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 2011
An Evaluation of Non-contact Temperature Measurements for Oxyacetylene Torch Testing of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics, Justin Cotter
Deer Browse Monitoring of the Lupine Population at John Merle Coulter Prairie and the Trillium Population at Hildebrand Lake, Jana C. Cram and Heather Dulaney
Non-Contiguous Pattern Avoidance in Binary Trees, Michael Dairyko, Samantha Tyner, and Casey Wynn
Whose Turf? Public Relations and Marketing in Social Media, Katie Davis
Computer Monitored Problem Solving Dialogues, Lisa Dion, Jeremy Jank, and Nicole Rutt
Cross-Cultural Educational Fallbacks: A Study of Homeschooling in the Hispanic Community and the Reasons for Its Utilization, Luke Easterday
Oxidation Performance of Ultra-high Temperature Ceramics in Air and a Simulated Combustion Environment, Tim Englert
Oxidation Performance of Ultra-high Temperature Ceramics in Air and a Simulated Combustion Environment, Kevin Fedde
Novels in the Internet Age: “House of Leaves” and New Media’s Influence in Contemporary Fictional Literature, Tyler Gegg
National Park Service nonnative plant control in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Jacob Halpin, Laurie Eberhardt, and Laura Thompson
Improving Ecological Monitoring of Restoration Sites in Northwest Indiana through a GLISTEN-NIRMI Partnership., Danyi Harper and Don Meola
Solar Furnace: Heliostat and Concentrator Design, Tyler Heagney, Andrew Schiller, and Matthew Gaide
Attitudinal and Dispositional Predictors of Environmentally-Responsible Behavior, Anna Isaacson, Ken Knuppel, and Ashley Lawrence
Opinions about Anti-Tobacco Marketing Strategies from the Undergraduate Student Perspective, Kara Jachcinski, Meranda Block, Caitlin Berry, Lauren Paczkowski, Emily Bernhard, and Nathan Matejczyk
Exploring Honor Code Perceptions, Moral Reasoning, and Attitudes toward Learning: Establishing Concurrent Validity for the Honor Code Perceptions Scale, Ariel Johnson and Stephanie Kuipers
Discrimination vs. Acceptance of Homosexuality at Valparaiso University, Jennifer Johnson, Jennifer Pokorny, and Brittany Smiejek
Facial Recognition: Training Participants to Detect Genuine Smiles, Nate Keiser
Siltation Related to Beaver Dam Decomposition in the Little Kankakee River, McKenzie Kelly, Chris Bitcheno, Alyssa Thacker, Jon Gardow, and Arissa Wallis
Effects of Chocolate Milk Prior to Exercise, Brian Laipple
Short-Range Sonar Development, Matthew LaRue and Alex McGuffey
Violent and Wintertime Tornadoes in the Central Midwest: A Study of History, Trends, and Climatology, Anthony Lyza
Examining Eschatologies of Glory and the Eschatology of the Cross in A Theology of Hope and A Fire in My Belly, Wendy Mallette
From Fury to Erasure: Shifting Representations of HIV/AIDS in Queer Art and Politics, Wendy Mallette and Nick Derda
Water Quality of Restored Wetlands: A Study of the Great Marsh Complex in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Wendy Marth, Diandra Obermeyer, Kandace Spera, Pitchaya Patana-Anake, and Adam Conner
Decoupled Solar Thermal Chemical Electrolysis of Water to Produce Hydrogen, Melissa Meyer and Megan Wilken
Observational Studies of Proto-Planetary Nebulae at the Valparaiso University Observatory, Christopher Miko and Rachael Jensema
Verification of Monte-Carlo Simulation for STAR Endcap ElectroMagnetic Calorimeter, Kevin Miller
Facebook: Friend or Foe?, Lizz Mook and Cate Valentine
Assessing Nationally Affiliated Student PRSSA Agencies: An Approach to Developing Team Leadership, Alexandria Moulchin
A MIP-based Energy Calibration of the STAR Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter, Zachary Nault
A MIP-Based Energy Calibration of the STAR Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter for 2009, Zachary Nault
Measuring Radon Gas Flow in a Home, Zachary Nault
Correlation of Cosmic Ray Muon Intensity with Atmospheric Conditions, Timothy Olson
