Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2022
Caroline Tsui, Studio Art (ARTS) 2022, Keep Calm And Choose Lead: A Graphic Novel
Walter Williamson, Biology (BIOL) 2022, Evaluating the Importance of SARS-CoV-2 Respiratory Droplet Dispersal and Persistence in Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Graduated in 2021
Will Altaweel, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, How Should We Practice Gratitude?: A Systematic Review of Variability among Gratitude Interventions
Kano Amagai, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Bats Exhibit Suppressed Inflammation Upon Viral Infection Due to Flight-Induced Oxidative Stress
Isabel Arevalo, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Pain as Transformation: Healing in the Body
Louisa Ballinger, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2021, "Tetherball" Pilot
Gianmarco Bommarito, Marcella Manivel, Bo Peng, and Marguerite Shaya, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Bernoulli Numbers and the Class Groups of Cyclotomic Fields
Sonja Borgmann, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2021, Reframing Gender in War: Syria through the eyes of Arab Women Journalists
Grace Brindle, History (HIST) 2021, Between Fascism and Democracy: The Allied Occupation of Sicily
Travis Brown, Marko Jurkovich, Vincent Gu, and Andrew Vance, Statistics (MAST) 2021, Predicting COVID-19 Using SIR Models
Maddie Bryant, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2021, "Partisan Spillover and the Political Frames of Super Bowl Advertisements After the 2016 Election"
Charles Bushman, Physics (PHYS) 2021, Physical Reservoir Computing for Classification of Temporal Data
Lydia Chau, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, On Dealing with the Aftermath
Gregor Dairaghi, Physics (PHYS) 2021, Graphene-Based Smartphone Technologies
Maris Daleo, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Victims of Humanity
Evan Michael David, Ian Klein, Benjamin Colby Richardson, and Sameer Swarup, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Northcott’s Theorem: An Adventure in Preperiodic Points of Rational Functions
Danielle Dudley, Biology (BIOL) 2021, SARS-CoV-2 Induced Cytokine Storm Inhibits mTOR Function in CD8+ T cells
Andrew Fitch, Bat-Orgil Batjargal, Daniel Kleber, and Alvin Bierley, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Evolvers of Catan
Tyrell Floyd, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Penjamonial
Elizabeth Franchot, Economics (ECON) 2021, Age and Negative Framing: Pitting Influences of Altruism Against Each Other
Elizabeth Franchot, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Influence of Dark Personalities on Interpersonal Relationships: A Systematic Review
Kyle Fraser-Mines, Physics (PHYS) 2021, The Causes and Effects of the Carrington Event
Beatriz Furtado, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Studio Art Comps Project
Ben George, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Genomic and Epigenetic Variance in HPV16 Affect Viral Carcinogenicity and Cervical Cancer Outcomes
Emma Greenlee, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Invasive Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Alter Biogeochemical Cycling in Native Ecosystems
Charles R. Grogan-Kaylor, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Tensors, differential forms, and computer graphics
Anna Grove, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Pedagogical Methods of Indigenous Language Revitalization and Second Language Acquisition in Dakotah
Nia Harris, Economics (ECON) 2021, The Impact of Changes in the Federal Funds Rate on Stock Returns: Portfolios Sorted by Size and Book-to-Market Equity Ratio
Karah Haug, Andrew Farias, and Jack Schill, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2021, Cows, Colleges, and COVID: A Single Case Study into Northfield’s Climate Action Plan Implementation During the 2020 Pandemic
Cedar Heffelfinger, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Mending
Mash Ibtesum, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Irradiance
Emma Ismail, Linguistics (LING) 2021, A Minimalist Approach to Causative Structures in Dakota
Erin Jenson, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Tracking Transmission of Measles Virus by Sequencing Various Regions of the Genome
