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
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 Jeffrey 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
Life in the Suicide Belt: Intersections of Death and Agency in American Culture, 1870-1910, Anthony Kalin
A Qualitative Study: Caregiver Experience of Dementia, Emma Kamp, Guadalupe Ortiz, Maddissen Brookshire-Green, Olivia Smith, Kayleigh Willett, Keegan Maris, Isabella Portugal, and Madison Ling
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
Discussing Across the Aisle: The Effect of Civic Reflection on Political Discrimination, Jonah Koetke
Stability of Proteinogenic Amino Acids in Martian Conditions, Claire Kovarik, Christopher Smith, Kelly Davidson, and Laura Rowe
Wolf Domestication: An Agent-based Simulation, Ryan Kulwicki and Alex Capaldi
Improving Health Equity in Rural Costa Rica Through a Community-Based Participatory Intervention: An Undergraduate Research Project, Brandon LaChappelle and Ty Snarr
Developing an Impact-Based Strength Index for the Classification of Derechos, Donald Long Jr. and Jeremy M. Corner
Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage: The Formation of Sized Metal Oxide Samples, David Mackey
Effect of Multisensory Information on Memory in Delayed Recognition, Inga Majewska, McKayla Deleon, Nick Cline, and Andrew Butler
Network Graph Categorization Based on Features, Arezu Mansuri, Cody Packer, Gabe Fragoso, Frankie Vazquez, and Prasuna Pillalamarri
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
Determining the Optimal Design of Collegiate Ballroom Competitions, Jonathan Metcalfe
Demographic Factors and Encounters with Law Enforcement, Debra Miller
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
Perceptions of Human Nature and Public Policy Survey, Emily Nelson and Geoff Wetherell
The Impact of Reminders of Racial Inequality and Ethnic Identification on Perceptions of Racial Protest Groups, Elisabeth Noland
Computational Study of the Electronic Structure of Various Cobalt (Hydroxy) Oxides in Electrolysis Reactions, Marcus A. Ochsendorf and Haiying He
Exploring Slot Assignment Methods in Flexible-Grid Optical Networks, Kimberly Orr
Greek Life Application Project, Cody Packer, Terry Wade, Mardonio Diaz, Alexandar Habjan, Robert McIntyre, and Brandon Ancona