Summer Research Grants
Past Proposals - 2015 Summer
Characterization of Polyproline with Capillary Electrophoresis
Student: John Barr
Mentor: Dr. Alison Holliday
Nucleotide Content Effect on the DNA-Binding of Metal Compounds
Student: Taylor Blake
Mentors: Dr. Shari Dunham and Dr. Stephen Dunham
Computer interfacing of an experiment in granular materials
Students: Ljube Boskic and Rebecca Hamel
Mentor: Dr. Kelly Krieble
Encouraging Emergence / Writing the Women of Moravian University Past and Present
Student: Savannah Brown
Mentor: Dr. Crystal N. Fodrey
Analyzing Network Reliability: Mixed Component Order Connectivity Functions
Student: Adam Buzzard
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Shank
Assessing Potential Benefits of Providing Health Information within Developing Economies
Student: Gregory Cahill
Mentor: Dr. Sabrina Terrizzi
Electroporation of DNA into Drosophila melanogaster Embryos
Student: Daniel Costello
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Jones
Effects of Vibration of the NaK Molecule on Changes in the Rotational State Due to Collisions with Helium
Student: Matthew Dill
Mentor: Dr. Ruth Malenda
Self-Esteem Workshop Development: Knowing Your Worth
Students: Aisling Doyle and Tara Pardini
Mentor: Dr. Stacey B. Zaremba
Story: An exploration of the use of immersive media and story structure to create brand loyalty for entrepreneurs
Students: Clint Doyle and Morgan LaPointe
Mentor: Dr. Gary Kaskowitz
Moravian Music: Editions, Performances, and Heritage
Student: Sarah Durham
Mentor: Dr. Hilde Binford
Assessing the Extent and Impact of Coliform Bacteria in the Little Lehigh Creek
Student: Jennifer Francesco
Mentor: Dr. Frank T. Kuserk
Assessing the Impact of Conservation Efforts on Water Quality in the Upper Lehigh River
Students: Andrea Giardina and Courtnie Lambert
Mentor: Dr. Frank T. Kuserk
Collective Memory of Bethlehem
Student: Dylan Grubb
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Jasper
Learning and memory in bang-sensitive Drosophila melanogaster
Student: Natalie Herb
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Jones
Early Intervention Factors that Influence Language Development in Young Children with Hearing Loss
Student: Jaclyn Hudak
Mentor: Dr. Jean DesJardin
Synthesis, Isolation, and Characterization of Catalytic Activity of Rhodium Complexes
Student: Devon Jakob
Mentors: Dr. Stephen Dunham and Dr. Shari Dunham
Cliques and Diversity on College Campuses in the Lehigh Valley
Student: Max Korten
Mentor: Dr. Debra Wetcher-Hendricks
Teaching Philosophy and Leadership Through Children’s Literature and Puppetry: Summer Art Camp Partnership with William Penn Elementary School
Students: Renee Liedig and Melissa Walko
Mentor: Dr. Kristin Baxter
Determination of heavy metal uptake by forb plants in the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge remediation areas and analysis of the impact of prescribed burning on vegetative cover, diversity and metal uptake
Student: Laura McBride
Mentor: Dr. Diane Husic
Monitoring Invasive Plant Species and Interpreting Their Origins Along the Northern Half of the Appalachian Trail
Student: David Mest
Mentor: Dr. Diane Husic
The Potential of a Financial Crisis: The Effect of the ACA on Income Inequality
Student: Perry Mindo
Mentor: Dr. Sabrina Terrizzi
The Epistemology of Disagreement and Subsequent Philosophical Problems
Student: Zachary Molchany
Mentor: Dr. Arash Naraghi
Youth Involvement in the Mississippi Freedom Struggle (1961-1964), with Implications for Today(with support from the Office of Intercultural Advancement and Global Inclusion)
Student: Shelby Morgan
Mentor: Dr. Robert H. Mayer
Adapting Music and Memory Tasks to Study Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease
Student: Breanne Pirino
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
Mapping a bang-sensitive gene in Drosophila melanogaster
Student: Kaitlin Raseley
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Jones
The Choral Village
Student: Kurtis Reif
Mentor: Dr. Joy Hirokawa
Development of New Methods for Efficient Platinum Complex Syntheses
Student: Tony Rivera
Mentor: Dr. Stephen Dunham
The Heat of Reaction of Luminol: Energy Flow in a Chemiluminescent Reaction
Student: Alex Sestok
Mentor: Dr. Carl Salter
Moravian University, Mercyhurst University, Penn State Special Collections Library, and the Pennsylvania Art Education Association: Collaborations in Historical Research
Student: Sabrina Signorelli
Mentor: Dr. Kristin Baxter
Succession Monitoring in Prescribed-burn and Control Plots at a Portion of the Restoration Area of the Palmerton Superfund Site
Student: Brittany Spinosa-Weber
Mentor: Dr. Diane Husic
Quasi-Crowns
Student: Alexis Thiel
Mentor: Dr. Shannon Talbott
Multiculturalism and Stereotype in the Twenty-first Century (with support from the Office of Intercultural Advancement and Global Inclusion)
Student: Samantha Weinberg
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Shorr