Senior Thesis Symposium 2012
The Senior Thesis Symposium is scheduled for Saturday, May 5th from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm in Perkins Student Center. This event is free and open to the public.
Click here to see the preliminary program for the event.
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Poster/Talk? |
Presentation Title | Faculty Name |
Faculty Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody | Prang | Anthropology | Poster |
Locomotor Diversity and Midfoot Mobility in Gorillas |
Karen Rosenberg | Anthropology |
| Maggie | Griebert | Athletic Training | Poster |
The Effect of Lower Leg Kinesio Tape Application on Plantar Pressures in Subjects with Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome |
Thomas Kaminski | Kinesiology & Applied Physiology |
| Michael |
Brister |
Biochemistry | Poster | Glycosylation and Phosphorylation Induce Opposing Structural Conformations in Tau's Proline-Rich Domain | Neal Zondlo | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Laura | Wertman | Biochemistry | Poster | Poultry Evolution: A Concentration on NAG, CPSI, and the Urea Cycle | Carl Schmidt | Animal and Food Sciences |
| Lydia | Bonar | Biological Sciences | Poster | Small RNA Regulation of Neurogenesis in Sea Urchins | Jia Song | Biological Sciences |
| Erica | Boetefuer | Biological Sciences | Poster | The Role of atg18 in Signal Transduction Pathways during Drosophila Development | Erica Selva | Biological Sciences |
| Alex | D'Angelo | Biological Sciences | Poster |
Image cross correlation spectroscopy used to study the membrane localization of BMPRIa and FGF1 |
Anja Nohe | Biological Sciences |
| Lauren | Gurski | Biological Sciences | Poster | The Redirection of Adipocyte to Osteoblast Through the Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Pathway and with the use of Casein Kinase 2 | Anja Nohe | Biological Sciences |
| Lyana | Labrada | Biological Sciences | Poster | Role of Hyaluronidases in Prostate Cancer Metastasis | Kenneth Van Golen | Biological Sciences |
| Ashley | Shay | Biological Sciences | Poster | Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Molecular Consequences of Transcription Factor Mutation | Vicky Funanage | Biological Sciences |
| Katie | Yost | Biological Sciences | Poster | The Effect of Wetland Restoration on Arthropod Communities | Douglas Tallamy | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
| Michael | Ghidiu | Chemistry | Poster |
NHC-Gold(I) and (III) Complexes for use in Energy Storage and Halogenation Catalysis |
Joel Rosenthal | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Rebecca | Aiken | Civil Engineering | Poster | Spatio-Temporal Hydrodynamic Variability in a Small Tidal Creek | Thomas McKenna | Geological Sciences/DE Geological Survey |
| Helen | Turkel | Criminal Justice | Poster | Juvenile Victimization and Trauma: the Link Between Juvenile Offending and their Victimization | Susam Miller | Criminal Justice |
| Rebecca | Godwin | Early Childhood Education | Poster | Maneuvering through the Thought Stream: Investigating Preschoolers' Thoughts about Thoughts | Cynthia Paris | Human Development & Family Studies |
| Ryan | Morse | English | Poster | The Utopias of Vonnegut and Marcuse | Timothy Spaulding | English |
| Joshua | Humberston | Geological Sciences | Poster | Radionuclide Indicators of Sediment Deposition in the Delaware Estuary | Christopher Sommerfield | Oceanography |
| Kenneth | Chen | Neuroscience | Poster | Assessment of bdnfDNA Methylation in the Developing Amygdala Associated With Caregiving | Tania Roth | Psychology |
| Kerry | Criss | Neurosciences | Poster | Behavioral Therapy to Ameliorate the Effects of Neonatal Alcohol Exposure on Dendritic Spines on the Rodent mPFC | Anna Klintsova | Psychology |
| Glenn | Watson | Neurosciences | Poster | The Effects of Dorsal Hippocampal inactivation on working memory-dependent and independent tasks | Amy Griffin | Psychology |
| Marissa | Merson | Nursing | Poster | The Effect of a Mobility Program on the Prevalence of Delirium in the Hospitalized Older Adult | Paula Klemm | Nursing |
| Nicholas | Troup | Physics & Astronomy | Poster | Habitability and Stability of Earth-Like Planets in Binary Star Systems | John Gizis | Physics & Astronomy |
| Elizabeth | Allen | Psychology | Talk | Assessing Intervention Experiences Among Parents of High-Risk Children | Mary Dozier | Psychology |
| Sage | Boettcher | Psychology | Poster | Exploring the Neural Basis of Emotional Induced Blindness Using Event-Related Brain Potentials | James Hoffman | Psychology |
| Edgar | Petras | Psychology | Poster | Continuing Study of Retroactive Memory Enhancement | Steve Most | Psychology |
| Adrienne | Pinto | Psychology | Poster | Do Cross-linguistic differences affect source monitoring? | Anna Papafragou | Psychology |
| Alicia | Liu | Quantitative Biology | Poster | The Effects of the Oxylosyltransferase Mutation on Wg, Hh, and DPP Signaling | Erica Selva | Biological Sciences |
| Jessica | Ermak | Wildlife Conservation | Poster | Building a Predictive Habitat Model for Muskrats in New Jersey | Christopher Williams | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
| Marissa | Goldstein | Wildlife Conservation | Poster | A Comparison of Sampling Methodologies to Improve Carrying Capacity Estimates of American Black Ducks in New Jersey | Christopher Williams | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
