This collection of UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) presentations has been created by the University Library in collaboration with the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, the administrative home of the URC. To add your oral or poster presentation, please click the "Submit Research" link on the left sidebar. If you are unable to contribute your entire research presentation, you may submit just an abstract either by entering it into the submission form or uploading a document.

URC event programs, which list the schedule of students’ presentations at specific URC events, may be found on the URC website, www.unh.edu/urc.

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Submissions from 2025

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Active Aero and Drag Reduction System for the UNH FSAE Car, Joshua E. Beaulieu, Thomas S. Trumble, Jackson R. Weber, and Colby C. Wheeler

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Using the Plasma Dose Response Method to Determine the Bioavailability of Two Commercially Available Rumen-Protected Methionine Products In Lactating Holsteins, Madeline N. Benoit and Nancy L. Whitehouse

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Crusading Against Vice: American Anti-Profanity Leagues and Their Legacy, Evan J. Christensen

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Public Education Funding: A Political Issue, or Something Else?, Benjamin C. Doyle

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Implementing Silvopastural Agro-Ecosystems in Plan del Milagro, Limon Ecuador, Maggie Enoch, Ronny Molina, and Josue Albarracin

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Human Gut Microbiome Composition: A Comparison of Two Stool Sampling Methods, Erica Marie Faucher

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Reducing Bird-Window Collisions on UNH's Campus: Progress, Patterns, and Prevention Strategies, Kaylee Finch and Morgan Lane

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The Future of Hydropower in New England, Becker Gibson

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World's Fairs and Oddity Museums: Commodifying Human Variation, Elizabeth Ann Hartt

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The Impact of Feeding Frequency on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae, Madeleine W. Hatfield, Jessica Robinson, and Karolina Kwasek

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Examining Dietary Intake of EMS Workers in Southern New Hampshire, Ellianna Jordan and Noereem Mena

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Examining the Relationship Between Skin Carotenoids and Bone Health in Young Adults Following Various Specialized Diets, Margo Kamis

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Examining Toxin Detection Methods in Harmful Algal Bloom Species via Fluorescence-Based ELISA tests, Olivia Briana Lucia

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Mapping History: Reflections on Interning for the Seacoast NH LGBTQ+ Oral History Project, Olivia Macneil

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Stress Eating: Do fish do it too? Effects of handling stress on feed intake and growth in juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio), Kennedy McGrath, Lila Wilkins, Jessica Robinson, and Aubrey Dissinger

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Analyzing the Effectiveness of ADHD Adjustments in the Workplace, Eleanor Catherine McNamara

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Examining the relationship between child trafficking, intercountry adoption, and China's one-child policy, Hanna Meier

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Using RNA Sequencing to Examine Encephalic Gene Expression in Cactus Mice, Sarah A. Nicholls, Disha Hegde, and Matthew D. MacManes

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Storms and Stories: Investigating Inequities in Tornado News Coverage, Molly Ann Nichols

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Investigating Multi-Layered Cold Spray Technology for Spacecraft Thermal Protection Systems, Nicholas Van Olibrice

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Climate Influences on White-Tailed Deer and Black-Capped Chickadee Densities in the Northeastern United States, Riley R. Olsen

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The Female Patient and the Male Doctor: Gender, Power, and Psychiatry in 19th-Century America, Claire Paley

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Do females have bigger brain? Sexual dimorphism in brain size of Nasonia wasps (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), Nhu B. Pham, István Mikó, David Steinberg, and Thomas van de Kamp

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Exploring Morphological Awareness: A Systematic Review of its Application in Current Research, Alexandra H. Rassias

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The Ovipositor System of Isostasius (Platygastroidea: Platygastreidae), Sydney Reynolds and István Mikó

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Disability Doesn’t Always Look Like a Wheelchair: Quiet Battles with an Invisible Disability, Kelsey Roberts

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Associations between fiber intake and gut microbiota composition in New Hampshire Hispanic/Latino adults at risk for food insecurity, Francesca Schembri and Maria Carlota Dao

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Investigating the Lyoprotective Properties of a Plant Antifreeze Protein, Alexzandria Sheppard, Jack Sylvester, Katarina Jović Dold, and Krisztina Varga

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Marine Debris Across Four Beaches on the Gulf of Maine, Esher A. Swanson, Emily Palermo, and Anna Hogan

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Phenotypic Characterization of a New Strawberry Hybrid, Norrie White, Mamta Kajal, and Thomas Davis

Submissions from 2024

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Transnational Crime & Ecuador's National Stability: Looking Into a Cyclical Demise, Tara Raquel Anderson Abad Mrs.

