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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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