The Dean’s Undergraduate Research Prize recognizes excellence in research and creative activity. Students are nominated by professors with whom they have worked and are selected by a committee. Winning projects have come from disciplines across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Winners receive a cash prize and are recognized at our Honors Convocation.
| Year | Name | Project | Faculty Sponsor | Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Kevin Bach |
“German Unification as Seen in Two Leading British Liberal Periodicals” |
Dr. Andrew Lees |
Department of History |
|
2013 |
David Bolanos and Joseph Harris |
“Influential Factors of Retention of College Students: Effects of an Increase in Tuition on Socioeconomic Costs and Retention Disparity Among Students” |
Dr. Tetsuji Yamada |
Department of Economics |
|
2013 |
Brandon Borrelli, Javier Diaz, Christopher Hengen, and Jacqueline Riel |
“Sino-American Chess” |
Mr. LiQin Tan |
Department of Fine Arts |
|
2013 |
Maira Farhat |
“Using Drosophila oogenesis to Screen for Genetic Regulatory DNA Sequences” |
Dr. Nir Yakoby |
Department of Biology |
|
2013 |
Natalie Midiri |
“Can We Call it Research?: Undergraduate Anxieties in the Humanities” |
Dr. William FitzGerald |
Department of English |
|
2012 |
Gianna Bowler and Jennifer Kelley |
“Romantic Partners’ Role in Body Image: An Examination of Lesbian Couples” |
Dr. Charlotte Markey |
Department of Psychology |
|
2012 |
Cooper Garelick |
“Ready or Not, Here Comes Mama: A Look at Mothers in the Works of Stephen Sondheim” |
Dr. Kenneth Elliott |
Department of Fine Arts |
|
2012 |
Natalie Midiri |
“Universal Audiences as a Tool for Discourse: A Look into the Stylistic Effects of Hillary Clinton’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Celebration Speech” |
Dr. William FitzGerald |
Department of English |
|
2012 |
Anthony Rossi |
“The Curious Origins of Segmented Worms” |
Dr. Daniel Shain |
Department of Biology |
|
2012 |
Kelly Scott |
“Crone-logicially: A History of the Lesbian Separatist Movement in the United States” |
Dr. Laurie Bernstein |
Department of History |
|
2012 |
Katarina Slobodenko |
“Characterizing the Metabolic Oscillator in the Model Eukaryotic System” |
Dr. Kwangwon Lee |
Department of Biology |
|
2011 |
David Luor |
“Diversification in pattern formation of Chorion proteins in Drosophila species conducted” |
Dr. Nir Yakoby |
Department of Biology |
|
2011 |
Richard Jiminez |
“Atomic Force Microscopy of Thin Films and Novel Surfaces conducted” |
Dr. Daniel Bubb |
Department of Physics |
|
2011 |
Tyson Hartwig |
“Voting on Team Compensation Schemes” |
Dr. John Smith |
Department of Economics |
|
2010 |
James Davis |
“Approximation Algorithms for Facility Location and Scheduling Problems” |
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi |
Computer Science |
|
2010 |
Jennifer Parker |
“Mothers of Autistic Children 1940-1978: From Refrigerator Mothers to Neurobiology” |
Dr. Laurie Bernstein |
Women’s and Gender Studies Program |
|
2010 |
Joshua Wetzel |
“Theoretical Limitations of Using Mate-pairs for Repeat Resolution on Short-Read Data” |
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi |
Department of Computer Science |
|
2010 |
Linda Zekovich |
“Strangers in a Strange Land: An Anthropological Comparative Health Study of Khmer Refugees in the Philadelphia-South Jersey Area” |
Dr. Sheila Cosminski |
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
|
2009 |
Robert Becker |
“We Eat…sexwaterreligion: A Project in Multimodal Composition” |
Dr. William FitzGerald |
English |
|
2009 |
Cynthia Degler |
“EGFR Signaling Controls the Formation of an Eggshell’s Dorsal Ridge” |
Dr. Nir Yakoby |
Biology |
|
2009 |
Jonathan Maddison |
“The Rhetoric of Dissent: How Judicial Dissents Influence Future Litigation” |
Dr. William FitzGerald |
English |
|
2009 |
Matthew Miller |
“Evaluation of State Policies on Children: Who is Overweight, Who Is at Risk, and Why?” |
