Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Undergraduate Research Archives

[Click on "Abstract" after each name to see full abstract. Click on "Poster" after each name to see the poster the student presented at the Senior Research Conference.]

(Student's Concentration is in Parentheses after their name)

2010 Environmental Studies Senior Theses

An, Grace (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]  
The Implications of Climate Change on Malaria in China

Brickley, Dan (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Climate Change on the Northern Mongolian Steppe: Ecological Consequences and Human Adaptation

Brody, Sarah (Environmental Science) Abstract [Poster]
Using Stable-Isotope Geochemistry to Examine a Geologic Record of Cascadia Subduction-Zone Earthquakes

Frankel, Valerie (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Environmental and Human-Health Consequences of the Cherynobyl Nuclear Disaster in Belarus

Gilley, Meg (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
An Examination of the Challenges Facing the National Flood Insurance Program

Hand, Kellee (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Metropolitan Nature: Examining the Tidal Schuylkill River in Philadelphia

Hilbert, David (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Post-1990 Change in Heavy-Metal Deposition in the Estuaries of the Gdansk Bay, Poland

Hirsch, Jana (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Heavy Metals in Urban Community Gardens: Analysis of Risks in West Philadelphia

Howard, Margaux (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Surface Macroplastic Concentrations in the Caribbean Sea: 1987-2009

Kneeland, Patrick (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Coastal Erosion of the Baldwin Peninsula in Arctic Alaska

Kramer, Madison (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
The Application of Geophysical Techniques to Paleontology

O'Donnell, Meg (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
Preventive Measures to Protect Urban Forests from the Emerald Ash Borer

O'Donnell, Shauna (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
Land-Use Management and Recreation in the Paria River Valley, Utah

Olexa, Dani (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Suitability of Carbon Capture and Sequestration for Emissions Reduction

Scott, Stephanie (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Waste Not Want Not: The Stability of Organic Wastes

Treiger, Mordechai (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
Identification of Nitrogen-Containing Organic Compounds in the Biomass-Burning Aerosol of Beetle-Infested Ponderosa Pines (Pinus ponderosa)

Ward, Christopher (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
Policies Addressing Sea-Level Rise in the Mid-Atlantic States: A Case Study of North Wildwood, New Jersey

Yudin, Leah (Environmental Policy and Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
Instituional Approaches to Sustainability in the Urban Environment

2010 Paleobiology Senior Theses

Caldwell, Rebecca (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
A Cathaysian Calamite and its Paleobiogeographic Implications

2009 Environmental Studies Senior Theses

Andersen, James (Energy and Power) [Abstract] [Poster]  
Development of Wind Power in the United States

Anderson, Frank (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Temperature Change and Potential Decline of Tropical Amphibians in Puerto Rico

Biswas, Pallavi and Jenny Hong (Sustainability and Architecture) Abstract
Greening Roofs: a Cross-Sectional Study

Bortnick, Yael (Environmental Education) [Abstract] [Poster]
Seward's Melting Icebox

Cowen, Lauren (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Public Health Implication of Anthropogenic Climate Change:  Air pollution, pollen, and asthma

Ferry, Philip (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Coral Bleaching and Coral Disease: The Rise of a Dangerous Synergy

Folz, Megan (Environmental Education) [Abstract]
Climate-Change Education in the Grade-School Classroom

Goresko, Julian (Sustainability) [Abstract] [Poster]
Composting Opportunities for Beer-Brewing By-Products

Harker, Thomas P. (Environmental Education) [Abstract] [Poster]
Why Wilderness?

Hopkins, Ashley L. (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
Indoor Air Quality: The Role of Ambient Formaldehyde in Reported Asthma Cases

Jacobson, Michelle (Environmental Regulation) [Abstract] [Poster]
The Impact and Future of the National Flood Insurance Program

Littleford, Sarah-Jane (Sustainability) [Abstract] [Poster]
Jatropha curcas Biofuel in Small-Scale Rural Applications

White, Kevin P. (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
Elevated CO2 and Addition of Nitrogen Stimulate Growth of Marsh Vegetation

Winter, Annie M. (Sustainability) [Abstract]
The Role of International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) in Rural Development in Nepal

2009 Paleobiology Senior Theses

Atterholt, Jessie (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]

Phylogenetic and Ecomorphological Questions Raised by an Enigmatic, Recently Discovered, Early Cretaceous Fossil Bird

Bouda, Martin (Environmental Science) [Abstract] [Poster]
POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION

Catanese, Christina (Environmental Science/Hydrology) [Abstract] [Poster]
COMPETITION FOR SCARCE WATER RESOURCES AS A DETERMINANT OF INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT

