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FRENCH
French Senior Presentations |
Session Chair: Jonathan Weiss |
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| Alexandru Mocanu | Rencontres de mon regard |
| | Neha Sud | Jaya, ou les malheurs de la vertu |
| | Catherine Sear | La Fille au parapluie rouge |
| | Ivan Mihajlov | Le Gardien de ma jeunesse |
| | Katie Markowski | LíExpÈrience des AmÈricains noirs en France pendant >líentre-deux-guerres |
| | Scarlett Slenker | Ma France imaginÈe |
| | | Presentations in French |
| Brittainy Heitzman | LíHomosexualitÈ en France |
| | Bill Ford | Le 6 juin |
| | Shareen Abbasy | Une Fontaine díidÈes |
| | Jocelyn LeBlanc | Une SÈrie de lettres : Ètudes des relations entre >les FranÁais et les Francophones díAmÈrique du Nord. |
| | Kyle Foley | Un Dimanche soir |
| | Jennifer Leighton | Les relations franco-malgaches |
| | Ann MacDonald | Confort, contentement et culture : une exploration photographique de líespace en France |
| | Hilary Klug | Le QuÈbec: La CommunautÈ imaginaire |
| | Emily Honig | Fluctuat nec mergitur |
| | Eliza Huleatt | Avenue FÈlix Faure |
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| Wednesday, March 2 |
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BIOLOGY
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | Olin 234
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 11:00 AM | |
| Jaehee Yun ('08), Jenny Zuar ('08) and Josh Lord ('08) |
| | Innovations of the Integument: Functions of Mammalian Hair |
| Nikki Wong ('07), Emily Lyczkowski ('08) and Rose Becker ('08) |
| | Jaw Evolution and Cranial Kinesis |
| Tom Reznick ('07) and Alex Shafer ('07) |
| | Vertebrate Pectoral Girdles |
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| Friday, March 11 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Mike Sirois ('05) | Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Reactivity in Natural Waters |
| | Kathy Rittner ('05) | Potential DNA Cross-Linking of Epichlorohydrin |
| | Michael Feldman ('05) | Synthesis and Characterization of Di- and Tri-Oxacalix[4]arenes |
| | Clara Koh ('05) | Binding Affinities of hMutSalpha for 6-thioguanine and 6-methylthioguanine in DNA: A Basis for Lesion Toxicity |
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| Tuesday, March 15 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Joey Farrell ('05) | Philosophical Interpretation of Special Relativity |
| | Stanislav Presolski ('05) | Chirped Adiabatic Passage |
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| Tuesday, March 29 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Jamie Falk ('05) | Modes of Gravitational Radiation |
| | Ryan Boccuzzi ('05) | Design of a Permanent Magnet Bias Field for the Plasmoid Thruster Experiment |
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| Friday, April 1 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Cary Gittleman ('05) | Biphenylene-Based Aromatic Macrocyles and Cage Compounds |
| | Rodney Yeoh | Metal Ions in Blood Clotting |
| | Devon Hutton ('05) | The Pinacol Rearragement |
| | Cary Fridrich ('05) | Synthesis and Derivatization of Functionalized Oxacalixarenes |
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| Tuesday, April 5 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Conor Semler ('05) | Plasma Fusion Reactors |
| | Lubos Hudec ('05) | Ladder Climbing and Control |
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| Wednesday, April 6 |
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BIOLOGY
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | Olin 234
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 11:00 AM | |
| Christine Avena ('08), Jenn Mizen ('08) and Jenn Moody ('07) |
| | Adaptations and Flight: A Presentation on Avian Muscles and Locomotion |
| Leah Hagamen ('05), Nina Harrold ('05) and Sophie Smith ('08) |
| | Specialization of the Digestive Tract: The Cow Stomach |
| Caroline O'Connor ('06), Emily Devlin ('07) and Sarah Burstein ('07) |
| | The Large Intestine in Mammals |
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| Thursday, April 7 |
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GOVERNMENT
Democratization in Latin America | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Ariel Armony |
| 1:00 PM | |
