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The Effects of Foldables on Student Content Knowledge in 1st Grade
By Jackie Ludwick
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At-Home Reading and its Effects on Student Reading Attitude
By Shelby Bell
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Dialogue Journals as a Tool for Elementary Written Literacy Instruction
By Rebecca Young
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How Time of Day Affects Students Grades and Behaviors
By William Broger
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Place-Based Education in the Arts and Mural Design
By Leland Burke
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How Rhythm Affects Prosody
By McKenzie Ward
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Integrating Movement with Creative Writing
By Jeanette Hiyama
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Optimizing the Alkylation of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives for Use in the Synthesis of the Oxidative Metabolites of DEHP
By Hannah Harris Faculty Mentor: Dr. Davis Oldham Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a widely used chiral plasticizer whose primary metabolite (MEHP) and secondary oxidative metabolites have been shown to have peroxisome proliferating and endocrine disrupting effects in mice. The synthesis of these oxidative metabolites is necessary to study their binding affinity to nuclear receptor PPAR.…
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Goddess of France, 1745-1764: Madame de Pompadour and the Rococo Traditions of 18th-Century French Portraiture
By Meredith Glasco The reign of Louis XV of France was spectacular in its advancement of the Late Rococo period due to the patronage of Madame de Pompadour, his head mistress from 1745-1764. Her upbringing as an educated woman in court would influence trends of Late Rococo that she would use to embellish her own…
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East Versus West: The National Gallery of Art’s Relationship to Modern Art and Architecture
By Meredith Glasco The National Gallery of Art is a modern piece of art itself throughout its split galleries; the West Building (the original) and the East Building (the addition). This study seeks to identify the importance of the East Building in relation to modern architecture and modern and contemporary art through three main means:…
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Meta Warrick Fuller and the Synthesis of Feminist and African American Sculpture
By Maya Kirkpatrick The Black Female image stands as the most politically charged and symbolically powerful subject in American Art. She has once been used as a tool to degrade and control African American women and their bodies, and now represents resilience and empowerment to a community. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller is the first African…
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Performative Disability: The Objectification of Atypical Physiognomy in the Self-Portraits of Egon Schiele
By Sophia Maldonado By the early-twentieth century, developments in medicine and psychology tremendously influenced the visual arts. From the medical photography of the Salpêtrière to the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, the cultural attitudes and understandings of illnesses and treatments were available to artists whose work engaged with the medical community during this time. The…
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Refashioning the Classical Body as the Modern Body:The Venus de Milo, Disability Aesthetics, and Disabled Women’s Experiences
By Mario Martinez The Classical body’s grasp on art history has never faded, from antiquity, through the renaissance, to modernity. Excluding the avant-garde movements during the first decade of the twentieth century, a general trend in modern art has been to refashion the Classical body as the modern body. The latter bloomed in post-World War…
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Borderline Personality Symptoms and Relationship Threat: The Moderating Role of Perceived Parental Rejection
By Elsa Baumgartner Faculty mentor: Dr. Erin Palmwood Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often perceive relationship threats more intensely, resulting in increased emotional reactivity. However, this link has never been examined with physiological measures in “real time,” nor has perceived parental rejection ever been investigated as a potential moderator of this link. To fill…
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Analyzing Soccer Player Tendencies: Applications to the Goalkeeper and Passing
By Steven Deverteuil Faculty advisor: Prashant Chandrasekar 11:00-11:50am HCC 328 Background Player analysis is an integral aspect of the sports analytics world. Player analysis is useful for coaches, scouts, and players alike for enhancing player and team performance. Notably, analysis of player tendencies may lead to player action modeling — a tool which can provide…
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Microplastic Detection via FTIR
