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ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign

Name:BenCook

Major(s):Architecture

Institution:BowlingGreenStateUniversity

FacultyAdvisor(s):SalimElwazani,ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign

Poster#:1

FormalPrinciplesofForce-basedDesign

Forcebaseddesignisamethodwhichinvolvesassigningacausalrelationshipbetweenelementssuchasprogram,site,environment,systems,etc.andthefinisheddesign.Thisprojectseekstoanalyzehoweachconstraintandforceinfluencestheformalaspectsofaspecificproject(ToledoGatewayWelcomeCenter)andinhighlightingthatrelationshipnotetheformalproblemsandresolutionswithin.

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Name:FadlAgeel



FacultyAdvisor(s):FaridaSalim,ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign

Poster#:2

DesignThinking:IntegratingORGANIZATIONALPrinciplesinArchitecturalDesign

Designthinkingisinseparablefromanydesignendeavorinarchitectureanddesignfields.Designersaswellasdesignstudentsroutinelypracticedesignthinkingbutfindthethinkingthreadinthedesignprocesschallengingtotraceandcharacterize.

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Name:HaleyEvans



FacultyAdvisor(s):SaraKhorshidifard,Architecture

Poster#:3

Empathy

ThroughtheprocessofspeakingwithmembersofthecommunityIdefinedwhatitmeanstobeinneedforeachindividualandusedthisinformationtodesignacommunitycenterthatfitsthecommunityneeds.

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Name:JoelDennis

Major(s):ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign


FacultyAdvisor(s):SalimElwazani,ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign

Poster#:4

DesignThinking:IntegratingEnvironmentalPrinciplesinArchitecturalDesign

Forcebaseddesignisamethodwhichinvolvesassigningacausalrelationshipbetweenelementssuchasprogram,site,environment,systems,etc.andthefinisheddesign.Thisprojectseekstoanalyzehoweachconstraintandforceinfluencestheformalaspectsofaspecificproject(ToledoGatewayWelcomeCenter)andinhighlightingthatrelationshipnotetheformalproblemsandresolutionswithin.

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Name:ThomasTemplin



FacultyAdvisor(s):SaraKhorshidifard,Architecture

Poster#:5

Concatenation

Thispaperexaminestheproblemswithhungerworldwide,nationwide,andlocally.Theseexaminationsputinperspectivehowlargeofaproblemthisis.Identificationsofpossiblesolutionsarethenmadetobenefitthehungerissuesthatareclosetohome.Mapsaremadetoindicatewherefreeandcheapfoodoptionsareavailable,alongwithdiscountclothingstores.Theconclusiontothispaper,isthathungershouldnotgounnoticed,anditscanbeeasytodoyourpartinyourcommunity,asmanylocalfranchises,grocerystores,companies,andgovernmentalservicesaredoingtheirpart.

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Name:TrayvoneMathis



FacultyAdvisor(s):VibhaBhalla,Ethnics

Poster#:6

ExecutiveOrder

ExecutiveOrderisaproposalforanartinstallationthatpullsfromtestemonialstocapturethefeelingsandperspectiveofAsianAmericanswhoweretargetedforInternment.Itseekstogiveperspectivetotheviewerbyshowingthemanobjectivescenetheycanunderstandwithoutthebiasofseeingpeople.Whoareactuallyrepresentedwithwood

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Art

Name:BriannaMoore

Major(s):DigitalArts


FacultyAdvisor(s):EileenUnderwood,LifeSciences

Poster#:7

Biology/ArtCollaboration

Howcansciencebesharedwiththepublicinmoreengagingwaysthanscientificpapers?TheBiology/ArtCollaborationprojectprovidesananswerthroughthecreationofanupdatedwebsiteandillustrativetradingcardsfortheBGSUHerpetarium.ThegoalsoftheprojectaretopromotetheBGSUHerpetarium,establishbettercommunication,increasepublicoutreachandeducation,andencourageinteractionbetweenartistsandscientists.JointheartistasshediscussestheevolutionofthewebsiteandtradingcardsforthisuniquecollaborationwiththeBGSUHerpetarium.

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Name:DaJaniereRice

Major(s):GraphicDesign


FacultyAdvisor(s):BarbaraBergstrom,ArtEducation

Poster#:8

Art:TheHealingFountainforthoseStrugglingwithDepression

Thisresearchisadeeperexplorationofthemind,body,andspiritofapersonwithdepression.Revisitingmypastthroughreadingoldjournalanddiarypagesthatexpressedmydepressivestateatthattime,gavemeanideaofhowIcouldintegrateartintomytherapy.Iusedthemethodofslowstitchingtocreateavisualrepresentationofmyemotions.Usingthisprocessasamethodofart-making,helpedmeconfrontsomeofmyfears,beabletoacknowledgewhenIwasbeingrationalorirrational,andevenlearnhowtoacceptandlovemyselfmore.

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AthleticTraining

Name:AmandaKing

Major(s):AthleticTraining


FacultyAdvisor(s):AndreaCripps,CollegeofHumanMovementSportandLeisureStudies

Poster#:9

DeterminingtheEffectivenessofCoreStrengtheningExerciseTherapiesinTreatingNonspecificLowBackPain:ACriticallyAppraisedTopic

TransverseAbdominisandLumbarMultifidusproduceagreaterreductioninpainandincreaseinfunction.CLINICALBOTTOMLINE:StrengthofRecommendation:Thereismoderateevidence,level2bandhigher,publishedfromarandomizedcontroltrialandacomparativestudysuggestingthatexercisestargetingdeepabdominalmuscleactivation,suchastheTransverseAbdominisandLumbarMultifidus,workbesttodecreasepainandincreasefunctioninathleteswithnonspecificlowbackpain.However,thereisalsomoderateevidence,level1b,publishedintworandomizedcontroltrialsthatsuggestnotypeofexercisetherapyissuperiortoanotherforallathletes,butratherlocalfactorspertainingtoeachathleteshoulddirecttheclinicianswhencreatinganexerciseprogramtoreducenonspecificlowbackpain.Asaresultofthisevidence,thecliniciansbelieveanexerciseprogramshouldbecreatedthatistailoredtotheirindividualathlete’sflaws.Tobestreducepainandincreasefunctioncausedbynonspecificlowbackpain,thecliniciansbelieveacombinationofmotorcontrolexercises,gradedactivities,slingexercises,segmentalstabilization,andspinalmanipulativetherapyshouldbeutilized.

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Name:KerriGrothaus

Major(s):AthleticTraining


FacultyAdvisor(s):AndreaCripps,CollegeofHumanMovementSportandLeisureStudies

Poster#:10

CorrelationbetweenVolitionalandFunctionalBalanceControlinHealthyYoungAthletes.

Context:Balancetestingisanintegralcomponentoftheevaluationoftheconcussedathlete.Balancedeficitsresultingfromsensory-integrationproblemscanbedeterminedwithamultitudeoflaboratory-based,computerizeddynamicposturographymeasures,however


currentprotocolscurrentlyutilizeonlyoneofthesemeasuresofbalance.TheStabilityEvaluationTest(SET)protocol,utilizesthe6testingconditionsoftheBalanceErrorScoringSystem(BESS)toprovideanobjectiveanalysisoftheathlete’sfunctionalbalancecontrolbasedontheindividual’sposturalswayvelocity.TheLimitsofStability(LOS)testquantifiesimpairmentsinanindividual’sabilitytovolitionallydisplacetheircenterofgravity(COG)totheirstabilitylimitswithoutlosingbalance,however,theLOSisnotwidelyusedinconcussionprotocols.AcorrelationbetweentheLOStestandSEThasnotyetbeenestablishedinahealthy,non-concussedpopulation,thereforeitisunknowniftheLOSisaclinicallyrelevantmeasure.Objective:Todetermineifvolitionalandfunctionalbalancecontrolarecorrelated.Design:Prospectivecross-sectionaldesign.Setting:Universityresearchlaboratory.PatientsorOtherParticipants:Ninety-eighthealthyintercollegiateathletesparticipated(age20±1.6years,height185.60±7.16cm).Interventions:AllparticipantscompletedtheSETandLOStestingprotocolsontheNatusNeuroCom®VSRSportSystem.MainOutcomeMeasures:Reactiontime(sec),movementvelocity(deg/sec),endpointexcursion(%),maximalexcursion(%),anddirectionalcontrol(%)ontheLOStest;swayvelocity(deg/sec)ontheSET.Results:TheLOSwasnotcorrelatedwithSETforanyoftheoutcomes(ReactionTime,R=-0.068;MovementVelocityR=0.035;EndpointExcursionR=-0.116;MaximalExcursionR=-0.055).Conclusions:ThelackofsignificantcorrelationbetweenLOSandSETmayindicatedifferentconstructmeasures.Cliniciansshouldconsiderincorporatingbothmeasuresintocurrentconcussionprotocols.KeyWords:Concussion,Balance,VolitionalControl

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BiologicalSciences

Name:AllisonHumbert

Major(s):BiochemistryandBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):JillZeilstra-Ryalls,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:28

TheRoleofAcetylationinRhodobactersphaeroidesPhotosynthesis

Underlowlevelsofoxygenandinthepresenceoflight,Rhodobactersphaeroidesassemblesaphotosystemtoharvestlightenergy.ThephotosystemincludesproteinsPucAandPucB.Otherproteins,suchasPucChelpintheassemblyofthephotosystem.ThesePucA,B,andCproteinsareencodedforbythepucoperon.Recently,itwasdeterminedthatoneofthelysineresiduesoftheproteinismodifiedbytheadditionofanacetylgroup.Toexaminetheeffectsofthismodification,itwasnecessarytoconstructaR.sphaeroidesbacteriumhavingsuitablegenetic


background,inwhichpucAandCareexpressedbutpucBisnot.PlasmidswithvariousmutantpucBgenescouldthenbeintroducedintothisnewR.sphaeroides,makingitpossibletoinvestigatetheconsequencesofthealteredPucBproteinforphotosytemassemblyandfunction.TheaimofthisprojectwastoconstructthenewR.sphaeroidesbacterium.ThiswasaccomplishedbyengineeringaspecialplasmidhavingonlypucAandCgenes,andthenmovingthisplasmidintoadefectiveR.sphaeroidesstraininwhichpucA,B,andCgeneshavebeenknockedout.

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Name:AllisonHumbert

Major(s):BiochemistryandBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):JillZeilstra-Ryalls,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:29

DeterminationoftheBacterialSourceofRsaI

RsaIisarestrictionendonucleaseoriginallyreportedtobefromRhodobactersphaeroides.Sincethatfirstreport,thegenomeofR.sphaeroideshasbeensequenced,whichrevealedthebacteriumhasnogenecodingforRsaIinR.sphaeroides.Further,theinabilityoftheRsaIsourcestraintogrowunderphotosyntheticconditionsindicatedthatitwasmisidentified.ToconfirmthattheRsaIsourcestrainisnotfromR.sphaeroides,the16SrRNAgenewasamplifiedfrombothR.sphaeroidesandtheRsaIsourcestrain.ThealignmentoftheDNAsequencesprovedthatthesourceofRsaIisnotfromthespeciesR.sphaeroides.AfterfullgenomesequencingofthisnewbacteriumaninsilicorestrictionoftheDNAwithAseIwasperformed,whichfurtherconfirmedthattheseorganismsarenotofthesamespecies.

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Name:AndrewLostoski

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):JeremyKlosterman,Chemistry

Poster#:30


SynthesisofMetalOrganicFrameworksandIncorporationintoPlastics

Reducingenergyconsumptionhasbecomeamajorareaofresearchinthe20thcentury.Lightemittingmaterialshaveemergedasonepossibilitytosignificantlyreduceourcurrentenergyconsumption.Organiclightemittingdiodes(OLED)useorganicdyesandcanemitlightwhenanelectroniccurrentisintroduced.Whenorganicdyesbecometightlypackedtheynolongeremitlight.Thisisaproblemthatcanbefixedbyputtingorganicdyesintometalorganicframeworks.Metalorganicframeworks(MOFs)aremetalionclustersthatareconnectedbyorganiclinkers.Metalorganicframeworksareoptimalforourresearchduetotheirsolid-stateemissionproperties.ThestructureprovidedbyMOFseliminatesthepossibilityofthedyemoleculesbecomingtightlypackedresultinginquenchedemission.Weaimtoutilize3Dprinting,amethodoffabricatingplasticsintoanyshape,tocreateplasticdeviceswithembeddedMOFparticlesforpotentialuseinsolid-statelighting.

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Name:AshleyEverett

Major(s):Biochemistry


FacultyAdvisor(s):RonWoodruff,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:31

CRISPR/Cas9inducedmutationsofthewhitegeneofhaplo-Xanddiplo-XDrosophilamelanogaster

GenomeeditingistheprocessofchangingtheDNAstructureofagenebydeletingorreplacingnucleotides,orbyreplacinganoldgenewithanewDNAsequence.TheCRISPR/Cas9bacterialsystemhasrevolutionizedthegenomeeditingprocess.ThissystemconsistsofaCRISPRguideRNAthatlocatesthegeneofinterestandaCas9endonucleasethatcleavesthetargetedDNAtoformadouble-strandbreak.MistakesinDNArepairofthisbreakageoftenleadtobasedeletionsorinsertions.ThegoalofthisexperimentwastoshowthatbothCRISPRandCas9mustbepresenttoinducethewhiteeyedmutationandtesttheefficiencyoftheCRISPR/Cas9systembydeterminingifawhiteeyedmutationcanbeinducedatbothwhitegenesinwild-typefemaleswithattached-Xchromosomes.

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Name:CatherineFreed

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):

Poster#:32

PhenotypicAnalysisofArabidopsisthalianaMutantswithDelayedSenescence

Polyaminesarecompoundsthatarefoundinalllivingorganismsandarenecessaryforthecelltomaintainitsfunctionandlivelihood.Thesecompoundsplayaroleinplantsenescence,seedgermination,stressresponses,andotherdevelopmentalprocesses.Inplants,polyaminesarefoundgloballyandrecentworkhasshownthecharacterizationoftwopolyaminetransporterstobelocalizedintheER(OsPUT1gene)andthechloroplast(OsPUT3gene).Thisindicatesthatpolyaminesmustbetransportedacrossmembranestofulfillvarioustasks.AnumberofphenotypicassayswerecarriedoutusingmutantsofpolyaminetransportersinArabidopsisthalianatolearnmoreabouthowpolyaminesaffectplantgrowthanddevelopment.TransgenicplantsoverexpressingOsPUT1geneusingthe35Spromoter(35S::OsPUT1),amutantofanequivalentArabidopsisgene-put5(CS859607),andamutantofaplasmamembranelocalizedpolyaminetransporter(AtPDR11Δ)wereusedinthisstudy.Themutant(PDR11)startedflowering2daysaheadofwildtypeandCS859607A.thaliana,whereasthe35S::OsPUT1delayedinfloweringbyabout3days.Bothmutants,CS859607andPDR11,hadthinnerstemsthantheirWTcounterparts.Floweringtimesandbasalstemwidthdataprovideevidencethatpolyaminetransportersaffectfloweringtimeaswellasplantphenotypes.

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Name:CollinAustin

Major(s):MarineBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):MattPartin,Biology

Poster#:33

MorphologicalresponsetocurrentvelocityinthezooxanthellatesoftcoralSinulariaflexibilis

Sinulariaflexibilisisknowntocontainditerpenesthathavebeenshowntopossesspropertiespotentiallybeneficialtothemedicalfieldsuchasantimicrobial,anti-inflammatory,and


cytotoxicity(KamelandSlattery,2005).AnarticlebyKhalesi,Beeftink,&Wijffels(2007)testedtheoptimumflowrateofSinulariaflexibilisinacontrolledlaboratorysettinganddeterminedthat11cms−1wasanoptimalflowratetomaximizethegrowthofthisspecies.Thepurposeofthisstudentprojectistoconfirmtheseresultsandtoimproveontheresearchersdesign.