Dr. Tetsuji Yamanda |
Economics |
|
2009 |
Joseph Vessella |
“Complexity of a Single Resource Scheduling Problem” |
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi |
Computer Science |
|
2009 |
Jennifer Wilson |
“Physical Activity and Body Image Among Men in the Military: An Examination of Exercise Motives” |
Dr. Charlotte Markey |
Psychology |
|
2008 |
Jason A. Armstrong |
“Reliability of the Grab Sample for the Determination of Fluoride in Potable Water” |
Dr. Sidney Katz |
Chemistry |
|
2008 |
Andrew Castellano |
“A Program Transformation Generator for Nested Data Types and GADTs” |
Dr. Patricia Johann |
Computer Science |
|
2008 |
Bradford Greening, Jr. |
“Approximation Algorithms for Graph Coloring Problem” |
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi |
Computer Science |
|
2008 |
Jessica Loughman |
“Life Story Themes Associated with Volunteerism” |
Dr. Daniel Hart |
Psychology |
|
2007 |
Grace Keene |
“Magic and Christianity: A Secret Romance” |
Dr. John Wall |
Philosophy/Religion |
|
2007 |
Philip Osborne |
“Ontological Arguments: The Impasse” |
Dr. Charles Jarrett |
Philosophy/Religion |
|
2007 |
Sara Troxel |
“Curatorial Practice” |
Roberta Tarbell and Martin Rosenberg |
Fine Arts |
|
2006 |
Charlene Dunkley |
“Development of Cultural Differences in Attention” |
Sean Duffy |
Psychology |
|
2006 |
Christopher Savcak |
“A Fully Automatic Generator of Short Cut Fusion Rule Pragmas for User-Defined Data Types” |
Patricia Johann |
Computer Science |
|
2005 |
Heather Fishman |
“A Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Romantic Relationships and Health” |
Charlotte Markey |
Psychology |
|
2005 |
Walter Kim |
“An Analysis and Evaluation of John Searle’s The Construction of Social Reality” |
Charles Jarrett |
Philosophy |
|
2005 |
Jon Pospischil |
“Outermost Fusion for Strategy-Based Programming Languages” |
Patricia Johann |
Computer Science |
|
2005 |
Sheryl A. Rabinowitz |
“Unambiguous Assignment of the NMR of OFP-NH2” |
Alex Roche |
Chemistry |
|
2004 |
David Healy |
“Reforming Automobile Insurance in New Jersey” |
Alan Tarr |
Political Science |
|
2004 |
Vicki Hewitt |
“Pacifists Abroad in a Total War: The American Friends Service Committee and Its Allies in Germany, 1919-1947” |
Andrew Lees |
History |
|
2004 |
Stephen Gardiner |
“Animating Printmaking” |
LiQin Tan |
Fine Arts |
|
2003 |
Christine Evans |
“Theological Perspectives on Child Rearing from Philadelphia-Area Pastors” |
John Wall |
Religion |
|
2003 |
Anne Loyle |
“CF3-PPV: Toward Novel Display Technologies” |
Alex Roche |
Chemistry |
|
2003 |
Robert Wuilfe, Bruce Massey, and Shaun B. Jennings |
“Animating Art History: Building a Bridge between Disciplines” |
LiQin Tan and Roberta Tarbell |
Fine Arts |
|
2002 |
Susan Cheetham |
“Walt Whitman’s Kitchen” |
Carol Singley |
American Studies |
|
2002 |
Carol Connolly |
“Daniel Defoe, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman: The Link that Binds Them” |
Geoffrey Sill |
English |
|
2002 |
Kristi Hohenstein |
“Cloning the ATP synthase beta subunit in the ice worm, Mesenchytraeus solifugus” |
Dan Shain |
Biology |
|
2002 |
Tracy L. Moral |
“Edith Wharton, War, and Expatriation” |
Carol Singley |
English |
|
2002 |
Margaret Vitalie |
“Marian Anderson and the DAR Incident” |
Janet Golden |
History |
|
2002 |
Carrie K. Wilson |
“The Separation and Identification of Catalase, Superoxide Dismutase and Their Effect on Sperm Pathology, Fertilization Rates and Pregnancy Rates in an In Vitro Fertilization Cycle” |
Nancy Hopkins |
Chemistry |
|
2001 |
Michael A. Lawandy |
“Rational Design and Synthesis of Magnetic Coordination Polymers” |
Jing Li |
Chemistry |
|
2001 |
Vanessa McNamara |
“The Effects of the AIDS Epidemic on the United States Military” |
Janet Golden |
History |
|
2001 |
Michele Robinson |
“Stephen Dedalus’s Disillusionment in Ulysses: Paris as a Portal of Discovery” |
Tim Martin |
English |