Student Research

Student Research Projects

Division: Sciences
Ashley Albrecht, 2006
Epistasis analysis between UV sensitive histone H3 mutations and members of the post-replication repair pathway
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Elise Albrecht, 2005
Using an Umbrella Indoors: the Under-funding of Ohio Schools
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major English Literature, Education
Vianna Alcatara, 2007
Militarized Congo: The Gendered Conflict of the Ituri Region,its Effects on Women & the Services Provided to the Refugess by the United Nations
Division Sciences
Funding The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Major International Studies
Courtney Alexander, 2007
The Cloning and Overexpressing of the Class A Penicillin-Binding Protein BCAM2632 from Burkholderia cenocepacia
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Chemistry/Bio
Ameena Ali, 2006
Nesting activity by bluegill sunfish in a small Ohio pond (Middleton
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Adam Amornyard, 2005
A Gender Study of the Human Knee When Landing a Jump
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Pysics
Arzu Arat, 2005
Epistatic analysis of Rad 52 and Rad6 DNA repair pathways and UV-sensitive histone H3 mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Pamela Arbisi, 2006
Intrinsic Linking in Straight Edge Embeddings of Complete Graphs
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Mathematics
Jessica Arrington, 2006
Project 1: Macroinvertebrate dynamics of Ebaugh and Middleton Pond Project 2: Nesting activity of bluegill sunfish in Middleton Pond Project 3: Tracking the abundance of larbal bluegill and their zooplankton prey in two Ohio ponds
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Jessica Arrington, 2007
The study of macroinvertebrates in ebaugh, middleton, old minnow, and wood duck ponds
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Charles Baldwin, 2007
Modeling the jets emitted from active galactic nucleui
Division Sciences
Funding Research Corporation
Major Physics
Colan Baldyga, 2006
Exploring Dominant Enhancers of the Trio Mutant Mutant Phenotype and the Transmembrane Protein Neurotactin in Drosophila Melanogaster
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Colan Baldyga, 2005
Mapping genes involved in the central nervous system of fruit flies
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Samuel Behrend, 2006
The Corollary of my Corollary is my ... Proposition? : Proof Justification for Computer Programs
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Mathematics/Computer Sciences
Laura Berger, 2006
Emotion Expression of Political Candidates in Campaign Ads
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology and Mathematics
Chinmoy Bhatiya, 2007
Music and Lyrics: Deciphering Emotional Priming via Music
Division Sciences
Funding The Battelle Science Internship
Major Biology
Cameron Bieganek, 2005
Simulating a Quantum Computer
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Craig Biegler, 2005
The diversity of moth species (excluding the microlepidoptera) residing in the Denison University Biological Reserve
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Elaine Binkley, 2006
An Analysis of Interspecific Differences in the Transcriptional Regulation of SM50 in Sea Urchins
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Jessie Birdwhistell, 2007
Beyond the Solution: Learning About Categories During the Course of Solving Problems
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Andrew Bishop, 2006
Exploring the Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Trio in Drosophila
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Matthew Bishop, 2007
An Examination of Pressure Confinement in Stellar Formation
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Physics
Asya Borikova, 2005
Applications of Microarray printing
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Russell Bornschein, 2007
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Leu-Enkephalin
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Chemistry
Matthew Bowers, 2005
A Causal Approach to Teaching Introductory Physics
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Allison Boyd, 2006
Jumping performance at metamorphosis of Bufo americanus toads
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Allison Boyd, 2005
Effects of the introduced fish, Gambusia affinis, on native tadpoles
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Benjamin Bring, 2006
A study of Odonate community development, habitat preferences, and colonization among ponds and artificial wetlands at Dawes arboretum
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Danielle Brzezinski, 2005
Aquaculture Initiative Phase II: Feeding stimulants and substitutes for Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Freshwater Prawn
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Dan Bucatanschi, 2005
Dimensionality Reduction Problem
