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Undergraduate Research Student Participants 2015-2020

2015–2016 Participants

Joshua Miller   
Survey of PA D&L Trail: Black Diamond Segment Users
Research Adviser: Michael Polgar  

James Modico   
Oral Health Disparities with a Focus on Dental Caries
Research Adviser: Michael Polgar  

Nelson Rodriguez
Social media advertising in Dublin
Research Adviser: Pamela Black and Sherry Robinson

Kimberly Miller   
A behavioral economic analysis of texting while driving: Delay discounting processes
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Paige Steigerwalt   
An Analysis of White Collar Crime
Research Adviser: Dan Gutierrez  

Glenn Blessington   
Relationship between religious orientation and psychological wellbeing in college students
Research Adviser: Lisa Goguen  

Laurel Jacketti Funk and Lilibeth Fuentes  
Guinness Storehouse Case Study: Utilizing the 5 Senses to Influence Consumer Behavior

Bryan Hardy   
Comparing International Exchange Rates: The Euro vs. It's Counterparts
Research Adviser: Sherry Robinson  

Jarly Moya Delgado   
Resource Consumption of Fracking
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Emily Mazzariello and Gage Koval  
The Irish Mob in the United States and Ireland
Research Adviser: Pam Black  

Emily Greenawalt and Amanda Viechec  
Delay discounting, executive function, and risky driving behavior in college students
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Emily Greenawalt   
Gut Health and Diet: The Balancing Act
Research Adviser: Tammy Brill  

Dorothy Carter   
Quinone Based Diarylethenes For Near IR Initiated Photoisomerization
Research Adviser: Dan Patel  

Angelo DeLuca, Brandon Haydt, Paul DiBenedetto and Michael Bohan
Applications for Mohegan Sun Casino CHP Waste Heat
Research Adviser: Wieslaw Grebski  

Alexandros Psitos   
Horizon Detection in Images
Research Adviser: Joseph Ranalli  

Paola Bianca Kessel and Rebekkah Oakley  
Meditation vs. Medication
Research Adviser: Amie Yenser  

Maria Magabo   
3D Printed Computer-Controlled Rotation Optical Polarizer Mount
Research Advisers: David Starling and Joseph Ranalli

Amber Carbohn   
Safer Approches to Fracking
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Patrick Henry, Michael Aiello, Bodgan Nicolescu and Greg Oboril
ORC in The Casino
Research Adviser: Wes Grebski  

Aisa Sam   
Honey on Skin
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Donald Lombardo   
Wind Turbine Gearbox Failure Modes
Research Adviser: Fisseha Alemayehu  

Robert Vitagliano and Mauro Notaro  
Accuracy and Uncertainty in Shading Calculations for Solar Power
Research Adviser: Joseph Ranalli and David Starling

David Medrano   
Probing the Profile of Volatile Organics in American Bourbon Using a Student Grade Gas Chromatograph
Research Adviser: Dinesh Patel  

Anthony Sidari and Michael Horn  
Helical Molecules for Three-Dimensional Order in Solar Cells

Sarah Iwanski   
Veery Research
Research Adviser: Chris Goguen  

Luis Lopez   
Alzheimer's Disease
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Luis Lopez   
Public Transportation and its Energy Consumption
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Steven Baksa   
Tensile Testing of 3D - Printed Parts with Varying Infill Percentages and Patterns
Research Adviser: David Starling  

2016–2017 Participants

James Modico   
Executive Function and Oral Health in College Students
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

James Modico   
Life on the Reservation: Lakota Life, Culture, and Health Disparities
Research Adviser: Michael Polgar  

James Modico   
Etiology and Neuroanatomy of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Kimberly Miller   
Effects of anticipated regret on impulsive decision-making underlying texting while driving
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Paige Steigerwalt   
Xenotransplantations: The Dilemmas Behind Chimeras with Human DNA
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Emily Scarpato   
Emotions through Art
Research Adviser: Thomas Smialek  