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Name:DaleShank

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):EileenUnderwood,Biology

Poster#:34

Comparisonofgrowthrate,fertility,andmortalityincornsnakes,pantherophisguttatus,relativetotheoddgene

In2005,theBGSUHerpetariumdiscoveredanewpatternmorphintheircornsnake(Pantherophisguttatus)population,dubbedtheoddmorph.Itwasobservedthatsnakesbearingtheoddphenotypehadreducedfertilityandincreasedmortality,potentiallyduetotheline-breedinginvolvedinproliferatingthephenotype.Partofongoingresearch,thisstudywasconductedtoaddresswhetheroutcrossescouldestablishtheoddmorphseparatefromthefertilityandmortalityproblems,andalsotoquantifytheoddtrait’simpactongrowth.Arangeofbreedingcrosses(23total)wereestablishedtocomparereproductivesuccessrelativetotheoddtrait,andoverallmortalityrecordswereanalyzed.Weightswererecordedweeklyoveraperiodofseveralmonthstocomparethegrowthrateofyearlingcornsnakesrelativetotheirrelationshipwithodd.Outcrosses,particularlywherethefemalesnakewasodd,continuedtoshowlowreproductivesuccess,producingfewviableeggs.Weightgainwassignificantlydifferent,withunrelatedsnakesgrowingmorerapidlythanoddsnakes.Itissuspectedthatthecontinuedlackofsuccesswithoddfemalesislinkedtothedifficultyinreachingbreedingweight.Thisreducestheirabilitytoimpartnutrientstopotentialoffspring,andcanleadtohigherincidenceofdystocia-atypicallyfatalinabilitytopasstheireggs.

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Name:WilliamGyurgyik

Major(s):Biology



FacultyAdvisor(s):EileenUnderwood,Biology

Poster#:35

Fertilityandmortalityincornsnakeswiththe“odd”trait

In2005,theBGSUHerpetariumdiscoveredaphenotypicvariationincornsnakes(Pantherophisguttatusguttatus)calledodd.Studieshavefoundthatthistraitisautosomalrecessiveandaffectsbothcolorandpattern;however,anecdotalevidenceindicatedthatoddcornsnakesdidnotreproduceaswellanddiedmorefrequentlythannon-oddcornsnakes.Fertilityandmortalityratesweremeasuredinoddandnon-oddcornsnakestosubstantiatetheseobservations,withtheexpectationthatoddcornsnakeswouldexhibitlowerfertilityandhighermortality.Sixtyeightnon-oddmaleandnon-oddfemale,23oddmaleandnon-oddfemale,13non-oddmaleandoddfemale,andeightoddmaleandoddfemalecrosseswereanalyzed.Hatchratesinclutcheslaidbyoddfemaleswerelowerthan10%(19outof250eggs).Crosseswithnon-oddfemales,evenwithoddmales,exhibitedgreaterhatchratesrangingbetween50-60%(834outof1371eggs).Mortalitydatashowedthat,of65snakesthathavediedsincethebeginningoftheoddstudyin2005,31%wereoddand27%werenon-odd.Whilemorefemales(N=41)thanmalesdied,thistrendwasconsistentbetweenoddandnon-oddfemales.Evidencefailstosupportthatoddsnakesexhibitgreatermortality,butdoessupportthatoddfemalesexhibitlowerfertility.Futurestudiesareinplacetoexaminetheviabilityofoffspringbornfromoddandnon-oddpairs,andtosetupoutcrossestodetermineiffemaleoddfertilityisaconsequenceofinbreeding.

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Name:EdwardLagucki

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):KevinMcCluney,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:36

UrbanizationreducesabundanceofpollinatortaxainToledo,OHalongurbangradient

Urbanizationtransformsnaturallandscapesintobuiltenvironments,causingchangesinecologicalprocessesandcommunities.Arthropodsareanimportantgroupoforganismsthatperformavarietyoffunctionalrolesinecosystemsaspollinators,decomposers,andpredators,andcanbefoundationalinstructuringfoodwebs.Thegoalofthisstudywastoidentifyhowurbanizationinfluencesthecompositionofinsectcommunitiesalonganurban-suburban-ruralgradient.Wepredictedthatinsectdiversityandabundancewouldrespondstronglytopercent


impervioussurface,ameasurementofurbanization.Insectsweresampledfrom30sitesalonganurbanizationgradientinToledo,OHduringJulyandAugust2016,usingpantraps,andavarietyofpredictorvariableswererecordedateachsite.Herewefocusonhowlandcoverandimpervioussurfaceinfluencetheabundanceofordersofinsects.Wesampledandidentifiedatotalof2372individualsspanning9orders.Resultsindicatethattwopollinatortaxa,HymenopteraandLepidoptera,werenegativelyaffectedbyurbanization.Diversitydeclinedwithherbaceouscover,butwerenotassociatedwithurbanization.Communitycompositionwassignificantlyaffectedbyimpervioussurface,canopycover,floweringplants,anddistancetocitycenter.Theseresultsprovideinsightforunderstandinghowenvironmentalfactorsalterpollinatorsinurbanenvironments.

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Name:EricaEskins

Major(s):Microbiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):RaymondLarsen,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:37

AntibioticResistanceofEnvironmentalandLaboratoryIsolatesofSerratiamarcesens

Antibioticresistanceisahottopicintheworldofmicrobiologyduetoitsinvolvementinbothclinicalandenvironmentalmicrobiology.Thebacteriumatthefocusofthisstudy,Serratiamarcescens,isclassifiedasanopportunisticpathogen;itaffectspatientswhohavealreadydebilitatedimmunesystemsandisknowntoshowalargespectrumofantibioticresistance.Polymerasechainreaction(PCR)methodswerefirstusedon11confirmedS.marcescensenvironmentalisolatestoobservethepresenceorabsenceofcommonbeta-lactamasegenes,aresistancemechanismusedagainstcertainclassesofantibiotics.Antibioticsensitivitytestswerethencarriedoutforeachisolateat30˚Cand37˚Ctoobservewhethertemperatureandpigmentproductionaffectedantibioticresistance.Resistancespectrumsofeachisolatewerealsodeterminedfromthistest.PCRresultsindicatedthatcommonbeta-lactamasesmaybepresentinsomeoftheisolates.Temperatureandpigmentproductiondidnotsignificantlyaffectantibioticresistancepatterns,butarangeofresponsestotheantibioticswasobserved.Afterlookingattheresistancespectrumsofeachisolate,onlythreeofeightantibioticscouldinhibitgrowthofall13isolatesatbothtemperatures.S.marcescensprovedtobeaveryinterestingbacteriumthatshowedlargediversityofresistancepatternsamongtheisolates,whichwasconsistentwiththeliteratureaboutthisspecies.Thisunpredictabilityanditsstatusasanopportunisticpathogencouldstronglyimpacttheimmunocompromisedcommunity.Furtherstudiesneedtobedonetolookatthisspecies’resistancemechanismsmoreclosely.


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Name:EricaEskins



FacultyAdvisor(s):RobertMidden,COSMOS

Poster#:38

PositiveEnvironmentalImpactofCompostingonBGSUCampus

BowlingGreenStateUniversityisa1,338acrecampuswithmorethan19,102studentsand800full-timefaculty.Tomitigateenvironmentalimpactandpromotesocialresponsibility,BGSUhastakenmultipleapproachestoreduceitscarbonfootprint.Amajorareaofthedininghallsthatcanbesustainablyaddressedisreducingthecarbonfootprintbywastediversion.Wastediversionreducesmaterialsbeingsenttothelandfillbyusingothermethods,suchasreusing,reducingandrecycling.BGSUDining,withthehelpoftheOfficeofCampusSustainability,implementedacompostingprogramin2014tocollectproducescrapsusedinthekitchensinthedininghalls,andsendthemtoalocalfarm,HirzelFarmsinPemberville,OH,tobecomposted.Afterseeingthepositiveimpactoftheinitialcompostingprogram,theideatoexpandtheprogramtoincludepost-consumerfoodwastewasgenerated.Itispredictedthattheamountofmaterialdivertedfromthelandfillwouldsignificantlyincrease.ThisexpansionwouldallowfortheUniversitytopromotesustainabilitybyreducingitscarbonfootprintevenfurther.WiththeapprovalofBGSUDiningandfundingfromtheBGSUGreenFund,apilotstudywillbecarriedoutforoneyeartoobservetheimpactofinclusionofpost-consumerfoodwasteatoneofBGSU’sdininghalls,CarillonPlace.Fromthisstudy,itisexpectedthattherewillbeasignificantincreaseinwastediversion.Ifenoughpositiveimpactismadeduringthepilotstudy,post-consumercompostingcouldbeimplementedattheotherdiningfacilitiesoncampusaswell.

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Name:ErinPlummer

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):KevinMcCluney,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:39


FunctionaltraitvariationinbeesalonganurbanizationgradientinNorthwestOhio

BeesweresampledduringSeptember2016fromaseriesofthreeurbanandthreeruralsitesintheToledoregion.Urbansiteswerelocatedwithin5kmofthecitycenter,andruralsitesweregreaterthan10kmfromthecitycenter.IamresearchinghowUrbanizationchangesthefunctionaltraitsofbeesbyusingaLEICAEZ4HDmicroscopetorecordaseriesoffunctionaltraitsforindividualbeespecimens.Auniquewaytomeasurehowchangesindiversityalterecosystemservicesandfunctionsistousefunctionaltraits.ThefunctionaltraitsIammeasuringinclude;thewingwear,integumentallength,length,weight,color,sexofthebeescollected.Identifyingdifferencesinbeecommunitiesalonganurbanizationgradientisanimportsteptoidentifyhowhuman-modifiedlandscapesalternotonlytherelativeabundanceofbees,butthefunctionaldiversityofthebeetaxaintheToledoregion.Thesemeasurementscanhelpusunderstandhowurbanizationaffectsfunctionaldiversityinbees.

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Name:HughMcQuillen

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):MichaelGeusz,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:40

IdentifyingStemCellsInTheAdultBrain

Neuralstemcells(NSCs)areself-renewingcellsthatcanalsogiverisetoallothercelltypesinthenervoussystemupondifferentiation.CurrentlytherearetwomainsitesinthebrainthatareknowntocontainNSCs;thesubventricularzone(SVZ)ofthelateralventriclesandthedentategyrus(DG)ofthehippocampus.However,thereisevidencethatNSCsmayalsobefoundinseveralotherbrainregionsincludingthehypothalamus.Ourprimaryobjectiveofthisprojectwastofurthercharacterizethepresenceofstem-likecellsinthesuprachiasmaticnucleus(SCN)ofthehypothalamus.TheSCNcontainsthemastercircadianclockofthebodythatregulatesmanydailyrhythmsinactivityandphysiology.WeisolatedthepairedSCNregionsfromsectionsofadultmousebrainandculturedtheminamediumthatfavorsthegrowthofstemcells.Totestforthepresenceofstemcellmarkersweusedimmunocytochemistryandconfocalmicroscopyandappliedimagingsoftwareforcountingindividualcells.TheexplantculturesrevealedthattheSCNcontainsnumerouscellsthatarepositivefortheproteinmusashi-2(MSI2),suggestingthepresenceofstem-likecells.WeconcludedthatthisRNA-bindingproteinthatregulatesawiderangeofproteinexpressionin


cancercellsandduringdevelopmentmayalsocontrolkeycomponentsofthecircadianclockmechanism.

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Name:JamieJustice

Major(s):MarineBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):JeffMiner,Biology

Poster#:41

DevelopmentofaPartitionCoefficient:ConvertingVateritetoAragoniteinSteelheadTrout

Steelheadtrout(Oncorhynchusmykiss)havebeenshowntoincorporateorswitchtovateriteintotheirotolithsduringdevelopment.Becausevateriteisalessdenseandlargervariantofcalciumcarbonate,thiscanresultinareductionintheauditoryacuityofanindividual.Aswell,individualsthatincorporatevateriteintotheirotolithsarenotusedinotolithmicrochemistryanalysesbecauseofthevastdifferencesintheuptakeofelementsbetweenaragoniteandvaterite.About50%ofallhatcheryraisedsteelheadtroutincorporateorswitchtovateriteintheirlifetime,therefore,50%ofsamplescollectedarenotusedinotolithmicrochemistryanalyses.Todecreasethenumberofsampleswasted,apartitioncoefficientwasdevelopedthatwouldenableelementalconcentrationsfromavateriteotolithtobeconvertedtoelementalconcentrationsfromanaragoniteotolith.Thiswasconfirmedbyplottingaragoniteandvateriteelementalconcentrationsagainstelementalconcentrationsinthewater.ItwasfoundthattheKdvaluesforeachhatcheryweresignificantlydifferentbasedonvariationinenvironmentalfactorssuchasdietandwatersources,thustheKdvalueswerenotuniversal.However,itwasfoundthatbasedonthewaterchemistry,vateritevaluescouldstillbeconvertedtoaragonitevalues,andthusthosesamplesdonothavetobewastedandcanbeincorporatedintootolithmicrochemistryanalyses.

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Name:JessicaCreech

Major(s):Biology-Pre-Medicine


FacultyAdvisor(s):JillZeilstra,CollegeofArtsandSciences-BiologicalSciences

Poster#:42

ReplicationofpRK415inRhodobactersphaeroides2.4.9

TheobjectiveofthisprojectwastoidentifythegeneticcomponentoftheplasmidpRK415thatisresponsibleforslowingthegrowthofR.sphaeroidesstrain2.4.9underanaerobic-darkconditions.Towardansweringthisquestion,twofeaturesoftheplasmidwereinvestigated;theantibioticresistancegeneandtheoriginofreplication.Basedonthefindings,theantibioticresistancegenewaseliminated,andtheoriginofreplicationwasidentifiedastheplasmidfeatureresponsibleforslowingthegrowthofthebacteria.

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Name:JoshuaSimler

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):RobertMidden,COSMOS

Poster#:43

Evaluationofwastewatertreatmentstoreducenutrienttransportfromlandapplicationofdairymanure

Theprojectthatwasperformedinthesummerof2016wastotesttheeffectsofdifferentpolymersonrawmanuretoidentifythebestpolymerforsolid/liquidseparation.Oncetheliquidisseparatedfromthemanurecakeitisthenanalyzedforphosphate,nitrates,andammonium.Thecakesarethenusedinrainsimulationstoseehowmuchnutrientsarereleasedfromthetreatedmanure.Onceaspecifictreatmentisfoundtobesuccessfulitwillthenbeusedtotreatoneof8pilotscaleplotsattheNorthwestAgricultureResearchStation.Herethelandistreatedwiththetreatedmanureandtherainwateriscollectedandtestedaswellforphosphates,nitrates,andammonium.Thisprocesswilllikelybecompletedbythesummerof2017.AnotherpartofourprojectwasworkingwiththePortageRiverWatershedtoanalyzethePortageRiver,ariverjustsouthofBowlingGreen.Thiswasdonetofindoutthenutrientrunofffromnearbyfarms.Weplacedwatersamplingmachinesoutindifferentspotsalongtheriverandwhentherewasmorethana5cmincreaseinwaterlevelthemachine


collectedasampleeveryhourfor24hours.Thewaterwasthenretrievedandtakenbacktothelabtobeanalyzedforphosphates,nitrates,andammonium.