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Computer Science
Jeffrey Camealy, 2007
Algorithms for Counting Links in Kn
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Computer Science
Justin Carlisle, 2006
Formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Polymer Electrolyte Surfaces
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Chemistry
Justin Carlisle, 2005
Self-Assembled Molecules: Modification of Polymer Electrolyte Surface
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Chemistry
Chris Carr, 2005
Children's Theatre Exploration
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Theatre
Brittany Cerankosky, 2007
The Effects of Video Game Ownership on Children’s Development
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Robert Choudury, 2006
Scattering of Light at Photonic Crystal Interfaces
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics/Mathematics
Albert Christian, 2007
Improving the Quantum Efficiency of Photoluminescence from Carbon Nanotubes
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Physics
Katharine Cobb, 2005
Constructing a reporter to study PBP1b in bacterial biofilms
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biochemistry
Erin Colbert-White, 2006
U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Program, San Diego, CA- Research involving dolphins' ability to use echolocation to differentiate between divers and other animals
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Erin Colbert-White, 2005
The Role of Novelty and Stress in an Animal Model of Humans' Clinical Relaps
Division Sciences
Funding The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Major Psychology
Andrea Crabb, 2006
An examination of GacA as a regulator of biofilm formation and phsopholipase C production in Burkholderia cenocepacia
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
E. Rhiannon Crouse, 2006
Creating standard operating procedures for sampling macroinvertebrates in small ponds
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Adam Crowther, 2006
Public Opposition to Democratic Wars of Choice: A Study of Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Political Science and History
Heather Davidson, 2007
Police Stress From the Officer's Perspective: A Case Study of the Coping, Perceptions and Services Available to Officers at Licking County & Newark
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Sociology/Anthropology
Christopher Dayer , 2006
Comparison between Tadpole Development in Field and Mesocosm Habitats
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Adamberage DeAlwis, 2006
The effect of acidic and basic amino acids on the alpha proton chemical shift of alanine, as determined by H NMR analysis
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Kathryn Dean, 2006
Exploring the extracellular domain of Drosphilia Neurotactin
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Gregory Dellner, 2006
An Investigation of Latitudinal Variation in Bivalve Shell Growth (Mercenaria mercenaria)
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Geosciences
Christopher Dibble, 2006
American Toad Tadpole Behavior Study
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Christopher Dibble, 2007
Priority Effects of Rana sylvatica on Bufo americanus
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biology
Tressa Dingus, 2006
TBD
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Ashley DuMont, 2007
Identification of p63 Isoforms and the Effects of p63 Expression on p21 Expression in Bladder Epithelium
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Ashley Dunkle, 2007
Analysis of a Putative cis-Regulatory Element Upstream of the SM50 Gene in the Sea Urchin
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Letitia Easom, 2006
TBD
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Letitia Easom, 2007
Exploring social consequences of men and women’s emotional expressions in female-dominated occupations
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Margery Evans, 2006
Assessing the effect of the histone H3 E73D mutation on post-translational modifications in the histone H4 N terminus
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Sheila Everett, 2005
Studying Fractal and Turbulent Star Forming Clouds
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Physics
Vasare Ewert, 2006
The Presentation of the Middle East and the Muslim and Arab Worlds in the Mass Media
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major International Studies and History
Steven Faurie, 2005
Examening Heterochronic Evolution in Neogene Tropical American Corbulids: Using Sclerochronology and isotope geochemistry
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Geology
Devin Fava, 2005
Further Assessment of Reinstatement in Appetitive Conditioning with Rats: Various Effects of an Extinction Cue
Division Sciences
Funding Kim Sharfstein Summer Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Stephanie Fettig, 2007
The Y-maze: Can caffeine cause crayfish capering?
