Centennial Honors College
2018 Abstracts
African American Studies:
- Melissa Leyva | The Position of a Strong Black Women Stereotypes
Agriculture:
- Kelsey Bergman | Breeding ALS Resistance into Winter Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
- Kelsey Bergman | Soybean Yield as Affected by Planting Date and Seed Treatment
- Lydia Boley | Relationship of Health Treatments to Bull Performance Characteristics
- Zachary Brewer | Weed Management in Soybean (Glycine max) Intercropped with Spring Planted Rye (Secale cereal)
- Nathan Carroll, William Welch, Dexter Redenius | Gibberellic Acid Influence on the Growth of Corn, Soybean and Common Weed Species
- Olivia Claire | Nutrition Misconceptions
- Keely Egelhoff | Remote Sensing for Evaluating the Effect of Grafting on Hyperspectral Reflectance of Tomato Plants
- Nathan Hilleson | Scheduled Herbicide Applications and Micro-Rates for Weed Management in Dicamba-Resistant Soybean
- Abrianne Holler, Kassidy Quinn, Zachary Brewer | Wheat Residue and Precipitation Rate Effects on Residual Herbicide Activity
- Ethan Johnson | Residual Herbicide Activity as Influenced by Application to Soil Covered with Crop Residue
- Luke Merritt | Weed Control Following Single-Pass Pre or Post Corn Herbicides as Affected by Planting Date
- Allyson Rumler, Jessica Herndon, Brett Leahr ï Dicamba Volatility as Affected by Soil Nitrogen Level on Two Soil Types
- Allyson Rumler | Waterhemp Seed Production and Seed Viability as Affected by Sublethal Dicamba Dose
- Will Taylor | Relationship of Bull Performance and Genetic Data and Their Ability to Predict Yearling Bull Purchase Price
- Adam Wilson, Mitch Bremer, Cyle Lafollett, Luke Merritt | Herbicide Rainfastness as Affected by Adjuvants and Rainfall Interval
- Miranda Wright, Courtney Forney, Kelsey Bergman | Dicamba Volatility and Weed Control Efficacy as Influenced by Rain-free Period
Art:
- Silas Coggeshall | Viscosity Printmaking
- Ashley Derry | Combining the Scientific Method with the Artistic Process to Make a Better Cyanotype
Biology:
- Rebecca Bocian | Ligation of Calreticulin Gene into the HiBit Plasmid for the Development of a Novel Calreticulin Reporter and Determination of Immunogenic Cell Death
- Logan Brown | Lipid Molecular Species in the ppi2 mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana
- Brianna Chandler, Rea Taci, Anthony West | Wound-Induced Expression of Nuclear Genes that Encode the Chloroplast Receptors and Components of the 26S Proteasome System in Arabidopsis Thaliana
- James Claar | Analysis of Soy Bean Gene Expression in Response to Trichoderma Harzianum T22
- Mariah Dicksen | Mosquito Mayhem: Are Illinois Mosquitoes Ready for Chikungunya?
- Mariah Dicksen | What Happens in Your Blood: Attack of the ZIka Virus!
