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 2017

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An Examination of the Integral Support of His Father’s Family for the Royal Aspirations and Maintenance of the Crown of King Henry VII, Kyle W. Rea

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iPhone Swift 3 Development for “What’s Good?”, Cameron Reilly

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Brunswick Educational Access Television Social Media Campaign, Nicole Rhoades

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Brunswick Schools Video Program Social Media Campaign, Nicole Rhoades

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The Relationship Between Substance Use and Academic Performance in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Alexa Roberts and Calli Baumberger

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Caffeine Withdrawal and Dependence: A Review, Alexander Roberts

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Biomarkers of Sepsis: A Retrospective Approach, Jose M. Roberts

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Waste Not, Have Not: A Study on the Possible Symbiotic Relationship of Food Waste and Food Insecurity, Luke A. Rocco

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Educational Learning Environments, Meaghan Rooney 3287247

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Study of Experimentally Blended Wings, Ray Roos 2894888

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Education in Haiti and the Caribbean: A Literature Review, Rebekah Rose

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Analysis of Microbial Diversity in Disturbed Soil, Tyler G. Sanda

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Platinum-Rhodium Alloy Electrocatalyst Activities in the Methanol Oxidation Reaction, William R. Sandorf

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Mathematics and Music: A Search for Correlation, Isaac Sarver

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Lawn Mower Lift, Randall E. Schelcher

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Opioid Abuse in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review, Emily Sebunia and Colleen Fearon

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Design and Construction of an Optimum Method to Present Uncertainty of Convective Weather Forecasts to Air Traffic Personnel, Anna K. Selchow and Austin Wright

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The Socioeconomic Effect of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, Savannah R. Shoaff

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Effect of Interventions on Infant Mortality Rates: A Systematic Review, Sophia H. Simone and Emily K. Swaim

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Creating Confident Writers: Implementing Writing Portfolios in a Secondary-Level Language Arts Classroom, Julia Smagacz

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White-Collar Crime: Should You be Afraid?, Logan Smalley

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Interaction as a Lost Art, Megan Steele

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WARDJet Waterjet Cutting Head Actuator Design, Micah Steiner, Jacob D. Augustynovich, and Benjamin Heckert

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Stability and Retention Enhancement of Low Fouling Polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS) and Polyethylene glycol (PEG) Blend Films with Silane Coupling Agents, Sean Stybel

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Multiplexed Sensor Array for Accurate Time-of-Wetness (TOW) Measurement, Nathaniel G. Sutton, Hongbo Cong, Jiang John Zhe, Shengxi Li, and Xiaoliang Zhu

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Rubber Additives to Concrete Specimens, Kendall J. Sweitzer and Mary McCannon

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Characterization of Polyurethane for Use as Substrate in Nanofiber Sensor for Biomedical Applications, Megan Theaker

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A Systematic Review: The Prenatal and Postnatal Events Associated with Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Ariel L. Thomas, Sarah A. Awwad, and Briana E. Clark

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Efficient Implementation of Reductions on GPU Architectures, Stephen W. Timcheck

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Allowing Animal Rights: Contra Natural Law Arguments, Rachel Tobias

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Preservation of Sea Anemone Burrows in Silurian (~432 Million Years Old) Carbonate Rocks of Southeastern Indiana, USA, Marissa Tomin

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Effects of Egg and Egg Replacers on Consumer Acceptability of Chocolate Cake, Stormey R. Trayter

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LED SCREEN RESOLUTION: A Lego Visualization, Andrew S. Trowbridge

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The Effect of Music Listening on Anxiety and Agitation in Adult Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Systematic Review, Kristen M. Trowbridge and Hailee N. Horstman

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Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, Austin R. Tyler, Chris R. Estock, Johnathan P. Johenning, Garrett W. Chonko, and Allen C. Gilleland

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Controlled humidity chambers to maintain red roses’ freshness and improve their shelf life, Rima Vasudevan

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Effect of Sintering Temperature on Microstructure, Corrosion Behavior, and Hardness of Nanocrystalline Al-5at.%Ni and Al-5at.%V Alloys, Matthew G. Wachowiak

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A Modern Perspective on Hamilton and Jefferson, Michael A. Walsh

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The Trump Transition, Erica Wellman

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Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Work Experience in Baccalaureate Junior and Senior Level Nursing Students, Mallory Wilson and Taylor Byers

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Gymfo: a Gym Finding iOS App using Google Maps API, Clay A. Wyers

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Stringless Guitar, Kue Z. Yang, Anthony Batey, Dominic Mercorelli, and Nathaniel Hawk

Honors Research Projects from 2016

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Diversification and Market Neutral Portfolios in S&P500, Alan S. Agnew

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Golden Rice: Effectiveness and Safety, A Literature Review, Janel M. Albaugh

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Suicide prevention: The professional and moral responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist, Madelyn Anderson

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Investigation of Degradation of Amine Sorbent, Elijah Arendt

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HydroBand: The Continuous Hydration Monitoring System, Karina E. Atkinson and Catherine P. Benedict

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Passivation and Potential Fluctuation of AZ31B Alloy in Alkaline Environments, Ana C. Bacco

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Assessing the Expression of Astrocytic Markers in Retinal Ganglion Cell Projection of LCR/HCR Rats, Isabella K. Bartholomew, Samuel Crish, James Holda, Jordan Renna, and Gina Wilson

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Calculating the rate of spread of Phragmites australis in Summit County, OH using GIS, Aaron W. Baumgardner

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2016 FSAE Electric Vehicle Pedal Assembly Design, Evan Beery