By Maria Schneider, Vallarie Burge, Lydia Bryant, Catherine Nguyen Faculty mentor: Dr. Randall Reif Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is an analytical method that produces an absorbance spectrum which can be used to identify specific molecules. Previous literature showed that Nile Red (NR) is an effective indicator for detecting microplastics in water samples. As plastic…
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Elemental Characterization between Single Origin Arabica and Peaberry Robusta from Vietnam
By Docia Atanda, Takoda Chris, Carleigh McDonald, and Emily Morris Faculty mentor: Dr. Randall Reif Coffea arabica and coffea canephora (robusta) are the two most common species of coffee. With the rising price and rising global demand for coffee there is an increasing incentive for distributors to pass cheap coffee as more expensive coffee creating…
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Ground water iron concentration
By Emma Jones, Katherine Lauderbaugh, Joey Pack, Caroline Sampson Faculty mentor: Dr. Randall Reif Groundwater samples from Louisa County contain high unknown quantities of iron, resulting in red rust-stained sediments in areas with constant water. This leads to concern over the amount of Fe that contaminates the water, as the WHO suggests levels below 0.3…
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Analysis of Glyphosate in Pond Water by HPLC
By Madison Minvielle, Abigail Seputro, Dorothy Haas, Zahia Clemmons Faculty mentor: Dr. Randall Reif Glyphosate is the main ingredient in several herbicides such as Roundup, Agrisel, and Eraser. While glyphosate is typically not directly harmful to aquatic life, there is the potential for the compound to be indirectly harmful when it is present in runoff…
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Genomic Similarity to Predict Infection in Bacillus Phages
By Kayla Botto Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lynn Lewis Bacteriophages, also called phages, are viruses that only infect bacteria. Phages are used in phage therapy, which is a new treatment for bacterial infections and hopes to be the solution to antibiotic resistance. Each bacterium has a unique set of phages that can infect it and finding…
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Influence of Nutrient Contamination on Macroinvertebrate Communities in Two Tidal Freshwater Creeks
By Mika Bishton and Molly Curling Faculty mentor: Dr. Abbie Tomba Freshwater ecosystems are some of the most biodiverse on the planet, but they are threatened due to human actions resulting in habitat loss, pollution, and nutrient runoff. Macroinvertebrates can be used to measure the health of a freshwater system because different taxa have different…
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Localization of Transgenes for Drosophila Models of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
By Andrea Waltrip and Noah Smith Faculty mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1, DM1, is a multi-systemic disorder that results from expansion of CTG repeats in the DMPK gene in humans. Drosophila melanogaster has been established as a model organism for the study DM1, by the construct of multiple transgenic DM1 lines containing different numbers of CTG…
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Endothelial Tube Maintenance in a HUVEC cell Model for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
By Grace Holcomb and Jada Gundy Faculty mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multi-systemic condition that results in severe muscle weakening and wasting. DM1 is caused by an expanded region of CTG repeats in the 3’ untranslated end of the DMPK gene. Muscles require vasculature to supply nutrients and oxygen…
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“Curculio” by Plautus (c. 254-184 BCE): Play presented by the Roman Drama class (Latin 352A and Classics 492) in Latin, with some narrative assistance in English
By Katharine Bogen, Eleanor Clark, Grace Anne Gregg, Matthew Nelson, Brooke Prevedel, Jessica Thorne Faculty mentor: Dr. Liane Houghtalin Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. A long-lost brother. A long-lost sister. A greedy pimp. A greedy banker. Some helpful friends. In short, the usual Roman comedy. Fun for all, and no one…
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Phenotypic efficacy of genetic drivers to promote myotonic dystrophy type 1 in Drosophila melanogaster
By Victoria Ashton and Madeline Brunt Faculty mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a disease that affects organisms by causing severe weakening and wasting of muscles. The disease is caused by an increased number of trinucleotide CTG repeats in the DMPK gene, where a larger number of repeats causes more severe…
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USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO INCREASE REPROCDUCIBILITY IN A PACKED BED COLUMN
By Docia Atanda Faculty advisor: Dr. Sarah Smith Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is a transformative approach to industrial production that uses computer aided design (CAD) software to direct hardware to deposit material layer upon layer to deposit material in precise geometric shapes to yield lighter, more complex, and low-cost designs with increased reproducibility. One area…
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Does Student Engagement Have a Darkside?
