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<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong><br />
Celebration<br />
of Student<br />
Achievement<br />
<strong>April</strong> <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2012</strong>
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
All Day<br />
Berman Museum of Art: <strong>Annual</strong> Student Art Exhibition<br />
Ritter Hall Lobby: Digital Media from MCS 220, taught by Professor Jeremy Waltman<br />
Session 1: 10-10:50am<br />
The Kaleidoscope – Performance<br />
Lenfest Theater Theater and Dance<br />
10:00am Rachel Blunt, Kale Drost, Quinn Gilman-Forlini,<br />
Noelle Grieco, David Martin, Patrick McAndrew,<br />
Melanie Mercado, Max Molishever<br />
Mentor: Domenick Scudera<br />
Olin Hall – Oral Presentations<br />
Olin Auditorium Modern Languages<br />
10:00am Grace Buchele, Samantha Callanta, Hiromi<br />
Ide, Elaine Maulucci, Ryosuke Mineta, Judith<br />
Peterson<br />
Mentor: Matthew Mizenko<br />
Olin 101 English, Media and Communication Studies<br />
A Children's Theater Performance<br />
3/11 One Year Later: A Look at the<br />
Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Past,<br />
Present and Future<br />
10:00am Alex Harwood The Caseid<br />
10:15am Alexis Murauskas<br />
Who's Eating You?: Feminist Horror in The<br />
Mentor: Meredith Goldsmith<br />
Edible Woman and Rosemary's Baby<br />
10:30am Emily Patrick<br />
QR Codes: The Newest Technological<br />
Mentor: Jay Miller<br />
Advancement in Advertising<br />
Olin 102 Modern Languages<br />
10:00am Emily Arndt<br />
Le Genre et La France: Les transsexuels<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
comme autres<br />
10:15am Alina Tinjala and Sue Jean Yu<br />
Les problèmes des jeunes dans les<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
banlieues de Paris<br />
10:30am Sarah Schultz<br />
Goethe in Translation: Wilhelm Meister's<br />
Mentor: Robin Clouser<br />
Apprenticeship<br />
Olin 103 Physics, Student Affairs<br />
10:00am William Molden<br />
Tensor diagrams and beyond: an<br />
Mentor: Thomas Carroll<br />
exploration of algebraic structure through<br />
alternative notation.<br />
10:15am Erica Schindewolf<br />
A Transformative Experience: My year as<br />
Mentor: Melissa Sanders Geiss<br />
the Assistant Resident Director<br />
Olin 107 Environmental Studies<br />
10:00am Andrew Abud, Tara Leszkowicz, Guy<br />
Where Your Garbage Goes: Teaching<br />
McDonnell, Alexander Morris, and Adam about Waste Removal via Science In<br />
Schwemin<br />
Mentor: Leah Joseph<br />
Motion<br />
10:30am Sean Miller, Aubrey Paris, Brenna<br />
UC Recyclemania: A First-Year Program<br />
Rasmussen, Brenna Simon, and Michelle<br />
Tanco<br />
Mentor: Maryanne Berthel<br />
with Veteran Impact
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Olin 108 Pre-Law Studies<br />
10:00am Benjamin Coburn, Christopher Decker, Kristen<br />
Mikkelsen, and Nicolo Valentina<br />
Mentor: Houghton Kane<br />
Olin 201 Business and Economics<br />
10:00am Hillary Anderson and Phil DeSimone<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
10:15am Annie Li and Christian Melton<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
Argument Court<br />
Cheating the System: Using Classroom<br />
Tools to Win the March Madness Office<br />
Pool<br />
Pfahler Hall – Poster and Oral Presentations<br />
Effects of Lowering Minimum Legal<br />
Drinking Age<br />
Pfahler 106 Mathematics and Computer Science<br />
10:00am Greg Martell Game Theory Applications<br />
10:11am Andrew Carr An Econometric Exploration of Skin Tone<br />
Variation and Gross Salary in the NBA<br />
10:22am Rebecca Westlake Leonhard Euler<br />
10:33am Shannon Hansell History of Origami in Mathematics<br />
10:44am Kristin Hanratty William Sealy Gossett<br />
Pfahler 207 Music, English, History<br />
10:00am Hailey Blessing<br />
Mentor: Holly Gaines<br />
10:15am Alyssa Luck<br />
Mentor: Carol Dole<br />
10:30am Joshua Walsh<br />
Mentor: Walter Greason<br />
Whose Rhythm Is It Anyways?: The<br />
Cycle of Black Creation and White<br />
Appropriation in American Popular Music<br />
Men in Parks and Pleasure Gardens:<br />
The Evolution of Class and Gender<br />
Ideologies in London Fiction<br />
The Market Value of Knowledge:<br />
Planning and Development Strategies for<br />
