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Estimation of Stable Distribution and Its Application to Credit Risk 

Computational Conformal Geometry and it's Applications 

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Much Ado About Antibacterials: Dynamics and Drug Design 

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Co-Design of Wireless Power Transfer and Data Links for Next Generation Passive Devices 

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Transport Processes in High Temperature QCD Plasmas 

Nitrogen Loading to the South Shore, Eastern Bays, NY: Sources, Impacts, and Management Options 

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Senior Honors Projects (ARH495 / ARS495)

We are proud to present the Senior Honors projects. Students who complete Honors Projects engage in research and artistic creation, which culminates in a written thesis statement and an exhibition of their work. The students who have undertaken the Senior Honors project are exemplary both artistically and academically. They have committed to planning and creating a substantial body of work under the mentorship of a faculty member during their senior year.

These projects often reach across disciplines to expand the conversation on a wide range of themes and issues. Students use this opportunity to challenge themselves with their ideas, techniques, and professionalism in installing their work in a public space for exhibition. The written component of the project gives the artist an opportunity to distill their ideas, clearly articulating the themes they explore in their visual work.

Lorena Salcedo-Watson Professor of Practice, Senior Honors Projects Coordinator

Spring 2024 Exhibition         Exhibition Archive

Honors Program in Studio Art The honors program is open to seniors majoring in Art History or Studio Art who have maintained a grade point average of at least 3.00 overall and 3.50 in the major. In Art History , the student typically undertakes a research project and prepares a written thesis of about 15 pages under the direction of the faculty sponsor. In Studio Art , the student works independently under the direction of the faculty sponsor on a body of work that typically results in an exhibition or portfolio or major piece by the end of the semester. Upon completion of the project to the satisfaction of the faculty sponsor, a second faculty member acts a reader or jury member. If the committee judges the project to have been completed with distinction, and the student achieves a 3.50 grade point average in all art courses taken in the senior year, honors are conferred.  

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Honors College students major in departments and programs across the campus. Current students are enrolled in majors ranging from Art History to Astronomy and Music to Mathematics. The Honors College curriculum provides a special environment for the part of the undergraduate academic career outside of the major area of study.

At the core of the Honors College curriculum is a series of five seminar courses taught by leading scholars in a broad range of academic disciplines. Honors College students take two of these courses in their freshman year, and one more in each of the following three years. Before students graduate, they will also take four elective mini-courses outside of their major area of study that can be selected from a wide range of offerings each semester. These limited registration mini- courses will allow our students to explore topics well outside the realm of their primary areas of study.

Honors College students take leading roles in the intellectual, cultural, and social life of the university, while pursuing their choice of any of Stony Brook's 150 academic majors, minors and combined-degree programs. The culmination of a student's efforts at Stony Brook and the capstone of the Honors College experience will be the completion of a senior project under the guidance of a faculty member in your area of study.

Honors College students are not to be found responsible of academic dishonesty (students in the Program who are found responsible are permanently dismissed from the Program and are not eligible to rejoin). We will require an Academic Integrity Pledge from all of our students.

Interdisciplinary Seminars

The core of the Honors College curriculum is a set of five seminar-based courses. These courses emphasize the development of skills in critical reading, writing, and analysis. The first two courses, HON 105 and HON 106, are taken during the freshman year. The remaining three courses, HON 201, 301, and 401, are taken during the three subsequent years.

Modes of Knowledge: An examination of the structure and content of knowledge, as well as the ways in which various kinds of knowledge are constituted. The course examines some classical epistemological and ethical texts and also considers the ways in which modern epistemological theories, as well as knowledge forms characteristic of the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, have altered and/or affected our understanding of the nature of knowledge.

Modes of Being: Examination of the many different modes of being —  aspects of the ways in which people think of themselves and behave in the world — through analysis of literary works and through texts that derive from the various social sciences, including psychology.

Arts & Society: An exploration of the interconnections between art and society, using the biographies and autobiographies of notable visual artists, performers, and composers when appropriate, but also using other texts that focus on art works by anonymous creators such as the architects and sculptors who designed and created medieval cathedrals or the anonymous lyricists and composers who created the songs and dances of traditional cultures. Close examination of the works themselves is an integral part of the course, generally involving field trips.

Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Society: An examination of the mutual relations among science, technology, medicine, and society: how the sciences and various technologies affect society and, at the same time, are affected by it. This examination is conducted through the perspectives of disciplines outside the sciences such as history, philosophy, sociology, and economics, in combination with the natural sciences, applied sciences, clinical medicine, and engineering.

Global Issues: Using historical, geographical, sociological, political, and economic perspectives, students examine global issues. This examination may be either topical or regional and may be oriented either toward the past, the present, or the future.

Mini-courses

First-semester, freshman Honors College students are required to take HON 101 (Introduction to Stony Brook), a 1 credit mini-course intended to integrate students into both the Honors College and the University community by providing information about Stony Brook and a forum for discussion of values, intellectual and social development, and personal as well as institutional expectations.  In addition to HON 101, all Honors College students are required to take three 1 credit mini-courses. With small enrollments (averaging 15 or 16), these special topics mini-courses allow students to explore a wide range of topics they might otherwise never have the opportunity to pursue, while getting to work in small groups with faculty and their Honors College classmates. The offerings constantly change, with eight options available to choose from in any given semester. Students are encouraged to use the mini-courses as an opportunity to branch out and experiment with disciplines and topics well outside of their primary academic interests. Past topics:  Infectious Diseases; Positive Psychology; Musical Theater; Semiotics and Comics; Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Color in Art and Technology.

Senior Honors Project

The culmination of the Honors College curriculum is a two-semester, six-credit, research or creative project.  This research project is done under the supervision of a faculty member. Students generally register for HON 495-496, but with the approval of the Honors College, students may substitute for an appropriate, credit bearing departmental honors project. Senior theses represent a wide variety of academic disciplines from liberal arts and humanities to biochemistry and physics with titles such as, Occupy Central- Hong Kong Protest and C1q, gC1qr Fibrinogen, Vitronectin and Staphylococcus Aureaus Protein A.

Honors College students participate in scientific research across all conceivable fields during their four years on campus. Common participation roles include field work with archeologists, ecologists, and primatologists. Students have also explored activities in painting, ceramics, photography, computer art, music performance, music composition, theatre, dance, poetry and novel writing, journalism, and television production. 

Stony Brook University is a trailblazer in integrating research and undergraduate education: it was one of the first research universities in the country to establish an office for the specific purpose of promoting undergraduate research and creative activity, and offers many programs that support undergraduate research efforts. These include Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Programs, and the URECA Summer Fellowship and Small Grant/Travel Grant Programs.  Stony Brook undergraduates are introduced to the world of research through introductory research-oriented courses, encouraged to participate in independent supervised research projects, and offered useful support services on writing abstracts, giving presentations, and finding appropriate research mentors. Click here  for more information on the URECA program

Senior Symposium

The Honors College Senior Symposium takes place each May prior to graduation, showcasing the the exceptional research each graduating student has performed in the completion of their Senior Thesis Project. All research is performed  under the supervision and mentorship of a Stony Brook University faculty member, with works representing a wide variety of academic disciplines. It is here where our senior class proudly presents the culmination of their outstanding efforts to their peers, mentors, faculty, and staff.

 Study Abroad

The Honors College has paired with International Academic Programs to offer Honors College students the opportunity to study abroad and earn credit for Honors College curriculum courses. These programs are led by a Stony Brook University faculty member and offered during the winter and summer terms.

The following programs have been offered to our students:

• Winter Study Abroad: Rome, Italy
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*** ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry

High School Students

Pratip Banerji                              1990-1992 (Ward Melville High School, Summers 1990-1992) (MIT)

Raymond Tong                           1993 (Ward Melville High School, Semi-Finalist, Westinghouse Competition, 1994) (SUNY at Binghamton)

Elizabeth Pollina                         1994-1995 (Ward Melville High School, Finalist, Westinghouse Competition, 1996] (Dartmouth College)

Catherine Liang                          1996-1997 [Kings Park High School, Semi-Finalist, Westinghouse Competition, 1998] (Stanford University)

Limor Robinson                          1997 [The Wheatley Heights School, Summer Research Institute, Stony Brook, 1997]

Punita Bhansali                           1998-1999 [Half Hollow Hills High School, Summer Research Institute, 1998, Simons Fellow 1999; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 1999] (MIT)

Kenneth Hung                            1998-1999 [Kings Park High School, Simons Fellow 1999; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 1999] (Harvard University)

