The following students in Biological Sciences and Biochemistry and Molecular are recipients of Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipients (SURF) Awards for 2015:
| Student Name | Student’s Major | Advisor/Department | Project Title |
|---|
| Peter Nouhan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Thomas Werner / Biological Sciences | Uncovering the Enhancers of the Pigmentation Gene Yellow |
| Ryan Van Goethem | Biological Sciences | Amy Marcarelli / Biological Sciences | Impact of Stamp Sands on Aquatic Macrophyte Communities, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Myriophyllum spicatum x sibiricum Hybrids in the Portage Waterway |
| Virginia Van Vianen (HI) | Biological Sciences | Erika Hersch-Green / Biological Sciences | The Effects of Increased Anthropogenic Nitrogen on Plant Characteristics and Pollinators |
Additional University recipients can be found at: http://www.mtu.edu/research/archives/awards/surf/
This is the description of the award from the University web site:
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
SURFs are open to all Tech undergraduates who have at least one semester remaining after the summer.
Annual awards of up to $4,000 are available. Program requests for applications are announced in TechToday beginning in November, with applications for these annual awards due January 30, 2015.
Fellowship recipients will conduct a research project under the guidance of a Michigan Tech faculty mentor, during the summer semester.
Fellowship recipients are required to:
- Submit interim reports of their progress through the summer
- Attend meetings of SURF award recipients
- Present their research