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Name:KatherineD’Angelo

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):RayLarsen,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:44

AntibioticResistanceMechanismsinRahnellaBacteria

Antibioticresistanceisagrowingprobleminthefieldofhealthcare.Antibioticsarebecominglesseffectiveasspeciesofbacteriaadaptandshareresistancemechanisms.Iftransmissionofmechanismscanbebetterunderstoodatthemolecularlevel,inhibitorscouldbedevelopedtolessenthelikelihoodofantibioticresistance.Inthisstudy,RahnellasppwereisolatedfromenvironmentalsourcesonMacConkeyplatescontaining100µgml-1ampicillin,andconfirmedby16SrRNAgenesequencing.WholegenomicDNAwasextractedfromisolatesandinitialamplificationswereperformedbythepolymerasechainreaction(PCR)usingprimersspecificforTEM,SHVandCTXβ-lactamasegenes.ProductsweregeneratedonlywithCTXprimers,andthesewereweak.Newprimersweredesignedbasedonthesequenceofaβ-lactamaseidentifiedinaRahnellagenome.Theseprimersprovidedstrongamplification.Theproductsoftheseamplificationsweresequenced,withthepredictedproteinproductsshowinghighsequencesimilaritiestothepreviouslyidentifiedRahnellaβ-lactamaseandlesshomologytoCTXβ-lactamases.Individualsequenceswerecomparedandfoundtoclusterintotwodistinctgroups,witheachbeingdistinctfromtheknownRahnellaβ-lactamase.AdditionalRahnellaisolateshavebeencollectedandfurtheranalysisisongoing.

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Name:MahnurKhan



FacultyAdvisor(s):HansWildschutte,BiologicalSciences


Poster#:45GeneticCharacterizationandInhibitoryActivityofPseudomonasfromBowling

Green,Hungary,andGermany

Theemergenceofpathogensresistanttoallknownantibioticshasbecomeaseriousandprevalentproblem.In2050,deathsfromantibioticresistancebacteriaintheU.S.aloneispredictedtobegreaterthan300,000peryearandtheleadingcauseofdeathworldwide.Unfortunately,pharmaceuticalcompanieshavestoppedresearchinganddevelopingnewdrugsduetolowprofitabilityleavingantibioticdiscoverytoresearchlaboratories.Tocombatthisimminentglobalthreat,theWildschuttelabusesgeneticallydiverseenvironmentalbacteria,ofthegenusPseudomonas,asasourcefornovelantibiotics.WehypothesizethatPseudomonasfromdifferentsolid-stateandliquidenvironments,haveevolvedtheabilitytoproducediversecompoundsthatinhibitpathogenicbacteriathatareadaptedtoahumanhost.Totestthishypothesis,strainswereisolatedfromsoilinBowlingGreen,OHandfreshwaterlakeswithinHungaryandGermanyandcharacterizedusingthegyrBgeneandantagonisticactivity.576environmentalsoilandwater-derivedPseudomonasstrainswerecompetedagainstapanelof20differentopportunistichumanlungadaptedpathogensfromcysticfibrosispatients,creatingatotalof11,520interactionsamongthestrains.Outoftheseinteractions,323ofthe576strainsweresuccessfulininhibitingpathogenicbacteria.Thus,Pseudomonasstrainsfromdiverseenvironmentsdirectlyinhibitthegrowthofhost-adaptedpathogens.Futureworkinvolvesusingtransposonmutagenesistoidentifygenesintheenvironmentalstrainsthatencodeantibioticcompounds.

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Name:MalikaDay

Major(s):BiologyPre-Medicine(MinorinChemistry)


FacultyAdvisor(s):Dr.JuliaHalo-Wildschutte,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:46

ValidationandCharacterizationofCfERVInsertionsinDogsandWildCanids

RetrovirusesstoregeneticinformationfortheirreplicationthroughRNA.Duringaretroviralinfection,aDNAcopyoftheRNAispermanentlyintegratedintotheinfectedhostcell.Endogenousretroviruses(ERVs)originatefromintegrationofsuchDNAwithinthegermlineofahostspecies.Specifically,theretroviralDNAcopyisinsertedintothenucleargenomeofthecellintooneofthehost’schromosomesatarandomposition.Throughtranscription,theDNAoftheERVisconvertedintoRNAandproteinproductsbyhostcellmachinery.Ifinfectious,theresultingviruscannowgoontoinfectothercells.Incontrasttohumansandother


mammals,canineERVs,or‘CfERVs’(namedfordiscoveryinCanisfamiliaris),makeupjust0.15%ofthecaninegenome.Duetomutationsandoldageoftheinsertions,themajorityofCfERVsareinactiveandunabletocodeforproperlyfunctioninggenes.Therehavebeendiseasesindogsinwhichretroviralactivityhasbeenseen,butnotfurthersubstantiated.Intriguingly,thereareoneortwoindividualCfERVinsertionsinthecaninereferencegenomethatappeartoberecentlyintegratedandintact.BasedonthisobservationwepreviouslyexploredthepresenceofadditionalCfERVinsertionsincaninesbysearchingwholegenomesequencesinpairendreadsfor101dogs.Inresult,60candidatenon-referenceCfERVinsertionswerefound.Basedonthesefindings,wevalidatedandfurtheranalyzedthereadingframepresenceoftheseadditionalnon-referenceinsertionswithavailablegenomicmaterial.

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Name:MarissaGittrich



FacultyAdvisor(s):RonWoodruff,CollegeofArtsandSciences

Poster#:47

CRISPR/Cas9inducedmutationsofthewhitegeneofhaplo-Xanddiplo-XDrosophilamelanogaster

GenomeeditingistheprocessofchangingtheDNAstructureofagenebydeletingorreplacingnucleotides,orbyreplacinganoldgenewithanewDNAsequence.TheCRISPR/Cas9bacterialsystemhasrevolutionizedthegenomeeditingprocess.ThissystemconsistsofaCRISPRguideRNAthatlocatesthegeneofinterestandaCas9endonucleasethatcleavesthetargetedDNAtoformadouble-strandbreak.MistakesinDNArepairofthisbreakageoftenleadtobasedeletionsorinsertions.ThegoalofthisexperimentwastoshowthatbothCRISPRandCas9mustbepresenttoinducethewhiteeyedmutationandtesttheefficiencyoftheCRISPR/Cas9systembydeterminingifawhiteeyedmutationcanbeinducedatbothwhitegenesinwild-typefemaleswithattached-Xchromosomes.

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Name:RachelGoldman

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):ShannonPelini,BiologicalSciences

Poster#:48

EffectsofSodiumAdditiononInvertebrate-DrivenSoilDecompositionandPhosphorousUptake

Invertebrates’activityinagriculturalfieldsconvertPhosphoroustrappedinthesoilintoaformthatcanbeusedbycrops.SmallsoilinvertebratesinNortheastOhioarethoughttobelimitedbytheavailabilityofSodiumintheenvironment.BytreatingagriculturalfieldswithSodium,wemaybeabletoincreaseinvertebratepopulationsinthearea,andcropswillbeabletomoreeffectivelyusethePhosphorousalreadypresentintheirenvironment.Thiscouldpotentiallydecreasetheamountoffertilizerneededbyfarmerstogrowtheircropsandreduceexcessrunoff.

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Name:ShannonTurner

Major(s):Biology


FacultyAdvisor(s):ScottRogers,Biology

Poster#:49

NewallGlacierNucleicAcidAnalysis

Havingexistedforthousandsofyearsandbeingrarelytouchedbyhumanpopulationstoday,glaciersareamajorkeytoinformationonclimateandlifeofthepast.Thepurposeofthisresearchwastodetermineifanyorganismsliveapproximately100mwithintheNewallGlacier.LocatedinAntarcticabetweenMountNewallandMountWeyant,theNewallglacierisfoundatapproximately-77°29’59.99”S,162°49’59.99”E.SeveralAntarcticglaciersweredrilledintointhe1980sbyateamofRussianscientistsincollaborationwithlaboratoriesaroundtheworld.Icefromthisdrillingwasusedforthepurposeofthisstudy.Inorderanalyzewhatmaylivewithintheglacier,aportionoftheicecorefromtheNewallGlacierwasmeltedandplatedonmaltagarthennucleicacidswereextracted,amplified,andsequencedtodeterminethespecies.Resultswillbepresented.


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Chemistry

Name:ChristopherHicks

Major(s):Chemistry


FacultyAdvisor(s):AlexanderTarnovsky,Chemistry

Poster#:11UltrafastLaserSpectroscopyTracestheDynamicsofCopper-HalogenBondsinRealTime

Thetetrabromocuprate(II)dianionwaspreparedandunderwentultrafasttransientabsorptioninvestigationwith65fstemporalresolutioninanattempttoresolveitsrelaxationdynamicsfromitslowestenergy2Eexcitedstatetoits2B2groundstate.CuCl42-,alsoofD2dsymmetry,waspreviouslystudiedinthesamemanner,butwith100fstemporalresolutionandwasnowreinvestigatedwith65fsresolution.CuBr42-andCuCl42-needtobepreparedwithanexcessofhalideiontopreventalternatespeciesfrombeingproducedinsolution.Avarietyofexcitationandprobewavelengthswereusedonbothcompoundstostudytherateofdecayfromdifferentexcitedstatesandtoseewhatrolethelowestenergymetal-centeredstateplaysinthesemolecules’photophysicalbehavior.

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Name:CraigHoffman

Major(s):ChemistrywithPolymerOption

Institution:UniversityofAkron

FacultyAdvisor(s):ChrysWesdemiotis,Chemistry

Poster#:12

CollisionalCrossSectionAnalysisofCyclicPolyesters

Thermoresponsivecyclicpolyesters,referredtoasLRM,weresynthesizedusingdifferingratiosofthemonomersNIPandPYR.Threesamples,eachhavingadifferingratioofthemonomers,wereanalyzedusingelectrospraymassspectrometrycoupledtoionmobilityseparation(ESI-IM-MS).Fromtheionmobilitydata,experimentalcollisionalcrosssections(CCS)werecalculatedfordifferentoligomers.TheexperimentalCCSswerethencomparedtotheoreticalCCSsobtainedfrommoleculardynamicsmodelingtoascertainthestructuresformed.


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Name:MadisonBrown

Major(s):Chemistry


FacultyAdvisor(s):JeremyKlosterman,Chemistry

Poster#:13

SolidStateMechanochemicalSynthesisofCocrystals

Cocrystalsisanalternatewaytotunesolidstateemissionbyunderstandingthecrystalpackingoforganicdyemolecules.Inthisstudy,cocrystalsofanthraceneandcarbazoleweresoughtbygrinding.Thestructurescouldpossiblybesimilarormuchdifferentbasedonpacking.Weanticipateourstudytobeastartingpointofthemainstudyofhowcocrystalsreactwithoneanotherwhilebeinggroundtogether.Forexample,thesimilaritiesanddifferencesinstructuresofMOFsandcocrystalsofanthraceneandcarbazoleareamajordevelopmentfortheKlostermanLaboratoryandthisstudy.

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Communication

Name:KevinRoberts

Major(s):Communication


FacultyAdvisor(s):LisaHanasono,Communication

Poster#:14

ActivismonSocialMedia:HowMessagesonSocialMediacanChangeBeliefsandAttitudestowardImmigration

Despitetheriseofsocialmediaactivism(SMA),thepracticeisoftenchallengedandthoughtofas“slacktivism.”Inotherwords,activistswhousesocialmediatoraiseawarenessorencouragepeopletoproducechangeareperceivedtobeengaginginmeaninglessefforts.Nonetheless,scholarshavefoundthatSMAhasthepotentialtobepowerfulandinfluential.Forexample,theBlackLivesMattermovementbeganalmostfouryearsago,and#BlackLivesMattersocialmedia


activistscontinuetogalvanizethepublic’ssupportforanti-racismandsocialjustice.Manyactivistsmeasuretheirsuccessthroughsocialmediaanalytics,suchashowmanylikesorsharesthatcontenthasreceived.Althoughthesemeasurementsmayindicatethatsocialmediausershaveseenandinteractedwiththeactivists’onlinecontent,itdoesnotrevealtheextenttowhichthesocialmediamessagesinfluencedpeople’sissue-specificbeliefsandattitudes.Therefore,thisstudyaimedtoexamineandmeasurehowpersuasivesocialmediamessageschangepeople’sattitudesregardingimmigrationintheUnitedStates.Drawingfromtheframeworkofsocialjudgmenttheory,516U.S.adultswererandomlyassignedtoreadapositive,neutral,ornegativesocialmediamessageaboutimmigrationthatwaspostedbyasocialmediaactivistwithahighorlowlevelofperceivedcredibility.Althoughthesocialmediamessagesdidnotsystematicallyalterindividuals’attitudinalpositions,theresultsindicatedthatparticipants’politicalideology,knowledgeaboutcurrentU.S.immigrationissues,andego-involvementwerepredictiveoftheirattitudesaboutimmigration.Implications,limitations,andfuturedirectionsforresearchareprovided.

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Name:JessicaSmorul


Institution:BGSUFirelands

FacultyAdvisor(s):RaySchuck,Humanities

Poster#:15

TriadicRelationshipBetweenWriters,Actors,andFansintheWWE

TheWWEdiffersfrommostcompetitivesportsbecauseofthewrittenaspectoftheshow.However,thatopensauniqueopportunityforthewriters,actors,andfanstoengageandworkwitheachothertoproducethemostentertainingshowpossible.Thequestionis,withinthattriadicrelationship,whohasthemostpower?Thefansdictatewhotheywantanddon'twanttosee,theactorsearnthatinterest,andthewritersprovidethestorywithwhichthefansandactorseitheracceptorreject.IparticipatedinapaneldiscussionattheMidwestPopularCultureAssociationconferencelastfallwheretheotherparticipantsandIlookedintowhodictatesthemovementofanygivenWWEstorythroughouttheyear.

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Name:KelseyKnoop



FacultyAdvisor(s):KateMagsamen-Conrad,Communication

Poster#:16

SexualAssaultPreventionProgramsonCollegeCampuses

Mypresentationisintendedtoprovideanoverviewoftheproblemofsexualassaultandsexualviolenceoncollegecampuses.Iwillbediscussingtheconsequencesofsexualviolenceonanindividual,institutional,andsocietallevel.Iwillthendiscusspreventioneffortsbeingimplementedbyuniversitiesacrossthenation,includingBowlingGreenStateUniversity.MyresearchhasbeeninpartnershipwiththecompanyInformed-UwhichhasbeenpilotinganewsexualassaultpreventionprogramatBGSUthissemester.Iwilldiscusstheresultsofthispilot.

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CommunicationSciencesandDisorders

Name:CortneyHansen

Major(s):CommunicationDisorders


FacultyAdvisor(s):VirginiaDubasik,CommunicationDisorders

Poster#:17

EnglishVerbalLexemesandMorphologicalForms:PatternsofUseandErrorsinSpanish-EnglishBilingualPreschoolers

Englishverbdatafromsixteenpreschool-ageSpanish-Englishbilingualchildrenarereported.Analysesdeterminedassociationsbetweenthenumberofverballexemesandnumberofmorphologicalforms,anderrorpatternsobservedatthreetimepointsoverthecourseofaschoolyear.Resultsarediscussedwithinthecontextofsecondlanguageacquisition.