Division Sciences
Funding The Battelle Science Internship
Major Biology
Richard Field, 2007
Laser Photodetachment Spectroscopy of As-
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Physics
Betsy Fisher, 2007
Organizing Uncertainty—The Governmentality of the American Food Supply: Risk, Space, and Citizenship
Division Sciences
Funding Sue Douthit O'Donnell Endowed Fund
Major POSC
Robert Flax, 2007
Analysis of Private-Key Efficiency and Public-Key Potential for Cellular Automata in Crytosystems
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Mathematics/Computer Science
Will Fortin, 2005
Temperature and Density Structure of Gasses in Three Dimensional Star-Forming Regions
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Physics, Philosophy
Carrie Fox, 2007
Influence of Restraint Stress and Open-Field Exploration on Spontaneous Recovery in Rats
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Kristen French, 2007
analysis of rpo gene sequences in scented geraniums to determine rates and patterns of molecular evolution
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Chemistry
Ashley Galant, 2006
Analysis of levels of polymorphism at several chloroplast gene loci in Pelargonium hortorum
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Ashley Galant, 2005
RT-PCRing rpoC1
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biochemistry
Nick Geitner, 2007
Looking for Acceleration and Bending in Relativistic Radio Jets
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Physics
Ryan Gingo, 2006
NMR Relaxation Study of Leu-Enkephalin
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Ryan Gingo, 2007
An Investigation of the Motions of Enkephalins Using NMR Spectroscopy
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Chemistry
Jason Ginter, 2006
Statistical analysis of circular polarization models of active galactic nuclei
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
James Glotzhober, 2007
Trouble Ahead? China's Economy, Environment and the Prospects for Sustainability
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Economics
Erin Gorsich, 2006
Pigment Identification in Enallagma Damselflies
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Erin Gorsich, 2007
Ommochrome Signaling in Male Enallagma Damselflies: Can Long Wavelength Coloration be Correlated with Territorial Behavior?
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Sarah Grannemann, 2007
Assesing the Timing and Impacts of a Biological Invasion in San Francisco Bay (Crassostrea gigas; Phylum: Mollusca; Class: Bivalvia)
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Geosciences
Nicole Gray, 2006
Mapping Bluegill nests in Middleton Pond: 2005-2006
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Rachel Grotheer, 2007
Knots in Straight Edge Embeddings of K7
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Mathematics/Computer Science
Michael Hardman, 2007
Derivatives of 2-Chloratetramethozy-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene and Mechanistic investigation of alkane iodination and diiodoacetylene formation
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Chemistry
Valerie Hermann, 2005
Cloning Methionine Aminopeptidase from Extreme Halophile Haloarcula marismortui
Division Sciences
Funding The National Institutes of Health
Major Biology
David Hickey, 2006
Synthesis of fluorescein-labeled ß-lactam antibiotics
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
michael Higdon, 2007
Neighboring Amino Acid Trends
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Chemistry/Bio
Amber Hill, 2006
The Interaction of Category knowledge and Learning with Cross-Classified Items
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Morgan Hill, 2007
A Comparison of Crimes: Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System
Division Sciences
Funding Paul R. Ashbrook Endowed Fund for the Betterment of the Underprivileged
Major Sociology/Anthropology
Maria Hill, 2007
Alternative Media within the Somali Refugee Community in Columbus or Community Media: Somali Refugees in Columbus
Division Sciences
Funding International Paper Company Foundation Research Scholarship
Major Sociology/Anthropology
Andrew Hoffman, 2005
Improved Motion Capture Techniques of the Human Hand
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Computer Science
Jessica Holder, 2005
pH and NMR Studies of Pentapeptides
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biochemistry
Michael Holmes, 2006
subtitution of calixarene compounds
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Jonathan Horn, 2006
Suburban forest fragmentation: the effects on migrant and resident bird populations in Ohio (McBride Arend Scholar)
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Jonathan Horn, 2005
Macroinvertebrate community development in mature and newly created wetlands
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biology
Michael Hunter , 2007
Effects of School Size on Feeding Rates of Larval Fish
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Cory Hylton, 2007
Environmental Aesthetics from the Perspective of a Dynamic Theory of Perception
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Dan Izzo, 2005
The Theology of Poverty
Division Sciences
Funding Nancy and Henry Schacht Endowed Fund for Woodyard Summer Fellowships
Major Economics
Aaron Jackson, 2006
Developing an Automatic Fitting Procedure with Simulated Annealing to Analyze Disks around Massive Star Forming Regions
