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Choose your major to see examples of funded proposals from previous years. These examples are of project descriptions only; ATP proposals also require a personal statement, letters of recommendation, and transcripts.

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Anthropology

Helen Silkonis, "One with the Land: An Exploration of Environmental Perspectives of the Native American Tribes of Southern New England" .pdf


Art

Sarah Davis, "Repoussé and Chasing in Small-Scale Sculpture: An Exploration of Interior and Exterior Spaces" .pdf

Lauren Engley, "Uncovering Demons: A Photographic Exploration of Sleep Paralysis" .pdf

Alisa James, "Fold Forming in Large and Small Scale: Personal Ornament in Copper and Silver and Metallic Home Lighting" .pdf


Aviation Science


Biology

Ashley Baldo, "The effects of altering mechanosensitive channels on infection rates of root-knot nematodes in Arabidopsis thaliana" .pdf

Jennifer Conway, "A Molecular Exploration of the Microbial Community in the Intestinal Tract of the Kiko Goat" .pdf

Rachel Medina, "Expression analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana At2g42005 gene, a nematode-induced transporter" .pdf


Business

Emma Hao, "In between Cooperation and Innovation: The Future of American Aviation Industry in International Markets" .pdf


Chemistry

Haylie Hancock, "Synthesis of New Rh(III) Mono and Bimetallointercallators for DNA binding" .pdf

James McIsaac, "Mechanisms of translesion synthesis for the etheno-dA lesion by Rev1" .pdf

Jeremy Maré, "Structural based mutagenesis analysis of the human DNA polymerase kappa N-clasp domain" .pdf

Joseph Matta, "A Chemical Investigation of Di-3-pyridyl-formamidine (3-HDpyF) as a Ligand and its Ability to Form Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)" .pdf

Kyle Murphy, "Environmental sustainability in the bromination of organic compounds" .pdf

Marcella Frazier, "Sustainability: The Need for Greener Practices in the Chemical Principles I and II Laboratories at BSU" .pdf

Minh Pham, "Synthesis and DNA Binding Studies of New Ruthenium Based DNA 'Light Switch' Intercalators" .pdf

Natasha Mariano, "DNA Damage Replication by DNA Polymerase Kappa" .pdf

Robert Geary, "Investigation of a Viable Alternative to the Use of Dichloromethane" .pdf

Valerie Ivancic, "Synthesis and evaluation of the glutathione-3-methyleneoxindole conjugate as a potential inhibitor of mammalian glyoxalase" .pdf


Communications

Kelly Long, "Terrorism in the Age of Obama: The Rhetorical Evolution of President Obama's Discourse on the War on Terror" .pdf

Megan Fletcher, "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Creating a Collective Identity" .pdf

Mallory Piggott, "Health Risk Communication: Insulin Misuse and Disturbed Eating Behaviors in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes" .pdf


Communication Disorders

Jenna DeChristopher, "Speech Fluency in Bilingual Preschool Children" .pdf

Jenna Sturges, "Influence of Direct Verbal Working Memory Intervention on Childrens' Reading Fluency" .pdf


Computer Science

Marcin Butkiewicz, "Multi-modal Simulation of Bacterium Quorum Sensing" .pdf


Criminal Justice

Danielle Christenson, "Victim Worthiness: The Role of the Media in Fueling a Hierarchy of Victimization" .pdf

Kallee Spooner, "The Meaning of Redemption: Why is America Sentencing Juveniles to Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP)?" .pdf


Dance

Alexandra Litwack, "Dance with DNA" .pdf


Earth Science

Erik Croll, "Delineation and Characterization of the Areas of Contribution to the Furnace Brook Watershed in Marshfield, Massachusetts" .pdf

Lauren Bell, "Timing of deformation and metamorphism associated with a major shear zone in the central Ruby Mountains, Southwest Montana" .pdf


Education

Adriann Flint, "The Social Construction of Literary Understanding in a 3rd Grade Classroom During Interactive Read-Alouds" .pdf

Janelle Roberts, "Exploring the American Revolution from Multiple Perspectives through Critical Literacy Discussions in a Fifth-Grade Classroom" .pdf