<strong>College</strong>ville, PA in the Context of Urban<br />
History<br />
Pfahler 209 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honors Presentations<br />
10:00am Alvaro Amor<br />
Mentor: Dale Cameron<br />
Exploring the interaction of the Hsp40/70<br />
ribosome associated chaperone complex<br />
with the [PSI+] prion in Saccharomyces<br />
10:25am Katherine Greco<br />
cerevisiae<br />
Internalization of single-walled carbon<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
nanotubes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae<br />
Pfahler Atrium Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology<br />
Nathan Ackerman, Tara Harvey, Michael Ward, and The Hits Just Keep Coming: A Study of<br />
Kelsey Yoo<br />
Mentor: Joel Bish<br />
Concussions in Division III Football Players<br />
Michael Agiorgousis<br />
Optimization Code for Submitting Jobs to the<br />
Mentor: Lewis Riley<br />
<strong>Ursinus</strong> <strong>College</strong> Parallel Computing Cluster<br />
Valentina Alonso Gough<br />
Recovery of Student Pro-Environmental Attitudes<br />
Mentor: Bruce Rideout<br />
Following Recession Dip<br />
Cody Basore, Michael Duffield, and Maximilian Kreisky Inattentional Blindness: Attention Span and<br />
Mentor: Jennifer Stevenson<br />
Distraction<br />
Kristen Bendinelli, Katherine Cosner,and Debra Eckhardt Effects of parental conversation styles on memory<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
and narrative abilities in adolescence
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Emily Black, Galerie Dixon, Sara Jones, Jordan Kellogg,<br />
and Juliann Weidenmoyer<br />
Mentor: Joel Bish<br />
Ashley Cattai, Carly Clayman, Nolan Maloney, Willliam<br />
McGeorge, Benjamin Mosher, Aimee Petronglo, and<br />
Daniel Scavicchio<br />
Mentor: Cathy Chambliss<br />
Ashley Cattai, Carly Clayman, Duncan Evans, Nicole<br />
Ioviero, Nolan Maloney, Willliam McGeorge, Benjamin<br />
Mosher, Aimee Petronglo, and Daniel Scavicchio<br />
Mentor: Cathy Chambliss<br />
Kaitlyn Cherry, Jennifer Joseph, Sarah Menklin, Kira<br />
Personette, Saileym Smith, Denise Vereen, Caitlin Walsh,<br />
and Rachel Waterman<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Nikita Orlov<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Abigail Robinson and Elizabeth Van Horn<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Abigail Robinson and Briana Brukilacchio<br />
Mentor: Jennifer Stevenson<br />
Session 2: 11-11:50am<br />
Berman Museum of Art – Oral Presentation<br />
Main Gallery Art<br />
11:00am Noelle Goldcamp, Jacqueline Kimmel,<br />
Elizabeth Palovick, Judith Peterson, and<br />
Nathan Simasek<br />
Mentor: Lisa Hanover<br />
Bomberger Hall – Oral Presentations<br />
Bomberger 011 English<br />
11:00am Jennifer Beigel, Jarrett Field, and Anna Lobo<br />
Mentor: Elizabeth Ho<br />
11:30am Edwin Kosik<br />
Mentor: Carol Dole<br />
Bomberger 016 Business and Economics<br />
11:00am Daria DePaul<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
11:15am Kevin Janowski, Erica Schnebel, and James<br />
Thomson<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
11:30am Kim Keenen and Kristen Mareno<br />
Mentor: Jennifer Van Gilder<br />
Relationship between Knowledge and Perceptions<br />
of Individuals with Schizophrenia<br />
The Construct Validity of the Freudenfreude and<br />
Schadenfreude Test (Fast)<br />
Shoy and bragitude! A randomized control trial of<br />
Freudenfreude enhancement techniques<br />
The Effects of Accurate or Entertaining Rehearsals<br />
on Final Recall<br />
Influence of Childhood Explanatory Style on<br />
Memory in Adulthood<br />
Taylor the Explorer: A Look into How Parental<br />
Influence on Child Exploration can Affect Child<br />
Autobiographical Memory<br />
The Influence of Teacher Characteristics and<br />
Student Attitude on Student Achievement<br />
Student Artists Open Discussion<br />
Pornography, Penitence, Poetry & Prose:<br />
Sexuality in Victorian Literature<br />
Becoming a Woman in Pride and Prejudice<br />
and Bridget Jones' Diary<br />
The Impact of Being a Woman with a PhD<br />
on Salary<br />
Do NBA Players Receive Higher Salaries<br />
Based on Performance Measures<br />
What are the major determinants of Major<br />
League Baseball Starting Pitchers'<br />
Salaries?