Jessica Rutter                              1999 [Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, Summer Research Institute, Stony Brook, 1999; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 1999]

Jason Beiger                               2000-2001 [Kings Park High School, 2000, Simons Fellow 2001; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2001] (University of Pennsylvania)

Christina Huang                          2001 [Commack High School, Simons Fellow, 2001; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2001] (Harvard University)

Mandeep Virdi                            2001-2002 [Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, Summer 2001, Simons Fellow 2002; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2002] (MIT)

Kerry Lanigan                            2002 [Kings Park High School, Simons Fellow 2002; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2002] (Notre Dame)

Vikas Gupta                               2002 [Centereach High School, Summer 2002] (SUNY at Binghamton)

Sarah Fink                                 2003 [Commack High School, Simons Fellow 2003; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2003] (Williams)

Lindasy Fourman                        2003 [Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, Simons Fellow, 2002; Semi-Finalist, Intel Competition, 2003] (Cornell University)

Erica Revin                                2003 [Smithtown High School, Summer 2003; Semi-Finalist, Seimens-Westinghouse Competition, 2003] (Stony Brook University)

Rohit Repala                              2003 [Centereach High School, Summer 2003] (Stony Brook University)

Mary Ellen Corr                          2004 [Kings Park High School, Simons Fellow 2004] (Cornell University)

Tina Ho                                     2004 [Smithtown High School, Simons Fellow 2004; Semi-Finalist, Intel] (Yale)

Christopher Mascioli                    2004 [Oceanside High School, Summer 2004] (Cooper Union College)

Nora Micheva                             2004 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2004, 2005; Semi-Finalist, Intel] (MIT)

Gabriela Jara                              2005 [Kings Park High School, Summer 2005] (Columbia University)

Christine Yang                            2005 [Commack High School, Simons Fellow 2005]

Zeynep Basaran                          2006 [Smithtown High School, Summer 2006; Semi-Finalist, Intel 2006] (Cornell University)

Kenneth Winter                           2006 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2006; Regional Finalist, Siemens Team Competition] (Tufts University)

Christopher Winter                      2006 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2006; Regional Finalist, Siemens Team Competition] (Tufts University)

Alicia Chionchio                         2007 [Smithtown High School, Summer 2007; Semi-Finalist, Seimens Competition] (Stony Brook University)

Robert Hackett                            2007 [Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Simons Fellow, Summer 2007; Semi-Finalist, Intel] (Cornell University)

Amanda Marinoff                        2007 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Summer 2007; Grand Prize Winner, Siemens Team Competition] (Dartmouth College)

Janelle Schlossberger                   2007 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Simons Fellow, Summer 2007; Grand Prize Winner, Siemens Team Competition] (Harvard University)

Rei-I Chin                                  2008 [Walter Johnson High School, Rockville, MD, Simons Fellow, Summer 2008;Intel Semi-Finalist; Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (IISEF) Finalist] (Washington University)

Samantha McKenna                     2008 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Summer 2008; Semi-Finalist, Siemens Team Competition; Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF) First Place Grand Award; Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (IISEF) Finalist] (Cornell University)

Shalini Pammal                           2008 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Simons Fellow, Summer 2008; Semi-Finalist, Siemens; Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF) First Place Grand Award; Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (IISEF) Finalist; Long Island Junior Science & Humanities Symposium Finalist & 4 th Prize] (Harvard University)

Preya Shah                                 2008 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2008; Regional Finalist, Siemens; Finalist & 8 th Prize winner, Intel; Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF); Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (IISEF) Finalist] (Harvard University)

Sahil Ketpal                               2009 [Texas Academy of Math and Science; Regional Finalist, Siemens; Semi-Finalist, Intel] (University of Pennsylvania)

Alyssa Reimer                            2009 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Summer 2009; Semi-Finalist, Intel] (MIT)

Jenny Wu                                   2010 [Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Summer 2010; Semi-Finalist, Siemens and Intel] (Yale University)

Neil Pathak                                2010 [Herricks High School, Summer 2010; Semi-Finalist, Intel; Winner Intel; Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF); 2 nd Grand Prize, 2011Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (IISEF)] (Yale University)

Nevin Daniel                              2010 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2010; 2 nd Grand Prize, Siemens Science Competition] (MIT)

