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Established in 1999 by Donald K. Rose ’64 University trustee emeritus, this fund supports the University Fellows program. Preference is granted to projects in math or the sciences proposed by students from St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, or Franklin Counties in New York State.

Summer 2024 - Research Fellowships

Pilot Study: Using Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training to Prevent Emotional Labor and Mental Health Disorders

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Emotional labor can influence multiple levels of our mental health, from depression and anxiety to quality of life and how individuals cope with stressors in life. This summer I studied the effects of mindfulness-based resilience training (MBRT) on the emotional labor of individuals in the general public. The type of mindfulness that I focused on involved self-regulation and learning to have a separation between an individual's self and their experiences (i.e., emotions during events).

An Experiment in Using AI for Cross-Platform App Development

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During my fellowship, I developed a cross-platform physical therapy app to provide accessible, customizable solutions for athletes and individuals managing chronic injuries. I focused on learning Flutter and Dart to build the app, starting with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that included hard-coded routines, a simple user interface, and data handling capabilities. 

Summer 2023 - Research Fellowships

Making an Enigma Machine

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This summer I aimed to build an Enigma Machine; an encryption machine used by the German military to encrypt and decrypt secret messages during World War II. The machine was made to work mechanically when it was made for the first time in 1918. Our implementation uses an Arduino microcontroller to control the circuitry of the rotors as well as parts of the plugboard. Furthermore, the design has a user interface with a keyboard and a digital display that allows the user to change the settings of the machine.

Summer 2022 - Research Fellowships

Assessing Water Bottle Filling Station Use on St. Lawrence University Campus in Relation to Illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This project analyzed data from two surveys that I completed in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022 concerning the water bottle filling stations on St. Lawrence University campus. Our goal was to determine students' perception of the filling stations through various questions concerning their role in preventing single-use plastic bottles, as well as the filling stations' cleanliness, maintenance, and water quality.

Summer 2020 Project Showcase

Role of the Hippocampus in Temporal Processing

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Our study attempts to add to the literature involving the hippocampus and temporal processing. We plan to achieve this by creating a causal experiment that examines the relationship between the hippocampus and interval timing. In this study, a double-blind stereotaxic surgery is performed on the hippocampi of two groups of Wistar rats: one in which the rats receive a sham injection and one in which they receive an excitatory neurotoxin. The rats are then subjected to a temporal attention task.