By Valentina Leon-Ledezma, Sofia Taylor, Kayla Shaffer, Carrie Van-Orden Faculty mentor: Dr. David Rettinger Academic misconduct is a growing problem on college campuses. A student’s academic life on campus can take a dark turn if a student does not manage their workload, engagement, or time management well. These variables can overlap if a student is…
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A Potential Driving Force of Social Dominance in Mice: Wheel Running on BDNF and Orexin
By Jane Sullivan, Kristin Haes Faculty mentor: Dr. Parrish Waters Physical exercise has profound effects on both the brain and behavior, including decreased anxiety and depression, and the regulation of multiple hypothalamic peptides. This study explores the effects that physical exercise may have on social dominance in mice, which is determined by many of the…
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Optimization of Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye on Activated Charcoal
By Abigail Seputro Faculty mentor: Dr. Leanna Giancarlo Methylene blue and crystal violet are cationic dyes of high intensity that are commonly discharged in wastewater. The colored compounds in wastewater inhibit sunlight penetration in waterways, resulting in the destruction of aquatic ecosystems. Activated carbon offers an attractive option for the efficient removal of dyes from…
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Finding a Tuberculosis Drug: Synthesis of a KasA Inhibitor
By Carleigh McDonald and Maria Schneider Faculty mentor: Dr. Davis Oldham Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious illness that is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium attacking the body. The previously most effective drugs in fighting TB are becoming increasingly ineffective as strains of MDR (multidrug-resistant) TB are becoming more common. To combat this setback, development…
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Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Sociability, Prefrontal and Hippocampal BDNF levels, and Corticosterone levels
By Skye Curry, Julian Burke, Allison Nork, Dezi Logan Faculty mentor: Dr. Parrish Waters Sociability is an individual’s tendency to seek out social interactions, engage in interpersonal relationships, and participate in social events. Many factors can attribute to an individual’s social relations, including anxiety and exercise. Exercise has been known to decrease anxiety, which in…
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Resolution of Chiral Alcohol
By Raesa Zia, Adrian Coello, Arshpreet Brar Faculty mentor: Dr. Davis Oldham The purpose of this lab was to separate the individual enantiomers of the alcohol 2-ethyl,1-hexanol, to analyze the toxicity of the product, 2-ethyl-1-hexyl acetate. A reaction was carried out combining Amano PS lipase and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, with a percent yield 74%. From completing GC-MS…
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How respirator face masks interrupt learning comprehension in college age students
By Anoli Mehta Faculty mentor: Dr. Parrish Waters The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the mask mandates that came with it have affected college students by creating physical and mental barriers to communication. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced impediments to communication including compulsory use of respirator face masks by professors and students, social…
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KasA Inhibitor Synthesis for Potential Tuberculosis Treatment
By Jay Boudreau, Amna Naz The purpose of this research was to synthesize a lead compound for use as a possible tuberculosis drug. A Grignard addition was performed on 1-bromo-4-chlorobenzene to form 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(phenylmethyl)-4-piperidinol. A separate alcohol, 1-naphthalenemethanol, was chlorinated to 1-(chloromethyl)-naphthalene. Not enough Grignard product was produced, so a deprotected Grignard product was alkylated through…
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Building CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system for assessment of apoptosis in Kinetoplastid parasites
By Hannah Lee & Faith St. Clair Faculty mentor: Dr. Swati Agrawal Kinetoplastids are a group of pathogenic, unicellular parasites that can cause fatal diseases in humans, such as Leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness, most prominent in tropical and developing parts of the world. Although some treatment methods are available for parasitic infections, they are often…
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Comparing the Impacts of Common Deicing agents NaCl and MgCl2 on the Mobility Behavior, Embryonic Deposition Behavior, and Embryonic Development of the Freshwater Gastropod Physa acuta
By Sophia Weldi Faculty mentors: Dr. Tyler Frankel applied in the U.S. every year. 55% of deicers have been shown to enter surface waterways directly through runoff, resulting in increased salinity. The USEPA recommends that Cl– concentrations do not exceed a four-day average of 230 mg/L more than once every 3 years, however concentrations of…
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Groundwater Pollution Regulation in the U.S.
