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Student-Faculty Research
The HMC Center for Environmental Studies supports summer and academic year student research with an HMC faculty advisor. Past projects are detailed below.
''Solar-Powered Pump to Deliver Clean Water to Villagers in Kenya''
Student Researchers: Roxie Bartholomew, Rob Best, Isabel Bush, Evann Gonzales, Ozzie Gooen, My Ho, Dalar Nazarian, Dmitri Skjorshammer
Faculty Advisors: Peter Saeta, Richard Haskell, Susan Martonosi
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Electrostatic Injection Techniques for Fusion Fuel Delivery to Focus of High-Power Laser''
Student Researcher: Brendan Folie
Faculty Advisor: Tom Donnelly
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Mathematical Modeling of Renewable Energy Sources''
Student Researchers: Andrea Levy, Amelia Musselman
Faculty Advisor: Rachel Levy
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Low-Concentration Photovoltaics''
Student Researcher: Carlo Vaccari
Faculty Advisor: Richard Haskell, Peter Saeta
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Effects of Acid Etching upon ZnO Anodes in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells''
Student Researcher: Daniel O'Neil
Faculty Advisor: Hal Van Ryswyk
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Improving Wind Turbine Efficiency''
Student Researchers: Alex Krause, Raquel Robinson
Research Advisor: Hoi Dick Ng, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University
HMC Advisor: Lori Bassman
Proposal - Krause (PDF)
Proposal - Robinson (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Controlling Biofouling on Water-Filtration Membranes''
Student Researcher: Doo Hyun Chung
Research Advisors: Jaehong Kim, Pyung Kyu Park, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
HMC Liason: Nancy Lape
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Treating Waste Water Using Sustainable Aquatic Plants''
Student Researcher: Mary Moore-Simmons
Faculty Advisor: Mary Cardenas
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Implementing School Bus System in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh''
Student Researchers: Mobashwir Khan, Jason Wang
Research Advisor: Charisma F. Choudhury, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
HMC Advisor: Patrick Little
Final Report (PDF)
''Designing a Safer Transitional Electric Vehicle''
Student Researcher: Steven Ning
Faculty Advisor: Mary Cardenas
Proposal (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
''Assessing Cost Feasibility of Solar Power in California''
Student Researcher: Tynan McAuley
Faculty Advisor: Gary Evans
Final Reports:
Preconditions for Expanded Solar Power in California (PDF)
Meeting California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (PDF)
Competing Technologies for California Solar Initiative Compliance (PDF)
"Sustainable Transportation Research in Nanjing, China"
Student Researchers: Tanya Lewis, Benyue Liu
Research Advisor: Xiaodong Zhu, Nanjing University
HMC Liason: Patrick 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
Research Advisor: Jeff Snyder, Caltech Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials
HMC Liason: Joseph 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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