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| Ashley Mihos ('05) | Gender Discrimination in Mexico and the Question of Democracy |
| | Doug Summa ('05) | Pawn or Empowerment: Women and Women's Rights in Peru vis-à-vis Sendero Luminoso |
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| Friday, April 8 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Tim Newhouse ('05) | Photochemical Generation of Chloro,beta-acetoxycarbene |
| | Amy Campfield ('05) | Synthesis of Gamma Meta-Para Bridged Cyclophaine |
| | Szymon Mikulski ('05) | Dirhodium(II,II)carboxylate Compounds Bind to Interstrand Cross-link Duplex DNA |
| | Kenneth Pitter ('05) | TBA |
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| Tuesday, April 12 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Tsering Wangdi ('05) | Laser Frequency Locking |
| | Lucas Thatcher ('05) | Electromagnetic Modes in Axial Gauge |
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| Thursday, April 14 |
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GOVERNMENT
Democratization in Latin America | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Ariel Armony |
| 1:00 PM | |
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| Jonah Waxman ('05) | A Democracy in Name Only: Drugs, Corruption, and Human Rights Violations in Colombia |
| | Adrianne Mohn ('05) | Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala and the Question of Democracy: A Post-War Analysis |
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| Friday, April 15 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Stanislav Presolski ('05) | LFP Studies of Chlorocarbenes |
| | Melissa Mullen ('05) | Metal Ion Binding to 6-Thioguanine |
| | Ivan Mihajlov ('05) | Nutrient Dynamics of Belgrade Lakes Watershed |
| | Katie Sigalow ('05) | An Examination of Alternating Hydroxy and Pyridine Groups in Oxacalixarenes |
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| Tuesday, April 19 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Melissa Yosua ('05) | Fine-Structure Spectroscopy of Sodium Rydberg p-states |
| | Katie Lynch ('05) | Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays |
| | Zack Hauptman ('05) | Reflectance Spectroscopy |
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MATHEMATICS
Senior Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
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| Seth Pierrepont ('05) | Chaos and Fractals: A Taste of Nonlinear Dynamics |
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| Wednesday, April 20 |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Senior Scholars Presentation | Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Nikky Singh |
| 4:00 PM | |
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| Mark Chapman ('05) | Chinese Muslims and Global Islam |
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| Thursday, April 21 |
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GOVERNMENT
Democratization in Latin America | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Ariel Armony |
| 1:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Conor Gleason ('05) | Multi-National Indigenous Coalitions: An Analysis of Overall Effectiveness in the Quest for Sovereignty |
| | Sunshine Timothy ('05) | Human Rights and Democratization: A Comparative Study on Chile and Burma |
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BIOLOGY
The Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 7:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Lydia Durant ('05) | Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer: What Are the Risk Factors Involved? |
| | Maureen Sherry ('05) | Telomere Maintenance in Cancer: Regulation and Implications for Prognosis and Treatment |
| | Carolyn Pollard ('05) | Cancer Risk Associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Use in Post-menopausal Women |
| | Meghan Barringer ('05) | What You Really Got Out of Your Spring Break: UV Radiation and Skin Cancer |
| | Erin Rockney ('05) | Colon Cancer: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
| | Kate Crocker ('05) | New Oral Chemotherapies |
| | John Mahoney ('05) | How Can You Trust Air That You Can See? |
| | Matthew Lynes ('05) | Sweet, Sweet Cancer: Food Additives and Carcinogenesis |