By Niki Hornbuckle Faculty mentor: Dr. Barret Wessel The primary purpose of our field research was comparing chemical analysis of groundwater samples from the present day with the laboratory analysis taken after underground storage tanks (USTs) leaked pollutants (TPHs, VOCs, PERCs) into the groundwater located under the University of Mary Washington campus, a discovery made…
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Factors Influencing Small Business Employees’ Decisions to Return to Work
By Alexis Kochanski Faculty mentor: Dr. Alexandra Dunn Some states in the early summer of 2021 decided to cancel their pandemic-related benefits nearly three months before the federal expiration date. The rationale was that removing this assistance would motivate the unemployed to reengage with the job market. The U.S. experienced a record number of job…
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Evidence of Metabolic Differences in Sedentary and Migratory Canada Geese
By Madelyn Lichter Faculty mentor: Dr. Andrew Dolby Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) exhibit partial migration, where some populations migrate seasonally, and others do not. In other partially migrant species, migrants and residents exhibit differences in a variety of physiological functions, including short- and long-term stress responses. Triglyceride concentration and heat shock protein 90ɑ (HSP90ɑ) are…
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Future in Phage Therapy Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
By Sandra Arias, Elizabeth Breckenridge, Bonnie Butter Faculty mentor: Dr. Swati Agrawal Background: The genus Bacillus is a medically importantgenus because several species cause diseaselike cereus and anthracis, that involves several specieswithin it. We chose B. thuringiensis, a nonpathogenic species of Bacillus, as our host as it isvery abundant in the environment and therefore it…
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The Gendered Division of Household Labor, Care Work, and Covid-19: Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Mothers in the Labor Force
By Arianna Rodriguez Faculty mentor: Dr. Kristin Marsh 9:00-9:50am, HCC 328 Gendered expectations in the household have impacted women’s choices in the labor market and have rendered them vulnerable to the disruptions in our economy and society. Women’s participation in the labor market has increased significantly, however the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that inequalities for…
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Antibiotic Sensitivity Assay using Bacillus Strain Resistant Phages
By Arianna Chase, Jay Boudreau Faculty mentor: Dr. Swati Agrawal Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria responsible for the serious infectious disease anthrax, can easily become antibiotic resistant. As inhalation anthrax has only a 55% survival rate with aggressive treatment, new ways of treating the disease have been looked at, alongside the similar bacteria, but less deadly,…
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Myokine Expression in a Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Cell Culture Model
By Abigail Vorsteg Faculty mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystemic disease characterized by muscle weakening and wasting. DM1 is the most commonly diagnosed adult-onset muscular dystrophy, and skeletal muscle wasting is responsible for 60% of DM1 related mortality, although the mechanism responsible for the DM1 skeletal muscle wasting phenotype…
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Abel Lake Water Quality: Trends over four decades
By Ashley Clayborne Faculty mentor: Dr. Barret Wessel Freshwater lake reservoirs are important not only for their unique beauty but also as a source of easily treatable water for human consumption. It is critical to monitor and protect these waters. Monitoring enables regulation and planning for correction of unusual measurements. After being monitored for 17…
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“Chokehold” a short film
By Amber Harvey Faculty mentor: Dr. Jason Robinson This presentation is a short horror film created by Amber Harvey. Amber directed, wrote, and edited this film during her Spring 2022 semester. This film is an independent study completed by Amber as a way of combining her desire to become a filmmaker, her creative writing major,…
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Graph Embedded Term Rewrite Systems
By Saraid Satterfield Faculty mentor: Dr. Andrew Marshall The primary motivator of this research is attempting to extend the ability of cryptographic protocol analysis tool and prove security questions about a wider set of cryptographic systems. Many systems already work for “subterm-convergent” presentations. Many also work for specific examples of protocols that are beyond subterm-convergent.…
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Adjusting Environmental Performance Index Scores toAccount for Gross National Income
By Rory Black Faculty mentor: Dr. Debra Hydorn I examined the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) report assembled by Yale University to address the need for environmental action. In this report, Yale University ranks countries across the globe on their environmental performance based on various indicators. I was interested in determining if all countries were ranked…
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Synthesis of Antitubercular Pharmaceutical Analogue
By Johann Leal, Catherine Nguyen Faculty mentor: Dr. Davis Oldham Tuberculosis (TB) ranks the second deadliest infectious agent in the world, most often affecting underdeveloped and developing countries (WHO, 2022). M. tuberculosis’ ability to build antibiotic resistance requires constant search for new alternative methods of treatment, such as the use of a competitive inhibitor to…
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The Effects of Voluntary Physical Exercise on Hedonic Drive and Hypothalamic Orexin in CD-1 Mice
