Kenyon College Summer Science Research 2008

HHMI Grants to Kenyon

Kenyon College Summer Science Scholars, 2008

Posters on-line, funded by HHMI grant

INDEX OF ALL ON-LINE SUMMER SCIENCE PROJECTS
Poster site managed by Daniel Barich

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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The Effect of Diet on Scaling of Nitrogen Assimilation in Manduca sexta Ryan B. Bash ‘10 Pratima R. Shanbhag ‘10 Mentor: Andrew Kerkhoff, Biology	Progress Toward the Synthesis of Two Novel Fluorophore Appended Cationic Steroid Antibiotics James Beckett '11 Mentor: John Hofferberth, Chemistry	Growth rates and parental provisioning of lysozyme-supplemented Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) nestlings Elizabeth D. Carlton '09, Jennifer L. Howard '09 Mentor: M. Siobhan Fennessy and Robert A. Mauck, Biology	Permeant Acid-Dependent Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis Rebecca Cleeton ’09, Jessie Wilks ’08 Mentor: Brian D. Jones, Mathematics; Joan L. Slonczewski and Ryan Kitko, Biology
Controling the Shape of ZnO crystals in aqueous solution: Does pH alter the effects of growth modifiers? LaDean M. Cooley ‘09 Mentor: Simon Garcia, Chemistry	Don’t put all your eggs in one basket: Growth, self-maintenance and fledgling survival in Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) chicks raised in experimentally manipulated broods Priscilla A. Erickson '09 Mentors: Mark F. Haussmann and Robert A. Mauck, Biology	YagU: an Acid-Resistance Protein of the Escherichia coli Inner Membrane Devon M. Fitzgerald ‘09 Mentor: Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology	The relationship between body surface area and morphological midgut growth of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Anna Frutiger ‘09 Mentor: Haruhiko Itagaki, Biology
Cloning and Characterization of LmaPBP from the Cockroach, Rhypharobia (Leucophaea) maderae Allison M. Goldsmith ’09 Mentor: John Hofferberth, Chemistry	Abundancy Spiral – Exploring Diagonal Patterns Ziyue Guo '10 Mentor: Judy Holdener, Mathematics	Don’t count your chicks before they hatch: An experimental manipulation of incubation effort in Leach’s storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) L.J. Harn '09 Mentors: Mark Haussmann and Robert Mauck, Biology	Expectant mothers' attitudes toward parent-infant Kangaroo Care as related to breastfeeding beliefs, social support, and opinions about birth options Arianna I. Herman ’09 Mentor: Andrea S. White, Psychology
Mapping Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Land Use in the Face of Anthropogenic Activity Jennifer Howard '09 Elizabeth Carlton '09 Mentor: Siobhan Fennessy, Robert Mauck, Eric Holdener, Biology	Sporophyte Induction in Response to Photoperiod in Physcomitrella patens Basil M. Kahwash ’10 Mentor: Karen Hicks, Biology	Accessing the Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Structure: Development of an Enamine/Enal Cycloaddition Pyridine Formation Methodology Ben Kester '10 Mentor: John Hofferberth, Chemistry	A Meta Analysis of Taijin-Kyofusho Symptomatology and Social Phobia Disorder Dan Lakin '10 Mentor: Irene López, Psychology
A Model for Crystallization with Laser Tweezers Robert A. Long '10 Mentor: Jan Kmetko, Physics	Determining the Phonon Characteristics of Be_xZn_1-xTe Alloy Nirajan Mandal '10 Mentor: Frank C. Peiris, Physics	The Effect of Multidentate Ligands on Zinc Oxide Crystal Growth Kat Meagley ’11 Mentor: Simon Garcia, Chemistry	Biological Implications of Metabolic Scaling in Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta) Sasha Minium’09 Mentor: Haruhiko Itagaki, Biology
Sports Media and Athletes as Male Role Models Daniel Prager ’09 Mentor: Sarah Murnen, Psychology	The Form of Perfect and Multiperfect Numbers Kaitlin Rafferty ’09 Mentor: Judy Holdener, Mathematics	Parental Feeding in Leach’s Storm Petrels Dustin Schneider ’09 Mentor: Bradley A. Hartlaub, Mathematics; Robert A. Mauck, Biology	Gender role and anxiety: a meta analysis Rita Seabrook ‘09 Mentor: Linda Smolak, Psychology
Growth rates of Manduca sexta on artificial and natural diets Pratima Ramesh Shanbhag ‘10 Ryan B. Bash ‘10 Mentor: Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Biology	Determining Whether Increased Fronto-parietal and Interhemispheric Coherence is a Phenotype of Epilepsy Nathan Spagnola '10 Mentor: Jocelyn Bautista, Psychology	Controlled Formation of Arrays of Zinc Oxide Nanorods Emily K. Staudenmaier ’10 Mentor: Simon Garcia, Chemistry	Novel Biodiesel Reactor Utilizes Stainless Steel Yarn To Provide High Surface to Volume Ratio For Biphasic Reaction Phan Truong ‘11 Mentor: Dudley Thomas, Chemistry
Computational Modeling of Alzheimer’s Drug Derivatives Cathy Ulman ’09 Mentor: John Lutton, Chemistry	The Characterization of Residues on Pounding Tools: An Avenue For Identification in the Archaeological Record Rebecca Warren '09 Mentor: Bruce Hardy, Anthropology	Statistical modeling of real time PCR data for membrane transporter expression in Manduca sexta larvae Kathleen M. Woods ’09 Mentor: Bradley A. Hartlaub, Mathematics; Christopher M. Gillen, Biology	Thermal Lens Spectroscopy and Its Applications Yinan Yu '11 Mentor: James Keller, Chemistry
Messages to CosmoGirls about Identity and Appearance: Comparisons of Adult and Teen Magazine Content Lauren E. Zurbrugg '09 Mentor: Dana Balsink Krieg, Psychology