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| Friday, April 22 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Vassy Zheleva ('05) | Copper(I) Arene Complexes |
| | Michael Walsh ('05) | Superoxide: the Quest for Answers |
| | Kevin Selby ('05) | Synthesis of Bicyclooxacalixarenes |
| | Zachary Sager ('05) | (Don’t) Pump up the Heat |
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| Monday, April 25 |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Matt Tozer ('05) and Laura Hudecek ('05) |
| | MHC and Tests of Adaptive Evolution |
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| Monday, April 25 |
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BIOLOGY
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | Olin 234
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 11:00 AM | |
| Amanda McGarry ('07) and John Walden ('07) |
| | Electroreception in the Duck-billed Platypus |
| Sharon McMonagle ('06), Julie Hike ('07) and Alex White ('07) |
| | Innovations of the Vertebrate Eye |
| Ryan O'Flanagan ('06), Kristin Putnam ('05) and Juliana Green ('05) |
| | Pheromone Functions in Vertebrates |
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MATHEMATICS
Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
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| Torrey Kulow ('05) | MathEd to the Max: Delving into Mathematics Curricula |
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PHILOSOPHY
Honors Presentation | Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Cheshire Calhoun |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Alex Tellis | An Inquiry into the Convergence of Religious Imperatives and Secular Ethics |
| | Josh Kahn ('05) | Separating the Good from the Great: Toward an Objective Criterion for Value in Music |
| | Chris Surprenant ('05) | Cultivating a Good Will: Moral Progress and the Kantian State |
| | Megan Burd ('05) | Mysticizing Philosophy |
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ENGLISH
Senior Scholars Presentation | Mary Low Coffeehouse
Session Chair: Jenny Boylan |
| 8:00 PM | |
| Jenny Boylan, Courtland Fowler ('05) and Stephen Whelpley ('05) |
| | A Whelp & Company |
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| Wednesday, April 27 |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Caroline Polgar ('06), Dave Civitello ('06), Steve Markesich ('05) and Nick Larsen ('05) |
| | Role of MHC in Fitness and Reproductive Biology |
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BIOLOGY
Bacteriology | Arey 307
Session Chair: Frank Fekete |
| 1:00 PM | |
| Peter Arlein ('07) and Hande Barutcuoglu ('05) |
| | Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphococcus aureus |
| Casey Dunton ('06) and Stephanie Freese ('07) |
| | Leptospirosis |
| Jessica C. Lefoley ('06) and Jonathan W. Ashcroft ('06) |
| | Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever |
| Becky Greslick ('06) and Brian Rodriguez ('06) |
| | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) |
| Becky Mandeville ('06) and Zack Goldman ('06) |
| | Pathogenicity of Yersinia pestis, the Causal Agent of Bubonic Plague |
| Kara Lanahan ('05) and Richard Raymond ('05) |
| | Periodontitis: A Risk Factor for Systemic Disease? |
| Annette Caswell ('05) and Cara Pollard ('05) |
| | Tampon-Associated Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS): Is it on the Rse? |
| Michael Misencik ('05) and Rob Mehlich ('05) |
| | The Black Death: The Plague Past and Present |
| Andrew Herstein ('07) and Callie McDowell ('06) |
| | The Interaction between Cystic Fibrosis and Cholera |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Magha Kapoor ('05) | Transmission Spectroscopy |
| | Chilann Chan ('05) | Fast Current Switch for a Magnetic Field |
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MATHEMATICS
Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Chris van Wagenen ('05) | Higher Order Reciprocity Laws Via Gauss and Jacobi Sums |
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| Wednesday, April 27 |
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BIOLOGY
Bacteriology | Arey 307
Session Chair: Frank Fekete |
| 1:00 PM | |
| Sarah Becker ('06) and Andrew Johnson ('06) |
| | An Overview of Bioremediation |
| Jessie Kaplan ('07) and James Bennett ('06) |
| | Avian Influenza |
| Riley O. Doyle ('07) |
| | Industrial Bacterial Fermentation of Pharmaceutically Active Products |
