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Students present research during annual symposium
Apr. 26, 2019
糖心vlog传媒 held its annual Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium on April 24.
The event is a celebration of academics that gives dozens of students in all the university鈥檚 academic programs an opportunity to discuss research they鈥檝e conducted this school year. No classes are held that day and students are invited to attend sessions and hear their peers present.
The day got started in the Bradley Theatre with keynote presentations from faculty. This year鈥檚 presenters were April Arvan, Evan Chancellor, Reina Drake, Anthony Liguori and Gregory Smith. There are two sessions of oral presentations by students, followed by a poster session.
Here鈥檚 a complete list of the presentations from the day:
SESSION I
SESSION IA: Honors
- Tia Hoisington: 鈥淭he ImPerfect Process of Motherhood鈥
- Matthew Seider: 鈥淧ractical Math Education Aid鈥
- Erin Iwanski: 鈥淭ed Bundy: Mentally Ill or Mentally Stable?鈥
- Tia Hoisington: "The Hidden Demons of Marilyn Monroe鈥
SESSION IB: Advanced Organic Chemistry
- Meagan Simmons: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of a Substituted Chalcone鈥
- Eeshi Vue: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of (卤)-Tramadol鈥
- Mitchel Larsen: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of (S)-Ketamine鈥
- Paige Brennum: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Nitisinone鈥
- Akashi Yamada: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Tavaborole"
SESSION IC: Business & Entrepreneurship
- Clarice Case: 鈥淐o-Op at Road America鈥
- Mikayla Schowalter: 鈥淐o-Op at Hy-Vee Arena with Middle Man Marketing鈥
- Deonte Carlton: 鈥淐o-Op as an SML major at The Osthoff Resort鈥
- Nathan Sampson: 鈥淎pplications Support & Software Development at Thrivent Financial鈥
SESSION ID: Plant Science
- Patrick Sullivan: 鈥淢easuring the Effect of Conifer Exudates on the Growth Dynamics of Bean Plants鈥
- Chacone (Ben) Vue: 鈥 The Effect of Varying Light Levels on the Production of Aquatic Photosynthesizers鈥
- Grace Schumacher: 鈥淓xamining the Role of Diminished Phosphorus Availability on the Growth and Lipid Content of the Diatom Navicula"
- Justin Reynders: 鈥淭esting the Effect of the Secondary Metabolite Caffeine on the Growth of Bean Plants鈥
- Grace Schumacher: "Algae, Animals, and Nitrogen, Oh my! Examining Trophic Level Effects of Different Nitrogen Sources Presented to Primary Producers"
SESSION IE: Computer Science
- Carl Garner: 鈥淎ccess Granted: How $10 can be Used to Get Information to Gain Entry into New Places鈥
- Daniel & Nicholas Koerber: 鈥淣AO Web Applications and Artificial Intelligence鈥
- Timothy Koerber: 鈥淕et a Move on: Robotic Motion & Inverse Kinematics Applied to Virtual Reality鈥
- Kyle Roever: 鈥淩esin Possibilities: Creating Dreams One Micron at a Time鈥
- Naema Ennin: 鈥淔abric of the Future: How 3D Fabric can Revolutionize the Fashion Industry鈥
SESSION IF 鈥 WRITING/COMMUNICATION
- Gabrielle Boss: 鈥淎cid Wash鈥
- Luke Ulatowski: 鈥淓xtremely Violent Times鈥
- Zachery Mock: 鈥淩unning into the Flame of Failure鈥
SESSION IG 鈥 GRAPHIC DESIGN
- Stephanie Figueroa: 鈥淕raphic Design Service Learning Project: Finding Hope Farms鈥
- Rylee Garand: 鈥淕raphic Design Service Learning Project: Small Space Shop鈥
- Fong Thao: 鈥淕raphic Design Service Learning Project: ROOTS鈥
SESSION IH 鈥 HEALTH COMMUNICATION
- Karina Aguirre Vazquez: 鈥淓xploring the Use of In-Person Compared to Digital Interpreters for Spanish-Speaking Patients鈥
- Andrea Barile: 鈥淟ife in Plastic is Fantastic: A study of the South Korean Cosmetic Surgery Industry鈥
- Kyle Domark: 鈥淐ommunicating the State of Male Mental Health鈥
- Jamie Ehlert: 鈥淐omparing the Importance of Setting in Medical Consultations鈥
SESSION II
SESSION IIA: Honors: Senior Projects & Directed Reading
- Zachery Mock: 鈥淩evamping the Scholars Program鈥
- Amber Knutson: 鈥淎 Real LU Problem: Project Snip and Tip鈥
- Grace Schumacher: 鈥淗orsin' Around: 4H Equine Education鈥
- Molly Schwibinger: 鈥淭he Sounds of Chocolate and the Color Purple: Music in the Mind鈥
SESSION IIB: Advanced Organic Chemistry
- Elizabeth Seibert: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Masoprocol鈥
- Thomas Coleman: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Flutamide鈥
- Vincent Hoderny: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Melphalan鈥
- Lauren Bruggink: 鈥淐omplete Synthesis of Tamoxifen鈥
SESSION IIC: Business And Entrepreneurship
- Keyshla Reyes: 鈥淧re-Nursing Major at Aurora Health Care鈥