Sarah Chapin                              2011 [Herricks High School, Summer 2011] Semi-Finalist, Siemens and Intel Science Competitions, IISEF Finalist 2012 (Harvard University)

Rocco Morra                              2011 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2011] Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2012 (Dartmouth University)

Garima Yadav                            2011 [Sachem High School North, Summer 2011] Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2012 (Stony Brook University)

Rajkumar Pammal                       2012 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2012] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Science Competition 2012 (Harvard University)

Raghav Tripathi                          2012 [ Westview High School, Portland, Oregon, Summer 2012] 6 th Prize, Siemens Science Competition 2012; Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2013. (Case Western Reserve University)

Sachit Singal                              2013 [Herricks High School, Summer 2013, Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2013, (Brown University/Warren Alpert Medical School)

Kent Ueno                                 2013 [Port Jefferson High School, Summer 2013] Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2013, LISEF Semi-Finalist (Dartmouth College)

Anika Gupta                               2013 [The Harker School, San Jose, CA, Summer 2013] Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2013 (MIT)

Abhinav Talwar                          2014  [Herricks High School, Summer 2014]

Karina Xie                                 2014 [Hunter College High School, Summer 2014] (Yale University)

Glenn Yu                                   2014 [Hunter College High School, Summer 2014] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Science Competition 2014; Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2015 (Stanford University)

Krista Chen                                2015 [The Wheatley School, Summer 2015] Semi-Finalist, Intel Science Competition 2016 (Yale University)

Sarah Lee                                   2015 [Syosset High School, Summer 2015] Regional Finalist, Siemens Science Competition 2015 (Yale University)

Anna Vynrub                              2015 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Summer 2015] (Harvard University)

Albey Joseph                              2016 [W Tresper Clarke High School, Summer 2016] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Competition 2016 (MIT)

Ryan Wu                                   2016 [Manhasset High School, Summer 2016] (Stanford University)

Jessica Li                                   2017 [Pingry High School in Basking Ridge, Summer 2017] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Competition 2017)

Brendon Choy                            2017 [Hunter College High School, Summer 2017] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Competition 2017; Semi-Finalist, Regeneron Competition 2018; National Finalist, National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2018 (Columbia University)

Kiana Ziadkhanpour                    2017 [Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Summer 2017] Semi-Finalist, Siemens Competition 2017; Regional Finalist, National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2018 (Harvard University)

David He                                   2017 [Ward Melville High School, Summer 2017] (MIT)

Anjali Chakradhar                       2018 [High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ, Summer 2018] (Harvard University)

Erta Kurti                                   2018 [Hunter College Hight School, NY, Summer 2018] (Harvard University)

Rachel Li                                   2018 [Spackenkill High School, Poughkeepsie, NY, Summer 2018] (Harvard University)

Ryan Bose-Roy                           2019 [Hunter College Hight School, NY, Summer 2019]

Samantha Chen                           2019 [Hunter College Hight School, NY, Summer 2019]

Cassandra Tong Ye                      2019 [Half Hollow Hills High School, NY, Summer 2019]

Lucy (Zou) Zhao                         2019 [East Brunswick High School, NJ, Summer 2019] Semi-Finalist, Regeneron Science Competition 2020

Derek Chien                               2020 [Davidson Academy of Nevada, Summer 2020] Semi-Finalist, Regeneron Science Competition 2021

Saaim Khan                                2020 [Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, MI, Summer 2020]

Brian Lee                                   2020 [Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK High School, Summer 2020]

Kyle Pinzon                               2020 [Herricks High School, Summer 2020]

Nouraldeen Ibrahim                     2021 [Staten Island Technical High School, NY, Summer 2021]

Vanessa Lin                               2021 [Stuyvesant High School, NY, Summer 2021]

Aryansh Shrivastava                    2021 [Washington High School, Fremont, CA, Summer 2021]

Amrith Yedlarajaiah                    2021 [Biotechnology High School, Freehold, NJ. Summer 2021]

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Emma graduated from Bucknell University in 2020 with a BS in Cell Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in physics, where she did analytical chemistry research in the Collins lab. Following  graduation, Emma spent two years studying structure function relationships of viral RNA sensors implicated in diseases such as Hepatitis C and COVID-19 in the Marcotrigiano lab at the NIH. Outside of the lab, Emma is an amateur film photographer, classically-trained violist, and an avid competitive jigsaw puzzler.