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Name:TarynnClune

Major(s):CommunicationSciencesandDisorders


FacultyAdvisor(s):LynneHewitt,CDIS

Poster#:18

CommunicativeBehaviorsElicitedbyLeisureActivitiesinMemoryCareUnits

Awidevarietyofleisureactivitiesusedinreminiscencecarehavebeenstudiedfortheirmeritsintermsofpreventingcognitivedecline,andincreasingqualityoflife;however,littleisknownaboutwhatdifferenttypeshavetoofferintermsofcommunicativeopportunities.Communicationwithpeersisimperativeforqualityoflife,andiscrucialformaintenanceofrelationshipsbetweenthepersonwithdementia(PWD)andtheirlovedones.Asaresultofthisimportance,anexplorationofcommunicationelicitedbydifferentactivitiesfacilitatedinaunitwasconducted.Thecommunicationexploredinthisstudywassolelyvocal,andincludedinteractionsamongparticipants,facilitators,andvisitors.Althoughlimitationstothestudysuggestthatmoreinvestigationisrequired,somespeculationsabouttheimpactofactivitytypes,facilitators,andindividualparticipantsongroupinteractioncanbemade.Inaddition,suggestionsforimprovingactivityfacilitationaresuggestedbasedonnotablecharacteristicsofactivitytypesandfacilitationstrategies.

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Name:TarynnClune



FacultyAdvisor(s):JasonWhitfield,CommunicationSciencesandDisorders

Poster#:19

:Pausecategorizationinparkinsonianspeech

ThisinvestigationexaminesvariouspausetypesproducedinthespeechofindividualswithParkinsondisease(PD).Acousticpausedurationsasshortas15mswereexamined.ResultssuggestthatPDleadstodisorderedspeechmotortimingaffectingbothnumberanddurationofpausesatsegmentalandsupra-segmentallevels.

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Name:AlexisDecker




Poster#:20

AssessingSpanish-SpeakingChildren:AComparisonofInternationalPractices

Thepurposesofthisexploratorystudyweretoa)summarizetherecommendedpracticesusedbyspeech-languagepathologists(SLPs)forassessmentofbilingualSpanish-Englishchildren,b)identifytheassessmentpracticesbySLPsinSpanish-speakingcountries,andc)determinesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenpracticesusedbySLPsintheUSandinSpanish-speakingcountries.Eightparticipantsmettheinclusioncriteriaofworkingwithbilingualchildreninschools,andbeingovertheageof18.AllparticipantswerefemaleandfromSpain(n=4)andMexico(n=4).Participantsrespondedtoa21itemquestionnairewhichconsistedofquestionsabouteducationalbackgroundandtraining,worksettingandcaseloadcomposition,andspecificpracticesusedtoassessbilingualchildren.StudiesindicatethatSLPsintheUSandinSpanish-speakingcountriesareusingsimilarpractices,butthefrequencywithwhichspecificpracticesareuseddiffered.Casehistories/questionnairesandparent/teacherinterviewswereusedbyfiveoftheparticipants.SpeechandlanguagesamplingandstandardizedtestinginthenativelanguageofSpanishwerereportedbyfourparticipants.Conversely,noneoftheparticipantsreportedtheuseofdynamicassessment.ThefindingsofthisexploratorystudyofferinsightintothebilingualassessmentpracticescurrentlybeingemployedinSpanish-speakingcountries.ThisinformationhasclinicalimplicationforpracticesintheUSasthenumberofSpanish-Englishspeakingchildreninpublicschoolshasgrownsteadilyoverthepasttwodecades.

Name:HaleyAltman



FacultyAdvisor(s):LynneHewitt,CDIS

Poster#:21

“VideoModelingforSocialCommunicationinAdultswithASD”


Researchinadultswithautismspectrumdisorder(ASD)indicatesaneedforinterventionsthatcanassistwiththeseindividuals’socialcommunication,inordertoreversethepsychosocialtollthatcanresultfromtheseimpairments.Apilotfeasibilitystudy(Hewitt&Kelliher,n.d.)wasconductedtoinvestigatetheinterventionofvideomodelingforadultswithASD,anddatafromthatstudywasusedforthiscurrentstudy.Thisstudyundertooktodevelopmeasuresthatcouldbevalidandreliabletomeasurechangeinresponsetosocialcommunicationintervention,andthatcouldbeappliedinthefutureforotherstudies.Codingmeasuresweredeveloped,appliedtothepreviousstudy’svideos,andparticipantperformancewascomparedpre-interventiontopost-intervention.Also,participantperformancewascomparedtomodelperformance.Lastly,participants’perceptionsofASDandinterventionsforASDwerenotedaswell.Findingsfromthisstudyindicatewaysinwhichinterventionsmaybedesignedtobestmeettheneedsofeachindividual.

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Name:KristenDunlap



FacultyAdvisor(s):BrentArcher,CommunicationSciencesandDisorders

Poster#:22

AStudyofInteractionalDynamicsinFacilitatedConversationsforPeoplewithAphasia

Manypeoplewithcommunicationdisorderscausedbybraindamagesuchasstrokesandtraumaticbraininjurytakepartinfacilitatedgroupconversationsaspartoftheirrehabilitationprograms.Despitethepopularityandeffectivenessofthisapproachtotherapy,fewstudiesoftheinteractionaldynamicsatworkintheseconversationsexist.Inthisstudy,weaimtoshedlightonhowfacilitatorsmanagetheseinteractions.Wedosobyanalyzingvideofootageofpeoplewithaphasiatakingpartinafacilitatedconversation.TheDiscourseStructureAnalysis(EgginsandSlade,2005)frameworkweuseshowsthatthefacilitatorplaysakeyroleinsettingupandpropellinginteraction,andmanageseventssothatallgroupmembers,regardlessoflinguisticprocessingabilities,areaffordedopportunitiestotakepartintheconversation.

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Name:LindsayDarr




Poster#:23

SpanishVerbalLexemes&MorphologicalForms:PatternsofUse&ErrorsinSpanish-EnglishBilingualPreschoolers

Datafromsixteenpreschool-ageSpanish-Englishbilingualchildrenarereported,replicatingandexpandinguponpreviouswork.AnalysesdeterminedassociationsbetweenthenumberofSpanishverballexemesandnumberofmorphologicalformsusedatspecifictimepointsacrossoneyearofdevelopment.Resultsarediscussedwithinthecontextofpsycholinguisticdevelopment.

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Name:MadisonLivingston



FacultyAdvisor(s):JasonWhitfield,CommunicationSciencesandDisorders

Poster#:24

RelationshipsBetweenCognitionandSpeechMotorLearning

Thisstudyexaminestheabilitiesofneuro-typicalindividualstochunkmotorspeechsequencesasitrelatestotheirworkingmemorycapabilities.Preliminaryresultssuggestthatthereisarelationshipbetweenthetwofactorswhichcouldaffectthewayinwhichnovelmotorspeechsequencesarelearned.Understandinghowmotorspeechlearningoccurscouldhavefutureimplicationsforindividualswithdeficitsinnovelsequenceacquisition,suchasthosewithParkinson'sDisease.

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Name:SarahPilkington



FacultyAdvisor(s):RonaldScherer,CommunicationSciencesandDisorders

Poster#:25

TeacherCandidates:VocalHealth

Classroomteachersareathighriskfordevelopingvoiceproblemsandmayexperiencepositivebenefitsfromvocalhealtheducation.Lessisknownabouttheexperiencesofstudentteachers.Theobjectiveofthestudywastodetermineifvocalhygieneeducationaffectsthestudentteachers’vocalknowledge,vocalhabits,voicequality,andtheirself-perceptionoftheirvoice.Eightfemaleeducationstudents,whowerestudentteachingthesemesterofthestudy,wererandomizedintoeithertheExperimentalGroup(whoreceivedvocalhealthinformationbeforetheirstudentteachingsemester)ortheControlGroup.Bothgroupswereassessedusingabatteryofqualitativeandquantitativeinstrumentsatthebeginning,middle,andendofthesemester.TherewerenostatisticallysignificantdifferencesbetweentheExperimentalGroupandtheControlGrouponvocalhygieneknowledge,vocalhygienehabits,VHI-10score,andallCAPE-Vratings.Analysisoftheindividualdifferences,however,indicatesthatknowledgeofvocalhealthmayinfluenceothervariablesrelatedtovocalhealth.AnalysisofthequalitativedataindicatesthatsevenoftheeightstudentteachersexperiencedproblemswiththeirvoiceandthatallfourmembersoftheControlGroupwantedinformationaboutvocalhealth.Duetopotentiallimitationsofthestudy,theresearcherswerenotabletodeterminewhethereducationalinformationresultedinfewerincidencesofvoiceproblems,butthedatasuggest,similartoclassroomteachers,thatstudentteachersareathighriskfordevelopingvoiceproblemsduringtheirstudentteachingpracticumandtheytoomaybenefitfrominformationonpreventionofvoiceproblems.

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DataScience

Name:BrendaEmerson

Major(s):DataScience


FacultyAdvisor(s):IrinaStakhanova,DepartmentofGerman,Russian,andEastAsianLanguages

Poster#:26

TextMininginaRussianLiteratureClass:TheBenefitsofR


Risaprogramminglanguagecommonlyusedforstatisticalcomputingandgraphicaldisplays.Itisoftenusedinthefieldofdatascienceforbigdataanalytics.Datascienceiscommonlythoughtofasbeingusedmoreforbusinessanalyticsorsportsanalytics,butitcanbeusedinavarietyoffields.Overthecourseofasemester,wehavebeenusingRinaRussianLiteratureclasstoanalyzeavarietyoftexts.Thisisdonethroughaprocesscalledtextmining.Textminingisawayofanalyzingandgettingrelevantinformationfromtexts.Thisincludescategorizinginformation,makinglinksbetweendifferentdocuments,andprovidingvisualizationmethods.Itallowsustofindpatternsinthetextsanddrawconclusionsfromthosepatterns.Inthiscourse,wefocusedonwordfrequencyandmakingwordcloudsbasedoffofthatfrequency.Throughmakingwordclouds,weareabletoseethemostfrequentwordsinatextbecausetheyarelargerandofteninadifferentcolor.WhenmakingwordcloudsinR,therearemanyoptionsofhowthecloudcanbeformatted.Itgivesstudentsalotofchoices,andtheycanchangeafewofthesettingstomakethecloudeasiertounderstand.Weareshowingstudentsthatthereissomuchmoretoliteraturethatjustthesentencestheyarereading.Bycomparingwordcloudsoftwodifferenttexts,theycanseeavarietyofdifferenceseveniftheyhadnotreadthetext.Theycouldseethemaincharacter,thedifferenceincommonpronouns,orevendeterminethegenrefromlookingatthefrequentwords.Inthecourse,wefocusedonmicroanalysis,oranalyzingonlyoneortwotextsatatime,butRalsoofferstheabilitytomacroanalyze.Macroanalysisiswhenyouhavetheabilitytoanalyzetextswithinthecontextofthousandsofothertexts.Lookingatayearsworthoftextsinacertaincountrycanrevealwhatpronounsweremorecommontouseandwhatgenresweremorepopular.Findingthesetrendscangiveyouasenseofwhatthecountrywaslikeatthattimeoriftherewereanydisastersorcelebrationsinthecountrythatcouldhavelendtothosetrends.Whilewearenotdoingthismacroanalysiscurrently,doingmicroanalysispreparesusforthepossibilityofdoinglarger-scaletextmininginthefuture.

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Dietetics

Name:JosieMansperger

Major(s):Dietetics


FacultyAdvisor(s):Mary-JonLudy,CollegeofHealthandHumanServices

Poster#:50

TheInfluenceofModestWeightGainonTasteandSmellAcuityinCollegeFreshman

Background:ReducedtasteandsmellacuitiesarecommonamongthosewithhighBMI.Evidenceofimprovedtastesensitivityaftermodestweightloss(~3-4kg)existsinoverweightindividuals.Whethertasteandsmelldecrementsprecedeorresultfromweightgainisunknown.Thisstudy’spurposewastodeterminetheeffectofmodestweightgainontasteand


smellacuity.Methods:Collegefreshmen(n=60),acohortatriskformodestweightgain,wereassesseduponarrivaltocampusand5monthslater.Weight,BMI,andbodyfatpercent(%BF)weremeasured.Intensityratingsforgraded,suprathresholdconcentrationsofsweet(n=3)andsalty(n=3)solutions,aswellasasuprathresholdorangeodorwereassessed.Mann-Whitney-Utestswereusedtoindicatechangefrombaselinetofollow-up.Spearmancorrelationcoefficientswereusedtoidentifyassociationsbetweenvariables.Results:Sixtyparticipants(82%female,92%white,18.1±0.3years)completedtesting.BMI(22.9±3.8to23.6±4.1kg/m2)and%BF(24.5±9.6to27.1±9.1%)increasedatfollow-up(p<0.001forboth).Weightgain(62.8±12.8to64.6±13.7kg,range-2.9to+9.1kg)occurredin79%ofparticipants.Nochangesintasteintensityforlow,medium,andhighconcentrationsofsweetorsaltysolutionswereobserved.Nochangeinsmellintensitywasobservedovertime,althoughsmellintensityatfollow-upwasnegativelyassociatedwithBMI(r=-0.36,p=0.048).Conclusions:Modestweightgainincollegefreshmendidnotinfluencetasteacuity.Lackofchangeinintensityratingsmayrelatetouseofsuprathresholdconcentrationsratherthandetectionthresholds,orrecruitmentofapredominantlyleanpopulation.LearningOutcome:Participantswillbeabletodiscusstheinfluenceofweightchangeontasteandsmellacuity.

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Name:JuliaFilc

Major(s):Dietetics



Poster#:51

HealthMarkersinFirstYearCollegeStudents

Background:Duringcollegestudents’firstyearofschool,theyareexposedtomanydifferentfactorsthatinfluencetheirriskofcardiovasculardisease.Methods:Firstyearcollegestudentswereenrolledinfivesectionsofaseminarcoursethatincludedhealthassessmentsatthebeginningandendofthefallsemester.Seventy-threeof91students(80.2%)consentedtohavetheirdatausedforresearchpurposes.Physicalmeasuresincludedweight,height,bodyfatpercent,andbloodpressure.Onlinequestionnairesassessedalcoholconsumptionandstress.Pairedt-testswereconductedtoassesschangesfromthebeginningtotheendofthesemester.Results:Bodymassindex(calculatedaskg/m2),bodyfatpercent,alcoholconsumption,andself-reportedstressincreasedduringthesemester(p<0.05forall).Systolicbloodpressuretendedtoincrease(p=0.080),whilediastolicbloodpressuredidnotchangeduringthesemester.Attheendoftheirfirstcollegesemester,healthriskwasidentifiedin44.1%,39.4%,82.6%,and35.8%ofstudentsbasedonhighbodymassindex,bodyfatpercent,bloodpressure,alcoholconsumption,respectively.Discussion:Thisstudyhasprovidedamorecomprehensiveunderstandingoftherisksforcardiovasculardiseaseamongcollege-agedstudents.The


knowledgegainedfromthisinvestigationcanbeusedtoimprovecampushealth-basedprogrammingatBowlingGreenStateUniversity.

