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<strong>Honors</strong> <strong>Undergraduate</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>, <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>May</strong> 1, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Presentation of Senior <strong>Honors</strong> Projects- Lippitt Hall, 8:30-3:30<br />
Celebration and Awards – Lippitt Hall 402, 3:45pm<br />
Session I: 8:30-9:30<br />
Rm. 401 Chair: Mary Hollinshead<br />
Nana Ama Ofei-Tenkorang<br />
Sponsor: Vinka Craver<br />
Rebecca Wrightson<br />
Sponsor: Mary Hollinshead<br />
Improving the Quality of Life of a Homeless<br />
Person Using Co-design and Paul Polak’s<br />
12 Steps for Problem Solving<br />
Cultural Complexity in Medieval Sicily<br />
Kelleigh Eastman<br />
Sponsor: Geoffrey Greene<br />
Tanja Schollmeier<br />
Sponsor: Carol Thornber<br />
Rm. 402<br />
Chair: Geoffrey Greene<br />
“Green” Eating: An Intervention for<br />
College Students to Promote Sustainable<br />
and Healthy Eating<br />
Potential Impact of Herbivorous Fish on<br />
Ulva Bloom Biomass<br />
Rm. 403 Chair: Stephen Barber<br />
Kirsten Leikem<br />
Sponsor: Arthur Mead<br />
Christopher Menihan<br />
Sponsor: Stephen Barber<br />
Microfinance: A tool for poverty reduction?<br />
Ethics, Art of Life, and Contemporary<br />
Subjectivity
Session II: 9:45-11:00<br />
Rm. 302-D<br />
Chair: Roger Lebrun<br />
Amanda Mercurio<br />
Sponsor: Jeffrey Bratberg<br />
Emma Sconyers<br />
Sponsor: Andrea Rusnock<br />
Infections, Cold, Flu, and College<br />
Treatments, Outcomes, and Responses- The<br />
IC-FACTOR Study<br />
The End of Nowhere: The History of<br />
Tuberculosis in Rhode Island<br />
Rm. 401<br />
Chair: Edward Shear<br />
*Danielle Christy<br />
Sponsor: Bob Dilworth<br />
*Mark Scialla<br />
Sponsor: Marion Gold<br />
The Human Figure Depicted Through Art<br />
Roger Williams Park Edible Forest Garden<br />
Rm. 402<br />
Chair: Lars Erickson<br />
Jordan Bessette<br />
Sponsor: Karen DeBruin<br />
Kayla Butts<br />
Sponsor: Karen DeBruin<br />
Michael Pezzullo<br />
Sponsor: Christopher Hunter<br />
Developing Methods to Improve Foreign<br />
Language Acquistion<br />
The French Community at URI: A Study<br />
of Cultural and Linguistic Identity<br />
Analyzing Traffic Engineering Applications<br />
in the RI Transportation System to<br />
Determine Potential Environmental<br />
Sustainability
*Stephanie Allen<br />
Sponsor: Kathryn Crisostomo<br />
*Amanda Blau<br />
Sponsor: Regina Bell<br />
Rm. 403<br />
Chair: Jay Fogleman<br />
Assessment of Self-Reported Studying<br />
Habits in a High-Risk Business Calculus<br />
Course<br />
Public School District Communications<br />
Plan<br />
Session Iii: 11:15-12:30<br />
Rm. 302-D<br />
Chair: Maureen Moakley<br />
*Jason Bowman<br />
Sponsor: Orlando Merino<br />
*Scott Andrews<br />
Sponsor: Maureen Moakley<br />
A Mathematical Model for Dengue Fever<br />
in a Virgin Environment<br />
Rhode Island Student Political<br />
Boot Camp<br />
Rm. 401<br />
Chair: Brian Clinton<br />
Jacqueline Tally<br />
Sponsor: Marcella Thompson<br />
Emily Ganjei<br />
Sponsor: Lisa Lima-Tessier<br />
& Carolyn Hames<br />
Maguire Miller<br />
Sponsor: Brian Clinton<br />
Identifying the Relationship Between<br />
Benzene Exposure and the Development of<br />
Acute Myeloid Leukemia<br />
Emergency Preparedness at Newport<br />
Hospital<br />
Roadmap to Becoming a Physician<br />
Assistant
Rm. 402 Chair: Walter von Reinhart<br />
Valerie Shapiro<br />
Sponsor: Walter von Reinhart<br />
