Honors Symposium
TUESDAY, April 21, 2015
Orndorff theater, Ceddia union building
Schedule of Presentations
NATURAL SCIENCES I, 3:30-4:30 P.M.
Kelsey Mengle
Silica Microparticle Motion and Aggregation in Silica Aerogels:
Experiment and Simulation
Tierney Miller
Characterization of a Human Orphan G-Protein Coupled Receptor, GP133
Heather Rensch
DNA Binding and Cleavage Studies of Aryl Sulfoxides
BUSINESS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 5:00-6:00 P.M.
Connor Fox
An Analysis of Multi-Scale Horn-Schunck Optical Flow Approximation
Brandon Duelley
Police Discretion In Low- and High-Crime Areas
Jennifer Carlin
JLG Internship: Development of On-Call Resolution Models
NATURAL SCIENCES II, 6:30-7:45 P.M.
Hannah Greenberg
Prevalence of Trichinella sp. Infections in the American Black Bear Ursus
Americanus in Pennsylvania
Lucinda Kauffman
Characterization of Erwinia Amylovora Isolates, The Causative Agent of
Fire Blight
Sara Long
Texting and Walking: A Dual-Task Study on Gait Patterns in a CollegeAged Sample
Grant Innerst
Sustainability on the Half-Shell: Modeling Oyster Populations
Honors Symposium
TUESDAY, April 21, 2015
honors seminar room, Presidents hall
Schedule of Presentations
BUSINESS, 2:00-3:00 P.M.
Kiley Petro
Bribery: An Unethical Act or a Necessary Evil?
Kelsey Stasyszyn
Unleashed Potential Athletic Performance Training Center
William Parisi
Internship at GAI Consultants
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES I, 3:30-4:30 P.M.
Olivia Hunt
Media as a Trigger of Self-Harm
Nicole Nicholson
Kathleen Lazarski
Frontal Lobe Asymmetry in Relation to Symptoms of NPD, ASPD,
and Binge-Drinking Behaviors
Melina Godshall
The Progression of the Affordable Care Act and the Implementation of the
Healthy Pennsylvania Initiative by the Department of Public Welfare
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES II, 5:00-6:00 P.M.
Amanda Sanger
Rhythm & Muse: The Art of Writing about Music
Julia Saintz
Fair Trade Coffee in Latin America
Nicholas McClure
President Obama’s Race to the Top: Moving Toward an Evaluation of
Competitive Education Funding
REACH OUT, 6:30-7:30 P.M.
Shelby Coghill
Comparing Educational Motivation: A Cross-Cultural Study of Academic
Drive in Elementary School-Aged Students
Amanda Schwarz
Reaching Out to Integrate Language Arts Education in the Dominican
Republic
Ashley Stuck
Lauren Wenerd
Teaching Using Mentor Texts: A Hands-On Learning Approach