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Name:MadeleineDrees

Major(s):Dietetics



Poster#:52

MuscleDysmorphiaandDisorderedEatinginUndergraduateStudentExercisersandNon-Exercisers

MuscleDysmorphiaandDisorderedEatinginUndergraduateStudentExercisersandNon-ExercisersAuthor(s):E.Gill,M.Drees,T.Lechner,C.Hamady,M.Ludy;BowlingGreenStateUniversityLearningOutcome:Participantswillbeabletoidentifythedifferencesinmuscledysmorphiaanddisorderedeatingamongundergraduatestudentexercisersandnon-exercisers.Background:Bodydissatisfaction,characterizedbynegativeself-evaluationofbodyweightand/orshape,iscommonamongyoungadults.Compensatoryself-destructivebehaviors,suchasexcessiveexerciseand/ordisorderedeating,oftenoccur.Thisstudy’spurposewastocharacterizetheprevalenceofmuscledysmorphiaanddisorderedeatingamongcollegestudentexercisersandnon-exercisers.Methods:Undergraduates(n=149,48.3%female,age21.1±4.4years,BMI25.0±4.4kg/m2)wererecruitedfromtheunionandrecreationcenteratalarge,MidwesternuniversityandaskedtocompletetheMuscleDysmorphicDisorderInventory(MDDI)andEatingAttitudesTest(EAT-26).Exercisers(n=93)weredefinedas≥150minutesperweekpurposefulphysicalactivity.Results:Amongbothexercisersandnon-exercisers(445.8±214.0and36.9±85.1minutespurposefulexerciseperweek,respectively),one-thirdwereidentifiedashavingmuscledysmorphia(basedonMDDI)and/ordisorderedeating(basedonEAT-26).Disorderedeatingwasidentifiedmorecommonlyamongnon-exercisers(33.9%)thanexercisers(22.6%).Muscledysmorphiawasonlyidentifiedamongexercisers(19.4%),with8.6%alsoidentifiedwithdisorderedeating.Muscledysmorphiawasmorecommoninmales(19.5%)thanfemales(4.2%),whereasdisorderedeatingwasmorecommoninfemales(30.6%)thanmales(23.4%).Conclusions:Theprevalenceofmuscledysmorphiaanddisorderedeatingvaryamongcollege-agedexercisersandnon-exercisers.Targetededucationalmessagesforcollegeexercisersshouldincludecontentfocusedonbothmusclesizeandeatinghabits,whilecontentfornon-exercisersshouldfocusmoreoneatinghabits.FundingDisclosure:None

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Name:TiffanySmith

Major(s):Dietetics



Poster#:53

Class-basedmentoringforUndergraduatedieteticsstudents

Background:Dieteticsstudentsbenefitfromcareercoaching,rolemodeling,andpeernetworking.However,suchmentorshipisoftensacrificedtocoveracademicmaterial.Thisinnovationinvolvedclass-basedmentoringinwhichgraduatestudentsandfacultyinteractedwithundergraduatestofacilitateself-reflection,encourageprogrammatic/professionalquestions,andengageinrelationship-buildingactivities.Methods:Twenty-fiveseniorsinacapstonecourseand49newmajorsinanintroductorycourseparticipatedinmentoringduring4regularclassdays.Activitiesweredesignedandconductedby7graduatestudentsand2faculty,focusingonperceivedareasofstudentweakness.Anend-of-semestersurveywascompleted.Results:Feedbackwaspositivewithallmentorshipactivitiesscoring≥3.1±0.8ona4-ptLikertscale.Qualitativethemesincluded:(1)betterunderstandingofcollege/internshipexpectations,(2)abilitytodiscernpersonalstrengths/weaknessesandleveragethemprofessionally,and(3)inspirationfromgraduatestudentinteractions.Specifically,seniorsnotedbenefitfromdiscussingDICAS,internships,andmaster’sprograms.Newmajorsagreed,alsoexpressinggreatappreciationforactivitiesrequiringself-reflectionandpromotingpersonalgrowth.Conclusions:Incorporatingmentoringdaysintoundergraduatedieteticsprogramsatbothintroductoryandcapstonelevelspresentsaviableresourcefor(1)encouragingcollaborationandnetworkingamongpeersandfaculty,(2)providinganavenueforself-reflectionandpersonalgrowth,and(3)empoweringstudentstoutilizebothinternalandexternalresourcesandskillstoattaintheirprofessionalpath.

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EcologyandConservationBiology

Name:KatherineHerzog

Major(s):Ecology/ConservationBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):EileenUnderwood,LifeSciences

Poster#:54

TheEffectsofIncubationTemperatureonColorationandGrowthinRhacodactylusGeckos


Thegoalofthisresearchwastoobservewhetherornottheincubationtemperatureimpactedthegrowthand/orcolorationingeckosoftheRhacodactylusgenus.Threespecieswereusedintheresearch:R.ciliatus,R.auriculatus,andR.chahoua.Colorchangehasbeenobservedinleopardgeckos(Eublepharismacularius)thatwereincubatedatdifferenttemperaturesand,insomespecies,incubationtemperatureplaysaroleindeterminingthesexofthehatchlings.Sexofthesegeckoswasnotmonitoredduetoimmaturity.Ourhypothesiswasthatgeckosincubatedatahighertemperaturewouldhavealowerhatchweightandlightercoloration.Totestourhypothesis,eggslaidinclutchesoftwoweresplitbetweenincubatorsat26˚Cand30˚C.Eachincubatorhadanighttimedropintemperaturewhichwasshowninapreviousstudytoincreasesurvival.Uponhatching,thegeckoswerephotographed,measured,andweighed.Measurementsincludedboththesnout-ventlengthandtotallengthofeachanimal.Thephotographsandmeasurementsweretakeneveryotherweekafterthehatchdatetotracktheirprogress.Asmallrulerwithacolorchartwaspresentineachphotographtoensurestandardizationofcolor.Alargersamplesizeisneededtoformdefinitiveconclusions,butsofar,R.auriculatushasexhibitedagraduallighteningofcoloramongallgeckosandthoseincubatedat30˚Chatcheddarker.Weightdidnotdifferbetweengroups.Thus,theoriginalhypothesiswasnotsupported.However,wediscoveredanoticeabledifferenceinincubationdurationandsurvivalamonggeckosincubatedatdifferenttemperatures.

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Name:ThomasHutsler

Major(s):Ecology/ConservationBiology


FacultyAdvisor(s):AnitaSimic,Geology

Poster#:55

ClassificationofterrestrialandaquaticvegetationalongtheLakeErieshorelineusingUAVimages

Wetlandsareavaluablelandtypethatoccurworldwide.Theyareknowntobehighlyproductive,providecriticalecosystemservices,andactashabitatforavarietyofwildlife.Despiteplayingvitalrolesinlocal,regional,andglobalsystems,wetlandshavebeensubjectedtolargeamountsofdestructivedisturbance.Thesedisturbancesinclude,butarenotlimitedto,landconversion,pollution,eutrophication,fragmentation,introducedandinvasivespecies,andchangesinhydrology.Duetotheincreasedfrequencyofwetlandhabitatloss,landmanagershaveturnedtoremotesensingapproachesinanattempttofurtherunderstandandcombatthesethreatstowetlandhealth.Remotesensingdatahaseffectivelybeenappliedtowetlandstudiesandmonitoringeffortstoproduceregionalwetlandinventories,determinewetlandhealth,andgeneratemapsdistinguishingnativefrominvasivevegetativespecies.Thepurpose


ofthisstudyistouseremotesensingtechniquestoproduceaccuratespecies/communitymapsforMetzgerMarshWildlifeAreaoffthecoastofLakeErie.Themapswillbeimportanttolandmanagersforlocatinginvasivespeciesandtheirextentanddetectingvegetationpatternswithinthearea.UAVimagerywillbeusedinconjunctionwithmultispectraldataandinsitumeasurementstoassesstheareaofstudyandaideinmapproduction

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Education

Name:ChristopherCarter

Major(s):AYAEducation


FacultyAdvisor(s):TimMurnen,Education

Poster#:56

TheJourneytoaNewWorld:UncoveringRealitiesofFirst-GenerationCollegeStudents

Whataretheexperiencesoffirst-generation,low-incomecollegestudents?Whatmotivatesthemtoattendcollege?Aretheirneedsmetbyinstructorsandresourcesoncampus?Lastly,howdotheynavigatethroughcollege?Thisstudyexaminestheexperiencesoflow-income,first-generationcollegestudentstoexplorewhethertheiracademic,social,andpersonalneedsarebeingmetbyinstitutions.Theresearcherinterviewedstudentswhomeettheaforementionedcharacteristics.Resultswillhelpresearcherstounderstandtheexperiencesoffirst-generationcollegestudentsandwillprovideprofessionalswithguidelinesonhowtohelpstudentstransitionintocollege.

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Name:MadelineGarlough

Major(s):InclusiveEarlyChildhoodEducation


FacultyAdvisor(s):AliciaMrachko,Education

Poster#:57

ChildhoodAnxietyWithintheClassroom:AProfessionalDevelopmentExperienceforEducators


Thisprofessionaldevelopmentexperienceforeducatorsfocusesonchildrenwithdiagnosedanxietydisorderswithintheclassroom.Apermanentresourcepacketgivesparticipantsusefulresourcelinks,strategies,andanunderstandingofwhatchildhoodanxietydisordersare.Areflectiononadultteachingstrategiesandtheeffectivenessoftheprofessionaldevelopmentexperience,aswellasthepermanentresource,areincluded.

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Name:StephanieWonnell

Major(s):InclusiveEarlyChildhoodEducation


FacultyAdvisor(s):JaimeeMcNamara,Education

Poster#:58

TransgenderHarassmentandViolence:HateIsNotaPhobia

Myposterexplainstheviolenceandaggressionsthattransindividualsfacethroughouttheirlives.Iwillfocusonallformsofviolence,frommicro-aggressionssuchasgettingshoutedatinarestroomuptohomicide.IwillalsohaveaplacesetasideonmypostertorememberallofthereportedtransliveslosttohomicideintheUnitedStatesin2016.Iwillexplaintheramificationsthatbeingopenlytranshasonemploymentandhousing.Ifeelthatthisisanimportanttopicforpeopletobemoreawareof,especiallyasourculturebecomesmoreinclusiveandunderstandingofindividualdifferences.

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Electro-MechanicalSystemsEngineeringandTechnology

Name:BrycenHupe

Major(s):MechatronicEngineeringTechnology


FacultyAdvisor(s):MohammedMayyas,CollegeofTechnology,ArchitectureandAppliedEngineering

Poster#:59

CharacterizationofElectromechanicalActuatorforRoboticGripper


ForthisindependentstudyIwastaskedatuncoveringthecharacteristicsofaroboticgripperthatisranoffofanelectromagneticactuator.Iwastocollectandrecorddataontheactuatoritself,thencollectanrecorddatafromthefingersoftheroboticgripperastheactuatoractedonthem.ThisresearchistohelpimproveandadvancetheroboticslabatBowlingGreenStateUniversitybyprovidingthemwitharoboticgripperthatisdevelopedanddesignedbythestudentsthere.

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Name:HadiAqeel

Major(s):Electro-MechanicalSystemTechnology


FacultyAdvisor(s):MohammedMayyas,CollegeofTechnology,ArchitectureandAppliedEngineering

Poster#:60

TestofHuman-LikeSkinSensorPlatformusingImpedimetricMeasurementMethodBasedonFrequencyResponseAnalysis

Withtheever-increasingdemandofcollaborativeroboticsbothinsocialandindustrialsettings,thereisaneedtoimprovethesafetywhenhumansworkclosetorobots.OnewaytoimprovetheHuman-RoboticInteraction(HRI)safetyistoimprovetheenvironmentalawarenessbypopulatingsensornetworkthatiscapableofdetectingthepresenceofsurroundingobject.Existingsensortechnologyincludeproximitysensor,visionsystem,laserpositionsensor,torquesensor,andmanyothers.However,therethesetechnologiesdonothavesufficientsensitivitythatwouldensurethesafety.Forexample,humanoftenworksclosetorobotsinamanufacturingplant,whereonehostilescenariomaysuggestaworkercomingaccidentallyclosetotherobotworkingspace.Thismaycauserobotimpactingtheworkerhardenoughtocauseseriousinjury.Thisisbecausethetorquesensor–whichispartoftherobotcontrolsystem-donothavesufficientsensingresolutionthatwouldinstructrobottostop.Therefore,wewanttoinvestigateonnewtypeofsensorthatwouldfeelitssurroundingatlowimpactforce.

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Name:MohammedAlmajed

Major(s):EngineeringTechnologyspecializedinMechanicalDesign


FacultyAdvisor(s):MohammedAlmajed,CollegeofTechnologyArchitectureandAppliedEngineering

Poster#:61

ModelingandSimulationofaSkin-likewearablegarmentforhumanrobotinteraction

◌tisasensorthatcouldbeusedinroboticwhichcandetectthepresenceofsurroundingobjectsuchastemperatureandforce.

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EnvironmentalScience,Policy,andAnalysis

Name:CaseyStephens

Major(s):EnvironmentalPolicy&Analysis


FacultyAdvisor(s):AndrewGregory,DepartmentoftheEnvironmentandSustainability

Poster#:62

TheInfluenceofLandUseandStreamNaturalnessonNWOhioWaterQuality

Thefocusofthisworkwastwofold.FirstweassessedlevelsofnutrientcontaminationofstreamsandditcheswithperpetualstandingwaterthroughoutNorthwestOhioasafunctionofadjacenthumanlanduse.Secondweassessedthedegreetowhichstreamchannelnaturalness,asindicatedusingtheOhioEnvironmentalProtectionAgency’sQualitativeHabitatEvaluationIndex(QHEI),influencedrateofnutrientcontaminationoftheNorthwestOhiowaterways.Thisworkhasimplicationsforsurfacewaterqualitythroughouttheregionasnon-pointsourcecontamination(NPS)canbio-accumulateandresultineutrophicationandalgalblooms,suchasthosethatmadenationalheadlinesin2014.

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Name:GabrielleYsassi

Major(s):EnvironmentalScience



Poster#:63

TestingtheeffectivenessofeDNAprocedurestoidentifyThamnophistissueexsitu

MyprojectaimstouseeDNAtoscreenwaterfromKirtland’sSnake(Clonophiskirtlandii)occupancy.Theprojectisawaytoexpandsurveysampling,withafocustoconfirmKirtland’ssightings.ThereisdiminutivesamplingdataofKirtland’sduetoinsufficientmeansoflocatingthisspecies.Kirtland’stendtohaveanelusivenaturecausingconfirmingsightingschallenging,thereforelittleverifiabledataisavailable.Withlittleempiricaldataavailableitishardtotrackpopulationrates.TherelevanceofthisprojectwillhelpimprovedatabyallowingustocollectKirtland’spopulationinformationwithoutactuallyneedingtospotthespecies.Iwillselect100miligramsofKirtlandsnaketissueandplacein250,500and100microlitersofwater.Thesampleswillsitforanhour,day,andweek.FromthisIwillbeabletotestwhichquantitiesofbothvolumeofwaterandamountoftissueisthebestforcollectingDNAsamples.

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Name:HannahOlenik




Poster#:64

VegetationDiversityandConnectednessinDitchesacrossNorthwestOhio

SinceEuropeansettlement,prairieecosystemshavebeenindeclineduetoincreasinganthropogenicuseoftheselandscapes,principallyforcultivation.However,acommonfeatureofcultivatedlandscapesistheoccurrenceofremnantnaturalornearnaturalvegetationfoundaslinearhabitatfeaturesalongditchesandfieldmargins.Quixotically,giventheprevalenceofthesefeatures,theymayactuallybethebestnativevegetationreserveremaininginnorthwestOhio.WeexaminedthedegreetowhichthesemarginalnaturalvegetationremnantscontainandpreservenativebiodiversityrelativetoexistingreserveareasacrossnorthwestOhio.Inthesummerof2016,wecollecteddatafrom46ditchesinWoodandLucasCountyand10samplesiteswithintheDorr-IrwinPrairieReserveattheToledoMetroparksinOhio.Wesampled


herbaceousvegetationdiversityusingpointinterceptmethodology,andvegetationcomposition/densityusingDaubenmireFrameandRobelPolesamplingschemes.Wefoundthatlinearnaturalvegetationremnantshadhighernativespeciesrichnessthanreserves,withditchesandfieldmarginscontaining46nativespeciesandreservescontaining31nativespecies.However,reservesitesdidcontainasignificantlyhigherconcentrationofnativespeciescomparedtoditches.Becauseourstudysystemofditchesandfieldmarginsishighlyinterconnected,ourfindingscanhavepossiblecontributionstoMeta-populationbiology,investigatingwhetherreserveareasdoserveassourcesofnativediversityfoundin,orwhetherthisdendriticsystemoflinearhabitatfeaturesisautonomousanddrivesitsowndiversity.OurdataalsocancontributetotheSLOSSdebate,byaddingfurtherempiricalevidencetolong-standingtheoreticalfindings.