Relationship between Health Literacy and Educational Materials, Jacqueline O'Reiley, Jennifer Bronnenberg, Brittany O'Reiley, Jennifer Sechrist, Katherine Jankauski, Carole Pepa, and Constance Lemley
Staggered Truss Frames, Jordan Piaskowsky and Owen Prough
What Should Christians Take from the Native American Church Peyote Ceremony?, Brian Rajcok
Predicting Violent Crime, Janelle Ramsel, Ashley Varner, and Crystal Sandoval
Religious Affiliation and Its Influence on Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence, Christiana Redman and Angela Robertson
Crisis Management in the Workplace: A Public Relations Perspective, Rochelle Reinholt
Don’t Let Silence Take another Life: A PR Campaign to Raise Carbon Monoxide Awareness, Kristyn Rein, Jessie Strauch, Ali Aljaziri, and Jennifer Serketich
Tornadic Behavior Related to Land-Falling Tropical Cyclones in the United States, Jaclyn M. Ritzman, D S. Arndt, and M C. Kruk
Study Buddy Tutoring Program: Partnership Leads to Students’ Academic Success, Clara Robins
Radon Concentration in Basements, Joel Rogers
An Observational Study of Variable Stars, Joel Rogers and Wesley Cheek
Modeling Infectious Diseases : Two Strain Diseases in Metapopulations, Daniel Rossi, Sydney Philipps, and Rachel VonArb
A Marxian Analysis of Inter-Industry Linkages and the Time Structure of Production, Jeff Schatz
The Effect of Strong Electrostatic and Magnetostatic Fields on the Activity of Radioactive Nuclides, Sam Schaub
Modeling Electric Fields in Support of a Measurement of the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment, Samuel Schaub
Searching for Binary Stars in Planetary Nebulae Using the ISIS Image Subtraction Software, Samantha Schwartz
Converting CooA from a Carbon Monoxide to an Oxygen-Sensing Heme Protein Transcription Factor: Investigations into the Structure and Mechanism of Gas Binding, Amanda Sedoris and Josh Wagoner
The Study of Variability in Four Oxygen-Rich Proto-Planetary Nebulae, Kristie Shaw
The Study of Variability in Oxygen-Rich Proto-Planetary Nebulae, Kristie Shaw
Solar Thermal Electrolytic Production of Mg from MgO, William Sheline, L. Matthews, N. Lindenke, S. Duncan, and R. Palumbo
Examination of Social Responding in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Micah Shields and Carlton Lyons
Effects of Caffeine on Maximum Bench Press Repetitions, Alex Soller
Comparison of Public Relations and News Professionals’ Usage of Social Media in Communication Relationships, Kathy Stalbaum
Accelerating Quantum Computer Simulation via Parallel Eigenvector Computation, Karl Stathakis
The Structure and Activity of Nickel Oxide Clusters in Oxidation Catalysis, Dane Stewart
Initial Studies of the Forward GEM Tracker, Malorie Stowe and David Grosnik
Isolating and Sequencing Genes Coding for Metal-Reducing Enzymes in Shewanella algae, BrY, Diana Stutzman, Thaomy Nguyen, and Emily Brennan
The Message and the Situation: An Evaluation of the Preaching of Paul Tillich, Benjamin Taylor
Gas-Binding Studies of the Carbon Monoxide Sensor, CooA, Joshua A. Wagoner, Lindsey L. Dillingham, and Robert W. Clark
Comparison of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Instruments and Skinfold Calipers in the Determination of Percent Body Fat in Division I Tennis Players, Michael Woodson
Evidence for the impact of Reactive oxygen species on the control of branching in Neurospora crassa, Jacob Yablonowski, Alex Zapata, and Michael Watters
Testing the Potential of Using Fungi to Convert Human Waste into Protein, Alex Zapata, Elizabeth Phillippi, Blair Mitchell, Jon Schoer, and Michael Watters
Testing the potential of using the fungus Neurospora crassa to convert human waste into edible protein., Alex Zapata, Jacob Yablonowski, Michael Watters, and Jon Schoer
Beyond the Volcanoes: A Community Partnership for Health in Rural Nicaragua, Chelsea Zeman and Cathy Wingstrom