Submissions from 2019
Graphene-Supported Ni4 Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation, Jacob Allred, Josh Duensing, and Stan Zygmunt Dr.
A Theoretical Investigation into Warp Fields, Warp Drive and Warp Propulsion, William Bakke
Substrate Scope Analysis of Biocatalytic Halogenation on Complex Substrates, Zachary Bennett, Amy Fraley, Sam Kelly, and David H. Sherman
Progress Towards a Library of Potential Fungicides, Anna Bockman, Jeffrey Pruet, and Justin Van Sickle
Development of EDTA Crosslinked Beta-Cyclodextrin for Use in Drug-Eluting Cardiovascular Stents, Grace Burkhart, Kathleen Young, Nathan Mu, and Horst A. von Recum
Comparing Morphological Responses to Stimuli in Candida albicans and Neurospora crassa, Paige Camp, Kirsten Treptow, Megan Kelly, Micheal Keviin Watters, and Patrice Bouyer
Using Carcassonne in Upper-Level Math Courses, Timothy DeRolf
Development of a Membrane-based Thermal Energy Recovery System for Wood Drying Kilns, Darien Dewar, Ling Li, and Nassim Alikhani
Behaviors of Zeolite L and Brooker's Merocyanine, Annamaria Durante, Ethan Ross, Payton Wills, and Jennifer S. Holt
Radio Observation of Ultra-Diffuse galaxies, Carla Espinoza
VLA Imaging of Atomic Hydrogen-Bearing Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and the HI Size-Mass Relation, Lexi Gault
Church of Change: A History of the Calumet Region’s Oldest Lutheran Church, Journey Holland
Battery Application of Silver Molybdate, Allen Huff, Paul Smith, Julie Pohlman-Zordan, and Brendan Godsel
The Importance of Statistical Design in Spatial Analysis: Indiana Superfund Site Locations and Socioeconomic Variables, Jenna Johnston and Cecilia Hall
Microfiber pollution in a southern Lake Michigan watershed, Edward Kostelnik, Julie Peller, Laurie Eberhardt, Cassandra Nelson, Robert Clark, and Chris Iceman
Determining pi0 A_LL from STAR 2012 Endcap Calorimeter Data, Claire Kovarik
Astrobiological Fieldwork in Yellowstone National Park, Claire Kovarik and Kelly Davidson
Characterizing the Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities and Several Associated Bioactive Compounds of Argemone mexicana, Teodora Najdeska, Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly, TJ Lefeber, Estefany Bocangel Gamarra, Annamaria Durante, and Kelly Davidson
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Cassandra Niemeyer and Cheyenne Nicole Wray
Using the Green Bank Telescope to Observe and Analyze Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Kameron Reiter and Lukas Leisman
Multi-material Topology Optimization using a Cellular Potts Model, Thomas Shomer, Aaron Scheiner, Timothy James Sego, and Andres Tovar
STAR Experiment and the Forward Upgrade, Joseph Snaidauf, Andrew Edwards Mr., and Claire Kovarik Ms.
Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene oxide Polydopamine Aerogels for Contaminant Removal in Water, Dao Sysouvanh, Arvid Masud, and Nirupam Aich
Submissions from 2018
Spectroscopic Classification of Post-AGB Candidates: (Searching for Proto-Planetary Nebulae), Michael A. Battipaglia
Data Reduction and Analysis of Photometric Data for 48 Evolved Stars from the All Sky Automated Survey and Valparaiso University Observatory, Matthew T. Bremer
Modification of Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase in Order to Incorporate An Unnatural Amino Acid, Grace Burkhart, Claire Mammoser, and Laura Rowe Dr.
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Moriah G. Carmel, Hannah J. Laatsch, and Thomas Goyne
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Using Silver-Nickel Clusters as Catalysts, Andrew Edwards
Atomic Hydrogen-Bearing Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies: A Look Into AGC 749290, Lexi Gault
Commensal Bacteria May Promote Survival in Septic Mice, Kassidy Grumbles, James Davison Dr., and Paul Wischmeyer Dr.
