Formerly the Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, SOURCE is an opportunity for students to share creative and/or scholarly work that they have undertaken during the past year in a poster or oral format.
Submissions from 2019
Domestic Violence Among University Women, Michelle Andersen
Investigating the Viability of a γ-Al2O3 Support on Catalytic Propane Dehydrogenation Using Transition Metal Clusters, Christopher Bean
Student Perceptions of Valpo Basketball Joining the MVC, Alex Becker, Joshua Yonker, and Cameron Behymer
Take A Seat, Marc Boas
Our Every Day, Ashley Borg
Sexual Assault on College Campuses: A Policy Analysis at Valparaiso University, Chloe Castelluccio
Analysis of the Motivations and Perceptions of Cheating among High School Students, Emma Chelsvig
Analyzing Plastic Degradation from Winogradsky Columns of Two Sample Sources, Sarah Dilday and Jhanelle Spence
The Imago Dei and CRISPR cas9: A Christian Case for Genetic Alteration, Joshua Duensing
Sub-Nanometer Catalyst Clusters for Propane Dehydrogenation, Joshua Duensing, Jacob Allred, Christopher Smith, and Stan Zygmunt
Hesse Center Shift Exchange Portal, Raquel Haro, Megan Janickovic, Madeline O. Flynn, and Josiah P. Metzler
Digitizing and Streamlining Valparaiso University Student Senate's Organization Recognition Process, Kayla Herrera, Sawyer Patrick, Alec Hauck, and Jackson Heise
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Madeline Johnson, Cassandra Niemeyer, and Thomas Goyne
Life in the Suicide Belt: Intersections of Death and Agency in American Culture, 1870-1910, Anthony Kalin
PKC activation induces ubiquitination of the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter 1 in the human colonic epithelial cells T84, Payton Klosa, Marie Dix, Amanda Bazaldua, and Emily Hughes
Wolf Domestication: An Agent-based Simulation, Ryan Kulwicki and Alex Capaldi
Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage: The Formation of Sized Metal Oxide Samples, David Mackey
Do I Have Your Attention Yet?, Drake Mattingly
Analyzing the History of School Closings/Delays in the Past 40 Years Due to Extreme Wintertime Weather in Northwest Indiana, Emily Mazan, Nathan Healy, Jilliann Dufort, Seth Tacke, and Natalie Vernon
Impact of Microplastic Fiber Pollution on Planorbella campanulata (Ramshorn Snail) Fecundity and Mortality, Kalleb L. Miller and Cole J. Philips
The Digitalization of the Valparaiso University Residential Hall Check-In Process, Adam Morrison, Sam Rookstool, and Alec Cole
Characterizing the Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities and Several Associated Bioactive Compounds of Argemone mexicana, Teodora Najdeska, Estefany Bocangel Gamarra, Kelly Davidson, Tj Lefeber, and Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly
Wireless, Battery-Powered Node for ValpoSensorNet, Muhammad Ahmed Naveed
Greek Life Application Project, Cody Packer, Terry Wade, Mardonio Diaz, Alexandar Habjan, Robert McIntyre, and Brandon Ancona
The Impact of Ice Versus Ischemic Compression on Muscle Recovery Post Resistance Training, Brian Pecyna
Correlation Between Jump Foot Force Production and Distance Jumped in Collegiate Long Jumpers, Malik Riley
Problem of Scoring Gerrymandering, Austin Schnoor
Curricular Analytics: A Probabilistic Approach, Erik Schuchardt, Georges El-Howayek, and Ahmad Slim
Scenes At The Shore, Susan Scuderi
Pain in Beauty: A Clothing Connection, Megan Seibert
Written Language and Cultural Identity: The Use of Traditional and Simplified Hanzi in the People's Republic of China, Lukas Torgerson
Sure It’s Fine, We Checked 9 Years Ago: Surface Water Quality Testing of the Little Calumet River in Gary and Lake Station, Indiana., Jessica Villegas, Langston Stalling, Drake Shearer, Donovan McGill, Nathaniel Parson, Derrick John Combs, Noah M. Wilkes, Amber M. Garcia, and Breanne Mason
Effect of Estrogen on Morphological Change in Candida albicans and Neurospora crassa, Idalia Zachara, Chase Jones, Paige Camp, Hamza Hasan, and Patrice Bouyer
Submissions from 2018
