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 2020
Impact of the Slingshot on Bench Press Performance and Shoulder Girdle Muscle Activation, Cody Dolloway
Impact of Standing Desk Intervention on Sedentary Behavior of 4th Grade Students, Maddee Duh
Grounded Theory Investigation into Depression during the Freshman Year of College, Carley Ellenberger, Marlaina Hounshell, Maddie McKibben, Mireya Mota, and Grace Gass
Computational Simulations of Cell Diffusion in Matrix Environments, Nick Evans and Bethany Luke
Virtual Laboratory for Flexural Beam Testing, Drew Fleming, Gina Sandmire, Luke Weber, and Emily Stanish
Dido and Musical Word Painting in Purcell's Opera Dido and Aeneas (1680): A Storm of Emotions, Hannah Forton
Clearing a Misunderstanding: Rehearing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (1878) with the “Changing Background” Technique, Lamar Grear
Development of Campus Parking Model, Olivia Grossen and Jay Grossman
Revisiting an Old Argument: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Mendelssohn’s Revival in 1829, Cassandra Haas
GroundSat, Maggie Hayes and Christopher D. Gutschlag
Role of RNA-binding proteins Rbfox1l and Rbfox2 in neuronal development and behavior in zebrafish, Duaa S. Hijaz, Romeo Karris, Allison Pariso, Trupti Patel, Margaret Schlicker, Yonahga Stickles, Tim Russell, Drayce Adams, and Michael A. Berberoglu
A Changing Church: A History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Journey Holland
Detection of hydrocarbon contaminants in groundwater systems, Christopher Iceman, Olivia Janke, Luke Lavendusky, and Ben Sekuloski
Crime and the Church: An Analysis of Crime in Chicago Based on the Location of Churches, Adali Johnson
Effect of TNF-α on C. albicans Morphological Change in Liquid Media, Chase Jones and Alyssa Graziani
96 POUNDS, Nicole Jones
Vaping Prevalence on College Campuses, Emma Kamp, Kayleigh Willett, Madison Ling, Keegan Maris, Isabella Portugal, Alaina Meyer, Lexi Przybylski, and Kaylinn Woolever
Opera Buffa in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Anastasia Maria Karnezis
Expression of IRBIT Along the Rat Gastrointestinal Tract, Payton Klosa, Marie Dix, Amanda Bazaldua, and Patrice Bouyer
How Grip Variation Effects Shoulder Complex Muscle Activation During the Pull-Up, J.D. Koehler
Air Pollution in the Valparaiso Area, Kyle Kohlmeyer, Jayden Tope, Meghanne Burns, Julie Peller, Linh Tran, Seth Junglas, Jack King, and Jessica McIntosh
Combining Operatic Air Varié with style hongrois in Andante e Rondo Ungarese (1813): A Recipe for Success, Ahnnabella Kolacki
What is with all the plastic garbage everywhere and where does it go?, Edward Kostelnik, Julie Peller, Steven Kaylor, Katherine Smith, Linh Tran, Brayden Pollvogt, Maggie Heinz, Ben Sekuloski, Maia Wygle, Alex Salto, and Drake Shearer
Choices! Helping Clients Beat Addiction, Michael Kumicich, Cameron Hoyt, Mirica Yancey, Shreedhar Pandey, and Sanam Maharjan
Pecking Order, Andrea Kutemeier
Isolation, Identification, Modification, and Biological Analysis of extracts of A. Mexicana, Theodore Lefeber, Jeffrey Pruet, Jessica Villegas, and Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly
Significance of Handedness in Baseball, Matthew Loftus
Child Abuse and Its Long Term Effects, Becky Lohse, Rachel Egan, and Lauren King
The Vulnerability of Man, Nicole Lubarski
Americanism in Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Luke McGinnis
Effects of Representation in Media on Race Perceptions, Madison Morehead and Jessica Andrade
Characterizing the Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities and Several Associated Bioactive Compounds of Argemone mexicana, Teodora Najdeska, Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly, Estefany Bocangel Gamarra, and Tj Lefeber
Muscle Fatigue During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Chest Compressions, Katelyn Necco
A Woman Who Understood the Minds of Men: Another Interpretation of Jezebel’s Final Moments, Emily Neuharth
Impact of Warrior Poses on Quadricep Muscle Activation, Jennifer Ocampo
The Perfect Breed, Jordan Pagel
Bach's Use of Musical Rhetoric in Lenten Music, Jennifer Perkne
Rediscovering Renaissance Recipes: Digital Presentation for a 16th Century Text, Preston Petrie, Andrew Paxson, and Timothy Henderson
Impact of Microplastic Fiber Pollution on Ramshorn Snail (Panorbella campanulata) Reproduction and Mortality, Cole J. Philips, Kalleb L. Miller, and Laurie Eberhardt
ValpoSensorNet: Musical Instrument Microclimates, Daniel Piccoli
The Impact of Collegiate Soccer Training on Gastrocnemius Activation, Ali Quillen
Integrating Ayurvedic Concepts with Western Measures for Treating Mental Health in India, Samarth Rao
Determining Efficacy of a Passive Exoskeleton for Running, Peter Rhodes