- Tannia Escobar, Angelica Myers, Sarah Porter | Use of Lavender Oil as a Pesticide for Brassica rapa
- Kylee Fall | Comparison of Bone Ossification in the Forelimb and Hindlimb Alligator mississippiensis
- Audrey Fisher | Affects of Various Degreasing Compounds on Mammalian Long Bones
- April Franco and Rebecca Bocian | DNA Sequencing of a Novel Calreticulin Reporter Plasmid
- Gabriela Garcia | Cytotoxic Determination of an Ovarian Cancer Targeting Peptide Using a Trypan Blue Assay
- Kylee Hill | Role of the Axl Receptor in the Entry of Lassa Virus into Permissive Cells
- Leanne Horvath | The Effect of Trichoderma on Soybean Seed Growth
- Kelly Keckler and Shawn Farrar | The Effects of a Magnetic Field on the Behavior of Periplaneta Americana
- Joshua Maccagno | Detection of Heavy Metals Within and Around Nahant Marsh
- Erica Marquez | The Effects of Environmental Coloration on Spatial Learning in Male Lab Mice (Mus musculus)
- Kyle Mustiful-Brumfield | Alligator mississippiensis Ossification Rates- Clearing and Staining
- Arafat Olori | Effect of HZnPV virus on Helicoverpa Zea
- Damien Pickens | Cross-Species Transmission of Plasmids in Saccharomyces Yeast
- Kelsey Roberts | The Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on DNA Expression of Spirodela polyrhiza in the Mississippi River
- Myya Robinson | West Nile Virus Surveillance in West-Central Illinois
- Sierra Seten | Designing Web-based Learning Pages for Animal Physiology
- Hannah Snook | Expression of Jasmonic Acid Pathway Genes in the ppi2-1 Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana
- Mary Street | Health Effects of Bot Fly Infection on White-Footed Mice
- Brandon Strode | Unionid Mussel Survey at Pool 19 of the Upper Mississippi River
- Alexis Tompkins | Factors That Affect Tick Infection on White-footed Mice
- Diana Vargas-Hernández | Description of a Potential Novel Species of Pleosporales and its Effect in the Development of Bouteloua gracilis Under Stress Conditions
- Lindsey Weintraub | Determination of Transcriptional Changes Induced by an Ovarian Cancer Targeting Peptide
- Matthew Wieskamp | Determination of Peptide Mediated Apoptosis of Ovarian Cancer Cells
- Rebecca Worthington, Logan Brown, Alexandra Siavelis | Ozone Induced Changes in the Expression of Genes that Encode Chloroplast Receptors
- Nasser Zbeeb | Effects on the Growth and Gene Expression of Helicoverpa zea when Treated with a Trichoderma-Supplemented Diet
- Matthew Wieskamp | Determination of Peptide Mediated Apoptosis of Ovarian Cancer Cells
Chemistry:
- Mallika Asar | Fluorescent Microscopy of Ovarian Cancer Targeting Phage Clones
- Airelle Alejandre | Synthesis of Metal Chalcogenide Materials For Energy Applications
- Allison Anderson | Total Antioxidant Capacity of Tea (FRAP Method)
- Luke Bohlin | Analysis of Total Antioxidant Activity in Brewed Teas by CuPRAC Assay
- Alexandra Brisbin | Quantitative Analysis of the Organic Explosive HMX in Water by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection
- Mallory Burg | ABTS Assay of Wild Tomatoes to Determine Antioxidant Properties
- Kelsey Carter | Histamine Levels in Various Chocolate and Alcohol Samples
- Harley Davidson | Development of an Enzymatic Assay to Measure Blood Alcohol Concentration for the Determination of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
- Darby Duffy | Synthesis of Pure Birnessite and Cobalt Doped Birnessite Using High Temperature Methods and Slow Cooling
- Rebecca Haughey | Testing for Phosphate Concentration in Soil Near a CAFO
- Julia Hill | Solid State Synthesis of Co4Sn2Te6
- Shea Jones | Solid State Synthesis of Ba2Cr4Ge1S10
- Grant Kasal | Determination of the Binding Characteristics of Ovarian Cancer Targeting Phage Clones
- Rebecca Kielminski | Extraction of Antioxidants from Wild Tomato Cultivars
- Quinn Kruel | Comparison of Hot Brew and Cold Brew Tea
- Amanda LaPage | Determining Illicit Drugs Using the High Quantum Field of Gold Nanoparticels
- Frank Lin and Kyle Murphyï Forensic Analysis of Histamine Concentrations in Clothed and Unclothed Cow Leg Samples