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Bomberger 129 Exercise and Sport Science, Neuroscience<br />
11:00am Alex Blank<br />
Mentor: Tina Wailgum<br />
11:15am Jessica Straughn<br />
Mentor: Tina Wailgum<br />
11:30am Alexandra Hrasok and Caitlin McGee<br />
Mentors: Joel Bish and Tina Wailgum<br />
Bomberger 202 Environmental Studies<br />
11:00am Thomas Jablonowski, Jessica Kemper, Aaron<br />
Leitner, Josephine Maressa, Kristopher Nerl,<br />
Emily Ramsay, Rebecca Walter, and Justin<br />
Williams<br />
Mentor: Richard Wallace<br />
Bomberger 228 UCARE, Anthropology and Sociology<br />
11:00am Hillary Anderson, Emily Arndt, Brooke Haley,<br />
and Delicia Wharton<br />
Mentor: Elizabeth Cannon<br />
11:30am Nicholas Silcox<br />
Mentor: Jane Jones<br />
Bomberger 306 History<br />
11:00am Julia Glauberman<br />
Mentor: Susanna Throop<br />
11:15am Jenepher Mackin<br />
Mentor: Susanna Throop<br />
11:30am Alexandra Shafi<br />
Mentor: Susanna Throop<br />
Ethnological Evaluation and Comparison of<br />
Mental, Physical, and Emotional Motivation<br />
of Wrestlers and United States Marines<br />
A Comparative Investigation to Delineate<br />
the Effects of Joint Kinematics in Athletes<br />
Who Return to Competitive Sports Versus<br />
Athletes Who Discontinue Play after ACL<br />
Reconstructive Surgery<br />
The Hits Just Keep Coming: A Study of<br />
Concussions in Division III Football Players<br />
<strong>Ursinus</strong> <strong>College</strong> & <strong>College</strong>ville Borough's<br />
Hunsberger Woods<br />
UCARE: Building a Campus Community<br />
through Service<br />
Gentrification: Racial Hegemony in a Post-<br />
Racial era<br />
Messages of Hatred and Tolerance:<br />
Portrayals of the "Other" in Medieval<br />
Christian Art and Polemical Literature<br />
The Effects of Education on Christian<br />
Attitudes towards Judaism and Islam in the<br />
Middle Ages<br />
The Kaleidoscope – Oral Presentation<br />
Kaleidoscope 232 Theater and Dance<br />
11:00am Maximilian Kreisky and Derrick Wickward<br />
Mentor: Domenick Scudera<br />
Pfahler Hall – Poster and Oral Presentations<br />
The Changing Perceptions of Women in<br />
Medieval Islam<br />
Sketch Comedy: From Writing to<br />
Performance<br />
Pfahler 106 Mathematics and Computer Science<br />
11:00am Lisa Grossbauer Algebra Project: Civil Rights to Radical<br />
Equations<br />
11:11am Dana McDonough Modeling Epidemics and the Differences<br />
between Stochastic and Deterministic<br />
Modeling<br />
11:22am James Galgon <strong>Ursinus</strong> Weather Website<br />
11:33am Seth Aaronson Combinatorial Equivalence under<br />
Discrete Morse Functions<br />
11:44am Dan Miller
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Pfahler 207 Modern Languages<br />
11:00am Johanna Warren<br />
Mixing Business With Pleasure: Interning<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
Abroad<br />
11:15am Elizabeth Zeller<br />
Mentor: Sarah Kaufman<br />
Studying Abroad: Renaissance Catalyst<br />
Pfahler 209 Business and Economics<br />
11:00am Elizabeth Mahoney<br />
Does Race Influence Executive<br />
Mentor: Cindy Harris<br />
Compensation in Chinese Firms?<br />
11:15am Kiley Stauffer<br />
What Effect Do Corporate Governance<br />
Mentor: Cindy Harris<br />
Characteristics Have on CEO<br />
Compensation in a Small Cap Firm?<br />
11:30am Kevin Tallon<br />
Mentor: Steven Bowers<br />
Glitz, Glamour, and Gross Revenue<br />
Pfahler Atrium Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies<br />
Cassie Brown, Amy Gentile, Lexie Hall, Melonie Phillips Relationships among Fresh Water Beetles (Water<br />
Mentor: Kathryn Goddard-Doms<br />
Pennies) in Southeastern Pennsylvania Streams<br />
Emma Cave, Paige Fronheiser<br />
Investigation of the Use of Double-Walled Carbon<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
Nanotubes in the Production of Organic Solar Cells<br />
Hongli Chen<br />