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Name:MistyPeavler




Poster#:65

EvolutionaryconsequencesoffragmentationonplantcommunitiesinnorthwestOhio

AcommonfeatureacrossnorthwestOhioistheoccurrenceofditchesandagriculturalfieldmargins.EachofthesefieldmarginsisaremnantofthenativeGreatBlackSwampthatdominatedthisregionofthecountrypriortoEuropeansettlement.Eachoftheselinearhabitatfeatures,islikelyasmallisolatedpatch,inwhichnativeplantspeciesliveinhighlyinbredpopulations.Giventhisinformation,weassesshowthenativespeciesrichnessatanisolatedlinearhabitatinfluencestheheight,basalarea,seednumber,andseedmass.Whiledoingso,wealsoanalyzehowtherichnessoftheseareaseffectthepercentgerminationofnativeversesinvasiveplants.Todothisweselectedasubsetof20ditches/fieldmarginstomeasureplantsizeandseedcharacteristicsoftwonativeandtwoinvasivespecies.Seedcharacteristicsinclude,amount,weight,basalheight,andbasalwidth.Theseedswerethenstratifiedandasetof10seedsperindividualspeciesfromeachsitewerecultivatedandmeasuredforsuccessfulgermination.Thisdatagivesperspectiveonwhateffectslinearhabitatfeaturesandinbreedinghasonplantspecies.

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Name:NicholasGulling




Poster#:66

InvestigatingSpatialDriversofPossibleHeatIslandsinNorthwestOhio

Humanshavefundamentallyalteredtheentirelandscapeoftheplanet,withsomeestimatessuggestingthat>75%oftheEarth’ssurfaceiscomprisedofanthropogeniclandscapes.Humanalteredlandscapeshaveverydifferentthermalpropertiesthannaturallandscapes.Forexampletheamountofimpervioussurfacealonganurbantonaturalvegetationgradient,resultedinurbanareasbeing17%warmer(+2.1C°)thanruralandnaturalareas.WeusedONSETHobologgerstomonitorsurfacetemperatureat~30naturalvegetationremnantsembeddedalongagradientofanthropogenictonaturaladjacentlandusesthroughoutWoodandLucasCounties.Loggersmeasuredsurfacetemperatureat30minuteintervalsfromMay-November,2016.Wefoundthatthemaxandmintemperaturesofurbanandnaturalareasweresimilar.MeanofUrbanmax,min=50.26,4.93andagriculturemax,min=50.22,4.48.ThismakessincebecausethenaturalareatestedwastheOakOpeningsembeddedwithintheToledoMetropolitanarea.However,thevarianceoftheurbanareaismuchhigher,whichcouldleadtomicroclimatesandincreasedintensityofstormspassingthroughthearea.Inaddition,wemeasuredlocalvegetationstructureatfourdiscretetimeperiodsateachtemperatureloggingstationusingmodifiedDuabnemeirFramesandRobelPoles.Wefoundthatinvasivespeciespercentagesinnaturalareasarearound33%butthisnumberclimbstoaround50-75%onlandadjacenttourbanandagricultureland.Wefoundthatmaxvsnatandc4vsvarhadaweakpositivecorrelation(rvaluesof.07and.09respectively).Additionally,varvs.naturalhadaweaknegativecorrelation(rvalueof-.03).Thevorvsvarandvorvsmaxtempbothhadstrongpositivecorrelations(bothrvaluesbeing.35).Thissuggeststhathighernaturaldensitiesandvegetationdensitieshaveastrongeffectonthesurfacetemperatureoftheland.Thisdatasuggestthattheanthropogeniclandscapehasastronginfluenceonlocaltemperaturebutnaturalvegetationdensitycanreducethemagnitudeoftheseimpacts,furtherhighlightingtheimportanceofurbangreenspaces.

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EthnicStudies

Name:BreannaJones

Major(s):EthnicStudies


FacultyAdvisor(s):AngelaNelson,PopularCulture

Poster#:67

TheSistahsareConscientious:BlackWomenOwningThemselvesinMedia

Televisionandmusiccanaffectanindividual’smoodandperceptions.However,self-esteemhasbeenunderstudiedwithregardtomedia.IconductacomparativeanalysisofmediarepresentationsofAfricanAmericanyoungwomen.IexamineasampleofmusicfromthegenresofHipHopandR&Bfrom1995-2005andcomparetoselectionsfrom2005tothepresent.Tworesearchquestionareexamined:1)DidAfricanAmericanyoungwomen’sselfperceptionschangeasmediaportrayalschangedfromthe1990stothe2000s?2)DidAfricanAmericanyoungwomenhaveahigherlevelofself-esteeminthe1990scomparedtothe2000s?

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Name:LeighDunewood

Major(s):EthnicStudies


FacultyAdvisor(s):SarahRainey,Women's,GenderandSexualityStudies

Poster#:68

ExaminingHigh-AchievingBlackUndergraduateStudents’LowParticipationinHonorsEducationatPredominantlyWhiteInstitutions(PWIs)

Whilehigh-achievingstudentswhoidentifyasAfricanAmericanorBlack(AA/B)mightbeeligibleforandinterestedinpursuinganhonorseducation,theyarenoticeablyscarceinhonorsenvironmentsatPWIs,andmaybehesitanttopursueanhonorseducationforamultitudeofreasons.Theresultsfromthisstudyserveavarietyoffunctions:(1)togiveanametothosefactorsthatdeterstudentsofcolorfromhonorscolleges/programs,(2)tohelphonorscollege/programadministrators,faculty,andstaffmembersdiversifytheircommunitiesofhonorsstudents,(3)tobemoreinclusiveofhistoricallymarginalizedhonorsstudents,and(4)


toidentifymoreeffectiveoutreachandretentionstrategiesthatattracthigh-achievingstudentsofcolor,specificallyAA/Bstudents.

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ForensicChemistry

Name:AlexisBird

Major(s):ForensicChemistry


FacultyAdvisor(s):MikhailZamkov,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy

Poster#:69

NanocrystalsforLuminescentSolarConcentrators

Luminescentsolarconcentrators(LSCs)takinginsunlightoversignificantareasandthenconcentratetheenergytophotovoltaicsorothersuchusesbytransportingphotonsthroughmarcoscopicwaveguides.LSCsarepoorlylimitedbyluminophorereabsorptionlosses.Byusingaspecificnanocrystalphosphorsproposedtominimizereabsorptioninlarge-scaleLSCs.

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Name:AlexisBird




Poster#:70

ColloidalSynthesisofMonodisperseSemiconductorNanocrystalsthroughtheSaturatedIonicLayerAdsorption

Abstract.Wedemonstrateageneralstrategyforthesynthesisofcolloidalsemiconductornanocrystals(NCs)exhibitingthesizedispersionbelow3%.Thepresentapproachreliesonthesequentialdepositionoffullysaturatedcationicandanionicmonolayersontosmall-diameterclusters,whichleadstofocusingofnanocrystalshapeswiththeincreasingparticlediameter.Eachioniclayerisgrownthrougharoom-temperaturecolloidalatomiclayerdeposition(ALD)processthatemploysatwo-solventmixturetoseparatetheprecursorandnanocrystalphases.Asaresult,unreactedprecursorscanbefullyremovedaftereachdepositioncycle,preventing


thesecondarynucleation.ByusingCdSNCsasamodelsystem,wedemonstratedthatanarrowsizedispersioncanbeachievedthroughasequentialdepositionoffully-saturatedCd2+andS2-half-monolayersontostartingCdScluster“seeds”.Inadditiontoanarrowdistributionofnanoparticlesizes,thedemonstratedmethodologyoffersanexcellentbatch-to-batchreproducibilityandanimprovedcontroloverthenanocrystalsurfacestoichiometry.Thepresentsynthesisisamenabletoothertypesofsemiconductornanocrystalsandisexpectedtoofferaviablealternativetotraditionalhot-injectionstrategiesofthenanoparticlegrowth.

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Name:HollyEckard




Poster#:71

TrackingtheEnergyFlowonNanoscaleviaSample-TransmittedExcitationPhotoluminescenceSpectroscopy

Trackingtheenergyflowinnanoscalematerialsisanimportantyetchallenginggoal.Experimentalmethodsforprobingtheintermolecularenergytransfer(ET)areoftenburdenedbythespectralcrosstalkbetweendonorandacceptorspecies,whichcomplicatesunravelingtheirindividualcontributions.Thisissueisparticularlyprominentininorganicnanoparticlesandbiologicalmacromoleculesfeaturingbroadabsorbingprofiles.Here,wedemonstrateageneralspectroscopicstrategyformeasuringtheETefficiencybetweennanostructuredormoleculardyesexhibitingasignificantdonor–acceptorspectraloverlap.Thereportedapproachisenabledthroughspectralshapingofthebroadbandexcitationlightwithsolutionsofdonormolecules,whichinhibitstheexcitationofrespectivedonorspeciesinthesample.TheresultingchangesintheacceptoremissioninducedbythespectralmodulationoftheexcitationbeamarethenusedtodeterminethequantumefficiencyandtherateofETprocessesbetweenarbitraryfluorophores(molecules,nanoparticles,polymers)withhighaccuracy.Thefeasibilityofthereportedmethodwasdemonstratedusingacontroldonor–acceptorsystemutilizingaprotein-bridgedCy3-Cy5dyepairandsubsequentlyappliedforstudyingtheenergyflowinaCdSe560-CdSe600binarynanocrystalfilm.

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History

Name:CarolineHarris

Major(s):English


FacultyAdvisor(s):VibhaBhalla,EthnicStudies

Poster#:72

AHistoryofAngelIsland

AshortstorywrittenfromtheperspectiveofaChineseImmigrantexperiencingtheisolationandsadnessthatwascausedbothbytheChineseexclusionact,aswellasthetreatmentofimmigrantsattheAngelIslandImmigrationStation.

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Name:DominiqueSeo

Major(s):History


FacultyAdvisor(s):AmilcarChallu,History

Poster#:73

FactorsEffectingLivingStandardsinEarly20thCenturyPeru

Class,race,andgeographyareallindicatorsofinequalityinearly20thCenturyPeru.Atthistime,classandracemaydeterminetheopportunitiesthatapersonwillhavewithinPeruviansociety.Forexample,apersonofahighersocioeconomicclassismorelikelytohaveaccesstonutrientrichfood,healthcare,andeducation,whileapersonofalowersocioeconomicclasswouldnothavesimilaropportunitiestoappropriatefoods,healthcare,andeducation.Similarly,geographymaybeafactorofinequalitybecauseitdeterminedtheavailabilityofresourcesandopportunitytoparticipateincertainoccupations,suchascommerceoragriculture.Thisstudyseekstogainabetterunderstandingofgenetics,orrace,geography,educationandotherindicatorsasfactorsofheight,whichmaybeanindicatorofmoresignificantissues,suchassocialinequalities,inearly20thcenturyPeru.

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Name:MatthewWright


Major(s):History


FacultyAdvisor(s):AmilcarChallu,History

Poster#:74

ImpactofBiologicalSkinComplexionduringLateEighteenthandEarlyNineteenthCenturyColonialMexico

Thefocusofthisprojectisonthestudiedtheimpactofskincomplexionincolonialandpost-colonialMexico.Thereisanongoingdebatebetweenhistoriansovertheimportanceofcastalabelsincolonialandpost-colonialMexico.ThesecastalabelsgiventothecitizensofNewSpain(colonialMexico)werefromaracialhierarchysystemimplementedbytheSpanish.Preliminaryresearchshowedthatcomplexionswereasimportantindeterminingone’splaceinsociety,andinthemilitaryasthecastalabelswas.Totestthistheory;acomprehensiveanalysiswasrequiredofmilitarydata.Thisprojectpresents,andanalyzestheresultsofthisstudy.Themilitarydatausedtofurtherstudythistopicwererecruitmentrecordscalledfiliaciones.Overseventhousandmilitaryrecordswereanalyzed.Thesedocumentsincludeasoldier’sskincomplexionandtheircastaposition/label.Thefirstobjectiveoftheprojectwastocategorizethemultitudeofcomplexionslisted.Thesecondobjectivewastooutlinetheguidelinesfortheproject.Thethirdobjectivewastostudytheresultsoftheresearchconductedonthefiliaciones.Acrosssectionstudywasconductedbetweenasoldier’scomplexionandtherelationtovdraftrates,occupationalskills,andliteracyrate.Theconstantgapinallofthesecategoriesimpliesthattherewasalackofanefforttoimprovetheconditionsforsoldiersofblackandbrownskincomplexionsovertime.Theinequalitiesinthesecategoriesalsoshowthatcomplexionswereasimportantascastalabelswere.Thisprojectcontributestothecultural,andmilitaryhistoryofMexico.