| Jocelyn LeBlanc ('05) and Jessica Taylor ('07) |
| | Lyme Disease: An Emerging Threat to the Northeast |
| David Amadu ('07) and Kenza Sayegrih ('07) |
| | Malaria: Epidemiology, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment |
| Dan Cummins ('05) and Maggie Allen ('05) |
| | Methicillin Resitant Staphylococcus aureus: A 'Super Microbe' Awaits Your Next Hospital Visit. |
| Nicole Conrad ('05), Erin Rockney ('05), Emily Goodyear ('05) and Meg Musser ('05) |
| | Petting Zoos Gone Wrong: Escherichia coli Outbreak |
| Kate Crocker ('05) and Marina Stakes ('06) |
| | Silent But Dangerous: Chlamydia trichomatis |
| Maggie Johnson ('06) and Christian Crannell ('08) |
| | The History and Current Outbreak of the Marburg Virus |
| David Civitello ('06) and Emily Mosites ('06) |
| | The Revival of Phage |
| Laura Keeler ('07) and Marguerite Davis ('07) |
| | What's the Big Baloo about Bioflims? |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Honors Presentations | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Noah Smith ('05) | Learning Classifier Systems and Evolutionary Robotics |
| | Jesse Wrenn ('05) | A Complex Systems Approach to Researching Behavioral Trends |
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| Friday, April 29 |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Steve Markesich ('05) and Dave Civitello ('06) |
| | Molecular Ecology of Wolves and Coyotes. |
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GOVERNMENT
Democratization in Latin America | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Ariel Armony |
| 1:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Graham Hennessey ('05) | The Effects of Neoliberal Policy on Economic Inequality in Brazil |
| | Mike Miller ('05) | Plurinationalism and Democracy? Bilingual Education and Symbolism at Play in Bolivia |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Honors Presentations | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | Computer Science Honors Presentations |
| Chris Ries ('05) | Automated Identification of Malicious Code Variants |
| | Russ Spitler ('05) | Eclipse Java Security Scanner - JSS |
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BIOLOGY
The Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 7:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Megan Daley ('05) | Cervical Cancer |
| | Noah Hoffman ('05) | Prostate Cancer: The TGF-b Pathway and Treatment |
| | Lily Maltz ('05) | Pancreatic Cancer: The Silent Killer |
| | Brian Rodriguez ('06) | Adult and Childhood Leukemia: A Developmental and Fundamental Comparison of AML and ALL |
| | Christina Pluta ('05) | Breast Cancer: Men Can Get It Too! |
| | Amy Campfield ('05) | Neonatal Neuroblastomas: Causes, Detection, and Treatment of Cancer in Newborns |
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| Friday, April 29 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 3:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Galia Debelouchina ('05) | Guest-Host Chemistry of Calix[6]arenes |
| | Yan Kung ('05) | Towards the Production of a Mutant S-RNase that Inhibits Self-incompatibility |
| | John Cole ('05) | A Biomimetic Tungsten Complex |
| | Jonathan Lees ('05) | Predicting Guest Host Binding |
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MATHEMATICS
Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
| Jamie Falk ('05) |
| | Wedderburn Structure Theory |
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| Monday, May 2 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Russ Cole, David Firmage, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Hurd Room | Anna Birnberg ('08), Beth Darling ('08) and Jake Pinkston ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Religion and the Environmental Sustainability of Countries |
| Smith Room | Courtney Larson ('08), Jeff Carroll ('08), Sam Boss ('08) and Kristina Shiroka ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Are Pesticides Needed to Produce Viable Yields on Commercial Farms? |
| Whitney Room | Jamie O’Connell, Nicole Terrillion ('08) and Sarah Romeo ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | What Factors are Most Influential in Creating an Effective Recycling Program? |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Ilana Saxe ('05) and Karli Gasteazoro ('07) |