Quantifying and Analyzing Microfiber Pollution in the Salt Creek Watershed, Allen Huff, Emma Montgomery, Ashley Smith, Julie Peller, Eddie Kostelnik, Maria Kubalewski, Christopher Iceman, Laurie Eberhardt, Robert Clark, and Julie Pohlman-Zordan
Using Citizen Science to Conduct Microfiber Pollution Research Within the Salt Creek Watershed, Allen Huff, Julie Peller, Eddie Kostelnik, Emma Montgomery, Maria Kubalewski, Ashley Smith, Christopher Iceman, Laurie Eberhardt, Julie Pohlman-Zordan, and Robert Clark
Synthesis of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Madeline J. Johnson and Thomas Goyne
To Bind or Not to Bind: Understanding How CooA Activates, Celia McGhiey and Marcus Clark
Antimicrobial Activity and Germination Conditions of the Medicinal Plant Argemone mexicana, Teodora Najdeska, Kelly Davidson, Theodore Lefeber, and Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly
Observing Light Variations and Period Analysis of Proto-Planetary Nebulae, Sammantha K. Nowak-Wolff and Tim Bimler
Solar Thermal Decoupled Electrolysis: Long-term Behavior of Electrolytic Cell, Marcus A. Ochsendorf, Jon Schoer, Rachel Silcox, Luke Venstrom, Shahin Nudehi, Laura Engerer, and Robert Palumbo
Development of Improved Thiol-Based Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of HNO in Biological Systems, Mara Paterson and Nicholas Pino
Effects of Zeolite Morphology on Adsorption of Brooker’s Merocyanine Dye, Nicholas Robert Robert, Maia Wygle, and Jennifer Holt
Generating Monte Carlo Data to Study π0 Production in p+p Collisions at RHIC, Joseph Snaidauf, Noah Olaf Strand Mr., and Miya Bailey Ms.
Submissions from 2017
Minimizing the Residual Field and Field Gradient in a Magnetically Shielded Room for nEDM at LANL, Chamindu S. Amarasinghe
Identifying Student Discussion in Computer-Mediated Problem Solving Chat, Lindsey K. Arndt, Stamatina E. Kalafatis, and Emily Graham
Using the Kepler Spacecraft to Identify Binary Stars in Planetary Nebulae, Michael A. Battipaglia
Addressing Citizen Concerns: Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination in East Chicago, Indiana, Ashita Bhatnagar and Zoe I. Henkes
Non-decreasing Sequences, Alexander Bruno and Amy Klass
Solar-Thermal Decoupled Electrolysis: Assessment of MnxOy Systems, Justin Buiter, Jonathan Schoer Dr., Rachel Silcox, Robert Palumbo Dr., Carol Larson, Daniel Kotfer, and Guadalupe Villagran
Bazaar Scheduling: Scheduling Algorithms for Federated Networks of Independent Satellite Ground Stations, Grace Freigang
Finding Variability in Proto-Planetary Nebulae, Avery M. Jackson, Matthew T. Bremer, and David M. Vogl
Developing Clean Methodology for Microfiber Analysis in Freshwater Macroinvertebrates & Total Suspended Solids, Anna M. Kubalewski, Troy Janesheski, and Janelle Bouman
Geospatial Inventory of Vegetation in Taltree Arboretum, Donald Long, Hector Reyes, Rachel Brandenburg, and Sidney Noble
Concentration of Circulating Anodic Antigen for Low-Resource Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis, Claire C. Mammoser, Christine F. Markwalter, and David W. Wright Ph.D.
Computational Study of bimetallic dimers for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, Christopher C. Morrissey, Haiying He, and Peter Zapol
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 using Cu-Pd clusters on Graphene, Marcus A. Ochsendorf
Synthesizing New Molecules for an Antifungal Drug, Jeffrey Pruet and Kassidy Grumbles
Institutional Outcomes following Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation in Children, Stephen Sekoulopoulos and Jaimie Nathan
Submissions from 2016
The Effect of a Choice Mindset on Perceptions of Domestic Violence, Alexis Banks, Alicia Alcaraz, and Jennifer Winquist
Biological Effects of Microaggressions on African Americans, Asia Banks
Decomposition of Antibiotics in Water Systems and the Impact on Microbial Communities, Abby Beavan and Ashita Bhatnagar
How BRCA1 deficiency affects emergency granulopoeisis in cells, Shilpa Dhar
Cumulus Congestus Cloud Growth During the Green Ocean Amazon 2014/5 Campaign, Jordan Eissner
Validating Instructor-Created Multiple-Choice Statics Exams Using the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics, Theresa Green and Ruth E.H. Wertz
Synthesis of an Affinity Ligand for the Separation of Glycosylated and Non-Glycosylated Proteins, Amy J. Gunter and Laura Rowe