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MathandStatistics

Name:MaryFleck

Major(s):Mathematics


FacultyAdvisor(s):AndrewLayden,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy


Poster#:75

PeriodsofVariableStars

Variablestarsarestarswhoseluminosities,ortotallightoutputs,fluctuate.Thereisaparticularsetofvariablestarswithinaglobularstarcluster,Messier30(M30forshort),thathasbeenofinteresttotheBGSUastronomycommunity.ThisclusterhasbeenobservedgreatlyintheSouthernhemispherebuthasbeenneglectedinregardstoobservationinourregionduetoitsproximitytothehorizon.Since1975,therehavebeenbeenfivestudiesbasedaroundM30,performedbyTerzanandRutily(1975),PietrukowiczandKaluzny(2004),Smitka(2007),Lesh(2013),andKains(2013).Severalofthesestudiessoughttodeterminetheperiodsofthefluctuationsinthevariablestars,orthetimebetweenfluctuations.Thoughtheywerelookingatthesamestars,theyuseddifferentmethodsandcalculateddifferentperiods.Fromthisarisesaneedtoreevaluatethedataavailableandfindthebestpossibleperiods.AsimilarproblemexistsforglobularclusterNGC6388,forwhichthereisdatapresentfromanassortmentofsources,whiletheperiodsofseveralvariablestarsareunknown.Toapproachthisproblem,VStar,aperiodfindingprogram,wasusedtoanalyzethedata.LookingattheLeshdata,Kains’periodsseemedtobeveryconsistentwiththeVStarresults,whereastheperiodsfoundbyPietrukowiczandKaluznywerelessso.Ihypothesizethatthisisbecausetheupdatesinperiod-findingtechnologyinthenineyearsbetweenthepublishingofthesetwoarticlesallowedKains,etal.tobemoreaccurateandprecise.Foreightoftheelevenstars(73%)thatwereanalyzedthroughVStar,aconclusiveperiodwasfoundandconfirmed.Fortheremainingthree,Kains’periodwasidentifiedintheVStarperiodresults,butwasnotdisplayedastheprimaryperiod.ForNGC6388,thedatafortheVandIfilterswerefoundtobeveryconsistent,producingthesamemainperiodforbothsetsofdataoneachstar.Thisisverypositive,aswellasmoderatelyrareresult.Ialsofoundthatseveralofthestarsmaybemulti-periodic.ThismeansthatwhiletheperiodresultspresentedbyVStarmayshowseveralpotentialperiods,themodelthatfitthedatabestwasacombinationofmorethanoneperiod.Thisisaveryimportantdiscoveryastheperiod-findingmethodthathadbeenpreviouslyusedonlyallowedtheusertofindthemainperiod.Thepossibilitywasalsoexploredforawaytoderivea"merit"valuefortheperiodofavariablestarbasedonthecorrelationoftheVStarperiodresultsforthetwofiltersofastar.Aconclusiveresultwasnotproduced,butafirmhypothesisstands.ThiscanbeexploredusingaprogrammingsoftwarelikePython.WhenanalyzingtheSmitkadatainVStar,therewassolittledatathatitwasdifficulttotellwhereonemodelwasbetterorworsethananother.Thephaseplotsfitthedatawell,butwerenotdrasticallydifferentfromonetoanother.Thiscouldpossiblybeimprovedbynarrowingtherangeoftheperiodsearch,andwillrequiremoreattentionbeforeaconclusionisreached.TheperiodsthatSmitkastatedinhisthesisweremuchclosertotheKainsperiodsthanthosethatwerefoundinVStar,soitisnotcertainwhetherVStarisastrongenoughprogramforsmallerdatasets.OtherprogressionsmadeincludetakingtheaperturephotometryforLesh,SmitkaandCT10datasets.Thiswillallowthedatatobecalibratedsuchthatstandardunitmagnitudesareused.Thestars


considerednewdiscoveriesbyLeshandSmitkawerealsoinvestigated.ThesestarswerestudiedbySmitkaandLeshandarebelievedtohavebeenoverlookedinpreviousstudiesduetotheirdistancefromthecenterofthecluster.Themethodsusedbythepreviousastronomersonlyallowedthemtodetectstarswithinacertainradius,whichmayhaveplacedourdiscoveriesoutsidetheirfieldofview.DiscoveriesforthisresearchprojecthaveallowedanupdateforpreviousstudiesonglobularstarclustersM30andNGC6388thatwillallowtheastronomicalcommunityahigherjumping-offpointforfurtherresearchandexploration.Also,thedoorhasalsobeenopenedforaninvestigationintoa"merit"valuefortheperiodofavariablestar.Lesh,Smitka,andCT10datasetswillbeeasiertoincludeinfuturestudies,andthenewlydiscoveredstarsofLeshandSmitkamaybeaddedtothedatabaseforfurtherinvestigation.

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Name:JocelynMineo

Major(s):Statistics


FacultyAdvisor(s):KellyBalistreri,Sociology

Poster#:

Opportunity,Health,andMortality:AFocusonYoungAdultsinOhio.

Akeyfindinginsociologicalanddemographicresearchisthesustainedsocioeconomicgradientinhealthandmortality.However,lessisknownabouttheprecursorstosocioeconomicstatus,namelyeconomicopportunity,anditslinkstothehealthandmortalityofthenation’syoungadults.UsingdatafromtheCentersforDiseaseControl,the2015OhioMedicaidAssessmentSurveyandtheOpportunityIndex,weexaminedthelinkbetweencounty-levelopportunity,healthbehaviors,andmortalityforOhioyoungadultsages19to34.WealsopayspecialattentiontotheincreasingprevalenceofdeathsduetodrugoverdosesamongOhioyouth.Ourfindingssuggestthatopportunityiscloselyrelatedtothewell-beingofOhio’syoungadultpopulation.

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Physics

Name:AdamLahey

Major(s):Physics


FacultyAdvisor(s):AndrewLayden,Physics

Poster#:77

CCDImagingofKIC8462852:CometsorCivilization?

Aparticularlyinterestingstar,KIC8562852,recentlybecamefamousforitsenigmaticdipsinbrightness.Theinterpretationbroadcastbymanypopularmediaoutletswasthatthedipswerecausedbyamegastructurebuiltaroundthestarbyanintelligentcivilization.Thebestscientifichypothesisreliesonanaturalphenomenon:thebreak-upofacometorbitingthestar.Tofurtheraddressthisproblem,wehavemeasuredthestarforfourmonthsusingBGSU’s0.5mtelescopeanddigitalCCDcamera,andwepresentthestar’sbrightnessasafunctionoftime.Usingtwoveryclearnights,werefinedthebrightnessoffourcomparisonstarswhichcanbeusedbytheastronomicalcommunitytomonitorthestar’sbrightness.Thesenewlyrefinedmagnitudesshouldreducetheuncertaintiesinourbrightnessmeasurements;thiserroranalysisisessentialindeterminingthesignificanceofanybrightnessdeviations.Anobserveddipinbrightnesswouldconfirmthecomethypothesisbyestablishingacyclicalpattern,ormayserveasabasisfornewunderstandingofvariablestars.AnadditionalelementtotheprojectinvolvescreatingCCDcalibrationimagesandawell-documentedprocedureforfutureuse.

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Name:BenjaminHardy

Major(s):PhysicsandMathematics


FacultyAdvisor(s):FaridaSelim,PhysicsandAstronomy

Poster#:78

MagnetoOpticKerrEffectinaMagnetizedElectronGun

Magnetizedelectronsourceshavethepotentialtoimproveionbeamcoolingefficiency.AttheGunTestStandatJeffersonLab,asolenoidmagnetwillbeinstalledadjacenttothephotoguntomagnetizetheelectronbeam.Duetothephotocathodeoperatinginavacuumchamber,measuringandmonitoringthemagneticfieldatthebeamsourcelocationwithconventional


probesisimpractical.TheMagneto-OpticalKerreffect(MOKE)describesthechangeonpolarizedlightbyreflectionfromamagnetizedsurface.Thereflectionfromthesurfacemayalterthepolarizationdirection,ellipticity,orintensity,anddependslinearlyuponthesurfacemagnetizationofthesample.Byreplacingthephotocathodewithamagnetizedsampleandreflectingpolarizedlightfromthesamplesurface,themagneticfieldatthebeamsourceisinferred.AcontrolledMOKEsystemhasbeenassembledtotestthemagneticfield.CalibrationofthesolenoidmagnetisperformedbycomparingtheMOKEsignalwithmagneticfieldmeasurement.The“Kerr-mometer”willprovideanadequatedescriptionofthefieldattheelectronbeamsource.ThereportsummarizesthemethodandresultsofcontrolledtestsandcalibrationoftheMOKEsamplewiththesolenoidmagnetfieldmeasurements.

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Name:ChristopherPyles

Major(s):Physics


FacultyAdvisor(s):AlexeyZayak,PhysicsandAstronomy

Poster#:79

RamanSpectroscopyoftheInterfacialChargeTransferBetweenC60andGold.

SurfacedEnhancedRamanSpectroscopy(SERS)isasignificantextensionoftheconventionalRamanmethod,whichutilizesthefactthatmoleculesabsorbedonmetalsurfacesdramaticallyincreasestheRamanscatterings.WhiletheconventionalRamancanbeusedonlywithlargequantitiesofmaterials,duetoitsverysmallscatteringcrosssection,SERSallowsforalmostsingle-moleculemeasurements.However,alongwiththeusefulenhancements,SERSalsobringschangestothespectraofmolecules.Onemainexampleistheshiftingofvibrationalfrequencies.Inparticular,thereisexperimentaldataofthiseffectforC60moleculesadsorbedonagoldsurface.Curiously,notallpeaksshift,onlyasubset.ThereisahypothesisthatthemetalinvolvedinSERSshareselectricchargewiththemoleculesinquestion,whichinturncausesthechangeoffrequency.Inthiswork,weuseDensityFunctionalTheory(DFT)tocomputationallyfindwhatchargedoestotheRamanspectrumofamoleculeandwhyonlycertainvibrationsexhibitthesechanges.ResultsofthisstudyshouldhelptofullyunderstandthemechanicsbehindSERS.

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Name:GrahamAvina

Major(s):Physics


FacultyAdvisor(s):FaridaSalim,ArchitectureandEnvironmentalDesign

Poster#:80

TransparentConductiveOxides:Characteristics,Applications,andtheuseofITO

TransparentConductiveOxidefilmsarewidelyusedinmoderntechnologyineverythingfromgasdetectors,tosmartphones,tosolarpanels.OneofthemostwidelyusedTCOfilmsisIdium-Tin-Oxide.IhavestudiedtheidealpropertiesofTCOs,anddiscussthebenefitsanddrawbacksofITO.FindinganalternativetoITOisincreasinglyimportant;therefore,IhaveexploredafewmethodsofmeasuringthecharacteristicsofdifferentTCOfilms,andwhatwelearnfromthem.

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Name:GregJensen

Major(s):Physics



Poster#:81

TrackingtheEnergyFlowonNanoscaleviaSample-TransmittedExcitationPhotoluminescence(STEP)Spectroscopy

Trackingtheenergyflowinnanoscalematerialsisanimportantyetchallenginggoal.Experimentalmethodsforprobingtheintermolecularenergytransfer(ET)areoftenburdenedbythespectralcrosstalkbetweendonorandacceptorspecies,whichcomplicatesunravelingtheirindividualcontributions.Thisissueisparticularlyprominentininorganicnanoparticlesandbiologicalmacromoleculesfeaturingbroadabsorbingprofiles.Here,wedemonstrateageneralspectroscopicstrategyformeasuringtheenergytransferefficiencybetweennanostructuredormoleculardyesexhibitingasignificantdonor-acceptorspectraloverlap.Thereportedapproachisenabledthroughspectralshapingofthebroadbandexcitationlightwithsolutionsofdonormolecules,whichinhibitstheexcitationofrespectivedonorspeciesinthesample.TheresultingchangesintheacceptoremissioninducedbythespectralmodulationoftheexcitationbeamarethenusedtodeterminethequantumefficiencyandtherateofETprocessesbetweenarbitraryfluorophores(molecules,nanoparticles,polymers)withhighaccuracy.Thefeasibility


ofthereportedmethodwasdemonstratedusingacontroldonor-acceptorsystemutilizingaprotein-bridgedCy3-Cy5dyepairandsubsequentlyappliedforstudyingtheenergyflowinaCdSe560-CdSe600binarynanocrystalfilm.

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PoliticalScience

Name:AnyaKaiser

Major(s):PoliticalScience


FacultyAdvisor(s):KeiNomaguchi,Sociology

Poster#:82

ParentingStylesandMother-ChildRelationshipQuality

Parentingstylesplayaninfluential,butvarying,roleinparent-childrelationshipquality.Thisstudyfocusesonmother-childclosenessandconflictandhowbothoftheserelationship-qualityindicatorsareshapedbypermissiveandauthoritativeparentingstyles.Ianalyzedataaboutmother’sparentalbehaviorandrelationshipqualitywithchildren,asreportedbymothersofthirdgradechildrenintheStudyofEarlyChildcareandYouthDevelopment(N=1,007).Onaverage,highlypermissivemothershavegreaterconflictandlessclosenesswiththeirchild.Incontrast,highlyauthoritativemothershavelessconflictandgreaterclosenesswiththeirchild.Authoritativeparentingrelatestolessconflictwiththeirchildonlyamongmotherswithcollegeeducation,andauthoritativeparentingrelatestomother-childclosenessregardlessofmothers’levelsofeducation.Permissiveparentingisrelatedtoconflictonlyamongmotherswithoutcollegeeducation,and,inversely,mothers’permissiveparentingrelatestomoreclosenessonlyamongmotherswithcollegeeducation.Theseresultssuggestthatauthoritativeparentingstyles,regardlessofeducationlevel,fostercloserandmorepeacefulparent-childrelationships.

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Name:AnyaKaiser



FacultyAdvisor(s):NealJesse,PoliticalScience

Poster#:83

TheAmericanPoliticalMindset:TheInteractionofExceptionalismandCynicisminPublicOpinion

ThisresearchinvestigatesthepervasivenessofbothpoliticalcynicismandAmericanexceptionalismwithinAmericansociety.Throughouthistory,therehasbeenaninteractionbetweenthepublic'sfeelingsofAmericanexceptionalismandcynicismintheUnitedStates,startingatthenation’sfoundingandcontinuingintorecenttimes(Chaloupka,1999).UsingtheAmericanNationalElectionStudies’2012surveyontrustingovernment(n=5,914),Iexaminetherelationshipbetweendistrustingovernment(aproxyforpoliticalcynicism)andfeelingsofAmericanexceptionalism.ResultsshowasignificantrelationshipbetweencynicismandfeelingsofAmericanexceptionalismintheUnitedStates,withthosewhoreportlowtrustalsoreportinggreaterfeelingsofAmericanexceptionalism,ascomparedtothosewithmediumandhightrustingovernment.Theseassociationsarestrongerforrespondentswhoreporthighlevelsofsatisfactionwiththefederalgovernment.TheresultssuggestthatfeelingsofpoliticalcynicismandAmericanexceptionalismexistintandeminAmericanpublicopinion.

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Name:JulieMacmann



FacultyAdvisor(s):MelissaMiller,PoliticalScience

Poster#:84

BiasinthePressCorps?ComparingCoverageofHillaryClintonbyJournalistGender

UsingtheNewYorkTimes2016PresidentialPrimaryPressCoverageStudy,whichinvolvedacollectionofover400newsarticlespertainingtothepresidentialcampaign,IseektofindiftherewasanybiasinHillaryClinton’scoveragebasedonthejournalist’sgender.IhypothesizethatfemalejournalistscoveredClintoninamorepositivewaythanmalejournalists.Iexaminethefollowingvariablesbyjournalistgender:articletone,mentionofpositiveimagetraits,andmentionofscandals.Iexaminewhetherfemalejournalistsadoptedamorefavorabletone


towardClinton,mentionedherpositiveimagetraitsmorefrequently,andmentionedscandalsaboutherlessfrequentlythanmalejournalists.Whilenoneoftheserelationshipsprovedstatisticallysignificant,thereisdirectionalsupportforfemalejournalistsmentioningscandalsaboutClintonatalowerrateandmentioningherpositivetraitsatahigherratethanmalejournalists.Implicationsandtheneedforfurtherresearcharediscussed.