Geyser V. United States, Allison Abayay
Web Application for Student Analytics, Cristian Abello, Ryan Bennett, Samuel Iselin, Arezu Mansuri, and Kimberly Orr
A Qualitative Study: Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs about Marijuana, Bradley Adkins, Ellie Ashbrook, Andrea Pertl, Madissen Brookshire-Green, Guadalupe Ortiz, Olivia Smith, Emma Kamp, and Kayleigh Willett
Minimizing the Residual Field and Field Gradient in a Magnetically Shielded Room for nEDM at LANL, Chamindu S. Amarasinghe
The Modernization of the VU Lutheran High School Directory, Tyler Ammons, Thomas Schuessler, Franklin Kirui, and David Schmeling
A Case Study of Four Atmospheric River Events Over the Pacific West Coast of the United States, Isaac Arseneau and Wendell Nuss
Arab Nationalism in a Francophone Country: The French Language and Moroccan Identity, Jewan Attallah
Solar Eclipse Radiosonde Launch Project, Kristen Axon, William Wight, Erika Goshorn, Aaron Mehner, Cole Evans, Seth Tacke, and Adam Stepanek
Assessment of Muscle Activation in Landing Error Scoring System Performance in Collegiate Swimmers, Serena Badgley
It Falls to Us: Linking The Waste Land to Dante’s Divine Comedy, Katherine Balkema
Mature Minor Doctrine, Katherine Barbian
Student Governance Digital Business Process, Shayne Depree Barron, Zachary Diamond, Nate Weber, and Alex Watson
Agent-Based Modeling of Pollen Competition, Katherine Bassett
The Impact of Active and Passive Recovery on Blood Lactate Clearance in Sprinters, Allison Baylor
Screening Single-Atom Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation, Christopher Bean and Stan Zygmunt
Reid v. Wetzel Amicus Curiae Brief, Magdalena Bonilla
Calculating the Minimum Energy Crossing Point for Chemical Reactions with Intersecting Potential Energy Surfaces with Different Spin States, Nathaniel I. Bouman
Diurnal Oviposition of Blow Flies in Different Aged Carrion, Kristi Bugajski, Raenah Bailey, Lauren Smith, Cecelia Frankewich, Monique Le Donne, Shelby Leucata, and Janelle Bouman
Fantastic Patterns and Where Not to Find Them, Michael Bukata, Ryan Kulwicki, Nicholas Lewandowski, Lara Pudwell, Jacob Roth, and Teresa Wheeland
Identification of Differences in Composite Vertical Profiles Between November Lake-Effect and System Snow Events in Northwest Indiana, Evan Cade, Timothy DeRolf, and Samantha Schletz
Juvenile Transfer in Toliver vs. the State of Arkansas, Chloe Castelluccio
Ancient Feminism: Troy and the Cold War Germany, Olivia Curcio
Identification of Blowfly Species Using PCR, Kayla Currier and Nathan A. McChesney
Relationship Between Limb Dominance and Site of Injury in College-Age Students at a Midwestern University, Zach Cutler
Muscle Activation and Foot Pressure of College Female Basketball Players with and Without Knee Injury: A Pilot Study, Georgi Donchetz
Rolando Ruiz v. Texas: Assessing the Psychological Impacts of Extended Solitary Confinement on Death Row Inmates, Zoe Fischer
Muscle Activation and Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Performance in D1 Swimmers, Selena Gonzalez
The Effect of an 8-Week Challenge on Weight Loss, Mackenzie Grossmann
How Pretrial Publicity Can Destroy A Case, Sarah Harrington
Analysis of Neutral Pion Asymmetry with the STAR Detector, Alec J. Hauck and Noah Strand
A Turntable Switcher Intersection for the LANL nEDM experiment, Jackson T. Heise
Addressing Citizen Concerns: Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in East Chicago, Indiana, Zoe I. Henkes and Ashita Bhatnagar
Mathematical Modeling of the Evolution of the Domestic Dog, Ashley Hire, Michael Revor, and Samuel Iselin
The Start of the Week, Justin Holland
Quadriceps Muscle Activation of Division One Swimmers while Performing the LESS Jump, Karen Holmquist
Setting the Stage: 40 Years in VU Theatre, Leilah Hovey
Mapping NKCC1 in the Endocytic Pathway During PKC Activation in Mardin Darby Canine Kidney Cells, Emily Hughes, Amanda Bazaldua, Chase Jones, Marie Dix, Natasa Petreska, Payton Klosa, Nicholas Barron, and Patrice G. Bouyer Dr.