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The Art and Science of Becoming a Successful Studio Teacher, Teresa A. Bellamy

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An Exploration of Structural Timber Innovation, Simon Beskitt

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The Changes in Woodlot Land Cover from 1988 to 2006 within Private/Farmland in Hancock County, Ohio, Louis C. Birchall

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The Call of the Undertow, Rebekah Bradford

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Exploring speech and language skills in gifted children: A parent perspective, Amanda Brewer

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Impacts of Water Sources on the Effectiveness of Point-Of-Use Water Treatment, Robert Brophy

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Case Study: Observing the Effects of Length of Exposure to MNV on Mice Colonies, Beau Brown

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Human Health Risks from Tap Water Chlorine Disinfection Byproducts: An Ohio Study, LeAnn L. Brown

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“Everybody’s Homeschooled Differently” - A pilot qualitative study of the lived experience of homeschooled college students, Hannah J. Bullock, Maria P. Alexander, and Irene L. Penkalsky

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Protein Sequence-Structure-Function Relationship: Testing KE-50 Modification on Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein (AcGFP), Anna E. Burkey

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Professional Values in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Hope E. Caldwell and Katie L. Miller

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A Software Application for Cardiac-Gated Computerized Tomography Scanning, Stephen Caldwell and Trevor Engelsman

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A Systematic Review: Effects of Breastfeeding on Early and Late Childhood, Kara Campbell and Samantha Fritz

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Reducing Fretting Corrosion at the Femoral Neck to Taper Junction in Total Hip Arthroplasty, Andrea M. Carly, Nicholas S. Moyer, and Abel S. Pietros

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Comparing Personal Training and Strength and Conditioning Certifications Across Multiple Organizations, Quentin Cieslinski

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Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro anti-tumor studies of bis imidazolium salts with alkyl chain linkers and naphthylmethyl substituents, Steven R. Crabtree

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Investigation of DNA Interaction with Bis-Cationic Imidazolium Salts, Kyle Daily 6440928

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The Prevalence and Impact of Chronic Pain in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Kathleen M. Davis and Julia E. Schwarz

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Relationship among Motivation, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Well-being of Sophomore and Senior Level Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Aryene C. Delgado, Douglas Garner, and Nicole Langhals

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Relationship among Motivation, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Well-being of Sophomore and Senior Level Nursing Students, Aryene Delgado, Douglas Garner, and Nicole Langhals

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The Tension Between Traditional Consent and Affirmative Consent: A Kantian Solution, Marissa N. DeShon

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Criminogenic of the Older Adult with Addiction: Case Study, Maria A. Dixon

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Classroom Management, Summer L. Emich

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Thermal Responsive Release of a Model Drug, Rhoadmine B, from Alginate Bead System, Heather F. Fairbairn Miss

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The Synthesis of Poly(Propylene Fumarate), Brian N. Fitch

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Best Practices in Museum Education, William W. Fleming Jr.

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Leadership Experience Project: Jamaica, Brandi Floor and Cinara Foor

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Palatable Help: Experiences of Food Insecurity in a Suburban Environment, Tannya L. Forcone

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Improving Development in Youth: My implementation of an after-school dance program, Victoria Fox

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Rubber Roads for the Rubber City: Testing the Suitability of Rubberized Asphalt for Roads in Northeast Ohio, Jessica M. Fraser

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The Smart Hard Hat, Darcy Fyffe, Connor Langenderfer, and Charlton Johns

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A comparison of the effectiveness of two educational interventions developed to teach early infant hunger cues to junior level nursing students., Melissa D. Gainer

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Ion Exchange Experiments – Water Softening and Deionization, Darcy Geraud

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HVAC Monitoring System, Ryan Gerhart and Tyler Miller

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Stress Corrosion Cracking Evaluation of Carbon Steel in Biodiesel and the Effect of Ultrasonic Nanocrystal Surface Modification (UNSM) on 304 Stainless Steel, Josh Geyer

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Prediction of Vapor/Liquid Equilibrium Behavior from Quantum Mechanical Data, Marshall J. Gnap

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Zipping Towards STEM: Simulation Wind Tunnel, Devon A. Goldberg, Emma Pierson, Brandon Hein, Jeremy Hein, and Greg Flohr

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Subgroups of Finite Wreath Product Groups for p=3, Jessica L. Gonda

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Fatigue Performance of Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composite at Low Temperature, Prajakta Govande 2817401530, Dominic R. Cross, and Kwek Tze Tan

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The Relationship between Stress and Social Support in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Hannah M. Greczanik and Vincent A. Lupico

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Heroes, Past and Future, Benjamin Green

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Pothole Reporting System, Elizabeth J. Hammell, Alissa L. McGill, Brian G. Simmons, and Sean D. Querry

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Below-Grade Structurla Flexibility Study for Seismic-Resistant, Self-Centering, Concentrically-Braced Frames, Derek A.J. Hauff

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THE EFFECT OF GREEN STRUCTURES ON HYDROLOGY IN URBAN AREAS OF AKRON, OHIO, Brooke Hayes and Brian Long

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A Systematic Review: Effects of Psychosocial Interventions on Outcomes in Refugee Adolescents Resettled in the US, Canada, and the UK, Lauren Herr and Halle Kurtz

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The Role of TGFβ1 and EP Receptors in the Differentiation of Normal and Diseased Lung Fibroblasts, Madison A. Hexter

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An Investigation of the Duality Between Art and Math, Hope Hickman

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Developing the Stress Strain Curves for an Epoxy Undergoing High Speed Impact, Stanford L. Howdyshell 7867559

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The Synergists: An Exploration of Choreography, Media, and Science, Christine Howe