| Holley | Kline | Wildlife Conservation | Poster | Habitat Use of White-Tailed Deer During the Growing Season | Jacob Bowman | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
| Christopher | Wright | Biochemistry | Talk | Analysis of Small RNA's Associated with Plant Senescence | Pam Green | Plant & Soil Science |
| Emily | Olson | Marine Science | Talk | The Ecology of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus Polyphermus, in Delaware's Inland Bays | Douglas Miller | Oceanography |
| John Paul | Harris | Plant & Soil Sciences | Talk | Degradation of harmful bacteria in simulated wastewater and storm water runoff by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus | Anastasia Churnside | Bioresources Engineering |
| Jing | Lu | Chemical Engineering | Talk | Thermus Thermophilus as a Thermophilic Model Organism for Biofuels Production | Maciek Antoniewicz | Chemical Engineering |
| Tracie | Ervin | Enviornmental Engineering | Talk | Enzyme-Enhanced Microbial Fuel Cells | Steve Dentel | Civil and Enviornmental Engineering |
| Cory | Bart | Computer Science | Talk | Wacky Writing: Exploring the XO Laptop as a Platform for Encouraging Creative Writing by Children | Lori Pollock | Computer Science |
| Victoria | Allen | Nursing | Talk | Investigating Participation in Level I/II Activities by Potential Copers and Non-Copers 12 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction | Lynn Snyder-Mackler | Physical Therapy |
| Lisa | Dokovna | Neuroscience | Talk | Identifying Senitive Developmental Periods for the Effects of Neonatal Alcohol Exposure on the Context Pre-Exposure Facilitation Effect | Mark Stanton | Psychology |
| Cera | Babb | Music Education | Talk | The Emotional Effect of Choral Singing on Vocalists | Duane Cottrell | Music |
| Katherine | Gloede | Music Education | Talk | Expressionism in Viennese Opera and Weimar Cinema | Philip Gentry | Music |
| Rebecca | Cweibel | Music History and Literature | Talk | Selling Out in the Sixties: Commercialization and Commodification in Three Musical Genres | Philip Gentry | Music |
| Kelli | Shermeyer | English | Talk | Dangerous Play-things: Staging the Scandalous in Middleton and Rowley's The Changeling | Miranda Wilson | English |
| Gregory | Laluna | English | Talk | Nature's Logic: Understanding Tragedy in the Works of Thomas Hardy | Bernard McKenna | English |
| Shane | Palkovitz | English | Talk | Human Displacement in the 'Third World' and in Paradise | McKay Jenkins | English |
| Ben | Karlin | English | Talk | Stories of the Jasmine Revolution | McKay Jenkins | English |
| Joanna | Adadevoh | Chemical Engineering | Talk | The Effect of Ammonia on the Glycosylation Pattern of Monoclonal Antibodies | Babatunde Ogunnaike | Chemical Engineering |
| Joey | Kim | Chemical Engineering | Talk | Characterization of Gradient Generating Vapor Deposition Device and Application on Elastomeric Polymer Substrate Surface | Thomas Epps | Chemical Engineering |
| Jennifer | Gallo | Anthropology | Talk | Hanging out and Hooked up: Ambiguity in Interpersonal Relations in Contemporary Campus Culture | Peter Weil | Anthropology |
| Amanda | Goebel | Anthropology | Talk | Women's Waistcoats in England and America, 1700-1790 | Lu Ann DeCunzo | Anthropology |
| Paul | Miranda | History | Talk | Captive in Barbary: The Stereotyping of Arabs, Moors, Turks, and Islam in Early American Society, 1785-1846 | Owen White | History |
| Madeleine | Wright | Latin American Studies | Talk | Curbing the Mayhem in Rio de Janeiro's Sensations: The Phenomenon of Pacified Favelas | Carla Guerron-Montero | Anthropology |
| Brenna | James | Political Science | Talk | President Obama's Role in Reinvigorating the Arab-Israeli Peace Process | Daniel Green | Political Science |
| Liam | Phibbs | Political Science | Talk | Justice Scalia: Textualism v. Technology | James Magee | Political Science |
| William | Humphrey | Political Science | Talk | 'I Accept Your Nomination'- American Dream Rhetoric in Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches, 1932-2008 | Jason Mycoff | Political Science |
| Rebecca | Trexler | Criminal Justice | Talk | Cruel Punishment: Proportionate Sentencing and the Delaware Constitution | Kenneth Haas | Sociology & Criminal Justice |
| Soma | Jobbagy | Biochemistry | Talk | Novel Antiandrogens as Potential Prostate Cancer Therapeutics | John Koh | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| David | Raciti | Biochemistry | Talk | Activity of Astrogorgiadiol | Douglass Taber | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Sarah | Stamm | Biological Sciences | Poster | Mechanisms of Resistance to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and other Antimicrobials in Salmonella enterica | Diane Herson | Biological Sciences |
| Tim | Gilpatrick | Biochemistry | Talk | Examining the Role of Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 in Atherosclerosis | Brian Bahnson | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Derek | Ahneman | Chemistry | Talk | Mechanistic Studies of the Silyl -Heck Reaction | Donald Watson | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Errica |
Capossela | Wildlife Conservation | Poster | The effect of landscape and microhabitat variables on the distribution of herpetofauna in forest fragments. | Jacob Bowman | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
| Nicole | Hengst | Wildlife Conservation | Poster | Interpreting nest evidence of predated artificial wild turkey nests in Sussex County Delaware | Jacob Bowman | Entomology & Wildlife Ecology |
