Honors Scholar Theses from 2023
Modeling Accuracy Matters: Aligning Molecular Dynamics with 2D NMR Derived NOE Restraints, Milan Patel
Monitoring PM2.5 Pollution In The North End Of Hartford, CT, Jocelyn Phung and Kristina Wagstrom
Exploring the Viability of Gold Jewelry as a Diversifying and Safe-Haven Investment, Monica Pydipati
The Effect of DB1976 on the Fibrotic Response in Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), Saif Quraishi
21st Century Political Agronomy: Between Collapse and Apocalypse in the Capitalist World System, Harrison Raskin
Exploring the Effects of Christian Worldviews on Heart Rate, Stress, and Adjustment After Loss in Bereaved Individuals, Emma Radini Ratnavel
UConn Baseball Batting Order Optimization, Gavin Rublewski and Gavin Rublewski
Elucidating the Impact of SOS-response Timing in on Escherichia coli Survival Following Treatment with Fluoroquinolone Topoisomerase Inhibitors, Stephanie Schofield
Living and Dying in 'Cancer Alley': Using Human Rights Law and Environmental Justice to Create a Litigation Framework for Marginalized Communities, Neeharika Sistu
Exploration of Salivary-omics Analyses for Stress Biomarker Monitoring, Ashanthi Snell
Feasibility Study for a Continuous Mansfield Hollow State Park Multi-Use Path, Owen P. Spangler
Assessing Leadership in Business: A Critical Investigation of Warren Buffett, Jack Tubridy
Effects of Tempering Temperature on Gas Turbine Fan Cases, Seth Utter
Designing a mHealth App-Based Intervention to Address the Harm Reduction Needs of Malaysian Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Who Engage in Chemsex: Findings from a Qualitative Study, Christopher Uyar, Francesca Maviglia, Jeffery Wickersham, Antoine Khati, Olivia Kennedy, Nicholas Copenhaver, Mohd Akbar Ab Halim, Wan Mohd Ikhtiaruddin, Isklander Azwa, Kamal Gautam, and Roman Shrestha
Ethical Considerations of Clinical Research in Emergency Care Settings: A Review, Adith Velavan
Assessing Leadership in Business: A Critical Investigation of Steve Ballmer, Brendan White
The Relationship Between Reading Anxiety and General Anxiety in 7-10-year-old Children With Reading Difficulties, Bo Dehm Wicklund
Breaking Down the Box Office: An Analysis of Film Profitability Factors, Zachary Wisnefsky
Probabilistic Machine Learning for Battery State of Health Prognostics, Charli Zaretsky
Honors Scholar Theses from 2022
Starved for Knowledge: The Effect of Language Deprivation and “Mainstream” Education on Deaf Accessibility to the United States Education System, Katherine Arpino
ESKAPE Pathogens: The clinical Prevalence and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance, Anusha Attre
The Effect of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva on the Tongue, Amy Backal, Amanda Harrop, and David J. Goldhamer Dr.
The Importance of Health Anxiety and Emotional Reasoning to Understand Vaccine Hesitancy and Safety Behaviors: Implications for Public Health Campaigns in a COVID_19 Era, Samantha Ballas and Kimberli Treadwell
NICU Nurses’ Varying Levels Of and Experiences With Moral Distress While Caring For Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Sarah Battaglia
Protective Effects of Caffeine via Microglia in a Rodent Model of Preterm Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury, Serena Beri
CloudBots: Autonomous Atmospheric Explorers, Akash Binoj
Associations Between Trauma History and Dimensions of Self-Concept in College Students, Francisco Carrillo-Alvarez
Fourier Acceleration in the Linear Sigma Model, Cameron Cianci
Forgotten Immigrant Voices: West Indian Immigrant Experiences and Attitudes towards Contemporary Immigration, Danielle Cross
Identification of ciprofloxacin resistance factors via in vivo evolution of Aeromonas veronii in the medicinal leech, Lauren Daddi
Novel Epigenetic Therapeutics for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, Suzannah De Almeida
As Seen on Screen: American Ambivalence Shown through Death Penalty and Vigilante Films, Lisette Donewald
The Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition during Gestation in Sheep on the Reproductive Efficiency of the Offspring, Morgan Dougherty
“And We’re Happy, So Happy, to Be Modern Women”: Dissociative Feminism on Screen and in Literature, Michaela Elizabeth Flaherty
The Influence of Tetrabenazine on Operant Behavior and Binge-Like Eating Model in Rats, Reileigh Fleeher
Characterizing Rat Lateral Amygdala Interneurons by Colocalization of Calcium-Binding Proteins via Serial Multiplex Immunohistochemistry, Ethan Gasteyer
Headcase Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Status Downstream of Insulin Signaling, Thomas George
Salary Cap Efficiency: A Study of the Relationship between a NFL Quarterback’s Salary and their Team’s Performance, Prasad Gosavi
Electromagnetic Detectability of Binary Supermassive Black Holes, Kaylee Grace
Household Composition and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Purchases among Low Wage Workers, Salma Gudaf
Effects of Noise on Speech Perception in Children Using Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review, Priya Gupta
Minimal Inscribed Polyforms, Jack Hanke
Asian American Discrimination Through United States History, Disease Outbreaks, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth He