| | Evolution of Brood Parasitism: What Molecular Ecology Has Taught Us. |
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RUSSIAN
Foreign Language Presentations | Lovejoy 450
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 1:00 PM | |
| | | Presentations in Russian |
| Anna Khatutsky ('07) | «The Role of the Writer and Literary Texts in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
| | Jennie MacPherson ('05) | «Destruction and Rebirth: Water Symbolism in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
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MATHEMATICS
Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Brandy Lipton ('05) | Spectra, Sunspots, and Seasonal Effects: An Extension of Fourier Analysis |
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GERMAN
German Language Senior Presentations | Lovejoy 450
Session Chair: Ursula Reidel-Schrewe |
| 7:00 PM | |
| | | Presentations in German |
| Justin Dubois ('05) | Der wechselnde Begriff von Nation und Heimat in Deutschland. (The Changing Concept of Nation State and Homeland in Germany) |
| | Katie Ryckman ('06) | Die schwarze Heimat. (Blacks in Germany) |
| | Lubos Hudec ('05) | Die Sudetendeutschen. (The Sudeten Germans) |
| | Maria Sanders ('05) | Die Rolle der Frau in Edgar Reitz' Heimat. (The Role of Women in Edgar Reitz's Film Series Heimat) |
| | Matt Ruby ('05) | Heimat - unter dem Aspekt von Sprache und Geschlecht. (The Role of Language and Gender in the Construction of ) |
| | Kathleen Ghelli ('05) | Hinweise auf die nationalsozialistische Ideologie und Politik in Edgar Reitz' Heimat. (References to Nazi Ideology and Politics in Edgar Reitz's Film Series Heimat) |
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| Tuesday, May 3 |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
STS Senior Research Presentations | Keyes 103
Session Chair: Jim Fleming |
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| 11:30 AM | Zachary S. Sager ('05), Science, Technology, and Society |
| | The 10th Mountain Division and Outdoor Recreation in America |
| 11:00 AM | Caroline E. V. Collins ('05), Science, Technology, and Society |
| | The Dispute between Lewis Mumford and Frank Lloyd Wright Over Urban Planning |
| 12:30 PM | Chase D. Cohen ('05) and Corwith Cramer III ('05), Science, Technology, and Society |
| | Throwing things: Construction and Demonstration of a Roman Onager (outside at a site to be announced, weather permitting). |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Biochemistry of the Cell | Olin Arcade
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 12:00 noon | |
| Shawn Sato ('05) and Kate Durda ('05) |
| | Fabry’s Disease |
| Leah Weitz ('06) and Kathy Rittner ('05) |
| | Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome |
| Katie Sigalow ('05), Dana Gwinn ('05) and Amy Campfield ('05) |
| | Fish Odor Syndrome |
| Zack Goldman ('06) and Becky Mandeville ('06) |
| | Gaucher’s Disease |
| Matt Meredith ('06) |
| | Gycogen Storage Disease VI |
| Kevin Selby ('05) and Vassy Zheleva ('05) |
| | Lesch-Nyhan Disease |
| Mike Sirois ('05) and Dan Fowler ('06) |
| | Maple Syrup Urine Disease |
| Romeo Raugei ('06) and Adam Osterle |
| | Neimann-Pick Disease |
| Erin Parry ('06) and Lindsey Boyle ('06) |
| | Phenylketonuria |
| Natalie Wayne ('06) and Maureen Sherry ('05) |
| | Pompe’s Disease |
| John Fallon ('05) and Meg Musser ('05) |
| | Tangier Disease |
| Rodney Yeoh ('05) and Rami Zahran ('06) |
| | Tay Sachs Disease |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Senior Presentations | Mudd 311
Session Chair: Charles Conover |
| 3:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Eric Brockmeyer ('06) | Delta-Scuti Variablity in the Pre-Main Sequence Stars SVCep and RRTau |
| | Chris Farrell ('05) | M-Star Variability |
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MATHEMATICS
Senior Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Jan Holly |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Galia Debelouchina ('05) | Picard-Vessiot Extensions |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Honors Presentation | Lovejoy 102
Session Chair: Nikky Singh |
| 4:00 PM | |
| | | |
| Christopher Rodney Yeoh ('05) | Opening the Windows of the Church to the World: The Creation of Nostra Aetate and its Impact on Christian-Jewish Relationship |
