The annual Steinmetz Symposium at Union College showcases student research. The list below gives you a sense of the depth and breadth of research on the Environmental Sciened and Policy at Union. Not all of these students are ESP majors, and this highlights the fact that studies of the Enviroment at Union cuts across many disciplines

COHOLAN, ALAN ´09
Science and Lobbbying Concerning Global Warming
Major: Political Science

NEWINGHAM, KATHERINE ´09
Cultural Barriers to Going Green
Major: Anthropology
Sponsor: Linda Cool

STEIN, JESSICA ´09
The Role of Nuclear Energy in Addressing the Energy and Environmental Crisis
Major: Political Science
Sponsor: Terry Weiner

DILLON, MICHAEL ´09
The Effects of Government Programs on Renewable Energy in the U.S.
Major: Managerial Economics
Sponsor: Mehmet Fuat Sener

HANDIN, ALEX ´10
Addressing the American Flood Problem: Flood Control Structures versus Flood Plain Management, an Environmental History Perspective
Major: History and Physics
Sponsor: Andrew Morris

ADAMS, MATTHEW ´09
Optimization of Building Energy on 712 Roger Hull Place
Major: ME
Sponsor: David Hodgson

SILLETTI, JORDAN ´09
An Energy Audit of Beuth House & Richmond Hall
Major: Environmental Science
Sponsor: Don Rodbell

SANDERS, DAVID ´09
Environmentally Friendly Building
Major: Political Science
Sponsor: Robert Hislope

PATHIRANA, LASANTHA ´09
Development of Wind/Solar Hybrid Power System
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Richard Wilk

GOLD, JONATHAN ´09
Applications of Piezoelectrics as a Battery-less Power Source
Major: Electrical Engineering
Sponsor: James Hedrick

DENNISON, MALCOLM ´09
HANCOCK, EDWARD ´09
Renewable energy: Pico Hydro Power Generation
Major: Computer Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: James Hedrick

COHEN, BENJAMIN ´09
Investigation of a Radiant Heating System
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: David Hodgson

CHENG, MALYSA ´09
DONOVAN, KEVIN ´09
ME/EE Hybrid Wind Turbine for the Union College Campus
Major: Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering
Sponsor: Richard D Wilk

KELLY, GREGORY ´09
Solar PV Powered Thermoelectric Refrigerator
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Richard Wilk

HEISER, ANDREW ´09
Performance of Pervious Rubberized Concrete in Severe Freeze-Thaw Conditions
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Rebecca Cortez

BEENEN, MATT ´09
LINCOLN, EDWARD ´09
The Design and Construction of a High Efficiency and
Performance Vehicle
Major: Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Abraham Tchako

HERRON, STEVEN ´09
Third Generation Solar Cells Based on the Inclusion of Quantum Dots and Ruthenium Dyes within Laponite Films
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor: Michael E. Hagerman

HARRINGTON, CHARLES ´11
Development of a Constant Acceleration Mössbauer
Spectrometer for Environmental Research
Major: Mathematics/Physics
Sponsor: Michael Vineyard

BOWDEN, DANIEL ´09
A Baiting Technique to Reduce the Prevalence of Raccoon Roundworm in Allegheny Woodrat Habitat
Major: Biology
Sponsor: Kathleen LoGiudice

LA SPINA, JULIE ´09
The Effects of Fire and Deer Herbivory on Oak Regeneration in an Eastern Deciduous Forest
Major: Environmental Science
Sponsor: Jeffrey Corbin

KLEIN, JACOB ´09
Photodegradation of Ultraviolet Filter Chemicals
in Natural Surface Waters
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor: Laura A. MacManus-Spencer

MERKERT, DOUGLAS ´09
Detrital zircon fission track ages of the Wishbone and
Chickaloon (Paleocene-Eocene) formations in the Matanuska basin, southern Alaska
Major: Geology/Environmental Science
Sponsor: John Garver

KESEL, KYLE ´09
Does removal of invasive black locust ensure a successful return to pre-invasion soil characteristics?
Major: ENS
Sponsor: Steve Rice

CAMPANO, JONATHAN ´09
Dendrogeomorphology as a means to measure inter-seismic subsidence, Alaganik Slough, Copper River Delta, Alaska
Major: Geology & Environmental Science
Sponsor: Jaclyn Cockburn

BUCCI, AMANDA ´09
Timing of slumping determined from growth asymmetry in Tsuga canadensis, Bowman Creek, Mohawk River watershed, NY
Major: Environmental Policy

BOLDT, BRANDON ´09
Late Holocene climate of the central Andes identified from sedimentary, stable isotopic, geochemical and biological proxies
Major: Geology & ENS
Sponsor: Donald Rodbell

GRONCZNIAK, REBECCA ´11
MERKERT, DOUGLAS ´09
KISSANE, MATTHEW ´10
Volcanic Processes of Soufriere Hills, Montserrat
Major: Geology/Geology/Geology
Sponsor: Holli Frey

WU, MICHELLE ´09
Sorption of ultraviolet filter chemicals to sediment
Major: Biochemistry
Sponsor: Laura MacManus-Spencer

SMITH, ZACHARY ´10
Bioassay guided fractionation of anthelminthic compounds from Paulownia tomentosa
Major: Chemistry
Sponsor: Joanne D. Kehlbeck

BRADY, SHANNON ´11
CATALANO, JOE ´09
CLARK, KAITLIN ´11
The Geological History of Montserrat
Major: Geology/Geology/Geology
Sponsor: Holli Frey

WILLEY, TYLER ´11
BOLDT, BRANDON ´09
MCDERMOTT, STEVEN ´12
Monitoring Techniques Used On the Soufriere Hills Volcano
Major: Geology/Environmental Science/Geology/Geology
Sponsor: Holli Frey

AVDASHENKO, KONSTANTIN ´10
Snowflake Analysis Using a Scanning Electron Microscope
Major: Electrical Engineer
Sponsor: Palma Catravas

CAMPANO, JONATHAN ´09
Video journal of a geologist: A week of explosions, ash, pyroclastic flows and rocks
Major: Geology & Environmental Science
Sponsor: Holli Frey