CUGR Announces 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants.

The CUGR Research Fellows Program supports faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to include research and scholarship experiences, and developing proposals for further funding specifically involving undergraduate students.

Each student selected as a Research Fellow Assistant is awarded a $1,000 stipend to assist a CUGR Research Fellow during the 2014–2015 academic year on a research topic of their choice. The faculty participants in this program were nominated by their respective deans and participated in a series of professional development workshops last spring.

More information about the CUGR Research Fellows Program is online.

The 2014–2015 CUGR Research Fellows Student Assistants:

  • Ashlyn Boyle of Belfast, Maine; sociology
  • Abigail Bradford of Westport Island, Maine; Earth and climate sciences
  • Hanjuan Cao of Changsha, China; food science and human nutrition
  • Audrey Cross of Brunswick, Maine; ecology and environmental sciences
  • Megan Dunphy of Pittsfield, Maine; psychology
  • Joseph Goodin of Orono, Maine; anthropology and Earth science
  • Thomas P. Hastings of Bear, Delaware; conservation biology
  • Cameron Huston of Washburn, Maine; political science, legal studies and sociology
  • Katherine Keaton of Caribou, Maine; theatre and dance
  • Amber Makela of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; psychology, child development and disability studies
  • Aman Maskay of Kathmandu, Nepal; electrical engineering
  • Timothy McGrath of Carmel, Maine; mechanical engineering
  • Thomas McOscar of Bangor, Maine; chemistry
  • Seraphina Orsini of South Berwick, Maine; computer science
  • Kyle Pfau of Westfield, Massachusetts; marine science
  • Christopher Plaisted of Jonesboro, Maine; music education
  • Ethan Stetson of Woodland, Maine; psychology and military science
  • Ashley Thibeault of South Hamilton, Massachusetts; ecology and environmental sciences
  • Alex Lee Tuttle of Old Town, Maine; marketing and legal studies
  • Eric Veitch of Guilford, Connecticut; biology
  • Christopher Vincent of Nashua, New Hampshire; marketing and legal studies
  • Eric Wold of Freeport, Maine; mechanical engineering

The 2014–2015 CUGR Faculty Research Fellows:

  • Laura Artesani
  • Daniel Bilodeau
  • Tim Bowden
  • Nuri Emanetoglu
  • Nicholas Giudice
  • Robert Glover
  • William Gramlich
  • Hamish Greig
  • Mark Haggerty
  • Sarah Harlan-Haughey
  • Kim Huisman
  • Karl Kreutz
  • Jordan LaBouff
  • Roberto Lopez-Anido
  • Shannon McCoy
  • Reinhard Moratz
  • Balunkeswar Nayak
  • Brian Robinson
  • Mary Shea
  • Ebru Ulusoy
  • Faren R. Wolter