Sean Cunningham<br />
Sponsor: Eske Mollgaard<br />
Jessica Laso<br />
Sponsor: Ruby Dholakia<br />
"Untouched and "A Bridge Away": An<br />
Analysis of Different Approaches to<br />
Creative Writing<br />
Breaking Free of Managed Democracy in<br />
the United States<br />
Anonymity and Consumption: How Pressure<br />
and Modern Technology Affect the Eating<br />
Habits of College Students<br />
Tristany Leikem<br />
Sponsor: Kristin Johnson<br />
Marissa Montalban<br />
Sponsor: Kristin Johnson<br />
Chelsea Fredrikson<br />
Sponsor: Robert Dilworth<br />
Rm. 403<br />
Chair: Kathleen maher<br />
The Starting Line<br />
Female Hispanics and Higher Education:<br />
<strong>Research</strong> and Outreach<br />
Moss Mural Project<br />
Session Iv: 12:45-2:00<br />
Rm. 302-D<br />
Chair: Kim White<br />
*Brittany O’Brien<br />
Sponsor: Roger Lebrun<br />
*Jessica Peterson<br />
Sponsor: Kim White<br />
Exploration into Humanitarian Aid Project<br />
Management<br />
Make It Bright Foundation
Rm. 401<br />
Chair: Daniel Carpenter<br />
Mary McGunigal<br />
Sponsor: Daniel Carpenter<br />
Hillary Brady<br />
Sponsor: Kendall Moore<br />
Andrea Russell<br />
Sponsor: Paul Bueno de Mesquita<br />
A Literary Criticism of the Classical Themes<br />
and Allusions Found in the Hunger Games<br />
The New Story of Homelessness<br />
Transitional Justice and the Truth<br />
Commission in Nepal<br />
Alice Marolla<br />
Sponsors: Matt Delmonico<br />
Amanda Canepari<br />
Sponsor: Marion Goldsmith<br />
Annaliese Jones<br />
Sponsor: Bethany Jenkins<br />
Rm. 402<br />
Chair: Matt DelMonico<br />
Effect of Tai Chi Exercise on Cognitive<br />
Function during Weight Loss in Obese<br />
Older Women<br />
Role of Genetics in Orthopedic Disorders<br />
Exploring the Effects of Hypoxia on Sulfate<br />
Reducing Anaerobes<br />
Rm. 403 Chair: Scott McWilliams<br />
Theresa Murphy<br />
Sponsor: Judith Swift<br />
& Charlie Roman<br />
Andrea Durant<br />
Sponsor: Judith Swift<br />
Marissa O’Gara<br />
Sponsor: Judith Swift<br />
The Herring River Estuary: Understanding<br />
Salt Marsh Restoration and How to Predict<br />
the Response of Phragmites australis to<br />
Increased Tidal Flow<br />
Ban the Bag: Narragansett<br />
Ban the Bag: Narragansett
Session v: 2:15-3:30<br />
Rm. 302 D Chair: William Krieger<br />
*Jake Monaghan<br />
Sponsor: William Krieger<br />
*Bianca Lauro<br />
Sponsor: Kass- Simon<br />
Food Ethics: Traceability in the Restaurant<br />
Evaluation of Hydra vulgaris as a High-<br />
Throughput Invertebrate Model for Antiepilepsy<br />
Drugs<br />
*Alexa Kretsch<br />
Sponsor: David Bengston<br />
Rm. 402<br />
*Benjamin Negrete<br />
Sponsor: Charles Collyer/Richard Mcintyre<br />
Chair: David Bengston<br />
Big Blue and You: An Interdisciplinary<br />
Look at Science and the Ocean- A Student<br />
Teaching Students Course<br />
*Megan Nepshinsky<br />
Sponsor: Kathleen Torrens<br />
*Brian Stack<br />
Sponsor: Cheryl Foster<br />
Students Teaching Students<br />
Rm. 403<br />
Chair: Joanna Norris<br />
*Tess Scavuzzo-Duggan<br />
Sponsor: Alison Roberts<br />
Alfred Schupp<br />
Sponsor: Alison Roberts<br />
*Ahmed El-Araby<br />
Sponsor: Joanna Norris<br />
Exploring the Function of GT2 in<br />
Physcomitrella Patens<br />
Understanding the Importance of the Zinc<br />
Binding Domain in the Cellulose Synthase<br />
Complex: Some Assembly Required<br />
Mutation and Complementation of a<br />
Cellulose Synthose (CesA) Gene<br />
* Six credit projects
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