Cymerman, Rachel (Environmental Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]
TAKING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO MARKET: THE SALE AND TRADE OF MARKETABLE POLLUTION

DiNapoli, Lucia (Environmental Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
SADDLER'S WOODS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: AN EFFECTIVE CITIZEN'S ADVOCACY GROUP

Fang, Fei (Environmental Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION FRAMEWORK IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Frings, Victoria (Environmental Humanities) [Abstract] [Poster]
FORECASTING THE FUTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE NON-FICTION: THE EFFECTS OF POPULAR CULTURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

Griffin, Catherine (Environmental Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
VOLUNTARY ADOPTION OF RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS BY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES

Kirnan, Tarah (Environmental Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
CHALLENGES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN CHINA AND STEPS TOWARD AGENDA SETTING

Knight, Danielle (Environmental Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]
SINAC: A STRATEGY FOR CONSERVATION AREAS IN COSTA RICA

McQuayle, Cameron (Environmental Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE POLITICS OF SUSTAINABILITY: SELLING THE WORLD A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

Schroeder, Jenny (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
FILTHADELPHIA: THE CAUSES AND HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF INADEQUATE WASTE DISPOSAL IN PHILADELPHIA

Wenger, Craig (Environmental Science/Hydrology) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED EL DIQUIS DAM, COSTA RICA

Zhang, Jerry (Environmental Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]
WEATHER DERIVATIVES

Beck, Nick (Environmental Biology) [Abstract]
BIOLOGIC COLONIALISM AS A TEMPLATE FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Bienstock, Daniel (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE USE OF MERCURY AMALGAM AS A DENTAL FILLING AND THE SEARCH FOR NON-TOXIC SUBSTITUTES

Cho, Erin (Environmental Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]
PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY ON MILITARY RESERVATIONS

Faisal, Ali (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
DENGUE FEVER IN PAKISTAN

Finta-Peterffy, Lilla (Environmental Education) [Abstract] [Poster]
PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE IN TRANSYLVANIA

Fisher, Patrick (Environmental Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]
FOREST-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO CONTROL WILDFIRES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Gibson, Thomas (Environmental Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECT ON HURRICANE INTENSITY

Horrow, Aviva (Environmental History) [Abstract] [Poster]
ALDO LEOPOLD, RACHEL CARSON, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCENTRIC THOUGHT IN AMERICA

Jones, Ryan (Water Quality and Water Use) [Abstract] [Poster]
WATER-DELIVERY STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF RAIN-FED AGRICULTURE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Koshal, Carli (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL IN THE GARDEN OF SAYRE HIGH SCHOOL, WEST PHILADELPHIA

Kothari, Devin (Water Quality and Water Use) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE URBAN DRAINAGE MODELING OF THE KATHRIGUPPE VALLEY, BANGALORE, INDIA

Kougentakis, Alexandra (Environmental Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]
HOW SOIL CARBON DYNAMICS ARE AFFECTED BY AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN THE US AND EUROPE

Lambach, Matthew (Energy Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MILITARY NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY

Manger, Mitchell (Environmental Anthropology) [Abstract] [Poster]
A SURVEY OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG KALULI, TUVAN, AND AFGHAN SONIC CULTURES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

Pape, Maura (Environmental Planning) [Abstract] [Poster]
TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WINE-MAKING INDUSTRY

Pendse, Sabina Environmental Anthropology) [Abstract] [Poster]
AGRITOURISM: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR STRUGGLING FARMERS

Prentice, Graham (Environmental Planning) [Abstract]
LAND REFORM IN TWO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA

Salim, Leila (Environmental Design) [Abstract]
ADAPTABLE DESIGN: A VIABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR RECYCLING OF BUILDING MATERIALS

Silvester, Alexander (Environmental Policy and Planning) [Abstract] [Poster
WHO DECIDES HOW TO REBUILD NEW ORLEANS?

Staub, Brandon (Energy Management) [Abstract] [Poster]
A DECLARATION OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: Is Brazil’s policy of oil self-sufficiency sustainable?

Swiacki, Lindsey (Environmental Anthropology) [Abstract][Poster]
ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS AND RESOURCE USE OF INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS OF THE PERUVIAN RAIN FOREST

Tarpey, Barbara Clare (Environmental Anthropology)[Abstract]
AMAZONIAN INDIANS AND ECO-POLITICS

Van Truong, Trung (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
AGENT ORANGE: AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIO-POLITICAL DILEMMA

Wentzel, Kristin (Environmental Health) [Abstract] [Poster]
THE BLACK LUNG CLINICS PROGRAM: AN EXPLORATORY AND EVALUATIVE STUDY

Baker, Jonathan (Political Science) [Abstract] [Poster]

Predicting the Growth of Wind Power through 2025

Bergstrom, J Todd (Psychology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Community Responses To Disaster: A Case Study of the Sago Mine Disaster

Boyer, Matthew (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Long-Term Changes in the Forest Soils of the Adirondack Mountains

Brady, Megan (Education) [Abstract] [Poster]

Environmental Education within the School District of Philadelphia: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Approach

Dadachanji, Minocher (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Soil Resorption in Susua State Forest

DeMarco, Kristyn (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

How Accurately Can We Predict Large Future Meteorite Impacts?