| | Clara Koh ('05) | The Rhetorics of Violence in Joshua: Foucauldian Power, Israelite Identity, and the Ethics of Interpretation |
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| Wednesday, May 4 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Russ Cole, David Firmage, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Hurd Room | Samantha Rose ('08), Jamie Poster ('08), Liz Clark ('08) and Charlie Coit ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Economic Development and Waste |
| Smith Room | Beth Hirschhorn ('07), Rebecca Travis ('07), Jackie Rolleri ('06) and Suzanne Moreau ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Are Rural Schools More or Less Likely to Include Environmental Education in Their Curriculum? |
| Whitney Room | Heather Hansman ('05), Leora Feldstein ('08), Reed Sibley ('05) and Sophie Newbury ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Do Famous Recreational Rivers Get More Consideration and Protection than Other Rivers? |
| |
BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Lydia Durant ('05) and Isabelle Reining ('05) |
| | Evolution of Avian Migration: Are Migratory Birds Tropical or Temperate Species? |
| |
BIOLOGY
Evolution | Olin 223
Session Chair: Judy Stone |
| 1:00 PM | |
| Genevieve Dubuque ('07), Lily Maltz ('05), Luke L'Heureux ('06), Emily Devlin ('07), Nathan Mylrea ('05), Daniel Schupack ('07), Sara Hamada ('05), David Cheng ('06), Anna Czechowski ('07) and Caroline O'Connor ('06) |
| | DNA Fingerprinting by AFLP Reveals Population Genetic Structure of a Federally Threatened Orchid, Isotria medeoloides |
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RUSSIAN
Foreign Language Presentations | Lovejoy 450
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 1:00 PM | |
| | | Presentations in Russian |
| Vasilena Zheleva ('05) | «You're head will be cut off!—The Devil, the Intellect and the Heart in Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
| | Rachel Hatch ('05) | «Light and Darkness in the Philosophical Scheme of Mikhail Bulgakov's Novel The Master and Margarita» |
| | Conor Semler ('05) | «The Bird as a Symbol of Freedom in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
| | Abe Summers ('05) | «Sight and Vision in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Climate Change Politics | Olin 234
Session Chair: Liliana Andonova |
| 2:30 PM | |
| Nick Von Mertens ('05) |
| | |
| Elizabeth Rose ('07), Charlie Reed ('06), Jayadev Vadakkanmarveettil ('06), Whitney Jones ('05), Sarah Forsyth ('08), Kevin Fritze ('07), Jess Hulbert ('06), Jamie Goldring ('08), Heather Burke ('05) and Emily Sinnott ('08) |
| | The Future of Climate Cooperation |
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COMPUTER SCIENCES
CS Fest | Mudd 415
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 3:00 PM | |
| | | Demos of Independent Study Projects |
| Charles Fizer ('05) | A Knowledge Editor for Designing Pattern-Driven Intelligent Systems |
| | Andreea Olea ('07) and Jesse Wren ('05) | Can Neural Networks Learn Cross Products? |
| | Christopher Ries ('05) | Automated Identification of Malicious Code Variants |
| | Russell Spitler ('05) | Java Security Scanner - JSS |
| | Jared Goldsmith ('05) | Prediction of Ocean Swells |
| | Jesse Wrenn ('05) | A Complex Systems Approach to Researching Behavioral Trends |
| | Nel Dutt ('05) | An Integrated Approach to Intelligent Team Behavior Using AIBO Robots and the Soar Cognitive Architecture |
| | Noah Smith ('05) | Evolving Communication to Aid Cooperation in a Multi-Agent System |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS Fest | Mudd 4th Floor
Session Chair: Clare Congdon |
| 3:30 PM | |
| | | Posters of Independent Study Projects |
| Jesse Wrenn ('05) | A Complex Systems Approach to Researching Behavioral Trends |
| | Russell Spitler ('05) | Java Security Scanner - JSS |
| | Noah Smith ('05) | Evolving Communication to Aid Cooperation in a Multi-Agent System |
| | Charles Fizer ('05) | A Knowledge Editor for Designing Pattern-Driven Intelligent Systems |
| | Christopher Ries ('05) | Automated Identification of Malicious Code Variants |
| |
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS Fest | Mudd 4th Floor
Session Chair: Clare Congdon |
| 3:30 PM | |
