Project
Spring 2016 SURCA Award Recipients
Faculty
Do final test questions requiring creativity reduce
stress levels and increase confidence in undergraduate
STEM students?
Assessing cultural perceptions of Ebola hemorrhagic
fever (EHF) in the Afrotropics
Development and implementation of culture practices
for Gammarid amphipods
Triclosan resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus isolated
from UNCW nursing students
Interactive effects of ocean acidification and elevated
temperature on the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea
Virginica)
Building international connections for the study of
anthropogenic impacts in subantarctic lakes
Development of calcite staining as a tool to investigate
coccolithophore biomineralisation and pelagic
calcification
Blocking EHV-1 Induced Inflammation using specific
inhibitors of host immune response genes
Aziridine Synthesis for the treatment of human disease
Michaela Howells
Analytic characterization of novel chemotherapy drugs
Thin section analysis of sediment samples from Lapa
Do Picareiro, Portugal
Compound-specific hydrogen isotope analysis of
singletary lake sediments
Sridhar Varadarajan
Michael Benedetti
William Alexander
Carolyn Robinson
Troy Alphin
Martin Posey
Kevin Kiser
Aswani Volety
Myrina Boulais
Joseph Covi
Alison Taylor
Art Frampton
Jeremy Morgan
Chad Lane
Student(s)
Department(s)
Elizabeth Boswell
Katherine Woolard
Mallory Walker
Judy Huckins
Hannah Salemi
Caroline Longerbeam
Anthropology
Ashley deMey
Kyle Chenevert
Biology and Marine Biology
Zachary Johannesson
Casey Madrigal
Jason Bleau
Natalie Panasiak
Michael Echevarria
(Graduate Assistant)
Thomas Bailey
Michael Casper
Haley MacDonald
Douglas Lasch
Kyle Swain
Audrey Taylor
Anthropology
Biology and Marine Biology
Biology and Marine Biology
Biology and Marine Biology
Biology and Marine Biology
Biology and Marine Biology/
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Geography and Geology
Geography and Geology
Project
Spring 2016 SURCA Award Recipients
Faculty
Improving community self-efficacy through a Janna Robertson
community service learning project
Student(s)
Madyson Figlo
Lauren Johnson
Mikaela Kuhnel
Mikayla Lecates
Miranda Watkins
Spencer Bloom
Seth Penwell
Madeline Ottinger
Emily Parker
Jenna Swink
Guide to playing Timpani in symphonic band
Living with volcanic hazard: Prediction
uncertainty and personal protective
behavior
Automated procedure to study learning and
memory in rodents
John Rack
Jennifer Horan
Stephen Meinhold
Therapeutic potential of novel compounds to
prevent memory deficits associated with
neuroinflammation
Empirical investigation of the impact of the
Police Activities League
Black Soil: Researching the Allen Family
Farm Story
Challenges to employment in southern rural
persistent poverty counties
Rachel Kohman
Katherine Dyer
Samantha Hess
Andrew Caliri
Sara Krichbaum
Angela Goolsby (Graduate Assistant)
Megan Shannahan
Kristin Bolton
Richard Pond
Emmanual Harris II
Ami D’Ambrosio
Lauren Bruce (Graduate Assistant)
Jasmine Beck
Exploring the brain’s default mode network
using near-infrared spectroscopy
Karen Daniels
Jeffrey Toth
Mark Galizio
Julia Waity
Kristen DeVall
Erin Cox
Geoffrey Cregan
Andre Elliott
Kelsey Gibbs
Megan Mauldin
Nicolette
Benderoth
Scott Wittman
Dahlia Kamel
Shelby Smith
James Markus
Hannah Paddock
Halle Steensen
Lindsay Topping
Nicole Whaley
Kasey Sulovski
Jessica Katschke
(Graduate
Assistant)
Department(s)
Instructional Technology,
Foundations, and
Secondary Education
Music
Public and International
Affairs
Psychology
Psychology
Social Work /
Psychology
World Languages and
Cultures
Sociology and Criminology
Psychology