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Aishwarya completed her Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences from University of Delhi. She also completed her Master's in Bioinformatics from Central University of Punjab. Just before joining Stony Brook University she has two papers in acceptance for publication. One paper in Frontiers in Genetics titled, "In silico characterization of uncharacterized proteins from multiple strains of  Clostridium difficile " and one in Peerj titled, "A data-driven approach to construct a molecular map of  Trypanosoma cruzi " (preprint). She worked as a Biological Data Curation Intern at Elucidata Data Consulting Pvt Ltd. In her free time she likes to write letters to her penpals on Slowly app, write poetries on sad days, Swimming, Reading and Biking.

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I am an international student from Vietnam who just graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with the B.S. in Biochemistry. In addition to doing research, I love playing volleyball and taking photos in my free time.    

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Jessica (Jessie) graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry in May 2022 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she conducted organic chemistry research with Dr. Christina Goudreau Collison. During her senior year, Jessie worked full-time with the surface and purification technologies team at Entegris Inc. on a Research and Development Chemistry Co-op. In her free time, Jessie likes to draw, play strategy games, and hang out with her guinea pigs.

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I graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Biochemistry and worked in the Dora Carrico-Moniz lab studying the anti-cancer effect of a coumarin compound on pancreatic adenocarcinoma. I then worked at Tufts in the labs of Brian Schaffhausen and Andrew Bohm studying protein phosphatase 2A. I enjoy walking, reading, and eating good food.

Antonio Torlentino

Antonio graduated from Binghamton University with a B.S. in Biochemistry. He studied bacterial biofilms in the labs of Caitlin Light and Karin Sauer. Antonio enjoys discovering new music and  playing tennis.

Max Henderson

Max received his BS in Biophysical Chemistry at James Madison University in 2017. He then worked in a structural biology lab at Duke University for three years. Outside of science he enjoys writing music, reading, and visiting family and friends.

Sanjna Rana

I graduated with a BS and MS in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi in India where I worked on nanoparticle synthesis and their applications as reaction catalysts for a greener approach. Apart from my coursework, I enjoy listening to music, reading novels, and sketching.   

Ian Outhwaite

Ian graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Biology and worked on ion channel structures in the Stephen Long Lab at MSKCC before moving to Stony Brook University. Ian studies kinase-drug interactions and is working towards a PhD in the Biochemistry and Structural Biology graduate program.

Christopher Corbo

As an undergraduate I studied the molecular interactions of Polymer Scaffolds with ECM proteins to better understand tissue engineering problems using computational tools. This fostered a passion for Computational Chemistry that has translated into my current research. I now work on the development and implementation of DOCK, a powerful tool to aid drug discovery.           

Abhik Tambe

As an undergrad I worked in medicinal chemistry and after graduating got some experience in using genomics to understand drug toxicity and resistance. I am broadly interested in using computational and experimental methods in biophysics to understand the structural basis of drug mechanism of action and using this knowledge to design safer and more precise therapies. Outside of science, I enjoy percussion, the outdoors, and eating/cooking good food.           

Jane did her undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University and subsequently worked at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the lab of Frank Sacks, where she researched the role of HDL and LDL subpopulations in metabolic disease and in the joint lab of Robert Farese and Tobias Walther, where she investigated the role of lipids in neurodegeneration and neurological disease. While at Harvard she completed her Masters degree in Biotechnology at the Harvard Extension School. Jane continues to pursue her interest in lipid metabolism and is particularly interested in using an integrated approach to understanding regulatory pathways of lipid metabolism contributing to the pathogenesis of disease.         

Raunak Dutta

Raunak got his MS from IISER, India before moving to Stony Brook. For his MS project, he worked in a cell biology lab studying trafficking  of human copper transporter. He uses yeast as a model organism to study meiotic cell division. Outside lab he enjoys reading non-fiction, watching tv series and trying new food. 

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Daniel Arnold, Michael Harris and Eliana Matsil, all 2024 graduates of the  Chemical and Molecular Engineering  program at Stony Brook University’s  College of Engineering and Applied Sciences , chose to perform their senior thesis research for CME 420 as part of a large, federally funded project on hydrogen as a clean fuel. 