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Ideology and Education, Anna Rose Anderson

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Phenotyping CRISPR-Induced Protein S-acyltransferase Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicole Diane Benjamin

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Comic, Yet Tragic: NIkolai Gogol's Life and Works, Alyssa M. Colandreo

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CPS Manchester: A Deeper Look Into Undergraduate Student Health and Wellbeing, Delaney Cote and Stephanie Slaybe

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Understanding Neurodiversity and Executive Disfunction to Discover More Effective Accommodations and Create a More Inclusive Workforce for Neurodivergent Individuals, Carley J. Dahlstrom

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Literature Review on Economics and Machine Learning, Brennan M. Dwyer

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Bird-Window Collision Hotspots on the University of New Hampshire Campus, Kaylee Finch and Morgan Lane

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Comparing Calcium, Vitamin D, and Calorie Intakes in Army ROTC Cadets with Low and Normal Bone Densities, Ava Gaudette

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National Park Visits and Climate: Are rising temperatures affecting visitation rates?, Olivia P. Graves-Witherell

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Photometric Observations of Exoplanets with Transit Timing Variations, Duncan W. Hall

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s Role in Shaping Pharmaceutical Investment Strategies, Grace Harbour

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Analysis of Phytoplankton and Microplastics from ECOA-3 Cruise in the Gulf of Maine Using Flow Imaging Microscopy, Amelea E. Hauer

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Multilingual Melodies - Uniting Cultures through Translation in Musical Theatre, Tess Lorraine Hornbeck

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Where Will Wildcats Toss Their Trash? - Creating a Standardized Waste Collection System at UNH, Tess Lorraine Hornbeck

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Do State Child Abuse and Neglect Policies Address Sibling Abuse?, Matthew J. J Demarest and Tanya R. Whitworth PhD

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Comparing Skin Carotenoid Measurements Among College Students Following Restrictive Diets, Margo Kamis

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The Role of Saccadic Suppression in Target Visibility During MIB, Emily Brianna Lavelle, Charlotte Allaire, Ella Berg, Robert LeMay, and Aidan Dun

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Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Ideological Reinforcement, Elsa Le Blanc

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College Sports as a Business: How Name, Image & Likeness Deals Have Altered the Way Colleges Operate, Jake Alexander MacInnis

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Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Analysis, Payton Maddaloni

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N-Gram Text Classification on Standard Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian, Kegan Messmer

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Review of Human Trafficking Trends in the United States, Emily Paige Mezick

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Using RNA Sequencing to Examine the Dehydration Response in the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland of a Desert-Adapted Mouse, Sarah A. Nicholls, Sarah M. Couture, Danielle M. Blumstein, and Matthew D. MacManes

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Navigating Bud lights Controversy and The Power of Crisis Communication, anna claire rasmussen

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Residential Real Estate: The Affordability Crisis, Anthony A. Sanville Jr

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Bow Elementary School Expansion, Ian J. Sargent

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Good Neighbors: Competing Wildlife Species Share a Den Site in an Urban Park System, Caroline E. Savage, Taylor S. Readyhough, Jonathon D. Cepek, and Remington J. Moll PhD

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Exploring Variation in the Inclusion Efforts of UNH-4U Student Support Peer Staff on the UNH Campus, Jodi Stetser

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The Frog Princess Lost Her Amphibian Self, Keri Stewart

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Nonlinear Dynamics of Skyrmion in Helical Lanes, Koichiro Takahashi

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Vaganova and Cecchetti: Two Teachers, Two Techniques, One Ballet, Sarah Louise Whittier

Submissions from 2023

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Taxonomic Classification of Viral and Bacterial DNA Following Avian Mass Mortality Event, Tessa Mae Baillargeon

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Electrospinning of Dextran-Based Polysaccharide to Fabricate Nanofibers for Cell Culture ​, Andrea Bartus, Sabby Clemmons, and Meghan Herlihy