By Katie Warlick Faculty mentor: Dr. Parrish Waters Orexin, also referred to as hypocretin, is a peptide produced in the hypothalamus that regulates many physiological and behavioral processes, including sleep, wakefulness, metabolism, thermoregulation, and reward (Chieffi et al., 2017). The multiple mechanisms of orexin stem from the neural circuit or nucleus where it is synthesized…
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Analysis of Seasonal Pollen Collected on insect pollinators along an urbanization gradient in Fredericksburg, VA
by Curtis Kasiski, Tyler Suthard This segment of the project focused on the amplification of DNA collected. After the collection and process of DNA, two PCR troubleshoots were conducted. This first delt with initial concentrations of DNA. It was found that DNA concentration did not have a significant impact on the PCR. The second troubleshoot…
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Myokine gene expression in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 using qPCR
By Kayla Mann Faculty mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is a disease that causes muscle wasting and weakening. DM1 is caused by the dystrophia myotonia protein kinase gene that is encoded with the CTG repeat. DM1 has yet to be fully understood, and currently is incurable. This experiment is being explored to look…
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Grumio Bacteriophage Genome Annotation
By Celeste Lockwood Faculty mentor: Dr. Swati Agrawal Bacteriophages, or phages, are virus particles which are only capable of infecting bacterial cells (Clokie et al.). These phages are of interest as a potential replacement for antibiotic therapies in cases of drug resistant bacterial infections (Sulakyelidz et al. 2001). One such phage, Grumio, was discovered and…
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Essential Oils as Bacterial Disinfectants
By Chandler Carlson and Julia Rizzo Faculty mentor: Dr. April Wynn Essential oils have become quite popular in natural medicine and their uses as an antibacterial household cleaner have been touted. We investigated how essential oils compared to bleach when used as disinfectants. Previously, we examined eight essential oils and two recipes (mixtures of oils) from…
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Synthesis of KasA Inhibitors
By Emma Ostrander, Caroline Pitches Faculty mentor: Dr. Davis Oldham In order to treat tuberculosis, specific KasA enzyme competitive inhibitors must be synthesized. This was done by doing a Grignard reaction, chlorination of an alcohol, and alkylation. For the Grignard reaction, bromobenzene was mixed with magnesium and then mixed with 1-benzylpiperidin-4-one. Ammonium chloride was then…
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Critical Edition of Gilbert and Sullivan’s PRINCESS IDA
By Ivy Sanders Faculty mentor: Dr. James Brooks Kuykendall The participant, Ivy Sanders, will present a poster detailing her undergraduate research in Music Philology. Sanders has been copy-editing a musical score’s critical edition in collaboration with the publishing company The Broude Trust. She will discuss and illustrate her research findings in regard to working with…
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Spatial Analysis of Dam Sediment and Metal Contamination in the Northern Nashua River Basin
By Jack Lanier Faculty mentor: Dr. Ben Kisila Fitchburg, Massachusetts is a heavily industrialized city with over 20 dams located within the North Nashua River basin. Many of the dams, which were constructed in the mid- to late-1800’s, are abandoned. Metal fluxes and accumulation in fluvial ecosystems reflect natural weathering and associated sediment fluxes from…
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Case study for understanding MTX resistance in Leishmania
By Bennet Varghese Faculty mentor: Dr. Swati Agrawal 9:00-9:50am, HCC 328 Leishmania is a parasite that causes Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease that has many forms and potentially deadly symptoms. Methotrexate(MTX) is a drug that has been highly effective at treating and stopping Malaria infection by inhibiting the DHFR enzyme in the folate pathway. Since MTX…
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Analyzing Soccer Player Tendencies: Applications to the Goalkeeper and Passing
By Steven DeVerteuil Player analysis is an integral aspect of the sports analytics world. Player analysis is useful for coaches, scouts, and players alike for enhancing player and team performance. Notably, analysis of player tendencies may lead to player action modeling – a tool which can provide any given team an advantage over an opposing…
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Anomaly Detection with IoT using XGBoost
By Jonathan Plutkis I will be explaining and demonstrating one of the highly known anomaly detection software called XGBoost. The demonstration would be through my laptop, and I will show how it is still able to achieve a high percentage of accuracy. I will also be explaining how we are pushing to get XGBoots into…
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USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO INCREASE REPROCDUCIBILITY IN A PACKED BED COLUMN
By Docia Atanda Faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Smith 2:00-2:50pm, HCC 329 Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is a transformative approach to industrial production that uses computer aided design (CAD) software to direct hardware to deposit material layer upon layer to deposit material in precise geometric shapes to yield lighter, more complex, and low-cost designs with increased…
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Humans, Bees, and Gods: How Virgil Explores the Concept of Ars in Georgics IV
