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Student-Faculty Research Opportunities
The HMC Center for Environmental Studies supports summer and academic year student research with an HMC faculty advisor.
Research Projects
"Sustainable Transportation Research in Nanjing, China"
Student Researchers: Tanya Lewis, Benyue Liu
Faculty Advisor: Xiaodong Zhu, Nanjing University
HMC Liason: Pat Little
Proposal (doc)
"Evaluating Environmentally Sustainable Development Projects in Koundara, Guinea"
Student Researchers: Rob Best, Annika Eberle, Dmitri Skjorshammer
Faculty Advisor: Susan Martonosi
Proposal (doc)
"Evaluating the Potential for Grey Water Treatment at Harvey Mudd College"
Student Researcher: Claire O'Hanlon
Faculty Advisor: Richard Haskell
Proposal (doc)
"Thermoelectric Materials as a Source of Sustainable Energy"
Student Researcher: Cidney Scanlon
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Snyder, Caltech Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials
HMC Liason: Joe King
Proposal (doc)
"Coordinated Campus Sustainability Audits at the Claremont Colleges"
Student Researchers: Kristen Huff, Eric Peterson, Kelley Hodges
Faculty Advisor: Richard Haskell
"Optical Properties of Coated Soot Aerosols"
Student Researcher: Howard Yu
Faculty Advisor: Peter Saeta
Proposal (doc)
Final Report (doc)
"Preliminary Analysis of Polymer Heat Exchangers for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion"
Student Researcher: Todd Tanigushi
Research Advisor: Hans Krock, OCEES International
HMC Advisor: Peter Saeta
Proposal (doc)
Final Report (doc)
"A Mathematical Model for the Effects of Strip Mining in Urban Areas"
Student Researcher: Ivan Ventura
Faculty Advisor: Alfonso Castro
Proposal (PDF)
“Developing Multiple Alternative Energy Solutions to Meet Tomorrow's Needs”
Student researchers: Michael Bigelow, Vicky Luyapan, Catherine Meyers, and Jessica Riley
Research advisor: Haile-Selassie Rajamani, Bradford University , UK
HMC Liason: Tony Bright, Engineering
Proposal (doc)
Final Reports:
The Pipe or the Bottle? (MB/VL) (doc)
Solar Energy and Ozone Generation (VL) (doc)
Float Based Energy Generation from Water Waves (MB) (doc)
Converting Electricity from Renewable Sources (JR) (doc)
Behavior of Renewable Energy Conversion Devices (MB/VL) (doc)
Power Consumption of FANUC Roboshot (CM) (doc)
Coal-Fired vs Photovoltaic Electricity Generation (JR/CM) (doc)
"Impacts of Pollution on Native and Exotic Plant Ecosystems"
Student researchers: Mikel Grenzner, Ryan McCarthy
Faculty advisor: Steve Adolph, Biology
Proposal (doc)
“Energy Efficient HVAC Devices for Humid Climates”
Student researcher: Sara Al-Beaini
Research advisor: Nasreen Ghaddar, Mechanical Engineering Department, American University in Beirut
HMC Liason: Mary Cardenas, Engineering
Proposal (doc)
Final Report (PDF)
“Lizardnet - Developing and Testing a Non-Invasive Sensor System for Tracking Wildlife”
Student researcher: John Hicks
Faculty advisors: Mike Erlinger (Computer Science) and Steve Adolph (Biology)
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
“Computational Solutions to Navier-Stokes and Water Quality at Huntington Beach”
Student researcher: Joe Majkut
Research advisor: Oliver Fringer, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab, Stanford University
HMC Liason: Andrew Bernoff, Mathematics
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
"Lead in Soil from Vehicle Emissions"
Student researcher: Jeffrey Rubenstein
Faculty advisor: Hal Van Ryswyk, Chemistry
Final Report (doc)
"Design of a Continuous CO2 Scrubber to be Used in Alkaline Fuel Cells"
Student researcher: Michaela Reagan
Faculty Advisor: Susan Krumdieck (Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury , NZ)
Final Report (doc)
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