Kenyon Summer Science Scholars Program

Kenyon College Summer Science Scholars, 2017

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: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

**Each image links to a poster PDF.
PosterTitle and AuthorMentor and Department
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Expression and activity of cation cotransporters in yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) in different salinities
David Anderson '19
Christopher M. Gillen, Biology
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Macroevolution of dimensionless life histories in amniotes
Cecina Babich Morrow '18
Andrew Kerkhoff, Biology
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How Women's Distrust in Other Women Intensifies the Relationship betweenGender Microaggressions and Psychiatric Symptoms
Lucy Bhuyan '18
Sarah Murnen, Psychology
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The Synthesis of BMPCL (Hedrick REP Inimer/ATRP Initiator)
Jenna Bouquot '19
Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler, Chemistry
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The Effects of Jasmonate Derivatives on Escherichia coli Growth
Carter U. Brzezinski '20
Joan Slonczewski, Biology
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Age Group Differences in the Experience of Gendered Microaggressions among Women
Sarah Campbell '20
Sarah Murnen, Psychology
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Recovering the Neutron Star Equation of State from a Simulated Binary Neutron Star: Gravitational-wave Detection with LIGO
Matthew Carney '18
Leslie Wade, Physics
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Recovery of Microbial Functional Diversity in Restored Wetlands
Srila Chadalavada '19
Siobhan Fennessy, Biology
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Objectification in Asian Skin Whitening Commercials: A Content Analysis
Alejandra Colmenares '19
Irene Lopez, Ph.D., Psychology
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Characterizing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) within the order Anura
Reed Crocker '20
Wade Powell, Biology
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Expression and Evolution of the cation-coupled cotransporters in Aedes aegypti Larvae
Adrienne DeBrosse '18
Chris Gillen, Biology
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Identifying Dietary Microfossils from Dental Calculus in the Keldudalur Cemetery, Skagafjördur, Iceland
Sean Deryck '18
Kimmarie Murphy, Anthropology
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Getting Angry? Counting Sheep? Could Video Games Make You Lose Sleep? Relations Between Game Play, Sleep Deprivation, and Aggression.
Benjamin Douglas '18
Patrick J. Ewell, Psychology
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Effects of hepA, rfaY, and cspC Genes on Benzoate Tolerance and Antibiotic Resistance in Benzoate Evolved Escherichia coli
Morgan L. Engmann '20
Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology
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Neanderthals: The First Spear Throwers?
Andrea M. Evans '19
Bruce Hardy, Anthropology
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Tangloids: A Mathematical Exploration into Children's Toys
Michael Grace Fisher '20
Carol Schumacher, Mathematics
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Evaluation of Triarylmethyl Dyes for Xenobiotic Transport Assay in the Mosquito A. aegypti
Coire F. Gavin-Hanner '18
Matthew F. Rouhier, Chemistry
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Temperature Dependent Dielectric Functions of Topological Insulators
Ellie Holmgren '18
Frank Peiris, Physics
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Visualizing Equation of State Constraints given Gravitational-wave Observations of Binary Neutron Star Systems
Burke S. Irwin '19
Leslie E. Wade, Physics
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Testing a candidate muscle gene, tcf15, in a neural patterning mutant, stl159, in Danio rerio
Woo Jeon '18
Sarah C. Petersen, Neuroscience
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An Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Sequence from the Caecilian Gymnopis multiplicata Suggests Low Dioxin Affinity Is Common to All Amphibian Orders
Sarah Kazzaz '18
Wade Powell, Biology
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Climate Change Velocity: Past, Present, and Predicted
Erin Keleske '18
Drew Kerkhoff, Biology
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New Linear Codes over Non-Prime Fields
Jonathan Lambrinos '20
Nuh Aydin, Mathematics
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Raman Spectroscopy of Thin Films
Vincent Lewis '20
Frank Peiris, Physics
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The Influence of sfp-gadX Mutation in Benzoate Resistance of Escherichia coli
Haofan Li '20
Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology
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Skin Whitening Soap Opera's: Themes of Female Empowerment Used as Method of Advertising
Madeline Maldonado '18
Irene López, Psychology
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Microwave Spectroscopy of Ultracold Molecular Plasma
Fernanda B. V. Martins '19
James Keller, Chemistry
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Using Artificial Neural Networks for Gravitational-Wave Glitch Identification in Advanced LIGO
Donald A. Moffa III '18
Leslie Wade, Physics
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Describing Dark Matter as a Wave Function
Maggie Murphree '19
Tom Giblin, Department of Physics
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Structural and Optical Properties of Perovskite Thin Films
Ryan Muzzio '18
Frank Peiris, Physics
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Exploring Dark Matter as a Scalar Field
Rachel Nguyen '19
Tom Giblin, Physics
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Designing and Developing a Computer Program to Assess Building Code Requirements
Nicholas Ogilvie-Thompson '19
James P. Skon, Mathematics
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An Ecosystem Experiment to Test Recovery of Nitrogen Assimilation Functions in Restored Freshwater Wetlands
Heather Pacheco '18
Siobhan Fennessy, Biology
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor paralog function in dioxin and thyroid hormone response pathways in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
Naomi Pang '19
Wade H. Powell, Biology
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Characterization of a zebrafish peripheral myelin mutant
Kristen Pitts '19
Sarah C. Petersen, Neuroscience
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Applications of Machine Learning in Low-latency LIGO Searches for Gravitational Waves
Kyle Rose '19
Madeline Wade, Physics
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Examining the Flight Capabilities of Neanderthal Spears
Ryan Scheck '20
Bruce Hardy, Anthropology
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Designing an AI to determine building codes
Joey Schutz '18
James Skon, Mathematics
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Characterization of FMRFamide Expression in the Enteric Nervous System of Manduca sexta
Sabrina Serrano '18
Harry Itagaki, Biology
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Linearized Gravity and its Effects on Oscillon Formation and Properties
Patrick Shaw '19
Tom Giblin, Physics
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In Search of the t-DNA Insert: Genotyping Arabidopsis thaliana Transgenic Plant Lines
Hannah Simmons '19
Kerry Rouhier, Chemistry
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Artifacts in the Wake of a First-Order Phase Transition
Christian Solorio '18
Tom Giblin, Physics
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Ellipsometry and X-Ray Reflectivity Analysis of Nanoporous Hafnia Films
R. Oliver VandenBerg '20
Frank Peiris, Physics
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Exploring the Structural Dynamics of Thin Films using X-ray Diffraction
Kendall Vanderhoof '20
Frank Peiris, Physics
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Men's and Women's Responses to Idealized Body Types
Ar'Reon Watson '18
Sarah K. Murnen, Psychology
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Architectural Planning: An Expert System Proof of Concept
Benjamin Weinberg '18
James P. Skon, Mathematics
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Exploring the Potential of an Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to form All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters
Hannah Wendlandt '19
John Hofferberth, Chemistry
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Localization of Aedes aegypti Na-dependent aeCCC1 by affinity dependent -purified antibodies to Malpighian tubules and hindgut purified antibodies
Samuel Wolf '19
Christopher M. Gillen, Biology
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Effects of emrAB and mprA mutants on relative fitness in carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone evolved Escherichia coli
Erintrude Wrona '20
Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology