Centennial Honors College

2015 Abstracts

Agricultural Sciences:

  • Attilio Kandrotas Bercht | Do Tank-Mixtures of Clethodim with Dicamba or 2,4-D Adversely Effect Control of Grass Weeds?
  • Tania Carvalho Carli | Effects of Nitrogen on Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) Seed Production
  • Gabriel Diniz Faleiros | Development of a Break-Even Costs Model for an Illinois Grain Farm
  • Kayla Henness | Identifying Issues between Newly Certified Welders and the Welding Industry
  • Thais Lima Marques | Effects of Planting Density on Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) Seed Production
  • Aaron Prins | Soybean Yield Response to Cover Crops and Winter Annual Weed Removal Time and Soybean Planting Date
  • James Rudy | Determination of Vernalization Requirements of Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
  • James Rudy | Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) Cross Pollination in Greenhouse
  • Kyle Russell | Summer Annual Weed Control as Affected by Fall Pre-Plant and Pre-Timing of Soybean Residual Herbicides
  • Kristina Simmons | Winter Annual Weeds and Cereal Rye Suppression of Waterhemp in Soybeans
  • Tori Waller | What is the Effect of Ration Composition on Pre-weaning Lamb Performance?

Art:

  • Ellen Bukvich | 3D Printers and Their Applications in Relief Printmaking
  • Sasha Chambers | Presentation of Artwork
  • Bette Dunn | Apt. 3: A BFA Exhibition
  • Mason Karr | Development within Printmaking
  • Josh Niles | My Reasons For-Works by Josh Niles
  • Douglas Ogilvie | Spin

Biological Sciences:

  • Malaney Abel | Measles Induced Autophagy
  • Sophia Caban | Surveillance of Aedes Mosquitoes in Western Illinois: Detection of Aedes triseriatus in a La Crosse Endemic Region and New Distribution Records for Aedes japonicus, an Invasive Species
  • Paige Bockhorst, Jessica Mroczek, Jacob Vincent, and Kaitlyn McNichols | Tomato and Tobacco Stress Response Communication
  • Joshua Connor | Treatment of Zea mays with Bioinoculants Containing Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
  • Adrianna Czerlonko | Forensic Analysis of Lipstick via Thin Layer Chromatography
  • Sarah Donnelly | Exploratory Solid State Synthesis
  • Georgia Dozard | What Environmental Factors Affect Posthodiplostomum minimum Infection Levels?
  • Tracy Gongora, Haley Patterson, and Gina Meier | The Effects of High Levels of Ozone on the Accumulation of Hydrogen Peroxides and Malondialdehyde on Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Eric R. Haaksma | Comparing Native Bee Diversity in Illinois Restored Prairies and Sand Prairies
  • Paris Hamm | Evaluation of Actinobacteria against Pseudogymnoascus destructans
  • Andrea Hauk | A Survey of Terrestrial Gastropods of the Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Station in West- Central Illinois
  • Brittany Havener | Dissecting the Signaling Pathways Associated with WT-MV/SLAM-Mediated Binding and Entry in Human Antigen Presenting Cells
  • Ashley Huette | Does Fire Affect Parasitism in Midwestern Mice?
  • Aleshia Johannsen | Diversity and Distribution Analysis of Yeasts in an Arid Grassland Ecosystem in Utah
  • Andrew Kluesner, Jamal Keaton, and Brittany Miller | Egg Design for Dummies
  • Mariah Maiman | Characterizing an Abnormal Action Potential Pattern in Ion-Channel-Mutant Drosophila
  • Gina Meier, Simeon Ogundiran, Raysa Brito DeMagalhaes, and Yvette Ortiz | Levels of Cannibalism in Helicoverpa Zea Larvae Raised on Different Plants
  • Shane Mason | Anatomical Variation in White Grub from Four Fish Hosts
  • Gina Meier | The Effect of Elevated Levels of Ozone on the Accumulation of Lipids in a Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana That Is Defective In a Major Chloroplast Receptor
  • Dung Nguyen | Potential of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium species as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on non-leguminous plants: Effects on corn
  • Summer Peila | Aquatic Adaptations in the Limb Structure of the North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
  • Lindsey M. Poore | Nematode Parasitism of Orthopterans in Relation to Grassland Age and Host Species
  • Eliese Potocek | Potential use of Trichoderma koningiopsis in Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils
  • Matthew Pumfrey | Neoteny in Felis catus
  • Lydia Smith and Breanna Moore | The Effects of Plant Defense Hormones on Seedling Growth
  • Emily A. Szott | Quantification of Daily Otolith Increments in Young of Year Asian Carp
  • Myelle Vann | Human Skeletal Bones Restoration and Remodeling Methods
  • Sarah Wilcer | Invasive Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Population Dynamics in Spring Lake
  • Tori Worthen | How Many Parasites Are There? A DNA Analysis of “White Grub” in IL Fishes
  • Charles Ward | Caterpillar Gene Expression in Relation to Plant Defenses

