Honors Research Projects from 2018
An algorithm to determine all odd primitive abundant numbers with d prime divisors, Jacob Liddy
Altering Oligomerization of EphA2 via Mutations in the Intracellular Domain, Ryan W. Lingerak
Photosynthetic Activity Under Low Light, Danijela Lonco
Immortality in Literature: The Goddesses of Ancient Greece, Rebecca Lozier
MHT Assembly Line, Sean Lundholm
A Review of the Utility of Bayesian Network Models, Luke Magyar
A Systematic Review: Factors for Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in U.S. Nurses, Kaitlyn Marcum, Tabitha Rusnak, and Mckenzie Koch
Physical Education, Physical Activity & Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study for 1st and 8th Grade Students, Jessica Marita
James-Stein Estimation in Baseball, Isaac Matejin
Grocery List: An Android Application, Daniel McFadden
Defining Bullying, Emma McHale
The Influence of Organic Pigments on Coating Properties, Sarah Medeiros
UA Feature Twirler for a Day, Amy Mellinger
Financial Literacy Seminar: An Exploration of Financial Literacy Education in Ohio, MarySarah Menkhaus
Exercising Efficiently with an Equipment Ticketing Mobile Application, Eric Merryman
Spacecraft Fire Safety Research: Combustion of Lithium-ion Batteries to Predict Fire Scenarios, Elisabeth Meyer
Communication Apprehension, Self-Efficacy, and Their Effects on the Utilization of On-Campus Services, Ashley Mikolay
Campus Child Care in Ohio: An Assessment of Characteristics, Quality, and Challenges, Cassandra Milham
Human Powered Vehicle Design Team: Speed Variable Steering Stabilizer, Eric Miller and Matt Kraml
Soil Moisture Sensor, Jaclyn Miller, Derek Bitecofer, and Seung Jun Lee
Administrative Cost Reimbursement Online, Luciano Mogorovic
Physical Therapy and the Integration of Dry Needling, Katie Montgomery
The Effect of Poverty Simulation Participation on Attitudes Toward Children Living in Poverty for Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Amanda Moore, Leah Struhsaker, and Kaylee Gutschow
Brain Death: An Investigation of Current Controversies, Meile Moore
Figures of WWI, Grant Morgan
Understanding Black Rat Predation On Hawaiian Petrels and Newell’s Shearwaters Through Stable Isotope Analysis, Megan Munyon
Electrospinning Aqueous Solutions of Poly(ethylene oxide) using a Corona-type Apparatus, Nicholas Neill
Effects of Hurricane Harvey and Irma on State Building Codes, Nathaniel Otermat
I Guess We Are All Different After All: A Children's Book, Angelica Renee Owen
Impedance Tube Alternative via the Transfer Function Method, Nathan Palella and Griffin J. Binkley
Inversion and the Third Sex: Gender Variance and Queer Expression in Anti-Suffrage Rhetoric, Anthony Pankuch
Mutations in Rhodopsin Transmembrane Helix 5 and Dimerization Interface, Margaret Pinkevitch
Garbage Disposal, Madison Popa, Tyler Miller, Mitchell Wheeler, and Johnathon Klebe
Human Powered Vehicle Frame Design, Analysis, Manufacturing, and Testing, Christopher Reed and Kole W. Williams
The Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss on Adults, Holly Reed
It's a Goodyear for Innovation, Nathaniel Rellinger, Erin Horstman, Miranda Radesic, Layne McKinley, Nash Smalley, and Rachel Starvaggi
The Effectiveness of Living Learning Communities on Residence Hall Students, Jessica Repko
Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Release by Chitosan-Heparin Nanoparticles, Jacob Ress
Opioids and Unemployment, David Robinson
The Role of Income Inequality on Social Movements in the United States, Hannah Rochford
2018 Formula SAE Michigan Cost Report: Abbreviated Version, Rachel Rodgers
Campus Climate Sexual Assault Survey (2015) Analysis, Felicia Rosin
Calling Attention to the Growing Heroin Epidemic and How to Fight It, Kendal Rozaieski
Quantifying Cortical and Cancellous Bone Volume: A Computed Tomography Approach, Hannah Rutkowski
Camp Wanake Information Dissemination: Retreatant Literature and Materials, Erica Rymer
Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) for Determination of Architecture of Synthetic Polymers, Shoumik Saha
Emotion regulation and worker well-being: Does who you act with matter?, Megan Schmidt
A Comparison of Gecko Adhesion on Soft Substrates, Alexis Schnarrenberger
