
Moshe Cohen (Mathematics and Statistics)
Computations in Knot Theory*
Adam Lowrance (Mathematics and Statistics)
Mathematics for the Life Sciences Student Driven Research*
Ben Morin (Mathematics and Statistics)
Physics and Astronomy
Ultrafast optical studies of nanoscale material properties*
Brian Daly (Physics and Astronomy)
Nonlinear Time Series of Live Diffraction Signals in C. elegans
Jenny Magnes (Physics and Astronomy)
How well does PER (physics education research) really work in the Introductory Physics Lab and Lecture?
David Rishell (Physics and Astronomy)
Psychological Science
Modifying the expression of a fear memory engram using a chemogenetic system
Hadley Bergstrom (Psychological Science)
Executive functioning in urban youth
Nicholas de Leeuw (Psychological Science)
Astrocytes in cognition: Potential targets for neurodegenerative diseases*
Lori Newman (Psychological Science)
Development of a miniature fluorescent microscope for imaging calcium dynamics in the brain*
Lori Newman with Hadley Bergstrom and Bojana Zupan (Psychological Science)
Elucidating the role of VTA D2 autoreceptors in FXS-related abnormal sociability*
Bojana Zupan (Psychological Science)