The Sensitivity of Predicted Solar Thermal Reactor Performance to Solid-state Kinetics, Amanda Jaacks and Luke Venstrom
Electronic And Optical Properties Of TiO2 Nanoclusters and Nanosheets Supported on Silicene, yesukhei jagvaral and Haiying He
Com v. Dillion Amicus Brief, Kayla Jenkins
A Lantern Slide Through Time, Journey Joll
In His Image: A Question of Creation and Humanity's right to Human Dignity., Taylor Justison
Deconstructing the Gilded Age Mansion: Identity, Industry, and Culture through Architecture, Anthony Kalin
A Comparison Between Pulsed Ultrasound and Self-Myofascial Release on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness, Allison Ketcham
The Role of the Imagination in Religion and Science, Jonah Koetke
Analyzing and Quantifying Microfiber Pollution in the Lake Michigan Watershed, Edward Kostelnik, Allen Huff, and Julie Pohlman-Zordan
Phone Application for Multi-Site Church, Ryan Kulwicki
Learning Dialects: Potential Aide in the Integration of Refugees in Germany, Will Levi
Calibrating Electroencephalography and Stimulation Tracking Devices for the Study of Event-Related Potentials, Inga Majewska, Lynda Arredondo, McKayla Deleon, and Andrew Butler
Developing an Unnatural Amino Acid-Specific Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase, Claire C. Mammoser and Laura Rowe
Graduate Students as Future Mandated Reporters, Emily E. Mellin
Cardiovascular Disease: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Prevention Strategies, Anastacia Mesina, Dwight Moline, Audrey Corn, and Michael Bohney
Nazi Germany's Effects on the Modern German Language, Ariana Moore
The Impact of Foam Rolling on Hip Range of Motion in Division I Athletes, Sarah Mythen
Antiquity and Applicability: Medea's Connection to Modern Social Issues, Taylor Nesselroad
Effective Sincerity: On Catholic Private Prayer and the Poetry of Mary Karr, Emily Neuharth
Analysis of the Nuclear waste Extractants BTP and BTBP using LCMS, Thu Nguyen and Julie R. Peller
Amicus Curiae Brief, Alex Nicishatse
Monitoring Black Oak Savannas in the Indiana Dunes, Sidney L. Noble
Monitoring Vernal Pools in the Indiana Dunes, Sidney L. Noble
A Computational Study of Cu-Pd for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, Marcus A. Ochsendorf
Amicus Brief for Marliee Patricia Garner, Dariane Okeley
Interface Extensions to the AMC Evaluation Platform, Casey Primozic, Jackson Roush, Robert Schenck, Benjamin A. Levandowski, Brian Doriott, and William Sullivan
Optimized Routes to 7-Carboxymethyl-Pterin: A Useful Building Block for Medicinal Chemists, Jeff Pruet, Kassidy Grumbles, and Zachary Bennett
Perceived Levels of Stress and Physical Activity in College Students, Amanda Riley
Analysis of Valpo Women's Soccer Heart Rate Data, Grace Rogers, Pall Baggett, and Montel Hall