Chemistry:

  • Joshua Diaz | Primers Design for Amplification of Putative Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene from Nocardia cholesterolicum NRRL5767
  • Hannah Drake | Synthesis of a Series of First Row Transition Metal Complexes Containing a Tetradentate Ligand
  • Natasha Frig and Jared Wiemann | Microwave Assisted Multicomponent Click Reaction
  • Erica Kleckler and Jeremy Giannone | Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds through Detelluration of diaryl tellurides
  • Leah Raycraft | Synthesis of New Macrocyclic Compounds Containing Si and S
  • Mattea Scanlan | Chalcogenide Synthesis
  • Elizabeth Sharp | Analysis of Trace Amounts of Penicillin in Lake Water Using High Performance Liquid Chromotography
  • Emily Thomas | Synthesis of f-metal Based Phosphors
  • Taylor Thompson | Use of Organotellurium Compounds in Heck Reaction
  • Victoria Valde | Palladium Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling with Diaryl Tellurides
  • Deanna Valdebenito, Amanda Hagen, Andrew Kluesner, and Sangeettha Mylapurapu | Atrazine Dynamics in Spring Lake: A Study of the Atrazine Contributions from Feeder Streams and Atrazine Losses from the Spillway
  • Steven Wailand, Matthew Cash, Ajith Poladi, and Deepa Rekulapally | Spectroscopic Studies of Humic and Fulvic Acid Extracted from Native Prairies and Prairie Restoration of Illinois
  • Drew Whippie | Suzuki Coupling Reaction of diaryl tellurides
  • Ryan Wojdyla | Weathering and Storage of Forensic Soil Samples: Effects on GC-FID, Settling Rate, and pH Characterization

Clinical Laboratory Sciences:

  • Hannah Smith | Ebola Virus Induction of Autophagy in Mammalian Cells

Communication Sciences and Disorders:

  • Shealyn Ashby | Determining Appropriate Guidelines for Eliciting Child Language Samples
  • Cally Keefauver | A Survey of Diagnostic Methods for Specific Language Impairment

Dietetics, Fashion Merchandising and Hospitality:

  • Stellera English | Factors Impacting Students' Milk Preferences and Milk Selection at School
  • Linzie Horney | Quinoa Cooking Class: The Impact of Dietetics Student Provided Education on Nutrition Knowledge
  • Ashley Sell | What was the Impact of Nutrition Education Provided during a Salmon Cooking Class?

Education and Interdisciplinary Studies:

  • Olivia Schulte | Application of Constructivist Approach to Teaching Mathematics & Social Science for 5th Grade Students: Through the Discourse with Domain-Specific Questions

Emergency Management:

  • Scott Smith | An Exploration of Adaptations to Tornado Preparedness Plans: A Look at Washington’s Recovery

English:

  • Gina Divittorio | Kurt Cobain and Mental Health
  • Jared R. Worley | Indispensable Austerity

English and Journalism:

  • Michael Aitchison | A World Apart, But Not Too Far: An Analysis of BioShock: Infinite
  • Annabelle Borota | Partition: Religious Struggle or Animalistic Purge
  • Breanna Clark | Are Stealing and Lying Shameful? College Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism and Fabrication
  • Joe Crocker | Confidence of Those on Camera
  • Chantyle Davis | Have You Ever Heard of Instagram or Twitter?” Actual and Perceived Importance of Social Media for PR College Students
  • Robert Gordon | Should an Authoritative Figure Step in to Police the Internet? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of How the Public Views Net Neutrality and Prior Restraint
  • Shelby Grazulis | Carrying Your Love with Me
  • Laura (Maggie) Hammond | A Sympathetic Representation of the War Crime Perpetrator
  • Haley Helgesen | Veganism as a Treatment for Diabetes
  • Jason Herbst | In Some Ways They Didn’t Survive: Trauma in Art Spiegelman’s Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
  • Zachary Ingles | Television Consumption and Dating Behaviors of Young Adults and Adolescents
  • Justin Kim | Class and Colorism: The Reproduction of Systemic Oppression in Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Kacie Klinge | The Real Horror Story: Exploring the Portrayal and Perceptions of Women in the Horror Film Genre
  • Karissa Kouchis | With the Use of Twitter, Gays and Lesbians are more likely to Come Out? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Homosexuality and Social Media
  • Natasha Morgan | Search and Seizure
  • Zachary Philipp | Blood in the Newsroom: The Press and Their Role in Encouraging Rampage Killings
  • Cody Rivera | Twitter: A New Fabric of Sports
  • Sandra Sepaniak | Black Hole
  • April Stokes | In Reality, In Life

Elementary Education:

  • Miriam Badger and Meghan Hoyle | Separate and Unequal: Civil Rights Teacher Resources
  • Jasmine S. Bailey | Math in the Bright Lights
  • Alena Fakeri & Jordan Mahara | Ancient Civilizations across the Curriculum
  • Baylee Ferrier and Angela Galasso | Engaging Students in Animal Development: Using Children’s Literature to Support the Teaching of Science Concepts
  • Meghan Hoyle | Mental Math Strategies in Context for Seventh Grade
  • Jordan Mahara | A Study of Spelling and Grammatical Errors Made by Rural Illinois High School Students

Exercise Science:

  • Raymon Briones, Janea Jacobs, and Michael Sigala | Technology in Fitness of College Students
  • Amanda O’Connor, Monica Morton, and Eshe Mance-Porter | Smoke and Tobacco Free College Campus
  • Alex Parker | A Case Study: Effects of Various Backpack Strap Usage on Postural Alignment during Static and Dynamic Conditions
  • Nicholas Slager and Kyle Guerriero | Western Illinois University Recreational Facility Demographics

Finance:

  • Patrick Bunting and Brendan Donnelly | Changing the Face of Life Insurance
  • Patrick Bunting, Brendan Donnelly, and Brandon Scheitlin | Real Estate investment Options
  • Casmir Guilavogui, Koffigan Vonor, Robert Taylor Jr. | Real Estate Programs at AACSB Accredited Universities
  • Pashence Jackson and Spencer Cotton | An Analysis of the Affordable Care Act on College Campuses
  • Nick Milligan | Commercial Banks and Credit Unions: Is there a Difference between Mortgage Loan Advertisements
  • Jawni Lannery | Does It Matter? Facial Photos and Realtor Success
  • Daniel Northrop, Kevin Wittkowski, and Karlee Swanson | REIT Performance and Prospectus Clarity
  • Alexander Rodela and Koffigan Vonor | Simple Will and Contesting a Will in Illinois
  • Ben Yue, Nate Davis, and Alex Flaugher | Real Estate Mutual Funds: Analysis of Real Estate Mutual Funds Performance

Foreign Languages and Literature:

  • Taralee Morgan | Linguistic Politeness Strategies of Second Language Speakers when Interacting with Native Spanish Speakers vs. Other Spanish Speakers such as Second Language Speakers vs. Heritage Speakers

Forensic Chemistry:

  • Rachel Austin | Analysis of Fenuron by High Performance Liquid Chromotography
  • Kerbi Boland | Surface Water Sampling and Analysis by HPLC
  • Brittany Donovan | Forensic Soil Comparisons Using HPLC, ORP, and microscopic analysis
  • Brian Ernst | Statistical Sampling for Determination of Pesticides
  • Bethany Esterlen | Forensic Discrimination of Lipstick
  • Jasmine Gentry | Comparative Evaluation of GC-FID, Density Gradient, and ORP Protocols for Forensic Soil Analysis
  • Ashley Hardt | Comparison of Protocols for FTIR, Density Gradient, and Conductivity Testing of Forensic Soil Samples
  • Ashley Hillenburg | Soil Fingerprinting via FTIR, pH, and Microscopic Analyses
  • Kyle Janiak | Controller Design to Operate One 4 Zone Furnace
  • Alexis Jones | The Role of Environmental Conditions on Forensic Soil Comparisons: HPLC, Conductivity, and Settling Rate Analyses
  • Shan Mei Jones | Microscopic Soil Analysis alongside Conductivity and GC-FID
  • Jacqueline Richardson | Comparison of Soil Analysis Methods for HPLC, pH and Soil Density
  • Tiffany Tyson | Evaluating the Importance of Soil Storage Conditions Using FTIR, ORP, and Soil Settling Rate
  • Melanie Washington | Trace Analysis in Local Stream Water

