Previous SURF Projects
Since its pilot offerings in summer 2013, the SURF program has awarded 69 undergraduate fellowships to support work on 53 faculty-led projects across the curriculum.
| Projects | Faculty Researchers | Student Researchers |
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2016 |
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| Biogeochemical Cycling in Pacific Northwest Forest Ecosystems | Abir Biswas | Kazuki Hibi |
| Research on Moss-Cyanobacteria Symbiosis in South Puget Sound Prairies of Western Washington | Lalita Calabria | Kate Peterson |
| Patterns of Diversity of Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrades (Water Bears) in the Pacific Northwest | Clarissa Dirks | Claire Bullis |
| Unravelling the Political Theology of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt | Sarah Eltantawi | Joshua Pollock and Dakota Rakestraw |
| Plant Communities at Mount St. Helens: Temperate Forest Plant Communities Response to Volcanic Disturbance | Dylan Fischer | Katherine Stella Scheel |
| Archaeological Field School at the Bush Homestead, Second Season | Ulrike Krotscheck | Nathan Jeffryes and Emily Lounder |
| Stream Surveys at Mount St. Helens, Elwha River, and Closer to Home | Carri LeRoy | Megan Keating and Makenna Taylor |
| Trouble the Water | Naima Lowe | Avida Jackson and Zero Shields |
| Using Bacteriophage in Bovine Medicine | Mike Paros | Ember Johnson |
| Building an Object Oriented Language Interpreter Skeleton | Sherri Shulman | Isaak (Dillon) Yansane-Sisk |
| Intaglio Printmaking: Print Production and Materials Research | Lisa Sweet | Remy Barrows-O'Neal |
| Research in Cyber Security: Privacy-enhancing Apps on Mobile Devices | Richard Weiss | Charlie Fornaca and Lindsey Kramer |
| Solarizing Evergreen - Phase 2 | E.J. Zita | Matthew Booth |
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2015 |
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| Biogeochemical Cycling in Pacific Northwest Forest Systems | Abir Biswas | Andrew Buechel and Abby Watt |
| Archaeological Field Supervisors and Researchers for the Preliminary Archaeological Excavation at the Bush Farm in Tumwater: Rediscovering Washington State’s Original Homesteaders | Ulrike Krotscheck | Erin Gamble and Alexis Walsh |
| Stream Ecology Research | Carri LeRoy | Emily Wolfe |
| Conversing with Sparrows | Naima Lowe | Alexis Howell and Lauren Steury |
| Interactive Computer Animations: Illuminating Mathematical Ideas | Paul McCreary | Guadalupe Rivera and Charrae Allen |
| Bovine Mastitis Bacteriophage Lab | Mike Paros | Georgia Ray and Chantel Dixon |
| Human Rights, Resettlement, and Belonging: Southeast Asian Arrivals to the Pacific Northwest | Eric Stein | Andrea Avila |
| Summer Research in Field Ornithology | Alison Styring | Lucas Campbell and Allison Swan |
| Ecological Physiology of Marine Invertebrates | Erik Thuesen | Suzanne Maroney |
| EDURange: Creating Computer Security Exercises | Richard Weiss | Dillon Yansane-Sisk |
| Solar Evergreen | E. J. Zita | James Hadley and Timothy Smith |
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2014 |
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| Optical Methods to Measure Oxygen, pH, and PCO2 | Clyde Barlow | Paul Aronstein |
| Biogeochemical Cycling in Pacific Northwest Forest Ecosystems | Abir Biswas | Mariah Smith |
| The Distribution, Biodiversity and Ecology of Tardigrades (Water Bears) | Clarissa Dirks | Michaela Alvers |
| No Borders: Communities Living and Working with Asarco | Anne Fischel | Auricia Guardado |
| Plant Ecosystem Ecology Research in Northwest Forests | Dylan Fischer | Claire Cook Sydney Baker |
| Sympatric Roosting and Interspecific Communication in Two Myotis Bats | Heather Heying | Jeff Ladish |
| Education and Empowerment: Examining Retention and Recruitment Pathways for Latin@ Students at Evergreen | Grace Huerta | David Skattebo |
| Ecological Research in Fluvial Systems | Carri LeRoy Erin Martin |
Jones |
| Undergraduate Research in Evolutionary Dynamics | David McAvity | Geneva Mottet |
| Interactive Computer Animations for Learning about Groups in Abstract Algebra | Paul McCreary | Morgan Williams |
| History and Culture of Human Rights | Greg Mullins | Andrew Pawlicki-Sinclair |
| Bovine Mastitis Bacteriophage Lab | Mike Paros | Lucas Carter |
| Summer Research in Field Ornithology | Alison Styring | Allison Swan |
| Ecological Physiology of Marine Invertebrates | Erik Thuesen | Telissa Wilson |
| Edurange: Creating Educational Cybersecurity Games | Richard Weiss | Kahea Hendrickson |
| Martyrs in American Culture | Elizabeth Williamson | Tristan Eloise Cai Logan |
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2013 |
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| Indigenous Placemaking | Kristina Ackley Zoltan Grossman Laura Grabhorn |
Jesse Drescher |
| Measuring Oxygen Distributions | Clyde Barlow | Geoffrey Bok |
| Biogeochemical cycling in Pacific Northwest ecosystems | Abir Biswas | Mariah Smith |
| Research on Phytoplankton Ecology in South Puget Sound | Gerardo Chin-Leo | James Robertson |
| Plant Community & Ecosystem Ecology Research in Western Washington Ecosystems | Dylan Fischer | Levi Travis |
| Anthropology, Sustainability Studies | Karen Gaul | Ben Stahnke |
| A Survey of Municipal Planning Practices in Washington State | Jennifer Gerend Ralph Murphy |
Shira Moch |
| Interactive Computer Graphics for K-12 Education | Paul McCreary | Jacqueline Harper |
| Organic Chemistry | Lydia McKinstry | Dylan Kohl Danica Walsh |
| The Encyclopedia Project | Miranda Mellis | Katie Aymar |
| Bovine Mastitis Bacteriophage Lab | Mike Paros | Morgan Mager |
| Maps and Illustrations in Early British Novels | Trevor Speller | Sovay Hansen Sarah Leibovitz |
| Summer Research in Field Ornithology | Alison Styring | Stephanie Lewis |