C-SURF
Research Experiences for Undergraduates

2018 C-SURFers

REAGAN BELK is a senior at Mississippi State University, majoring in Geoscience with a Geography concentration. She loves the outdoors and learning about new places. Her project title is Visibility Analysis in 3D Dynamic Visualization of Landscape Features at Hampton Plantation.

Faculty Advisor: Susan Bergeron, Politics and Geography
Graduate Student Mentor: Jiarong Zhang, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

CASSANDRA CHANG is a senior at the College of William and Mary, majoring in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Statistics. She is the President of her college's Synchronized Swimming club and a member of the Zodiac Dance Crew. Her project title is Classification and Predictive Modeling of Oceanographic Data using Data Mining Techniques.

Faculty Advisor: Sam Abuomar, Computing Sciences
Graduate Student Mentor: Ike Vayansky, Computing Sciences

BIRAJ DAHAL is a junior at Clemson University, majoring in Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences. His interests include role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. His project title is Spatiotemporal Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis of Global Climate Change Related Tweets.

Faculty Advisor: Sathish Kumar, Computing Sciences
Graduate Student Mentor: Ike Vayansky, Computing Sciences

POUSHALI GHOSH is a senior at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. As a major in Meteorology and a minor in Computer Science, she hopes to combine these two fields to advance numerical modeling and data analytics. Her project title is A 3D Reconstruction of the South Santee River Flow as Part of the Hampton Plantation Virtual Landscape Project.

Faculty Advisor: Susan Bergeron, Politics and Geography
Graduate Student Mentor: Jiarong Zhang, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

WILLIAM LAMBERT is a senior at Roanoke College and is majoring in both Mathematics and Physics. In his spare time, he coaches a middle school soccer team. His project title is Leading-edge Vortices over Swept-back Wings.

Faculty Advisor: Erin Hackett, Coastal and Marine Systems Science
Graduate Student Mentor: Matt Stanek, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

JOSHUA SMITH is a junior at Morgan State University. He is a Computer Science major with strong interests in software applications and their development. His project title is Heat Fluxes by Stationary and Transient Eddies Before Sudden Stratospheric Warming.

Faculty Advisor: Var Limpasuvan, Coastal and Marine Systems Science
Graduate Student Mentor: C. Todd Rhodes, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

DESIRAE VESS is a senior at Columbia College, majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry and Applied Computing. She is interested in the impacts of bacteria on health and the environment. Her project title is Sedimentary Organic Matter Dynamics at a High-Energy Beach.

Faculty Advisor: Angelos Hannides, Marine Science
Graduate Student Mentor: C. Todd Rhodes, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

T. LANGSTON WOOD is a junior at South Carolina State University. As an ROTC member majoring in Computer Science, he hopes to one day become a integral part of the U.S. Army Cyber Corps. His project title is Idealized Modeling of the Impact of Coastal Sea Level on River Flooding.

Faculty Advisor: Shaowu Bao, Coastal and Marine Systems Science
Graduate Student Mentor: Hongyuan Zhang, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

2019 C-SURFers

2017 C-SURFers