NHTI Capstone Projects
Most NHTI students complete a capstone project over two consecutive semesters. This hands-on experience strengthens their ability to apply theory to the development of practical solutions to real-world problems. These are some of the 2025 NHTI Student Capstone Projects:
The Effects Anthropogenic Pollutants Have on the Growth and Reproduction of Dugesia dorotocephala
Lucas Crowell, Department of Natural Sciences
Brandon Dukette, Department of Natural Sciences
A Study of Phosphorus and Chloride Concentrations in a Retention Pond on the NHTI Campus
Shelby Gregg, Department of Natural Sciences
Troubleshooting the DNA Extraction Process of Bacteriophage WileyE
Sophia Lemay, Department of Natural Sciences
An Analysis of Water Quality Metrics and Resulting Recommendations for Baptist Pond, NH
Kyle Ovitt, Department of Natural Sciences
Previous Years’ Capstone Projects
- Joseph Christensen: Bacteriophage Genomics: A Tool for Learning Bioinformatics
- Bryan Conely: An Evaluation of Long-term Trends in Beaver Lake, Derry, NH
- Amanda Diggins: Comparative Cytotoxicity of Equine Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
- Emily Dwyer: Management Plan Proposal to Increase Pollinator Diversity in NHTI’s Sycamore Field
- Liberty Furr: Assessing the Influence of Glucose on Lipid Accumulation in Microalgae
- Trevor Gardner: Investigation of Northwood Lake’s Water Quality Data and Increasing Cyanobacteria Blooms
- Miriah King: Planting Trees for Energy Conservation in Concord, New Hampshire
- Mary Parsons: An Analysis of Chloride Concentration, Dissolved Oxygen, and Phosphorus in Angle Pond
- Rachel Pitt: Arthrobacter globiformis Temperate Phages: Chickaboom Infects MaGuCo Lysogens
- Chris Roy: Collecting and Analyzing Water Quality Samples From NHTI’s Retention Pond
- Erin Sylvester: Crop Growth Viability on Mars’ Regolith Simulant MGS-1
- Alyvia Syriac: The Influence of Endophytic Fungi on Plant Growth in a Martian Soil Simulant
- David Testerman: Analysis of Chloride Contamination in Cobbetts Pond In Relation to the Expansion of I-93
- Kennedy Wilson: Cell Growth and Ethanol Production of High and Low Flocculating Yeast
- Patrick Jones: Establishing a HeLa Cell Line to Implement Protocols for NHTI Cell Biology Labs
- Caitlin Lord: A Case Study of a French Bulldog Mix Puppy Presenting with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Brian Kearns: Assessing Nitrogen’s Relationship with the Formation of Toxocysts in Oyster Mushrooms
- Elijah Hinrichsen: Analyzing the Effects of Varying Salt Concentration on the Growth Rate of Lawn Grass and Wildflowers
- Lauryn Davis: Verifying Altered Gene Expression in Pancreatic Cancer using Biotechnology
- Kelvin Nguyen: Isolation, Cultivation, and Characterization of Novel Phage
- Madisyn T. Schmanski: Confirming the Effects of FOXN2 mRNA expression on LMLN, C9orf116, and LRRC6
- Noah Wilder: Winter Avian Survey of a Floodplain Forest Edge Dominated by Oriental Bittersweet, C. orbiculatus, at NHTI – Concord’s Community College
- Teagan Zarakotas: Collection and Analysis of Dissolved Oxygen and Specific Conductance Data in Fort Eddy Pond, NHTI Campus
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