Gerrits, Adrian (Communications) [Abstract] [Poster]

Framing Global Warming: A look at congressional framing and its affect on public opinion

Goldberg, Laura (Fine Arts) [Abstract] [Poster]

The Environmental Effects of Ski Resort Operations and Expansion

Gravatt, Christina (Humanities) [Abstract] [Poster]

Man & Land: the Effects of Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Agricultural Practices on the Northern Half of the Isle of Arran

Greathouse, Evan (History) [Abstract] [Poster]

Electro-Osmosis, Conductive Polymers, and Dewatering Soils

Harris, Alexander (Political Science) [Abstract] [Poster]

Constitutional Issues in Environmental Law: The Interstate Commerce Clause

Kane, Nathaniel (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]

Finding Property Rights in International Environmental Agreements: Solutions to the “Tragedy of the Global Commons” Two Case Studies

Kirwan, Emma (Health & Socitey) [Abstract] [Poster]

Local Food Distribution in Philadelphia: Reviving Locally-Produced and Community-Supported Agriculture

Kramek, Niva (Sociology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Living Downstream: What Wastewater Reuse Tells Us About Current Drinking-Water Practices

Levinson, Meira (English) [Abstract] [Poster]

The Hula Valley: a Case Study of Changing Water Policies in Israel

Lorincz, Eamon (International Relations) [Abstract] [Poster]

Water Privatization in the Developing World: Hope for the Future or Disaster for the Poor?

Lovelock, Elizabeth (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Paleobotanical Reconstruction of Continental Paleoclimate during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum

Marcial, Jose (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Human Recreation in the Streams of the Caribbean National Forest

Martiny, Sarah (Political Sci& History) [Abstract] [Poster]

Managing the Water of the American West: the Political, Economic, Social, and Environmental Implications of the Hoover Dam

McClelland, Bryan (Anthropology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Ecuadorian Ecotourism Development: Environmental Sustainability, Culture, and Education

McElroy, Caitlin (History) [Abstract] [Poster]

Impact of the Uranium-Mining Industry on the Navajo Nation

Michel, Andrea (Health & Society) [Abstract] [Poster]

Environmental Management in Hospitals in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Reich, Sarra-Zoe (Health & Society) [Abstract] [Poster]

Environmental Management in Hospitals in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Zhorov, Irina (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

The Future of Cerro Rico Potosí

Campana, Michael [Abstract] [Poster]

Feasibility of Ancient DNA Analysis of Viking-Age Pigs from the North Atlantic

Ergas, Emmanuel [Abstract] [Poster]

Taphonomy of a Sauropod Quarry in the Upper Morrison Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

 

Emmanuele Ergas (GEOL '06 /Paleobiology Track)

A summer research project became an Abstract which was presented at a Poster Session at the Geological Society of America Conference in Salt lake City, UT. Emmanuele was one of those who presented the poster.

 

Bome, Lauren (Economics) [Abstract]

Community-Based Conservation: The Key to Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

Cavanagh, Brandon (Psychology) [Abstract]

Psychological Barriers to Use of Recycled Wastewater

Cole, Naomi (Architecture) [Abstract] [Poster]

Envirotecture: Green Building Design in Center City Philadelphia

Davis, Elizabeth Polly (History) [Abstract] [Poster]

Fair-Trade Coffee as a Sustainable Alternative: A Focus on the Consumer Habits of Students at the University of Pennsylvania

Duncan, Claire (Political Science) [Abstract] [Poster]

US Foreign Policy in Latin American and the Middle East: the Role of Natural Resources

Fitzgerald, Paige (Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]

Promoting democracy through Higher Education

Friedman, Spencer (Communications) [Abstract] [Poster]

Tobacco at Penn: Problems, Perceptions, and a Look at the Future

Godoy, Irene (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Development of Effective Social Behaviors in the Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): Hatch-Date factor

Humblet, Emmanuelle (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Riparian vegetation in the Luquillo Mopuntains, Puerto Rico

Kidd, Amy (German) [Abstract] [Poster]

Municipal Solid Waste in America: Lessons from the German System

Kuendig, John (Urban Studies) [Abstract] [Poster]

Driving Daytona Beach

Meischeid, Soren (International Relations) [Abstract] [Poster]

Cuba: A Case of Sustainable Development?