Brennan Johnson, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Dreaming, Dying
Marko Jurkovich, Economics (ECON) 2021, The Effect of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment on Immigrant Income in Spain
Allison Kim, Cole DiIanni, Katharine Münger, Maya Murphy, and Nathaniel Reid, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Keystroke Dynamics for Usable Passwords
Emma Korosei, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Bean Fish
Zach Kulstad, Biology (BIOL) 2021, PD-1 and Tim-3 Cooperate to Inhibit TCR Signaling in Severely Exhausted CD8+ T Cells
Rie Kurita, Catalina Alvarez-Ruiz, Kate Grossman, Ellie Mamantov, and Starr Wang, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Dragon Architect
Spencer S. Lekki, History (HIST) 2021, Violence and Materiality in the Irish Rising of 1641
Grace Leuchtenberger, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Every Breath (of COVID-19) You Take: Aerosols Driving COVID-19 Superspreader Events
Amy Lin, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Porphyromonas gingivalis Induces MyD88- and LPS- Independent Inhibition of PROS1 Anti-Inflammatory Function
Gracie Little, Kaeden Berg, Tony Ngo, and Chris Kitchen, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Digital Divide in Northfield
ZhaoBin Li, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Brownian Motion and Its Applications
Emery Louie and Aubrey Rawles, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Rising to the Occasion: Group Identity and Helping Behavior in a Natural Disaster Context
Jaylin Lowe, Statistics (MAST) 2021, Generalized Additive Models
Kaela Mali, Biology (BIOL) 2021, ARF We There Yet?: The H. pylori Driven, Subnuclear Translocation of ARF Protein
Ellie Mamantov, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, How Trusting Should We Be of Trust Measurements?
Laura McCarron, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Laura McCarron's Studio Art Comps
Zach McCrary, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Weight
Pierce McDonnell, History (HIST) 2021, Daniel Thomas and the First Tennessee: Seeking National Unity During the Spanish-American War
Cara Meyer, English (ENGL) 2021, “The terrors of direct experience”: Resolving Trauma in “The Machine Stops” and My Year of Rest and Relaxation; The Role of the Community in Enduring Racial Oppression in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and The Island
Jack L. Moran, Mathematics (MATH), Statistics (MAST) 2021, Introduction to the Simple Branching Process
Maxime Munyeshyaka, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Uncovering Mechanisms of Oligodendrocytes in Learning and Memory
Andie Nakahira, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Crying Over Spilled Kombucha
Lucy Neumann, Biology (BIOL) 2021, The Applicability of the Costly Signaling Hypothesis and the Index Hypothesis as Adaptive Explanations for Honest Quality Signaling in Carotenoid-Based Male Bird Plumage
Maggy Osha, Biology (BIOL) 2021, The Role of Repeat RNA in TriNucleotide Repeat Disease Pathology and Treatment
Alli Palmbach, Political Science (POSC) 2021, New Political Opinion Leaders: Applying Previously Established News Repertoires to a Liberal Arts College and the American Public
Alex Poeschla, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Tim-3 Mediates Cytotoxic T Cell Exhaustion in Cancer but Beneficially Maintains Maternal-Fetal Tolerance in Pregnancy
Molly Potter, Statistics (MAST) 2021, Spatial Data Analysis with Applications in Epidemiology
Lizbeth A. Ramirez Gaytan, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Looking at Cross-Language Expressive Gaps in Spanish-English Bilinguals with Varying Linguistics Exposure: Study Proposal and Pilot Study
Sophia Rogers, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, You used to say our freckles were angel's kisses
Laura Savage, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2021, Age and Distraction: A Misunderstanding of Memory
Ben Schnieders, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Critical Factors Predict Whether Evolutionary Rescue Will Occur in Bats and Amphibians Threatened by Novel Fungal Pathogens: Chytridiomycosis and White-nose Syndrome
