Honors Scholar Theses from 2022
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
A Deep Learning Model for Predicting COVID-19 Transmission in Connecticut, Nathan Choi
Evaluating The Effect of Glyphosate on Host Survival and Microbiome, Sandro Cloiseau
Effects of tree felling in wetlands on the community composition and diel activity of mammals, Eve Cullerton
Meta-Network Analysis of Complex Construction Systems: Improving Project Efficiency Using Novel Computer-Based Analytic Methodology, Ethan Cummiskey
Does Anodal tDCS Over the Left Prefrontal Cortex Using the F3-RSO Montage Improve Cognitive Control?, Sydney Darling
Identificando determinantes sociales de la salud en la comunidad de Granada, España (Identifying social determinants of health in the community of Granada, Spain), Mukund Desibhatla
The Development and Evaluation of Novel DA Transport Inhibitors and their Effects on Effort-Related Motivation: A Review, Mukund Desibhatla
Household Income and Air Pollution at Public Schools in the United States, Katyland Facas and Kristina Wagstrom
Synthesis and In-Vitro Voltage Sensitivity Testing of Two-Component Voltage Sensitive Dyes, Daniel Fairchild
Effect of Serine-Dipeptide Bacterial Lipid Treatment on Gene Expression in HepG2 Liver Cells, Shaharia Ferdus
Assessing Leadership in Business – Finance: A Critical Investigation of Jamie Dimon, Kelly Finn
Climate Change Preparedness in the Insurance Sector, Daniel Fischler
The Influence of the United States on Nuclear Laws, Michael Francomano
Molecular Markers of Climate Adaptation of Thysanoessa longicaudata (Euphausiacea) in the Arctic, Alexandra Frenzel
Salir Adelante: Exploring the Systems of Support of First-Generation Latinx College Students in Their Pursuit of Higher Education, Jenifer Gaitan
What the 123rd Congress Will Look Like: Examining the Gender Gap in Political Ambition of College Students, Maddison Gates
Seasonal plumage condition variation and the thermal value of the feather coats of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), Jordana MF Graveley, Margaret Rubega, and Kevin R. Burgio
Methodological and Theoretical Extensions to the TRACE Model of Spoken Word Recognition, Samantha Grubb
Effects of Language Experience on Spontaneous Counting as an Augmentative Tool for Mapping, Caroline L. Hebert
The Regulation of Chemokinesis by the soil amoeba, Dictyostelium Discoideum, Julia Horan
Linking Human Activities to Water Quality in Coastal New England: Past and Present, Amelia Hurst
Reinforcement Learning for Realistic Robotic Training: A Survey, Andres Jaramillo
A Picture of Hartford's Community Food Environment: An Image Recognition Approach, Evelyn Johnson
Using Citizen Science to Determine the Age of Alewife Fish, Rodchill-Paul Jules
The Effects of Infliximab on the Fibrosis Response of Three-spine Stickleback, Mita Kale
Exploring an Alternative to IPOs: Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), Vaishali Kanamalla
Modeling and Monitoring of Water Quantity and Quality in Permeable Pavement Systems Using Geophysical Equipment, Abby Klimowicz
Machine learning-based recognition on Crowdsourced Food Images, Aditya kulkarni
Relating Electrode Impedance and Recording Quality in the Rat Hippocampus, Mitchel Kuperstein
Use of Antisense Oligonucleotides to Target Notch2 in Mouse Chondrocytes, Gabrielle Viviana Lanza
The Rise of Alternative Early Stage Financing Methods, Tyler Lasicki
The Impact of ASU 2016-14 on Not-for-Profit Operating Cash Flow Presentation, Grace Lauber
Effects of hippocampal inactivation with DREADDs on water maze performance, Julia Levin
Tax Efficient Supply Chains: Analysis of Multinational Corporations with Swiss Subsidiaries, David Liu
Stuck in Ireland: Representations of Purgatory in Irish Literature, Rebecca Lynn Maher
Analyzing Non-Strophic Forms through the Facets Model: The Early Compositional Style and Technique of Trey Anastasio and Phish, William Mandelbaum
Assessing Rat Behavioral Response to Novelty, Neha Mathew
The Effects of a Play-based Intervention on Imitation-based Rhythmic Drumming Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pranati Mathur
Assessing Leadership in Business – Marketing: A Critical Investigation of Reed Hastings, Nolan McAndrew
Visual Spatial Memory in Young Typical Developing Children and Children with Developmental Language Disorder: A Pilot Study, Samantha McKenna
Impact of Angiogenic and Osteogenic Factors in the Presence of Biodegradable Piezoelectric Films, Jayla Millender
The Microfinance Experiment: An Evaluation of Programs and Effectiveness in St. Louis, Maxwell Miller
Environmental Policy and Employment: The Effect of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on the Labor Market, Kelly-Anne Moffa
Synphilin-1 and its Effects on Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease, Mirghani Mohamed
Self-management of Chronic Low Back Pain in the Hispanic Population: A Feasibility Study, Jasmeen Mohammed
The Effects of MAPK Signaling on the Development of Cerebellar Granule Cells, Kerry Morgan
Knowing China, Losing China: Discourse and Power in U.S.-China Relations, Shankara Narayanan
Math and Voting: Voting Methods, Fair Representation, and the Electoral College, Sarah Nelson
Headache and its Association with ADHD/ADD and Stimulant Medication, Claire Nitzsche
Explaining Reproductive Health Disparities: Violence in the “Colorblind” Institution of Medicine, Chineze Osakwe
The Effects of the NBA COVID Bubble on the NBA Playoffs: A Case Study for Home-Court Advantage, Michael Price