Summer Symposium Schedule
Summer Research Symposium 2024
Date : Thursday, August 1, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Alter Hall, 2nd Floor
Zoom links are included in the schedule below for each room. Note that there are different links for Oral Session 1 and Oral Session 2. The links will only work on the day of the event. Find the room you need in the schedule below to find the appropriate link.
Summer Symposium 2024
Thursday August 1
10:00 AM – Opening Remarks in Alter 203/204
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Oral Session 1
See schedule below.
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Lunch in Alter 203/204
Pizza will be provided.
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM – Oral Session 2
See schedule below.
Oral Session 1 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Alter 205 - Moderator: Dr. Morris - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/91331239322)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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10:15 AM |
Patrick Kayes |
Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries: The Catholic Church’s Mistreatment of Unwed Women and Their Children |
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10:30 AM |
Teresa Dankoski |
Rewilding as Spiritual Discipline |
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10:45 AM |
Ian Cheyne |
Cryogenic Temperature Effects on the Tensile Strength of Various Materials |
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11:00 AM |
Evan Shibel |
Fans as the Focus
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11:15 AM |
Hannah Chester |
An Examination of Cosmic Ray Behavior in Giant Molecular Cloud Environments |
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11:30 AM |
Rosalind J Thompson |
The Benefits of Using Sound in the Classroom: Creating Education Tactics to Encourage Sonic Literacy |
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11:45 AM |
Jude Nathan and Faith Tekulve |
Voter Turnout and Political Repression in Authoritarian Governments |
Alter 206 - Moderator: Dr. Robiadek - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/93791331488)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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10:15 AM |
Taylor Kamienski, Alex Smith, Teegan Mitchell, Blaine Cox, Sami Balara, and Beth Howard |
Developing Synthetic Routes for Water-soluble Electroactive Compounds |
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10:30 AM |
Daniel Welch |
Congressional Redistricting Algorithm |
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10:45 AM |
Shea Adesso |
Leonhard Euler's De Partitione Numerorum (1753) |
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11:00 AM |
Micahel Dementjevs |
Comparing Burke and Paine on Constitutional Change |
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11:15 AM |
Devon Terry |
Functional Characterization of 3CBW Using Bioinformatics and Wet-Lab Experiments |
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11:30 AM |
William Scheske, Spencer de Tenley, Charlie Stipanovich, and Elizabeth Mastilak |
Ascent Sequences: Recursive, Jumping, and Restricting |
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11:45 AM |
Sarah Jordan |
Methodologies of Teaching Math |
Alter 207 - Moderator: Dr. Ray - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/95685559241) - Password: 993605
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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10:15 AM |
Cena Homberger, Nadia Leontescu, Emma Simone, and Emily Greulach |
Using qRT-PCR to Assess Changes in Rat Muscle Tissue Under Microgravity |
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10:30 AM |
Sarah Ranke, Maggie Shears, Amelia Pisarik, Murphy Taylor, Ethan Hilbert, Erin Obreza |
Optimizing Traps to Increase Catch Efficacy in Invasive Forest Pests |
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10:45 AM |
Emma Simone, and Cena Homberger |
Plate Load Assist: Utilizing Engineering to Simplify Laboratory Techniques |
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11:00 AM |
Katelyn Sartori |
First Year Writing Retention and Success: Interventions and Initiatives |
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11:15 AM |
Katie Meyer |
Cranial Morphology and Feeding Behavior in the Madagascan Fossa |
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11:30 AM |
Lindsay Rowland |
Mycofiltration of Microplastics, E. coli, Caffeine, and Food Dye |
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11:45 AM |
Cassandra Hoffman |
Effective Podcasting: The Impact of Silence |
Alter 208 - Moderator: Dr. Gagliani - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/93873824157)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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10:15 AM |
Isabella Handorf, Jesse Candelario-Rico, Maggie Keenan, Abigail Pettinger, and Nate Stenke |
Macroinvertebrate Community Assessments in Multiple Locations of the Mill Creek Watershed, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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10:30 AM |
George Paine |
Reducible Block Companion Matrices |
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10:45 AM |
Scarlin Ovando Beltran, and Helen Lilek |
The Black Lives Lost Memorial Bench Biography Project |
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11:00 AM |
Emily Greulach, and Reagan Vonderhaar |
Development of the Western Blot Process for Sialic Acid Content Comparison in Models of Microgravity |
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11:15 AM |
Mason Auerbach |
Distribution of Radioactive Potassium-40 Isotope (40K) Produced During Supernovae Explosions |
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11:30 AM |
Alyssa Blandford |
Perceptions Of Threat Assessment As A Response to School Violence |
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11:45 AM |
Abby Jaskoski and Kaitlyn Lott |
Civic Artisanship and Golden Rule Mindfulness for Local Civic Problem-solving |
Alter 211 - Moderator: Dr. Mariani - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/4705556589)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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10:15 AM |
Natalie Coyle |
Competitive vs. Non-Competitive Districts |
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10:30 AM |
Jordyn Woods, Joshua Mathis, and Trevor Green |
Using lectin staining to detect changes in sialic acid of atrophied tissues |
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10:45 AM |
Haley Kroger and Hunter Cann |
Exploring Properties of Alginate Biofilm with Different Antibacterial Additives |
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11:00 AM |
Hope Neal, Gaby Maco, and Benjamin Bowen |
Protein Expression, Purification, and Binding Assays to Characterize CSL Point Mutations Causing Adams-Oliver Syndrome |
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11:15 AM |
Alexander Scheidler |
Meritocratic Beliefs on Emerging Adults’ Explanations for Race-Related Income Inequality |
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11:30 AM |
Alexander Huseman and Andrew Barhorst |
Measurements Using HPLC |
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11:45 AM |
Nadia Leontescu |
Development of a C. elegans Model Learning Assay for Undergraduate Behavioral Neurobiology Laboratories |
Oral Session 2 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Alter 205 - Moderator: Dr. Tofangsazi - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/91847018765?pwd=EikwObFhFn5cmrnSUZ5vmvVo60YkpG.1)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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12:45 PM |
Jack Drew |
A Faulty Francophonie: Language, Culture, & Migration |
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1:00 PM |
Olivia O’Reilly |
Applications of Optics and Material Science |
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1:15 PM |
TBD |
TBD |
Alter 206 - Moderator: Dr. Gerding - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/97651973724)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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12:45 PM |
Katie Daugherty |
Tardigrade Chemotaxis |
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1:00 PM |
Erica Canitz |
Breast Cancer Detection Using Microstrip Antennas |
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1:15 PM |
TBD |
TBD |
Alter 207 - Moderator: Dr. Morris - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/91331239322)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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12:45 PM |
William Rogers and Nicola Gismondi |
Measuring Posture and Motion Using the Thigh- and Pocket-Worn Fibion Device in Laboratory and Free-Living Settings |
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1:00 PM |
Michael Gavlak |
Phenomenological Psychology as a Human Science |
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1:15 PM |
TBD |
TBD |
Alter 208 - Moderator: Dr. Stephenson - Zoom link (https://xavier.zoom.us/j/99341370048)
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Time |
Presenter |
Title |
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12:45 PM |
Kier Adamo |
Treatment of Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder and its Impact on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
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1:00 PM |
Christian Cullen |
Exploring the Association Between Minority Identities and Sexual Well-Being |
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1:15 PM |
TBD |
TBD |