The entire project covered generating hydrogen, storing it and then using it to produce electricity in fuel cells, where its only byproducts are water vapor and warm air, with greenhouse gas emissions near zero. Other work had already shown that hydrogen-powered fuel cells can be more than twice as efficient as the conventional technologies that are only now being challenged by the advent of electric vehicles.

CME 420, a course required for graduation, involves completion of a directed laboratory research project in the highly selective Chemical and Molecular Engineering program. 

At the beginning of their senior year, students find a mentor, design a research project, write a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that is vetted by Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), develop a time plan, and defend the proposal before an external panel of faculty and industry representatives. In the spring semester, the students perform the research, following their execution schedule, and at weekly meetings, present relevant literature in multiple journal clubs, or discuss the continual progress of their research with the class, and problem solve together.  

In the final weeks of the semester, the students defend their thesis before the external panel and submit their thesis for peer review to JUCER, an online journal that they edit and publish.  

The Office of Naval Research funded the overall project to demonstrate renewable energy technologies to enhance energy resilience for our nation’s seafarers. The project’s Principal Investigator, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Miriam Rafailovich, developed an innovative partnership with the Shinnecock Nation, a federally recognized tribe, based on the project’s potential for sustainable renewable energy.

Phil Brown, Shinnecock Nation director of housing, noted that the Nation had recently constructed housing units whose long-term energy needs could best be served by onsite resources. “Our people have always felt a strong kinship with the environment that sustains us. Collaborating with the University was a great opportunity for us to develop a green energy resource that will help to support us while protecting the place where we live,” Brown said. 

The Nation was making a green infrastructure investment to provide for renewable energy delivery on its reservation in Southampton, NY. They wanted to assess the utility and performance of different green energy technologies and storage modalities. The students needed to collect data on, and model the performance of, the hydrogen generation, storage and fuel cell operational processes. The complementarity of their needs sealed the deal. 

“I am proud of the students,” said Rafailovich, “as they used both their technical skills and their interpersonal skills. They worked on a real-life project that has the potential to affect many lives to come.”

Matsil will pursue her master’s degree in this area, advancing knowledge of the engineering of systems and technologies for utilizing hydrogen as a green resource. “If the system works and is proven to be economically viable,” Brown said, “there is a Shinnecock owned company, Waa Nee Shee Energy LLC,  that can bring this to market and make it available to other indigenous Nations across the country with limited access to grid power.”

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is among the federal agencies that will be made aware of these activities. 

The students’ final project report will be submitted to the Office of Naval Research, where their findings will also be of interest to the Navy and their fellow services. The U.S. Department of Defense maintains more than 600 bases around the world, many of them in locations where onsite, off-the-grid energy resources may be useful.

Stony Brook University’s Chemical and Molecular Engineering program has had accreditation from ABET, the engineering accrediting body, for the last 10 years. Fewer than 20 percent of U.S. universities with engineering programs have departments of materials science and engineering, where CME is housed.

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URECA Researcher of the Month to Present Thesis Project in April

This project developed from a paper that she wrote for Scheckel’s EGL 492 honors seminar course, Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Visual Culture, in which she analyzed Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s famous short story “The Yellow Paper” and made connections from the text to the design principles exhibited in Gilman’s commercial art.

“The process of making discoveries that I wasn’t expecting to find and having them become a really important aspect of my research has been an interesting part of my thesis writing experience,” she said.

Argyros further investigated this topic by doing archival research and scholarship at the Hagley Museum, the Radcliffe Institute for Research and the Brooklyn Museum with the support of a 2023 URECA Summer Award. She will be presenting her senior thesis project at the upcoming Department of English honors symposium and graduate student conference and at the URECA Celebration in April. Argyros is planning to pursue graduate studies in English literature.

On campus, Argyros has explored her passion for public humanities projects as an intern for the Humanities Institute’s “Writing Beyond the Prison.” Through this program, she published an academic blog piece analyzing work by incarcerated authors, titled “The Prison Panopticon: Foucault, the Carceral Eye, and the Incarcerated Author.”

Argyros is also active in the HerStory Writers Network, in which she attends writing workshops, contributes to discussions, and serves as the first Outreach, Arts and Sciences Dean’s Student Advisory Council. In this role, she is one of 20 student-leaders who are designing and implementing programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, ranging from peer mentoring to alumni outreach. In addition, Argyros is president of the English Honor Society Alpha Nu Zeta, serves as a resident assistant and is a volunteer for Project Sunshine.

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