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Kenyon College
Summer Science Scholars, 2013 INDEX
OF ALL ON-LINE SUMMER SCIENCE PROJECTS |
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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. |
**Each image links to a poster
PDF.
 Molecular characterization of Na+-coupled CCCs in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti Daniel Akuma '14 Mentor: Christopher Gillen, Biology |
 Fitting and Assessing Statistical Models for Well Water Samples and Health-Related Quality of Life Variables in Coal Mining Regions of West Virginia Grant Carney '15 Mentor: Brad Hartlaub, Mathematics |
 Phenotypic Analysis of Methylmalonate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Knockout Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana Rishi Choubey '16 Mentor: Kerry A. Rouhier, Chemistry |
 Escherichia coli Mutant Strains Mediate Cellular Response to Benzoic Acid Kaitlin Creamer '16 Mentor: Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology |
 First-Order Phase Transitions with Cosmological Fluids Ryan Darragh '14 Mentor: Tom Giblin, Physics |
Size-Frequency Distribution of Perennial Herbaceous CommunitiesKelsey Dillon '14 Mentor: Andrew Kerkhoff, Biology |
 Face-specific Inhibition of Crystal Growth with Bidentate Ligands:A Lack of Kinetic Competition Between Succinate and Tartrate Dan Druffel '14 Mentor: Dr. Simon Garcia, Chemistry |
 Investigating the Subfunctionalization of Two Xenopus Laevis AHR1 Paralogs Eric Engelbrecht '14 Mentor: Wade Powell, Biology |
 The Leaky Pipeline: The Effect of Personality and Goals on Female STEM Interest Katherine Finnigan '15 Mentor: Katherine S. Corker, Psychology |
 Quantifying the Impact of Nocturnal Warming on Whole--Plant Water Use Efficiency in Glycine max Molly Goolman '14 Mentor: Christopher P. Bickford, Biology |
 Physiological changes in the midgut during the growth of the larval Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta Katie Goulder '16 Mentor: H. Itagaki, Biology |
 Nitric oxide signaling in the larval salivary glands of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Lyra R.M. Hall '14 Mentor: Harry Itagaki, Biology |
 Laboratory Evolution of Acid-Adapted Escherichia coli Strains Amanda He '16 Mentor: Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology |
 In the Mind of an Athlete: A Meta-analysis of the role of perfectionism and anxiety in athletes Maureen Hirt '14 Mentor: Sarah Murnen, Psychology |
 Exploring Magneto--Op1cal Proper1es of Novel Structures Aidan Lee '15 Mentor: Frank C. Peiris, Physics |
 Quasi-Bosonic Lattice Gas and Information Machines Michael Morgan '15 Mentor: Benjamin Schumacher, Physics |
 New Linear Codes from Constacyclic Codes John M. Murphree '15 Mentor: Nuh Aydin, Mathematics |
 Reduction in Expression of Manduca sexta Midgut Transport Proteins KAAT1 and CAATCH1 by RNA Interference Andrew L. Parmelee '14 Mentor: Christopher M. Gillen, Biology |
 Base Resistance in Escherichia coli Potential Stress Resistance Genes and Regulators Ian F. Perrone '14 Mentor: Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology |
 Evidence for a regulatory linkage between leaf water potential and mesophyll conductance Rafael Contreras Rangel '14 Mentor: Christopher P. Bickford , Biology |
 Investigating the Maillard Reaction in Autoclaved Media and its Effect on Escherichia coli Rachel J. Rhee '15 Mentor: Joan L. Slonczewski, Biology |
 The Effects of a High Antioxidant Diet on Two Behavioral Measures in Aging Rats Gina Rickert '14 Mentor: Paula Millin, Psychology |
 Arboral Diversity in Sub-ecotypes of the Peruvian Amazon Blackwater Rainforest: Barcoding from Cambial Tissue Helen Rogers '15, Noah Winters '15 Mentor: Kathryn Edwards, Biology |
 Stream Dynamics of an Amazonian Lowland Floodplain Forest Ally Schmitt '14, North Ridgeville High School and William Hudobenko '14 Kenyon College Mentors: Kathryn Edwards (KC) and Elizabeth Katoa (NRHS) |
 In the Fringes: Exploring Thin Films with a Prism Coupler Glynis Schumacher '14 Mentor: James Keller, Chemistry |
 Classical Transitions for Tunable Potentials Timothy R. Scully '15 Mentor: John T. Giblin, Jr. , Physics |
 The Relationships Between the Intracellular Steps in the LPS-stimulated Release of Nitric Oxide from Microglia Robbie Sellers '14 Mentor: Sheryl Hemkin, Chemistry |
 Sequence Characterization and Dioxin-Responsiveness of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) from the Salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum Jenny Shoots '14 Mentor: Wade Powell, Biology |
 Preliminary Study of Vertebrates by Motion-Activated Cameras at TRARC prior to Amazon Flooding of 2012 (Spanish version here) H.B. Stephens '14, N. Winters '15, H. Rogers '15 Mentor: K.L. Edwards, Biology; A. Dosantos Santillan, Director, Tahuayo River Amazon Research Center |
 Neanderthal String Theory: Investigating the Potential Role of Cordage through Experimental Archaeology Rhiannon Suggs '15 Mentor: Bruce Hardy, Anthropology |
 Calculus Analysis of Viking-era Icelandic Remains Catherine Weitzel '14 Mentor: Kimmarie Murphy, Anthropology |
 Plasticity of pigmentation and thermoregulation of the harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica, in response to developmental temperature Audrey E. White '14 Mentor: Jennifer R. Olson, Biology |
 Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Floodplain Ecosystem Noah Winters '15, Helen Rogers '15 Mentor: Kathryn Edwards,, Biology |
 Magnetic Force Microscopy with a diCP-II Atomic Force Microscope Hanning Wong '16 Mentor: Frank C. Peiris , Physics |
 Telenovelas: Assessing Intersectionality in Spanish Media Melek Yildiz-Spinel '14 Mentor: Irene López, Psychology |
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