English

John Condry, "Voicing a Community through Literature" .pdf

Sarah Damewood, "A Bull Market for Moll Flanders: How a Female Fugitive Capitalizes on the Changing Social Climate of Eighteenth-Century London" .pdf

Rebecca McLaughlin, "Sherlock Holmes and the Late Victorian Crisis of Masculinity" .pdf

Ashley Rose, "Plimoth Plantation: Producing Historical Knowledge" .pdf

Kirsten Ridlen, "Seeing "New Englandy": Writing and Reading Place Right in My Own Backyard" .pdf

Christopher Roy, "Molly Bloom and Homeric Virtue in Joyce's Ulysses" .pdf

Cory Rothwell, "Ecstatic Horror: Romanticism, the Sublime and Abjection" .pdf


Foreign Language


Geography

Juan DeLeon, "A Spatial Look at Physical and Non-Physical Factors Related to Student Involvement and Campus Housing" .pdf


Health/Physical Education

Stephanie Lloyd, "The Examination of Ankle Joint Motion Between FiveFinger and Traditional Running Shoes" .pdf

William Trial, "A Kinematic Analysis of the Thai Boxing Clinch" .pdf


History

Elizabeth George, "Through the Eyes of Sailors and Citizens: How Americans at Home and on the USS Constitution Viewed the Greek Revolution (1821-1829)" .pdf


Mathematics

Matthew Gagne, "Walking in the Footsteps of Giants: Examining the Hyperbinary Sequence" .pdf

Robert Guillette, "Dynamics of climate change: A mathematical model of glacier retreat" .pdf

James Marcotte, "Mathematics in Art: An Investigation of M.C.Escher's Sphere Surface" .pdf

Leonard Sprague, "The Archbishop's Odyssey" .pdf


Philosophy

Diana Ramos, "Feeding the World or Feeding the Problem: A Look at How Hunger Relief Aid Strategies Fulfill Moral Obligations" .pdf


Physics

Adelmar Do Canto, "Can Weak Gravitational Lensing Determine Matter Halo Fall-Off?" .pdf

Tyler Holloway, "Construction of 1st BSU Undergraduate Optical Trap (Laser Tweezer)" .pdf

Alex Roche, "Computer Programming to Advance Gravitational Lensing" .pdf


Political Science

Geena Bournazian, "How Judges Decide: James Wilson's Theory of Constitutional Interpretation" .pdf

Alexandria LaRose, "Ancients, Moderns, and Americans: The Case of Tyranny" .pdf

Kayla Harvey, "Why Words Matter: Framing Illegal Immigration" .pdf

Kendra Tully, "Solving the "Adam Smith Problem:" Morality and Free Market Capitalism" .pdf


Psychology

Christina Jasper, "The Relationship Between Amygdalae and Social Networks in Individuals with HIV and Early Life Stress" .pdf

Megan Risi, "Anterior and posterior neuropsychological deficits in Parkinson's disease: A subgroup classification for the prediction of cognitive outcome" .pdf

Sarah Scott, "Potential aggression aversion through visual signals in the domestic dog" .pdf

Tiffany Hoyt, "The Object of Desire: How Being Objectified Creates Sexual Pressure" .pdf

Zeely Sylvia, "Virtual Ideals: The Effects of Video Game Play on Male Body Image" .pdf


Social Work

Brian Diehl, "LGBT Aging and Elder Care" .pdf

Jenna Houston, "Ex-Prisoners' Perceptions of the Availability and Effects of Services in Correctional Settings" .pdf

Kayla Spagna, "Experiences of Transgender Students in Massachusetts Colleges and Universities" .pdf


Sociology

Megan Lawson, "Examining the Efficacy of Homeless Shelter Approaches to Rehabilitation and Transitioning Back into Society" .pdf

Victoria Harkins, "Sexual Education and Teens: A Study of the Effectiveness of Greater Lowell Area Public High Schools Sexual Education Program" .pdf


Special Education

Hannah Emery, "How Do Qualities of Community-Based Instruction for Persons With Severe Disabilities Present in Educational Collaboratives in Southeastern Massachusetts?" .pdf

Taylor Smith, "How Do Drawings Impact the Relationship of Children with Autism and Their Families?" .pdf


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