Integrated Comprehensive Exercises (Comps)

The Carleton collection of Comps, Honors Papers, and Prize-Winning Works is a collaboration between academic departments and the library. Students self-submit their work with the guidance of their departments and programs. Descriptive information about each comps, honors paper, or prize-winning project is available to search or browse. Access to the full text of projects is limited to current Carleton affiliates with faculty permission. Learn more about the collection, including how to submit and how to request access to the full text of works.

Browse comps and student work by academic department.

Graduated in 2027 2027

George L. Wening, Physics (PHYS) 2027, Physics of Snow and Avalanche Dynamics

Graduated in 2026 2026

Feraidon AbdulRahimzai, Beshir Said, and John Hurtubise, Computer Science (CS) 2026, DDoS Comps - Winter 2026

Yahnee Acklin, Special Major 2026, Reclaiming Agency: The Impact of Black Power on Self-Determination and Ethnic Nationalism

Kamran Ahmed, Economics (ECON) 2026, Paper Gold? The Effect of Dollarization on Sovereign Spreads During Interest Rate Surprises

Eli Allen, Economics (ECON) 2026, Beyond the Beef: An Event Study of the 2003 BSE Announcement

Ava Amthauer, Chloe Simanek, Ryan Choi, and Jamal Omosun, Computer Science (CS) 2026, Embedding Social and Civic Responsibility into Introduction to Computer Science

Reese Anderson, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2026, Modelling Complexity: Developing an Interactive Taxonomy of Mind

Ben Ansbacher, Physics (PHYS) 2026, Noether’s Theorem, Symmetries & Conservation Laws

Gideon Antwi, Cynthia Lu, Andres Bracho Valles, Charlie Ding, and Helana Solomon, Computer Science (CS) 2026, AI Companion in CS257

Maria Anzalone, Economics (ECON) 2026, Paid Maternity Leave and Women’s Well-Being: Evaluating Family and Labor Market Outcomes for Women in the U.S

Luca Araujo, Indy Lyness, Joshua Lee, and Jiale Wan, Computer Science (CS) 2026, Transformer Zoo: A Comprehensive Analysis of Transform Coding in Image Compression

Ezra Axel, Economics (ECON) 2026, Genetically Engineering Public Perception: an Event Study of the Séralini Paper

Frida Bajic, Psychology (PSYC) 2026, Understanding Interethnic Prejudice: Serbian Perspectives on Identity and Prejudice in Belgrade

Julia Bartlett, Economics (ECON) 2026, Affirmative Action and Female Self-Employment in New York State Government Contracting

Florence Basile, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2026, How the Kiwi Lost its Wings

Junyoung Benjegerdes, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2026, The Paradox of Authentic Food: Deconstructing Authenticity, Power, and Identity in Second-Generation Korean American Foodways

Margaret Benson, Geology (GEOL) 2026, A Survey of Iron-oxidizing Bacteria Population Dynamics in Five of Northfield’s Iron Bacteria Springs

Owen Berg, History (HIST) 2026, An Environmental History of the Grand Encampment Mining District Through Three Individuals

Ryan Bernstein, English (ENGL) 2026, Suburban Nights

Ryan Bernstein and Nativ Berkovitz-Rave, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2026, Crumhorn at the Function

Theo Bester, Economics (ECON) 2026, Prix Sans Frontières: A Dynamic Analysis of Border Policy and Violations of Purchasing Power Parity in the Schengen Area, 2000-2025

London Bettman, Studio Art (ARTS) 2026, London Bettman Studio Art Comps

London Bettman, Floris Irakoze, Shalim Montes Hernandez, and Mustafe Osman, Computer Science (CS) 2026, Ethics in Data Structures: Graphs & Stacks, Queues, and Heaps

Luke Bisio, Physics (PHYS) 2026, Gravitomagnetism and NASA’s Gravity Probe B Experiment

Oliver P. Black-Johnston, Studio Art (ARTS) 2026, Untitled (Birds and Concrete)

Savanna Blair, Biology (BIOL) 2026, From Degradation to Dissemination: How Zika Virus Repurposes Autophagy for Transplacental Transmission

Alice Bonnevie-Rothrock, Biology (BIOL) 2026, You think you know a (fun)guy: What CERK1-type receptor-like kinases reveal about the blurred line between symbiotic and pathogenic plant-fungal interactions

Anna Borkowski, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2026, Being Cognizant of Cognitive Offloading: ChatGPT and the Writing Process

Ryder Bravmann, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2026, Maeve

Andra Brown, History (HIST) 2026, Cette contrée, la plus reculée de l’Asie Oriental: French Perceptions of Japan During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Abigail Burbery, Biology (BIOL) 2026, "Hidden in Plain Sight": Zika Virus Hijacks Exosomes for Deceptive Infection and v-miRNA Transport

Lilian Burrows, History (HIST) 2026, Inuit Art at Carleton: How Collectors and the Museum Define Authenticity

Jacob Bushee, Economics (ECON) 2026, Risk, Ambiguity, and Credibility: Does New Information Make Us Better or Worse Off?

Peter Calabrese, Emily Muenzer, Narjis Nusaibah, Rocío Avila, Aaron Lobsenz, Jack Rivkin, Madeline Tabora, Irene Tang, and Austin Zhu, Chemistry (CHEM) 2026, Using MS2 Viral Capsids as Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism

Daniel Casper, Studio Art (ARTS) 2026, Overstimulation

Nicholas Chang, Economics (ECON) 2026, Optimal Mitigation Policies for Infectious Diseases: A Framework for Future Policy Design

Ryan Chang, Economics (ECON) 2026, Examining the Effects of Academic Stress and Pressure Related to the College Entrance Exam on Students’ Welfare in South Korea

Kaitlyn Chen, Biology (BIOL) 2026, The Integrated Functions of the NLR Sw-5b

Selina Chen, Biology (BIOL) 2026, lncRNA Tug1 Contributes to Parkinson’s Disease Through Disruption of PINK1/Parkin Mitophagy and Activation of the BAK/BAX Apoptotic Pathway

Carolyn Chinatti, Physics (PHYS) 2026, What Happens When You Turn It Up To Eleven: The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Upgrade

Joanne Chung, Economics (ECON) 2026, Unconditional Income and Parental Behavior: Evidence from the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit

Sam Chutkow, Biology (BIOL) 2026, Circular RNA ciRS-7 as a Central Regulator of Proteostasis and Amyloidogenic Processing in Alzheimer’s Disease

Jack Cieslowski, Psychology (PSYC) 2026, Osseous, Immunological, and Hormonal Effects of Systemic Trauma in Transgender Individuals

Will Clausman, History (HIST) 2026, The “Outside Agitators” of the Iron Range: Understanding Newspaper Perceptions of Labor Action During the 1916 Mesabi Strike

Suwannee Conroy-Baarsch, Latin American Studies (LTAM) 2026, Painting and Placemaking: Migration through Murals in Bogotá and Minneapolis

Suwannee Conroy-Baarsch, Political Science (POSC) 2026, "¿Quién gobierna? No sé si importa" : Democratic Decline and Resilience in Argentine Youth