Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2017
Mika Chmielewski, Physics (PHYS) 2017, Quantum Computation: Physical Realizations of Qubits and Quantum Gates
Hanbit Shiny Choi, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, The Foreign Language Effect on The Sunk-Cost Fallacy with English-Chinese Bilinguals
Lydia Chu, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2017, I am Taiwanese, not Chinese: A comparative study on how second-generation Taiwanese-Americans and Taiwanese-South Africans conceptualize their Taiwanese identity
Allison Lee Clark, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Understanding the mechanism of Myc-induced glutamine addiction in cancer cells
David William Coleman, Economics (ECON) 2017, Health vs. Home: An Analysis of the Impact of Health on Elderly Household Mobility
Lillie Catherine Cox, Economics (ECON) 2017, School Grades and Home Prices: An Empirical Exploration of the Housing Market within the Madison Metropolitan School District
Joshua Benjamin Creel, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2017, The Enemy's Enemy
Margaret Crenshaw, Zoe Peterson, Charlotte Mann, and Alli Domingues, Mathematics (MATH) 2017, Bar Modeling: Adventures in Algebra
Laina Cross, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Evolutionarily Conserved Regulatory Programs Inform Treatments for Myocardial Infarction
Lucas Gregory Curtis, Political Science (POSC) 2017, A Dictator’s Guide to Keeping Power: An Institutional Approach to Understanding How Autocrats Prevent Transitions to Democracy in the Face of Nonviolent Resistance
Evan Michael David, Physics (PHYS) 2017, The Curious Case of the Missing Mass
Peter James Dehkes, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Does false familiarity affect confidence?
Cyrus James Deloye, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Evolution within the urban environment: the two mechanisms of human driven genetic variation
Brian Stephen DiGiorgio, Physics (PHYS) 2017, The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Lydia Ding, Linguistics (LING) 2017, What's with 'why? On the non-existence of why-clefts in Nukuoro
Jinhong Dong, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Macrophage Activation and Extracellular Matrix Destruction in Tuberculosis
Charlotte Duong, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Effects of Foreign Language of Decision Making
Elizabeth Rose Durling, History (HIST) 2017, Setting the Boundaries of Sodomy Narratives of the Male Prostitute in the German Gay Rights Movement (1927-1932)
Annemarie Ruth Eayrs, English (ENGL) 2017, The Dying Room
Conor Jett Eckert, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Studio Art Integrative Exercise - "From the Outside In"
Madilyn Emenheiser, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2017, The Social Horror Cycle in American Cinema
Kelly Elizabeth Fahrner-Scott, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Tumor-associated macrophages and vascular endothelial growth factor in the tumor microenvironment
Benjamin Fischer, Political Science (POSC) 2017, Do the Poor Soak the Rich?: Explaining Variations in Individual Attitudes towards Redistributive Taxation in Contemporary China
Kara Reid Forde, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Laughing Away Our Troubles: How Humor Functions as a Mechanism for Coping with Stress
Annie Foxen, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Ocean Views
Malcom Halpern Fox, Political Science (POSC) 2017, Buying Elections in a Post-Citizens United World: The Effect of Campaign Spending in House Elections Since 2010
Jacob Levi Frankel, Political Science (POSC) 2017, The Politics of No Technical Solution Problems: The Sustainability of Social Enterprise in the Context of Complex Adaptive Systems
William James Freimuth, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Using Invertebrate Traces to Assess Sedimentation at a Rich Terrestrial Vertebrate Locality from the Cretaceous of Montana
Caroline Glazer, Music (MUSC) 2017, Pretty Peggy and the "Bonnie Lass": 250 Years of Folk and Commercial Transmission of a British-American Folk Song
Shayna Gleason, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2017, "It's Late but Everything Comes Next": Creative Aging in Modern America
Brian Sandler Gordon, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Project Daedalus
Emma Leah Grisanzio, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2017, La Familia es la Fundación: Children, Change and the Reproduction of the House and Family among the Kaqchikel Maya
Jacob Robert Gunderson, German (GERM) 2017, Der Diktator und der Schriftsteller: Eine Analyse der Beziehung zwischen Stalin und Brecht durch Politik und Theater