Aleigha Sokolowski   
Role of Probability Discounting and Executive Function in Texting While Driving in College Students
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Heather Fessler   
Probability discounting, delay discounting, and texting while driving in college students
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Jordan Sypeck   
Sympatric Speciation of Cichlid Fish in Lake Victoria
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Christian Skokowski, Marques Pereira and Brett Finkelstein
Design of a Soiling Detector for Utility-Scale Solar Farms
Research Adviser: Joe Ranalli  

Luis Lopez   
Does the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) exhibit social Learning
Research Adviser: Christopher Goguen  

2017–2018 Participants

Risell Ventura
A Study of Women in the Media of the Dominican Republic
Research Adviser: Beatriz Glick

Kaylee Chyko
Female Killers: An Exploratory Study of Women Who Commit Murder
Research Adviser: Daniel Gutierrez

Tyler Brennan
Destruction of Palmyra and the Loss of Cultural Heritage
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Jeremy Nenstiel
Media Multitasking in the Classroom: Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Executive Function as Predictors of Texting in the Classroom
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Glenn Blessington
A behavioral economic analysis of media multitasking:  Delay discounting as an underlying process of texting in the classroom
Research Adviser: Yusuke Hayashi  

Ayanna Griffith
The Lives of Middle Eastern Women
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Zachary Ebert
The True Cost of War Photojournalism
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Sean Giedosh
Social Anxiety and the Transition to College Life
Research Adviser: Lisa Goguen

Alonzo Williams
Psychological effect: War in the Middle East
Research Adviser:    

Andrew Vargas
Photojournalism: The Hardships of Distributing a Story to the Public
Research Adviser: Eileen Morgan  

Steven Baksa
Consumer Evaluation of 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
Research Adviser: William Yourey  

David Bonczek, Derek Geake, Maria Magabo and Raiana Nichols
Trash Retrieval System for the Borough of Jim Thorpe
Research Adviser: Joseph Ranalli

Vierginabelle Brun, Hubert Mikulski, Trent Harrelson and Samantha Spurgeon
Modifying toys for children with physical disabilities
Research Adviser: Joseph Ranalli  

Steven Baska, Aleksander Everett, Albert Kauker, Daniel Lanphear and Meagan Pandolfelli
Domestic-Scale Biomass Gasification for Decentralized Electricity Generation
Research Adviser: Joseph Ranalli and William Yourey

Shannon Alshouse
Competitive Inhibition of the Enzyme Alkaline Phosphatase
Research Adviser: Carl Frankel  

Paige Steigerwalt
Fallingwater: Innovative Architecture
Research Advisers: Paul McDermott and Sherry Robinson

Tristen Johnson
Nature 

Reigna Dones
Not Black and White
Research Adviser: Sherry Robinson  

Jason Klusewitz   
The Penn State Hazleton Solar Panel
Research Advisers: Sherry Robinson and Paul McDermott

Christian Kintz
Computer Guts
Research Advisers: Sherry Robinson and Paul McDermott

Michael Paranich
Freedom of the Mind  

Evan Greschner
Technology   

Gabriel Ynoa
Photoshop Editing

Ryan Karchner
Dog

Zachary Kyttle
Campfire at The Valley Country Club

Erin Schmick, Sarah Coolbaugh, Juan Duran and Jonathan Ortiz
Oh The Places You Can Go....
Research Advisers: Sherry Robinson and Paul McDermott

Nicholas Gerasimou
La Perla

Jared Kolbush
Beach Sunrise
Research Adviser: Sherry Robinson  

Catherine Matyas
Slumber

Glenda Vo
Plants

Paige Thomas
Summer Light

Johnathan Kenny
Clifford The Big Red Dodge

Tod Kania
Character Mug Design
Research Advisers: Sherry Robinson and Paul McDermott

Alexis LaRegina
Nail Art Display

John Hawley
Falling Sky Poster

Victor Luna-Casillas
I remember

Gabriel Ynoa
3D Printed T-rex Flexible
Research Adviser:

Jonathan Ortiz
Finding Yourself

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