- Zach Olson: 鈥淰an Horn Automotive Sales + Co-Op鈥
- ENACTUS: 鈥淭he Enactus club and the holiday giving tree update鈥 - Supervised by Kim Viglietti
SESSION IID: Religion
- Adrienne Guarnieri: 鈥淭he Palestinian Conflict Through the Lens of Liberation Theology鈥
- Abigail Kelly: 鈥淭he Rise of Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in the U.S.鈥
SESSION IIF: Advanced Nonfiction Readings: Pocket Change
- Heather Vrba: 鈥淕hosts鈥
- Aaliyah Lewis McCollum: 鈥淭he Secret鈥
- Beverly Foster: 鈥淏ecoming鈥
- Gabrielle Boss: 鈥淧lanned Sisterhood鈥
- Megan Austreng: 鈥淎ppreciate, Adrienne鈥
- Scarlett Archuleta: 鈥淪alsa & Saltines鈥
- Amira Mongin: 鈥淏ittersweet Comfort鈥
- Dan Janeshek: 鈥淣ightingale鈥
- Travis Hildebrandt: 鈥淭he Ballad of Dee Dee and Nana (and Dee Dee)鈥
- Zeni Yacab: 鈥淭he Shadows Around Me鈥
- Hannah-Harder Chancellor: 鈥淭he Ice of Existential Doom鈥
SESSION IIG: Health Communication
- Chase Lindgren: 鈥淎n Examination of Effective Nurse-to-Patient Cross-Cultural Communication鈥
- Emily Marten: 鈥淓xploring the Effectiveness of Face-to-Face and Technology-Based Treatments for Anxiety鈥
- Austin Tanck: 鈥淧otential for Gamification of Mental Health for College Athletes鈥
- Matthew Seider: 鈥淚mproving Vaccine Hesitancy with Social Media鈥
POSTER SESSION
- Background and Position Profile of Wisconsin Physical Therapists - Dylan T. Lange, Alyssa M. Stockero, & William P. Ebben
- Job and Career Satisfaction is Related to Physical, Mental, and Relational Well-being of Physical Therapists - Dylan T. Lange, Alyssa M. Stockero, & William P. Ebben
- Longitudinal Monitoring of the Nutrition, Sleep, and Physical Performance Status of College Soccer Players - Dylan T. Lange, Alyssa M Stockero, Joshua J. Mann, & William P. Ebben
- Job Responsibilities and Job Satisfaction of Wisconsin Physical Therapists - Alyssa M. Stockero, Dylan T. Lange, Martesia Neal, & William P. Ebben
- Multi-planar Analysis of the Traditional Versus Smith Machine Back Squat - Josh R. Reisimer, Casey Takahashi, Dylan T. Lange, Garrett Duffin, & William P. Ebben
- A Nationwide Survey of the Job Responsibilities and Satisfaction of Chiropractors - Dylan T. Lange, Alyssa M. Stockero, James R. Antley, & William P. Ebben
- Job and Career Satisfaction is Related to Mental and Relational Well-being of Chiropractors - Alyssa M. Stockero, Dylan T. Lange, James R. Antley, & William P. Ebben
- Background and Position Profile of Chiropractors - Alyssa M. Stockero, Dylan T. Lange, James R. Antley, & William P. Ebben
- Gender Analysis of Hip Adductor Abductor Force Ratio - Garrett T. Duffin, Alyssa M. Stockero, Martesia M. Neal, Jack R. Shevalier, & William P. Ebben
- The optimal plyometric exercise horizontal to vertical force ratio for sprinting - Garrett T. Duffin, Alyssa. M. Stockero, & William P. Ebben
- A Review of Canadian Graduate and Professional School Health Science Programs - Davan Fleming & William P. Ebben
- Beer Chemistry: Determining the 伪-Acid Concentration (bitterness) in Hops using HPLC - Adrienne Guarnieri, Thomas Coleman, Lauren Bruggink, & Jered McGivern
- Kombucha Chemistry: How Much Acetic Acid Tastes Good? - Vincent Hoderny, Eeshi Vue, Samantha Cummings, & Jered McGivern
- Development of Oxidative Damage Model Using Stem Cell Derived Astrocytes - Lauren Bruggink & Jered McGivern
- Effects of Cell Cycle Arrest on [PSI+] Curing by GuanidineHydrochloride and Dimethyl Sulfoxide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae - Thomas Coleman & Gregory Smith
- Curing the [PSI+] Prion State Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide - Samuel Bartlett & Gregory Smith
- M821L Mutation in NMDA Receptor 2C Subunits Interferes with Receptor Translocation to the Cell Membrane - Tia Hoisington & Andrew Karls
- Quantifying Cell Density via Spectrophotometric Absorbance in Seven Freshwater Algae and a Cyanobacterium - Neil R. Rohde, Grace A. Schumacher, & Paul C. Pickhardt
- Determining the Effect of Increasing Nitrogen to Phosphorus ratios on Biovolume Production of Four Freshwater Algae - Grace A. Schumacher, Neil R. Rohde, & Paul C. Pickhardt
- Impacts of Bilingualism Onset, Second Language Fluency, and Sex Differences on Creativity - Mai Lor, Emilie Schartner, Molly Schwibinger, Ariel Lochman, Olivia Hansen, Kayla Potter, & Jessica Kalmar
- Epstein-Barr Virus Expression of microRNAs Suppresses Host Immune Response - Tegan Schneider & Gregory Smith
- Musicianship鈥檚 Contributions to Creative Thinking - Emilie Schartner, Mai Lor, Molly Schwibinger, Ariel Lochman, Olivia Hansen, Kayla Potter, & Jessica Kalmar