Jacob Robert Gunderson, Political Science (POSC) 2017, The Gatekeeper of the Welfare State: The Role of the Political Left in the New Politics of the Welfare State
III Robert Harris, Hannah Liatris Conklin Marty, and David Nevarez Meraz, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2017, Shifting Tallgrass Prairie Management Practices: The Influence of Fire on Public Health, Grassland Ecology, and Ranching Activities
Gina Helen Hatch, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2017, Cultural Inclusion in the Cowling Arboretum Restoration: Evaluating Ethnobotanical Connections and Assessing the Educational Value of Ethnobotanical Resources
Ingrid Leonore Hofeldt, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2017, Conflicting Legal Consciousness in Partner Abuse and Rape Crisis Legal Advocates
Shannon Clare Holden, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2017, Democratic Responses to Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of the 2004 Madrid Bombings and the 2015 Paris Attacks
Emily Huang, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Stress-Induced DNA Methylation and MicroRNA Regulation Lead to Stress Vulnerability and Resilience
Yuping Huang, Physics (PHYS) 2017, Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal
Qiyuan Hu, Physics (PHYS) 2017, The Physics of Ion Beam Therapy
Charlie P. Imhoff, Brennan BF Kuo, Caitlin L. Donahue, Graham P. Earley, Chris K. Shoemaker, and Matt J. Javaly, Computer Science (CS) 2017, Prairie
Jessi Gant Jacobsen, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Talking to nonnative speakers: Investigating language-specific audience design and cognate use
Hailey Jones, Jonah Tuchow, Tristan Leigh, and Caleb Braun, Computer Science (CS) 2017, Mytinerary
Ann Treesa Joy, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Growing Out
Emily Marie Kampa, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Rest, Roll
Emily Marie Kampa, Evie Sarah Rosenberg, Allie Claire Warren, and Phoebe Katherine Nell Wooldridge, Computer Science (CS) 2017, GoScenic: A Navigation System Enhancing Visual Experience
Andrew Parker Keene, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Paleomagnetic analysis of the Løkken Ophiolite sequence, central Norway
Paul Jenison Keller, Physics (PHYS) 2017, The Physics of Music
Joyce Kim, Biology (BIOL) 2017, The STING pathway: molecular mechanisms and potential for innovative cancer immunotherapy
Elissa Ann Koele, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, The Effect of Emotional Valence on Primacy/ Recency Memory in College Students, Geriatric Patients, Alzheimer's Patients, and Cotton-Top Tamarins
Joshua Huang Kwan and Erick Sirisoukh, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Was That a Compliment? The Costs and Benefits of Positive Stereotypes Through the Lens of the Asian American Model Minority Stereotype
Jennifer Kwon, English (ENGL) 2017, Exploration and Trial of Translation Theory in Korean Literature
Evan John Lahr, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Longitudinal Profiles Along the North Shore of Lake Superior: Understanding Controls on Local Slope
Saehee Lee, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a model for epigenetic modifications
August Jackson Leinbach, Religion (RELG) 2017, Christian Folk Art in Socialist Modernity: Visual Culture of China's Protestant Revival
Charles Craven Linneman, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Impact of Constructions on River Morphology: River Engineering Survey, Cannon River, SE Minnesota (Faribault to Lake Byllesby)
Katin Pilialoha Liphart, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2017, Fueling the Pariah: Using Ethnic Manipulation to Flaunt International Norms
Yining Liu, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Using Self-paced Reading to Test the Syntactic Structure of Serial Verbs in Mandarin Chinese
Yuan Shen Li, Physics (PHYS) 2017, An Introduction to Free-electron Lasers
Zizi Li, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2017, Theorizing Instagram: Ontology, Epistemology, Aesthetics
Zizi Li, Political Science (POSC) 2017, The Road Toward An Inclusive Civil Society in China: On-screen Representation and Institutional Design
Alphonso Gaston Cera Lopez, Physics (PHYS) 2017, Inventing the Universe of Matter: An Account of the Origin of the Elements by Astrophysical Nucleosynthesis
Mara Catherine MacDonell, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Formation of amygdules in the North Shore Volcanics Group basalts North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota
Lalangi Shanika Marasinghe, Biology (BIOL) 2017, What in hydroxylation! Hypoxic tumor environments reduce the ability of lysyl hydroxylase 2 to induce collagen deposition