Interactions of Thrombomodulin with its<br />
Mentor: Julia Koeppe<br />
Complementary System<br />
Carly Clayman<br />
Pharmacological Dissociation of Swim Central<br />
Mentor: James Sidie<br />
Pattern Generators in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)<br />
Matthew Daugherty, Emily Short, Rachael Vietheer Analysis of Macroinvertebrate Communities in<br />
Mentor: Kathryn Goddard-Doms<br />
Streams of Southeastern Pennsylvania<br />
Michael Duffield<br />
Pharmalogical Action of Brainstem Medullary<br />
Mentor: James Sidie<br />
Depressants<br />
Benjamin Gresh, Anne Lapera, Kimberly Peifer<br />
UC Can't Bear to Waste - Sort it Out!: Behavioral<br />
Mentor: Leah Joseph<br />
Change Initiative in Lower Wismer in Relation to<br />
Waste Reduction<br />
Kelechi Iro Kalu, Amy Schaefer<br />
Expression, purification, and analysis of the<br />
Mentor: Julia Koeppe<br />
membrane glycoprotein thrombomodulin<br />
Ryan Kiehart<br />
Pilot Study for the Determination of the C-value for<br />
Mentor: Kathryn Goddard-Doms<br />
the rare species Kryptolebias marmoratus<br />
Travis Maider<br />
Synthesis and Reactivity Studies of Arylketene<br />
Mentor: Ronald Hess<br />
Trimers<br />
Nicholas Nobiletti, Greg Richards, Mark Vazquez The Expression of Thrombomodulin in Pichia<br />
Mentor: Julia Koeppe<br />
pastoris<br />
Aaron Peters<br />
The Synthesis and Characterization of<br />
Mentor: Brian Pfennig<br />
Fe(II)Pt(IV)Fe(II) Mixed-Valence Compounds<br />
Rachel Polinski, Sahil Samtani<br />
Dehaloperoxidase from Amphitrite ornata: Resting<br />
Mentor: Codrina Popescu<br />
States and Intermediates Revealed by Electronic<br />
Absorption Spectroscopy<br />
Musser Lecture Hall, Pfahler Hall: 12n<br />
Student-Faculty Quiz Competition<br />
Myrin Library Lobby: 12n<br />
Study Abroad Photography Contest Winners Reception
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Session 3: 1-1:50p<br />
The Kaleidoscope: Oral Presentation<br />
Lenfest Theater Business and Economics<br />
1:00pm Jake Frey, Rebecca Kamm, Kim Keenen,<br />
Kristen Mareno, Janel Melnick, and Antonio<br />
Rosa<br />
Mentor: Steven Bowers<br />
Olin Auditorium Theater and Dance<br />
1:00pm MaryElizabeth Ashley<br />
Mentor: Peter DiMuro<br />
Olin Hall – Oral Presentations<br />
1:15pm Amanda Blythe, Samantha Cave, Michelle<br />
Henry, Pamela Horn, Alex Neal, Morgan<br />
Phillips, Jessica Rosina, Mitchell Smith, and<br />
Caroline Stinger<br />
Mentor: Meredith Lyons<br />
Olin 101 English<br />
1:00pm Sara Birnbaum, Jarrett Field, Quinn Gilman-<br />
Forlini, and Elizabeth Reynolds<br />
Mentor: Meredith Goldsmith<br />
Olin 102 Psychology<br />
1:00pm Kaitlyn Cherry, Kait Vanderlaan, Jeannie<br />
Weaver<br />
Mentor: Jennifer Stevenson<br />
Olin 103 Biology, Chemistry<br />
1:00pm Grace Soloff<br />
Mentor: Julia Koeppe<br />
1:15pm Michele Feindler and Caitlin Feltcher<br />
Mentor: Anthony Lobo<br />
1:30pm Jonathan Green and Lauren Mermelstein<br />
Mentor: Anthony Lobo<br />
Olin 107 Environmental Studies<br />
1:00pm Elizabeth Hooper, Sarah Huang, Thomas<br />
Jablonowsky, Brian Lyons, Megan Maccaroni,<br />
Deirdre MacFeeters, Travis Maider, Peter<br />
Sosinski, Robert Stefankiewicz, Brooke<br />
Umberger, and Sophie Zander<br />
Mentor: Maryanne Berthel<br />
Olin 108 Chemistry<br />
1:00pm Susan Butch<br />
Mentor: Amanda Reig<br />
1:15pm Sabrina Cimerol<br />
Mentor: Amanda Reig<br />
Olin 201 Business and Economics<br />
1:00pm Emily Cooper, Ronak Darji, Sinnea Douglas,<br />
Edwin Kosik, Jennie Kuhn, and Michael John<br />
McGinn<br />
Mentor: Nzadi Keita<br />
Students In Free Enterprise <strong>2012</strong><br />
Presentation<br />
Dance Movement Therapy: Healing<br />
Through Movement<br />
Dance and Media Technology<br />
Critical Perspectives on Ethan Frome<br />
Impressions of Individuals with Intellectual<br />
and Physical Disabilities<br />
Effect of Thrombomodulin on the<br />
Complement System<br />
