26th Annual SENIOR THESIS SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, May 09, 2009
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Perkins Student Centers
Program Overview

9:00 AM

Registration Desk Open (Lobby)

Refreshments

Poster and Exhibit Sessions (East Lounge)
    9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Oral Presentations
    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

English, Music and Art Conservation

Economics & International Relations

Mechanical Engineering & Physics

10:30 AM

Plenary Session
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:15 AM

Oral Presentations     11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

History and Philosophy

Entomology and Wildlife

Political Science & Psychology

Anthropology & Physical Training

Biology

Biology and Biochemistry

Posters and Exhibits
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM     (East Lounge)

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Oral Presentations
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM (3 groups)

English, Art Conservation & Music (Group 1)– Collins
Moderator: TBA

The Survival of Storytelling
Jessica Lynn FitzPatrick, English (Emily Suzanne Davis, English)

Building a Relationship Between a University and its Surrounding Community: The Community Remembrance Project Revisited.
Katelyn Uehling, Art Conservation (Vicki Cassman, Art Conservation)

Characteristics of Early Fieldwork that Support Coherence in Secondary Teacher Preparation Programs
Casey Patriarco, English Education (Deborah Bieler, English)

I Hear America Singing: A Study of American Folk Music Through Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Pete Seeger
Mallory Oxberry, Music Theory and Composition (Charles Carson, Music)

Economics & International Relations (Group 2)– Alumni
Moderator: TBA

The Impact of Economic Development on Indigenous Indians
Kate Gibson, International Relations (Mckay B Jenkins, English; William H Meyer, Political Science and International Relations)

The Dissolution of the Bretton-Woods System: President Nixon's Influence on Economic Policy
Scott Ohlmacher, Math & Economics (James Butkiewicz, Economics)

Mechanical Engineering & Physics(Group 3)- Ewing
Moderator: TBA

Experimental Characterization of In-Plane Permeability of Gas Diffusion Layers: Influence of the Saturation Level
Amir Reza Sedigh Haghihat, Mechanical Engineering. (Ajay K Prasad, Mechanical Engineering)

Photo ionization dynamics for non-symmetric molecules in a high intensity laser field.
Samantha White, Physics (Barry Walker, Physics and Astronomy)

=== Plenary Session – 10:30 am – 11:00 am / Rodney Room ===

Welcoming Remarks

Recognition of 2009 Degree with Distinction and Honors Degree with Distinction Candidates

Recognition of 2010 Degree with Distinction and Honors Degree with Distinction Candidates

Keynote Address: Erinn Batykefer, HBA in English/Creative Writing & Art History (UD 2004)
    Stadler Poetry Fellow at Bucknell University

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Oral Presentations
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM (7 groups)

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (Group 4)- Ewing
Moderator: TBA

Development and Assessment of Catalytic Microkinetic Models Using Multiscale Methods for Rational Catalyst Design
Zack Ullissi, Chemistry (Dionisios G Vlachos, Chemical Engineering)

Design and Evaluation of Novel Catalytic Materials for Promoting Efficient Hydrogen Production and Utilization
Jeff Bosco, Chemistry (Jingguang Chen, Chemical Engineering)

Structural Transitions of Magnetorheological Fluids in Microgravity
Eric Bennung, Chemical Engineering (Eric M Furst, Chemical Engineering)

History and Philosophy (Group 5)- Williamson
Moderator: TBA

Is Modesty a Virtue?
Aaron Kenter-Potty, Philosophy (George Fred Schueler, Philosophy)

Schemes to Develop French Africa: The Trans-Saharan Railway
John Perry, Foreign Languages and Literature (Owen C White, History)

A Reformation Conflict Forgotten: Erasmus and Luther
Nicholas Maguire Brown, History (Lawrence G J Duggan, History)

Ann Judson: Heroine of the American Foreign Missionary Movement
Rachel Beth Laufer, History (Christine Leigh Heyrman, History)

Cattle, Culture, and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century Munster
Keith Douglas Pluymers, History (John Patrick Montano, History)

Entomology and Wildlife (Group 6)- Kirkwood
Moderator: TBA

Dispersal Behavior of Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev
Kelsey Laurel Paras, Entomology (J A Hough-Goldstein, Entomology & Wildlife Ecology)

Avifaunal Extinctions on Pacific Islands
Nick Wehner, Biological Sciences (Douglas Tallamy, Entomology & Wildlife Ecology))

Removal and Inactivation of Pathogens from Water Using Zero-Valent Iron
Adam Yoskowitz, Animal Science (Kalmia Kniel, Animal & Food Sciences)

Assessment of whether mile-a-minute weed grown in the shade is less attractive and/or conducive to weevil development
Shane J. LaCoss, Entomology (J A Hough-Goldstein, Entomology & Wildlife Ecology)

Political Science & Psychology (Group 7)- Alumni
Moderator: TBA

Integrating Resources for Victims and Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence into Community Legal Mediation Centers
Emily Aufschauer, Political Science (Leslie Goldstein, Political Scince )

We Are Not Born This Way: Misogynistic Rupture and Recovery in the Lives of Black Men.
Lamar Rashad Gibson, English (Ruth E Fleury, Individual and Family Studies; Nyasha A Grayman, Individual and Family Studies)

The role of the non-offending caregiver in the outcome of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavior Therapy in children and adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Victoria Ann Winters, History (Adele Marie Hayes, Psychology)

Anthropology & Physical Training (Group 8)- Collins
Moderator: TBA

Evaluations of Cross-Cultural NGO Development
Alyssa Mae Serra, Anthropology (Peter M Weil, Anthropology)

The Effect of Carrying Loads on Human Walking and Standing
Evanna Indera Singh, Anthropology (Karen Rosenberg, Anthropology)

Muscle adaptation and challenges to motor stability during walking in young healthy individuals
Jason Schoenfeld, Biological Sciences (Katherine S Rudolph, Physical Therapy)

Effectiveness of Cushioning Techniques on Impacts With the Hip
Michael Daugherty, Exercise Sciences (James G Richards, Deans Ofc Health Sciences)

Biology (Group 9)- Rodney
Moderator: TBA

In Vivo Short-Term Effects of TiO2 Nanoparticles on Murine Sperm
Michelle Smith, Biological Sciences (Patricia Deleon, Biological Sciences)

Identifying Potential, Additional Genomic Events in the Development of Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Mark Thomas Sausen, Biological Sciences (Mary C Farach-Carson, Biological Sciences; William Farquhar, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences)

Localization of Compartmental Gene Expression in the Developing Mouse Prostate
Sander Barkley Frank, Biological Sciences (Robert Allen Sikes, Biological Sciences)

Stench or Sting: Elucidating the Sensory Systems of Unconditioned Fear to a Predator Odor in Rats
Frankie Darryn Heyward, Biological Sciences (Jeffrey B Rosen, Psychology)

Biology and Biochemistry (Group 10)– East Lounge
Moderator: TBA

Alkylpyridine Anion Chemistry - Progress towards the Synthesis of Monomorine.
Michael Thomas Pirnot, Chemistry (Douglass F Taber, Chemistry and Biochemistry)

The Effects of ßB2-Crystallin Mutation on TGFß Signaling Leading to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT)
Megan Rose Fisher, Biological Sciences (Melinda Duncan, Biological Sciences)

ApoC-I Production during Cholesterol Efflux of Adipocytes
Aivi Nguyen, Biological Sciences (David C Usher, Biological Sciences)