Geology:

  • Ramon Glazianne Barbosa Carval | Mineralogic Trends in the Eastern Region of Mineral Lake Intrusion, Northern Wisconsin
  • Nick P. Liming and Corrin J. Peters | Silicification of trilobites in the Cambrian Weeks Formation (House Range, Utah)
  • Stefan Ososky | Mississippian Bryozoans Preserved in Glauconite (Illinois, USA)
  • Stefan Ososky | Range of Motion in the Appendicular Skeleton in Struthio camelus
  • Lukas Smith | Mineral Chemistry Constraints on the Origin of the Mineral Lake Intrusion, northern Wisconsin
  • Hunter Starr | Epilogue to the Tale of the Triassic Amphipod: Rosagammarus is a Decapod Tail (Luning Formation, Nevada)
  • Andrew Turner and Justin Christensen | The 3D Morphology of the Enigmatic Carboniferous Arthropod, Schramixerxes gerem (Montceau-les-Mines) via Micro Computed Tomography (microCT)

Health Sciences:

  • Cheri Davis, Mary Philips, Victoria Bradley, and Brittani Davis | Sleep Disorders in Health & Occupational Settings
  • Briana Blackburn, Claire Jarrell, Jade Delcour, Shannon Kasap and T. J. Manns | The Occupational Hazards and Preventative Measures in the Meatpacking Industry
  • Ellen Bowen and Haley Byerly | Occupational Risks in Healthcare
  • Sarah Griffin, Brenda Ramirez, Hannah Kalebaugh, Gaby Hernandez, DeAndre Kennedy, and Kim Griswold | The Occupational Risks of Cleaning up Biological Hazardous Waste
  • Faith Jackson, Tiara Lang, Autumn Bouton, Emily Trevino, Kelsey Melody, and Cali Edwards | Occupational Safety and Health concerns in Correctional Facilities
  • Dan Moyers | A Lack of Safe Drinking Water, a Global Concern
  • Airet Paramo, Marissa Martinez, and Gabriel Leon | The Effects of Nuclear Waste Disposal to the Environment and Health-related Problems
  • Victoria Sanders, Mariah Tarver, Bria Walker, Tiffany Washington, Precious Williams, and Tionna Williams | The Occupational Health Effects of Allergic Contact Dermatitis

History:

  • Kirsten Belisle | Mary, Queen of Scots: Trials and Tribulations
  • Nicholas Ebelhack | Hunts, Raids, and Warfare: An Analysis of the Evolution of Comanche Indian Combat
  • Gabrielle Filipink | The Treason Act of 1534: Reactive or Proactive?
  • Grace Griffin | Witchcraft Pamphlets
  • Maddie Olejnik | Representations of Women in Post- 1949 China

Information Systems:

  • Bryan Christensen | Automated and Manual Software Testing Frameworks
  • Rosetta Rubino | An Insightful Look at Various University Technologies and Their Usefulness

Kinesiology:

  • Cody Haenitsch | Education Resources for Adult Ultra endurance Athletes

Law Enforcement & Justice Administration:

  • David Allen | Can You Ride with the Cops and Cheer for the Robbers?
  • Michael Starrett | Politics in Marvel Entertainment

Meteorology:

  • Alexander Adams | 3-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of a Vortex Embedded within a Background Vorticity Gradient: Comparison with Theory
  • Sally Riccardi and Ashlee Mowell | Relationships between Weather Conditions and Parking Violations on the W.I.U. Campus
  • Ryan Sutera | A Synoptic-Scale Comparison of Hurricanes Sandy and Earl on Factors Controlling Movement
  • Jacob Vancil | Numerical Simulations of Vorticity Generation along an Idealized Rear-Flanking Downdraft
  • Brendan Wallace | Numerical Investigation of the Relationship between Topography and Tornado Occurrence in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Music:

  • Charles Evans and Eli Roth | Marini’s Early 17th Century Violin Mixed Tape
  • Hannah Porter | “Unpretentious as the Wild Rose:” The Life of the American Female Composer, Carrie Jacobs-Bond
  • Paul Rich, David Whiting, and Charles Evans | Jean Cras Piano Trio
  • Joseph Valdes, Luciana Hontila, and Samantha Flores | Glass: Drama Driven By Minimal Means