Identification of Microorganisms in<br />
Fermenting Foods<br />
A Look at the Microbial Composition of<br />
Naturally Fermented Foods<br />
UCGreen Fellows, Spring <strong>2012</strong> Projects<br />
and Initiatives<br />
Production and Characterization of a<br />
Designed Di-iron Carboxylate Protein<br />
Di-iron Proteins: formation of a rubrerythrin<br />
replica protein from a DFsc model<br />
Memoirs in Philadelphia: Exposition and<br />
Discussion of Our Experiences
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Pfahler 207 Business and Economics<br />
1:00pm Matthew Yuros<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
1:15pm Evan Cox<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
Pfahler Hall – Poster and Oral Presentations<br />
The impact of Dodd-Frank on the<br />
financial labor markets<br />
The Effect of the Labor Movement and<br />
General Strikes of the Teamsters on<br />
Wage Changes in the 20th and 21st<br />
1:30pm Sam Rinde<br />
Centuries<br />
Baby Benefits or Child Costs? The Effect<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
of Children on Salary<br />
Pfahler 209 Business and Economics, East Asian Studies<br />
1:00pm Thaddeus Gregory<br />
China's Economic Future: Asian<br />
Mentor: Andrew Economopoulos<br />
Economic Comparisons<br />
1:15pm Lauren Schwegler<br />
Japanese in Translation: The Intricacies<br />
Mentor: Matthew Mizenko<br />
of Translating<br />
1:30pm Judith Peterson<br />
Japanese Soft Power and its Influence<br />
Mentor: Hugh Clark<br />
on American Pop Culture<br />
Pfahler Atrium Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Mathematics and Computer Science<br />
Alvaro Amor, David Pontoriero, Rebecca Rimkunas, and Exploring the interaction of the Hsp40/70 ribosome<br />
Eric Tucker<br />
associated chaperone complex with the [PSI+]<br />
Mentor: Dale Cameron<br />
prion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.<br />
Danny Arango<br />
Sex-Based Differences of Cardiac Function<br />
Mentor: Beth Bailey<br />
Between Males and Females<br />
David Konstanzer, Stephanie Schmidt<br />
Effects of L-ascorbic acid to reduce effects of<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Kohn<br />
oxidative stress in four strains of Caenorhabditis<br />
elegans with varying levels of nervous system<br />
activity<br />
Kevin Amuquandoh, Alexandra Hrasok, Adrienne Murphy The Effects of the mutagen ethyl methanesulfonate<br />
Stout, and Christopher Ryder<br />
on a dominant unc-13 mutation within<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Kohn<br />
Caenorhabditis elegans<br />
Domenic Castanzo and Ashley Kimble<br />
The Effects of PAM-1 on Polarity Establishment in<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Lyczak<br />
Caenorhabditis Elegans<br />
Rebecca Lee, Erica Samuelsen, and Madeline Zurn Microglial presence in spinal cord regeneration of<br />
Mentor: Ellen Dawley<br />
Notophthalmus viridescens<br />
Louis Argentine, Caitlin Callahan, Chris Flood, Mike Comparing White-footed Mice Populations in<br />
Gasbarro, Sage Hubert, Aubrey Paris, Sarah Polekoff,<br />
Garrett Smith, and Same Squires<br />
Mentor: Robert Dawley<br />
Continuous and Fragmented Forests<br />
John Dao, Lauren Lusardi, David Porbunderwala, and Effects of ubiquitin-proteasome system on yeast<br />
Dean Scott<br />
Mentor: Dale Cameron<br />
Kyle Davis, Chelsy Paulose, Andrew Stacy, and<br />
Cornellius Tobias<br />
prion phenotypes<br />
Mentor: Ellen Dawley Microglial Responses in Early Xenopus Tadpoles<br />
Steven Savage<br />
Identification and chromosomal mapping of genetic<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Lyczak<br />
supressors for the puromycin-sensitive<br />
aminopeptidase (PAM-1) in C. elegans using single<br />
nucleotide polymorphisms
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Zachary Klock, Kevin Kozub, Samir Shah, and Jayant<br />
Velagala<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Lyczak<br />