| Matt DeLoria ('06), Charles Fizer ('05) and Nick Stielau ('06) |
| | A Java application for composing music using MIDI |
| Noah Smith ('05), Thomas Cook ('07), Andreea Olea ('07) and Jared Goldsmith ('05) |
| | Be the Glove |
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| Thursday, May 5 |
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RUSSIAN
Foreign Language Presentations | Lovejot 246
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 12:00 Noon | |
| | | Presentations in Russian |
| Rachel Hatch ('05) | «Light and Darkness in the Philosophical Scheme of Mikhail Bulgakov's Novel The Master and Margarita» |
| | Conor Semler ('05) | «The Bird as a Symbol of Freedom in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita» |
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BIOLOGY
Evolution | Olin 223
Session Chair: Judy Stone |
| 1:00 PM | |
| Natalie Wayne ('06), Tenzin Tsewang ('07), Matthew Tozer ('05), John Walden ('07) and Lindsay Teittinen ('06) |
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| Geoffrey Buckle ('07), Gregory Engel ('07), Jonathan Ashcroft ('06), Lawrence Dagrosa ('05), Matthew Lynes ('05), Megan Daley ('05), Patrick Lizotte ('06), Elizabeth Hirschhorn ('07), Christopher Neil ('07) and Emily Pugach ('07) |
| | A Second Generation Common-garden Experiment: Are Maternal Effects Responsible for Apparent Genetic Differences between the Widespread Mimulus ringens var ringens and the Rare Variety colpophilus? |
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PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology Department Poster Session | Robins Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Diane Winn |
| 4:00 PM | |
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| Michael Civitello ('05) | Sleep Deprivation in the Military |
| | Brittany Heitzman ('05) | Men in America: Gender Socialization and its Negative Consequences |
| | Emily Day ('05) | Social Influence: Heuristics and Techniques that Increase Compliance |
| | Alana Willhite ('05) | Children in Foster Care |
| | Jamie Snyder-Fair ('05) | Etiology and Treatment of Primary Insomnia: A Review |
| | Annette Caswell ('05) | Gender Differences in Salivary Hormone Response to Infant-Related Stimuli |
| | Jennifer Abramson ('05) | Synesthesia: Phenomenology, Brain Mechanisms, and Theories |
| | Kelly Klemarczyk ('05) | Homeless & Schizophrenic: A Review of Treatment Strategies and Challenges |
| | Kelly Wheaton ('05) | Sex Differences in Environment-Dependent Ethanol Tolerance in C57BL/6 Mice |
| | Matthew Ruby ('05) | Semen Exposure and Depression in MSM: Revisiting Burch & Gallup (2002) |
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| Sean Baron ('05) | How Robust is the Illusory Flash Effect? - An ERP Study |
| | Nora Gouge ('05) | Fuzzy Logic and Emotions |
| | Nicholas Larsen ('05) | Artificial Intelligence and Human-like Cognitive Properties |
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BIOLOGY
The Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 7:00 PM | |
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| Nicole Conrad ('05) | Cancer Vaccines: Possibilities for Active Immunotherapy Against Cancer |
| | Kathryn Austgen ('05) | Immune System Evasion by Cancer Cells |
| | Patrick Ely ('05) | The Medical and Political Impacts of Early Detection in Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer |
| | Kate Crocker ('05) | New Oral Chemotherapies |
| | Lawrence Dagrosa ('05) | Dendritic Cells and Immunotherapy of Cancer: So Hot Right Now |
| | Danielle Martin ('05) | Cannabanoids and Cancer: The Therapeutic Value of Cannibinoid Receptors |
| | Dana Gwinn ('05) | Cancer Gene Therapy: Types, Strategies, and Trials |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Russ Cole, David Firmage, and Liliana Andonova |
| 7:00 PM | |
| Keyes 102 | Sujit Shrestha ('07), Joel Alex ('08), Jenn Corey ('06) and Emmie Theberge ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Is Organic Farming More Likely to Encourage Biodiversity Than Large Scale Farming (Agribusiness)? |
| Keyes 103 | Danielle Preiss ('07), Sarah Burstein ('07), Kelly Bakulski ('07) and Kathryn Bartholomew ('07), Environmental Studies |
| | What Factors are Responsible for Producing Cities with Effective Public Transportation Systems? |