Anna Schumacher, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Identity and Social Change: Connecting and Expanding Identity-Based Models of Collective Action
Lakshya Seth, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Blimp-1: A Key Transcription Factor in Mediating T cell Response to Persistent Antigen Stimulation
Ben Sirulnik, Chemistry (CHEM) 2021, Developments in Biological Nanosensors
Risa Stiegler, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Tukted Taku Uƞ He? or, What is Where?: Dakota Wh- or T-Questions and Intervention Effects
Irene Stoutland, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Constructed Nature
Martha Sudderth, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Baby Teeth
Ethan Ta, Chemistry (CHEM) 2021, Exploring Graphene - A Semiconductor for the Future
Raba Tefera, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Role of Constitutive Expression of Type I Interferons and the Effects of Virus Coevolution in Bats
Sean Topel, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Studio Art Comps Sean Topel
Emily Wight, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, A Story Through Scars
Justin Yamada, Alexis Engel, Matt Stecklow, Luna Yee, Ankit Sanghi, and Danny Maya, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Practicum
Bill Yang, History (HIST) 2021, The Influence of Medical Professionalization on British Parliamentary Debate of Compulsory Vaccination, 1806-1861
Luna Yee, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Divergent Semantics of Reduplication in Present-Day Dakotah: Exploring the Intra- and Intergenerational Effects of Language Suppression
Gavin Young, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, The bowl as an Intimate Object
Gabriela A. Zegarra Sam, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Happy birthday, over the years
Yifei Zhu, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, What If
Daniel Zin, Cindy Guo, and Erika Mino, Statistics (MAST) 2021, Twitter’s Reaction to Mask Mandates: A Network Analysis
Graduated in 2020
Daniel Alexander, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Optimizing CAR T Cell Signaling Domains to Modify Metabolism and Increase Efficacy Against Neuroblastoma
Evan Allgood, English (ENGL) 2020, This Body, Unbound
Iris Arbogast, Economics (ECON) 2020, A “Slippery Slope” to Higher Labor Supply Inequality in Mexico, Indonesia, and Brazil
Alleana Austin, English (ENGL) 2020, Freedom, Sexuality, and Rebellion in the Coquette and “We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?” And Pretended Purity and Mixed Heritage in A Man of the People and “The True Born Englishman”
Nof Babajide, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Incidence of Autism in Response to Changes in Brain Asymmetry
Nicholas Baer, Biology (BIOL) 2020, The Role of Ion Channels in ATP-Induced Microglial Chemotaxis
Julie Bailard, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Cation Channels Cooperate to Influence Microglial Necroptosis and Inflammatory Signaling in White Matter Neurodegenerative Disease
Marshall Basson, Physics (PHYS) 2020, Physics of a Classic Rock Album
Noam Benkler, Economics (ECON) 2020, Do Biometric Smartcards Help the Neediest Most?
Henry Bensen, Economics (ECON) 2020, Is the Democrat versus Republican Macroeconomic Performance Gap Explainable?
Halle Beshouri, History (HIST) 2020, Constructing Communism: Khrushchev's Housing Program and a New Communist Contract
Grace Betz, Physics (PHYS) 2020, The Physics of Spacecraft: The Ascension
Eric Biddulph-West, Physics (PHYS) 2020, A Hypothetical Concentrating Solar Dish Engine for Energy Autonomous Communities
Liam Bidwell, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2020, Green and Red: Losing Meat and Keeping Men
Adam Bigelow, Economics (ECON) 2020, Non-Western Technology Intensity of Use and Long Run Productivity Gains
Stan Birdsong, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Effects of Habenular Nuclei Asymmetry on Behavior
Madeline Birnbaum, English (ENGL) 2020, “The Most Unexpected of Interpretations”: Expanding Narrative Possibilities of the Northern Irish Troubles in Anna Burns’ Milkman
Caroline Boroughs, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Initiation of Parturition in Humans
Am Bovornvirakit, Biology (BIOL) 2020, The Cascading Effects of Intraguild Predation and Refugia on Animal Behavior