Brenna Duffy and Deena Ghazzi<br />
Mentor: Ellen Dawley<br />
Suppressor Strains of PAM-1 aminopeptidase in<br />
Caenorhabditis elegans<br />
Detecting the Response of Reactive Microglia to<br />
Spinal Cord Transection in Spinal Cord-<br />
Regenerating Amphibians<br />
Effects of Prenatal Ethanol on Thalamo-cortical<br />
Development<br />
Effects of Plant Diversity on a Herbivore and its<br />
Host Plant<br />
Identifying Cellular Machinery Functioning in Prion<br />
Christopher Howard, Kayla Waits, and Jennilyn Weber<br />
Mentor: Carlita Favero<br />
Mark Gapinski and Cody Nagy<br />
Mentor: Cory Straub<br />
Sean Delaney, Robert Stuke, and Christopher Yanucil<br />
Mentor: Dale Cameron<br />
Toxicity<br />
Karissa Smith<br />
Modeling the Effect of Diversity in Host Plant-<br />
Mentor: Mohammed Yahdi<br />
Herbivore-Predator Interactions<br />
Seth Aaronson<br />
Mentor: Mohammed Yahdi Graph Isomorphisms in Discrete Morse Theory<br />
Session 4: 2-2:50p<br />
Bomberger Hall – Oral Presentations<br />
Bomberger 011 English<br />
2:00pm Sarah Bollert, Chelsea Carman, Sara<br />
Hourwitz, and Sarah Schultz<br />
Mentor: Meredith Goldsmith<br />
Bomberger 016 Modern Languages<br />
2:00pm Chloe Campbell<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
2:15pm Ellyn Rolleston<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
2:30pm Alina Tinjala<br />
Mentor: Colette Trout<br />
Bomberger 129 Biology<br />
2:00pm Maria Abatuno, Lauren McGrath, and Sarah<br />
Polekoff<br />
Mentor: Kathryn Goddard-Doms<br />
2:15pm Caitlin McGee and Elizabeth Roth<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Kohn<br />
2:30pm Nathan Simasek<br />
Mentors: Cory Straub<br />
Bomberger 202 Environmental Studies<br />
2:00pm Regan Dohm<br />
Mentor: Richard Wallace<br />
2:15pm Max Lehner<br />
Mentor: Patrick Hurley<br />
2:30pm Jessica Mack<br />
Mentor: Patrick Hurley<br />
What Can't You Do with an English Major?<br />
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine, e(s)t la<br />
France<br />
Le Souffle et le sang: Hélène Cixous,<br />
l'écriture féminine, et la deuxième vague du<br />
féminisme après Simone de Beauvoir<br />
Les problèmes des jeunes dans les<br />
banlieues de Paris<br />
Macrovertebrate Study Assessing Health of<br />
Streams where Hydraulic Fracturing has<br />
Occurred in Benton, Pennsylvania<br />
Effects of L-ascorbic acid to reduce effects<br />
of oxidative stress in four strains of<br />
Caenorhabditis elegans with varying levels<br />
of nervous system activity<br />
Impact of Plant Diversity on Predator<br />
Effciency<br />
The Rise of Toxoplasma gondii:<br />
Implications for Southern (California) Sea<br />
Otter Mortality and Management<br />
Exurbanization in Southeastern<br />
Pennsylvania: Fragmented Landscapes<br />
and Fragmented Visions<br />
Incorporating an Ethnobotanical Garden on<br />
the <strong>Ursinus</strong> Campus
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Bomberger 228 Bonner Leader Program<br />
2:00pm Daria DePaul, Gerald Glover, Maire Moriarty,<br />
Arielle Ross, and Dana Schirk<br />
Mentor: Christian Rice<br />
Bonner Leader Program Panel<br />
Bomberger 306 Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy and Religious Studies<br />
2:00pm Elizabeth Burns<br />
Studious or Social? An Ethnography of<br />
Mentor: Sheryl Goodman<br />
Myrin Library<br />
2:15pm Jarrett Field<br />
A Hole In Determinism: The Spite<br />
Mentor: Stewart Goetz<br />
2:30pm Amanda Shisler<br />
Mentor: Louise Woodstock<br />
Contradiction<br />
Pfahler Hall – Poster and Oral Presentations<br />
The Ideologies of Love: Finding Happily<br />
Ever After On Reality Television<br />
Pfahler 207 Business and Economics<br />
2:00pm Michael Henderson<br />
What Was the Economic Impact of the<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
2004-2005 NHL Lockout?<br />
2:15pm David Konstanzer<br />
