2014-2015 Undergraduate Research Scholars
• Christian Barden (Peter Lyons, Biology), The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) as a model system for investigation of carboxypeptidase O protein expression patterns. Fall 2014 (View Thesis)
• Subira Brown (Duane McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Ethnic differences in the relationship between parent bonding and alcohol use. Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Thesis)
• Belinda Cheeseboro (Tiffany Summerscales, Physics), Estimating gravitational wave parameters for Advanced LIGO. Fall 2014 (View Poster)
• Cassandra Chlevin (Karl Bailey, Behavioral Sciences), Religiosity as relationship: Connection and self-protection goals and the internalization of religion. Summer 2014, Fall 2014 (View Thesis)
• Michael Choi (Harvey Burnett, Behavioral Sciences), Man's search for meaning: The case of Legos revisited. Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Poster)
• Noah Chun (Getahun Merga, Chemistry), Characterization of naked noble metal nanoparticles before and after binding them to specific organic molecules and biomolecules. Spring 2015
• Alyson Drew (Hyun Kwon, Engineering & Computer Science), Trapping of micro-molecules and force measurement using the optical tweezers. Summer 2014, Fall 2014 (View Thesis)
• Hazel Ezeribe (Peter Lyons, Biology), Subcloning, expression and purification of carboxypeptidase mutants. Summer 2014, Fall 2014
• Josias Flores (Romulus Chelbegean, Behavioral Sciences), Being a pastor's husband. Fall 2014
• Amante Gonzalez (Romulus Chelbegean, Behavioral Sciences), Being a pastor's husband. Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Thesis)
• Re’Jeanne Greene (Benjamin Navia, Biology), Changes in phonotactic behavior of female A. domesticus are influenced by properties of specific auditory neurons. Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Poster)
• Yudy Guzman (Marlene Murray, Biology), The effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on growth of the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae. Summer 2014
• Cooper Hodges (Duane McBride, Behavioral Sciences), Religiosity and perceived stress among college students. Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Poster)
• Shannelle Kim (Monique Pittman, English), Religion, morality, and gender in Ben Johnson’s Volpone. Summer 2014 (View Poster)
• Viktoria Kolpacoff (Kanya Long, Biology), Seropositive case mapping: Spatial risk of enzootic virus exposure in Amazonian Peru. Fall 2014
• Jee Yeon Lee (Marlene Murray, Biology), The effect of docosahexaenoic acid on intracellular myo-inositol. Summer 2014 (View Thesis)
• Rufaro Musvosvi (Hyun Kwon, Engineering & Computer Science), Matlab Gui application for optical trapping. Fall 2014, Spring 2015. (View Poster)
• Fonda Mwangi (Rachel Williams-Smith, Communication), From good to great--An action research study to improve the new faculty onboarding experience. Fall 2014, Spring 2015
• Aldar Nommik (Ante Jeroncic, Religion), Jonathan Edwards and justification by faith: A critical appraisal. Summer 2014, Fall 2014
• Michael Plantak (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Toxicity assessment of potentially aarcinogenic arginine-based heterocyclic amines. Summer 2014
• Michael Plantak (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Ames Test optimization for evaluating mutagenicity of arginine-based heterocyclic amines. Spring 2015
• Zachary Reichert (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Enhanced aiolation and recover of potentially carcinogenic arginine-based heterocyclic amines. Fall 2014 (View Thesis)
• Cody Rieger (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering & Computer Science), Dielectric electro active polymer (DEAP). Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Poster)
• Melodie Roschman (Beverly Matiko, English), “The story which he never stops telling himself”: Bernard’s Selfhood and Storytelling in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves. Summer 2014 (View Thesis)
• Athena Smith (Robert Zdor, Biology), Exploring possible synergy in weed suppression with multiple deleterious rhizobacteria. Fall 2014 (View Poster)
• Seth Stacy (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), NIR Spectroscopic and Titration-based Hydroxyl Number Analysis of PAMAM Dendrimers. Fall 2014 (View Thesis)
• Andrew Stewart (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Direct synthesis of arginine-based heterocyclic amines. Spring 2015 (View Thesis)
• Isaac Suh (Lionel Matthews, Behavioral Sciences), Demographic, psycho-social, and religious predictors of suicide attempts among adolescents of a conservative religious denomination. Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Poster 1 and Poster 2)
• Krystal Uzuegbu (Randall Younker, Archaeology), 3-D scanning of pottery from Jalul and digital reconstruction of Roman and Early Christian ceramics from Sicily. Fall 2014 (View Poster)
• Doneva Walker (Øystein LaBianca, Behavioral Sciences), Life histories of resilience from the Village of Hisban. Summer 2014 (View Poster)
• WayAnne Watson (Trina Thompson, Music), Musical borrowing in Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Piazzolla, Desyatnikov, Vivaldi. Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 (View Thesis)
• Lindsay White (Rachel Williams-Smith and Patrice Jones, Visual Art, Communication & Design), Forgiveness measures within Seventh-day Adventist interpersonal relationships. Fall 2014
• Eui Bin (Eric) You (Ryan Hayes, Chemistry), Mechanism analysis of copper(II) ions interacting with dimethylaminocyanostilbene. Summer 2014 (View Thesis and Poster)
• Hyelin You (David Nowack, Chemistry), Stabilization of aqueous ascorbic acid solutions using PAMAM dendrimers. Spring 2015