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The Honors Research Project is an integral part of the Williams Honors College experience, and completion of an acceptable Honors Research Project is a requirement to graduate as a Williams Honors Scholar. Interdisciplinary, creative projects are encouraged, and could incorporate original research investigating a significant question, a unique artistic or creative work, or the design of an original concept to meet a societal need. In all cases the project must meet high standards of scholarship. The student must also meet any department or college requirements for this project, such as prerequisite coursework or experience, qualifying examination, or oral presentation. More information about the Honors Research Project is available online.

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Honors Research Projects from 2018

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Molded Features in PDMS for Fabricating Bacterial Cellulose for Various Geometries, Mitchell Habegger

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The Effects of Aqueous Nitrate on Freshwater Crayfish, Erik Hartman

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Blogging as Marketing: From Writing to Revenue, Matthew Headland

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Emotional Intelligence, Pain Knowledge, and Pain Attitudes of Nursing Students, Nathan Herr, Brittany Butcher, and Taylor Weber

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Winter Maintenance of Akron Roadways, Kayla Hillegass

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"Lily-Brick" Peripheral Documents, Benjamin Holda

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Parents' Feelings and Perceptions Towards their Child's Speech or Language Disorder, Elizabeth Holley

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The Last Halloween, Aris Holmes

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Elephant 2000: A Programming Language for Remembering the Past and Building on It, Kerry J. Holmes

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Car Insurance Rate-making with an eye toward the future, Stephen Howard

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Empowerment of Isolated and Othered Young Adults through YA Dystopia, Lily Hunger

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THE RSA CRYPTOSYSTEM, Rodrigo Iglesias

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Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: A Look at Racial Differences, James Imhoff

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Autonomous UAV Battery Swapping, Reed Jacobsen, Nikolai Ruhe, and Nathan Dornback

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Multiple Antibodies Are Effective at Labeling S-opsin Cones, Jenna Jamil

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Detection of Semi-polar Vitamins and Nutrients in Biological Samples, Jennifer Janovick

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Ethical Issues and Consequences as Portrayed by Medical Dramas: An Analysis of the Effect of Cultivation Theory, Molly Johnson

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Your Business Needs To Invest In Artificial Intelligence, Jacob Jones

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Using a Coupled Bio-Economic Model to Find the Optimal Phosphorus Load in Lake Tainter, WI, Mackenzie Jones

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Traditional Grammar for a Modern Classroom, Madison Jones

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A Literature Review of the Male Abortion Experience, caroline kaltenborn

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The Presence of Birth Parents and Students’ Mathematics Achievement, Darian Kanouff

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An Analysis of the Factors which Effectively Attract College Graduates, Mandy Kaur, Kaleb Oney, Joseph Chadbourne, Kayli Bookman, and Benjamin Beckman

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An Analysis of the Factors which Effectively Attract College Graduates, Mandy Kaur, Kaleb Oney, Joseph Chadbourne, Kayli Bookman, and Benjamin Beckman

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Preserved Consciousness in the Absence of a Cerebral Cortex, the Legal and Ethical Implications of Redefining Consciousness and Its Neural Correlates: A Case for a Subcortical System Generating Affective Consciousness, Shadia Kawkabani

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The Effects Of Running Orientation on Gecko Locomotor Performance, Austin Keith

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Clarinet Pedagogy: Common Challenges and Solutions, Robyn King

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The Effectiveness of Word Walls on Various Groups of Students, Taylor Kish

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Reasons to Realize That We Can’t Really Know about Unrealized Possibilities, Joseph Klein

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Vapocoolant Spray’s Effect on Peripheral Inserted Venous Catheter Pain in Adult Patients, Zachary Krol, Fiona Flaherty, and Ryan Williams

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Decision Trees: Predicting Future Losses for Insurance Data, Amanda Lahrmann

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The Touch of Arvo Pärt, Gabriel Lane

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Loose Light, Logan Lane

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Social Media Strategy for With Purpose, Kelly Lauck

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The Effect of Lactation Consultation on the Duration of Breastfeeding in New Mothers: A Systematic Review, Jillian Leiter, Jennifer Naegeli, and Lilyana Walkley

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An algorithm to determine all odd primitive abundant numbers with d prime divisors, Jacob Liddy

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Altering Oligomerization of EphA2 via Mutations in the Intracellular Domain, Ryan W. Lingerak

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Photosynthetic Activity Under Low Light, Danijela Lonco

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Immortality in Literature: The Goddesses of Ancient Greece, Rebecca Lozier

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MHT Assembly Line, Sean Lundholm

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A Review of the Utility of Bayesian Network Models, Luke Magyar

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A Systematic Review: Factors for Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in U.S. Nurses, Kaitlyn Marcum, Tabitha Rusnak, and Mckenzie Koch

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Physical Education, Physical Activity & Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study for 1st and 8th Grade Students, Jessica Marita

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James-Stein Estimation in Baseball, Isaac Matejin

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Grocery List: An Android Application, Daniel McFadden

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Defining Bullying, Emma McHale

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Correlation of Electrospun Polyvinylpyrrolidone Fiber Mat Thickness with Basis Weight, Fiber Diameter, Pore Size Distribution, and Air Permeability, Leah McPherson

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The Influence of Organic Pigments on Coating Properties, Sarah Medeiros

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UA Feature Twirler for a Day, Amy Mellinger

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Financial Literacy Seminar: An Exploration of Financial Literacy Education in Ohio, MarySarah Menkhaus