| Lovejoy 202 | Anna Barnwell ('08), Jess Harold ('08), Amie Schwartz ('08) and Eric Hansen ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Why Do Countries Adhere to International Environmental Treaties? |
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| Friday, May 6 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Russ Cole, David Firmage, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 AM | |
| Lovejoy 201 | Zen Glasser ('07), Brett Wagenheim ('09), Kelly McErlean ('08) and Charlotte Jobrack ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Do Gasoline Prices Affect the Kind of Vehicles Purchased by Individuals? |
| Lovejoy 202 | Holly Battelle ('08), Heidi Donahue ('08), Jason Hayes ('08) and Morgan Manoff ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Does Greater Pollution Contribute to Higher Depression Levels Across Cities or Regions? |
| Miller 319 | Nicole Turgiss ('08), Julie Bero ('08), Heather Burke ('05) and Lauren Barrett ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Income and Recycling in US Cities |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology | Olin 335
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 10:00 AM | |
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| Wendy Sicard ('05) | Effects of Forestry Practices on Population Genetics of Fisher, Martes pennanti |
| | Pat Ely ('05) | Phylogeography of Ermine, Mustela erminea |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Dreams | Given Auditorium
Session Chair: Phyllis Mannocchi |
| 4:00 PM | |
| Taylor Bemis ('05), Marisa Giller ('05), Meggie Finn ('05), Lizzie Johnson ('05), Elizabeth Riley ('05) and Kim Jones ('05) |
| | Bowling Leagues for Elders |
| Corrie Shattenkirk ('05), Carrie Greer ('05), Jeff Lederman ('05), Will Van der Veen ('05), Melissa Plante ('05) and Rodney Yeoh ('05) |
| | Hate Groups in Maine |
| Rachel Damon ('05), Emily Weber ('05), Rachel Luskin ('05), Melisse Hinkle ('05), Karinna Russo ('05) and Gillian Nadel ('05) |
| | Lobstering in Maine |
| Xavier Garcia ('05), Molly Boehmke ('05), Emma Miller ('05), Eddie Mezer ('05), Curtis Chin ('05) and Sean Murphy ('05) |
| | Paranormal Groups in Search of Ghosts |
| Alex Mocanu ('05), John Fallon ('05), Asma Husain ('05), Toni-Lynn Robbins ('05), Lisa Andracke ('05) and Liam McDonnell ('05) |
| | Wounded Maine Soldiers from the War in Iraq |
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| Sunday, May 8 |
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FRENCH
French Independent Project Presentations | Lovejoy 100
Session Chair: Adrianna Paliyenko |
| 7:00 PM | |
| | | Presentations in French |
| Katherine Boyce ('08) | Mme de Staël |
| | Jenna Walsh ('08) | L'art romantique : Géricault |
| | Ethan Abensohn ('07) | La Colonisation de l'Afrique: La France et L'Algérie |
| | Katie Markowski ('05) | Joséphine |
| | Kristin Keefrider ('07) | La Cuisine au XIXe siècle français |
| | Catherine Sear ('05) | L'Image de la femme noire au XIXe siècle français |
| | Mariah Whitney ('07) | La Mode française au XIXe siècle français |
| | Neha Sud ('05) | La Vie bohème au XIXe siècle français |
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| Monday, May 9 |
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FRENCH
French Independent Project Presentations | Lovejoy 100
Session Chair: Adrianna Paliyenko |
| 7:00 PM | |
| | | Presentations in French |
| Eliza Huleatt ('05) | L'Hystérie au XIXe siècle français |
| | Jeff Carroll ('08) | L'Haussmannisation |
| | Bill Ford ('05) | L'Héritage de 1870-1871 : La Commune |
| | Shareen Abbasy ('05) | La Prostitution au XIXe siècle français |
| | Julia Csikesz ('07) | Portraits des femmes dans l'œuvre d'Edgar Degas et Mary Cassatt |
| | Leslie Peterson ('07) | L'Éducation au XIXe siècle français |
| | Karina Johnson ('05) | Le Monde de l'artiste femme au XIXe siècle français |
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| Tuesday, May 10 |
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CREATIVE WRITING
Creative Writing Reading | Robins Room, Roberts Union
Session Chair: Debra Spark |
| 7:00 PM | |
| Nora Gouge ('05), Mike King ('05), Matt Ruby ('05), Stephen Whelpley ('05), Mary Medlin ('05), Andy Orr ('05), Hannah Emery ('05), Gillian Nadel ('05) and Caitlin Dennehy ('05), Creative Writing |
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