Is Executive Salary Indicative of Firm<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
Performance?<br />
2:30pm Kristen Wampole<br />
The Look of the Line: An Empirical<br />
Mentor: Jennifer VanGilder<br />
Investigation of the Impacts of Facial<br />
Symmetry on Salary Levels of Offensive<br />
Linemen in the NFL<br />
Pfahler 209 English, History<br />
2:00pm Michelle Ermatinger-Salas<br />
"Holding the Eyes and Soul": Object and<br />
Mentor: Matthew Kozusko<br />
Viewer in <strong>2012</strong><br />
2:15pm Lindsay Hogan<br />
God's Cartography: Religious Morality<br />
Mentor: Susanna Throop<br />
and Mercantile Forces in Medieval<br />
Islamic Maps and Texts<br />
2:30pm Kevin Kozlowski<br />
Mentor: Susanna Throop<br />
Power and the Arian Controversy<br />
Pfahler 210 Mathematics and Computer Science, Biology<br />
2:00pm Annabel Clarance<br />
Innovative Dance Choreographic Tool<br />
Mentor: Mohammed Yahdi<br />
from Iterations of Simple Mathematical<br />
Equations<br />
2:15pm Patrick Skelton<br />
Tracking microgliosis in the regenerating<br />
Mentor: Ellen Dawley<br />
Xenopus spinal cord<br />
Pfahler Atrium Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry<br />
Andrea Casuras<br />
Mössbauer Spectroscopy of model complexes for<br />
Mentor: Codrina Popescu<br />
the Active Site of the enzyme [FeFe]-Hydrogenase<br />
Jaemi Chu<br />
Cytotoxicity of Functionalized Cysteine-Acyclovir<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
Attached Nanotubes on Yeast Cells<br />
Kara DiJoseph<br />
The Interaction of Carbon Nanotubes and<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
Tetracycline with Escherichia coli<br />
Michelle Feindler Endosymbiotic Microbes of Dung Beetle<br />
Onthophagus taurus<br />
Christopher Goodwin<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
Acyclovir Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes<br />
Shama Gupta<br />
Ascertaining the Molecular Mechanism behind<br />
Mentor: Eric Williamsen<br />
Anesthesia through GC/MS Studies<br />
Justine Harvey<br />
Synthesis and Characterization of Trinuclear mixed-<br />
Mentor: Brian Pfennig<br />
valence coordinate compounds.
Andrew Kane, Andrew Orlick, John Thiel<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Roberts<br />
Connor Kanya<br />
Mentor: Amanda Reig<br />
Ryan Kiehart, Trent Stevens<br />
Mentor: Nicholas Principe<br />
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Madison Klinedinst, Alison Kovacs, Abigail Moore, and<br />
Julia Westermeier<br />
Mentor: Peter Small<br />
Caitlin Lucinese<br />
Mentor: Nicholas Principe<br />
Mary McCrea<br />
Mentor: Brian Pfennig<br />
Sammie McIlwain, Kelsey Miller, Steven Ramsey<br />
Mentor: Anthony Lobo<br />
Danielle Miller<br />
Mentor: Codrina Popescu<br />
Tu Pham, Regina Powers, Rabiul Ryan, Samantha<br />
Simpson, and Joshua Wonsidler<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Roberts<br />
Alina Vo<br />
Mentor: Codrina Popescu<br />
Sue Jean Yu<br />
Mentor: Mark Ellison<br />
Honors Presentations and Other Events<br />
Biology (all events take place in the Musser Lecture Hall, Pfahler Hall)<br />
3:00pm Kaitlyn Kennard, Distinguished<br />
Honors in Biology<br />
Mentor: Beth Bailey<br />
3:30pm Margaret Williams, Distinguished<br />
Honors in Biology<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Lyczak<br />
4:00pm Jennifer Schrandt, Distinguished<br />
Honors in Biology<br />
Mentor: Rebecca Lyczak<br />
4:30pm Commencement Award Ceremony<br />
The Effects of Estrogen and Bisphenol A on Splenic<br />
B Cell Surface Molecules<br />
Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of a<br />
Designed 3-His Di-iron Carboxylate Protein<br />
Species Identification of Marine and Freshwater<br />
Fishes by Standardized Fin Clipping Procedures<br />
Under Variable Conditions<br />
The Correlation between Water Temperature,<br />
Nitrate Level, and the Common Freshwater<br />
Diatoms<br />