Exploring a New Object: the Taumutation, Jacob Roth, Deven Harris, and Austin Schnoor
"'The Greatest in Human Memory': Reevaluating the Lydia Earthquake, Max Shiller
Comparing Profitability for Game Developers: Xbox vs PlayStation vs PC, Thomas Shomer
Exploring the uncertain relationship between lunar phases and human sleep duration and quality: A narrative literature review, Nicholas Skrobul
Impact of Deadlift and Power Clean on Vertical and Broad Jump Performance, Connor Sperling
Gluteus Maximus Activity during Bilateral Countermovement Jump in D1 Female Athletes, Addison Stoller
Letters, Anna Styrczula
Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene oxide Polydopamine Aerogels for Contaminant Removal in Water, Daosavanh Daniella Sysouvanh, Arvid Mohammad Masud, and Nirupam Aich
Core Fatigue and Low Back Pain, Sydney Thomas
Debussy's Early Impressionism, Natalia Thompson
Live Robot Sensor View, Dane Towner, Duy Truong, Johnny Batorek, Paul Oscar Benbow, and Brandon Sheehy
Please Use Retrospection, Claire Utzinger
Predicting Voter Turnout, Jake Wislek
Dwyer Google Migration, Eric Yager, Zack Lee, Billy Skedd, Doug Skedd, and Ray Zimmerman
Optimizing Recovery Conditions in Collegiate Female Soccer Athletes Using Machine Learning, Mark Young
Effect of Media and Estrogen on Morphological Change in Candida albicans, Idalia Z. Zachara, Paige M. Camp, Patrice G. Bouyer, and Michael K. Watters
Submissions from 2019
Domestic Violence Among University Women, Michelle Andersen
The Valparaiso University Association of Computing Machinery’s Mobile Application, Juan Arellano
Influence of the Environmental Moisture Field on the 17 November 2013 Outbreak, Kristen Axon, Ellie Venteicher, and Rachel Kennedy
Death Stinks: Characterizing the Volatiles that Attract Blow Flies During Decomposition, Raenah Bailey
Update of the Solar Furnace Hopper and Feeder System, Katherine Bassett
Robotics Swarm Algorithms: Dispersion Using Gradient Descent Algorithm, Jonathan Bayert
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
Mobile Application for University Programming Council (UPC) Events, Brady Bell, Carly Armor, Melissa Buss, Ryan Kleszynski, Miguel Valdez, Nicholaus Dettmer, and Daniel Christensen
Streamlining the synthesis of folate mimics as potential antifungal agents, Zachary Bennett, Kassidy Grumbles, Anna Bockman, and Jeff Pruet
Take A Seat, Marc Boas
Our Every Day, Ashley Borg
Specific Heat of Gases, Sarah Bradash
Institutional Review Board Management System, Mitchell Burgess, Abdullah Aljobeh, and Jack Worman
Liszt Transcriptions, Moriah G. Carmel
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Moriah G. Carmel and Hannah Laatsch
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
Where Does it All Go?: An Analysis on the Communities Surrounding Illinois Landfills, Emma Chelsvig
Knowledge versus Religion: The Tension in Goethe’s Faust, Sarah Crowe
Surface Electromyography Analysis in Division 1 Female Soccer Players During Dynamic Movements, Tyler Curylo
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
Interpretations of the “Gretchen-figure” in the Works of Classical Composers, Sara Eveler
Utilizing Stress: Manipulating Student’s Stress Mindsets Determines Their Health and Functioning Outcomes, Abigail Fate
Normalization in Schools: Foucault & the Mental Health Crisis, Jennifer Feutz
Contemplating Paradoxical Doctrine Through Formal Structure in the Holy Sonnets, Katherine Germann
Raspberry SCI: An Inexpensive High Performance Computing Cluster for WRF Simulations within the Valparaiso University Meteorology Program, Maxwell A. Grover, Isaac Arseneau, Kevin Goebbert, Eliott Foust, Terry Wade, and Nick Rosasco
Hesse Center Shift Exchange Portal, Raquel Haro, Megan Janickovic, Madeline O. Flynn, and Josiah P. Metzler
Design of a Mobile, Low-Cost Spectrum Analyzer, Jacob Harrison
Digitizing and Streamlining Valparaiso University Student Senate's Organization Recognition Process, Kayla Herrera, Sawyer Patrick, Alec Hauck, and Jackson Heise
Latino Macropartisanship Over Time: Political Science Data Review, Dan Herschel
OH HAPPY FAULT: THE GOD-LIKE CURIOSITY OF THE FIRST WOMAN IN GENESIS, Dan Herschel
Who will win the Stanley Cup?, Nicholas Hollis
Evolution of the Sonatas of Dame Ethel Smyth, Julie Howe
An Analysis of Road Salting Impacts on Soil Salinity Along Two Rural Roadways, Deirdre James and Cody Banks
Comparison Between the Left and Right Shoulder Range of Motion During a Supine Dumbbell Fly Press, Abigail Johnson
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Madeline Johnson, Cassandra Niemeyer, and Thomas Goyne
A Precipitation Climatology of Major Atlantic Basin Hurricanes from 2002-2018, Savannah Jorgensen, Eric Goldenstern, Brenda Herman, and Angela Mose