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics and Computer Science
Sarah Jaffri, 2006
complementation of Burkholderia cenocepacia tolB mutant with tolB
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Sarah Jaffri, 2007
Characterization of Burkholderia cenocepacia tol B
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Kelly Jones, 2006
An Analysis of the 2005 Riots in France: Causes and Implications
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Philosophy
Sarah Karr, 2006
Survey of the Spotted Salamander Population at Taylor-Ochs Pond
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Sarah Karr, 2007
An Ongoing Study of Aquatic Impacts on Ambystoma maculatum
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Luke Kazmier, 2007
Picoliter microarray printing on silicon chips
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biochemistry
Mouna Kekhia, 2005
A Study of Arab American Women
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Sociology/Anthropology
Andrew Keller, 2005
Epistasis analysis of double mutant histone H3 and CAC1 knock out response to UV radiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (italicize yeast name)
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biology
Francis Kelley, 2006
Analysis of Conservation of Angular Momentum in Springboard Diving
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
John Kennard, 2006
The Impact of Contextually Appropriate Musical Cues on Memory Function in a Sample of Patients Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Dementia
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Erin Kikenny, 2005
Explorations in Archaeology: Shaping China’s Origins
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major East Asian Studies
Walter Kim, 2005
Comparing Nesting Activity and Larval Abundance of Bluegill Sunfish in Middleton Pond
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biology
Laryn Kovalik, 2007
Uncovering differences in cell signaling pathways that affect propensity for tumor development
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biology
Joanna Kreiselman, 2007
Modern Cryptology Conundrums: Finding Efficient Factoring Methods for Large Integers
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Mathematics/Computer Science
Kei Kurosawa, 2005
Trading Noise for Stimulus Duration in Orientation Sensitivity
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Psychology
Lilian Lamech, 2006
Cloning and expression of Class A Penicillin Binding Proteins of Burkholderia cenocepacia
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Alex Lechler, 2005
Geophysical Investigation of the Toko Syncline: the Georgina Basin, Central Australia
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Physics
Ariel Lee, 2007
Measurement of DNA Damage in UV Irradiated Histone H3 Mutants
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Alexa Lindley, 2006
Effects of p21 messengers on Akt signaling pathway in PTEN deficient mice
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Rohan Manohar, 2005
Mapping the dominant enhacers of the trio mutant allele
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biology
Murray Virginia Matens, 2005
A Comparison of Category Learning by Explanation and Classification
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Psychology
Julianne McCall, 2005
1. Identifying the molecular interaction between p75 neurotrophin receptor and phosphodiesterase 4D that regulates nerve regeneration upon injury to the central nervous system 2. An electrophysiological study of the basal lateral amygdala's role in learning and memory
Division Sciences
Funding The Battelle Science Internship
Major Neuroscience
Shaun McFall, 2007
Computer-Aided Collaborative Reasoning in CS1
Division Sciences
Funding The National Science Foundation
Major Computer Science
Greg Mecoli, 2005
Development of an isolation and purification scheme for chloroplast RNA polymerase in Pelargonium
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biochemistry
Catherine Mehta, 2006
Structural Alignment in Category Learning
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Michael Meldonian, 2006
Primary Political Behavior: The Relationships between Individuals, Issues, Interests, Social Movements and Campaigns in the Ohio 2006 Gubernatorial Primary
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Political Science
Katherine Merva, 2007
Identification of Additional cis-Regulatory Control of Spicule Matrix gene SM50 in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Lauren Meyer, 2007
Blocks Beat Barbie: An Investigation of Toy Choice in an Autistic Girl
Division Sciences
Funding The Battelle Science Internship
Major Neuroscience
Sarah Moellenberg, 2005
Political Participation, Perceived Stress, and Autobiographical Memory in the Wake of the 2004 Presidential Election
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Psychology
Amanda Moore, 2006
Classification of (n,k)-frames
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Mathematics
Amanda Moore, 2007
Interlocked Linkages: Finding a Key
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Mathematics/Computer Science
Kim Murley, 2005
A Physics and Biomechanics Analysis of Human Athletic Movement in Vaulting Events
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Physics
David Nassar, 2005
Quantum Distance Between Matrix Spaces