by Jessica Thorne Faculty mentor: Dr. Joe Romero 9:00-9:50am HCC 329 One of the main parts of works by Virgil is the contemplation of the four main factors of human life and success, which are conditions surrounding your birth, your work, the work of nature, and divine intervention. The word for your work and skills…
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Math and Movement in the First Grade Classroom
By Emma McElwain
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The Effect of Student Choice on Engagement: Allowing a Student’s Choice in Reading Material as a way to Measure Engagement in the Secondary Classroom
By Claire Vorholt
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The impacts of gender inclusivity on the levels of sexual assault reporting within a military
By Keegan Fredrick Faculty advisor: Jason Davidson 10:00-10:50am, HCC 328 Abstract: This paper and presentation examine how the variance of a country’s level of military sexual assault reporting can be explained by its policies on gender inclusivity. Numerous military institutions in the international community currently face a rampant security crisis: sexual assault and violence against…
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How Education and Religion Shaped Women’s Roles Under Franco’s Dictatorship
By Elizabeth Lopez Faculty advisor: Jose Sainz 10:00-10:50am, HCC 328 This paper will explain the many changes women went through during and after Franco’s dictatorship. Franco wanted to unify Spain, and a way to do that was by oppressing the roles of women. Religion and education played a huge part in the ways women were…
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University of Mary Washington Guide to Dietary Restrictions on Campus
By Mckayla Shaffer Faculty/staff advisors: Kelli Slunt and Chris Porter 10:00-10:50am, HCC 328 Navigating dietary restrictions at a university is a challenge faced by students who have food allergies, celiac disease, dietary intolerances, or food sensitivities. This capstone project aims to reduce confusion around the resources available to students and staff in relation to dietary…
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Mastering English and a Home Language: The Truth Behind English as a Second Language Instruction
By Jasmine Villanueva Faculty advisors: Melissa Wells and Ann Rutt 10:00-10:50am, HCC 328 This paper is a broad description of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program in Luciana Martina County Schools (pseudonym), involving the interviews of both ESL teachers and former students from the same ESL program. These interviews provide insight into the…
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The Relationship Between Late Night, Twitter, and Political Literacy in 2020
By Sally Burkley Faculty advisor: Stephen Farnsworth 11:00-11:50am HCC 328 Political humor has played a role in politics since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. From plays to newspaper comics to late night comedy, these bits of political criticism and commentary on current events have been there to provide the public with relief, reinforcement of views,…
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“Caring is a Pedagogical Necessity:” Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Foundations for a Seventh Grade Language Arts Persuasive Writing Unit
By Carleigh Rahn Faculty advisor: Janine Davis 11:00-11:50am HCC 328 Social and emotional learning is the process by which students learn important skills beyond the content of their classroom. The non-profit organization CASEL, a leader in SEL instruction, defines five fundamental skills of SEL: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. The…
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Ethical AI: An Evaluation of AI Laws and Deployment
By Madison Williams Faculty advisor: Christopher Garcia 11:00-11:50am HCC 328 Over the years, the rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms has been met with conflicting views. While discourse surrounding AI is often positive and framed as innovative and forward-moving, there are scholars who contend that actors are hastily adopting algorithms at the expense of ethical…
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Developing Laboratory Experiments for the International Chemistry Olympiad
By Nyah Hizer Faculty advisor: Kelli Slunt 2:00-2:50pm HCC 328 The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is a high school competition involving multiple examinations (both written and experimental) of an examinee’s chemistry skills. To select a team of 4 students to represent the United States, students complete a three-part national exam: 60 multiple-choice questions, eight problem-solving…
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Efficacy of Puregreen24 Against the Newcastle Disease Virus
By Jacob Kautzman Faculty advisor: Lynn Lewis 2:00-2:50pm HCC 328 The Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) is a virulent virus that primarily affects Avian species and is a problem for poultry farms. Infections can be reduced by consistent vaccination and disinfection practices, but many vaccines are rendered ineffective due to virus mutation, and commercial disinfectants are…
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Learning Disabilities and Education in Bolivia and Chile
By Kree Pace Faculty advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Lewis 2:00-2:50pm HCC 328 I will be presenting my findings about disability in the education systems of Bolivia and Chile. Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, while Chile is one of a much more stable economy. Two main models of disability are medical and…
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Irish in America: Memory, Cultural, Geography
By Thomas Blackburn Faculty advisor: Farhang Rouhani 2:00-2:50pm HCC 328 I wrote a thesis on a cultural analysis of the urban Irish American landscape. My thesis presentation will consist of a brief overview of this topic and a more in-depth analysis of my findings from my literature review and my primary research. I will provide…
