THE UNH Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) highlights the outstanding research, scholarship, and creative activities of students and their faculty mentors. The extraordinary learning experience helps students build the necessary knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue graduate studies or meaningful careers.
View addtional research projects - Undergraduate Research Posters
 | Chris Keeley - Environmental Conservation Studies
Chris interned at the Office of
Sustainability, collaborating with faculty & staff to collect data for the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating
System (STARS). The program measures campus
sustainability in three overarching categories; education & research, operations, and planning, administration & engagement. Chris' URC project showcased the results of his research and
demonstrated why UNH is considered a national leader in sustainability. His presentation provided an analysis of UNH's strengths
and weaknesses. |
| Valerie Schoepfer - Environmental
Sciences
This project was designed to quantify
the leaching capacities of several tropical tree species and the impacts of
leaf leaching on stream biogeochemistry. Leaching rates were determined
for fresh and senesced leaves, or leaves that have naturally fallen. Senesced leaves lost more carbon,
nitrogen, and various other cations and anions than fresh leaves, possibly due
to the degraded outer cuticle of senesced leaves. A whole stream mass balance approach was used
to determine the total contribution of ionic inputs in grams per day from each
tree species to the entire Quebrada Prieta stream in Puerto Rico. Tropical streams receive a large portion of their total energy
from riparian tree species on a daily basis. |
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