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Drug Research in Inhibiting BCL6 in Ovarian Cancer, Quinn Beek and Sarah Walker

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CRISPR Mutants to Identify Function of a Pollen-Expressed Protein S-acyltransferase Gene, Nicole Diane Benjamin

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Embodied Carbon of Purchasing: UNH Case Study, Sara Jessica Berg

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Plant Drainage Analysis, Catherine Bodenrader and Josephine Crotty

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The Prevalence and Impact of Dairy/Beef Crosses on Cattle Producers in New Hampshire, Eleanor J. Braun

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Biology from a French Perspective, Rain Bugado

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Cog Railway EV-1: Fully Electric Locomotive, William Callery, Nathan Facteau, Alexander Mills, Joseph Bailey, and Tatum Vansicklen

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Gene Editing Approaches and the Treatment of Human Genetic Disease, Emma Kaitlyn Carrigan

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Two Centuries of Changes in Cyanobacteria Pigments & Toxins from a Lake Sediment Core from Norway Pond in Hancock, NH, Austin James Castrucci

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Cross-Sector Assessment of Multi-level Barriers to Nutrition Access, Nicholas S. Clarke, Brooke Kelleher, and Maria Carlota Dao

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Vulnerability of Boston’s Marginalized Communities to Rising Sea Levels, Piper Mary Cobak and Mary Stampone

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Composing Music: The Method to the Madness, Wesley D. Coffin

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Valuation of Crypto FinTech, Clay B. Courtmanche

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The Social and Environmental Impact of Ben & Jerry’s, Laura Davies

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How the Life-Cycle of Tobacco, Smoke, and Nicotine (TSN) Products Affect Us and the Environment, Isabella M. Dee

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Cognitive Control Brain Network Integrity in Post-Stroke Aphasia, Victoria Denovellis

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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Polysaccharide Nutrient Sources on Antibiotic Production of Unknown Soil Bacteria, William Thomas DeSilva II

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The relationship between alpha-defensin 1 and gut microbiome composition in a population of Bhutanese refugee adults with a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes, Daisha Alana Drake

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The soundscape of dense bat swarms: differences based on location within the group., Keegan Eveland, Robert Stevenson, Paul Domski, and Laura Kloepper

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Investigating the Roles of BRD8 and TRRAP Proteins in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Oncogenicity, Robert Fletcher, Katherine Veronneau, and Marissa Paine

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The Subsea Science Sprinkler: Understanding uniform flow along a controlled-source array through combined theoretical and empirical methods, Nicole Forno and Eli Lemieux

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Dystopia in the 21st Century: Where the Genre Needs to Take Us Next, Darien Garner

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Hungry Hungry Phytoplankton: the effect of limited nutrients on HHQ-induced mortality of Emiliania huxleyi, Marley Gonsalves and Elizabeth Harvey

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The Effects of Increasing Ocean Acidification on Mytilus edulis in the Gulf of Maine, Charlotte Hailey Grippo and Maddalena Tea Glass

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Populism & Identity in Bolivia: The Effects of the Morales Presidency, Conor Hill

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Consumer Perceptions Regarding NFL Injuries as a Function of Turf v. Grass Surfaces, Brandon M. Hugh and Zachary Scola PhD.

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Regional Assessment of Moose Fecal Parasites and Microbiome, Abigail M. Lebsack

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The Search for Value for New England Skiers, Colin J. Liebert

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The Role of Race in Missing Persons Cases, Ashanti Maronie

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Using Spatial Transcriptomics to Understand Renal Function in Desert Rodents, Sarah Nicholls and Molly Kephart

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Reliability of the Balance Error Scoring System test is maintained during remote administration, Joseph Planchet, Camden Lynch, Pamella Mozzer, and Daniel Seichepine

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Explorations In Eastern Philosophy Through Bruce Lee, Sienna Shanelaris

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Drag Will Survive, Liam A. Shelly

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Does Prior Concussion History Increase the Risk for Subsequent Lower Extremity Injury in Middle School Athletes?, Ethan T. Smith and Patricia M. Kelshaw

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Weltpolitik und Weltkrieg: The Imperialism Debate within Second International Socialism (1884-1917), Luke P. Taylor

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The Safety, Efficacy and Tolerability of Blenderized Diets for Gastronomy-Fed Individuals, Jocelyn Therrien