Statistics of FA Cup Soccer, Jonathan Heagy
Computational Study of CO2 Adsorption and Reduction on Doped Graphene Sheets, Yesukhei Jagvaral
Exploring the Presence of Microplastics in Salt Creek, Troy J. Janesheski and Tiffany M. Tyler
A Computational Study of Transition Metal Clusters for Dehydrogenation Catalysis, Nathanael Juliot and Michal Scherer-Berry
Using E.Coli to Incorporate Fluorescent Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins, Alyson Kneusel, Laura Rowe, Thomas Goyne, Megan Cullinan, Claire C. Mammoser, Amy Gunter, and Bayland Brown
Synthesis of Low Molecular Weight Anionic Acrylamide-based Polymers for Determination of Structure/Binding Interactions with α-Gliadin, Hannah Kolell, Ashleigh N. Bristol, and Sarah E. Morgan
Establishing the Kinetics for the Electrolytic Oxidation of Manganese (II, III) Oxide, Daniel Kotfer, Louis Christensen, Robert Palumbo, Shahin Nudehi, Jonathan Schoer, and Carol Larson
Covering Arrays and Fault Detection, Brooke LeFevre and Emily Anderson
Analysis of the Stability of Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids Under Extraterrestrial Conditions, Claire C. Mammoser and Bayland Brown
Optimal Portfolio Using a Genetic Algorithm, Hector Reyes
Synthesis and Characterization of a 4-(N,N-dimethylamino) Phthalimide-Substituted Amino Acid, a Polarity-Sensitive Fluorophore, Stephen P. Sekoulopoulos
Elucidating protein kinase C substrates involved in internalization of the Na+-K+-2Cl− cotransporter in the human colonic crypt cells T84, Jesse C. Smallwood, Natasa Petreska, Kelli Cook, Chase Jones, and Allen Bridgmon
Concentration dependent aerosol substrates: UV-vis attenuation measurement, Cynthia Smith, Christian Q. Mundorf, and Christopher Iceman
Computational Study of CO2 Adsorption and Activation on Graphene Supported Metal Clusters, David M. Vogl
Increased Social Functioning in Children with ASD through Video-Modeling, Kassandra Walters, Paige Peterson, and Molly Hallead
Screening for genes important to cold acclimatization in Neurospora crassa., Michael K. Watters, Holly Howell, and Victor Manzanilla
Fungal bioremediation of human solid waste, Michael K. Watters, Alex Mehreteab, Victor Manzanilla, John Stewart, and Mark Johnson
The Influence of pH Variation on CooA Activity, Brian R. Weaver, Rachael DeVries, Amy Gunter, and Robert W. Clark
Spectroscopic Studies of Brooker's Merocyanine in Zeolite L, Kelsey L. Weber, Benjamin Henning, Thomas Dabertin, and Jennifer Holt
Synthesis and characterization of a 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl (NBD)-containing amino acid, Dana Ann Winkle
Submissions from 2015
Synthesis and Characterization of an Unnatural Fluorescent Amino Acid, Yeongseo An and Blagojce Trimoski
Water Quality in the Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed, Brittany M. Barkus, Hannah M. Tomten, Jordan Dilorenzo, and Yugoviandi Mamahit
Transformation of Organic Pollutants using Novel Nanomaterials, Abby Beavan
Team Maggot: Designing a Better Bait Cup, Kristi Bugajski, Jordan Corsolini, Chris Henning, and Tori Tamburrino
Who Done It?: DNA Identification of Species-Specific Samples Using Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, max p. carpenter and Lauren Hargrave
Acid Induced DNA Binding of CooA, Rachael DeVries and Brian R. Weaver
Bird dispersal of native and non-native plants in a Northwest Indiana nature preserve, Laurie Eberhardt, Sylas Buller, and Kathleen Hebble
Periodic Variability Studies in Proto-Planetary Nebula and Hypergiant Candidates, Stephen Freund
Solar Thermal Decoupled Electrolysis: Developing a Method for Reliably Quantifying Current Efficiency, Daniel Kotfer, William Prusinski, and Joshua Grade
Explorations in Real-Time PCR, Claire C. Mammoser
Fungal Bioremediation of Human Solid Waste, Alexander Mehreteab, John Stewart, Mark Johnson, and Micheal Kevin Watters
A Long-Term Study of 89 Her: a Pulsating Binary Star, Christopher C. Morrissey
Testing the d-band Model for Propane Dehydrogenation on Sub-nanometer Transition Metal Clusters, Stephen Place
Solar Thermal Decoupled Electrolysis: Reaction Mechanism of Cobalt Oxidation, William Prusinski, Daniel Kotfer, and Joshua Grade
Synthesis of Benzoboroxole for the Molecular Recognition of Carbohydrates, Agnel Rahul Rayan