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Exercising Efficiently with an Equipment Ticketing Mobile Application, Eric Merryman

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Spacecraft Fire Safety Research: Combustion of Lithium-ion Batteries to Predict Fire Scenarios, Elisabeth Meyer

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Communication Apprehension, Self-Efficacy, and Their Effects on the Utilization of On-Campus Services, Ashley Mikolay

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Campus Child Care in Ohio: An Assessment of Characteristics, Quality, and Challenges, Cassandra Milham

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Human Powered Vehicle Design Team: Speed Variable Steering Stabilizer, Eric Miller and Matt Kraml

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Soil Moisture Sensor, Jaclyn Miller, Derek Bitecofer, and Seung Jun Lee

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Administrative Cost Reimbursement Online, Luciano Mogorovic

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Physical Therapy and the Integration of Dry Needling, Katie Montgomery

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The Effect of Poverty Simulation Participation on Attitudes Toward Children Living in Poverty for Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Amanda Moore, Leah Struhsaker, and Kaylee Gutschow

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Brain Death: An Investigation of Current Controversies, Meile Moore

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Figures of WWI, Grant Morgan

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Understanding Black Rat Predation On Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters Through Stable Isotope Analysis, Megan Munyon

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Electrospinning Aqueous Solutions of Poly(ethylene oxide) using a Corona-type Apparatus, Nicholas Neill

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A Correlation Study of the Nest Incubation Period and Hatchling Development and Success Rate for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidocheyls olivacea) Turtle Conservation: Playa Junquillal, Costa Rica, Natalie O'Brien

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Effects of Hurricane Harvey and Irma on State Building Codes, Nathaniel Otermat

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I Guess We Are All Different After All: A Children's Book, Angelica Renee Owen

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Impedance Tube Alternative via the Transfer Function Method, Nathan Palella and Griffin J. Binkley

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Inversion and the Third Sex: Gender Variance and Queer Expression in Anti-Suffrage Rhetoric, Anthony Pankuch

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Evaluation of silane-doped epoxy coatings for resisting aluminum corrosion by oxalic acid, an A. Niger metabolite, Alex Pica

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Mutations in Rhodopsin Transmembrane Helix 5 and Dimerization Interface, Margaret Pinkevitch

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Garbage Disposal, Madison Popa, Tyler Miller, Mitchell Wheeler, and Johnathon Klebe

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Human Powered Vehicle Frame Design, Analysis, Manufacturing, and Testing, Christopher Reed and Kole W. Williams

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The Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss on Adults, Holly Reed

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It's a Goodyear for Innovation, Nathaniel Rellinger, Erin Horstman, Miranda Radesic, Layne McKinley, Nash Smalley, and Rachel Starvaggi

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The Effectiveness of Living Learning Communities on Residence Hall Students, Jessica Repko

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Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Release by Chitosan-Heparin Nanoparticles, Jacob Ress

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Opioids and Unemployment, David Robinson

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The Role of Income Inequality on Social Movements in the United States, Hannah Rochford

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2018 Formula SAE Michigan Cost Report: Abbreviated Version, Rachel Rodgers

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Campus Climate Sexual Assault Survey (2015) Analysis, Felicia Rosin

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Calling Attention to the Growing Heroin Epidemic and How to Fight It, Kendal Rozaieski

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Quantifying Cortical and Cancellous Bone Volume: A Computed Tomography Approach, Hannah Rutkowski

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Camp Wanake Information Dissemination: Retreatant Literature and Materials, Erica Rymer

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Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) for Determination of Architecture of Synthetic Polymers, Shoumik Saha

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Emotion regulation and worker well-being: Does who you act with matter?, Megan Schmidt

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A Comparison of Gecko Adhesion on Soft Substrates, Alexis Schnarrenberger

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Exploring the Correlation between Cognitive Awareness of Body Composition and Perceived Ventilatory Threshold, Erica Schrader

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Exploring the Correlation between Cognitive Awareness of Body Composition and Perceived Ventilatory Threshold, Erica Schrader

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The Importance and Development of Catastrophe Models, Kevin Schwall

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Fornication Prosecutions beyond the Mainstream Community and the Role of Community Policing in Early Colonial New England, Bridget Sciscento

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Reaction Kinetics of the Hydrogenation of Phenol in a Tubular Reactor, Michael Selzer

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Galvanic and Pitting Corrosion of a Fastener Assembly, Julie Shallman

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Basic Highway Workzone Safety, Collin Shamberger

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The Incarceration Nation: Interpreting the United States Imprisonment Rate, Robert Sharp

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The Effect of Complementary Therapies on the Treatment of Chemotherapeutic Induced Nausea and Vomiting: A Systematic Review, Kailyn Sickel, Mary Barrett, and Abigal Siegenthaler

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Enhancement of Instruction Pamphlet Insertion Machine, Zachary Skraba, Colton Rentsch, Brad Ruhaak, Abdulwahab Almuhwish, and Faris Almulhim

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A Chronology of Diet and Habitat Use in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris): Insights from Stable Isotope Analysis, Malia Smith

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Swagelok Adjustable Check Valve Setting Device, Brandon Sours, Paul Olson, David Race, and Nick Rimpf

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An Exploration of Alternative Processes in Photography, Stephanie Spyker

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Guardian Condor, jake stefanick, Matt Wallace, Dan Bologna, and Kevin Bayonnet