C-SURF
Research Experiences for Undergraduates

2019 C-SURFers

PHILLIP AGBESI is a senior at North Carolina Central University, majoring in Environmental Earth and Geospatial Sciecce. He is involved as an intern at the United Christ Ministry and Nasher Museum of Art. His project title is A GIS-Based Characterization of Flood Vulnerable Residential Communities Within Horry County.

Faculty Advisor: Susan Bergeron, Politics and Geography
Graduate Student Mentor: Michael Bunker, Computing Sciences

EMILY BIANCHINI is a senior at Cedar Crest College, double-majoring in Biology and Math. She wants to combine her passion for scientific research and biology to become a research veterinarian someday. Her project title is Chlorophyll Dynamics at an Ocean-facing Sandy Beach.

Faculty Advisor: Angelos Hannides, Marine Sciences
Graduate Student Mentor: Kaitlin Dick, Marine Sciences

JOSEPH CARMAN is a junior at Roanoake College, majoring in Physics and minoring in math. His interests include playing soccer and aerodynamics of Formula-1 cars. His project title is Flow Over Topographic Features of Sandy Seabeds.

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

JOSHUA EASON is a sophomore at Creighton University. As a major in Applied Physical Analysis and a minor in Computer Science, he has served for 4 years as a Diesel Equipment Technology Coordinator for Skills USA Nebraska. His project title is Evaluation of Text Mining Techniques Using Twitter Data for Hurricane Disaster Resilence.

Faculty Advisor: Sathish Kumar, Computing Sciences
Graduate Student Mentor: Michael Bunker, Computing Sciences

SAMANTHA GREASER is a junior at Pennsylvania State University and is majoring in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. As a Phi Theta Kappa society member, she is involved in campus weather service and math club. Her project title is Impact of Northern Pacific Sea Ice Loss on Global Climate Dynamics during the Westward Quasi-Biennial Oscialltion Phase.

Faculty Advisor: Var Limpasuvan, Coastal and Marine Systems Science
Graduate Student Mentor: Jiarong Zhang, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

REBECCA HICKS is a junior at the University of Central Oklahoma. She is a Mathematics-Statistics major and has been actively involved in the Big Pink organization to raise funds for the Oklahoma Susan G. Komen foundations. Her project title is Data Analytics for Clustering and Statistical Modeling of Oceanography Data.

Faculty Advisor: Osama Abuomar, Computing Sciences
Graduate Student Mentor: Lareese Goss, Computing Sciences

KELLY NOVAK is a junior at McDaniel College, majoring in Meteorology. She is team captain of McDaiel's Women Lacrosse team and is the Vice-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Her project title is Evaluation of FV3 Model Using Satellite Brightness Temperature Data.

Faculty Advisor: Shaowu Bao, Coastal and Marine Systems Science
Graduate Student Mentor: Lareese Goss, Computing Sciences

CHANCELOR ROBERTS is a junior at the University of Cincinnati. As a major in Astrophysics (with a math minor), he is fascinated by the chaotic environment of nature and non-linear dynamics. His project title is Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence Measurements in Turbulent Flow at the Beach Zone.

Faculty Advisor: Roi Gurka, Physics and EngineeringScience
Graduate Student Mentor: Matt Rodriguez, Coastal and Marine Systems Science

2018 C-SURFers

2017 C-SURFers