Exploring the Correlation between Cognitive Awareness of Body Composition and Perceived Ventilatory Threshold, Erica Schrader
Exploring the Correlation between Cognitive Awareness of Body Composition and Perceived Ventilatory Threshold, Erica Schrader
The Importance and Development of Catastrophe Models, Kevin Schwall
Fornication Prosecutions beyond the Mainstream Community and the Role of Community Policing in Early Colonial New England, Bridget Sciscento
Reaction Kinetics of the Hydrogenation of Phenol in a Tubular Reactor, Michael Selzer
Galvanic and Pitting Corrosion of a Fastener Assembly, Julie Shallman
Basic Highway Workzone Safety, Collin Shamberger
The Incarceration Nation: Interpreting the United States Imprisonment Rate, Robert Sharp
The Effect of Complementary Therapies on the Treatment of Chemotherapeutic Induced Nausea and Vomiting: A Systematic Review, Kailyn Sickel, Mary Barrett, and Abigal Siegenthaler
Enhancement of Instruction Pamphlet Insertion Machine, Zachary Skraba, Colton Rentsch, Brad Ruhaak, Abdulwahab Almuhwish, and Faris Almulhim
Swagelok Adjustable Check Valve Setting Device, Brandon Sours, Paul Olson, David Race, and Nick Rimpf
An Exploration of Alternative Processes in Photography, Stephanie Spyker
Guardian Condor, jake stefanick, Matt Wallace, Dan Bologna, and Kevin Bayonnet
Robotic Mining Digging Core, John Stefan and Ryan Weir
Varying Water Stress in Mimulus ringens, Sara Stiles
Security Blankets: The Art of Maladaptation, Megan Stobaugh
Play to Say: A Speech Therapy Activities Website, Lauren Stover
An Assessment of Trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids on the Cancer Exposure Risk of Ohio Drinking Water Systems, Stephen Sykes
Les Mots Justes and Other Things Impossible to Find, Katherine Tasseff
Proposal for a University of Akron Chronic Condition Support Group, Kendra Taylor
Interfacial Corrosion of Copper and the Formation of Copper Hydroxychloride, Mary Teague, Shengxi Li, and Hongbo Cong
Exploring Hydrotherapy with Autism, Allison Teske
Two Notes on a Piano, Samuel Thomas
Marianismo and Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study on Latina Perspectives, Sara Tilisky
Morphological Imaging and Analysis of Adhesive Setae in the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis, Alexandra Tomasko
Design of Shape-Conforming Nosecone for Optimal Fluid Flow from Transonic to Supersonic Range, Anna Tombazzi
The Effects of Rehabilitation on the Ability to Reintegrate into Society, Benjamin J. Troxell
Sandia Senior Design Collaboration: Vacuum Sensor Design, James L. Valerio, Eric J. Black, Joseph P. Bednarz, and David R. Warther
Exchange Parking Deck Solar Feasibility Study, Rich DeVito Vineyard
Navigational Heads-Up Display, Alex Walenchok, Nicholas Seifert, Joshua Reed, and Joshua Humphrey
An Investigation of the Violation of Human Rights in Yemen, Abigail Watson
Smart-Teleprompter: An Online Teleprompter with Text Editing, Mikyla Wilfred
Smart-Teleprompter: An Online Teleprompter with Text Editing, Mikyla Wilfred
An Electrophysiological Study on Sex-Related Differences in Emotion Perception, Natalie Wiswesser, James Houston PhD, and Philip Allen PhD
Assessment and Intervention of Young Spanish speakers who are learningEnglish as a Second Language, Nicole Katherine Wiswesser and Terry Hallett Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Continuously Variable Transmission Design, Nicholas Wurst
Cleaning The World One SmartLink At A Time, Ryan Zwahlen, Sarah Lucas, Sara Woika, Faith Goforth, Logan Hanreck, and Rachel Schirripa
Honors Research Projects from 2017
Packmule, Jared M. Alexander, Jared J. Ford, Timothy J. Griffiths, and Andray Pennington
The Effects of Polyunsaturated Aldehydes on Pelagic Microbial Food Webs in the Chesapeake Bay Area and Atlantic Coastal Waters, Chase Alfman
Design of Natural Rubber Extraction from TKS Dandelion, Jehad S. Alrawajfeh, Trevor Cody, and Jason Pogozelski
The Impact of Court Ordered Sobriety: A Test of Labeling Theory, Monica B. Andress
System for Workout Information Management, Mark Archual and Ethan E. Schweinsberg
Lighted Ear Curette, Kelsey Ashmore, Kaitlin Klotzle, Crysta Yamamoto, Katrina Elfrink, and Cynthia Stoller
Using Accounting Information to Forecast Market Performance, Tyler Atanasov
Water Jet Cutting Head Actuator, Jacob D. Augustynovich