Benjamin Azaria Matson, English (ENGL) 2017, Finding a Sense of Place in a Postmodern World: The Postpostmodernity of Cloud Atlas
Benjamin Azaria Matson, Mathematics (MATH) 2017, Shift Spaces, S-gap Shifts, and S-limited Shifts
Elliot C. Mawby, Bowman Brown, Josh You, Kiet Tran, and Tao Liu, Computer Science (CS) 2017, Fast and Futuristic
Patton Craig McClelland, Biology (BIOL) 2017, R-Smads mediate the dual nature of TGF-β1 signaling in inflammatory bowel disease
Rebecca McGehee, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Deuterium Excess in a Deep Greenland Ice Core: A proxy for Arctic Sea Ice Concentration
Sanders Kai McMillan, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Creativity Embodied
Leslie Shuying Mei, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, The Effect of Feedback Presentation on Perceptions of Personality Assessment
Madeleine Merchant, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Group Differences in Audiovisual Integration
Brynna Mering, Wanchen Yao, Sam Neubauer, Marco Dow, Zoe Peterson, and Margaret Crenshaw, Computer Science (CS) 2017, AlgeBar: A Bar Modeling iPad App for Algebra Students and Teachers
Kazia Mermel, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Sex gets hotter: Evolutionary responses of reptile sex determination to climate change
Moses Misplon, Physics (PHYS) 2017, Closing loopholes in experimental Bell tests
Zachary Taylor Montes, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Hallucination as a Response to the Ecological Approach to Perception
Charles Hancock Moore, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2017, Multisensory Illusions in Peripersonal Space Using Tools in Reality and Virtual Reality
Jeanne G. Moua, Biology (BIOL) 2017, M2 Macrophage Polarization and Tumor Invasion: Regulating Anti-Inflammatory NF-kB
Kyle Martin Mou, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Autophagy-mediated aerobic glycolysis in the tumor stroma supports oxidative metabolism in cancer cells: metabolic coupling in the tumor microenvironment
Laura Nakasaka, Studio Art (ARTS) 2017, Gallery
Justin Ross Nathan, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Cardiac Fibroblasts as the Primary Drivers of Cardiac Fibrosis: A Study of Injury-Induced miRNA Dysregulation
Aidan Thomas Murphy Neher, Biology (BIOL) 2017, DNA methylation transformations essential to cocaine action
Amelia Julie Neilson, Biology (BIOL) 2017, The Flux Capacity: A mechanism for PCK-driven glutamine utilization and mTORC1 activation in cancer
Austin Reid Neureiter, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, ADHD: A Cross Cultural Examination of Measured Prevalence
Alexander Christopher Newkirk, Physics (PHYS) 2017, The Evolution of C:The Development of the Modern Understanding of Light Speed
Nicole Alexandra Nipper, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2017, ISIS and al-Qaeda: Understanding and Differentiating Worldviews
Spencer Roman O'Bryan, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Beaver occupation and sediment budget: Panther Brook, Huntington Wildlife Forest, Newcomb, NY
Haley Caldwell Olson, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Detrital zircons from the Yakutat terrane, Alaska: Differentiating the Schist of Nunatak Fiord from the Yakutat Group flysch and mélange.
Rachel Elizabeth Olson, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Factors Contributing to Eating Disorder Prevalence in Post-Communist Czech Republic
Amanda Jin Yu Owensby, Linguistics (LING) 2017, Interpreting [e]: The Reformulation of a Gricean Framework in Understanding Null Categories in Mandarin Chinese
Acer Kaiaina Takeo Pahukoa, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Perceived Differences and Stigma Associated with Gender in Sports
Nayon Park, Chemistry (CHEM) 2017, Designing a Super Material: Sonochemical Functionalization of Graphene
Erin L. Patrick, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Characterization of a calcareous fen in the Cannon River Wilderness Area, Minnesota
Erin L. Patrick, Classical Languages (CLAS) 2017, The Greek δό μ ος‚ as an interpretive model of relational space within the Medea
Stefan Erik Payne-Wardenaar, Geology (GEOL) 2017, Creating Documentary Films in Geology: The Geology of Northfield, Minnesota
Emily Morissa Perlman, Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 2017, I Am the Flag of Islam: Identity Negotiation Among Somali Muslim Women in Minnesota
Lauren Tolkemitt Pflughoeft, Biology (BIOL) 2017, Salmon migratory adaptation in the Anthropocene
Riley Jacob Phelps, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, Choking Under Pressure in Sport and the Ameliorating Effects of Education
Katharine Johanne Picard, Psychology (PSYC) 2017, The Role of Family in the Development and Treatment of Eating Disorders