- Mikal Mckeever | Amplification and Purification of an Ovarian Cancer Targeting Phage Clone
- Shawn McClenahan ï Microbial Strain Improvement: Optimizing Conditions for Preparing Electrocompetent Microbe (Nocardia cholesterolicum NRRL 5767) for Electroporation
- Madison Miller and Dr. Brian Bellott | Synthesis of Hallow Nanocage using Au and CoCl2 for Targeted Drug Delievery
- Tess Moeller | Quantitative Analysis of Limonene Content in Citrus Oil by Gas Chromatography Using Anisole as the Internal Standard
- Adriana Molina | Quantitative Analysis of Histamine in Chicken, Salmon, Canned Salmon, and Bacon
- Dalton Moss | Total Flavonoid Concentration of Tea
- Katelyn Nemeth | Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles with Various Capping Agents
- Paige Noecker | Determination of Phosphate Concentration in Water Near a CAFO
- Kimberly Oldenburg | Determination of Transcriptional Changes Induced by an Ovarian Cancer Targeting Peptide
- Sean Pollock | Determination of Antioxidant Capacity in Wild Tomato Cultivars by the DPPH Assay
- Alexis Ramirez | Quantitation Analysis of Histamine in Bananas
- Schaefer Roach | Analysis Of Iron Telluride Crystals
- Sami Schultz | Quantitative Analysis of the Organic Explosive TNT in Water
- Hannah Short | Colorimetric Analysis of Histamine in Bread
- Vasilia Spourdalakis | Extraction and Characterization of Desomorphine in Saliva
- Killian Tracey | Solid State Synthesis Educational Lab Development
- Courtney Uza | Histamine In Wellness Teas
- Nicole Walker | Synthesizing Group 6 Carbonyls for Reducing CO2
- Matthew Ward | Experimental and Computational Analysis of Co4Sn2Te6
- Livia Way | Analysis of Total Antioxidant Activity in Brewed Teas Using the Prieto Method by Visible Spectroscopy
- Zabrina Yoakum | Analysis of Histamine Levels in Dairy Products using EnzyChrom Histamine Assay Kit and Kitchen Method
Communication Sciences and Disorders :
- Jillian Escobar | The Effect of Musical Training and Working Memory in Adverse Listening Situations
English:
- Molly Cameron | Addicted to Happiness: Dystopia as Utopia
- Paige Rohrback | Home Away from Home in The Book of Unknown Americans
- Tess Tyler | Analyzing Isabel: Exploring A Fierce and Subtle Poison through Action Strategies
- Tess Tyler | Prospero: Man of Otherness
Geography and GIS:
- Adam Fackler | Using Collector for Individual Assistance Damage Assessment
Geology:
- Alex Cler | A Micro-CT Scan of a Fossil Shrimp from the Triassic Ambilobe Region, Northern Madagascar
- Taylor Cordle | Ontogeny of the Trilobites of the Weeks Formation of Utah
- Paige Elsea | Almatium sp. From the Middle to Late Triassic Madygen Formation, SW Kyrgyzstan and the Phylogenetic Structure of the Calmanostraca
- Kelli Snyder | CT Analysis of Triassic Pteronisculous
Health Sciences and Social Work:
- Jasmine Branch | Hepatitis A: The Rapid Spread Amongst Adolescents in Spain
- Dillon Harness | Development of New Flood Control Measures for Communities in the Meramec River Basin in St. Louis County, Missouri Against Future Record Floods
- Devon Johnson | Healthcare Access and Culture of the Maori People
History:
- Aaron Adams | Rights of Illegal Aliens
- Luke Josey | Jehovah’s Witnesses Under the Third Reich: Real or Imagined Threat to the Nazis?
- Becky Shaw | Witchcraft and the Social Cause of "The Craze"
Liberal Arts and Sciences:
- Michael Cross Jr. | Walking the Walk, While Talking the Talk: A Theoretical Perspective of the Performance of Black Masculinity on the Predominantly White College Campus
Mathematics:
- Audrey Fletcher | Geometric Diagrams and Problems that Show Connections and Teach Mathematical Reasoning
Meteorology:
- Matthew English | The Effectiveness of An Outdoor Warning System
- Dakota Forbis, Matthew English, Ethan Schisler | Does Long-Range Weather Forecast Consistency Imply Accuracy?
- Eric Petry | Assessing the Relationship Between Sounding Index Characteristics and Tornado Intensities
Military Science:
- Michael Shriber | Importance of Goal Setting For Your Future
Music:
- Rebekah Eden | Hautbois Take Over France!
