Michael Klaser, Independent Study (2013-2014) "Layercake Lithosphere - Deep Structure of the North American Continent" advisor Levin Sean Kinney, Honors Research Project, (2013-2014); “Influence of mechanical stratigraphy on the geometry and evolution of thrust ramps: An experimental study” advisors Schlische and Withjack Samantha L. Berger (2013) Independent Study "A Reconstruction of a Changing Landscape at the Douglas Korongo (DK) Archaeological Site at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania" advisor Ashley Julie Criscione (Senior Thesis) (2013) Inferred pseudo-cryptic speciation in the coccolithophore genus Braarudosphaera. advisor Aubry Corie Hlavaty, Independent Study (2013) "Geological, social and political factors affecting carbon capture and sequestration deployment: The case of the proposed PurGen One power plant in Linden, New Jersey" advisor Kopp Sarah Klingler (Senior Thesis) (2013) Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous Echinoids from the New Jersey (Eastern Atlantic) Coastal Plane advisor Aubry Peter T. Lordan, Independent Study Project (2013) "Sedimentology of the Dongodien archaeological site, GaJj4, Lake Turkana, Kenya" advisor Ashley Lily R. Search, Independent Study (2013) "Analyses of Stable Isotope Signatures of Rhizoliths (Root Casts), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania" advisor Ashley Nicholas Tedeschi, Independent Study Project (2013); “Analysis of a mass-transport deposit (MTD) from the northwestern Jeanne d’Arc basin, offshore Newfoundland, Canada” advisors Schlische and Withjack Helen Janiszewski, (Honors THesis) 2012 Seismic anisotropy of the crust and the upper mantle beneath western Tibet advisor Levin Alyssa Karis, Independent Study Project (2012) "Spatial and temporal variability of stable isotopes in an Upper Bed II Tufa, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania" advisor Ashley Rami Abousleiman (Honors Thesis) 2012 A Study of Infiltration Efficiency of Pervious Pavements and Implications to Reducing Pavement Runoff at Rutgers University advisor Reinfelder Ronidell Baluyot Independent Study Project (2011) "Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Pleistocene Landscape, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania" advisor Ashley Helen Janiszewski Independent Study (2011) Receiver function analysis for structures with multiple impedance contrasts advisor Levin Michael Lovich, Independent Study Project (2010); “Geometry of faults and folds in an experimental model of detached shortening; Results of serial sectioning and 3D visualization” advisors Schlische and Withjack Trent Dell’Oro, Independent Study Project (2009-2010); “Corrugations on normal faults of the Gulf of Mexico” advisors Schlische and Withjack Lisa Seunarine, Independent Study Project (2009); “Normal faults of offshore Nova Scotia: A 3D seismic study” advisors Schlische and Withjack Rami Abousleiman Independent Study Project (2008) "Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Stone Bowl Site, Galanboi Formation, Kenya" advisor Ashley