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Mathematics
Punya Navaratnarajah, 2006
Isolation and characterization of rpoA genes encoding the rapidly-evolving á subunit of plastid encoded RNA polymerases in Pelargoniums
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Chemistry
Punya Navaratnarajah, 2005
Isolation and characterization of genes encoding the rapidly-evolving alpha subunit of the chloroplast RNA polymerase in Pelargonium plants
Division Sciences
Funding The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Major Biochemistry
Kyaw Nyein, 2006
Surface Plasmons
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics and Mathematics
Lauren O'Connor, 2007
Cloning and overexpression of a putative penicillin-binding protein from Burkholderia cenocepacia in E. coli
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biochemistry
Kati O'Neill, 2005
Weighted alliances in graphs
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Mathematics
Sara Orlowski, 2007
A Pioneering Approach to the Study of Morphological Diversity: Exploring the Evolution of the SM50 Gene
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Biology
Ivan Orsic, 2005
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy in the lower Licking River Watershed
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Math
Madhu Patil, 2005
Designing species-specific primers for moonwort ferns (Botrychium s. s.) to determine parentage of allopolyploids
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biochemistry
Matthew Perkett, 2006
Constraining the Properties of Pre-protostellar Core L1498
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Matthew Perkett, 2007
Distinguishing Internal Structures of High-Mass Protostellar Objects (HMPOs) Using a 3D Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Code
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Phsyics
Matt Perkett, 2005
Star Formation
Division Sciences
Funding The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Major Physics
Bridget Peterson, 2007
Virulence factor expression and regulation in the respiratory pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Mimi Pierson, 2006
The Body in Motion: Comparing an aerial in gymnastics to a tour jete in ballet
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Mimi Pierson, 2007
Death, Values, Wealth and Mourning in the Wake of the Titanic Tragedy
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Varenya Prasad, 2006
Designing and Developing a Digital Media Library for Introductory Computer Science Students
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Computer Science
Kaitlin Prather, 2007
Derivatives of 2-Chloratetramethozy-p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene and Mechanistic investigation of alkane iodination and diiodoacetylene formation
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Chemistry/Bio
Laura Rech, 2005
Leadership Culture and Organizational Change: An Empirical Assessment
Division Sciences
Funding Environmental Studies Fund
Major Psychology
David Richardson, 2005
Negative Ion Photodetachment
Division Sciences
Funding None specified
Major Physics
Kyle Robertson, 2007
Working for Lew Ludwig for 8 weeks not a summer scholar
Division Sciences
Funding The National Science Foundation
Major Math/Computer Science
Gavin Roddy, 2007
The Making of 'Sparrow and the Monster'
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Cinema
Zoe Rogers, 2007
Exploring the Consequences of Political Issue and Gender-Emotion Stereotypes on Candidate Evaluation
Division Sciences
Funding Kim Sharfstein Summer Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Alana Rojewski, 2005
The Effects of Stress on Spontaneous Recovery
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Psychology
Nathan Schmidt, 2005
Constructing an Efficient and Easily Distributable Virtual Tour of Denison
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Computer Science
Joshua Schulte, 2005
1. Landscape Choice in Toad Metamorphs 2. Diet and Reproduction of Mexican Lizards
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biology
Katherine Seymour, 2006
genes in the bacterium Burkholderia Cenocepacia which cause problems in cystic fibrosis patients
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Jacob Shapiro, 2007
Experimental Investigations of Lanthanide Negative Ions
Division Sciences
Funding The National Science Foundation
Major Physics
Brian Slaby, 2007
Upland habitat use by a population of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
Division Sciences
Funding McBride Arend Summer Scholarship Program
Major Biology
Sarah Slotkin, 2007
Christianity "Coming Out of the Closet:" Reevaluating Homosexuality in Today's Culture
Division Sciences
Funding Nancy and Henry Schacht Endowed Fund for Woodyard Summer Fellowships
Major Psychology
Ali Snedden, 2006
Photodetachment of Negetive Ions
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics and Chemistry
Ali Snedden, 2007
Electronic Configuration of Lanthanide Anions
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Physics
Kathryn Sparks, 2006
ISSR-PCR Analysis of the Evolutionary Origins of the Albama Grapefern (Sceptridium jenmannii)
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Kathryn Sparks, 2005
ISSR-PCR Based Phylogeny of the Evergreen Grapeferns (Sceptridium)
Division Sciences
Funding The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Major Biology