The Stamford Experience in the Twenty-First Century: Analyzing Urban Development Conflict at the Neighborhood Level, Michael Hernandez
Punishment vs. Rehabilitation: A Discourse on American Prison Reform & Comparative Analysis to Swedish Incarceration, Lauren Hipplewitz
Affirmative Action in Higher Education: What Role does Whiteness Ideology Play?, Siyu Huang
Triggering Thermal Runaway in Lithium-ion Batteries, Chris John
Plague and Devastation in Ancient Greece: Why Mourning Matters, Hannah Kallin
Calcium Ferrite as a Semiconductor for Microbially Assisted Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Lauren King
A Case for Improved Financial Literacy Education in the United States, Nicholas Kinsella
5-axis Milling for Micro-machining of Implantable Flow Sensor, Devin Kot-Thompson
Exercise in the Heat: Perceptual Measures in Hydrated and Dehydrated Conditions, John Kromer
Plant-Based Diets and Metabolic Syndrome: Evaluating the Influence of Diet Quality, Lydia McGrath
Impact of the Quality of ESG Reporting on Profitability of Trucking and Oil Companies, Diane Meng
SEC Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents, Michaela Morosky
Autistic Individuals May See Emotions Differently: How Gradable Adjectives Can Be Used to Determine Emotion Recognition, Devon Murphy
Correlates of Sexualized Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Malaysia, Sydney Osborne
When Problems Become Solutions: Harnessing the Osteogenic Capacity of Disease-Causing Stem Cells to Repair Bone Fractures, Mehreen Pasha
Identification of Translesion Synthesis Inhibitors that Target Rev7/Rev3 Protein-Protein Interactions, Seema Patel
Defining the Role of Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Neurons in the Modulation of Homeostatic Feeding, Julia Paul
Regaining Effort-Based Food Motivation: The Drug Methylphenidate Reverses the Depressive Effects of Tetrabenazine in Female Rats, Deanna Pietrorazio
Performance Improvements in Inner Product Encryption, Serena Riback
Does Anodal tDCS Over the Left Prefrontal Cortex Using the C3-RSO Montage Improve Cognitive Control?, Jhoan Rodriguez
Content Analysis of Public Instagram Posts about Pelvic Floor Disorders and Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Pregnancy, Lauren R. Rudin and Molly E. Waring
Investigating the Effects of Cell Signaling Mutants and Inhibitors on Chemokinesis in Dictyostelium discoideum., James Rybczyk
Alterations of the Gut Mycobiome in Patients with MS - a Bioinformatic Approach, Saumya Shah
Museum Talk: Conversations Regarding Art Museums’ Practices and Policies, Eva Solano
Dimension Theory of Conformal Iterated Function Systems, Sharon Sneha Spaulding
The Potential of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Drug Targets, Matt Staid
Analyzing Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Endoribonuclease nsp15, Mary Staunton
Effects of Feeding Probiotics to Pre-Weaned Dairy Calves, Sara Tomis
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Mammalian Carnivore Activity in the Eastern United States, Joan Tremblay, Miranda Davis, and Robert Bagchi
Study of Porosity of Gelatin-Alginate Hydrogels to Model Brain Matter for Studying Traumatic Brain Injuries, Apolline Vincent
Alterations in the Oral Microbiome Leading to Inflammatory Periodontal Disease, Emma Vlaun
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Distance Learning, Rashana Weerasinghe
The Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition in Ewes on the Growth and Development of Offspring, Zoey Weisman
On Misuses of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test for One-Sample Goodness-of-Fit, Anthony Zeimbekakis
Autonomous Search and Rescue Helicopter System Design, Terry Zhao
Honors Scholar Theses from 2021
The Effect of Social Comparison and Fear of Missing Out on Anxiety Symptoms in Late Adolescents, Olivia Adams
Development of Physiological Markers for Tetrabenazine-Induced Motivational Dysfunctions Using Electroencephalography in Male and Female Rats, Stephanie Akosa
Differential White Blood Cell Counting, Gregory Austin
Reeling in New Antibiotics: Synthesis and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Zinc-Binding Clavanins from Styela clava (Sea Squirt), Eduardo Badillo-Colberg
Effects of a Play-Based Intervention on Locomotor Skills and Strength Performance of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Amber Bardsley
Effects of Probiotic Supplementation on Growth and Health of Pre-Weaned Dairy Calves, Lily Bello
Une exploration du style et du message dans une sélection d’œuvres d’Annie Ernaux : L’écriture « qui ne ment pas », Maya Benson
Potential Improvements for Underwater Sound Speed Measurement Devices, Matthieu Bernier
The Effects of Poor Maternal Nutrition During Gestation on Colostrum and Milk Quality and Immunoglobulin G Concentrations in Sheep, Alexandra Bettencourt
Replacement of the Transfer Act: The Impact of Connecticut's Effort to Expedite Contaminated Site Remediation, Avery Bikerman
The Emerging Role of Pancreatic β-Cell Primary Cilia in Diabetes Mellitus, Emily Blackburn
Evaluating Quality Control Methods for Genomic Testing and Analyzation of DNA/RNA, Raabiah Chaudhry
Exploring Emotion Regulation as a Moderator of the Relationship between Benefit-Finding and Measures of Stress in Cancer Survivors, Sarah W. Chen