Moyer, Amanda (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Twenty-Year changes in the Forest Floor of the Adirondack Mountains, New York

Pomeroy, Jon (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Comparison of Natural and Engineered Geomorphic Processes: An Assessment of the Beach Protection Project in Ventnor City, New Jersey

Previti, Emily (English) [Abstract]

Media Framing of the Water Shortage in the Lower Colorado River

Pyun, Brian (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Groundwater Contamination in Ringwood, New Jersey

Ryckman, Lindsey (Geology) [Abstract] [Poster]

From Field to Policy: Managing Water Quality by 222Rn and Alternate Tracers in Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Sales, Christopher [Abstract] [Poster]

Performance Study of a Novel Aerobic/Anaerobic Hybrid Biological Reactor for Wastewater Treatment

Schmicker, Nancy (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) [Abstract] [Poster]

Sustainable Development and its Implications: A Business Plan for Importing Chocolate from Small Farms in Ghana

Seeleman, Leigh (Biology) [Abstract]

Species Effects on Soil CO2 Flux in BIOCON vs an Oak Savanna

Shah, Rajiv (Biology) [Abstract] [Poster]

Enzymatic and Metabolic Responses of Stream Periphyton Communities to a Heavy-Metal Stress

Spiller, Klair (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) [Abstract]

The Predicted Effects of Climate Change and International Mitigation Efforts on Developing Countries

Thune, Spencer (History) [Abstract] [Poster]

The Alyeska Pipeline: A Case Study

Voigt, Greg (History) [Abstract] [Poster]

Benjamin Franklin, an 18th-Century Environmental Scientist

Weiner, George (Political Science) [Abstract] [Poster]

Solar Energy in Schools: A Case Study of the Kearny Public School Project

Carter, Lauren (Urban Studies) [Abstract]

Childhood Lead Poisoning in Philadelphia: Reducing Exposure Through Strategic Abatement

Chung, Anca. (Urban Studies) [Abstract]

Case Study - Hong Kong: Will Someone Please Turn Off the Noise?

Connolly, Margaret (Biology) [Abstract]

Fostering Action Through Education: The Creation of a Children's Wetlands Education Curriculum for the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Elansary, Mei (Biological Basis of Behavior) [Abstract]

Advancing Campus-Community Environmental Health Partnerships

Glick, Jason (English) [Abstract]

Rural Sanitation and the Residential Industry

Huang, Kathleen (Urban Studies) [Abstract]

Environmentally Blighted Communities and the Quest for Answers: A Case Study of the Waterfront, South Camden, New Jersey

Karp, Lauren (Communication) [Abstract]

The Wilderness Divide: An Examination of the Rhetoric Used to Define American Wilderness

Kolade, Luqman (African American Studies) [Abstract]

Environmental Justice & the Inner City

LeMay, Gregory (Natural Science) [Abstract]

Dynamics of Gas and Particle Phases of Certain Pesticides in the Michigan Atmosphere

Lewis, Jason (Anthropology) [Abstract]

The Effect of Regional Environment on Global Cranial Variation

Mahony-Anaya, Patricia (Health & Societies) [Abstract]

Childhood Obesity and the Fast Food Industry

Malachowski, Christoper (Biology) [Abstract]

Effects of River Discharge on Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico (and Relationship to land Cover Change Over Time)

Moore, Elizabeth (Political Science) [Abstract]

A Wolf at the Door: A Study of the Gray Wolf Recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Potts, Stephanie (Anthropology) [Abstract]

Anthropogenic Causes for the Proliferation of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: A Case Study of Dengue in Latin America and the United States

Neir, Alyssa (Communication) [Abstract]

The Relationship Between Droughts and Groundwater Quality in Caroline County, Virginia.

Quinn, Brennan [Abstract]

Ecosystem Management Does Fire: Controlling the Uncontrollable

Stewart, Ciara (Political Science) [Abstract]

Issaquah Highlands: Sustainable Development or New Suburbanism?

Suttile, Zachary (Fine Arts) [Abstract]

Reviving an Elevated Eden: Manhattan's High Line as an Urban Greenway

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Leslie, Andrew [Abstract]

Morphological Analysis of Leaf Development in Two Groups of Carboniferous Plants

Pirolli, Timothy (Paleobiology) [Abstract]

Identification of an allosaurid (Dinosauria: Therpoda) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Carbon County, Montana

Poole, Karen (Paleobiology) [Abstract]

A study of neoceratopsian braincases, with an emphasis on the species Avaceratops lammersi and Zuniceratops christopheri