- Heather Johnson | The Life and Compositional Works of Francesca Caccini
- Heidi Maier | J.S. Bach: Timeless Musical Influence that Spans Beyond the Instrument
- Kelsey Pudlas | Styles Collide: Applying Baroque Ornamentation to Period Music for Present Day Performers
- Benjamin Rogers | Redesigning the General Music Recorder Curriculum
Nursing:
- Jasbir Bhangal, Meghan King, Danielle Wherley | Job Satisfaction Among Nurses
- Monica Brooks, McKenzie Allen, Kailyn Morrell | Effectiveness of Disinfecting Stethoscopes Using Ultraviolet Light
- Brandi Crockford and Allison DeWane | Educational Needs in Postpartum Care
- Bailey Jansen, Ashley Ferguson, Katherine Friday | Nursing Student Stress and Physical Activity
Physics:
- Alex Briney | Multi-beam Interference from a Thin Film
- Zachary Foreman | Optical Properties of Dy3+ Doped Calcium Bismuth-Borate and Barium Bismuth-Borate Glasses
- Owen Huff | The Effect of CdSe Nanoparticles on the Optical Band Gap of Bismuth Borate, Lead Borate, Lead Boro-Tellurite, and Bismuth Boro-Tellurite Glasses
- Natalie Jacobson | Fluorescence Spectra of Sm-doped Bismuth Boro-Tellurite Glasses
- Jake Lambert | Correlated Variability of Molecular Masers in Massive Star Forming Regions
- Jonathan Skaggs | Optical Properties of Samarium doped Strontium Borate Glasses
Political Science:
- Aaron Adams | Analysis of the 2016 Presidential Election
- Allison Anderson | The Lochner Era: Origin and Collapse of Freedom of Contract Interpretation
- Mark Buren | Gender Bias in Custody Hearings
- Jamie Flores | Factors that Affect the Nomination and Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices
- Jason Timmerhaus | Carter's Campaigns
- Crystal Wilson | What Might Carpenter v. United States Mean for Our Future Rights?
- Brandi Efiom | Determining Whether Western Illinois University’s Policies Exemplify Intersectionality
- Jazzy Thomas | Let the Church Say Amen: The intersection of Slavery in America and Christianity
Psychology:
- Camille Cotton | Personality and Romantic Relationships
- Hilary Dunn | Religiosity vs. Neuroticism in Predicting Religious/Spiritual Struggles Among Church-Goers
- Taylor Harris | Living in a Single Parent v. a Dual Parent Household: The Role of Different Parenting
- Grace Howard, McKenna Engle, Josie Hasselbrin | Attitudes Toward Promiscuous Sex
- Yadira Martinez | Bilingualism and the Activation of Mental Lexicons
- Cheri Newell | An Examination of ASI-3 Subscales, Trait Anxiety, and Biological Sex as Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
- Cheyenne Rideaux, Yashwanth Sudhini, Matthew Alwood, Rachel Wernsman | The Protective Effects of Dietary Supplements on Spatial Learning in PIC Exposed Rats: A Model of Alzheimer's Disease - Pilot Study
- Kayla Smiley | Student Perceptions and Ciews of Aging, Aging courses, and Careers in Aging
- Micheal Waters | Assessment of Drug Use and Peer Influence
- Marissa Somodi, Aida Juarez, Heather Foster | How Anxiety is Affected by the Presence of Meaning and Chance
Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration:
- Matthew Perchalski | Leisure Tourism Facility Repositioning Best Practices in Resort Renovation
Sociology and Anthropology:
- Dillon Austin | An Anthropologist’s view of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
- Alisa Davis | 70 Cents to the Dollar Factor Fiction
- Claire Jaffe-Notier | College Students’ Perceptions of “Brain Disorders”
- Essence Nichols | Examining Students Knowledge on the History of Eugenics & Sterilization and Its Modern Day Effects
Theatre:
- Audrey Gniech | 17th and 18th Century Female Playwright Contributions
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