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Celebrating Collaboration

Smith College’s annual showcase of student research and performance highlights students’ intellectual achievements and their collaborative efforts with faculty in a variety of departmental, program and interdisciplinary projects. It is a celebration of liberal arts education.

The 2010 event featured the work of 328 students who participated in 205 presentations, with the guidance of 102 faculty members. Students participated in individual talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits and performances, in the areas of science and technology, performing arts, and social, cultural and literary studies.

American Studies, American Studies Diploma Program

Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Computer Science, Dance,
East Asian Languages &
Literatures, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Environmental Science & Policy, Exercise & Sport Studies, Film Studies,
French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History

Kahn Institute,
Mathematics & Statistics

Museum Studies, Museums Concentration

Neuroscience

Philosophy, Physics,
Psychology

Religion, Smith Studies,
Sociology, Spanish
Language & Literature,
Study of Women & Gender,
Theatre

Engineering

Meredith Gallogly '12 and Jenna Zechmann '12
Whately Weather: Meteorological Measurements at the MacLeish Field Station
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Andrew Guswa, associate professor of engineering
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Caitlin Spence '11
Analysis and Prediction of Throughfall at the MacLeish Field Station
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Andrew Guswa, associate professor of engineering

Katelyn Gerecht '10
Stream-Aquifer Interactions in a Regulated River: Colorado River, Austin, TX
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Andrew Guswa, associate professor of engineering

Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah '10
Traffic Congestion in the Accra Metropolitan Area
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Michael Knodler, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Sarah Pedicini '11
Engineering for Everyone: Engineering Outreach Projects with K-8 Students
Science poster session deriving from special studies, work study research and summer internship with Susannah Howe, design clinic director

Linh Dinh '13, Tiffany Liu '12, Kiersten Mailler '10, Salma Mehter '11, Caitlin Wood '10 and Peace Young '12
IDP250: Applied Design and Prototyping
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Eric Jensen, manager of the Center for Design and Fabrication

Christine Dzialo '10, Catherine Mulhern '10, Johanna Pfeifer '10 and Anna Robinson '10
Design of Green Building Strategies for Simple, Decent and Affordable Habitat Housing
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Paul Voss, assistant professor of engineering

Brianne Connizzo '10, Stephanie Erickson '10 and Yari Rodriguez '10
Design of a Low Cost, Scalable Solar Concentrator
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by MIT Lincoln Laboratory with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Linda Jones, Rosemary Bradford Hewlett 1940 Professor of Engineering

Taylor Buono '10, Katelyn Gerecht '10, Etta Grover-Silva '10 and Caitlin Wood '10
Design of a Solar-Powered Microirrigation System and Development of Design Tools for Solar-Powered Irrigation
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by the Natural Resources Conservation Service with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Denise McKay, assistant professor of engineering

Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah '10, Mallori Harrell '10, Lindsey Nguyen '10 and Yulissa Rodriguez '10
Design for Nitrogen Reduction at Northampton Wastewater Treatment Plant
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by the Northampton Department of Public Works with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Linda Jones, Rosemary Bradford Hewlett 1940 Professor of Engineering

Albara Abrams '10, Elizabeth Amadei '10 and Whitney McMackin '10
Geothermal System Design for Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by Stop & Shop with Susannah Howe, design clinic director, and Denise McKay, assistant professor of engineering

Modupe Adegoke '10, Emma Dalton '10, Mara Pagano '10 and Leena Peters '10
Design of a High Resolution Microbial Mat Sampler for Deep Submergence Vehicles
Science poster session deriving from classwork in Engineering Design Clinic sponosored by the Woods Hole Oceonographic Institute with and Susannah Howe, design clinic director, Paul Voss, assistant professor of engineering.

Elizabeth Amadei '10
Power Reflectance as a Tool for Assessing Middle-Ear Fluid in Newborns
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Susan Voss, associate professor of engineering, and Nicholas Horton, associate professor of mathematics and statistics

Chelsea Andrews '11, Sharnique Beck '10, Claire Denton-Spalding '10, Iris Gonzalez '11, Francesca King '10 and Lillian Wilson '10
Waste for Life/Basura por Vida: Designing Products from Plastic Waste in Buenos Aires
PowerPoint presentation deriving from classwork with Donna Riley, associate professor of engineering

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