Keith Starr, 2005
Photodetachment of Ce- in the Visible Spectrum
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Physics
hilary Stevenson, 2006
Flu-ampicillin PBP labeling and detection studies
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Hilary Stevenson, 2005
Reporting on Proteins in Bacterial Biofilms
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biochemistry
Natasha Strande, 2007
Role of Histone H3 in Post-Replication Repair Pathway Regulated by RAD5
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Elizabeth Strassman, 2006
Spatial Variability of Non-Native Plant Species Richness on Islands in the Georgian Bay, Ontario
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Enviromental Studies
Kristen Strong, 2005
Practice-Based Improvements in the Temporal Resolution of Orientation Sensitivity
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Psychology
Dallas Swindell, 2007
Context Specificity of Restraint-Induced Stress in the Attenuation of Spontaneous Recovery
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Laurel Symes, 2006
Female polychromatism in the damselfly Enallagma civile
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Laurel Symes, 2005
An Investigation of Female Polymorphism in Enallagmus civile
Division Sciences
Funding McBride Arend Summer Scholarship Program
Major Biology
Andrew Terlecky, 2006
The effects of multiple predators on American toad tadpoles (Bufo americanus): a mesocosm experiment
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Troy Testerman, 2006
The Acceleration Phase: What's happening to a pitcher's arm
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Kyle Thaman, 2006
Identification of putative cis-regulatory elements upstream of genes that are essential for development of the larval skeleton in sea urchins
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Rebecca Tidman, 2007
Investigation of Temperature in Star-Forming Regions
Division Sciences
Funding The William G. Bowen and Mary Ellen Bowen Endowed Fund
Major Physics
Erin Toolis, 2006
Parenting Styles
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Minh Tran, 2006
Transcription of the gene encoding P21 in the Bladder and the Prostate
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biiochemistry
Minh Tran, 2007
Investigating the Differences Between the Prostate and Bladder when PTEN Gene is Deleted
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Biology
Mete Tuzcu, 2005
Online Algrithms for Packet Routing on Rings
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Computer Science, Mathematics
Ezinnaya Ubagharaji, 2006
Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in Ebaugh and Middleton Ponds
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biology
Chibuzo Ubagharaji, 2007
Factors influencing Denison Students choice of College, Major, and Career
Division Sciences
Funding The Battelle Science Internship
Major Biology
Katrina Vanags, 2006
A Reassessment of a Cuing Procedure to Influence “Relapsing” Memory (Proactive Interference) in Human Participants (Sharfstein Scholar)
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Psychology
Adam Vandyke, 2007
Effects of Brief Daily Neonatal Isolation on Subsequent Caffeine-Mediated Play and Social Behavior in Juvenile Rats
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Psychology
Annie Walker, 2007
Nanowire Functionalization by Electrospray Printing
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Chemistry
Dawn Walker, 2005
Correlates of Upland and Wetland Habitat Use by Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Biology
Jenna Walters, 2006
Functional analysis of variation within cis-regulatory elements that regulate the transcription of SM50 in sea urchins
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Jenna Walters, 2005
Evolutionary analysis of the SM50 gene that regulates the development of the larval skeleton in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Division Sciences
Funding The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Major Biochemistry
Brian Welch, 2006
Circular Polarization Modeling of Jets of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Physics
Brian Welch, 2005
Circular Polarization Models of Relativistic Jets
Division Sciences
Funding The Denison University Research Foundation
Major Physics
Samantha Williams, 2006
Synthesis of Lariate Calixerenes
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Chemistry
Samantha Williams, 2007
Synthesis of Lariat Calixarenes
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Chemistry
Kristen Winter, 2005
Effects of mosquitofish on the behavior of tadpoles
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biology
Christine Wissink, 2007
Statistically Constraining Reconstructed Intra-annual Growth Rates from Fossil Bivalve Mollusks
Division Sciences
Funding The Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund
Major Geosciences
Jason Wright, 2006
TBD
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Biochemistry
Christian Wright, 2005
Factors Affecting Reproductive Success of Ambystoma maculatum in a Natural Environment
Division Sciences
Funding J. Reid and Polly Anderson Summer Research Scholarship
Major Biology and Chemistry
Suzanne Young, 2007
Organizing Uncertainty—Managing the Risk of Hispanic Illegal Immigration: Citizenship, Amnesty, and Governmentality
Division Sciences
Funding The Young Scholar Program
Major Political Science