Nursing:

  • Shinon Allen | Breastfeeding VS Bottle Feeding: The Choice is yours

Philosophy:

  • Curtis Howd | Intrigue, Nostalgia, and the Nature of Aesthetic Response

Physics:

  • Zachary Abbott | Investigating Magnetic Field Variability during Hydroxyl Maser Flares in a Sample of Massive Star Forming Regions
  • Nicholas Breslin | Effect of Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles on the Optical Band Gap of Lead Borate Glasses
  • Justin Gonzales | Measuring Material Properties with Parts-Per-Billion Sensitivity by Utilizing a Tunnel Diode Resonator Circuit
  • Benjamin Grober | Optical Band Gap of Lead Boro-tellurite Glasses Doped with Fe and Co ions
  • Daniel M. Halbe | Molecular Maser Flares in IRAS18566+0408
  • Alexander Kacija | Filaments in Galactic Molecular Clouds or Changes in a Distant Quasar?
  • Nicole Szabo | Variation of Optical Band Gap in Bismuth Borate Glasses Doped with Mn and Ni Ions
  • Logan Sauers, Jacob Correa, Igor Bielopolskyi | Using Fresnel Rhombs in Conoscopic Interferometers
  • Angelica Strack | A Search for Ground State Hydroxyl Masers in a Pre-Planetary Nebula
  • Raymond Sullivan, Jamal Keaton, and Justin Gonzales | Understanding the Colors of Crystal Quartz Due to Optical Activity
  • Ryan Zurek | Exploring the Connection between Substructure in 3C111 and Absorption Variability in Galactic Molecular Clouds

Political Science:

  • Morgan Billingsley | The Rise of Native Advertising
  • Kyle Davis | The Future Generation: An Examination of College Student’s Political Activity
  • Jamey Garth | Defeating ISIS
  • Wade Waterstreet | The United States of America vs. the Islamic State

Psychology:

  • Rheann Adams and Morgan Crater | Trends in Hotline Calls at Western Illinois University
  • Dominique Apollon | The Social Monitoring System: Emotion Identification
  • Jana Berryman | The Association of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use in College Students
  • Jana Berryman | The Relationship between Preference for Long-Term Gratifications and Self-Control and Psychological Functioning
  • Jana Berryman | Reactions Toward Heterosexual and Homosexual Public Displays of Intimacy
  • Rheann Adams, Emily Cranston, Sarah Elizabeth Nielsen, and Morgan Ochoa | When It Comes to Sex, Are You Living in the Fast Lane?
  • Mary DeWilde | Changes in Romantic Love Relationships
  • Brittany Hall | Sex Differences in Coping with Social Isolation via Social Snacking
  • Sharrice Hewlett-Boyd | Substance Use and Emotional Abuse
  • Emma Jack | The Influence of Optimism and Locus of Control on the Desirability Bias
  • Bradley Jackson | Self Esteem and the Desire to Feel Bad
  • Mariah Maiman and Brianna Taylor | The Effects of an Adrenal Steroid Hormone on Spatial Learning in Prenatally Stressed Rats
  • Shannon McCann, Alexandria Loveless, David Allen, Cheyenne Rideaux, and Sammuel Worsley | Judged by the Cover: An Examination of how Ones Experiences Shape Others’ Perceptions
  • Sarah Elizabeth Nielsen | Is the Key to Happiness Sex? Life History and Happiness
  • Morgan Ochoa | Gene Survival and Happiness: A Test of the Evolutionary Theory of Happiness
  • Ryanzo Perez | The Classroom Operational Environment: A Comparison of Academic Achievement between Veteran and Non-Veteran College Students
  • Emma Shaw | Influence of Optimism and Locus of Control on the Desirability Bias
  • Alexandria Weston | Do Cheaters Ever Prosper? Artificial Enhancement of Mate Characteristics and Perceptions of Sex Partners and Rivals
  • Ariel Wilson | Can you trust a stranger? Choices during the Prisoner’s Dilemma and Snowdrift Dilemma
  • Samm Worsley | Identity Status and Continuity: New Evidence for an Age Old Question

Religious Studies:

  • Jed Hill | Carving God’s Body from Ashes and Exaltation

Sociology and Anthropology:

  • Katerina Hergesheimer | Illinois, Where Do We Go from Here? A Look at the Major Indicators
  • Stephanie Kroll | The Legalization and Regulation of Prostitution

Theatre and Dance: