The interdisciplinary composition of ESP faculty results in a wide variety of research opportunities. Students are a critical part of this research. For more information about their work, click on the faculty member’s name below. Then, please reach out to them to discuss specific research options!
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research
- Comparing municipal COVID-19 response in inland vs. coastal communities in Maine
- On Developing a Smart Forest Site for Environmental Monitoring in Real Time
- Micro Aquaponics Water Treatment Ozonation Project
- Laboratory exercises in arsenic remediation for engineering and environmental science
- Single Stream Recycling and the Effects of Container Type
- Characterizing Bumble Bee (Bombus spp.) Populations and Mite Loads in Southern Maine
- Community resilience and partnerships in Maine communities
- Heavy Metal Uptake of Common Species of Mushroom in the USM Smart Forest in Gorham, ME
- Road Salt (Chloride) Contamination of Greater Portland Area Streams
- Soil Elemental Analysis of the USM Smart Forest
- Media Portrayal of Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in Northeastern and the Great Lakes Regions Over Time
- Vertical Aquaponics Effect on Nutrient Uptake & Growth vs. Horizontal
- Practicality of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Reared on Fish Water for an Aquaponics System
- Optimal Growing Media for Pepper and Brocolli Seedlings in a Recirculating Aquaponics System
- Blue, Red and White Llight Emitting Diodes Effect on Ocimum Basilicum Growth
- Does Wind Help Lactuca sativa L. Grow up to be Big and Strong
- Identifying diagnostic criteria for resistance to bifenthrin Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptere: Culicidae)
- Effects of sub-lethal permethrin exposure on larval Cuies pipiens behavioral response to conspecific alarm cues
- Too scared to eat: Can predator Kairomones Affect Primary Production Through Changes in Copepod Grazing
- Using eDNA to identify and quantify the phytoplankton taxa of a unique algae bloom