The Identification of Fish Species through DNA<br />
Barcoding<br />
Tri-Nuclear Mixed-Valence Compounds Containing<br />
Iron and Ruthenium<br />
The Isolation and Characterization of Halophiles<br />
Found in Himalayan Halite<br />
Spectroscopic Studies of Dehaloperoxidase from A.<br />
Ornata: Investigations of the Chemistry of Active<br />
Site with Hydrogen Peroxide and Ascorbic Acid<br />
Effects of Estrogen and BPA on Cathepsin Activity<br />
and its Connection to the Autoimmune Disease<br />
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus<br />
Using visible light spectroscopy to determine the<br />
presence of chemical reactions of<br />
dehaloperoxidase with hydrogen peroxide and with<br />
ascorbic acid<br />
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Modification with<br />
DNA and Fluorescence<br />
Differential Calcium Uptake and<br />
Sarcomere Shortening in Pregnancy<br />
Induced Hypertrophy: Understanding<br />
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy<br />
The Role of the Centrosome in Anterior-<br />
Posterior Axis Development in Wild-type<br />
and pam-1 mutant C. elegans<br />
The effects of PAM-1 on embryonic<br />
microtubule length in Caenorhabditis<br />
elegans
<strong>Seventh</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Celebration of Student Achievement Schedule of Events<br />
Exercise and Sport Science (all events take place in Helfferich Hall)<br />
8:30am Continental Breakfast<br />
8:40am Awards Announcements<br />
9:00am (#201) Nick Grajewski The Relationship Between Participation<br />
in Physical Activity and the Amount of<br />
Time Spent Playing Active and<br />
Simulation Type Video Games<br />
9:00am (#204) Jessica Straughn A Comparative Investigation to Delineate<br />
the Effects of Joint Kinematics in<br />
Athletes who Return to Competitive<br />
Sports versus Athletes who Discontinue<br />
Play after ACL Reconstructive Surgery<br />
9:00am (#208) Caitlin McGee The Hits Just Keep Coming: A Study of<br />
Concussions in Division III Football<br />
Players<br />
9:25am (#201) Joe Kost Motivational Factors that Influence Non-<br />
Athletes Physical Activity<br />
9:25am (#204) Alex Blank Ethnological Evaluation and Comparison<br />
of Mental, Physical, and Emotional<br />
Motivation of Wrestlers and United<br />
States Marines<br />
9:25am (#208) Kelly Boatwright Impact of Vestibular Impairments<br />
Media and Communication Studies<br />
3:00pm<br />
Ritter 141<br />
Shavonn Smith<br />
Mentor: Sheryl Goodman<br />
Psychology and Neuroscience<br />
3-5:00pm Nikita Orlov<br />
Thomas 324 Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Kira Personette<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Elizabeth Van Horn<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Abigail Robinson<br />
Mentor: Gabrielle Principe<br />
Elizabeth Clarke<br />
Mentors: Joel Bish and Gabrielle<br />
Principe<br />
Kacie Dougherty<br />
Mentor: Joel Bish<br />
Juliann Weidenmoyer<br />
Mentor: Joel Bish<br />
A qualitative exploration of the<br />
communicative experiences of first-year<br />
minority students at a predominantly<br />
white institution<br />
The Longevity of Parental Explanatory<br />
Style and its Effect on Children’s Memory<br />
Children’s Remembering in Different<br />
Memory Sharing Contexts<br />
Effects of Parental Conversational Style<br />
on Children’s Movement and Event<br />
Memory<br />
The Influence of Parental<br />
Accompaniment on Children’s<br />
Exploratory Behavior and Event Memory<br />
The Neurocorrelates of Reconstructive<br />
Memory: An Examination Using a Novel<br />
Language in the Deese-Roediger-<br />
McDermott Paradigm<br />
A comparison between grapheme-color<br />
associator synesthetes and nonsynesthetes<br />
learning grapheme-color<br />
pairs<br />
Relationship Between Knowledge and<br />
Perceptions of Individuals with<br />
Schizophrenia
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