Kenyon College Summer Science Research 2005

HHMI Grants to Kenyon

Kenyon College Summer Science Scholars, 2005

Posters on-line, funded by HHMI grant

INDEX OF ALL ON-LINE SUMMER SCIENCE PROJECTS

Undergraduates at Kenyon conduct research projects in the summer, in collaboration with a faculty mentor. Each student presents a poster on their work at a public exhibition. For further information on research with undergraduates at Kenyon, contact the faculty mentors below.
Archive: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

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A Three Year Analysis of Sex Ratios Among Sialia sialis Nestlings Lauren Kordonowy '06 Mentor: E. Raymond Heithaus, Biology	Mathematical Modeling of Spontaneous Calcium Oscillations in Astrocytes Maxim Lavrentovich '08 Mentor: Sheryl Hemkin, Chemistry	An Agrestic Center and Its Hinterland: Late Classic Settlement in the Environs of Las Canoas David Rogoff '06 Mentor: Patricia Urban, Anthropology	Dynamic Effects on External pH and Anaerobic Growth of E. coli: Varied Carbon Sources and Hydrogenase Mutation Dan Tate '06 Mentor: Joan Slonczewski, Biology
Creation and Characterization of Entangled Photons via Second Harmonic Generation of Infrared Diodes Mark Geiger '06 Mentor: James Keller, Chemistry	The Determination of 5-HT1A Radioligand Effectiveness via a Computerized Neural Network Jenna Rose '07 Mentor: Sheryl Hemkin, Chemistry	Experimental Investigations of Root and Tuber Processing: Implications for Neanderthal Diet and Behavior Michelle Pino '06 Mentor: Bruce Hardy, Anthropology	Use of ORAM in Wetland Quality and Land Use Assessment Elizabeth Deimeke '06 Mentor: M. Siobhan Fennessy, Biology
Computer Modeling of Drug-Protein Interactions Between Derivatives of Aricept® and Human Acetylcholinesterase Josh Zhang '07 Mentor: John Lutton, Chemistry	Does a Retrieval-Enhancing Drug that does not disrupt Hippocampal Functioning Alleviate the Context Shift Effect in Rats? Adam Sutter '06 Mentor: Paula Millin, Psychology	Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Response of Sex Ratio to Habitat and Resource Availability Amy Strieter '07 Mentor: E. Raymond Heithaus, Biology	Inter-individual and intraspecific allometric scaling relationships between metabolic rate and body mass in the Manduca sexta Marissa Stearns '05 Mentor: Haruhiko Itagaki, Biology
Laser Depletion Grating Study of the Photodissociation of Chlorine Dioxide (OClO) Katherine Coens '06 Mentor: James Keller, Chemistry	The Effects of Social Isolation on Play Behavior and Vocalization in Hooded Rats (Ratus novegicus) Robbie Molden '06 Mentor: Andrew Niemiec, Psychology	Lithic Artifact Analysis of Rural Sites in the Naco and Cacaulapa Valleys, Northwestern Honduras Rebecca Laughner '06 Mentor: Edward Schortman, Anthropology	Paved paradise and put up a parking lot? Impacts on Isolated Wetlands in the Cuyahoga Watershed Casey Smith '06 Mentor: M. Siobhan Fennessy, Biology
Two-Choice Drug Discrimination Using Morphine on the Sand Maze Mike Dash '05 Mentor: Paula Millin, Psychology	Microarray Time Course: Gene Expression in Escherichia coli in Response to Acid pH Shift Geetha Kannan '07 Mentor: Joan Slonczewski, Biology	Locality in a Quantum World Lee Kennard '07 Mentor: Benjamin Schumacher, Physics	The Effect of Methylphenidate on 22 kHz and 50 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats Lara Cox '06 Mentor: Andrew Niemiec, Psychology
Investigating signaling and metabolism of PLC- and PLD-derived phosphatidic acid in the root apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana Emily Vaughn '07 Mentor: Alfredo Cruz Ramírez, CINVESTAV