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Name:CollinClaywell



FacultyAdvisor(s):JacquelineSevert,PoliticalScience

Poster#:85

PreventingProtestMobilizationinAuthoritativeStates:UsingCourtstoUpholdAssociationRights

Decidingtoparticipateinapoliticalprotestorsocialmovementisnotonethatismadelightly.Individualsfacedwiththechoicetospeakoutagainsttheirgovernanceorliveunderpoliciesorlawstheydisagreewithdonotsimplychoosetomarchinthestreetswithoutsignificantconsideration.Thechoicetoprotest—ordissent—isinfluencedbymanyfactors,includingwhetherthegovernmentislikelytorespondwithforceorrepression(Davenportetal.,2005;Davenport,1995;Davenport2007;Moore,2000;DannemanandRitter,2014;Ritter,2014),thepolitical,institutional,orsocialstructureofthesystemtheylivein(Tarrow,1994),andtheissuesatstakeintheprotest.Oneunderstudiedareaofprotestishowprotestsareshapedoraffectedbytheindependenceofthejudicialsystem.Twopossibleexplanationsofthisphenomenoncurrentlyexist.Thefirstschoolofresearchsuggeststhatwhenpoliticaloppositiongroupshavelessrestrictedaccesstoindependentcourtsystemsforlegalrectification,theywillbemoreprobabletoaddresstheirgrievanceswiththestatethroughthecourtsystemratherthanprotest.Innon-democraticregimes,wherepoliticalprotestsareespeciallyriskyforindividuals,otherpoliticalnominallyindependentinstitutionshavebeenshowntoreduceconflictandminimizeoppositionmovements.Thecreationofpoliticalpartiesandlegislatureshasbeenassociatedwithincreasedtenureofauthoritarianregimesandsideliningpoliticaloppositionmovements(Lust-Okar,2005;Geddes,2006;Haber,2006;Gandhi,2008;Blaydes,2011;FrantzandEzrow,2011).Asimilarargumentcanbemadeaboutpartiallyindependentjudiciaries.Ifthecourtsystemisindependent,itprovidesanavenueforpeopletohavetheirgrievancesaddressedwithouthavingtotaketheirmessagetothestreet.Thesecondexplanationsuggeststhatwhenindependentjudiciariesprovideacheckontheexecutive,theexecutivewillbelesslikelytorepressandcoercetheprotestsandopposition


groups,thusprovidingthegroupscovertoassemble.Ifthecourtlimitstheauthorityoftheexecutive,oriftheregimeleaderisforcedtoaccountforhisactionsinapubliccourtoflaw,theywillbelesslikelytouseforceifitwillcostthemlegitimacyortheyfacesomepunishment.Protesters,beingawareofthepossibilitytheregimecouldbecalledinfrontofthecourttoaccountforviolenceagainstprotesters,mayseizeontheopportunitytoprotest.Inotherwords,themoreindependentcourtsystem,themorelikelyprotestswilloccur.Althoughpriorresearchindicatesthatindependentcourtsoftenresultinlessviolentuprisings,itdoeshoweverincurmorepeacefulpoliticaldemonstrations.Assuch,whenregimesforeseepotentialforrebellioninoppositiongroups,theyofferlegalconcessionstopreemptdeleteriousactivity.Asystematicindependentcourtapparatusissuesabroadarrayoflegalremediesandchecksonautocraticregimes.Theobjectiveofthisresearchistobetterunderstandthemotivationsbehindtheprotestsinauthoritativestates,andwhethertheindependenceofthejudiciaryaffectstheseverityandfrequencyofprotests.

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PsychologyandNeuroscience

Name:BenjaminFry

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):HowardCromwell,Psychology

Poster#:86

EffectsofAnandamideAdministrationonComponentsofRewardProcessingDuringFreeChoice

Previousresearchhasimplicatedthepositivemodulationofanandamide,anendocannabinoidneurotransmitter,onfeedingbehavior.Anandamideisparticularlynoteworthyasitsharesasimilarmechanismofactionwithtetrahydrocannabinol,theprimarypsychoactivecomponentinCannabis.CannabislegalizationinNorthAmericahaspresentedwithaneedtostudyendocannabinoidagonistsandtheireffectsonbehavior.Muchhasyettobedeterminedintermsoftheroleoftheendocannabinoidsystemindecision-makingscenarios.Theresearchpresentedheretestedthehypothesisthatanandamidewouldaugmentmotivationandrewardprocessingviaappetitiveandconsummatorymeasuresduringanoperant,foragingtask.Athree-boxdesignwasusedinordertoprovidetheanimalswithafreechoice,exploratoryforagingenvironment.Discrimination,preference,andincentivecontrastwereanalyzedasdiscretemeasuresofdecision-makinginthethree-boxparadigm.Anandamideadministration(1mg/kg)wasfoundtosignificantlyincreasemotivationfortheoptimalforagingoutcome.The


positiveeffectsofanandamideoneatingbehaviorandmotivationhaveimplicationstowardpossibletreatmentmodalitiesforpatientpopulationspresentingwithdisordersofmotivation.Thesefindingssuggesttheneedforcontinuedinvestigationoftheendocannabinoidsystemasacentralcomponentofmotivatedbehavior.

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Name:KaylaKeto

Major(s):Neuroscience


FacultyAdvisor(s):DanWiegman,Biology

Poster#:87

Dowhipspidersusemagneticcuesduringnavigation?

Thenavigationalabilitiesofamblypigidshasbeenlittlestudied.Fieldstudiessuggestthatwhennavigatingbacktotheirhomerefuges,amblypigidsmayrelyonolfactorycuesandthatvisualcuesarenotneeded.Inthisparticularstudy,thepotentialuseofmagneticcueswasexplored.Themethodsusedwerebasedonanexperimentinwhichamblypygidsweresuccessfullytrainedtodiscriminatebetweensheltersbasedonolfactorycues.Subjectsweretrainedtodiscriminatebetweenasheltercuedbyalocalizedshiftinthepolarityofthemagneticfieldandashelternearwhichthefieldwasunmanipulated.Afterthetraining,subjectsweregivenachoicetestandthetimespentneareachshelterwasrecorded.Theexperimentisnotyetcompleted,buttheresultssuggestthatthepotencyofmagneticcuesasnavigationalguidesislessthanthatofolfactorycues.

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Name:KendelStrasser

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):CarolynTompsett,Psychology

Poster#:88

AlcoholOutletLocationsandUrbanAdolescentViewsofNeighborhoods


Theenvironmentinwhichanadolescentresidesaffectstheirdevelopment,howevertheadolescent’sperceptionoftheirenvironmentshouldbeconsideredaswell.MennisandMason(2011)foundthattheperceptionsofparticipantswerevitalwhenstudyinglocations,inparticularwhendealingwithsubstanceuse.Furthermore,previousresearchbyGormanetal(2001)establishedthatalcoholoutletdensitywaspositivelycorrelatedwithviolentcrime.Thiswouldinturn,increasethenegativeperceptionoftheneighborhood.Thus,thepresentstudysoughttounderstandtheaffectsofalcoholoutletslocationsonadolescentperceptionsofneighborhood.Thisstudyanalyzedtheproximityofalcoholoutletlocationstourbanadolescentsintheirhomeneighborhoodandrecordedtheirperceptionoftheirneighborhoodinaninterview.Theadolescentswereaskedtoillustratetheirperceivedhomeneighborhoodviasketchmaps,whichwerethenrecordedontoArcGISsoftwareforfurtheranalysis.Thespatialrelationshipofalcoholoutletstotheadolescents’homeneighborhoodwasexamined,andthuscreatedinsightintothefrequencythattheadolescentwouldencounteralcoholoutletsduringtheirdailyroutine.Basedontheanswersreceivedduringtheinterview,theperspectiveofanadolescent’sneighborhoodwasmeasuredintermsof:neighborhoodattachment,streetcode,socialcontrol,collectiveefficacy,andsocialcohesion.Findings(n=52)suggestnocorrelationbetweenalcoholoutletlocationsandtheadolescentviewsofneighborhood.Thiswouldmeanthatthenumberofalcoholoutletlocationaroundanadolescent’shomeneighborhooddoesnothaveanimpactonhowthatindividualperceivestheirneighborhood.However,theseinsignificantfindingscouldbecausedbyalackoftheadolescenttofullyappreciatetheirenvironmentandthedifferencesinwhichtheadolescentdefinedtheirhomeneighborhoods.Duetothesefindings,furtherresearchandpracticeisneededtostudyinmoredepth.WorksCitedGorman,D.M.,Speer,P.W.,Gruenewald,P.J.,&Labouvie,E.W.(2001).Spatialdynamicsofalcoholavailability,neighborhoodstructureandviolentcrime.Journalofstudiesonalcohol,62(5),628-636.Mennis,J.,&Mason,M.J.(2011).People,places,andadolescentsubstanceuse:Integratingactivityspaceandsocialnetworkdataforanalyzinghealthbehavior.AnnalsoftheAssociationofAmericanGeographers,101(2),272-291.

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Name:KyleeSmith



FacultyAdvisor(s):CaseyCromwell,Psychology

Poster#:89

IncentiveContrastAsARelativeRewardProcess

:Incentivecontrasthasbeenaverypopularresearchtopicinbehavioralneuroscience.Incentivecontrastisthechangeinresponsetoaparticularrewardduetotheoutcomebeingdifferentthanpreviousexposure.Anexampleofthiswouldbereceivingonehundreddollarsafteronlygettingonedollarthepreviousday(positivecontrast)oronlygettingadollarafterreceivingonehundredfromthedaybefore(negativecontrast).Mostoftheresearchhaslookedatincentivecontrastineitherthroughconsummatoryactionsoroperanttasks,neverbothtogether.Itisunknownhowthesetwoprocessesworktogethertopredictincentivecontrast.Forthisstudyinparticular,weareexaminingappetitivemeasuresuchas,totalnumberofleverpresses,nosespokesandlatencieswithintheapparatus.Theconsummatorymeasurebeinginvestigatedistotalamountdrank.Thisstudyexaminestherelationshipbetweenrapidrelativerewardcomparisonsandincentivecontrastamongrats(n=3)thatarebothdeprived(85%-87%)andnon-deprivedusingappetitiveandconsummatorymeasures.Animalsweretrainedtonosepokeandlever-pressinordertoobtainaccesstoasucrosesolution(concentrationused:2.5%,10%,20%or40%indeionizedwater).Theserewardswereplacedoutsideanoperantboxwhichcouldbereachedthroughasmallhole.Animalsranthrougheighttestingsessionwithtwosingleblocks(5v5%,10v10%,20v20%)andamixedcomparisonblock(5V10%,10v5%)inbetweenthetwosingleblocks.Duringmixedcomparisonblocksthespoutrotatedbetweenpre-randomizedsucrosesolutions,allowingforcomparativeanalysisbetweentwoconcentrationsinoneblock.Duringtheeightsessions,animal’sexperiencesupshifts(positive)ordownshift(negative)relativetoanotheroutcomeinordertoexamineincentivecontrasteffectsonbehaviorperformance.Wewillexaminetheinfluenceofdynamiccomparisonsbetweenthetworewardoutcomesinarepeatedmeasuresdesignwiththreesessions:asingleoutcomeamixedoutcomefollowedbyasingleoutcomesessionforextinction.Wearehopingtoseethattheoperant/instrumentalprocessescanbeaneffectivewaytomeasureincentivecontrast.

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Name:LeahChipps

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):SheronaGarrett-Ruffin,Psychology

Poster#:90

TheEffectsofColoringMandalasonMoodandEEGFrequencyBands

Coloringisthoughttobeparticularlyeffectiveinreducingstressbecauseitinvolvesbothself-expressionandconcentrativemeditation;therebylimitingstimulusinputandreducingfocusonnegativeemotionalstates(Curry&Kasser,2005).Thereareafewstudiesthatsupportcoloringmandalastoreducestress(Curry&Kasser,2005;vanderVennetandSerice,2012;Sandmireetal.,2012).Theliterature,however,islimitedbythenumberofstudiesandbyanoverrelianceonself-reportmeasures.Wesoughttofillagapintheliteraturebyexploringtheeffectsofcoloringmandalasonself-reportedmoodandphysiologicalmeasures,specificallyheartrateandbrainwaveactivity.Specifically,wesoughttoinvestigatewhethercoloringmandalaswouldimprovemoodasindicatedbyself-reportandgreaterelectroencephalographic(EEG)left-hemisphericactivity,aproposedglobalindicatorofpositivemood.WealsohypothesizedthatcoloringwouldreduceheartandincreaseEEGthetaamplitude,ameasureofcorticalarousal.Todate,thereisnostudyontheimpactofmandalacoloringonbrainwaveactivity.Consequently,thisstudyallowedustoexaminetheimpactofcoloringmandalasatafundamentalneurophysiologicallevel.

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Name:NatashaFlesher



FacultyAdvisor(s):VincentCoppola,Psychology

Poster#:91

ContinuedInvestigationofHippocampalAginginHomingPigeons

Morethan5millionAmericansarelivingwithAlzheimer’s,adiseasecausedbythedegenerationofneurologicalcellsinourbrains.ThefoundationalworkofO’Keefe&Nadel,(1978)initiatedastreamofneurologicalresearchinvestigatingthemammalianhippocampusasakeycomponentinspatialmemoryandnavigationinrelationtocelldeath.Theseconcernsarestimulatingresearchthatasksthequestion:doesthecreationofmemoriescausetheusageand


celldeathofsomanyneuronsthatitinterfereswiththeabilitytorecallinformation.Thewell-knownhomologybetweenthemammalianandavianhippocampus(Colombo&Broadbent,2000)suggestspromisingresearchavenuesforusingpigeonstounlockunderstandingofthisresearchquestion.Intheavianbrain,ourlabhypothesizesthatolderbirdshavelessremainingcapacityfornewmemoriestobecodedandretrieved;whenformingnewmemories,knowinghowmanycellsdieinthehippocampusenablesustobetterunderstandwhetherthehypothesisisaccurate.Myspecificresearchcomparesthenumberofcellsthatdieinoldandyoungpigeons;ifthedifferencebetweenthetwogroupsofpigeon’snumberofdyingcellsissignificant,thenmemoriesarenolongersusceptibletobeingretrieved.Inordertoidentifyandisolatedeadordyingcells,Icompletedasub-fieldandmagnificationanalysisthatseparatedthehippocampusintothedorsallateral,dorsalmedial,andventralsections.Ithencompletedamultivariateassessmenttofindanysignificancetosupportmyhypothesis.

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Name:RowanWicks

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):HannahGeis,Psychology

Poster#:92

PerfectionismasaMaladaptiveConstruct:AnExaminationofPerfectionism,NegativeAutomaticThoughts,andConscientiousness

Althoughsomeauthorshavediscussedan“adaptive”dimensionofperfectionism,FlettandHewitt(2006)arguedthatadaptiveperfectionismasdefinedintheliterature“bearsastrikingresemblance”toconscientiousness,andthatperfectionismisalwaysamaladaptiveconstructthatdescribesthosewhoplaceanirrationalimportanceonachievingimpossiblyhighstandards.Toexplorethenatureofthisconstruct,thisprojectexaminesthecorrelationsamongperfectionismcognitions,rumination,worry,andconscientiousness,andexploreswhetherindividualswhoreporthavingacurrentdiagnosisofdepressionoranxietyreporthigherlevelsofthesefourconstructs.621participantscompletedanonlinequestionnairewithself-reportmeasuresoftheseconstructs.Perfectionismcognitions,rumination,andworrywereallhighlypositivelycorrelated(p<.001).Additionally,conscientiousnessandruminationhadasmall,butsignificantnegativecorrelation(p=.001),andperfectionismcognitionsandconscientiousnesshadasmall,butsignificantpositivecorrelation(p=.005).Finally,wefoundthatthosewhoreporthavingadiagnosisofanxietyordepressionreportedsignificantlyhigherlevelsofperfectionismcognitions,rumination,andworry(p<.001)thanthosewithoutthisdiagnosis.Therewasnosignificantdifferencewhencomparinglevelsofconscientiousnessbetweenthe


twogroups.Overall,thesefindingssupporttheargumentthatperfectionismisamaladaptiveconstruct.Theseresultsshouldcautionresearchersagainstusingtheterms“positive”or“healthy”perfectionismwhendescribingcharacteristicssuchasachievementstrivingorconscientiousness.Futureresearchshouldexploreothermeasuresofperfectionismtodeterminewhethertheyincludeaspectsof“healthy”perfectionismnotcapturedinthescaleusedinthisstudy.

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Name:VanessaBurke

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):RussellMatthews,I/OPsychology

Poster#:93

GossipinaTeleworkContext

Teleworkisdefinedintermsofaworkarrangementwhichallowsonetoworkremotelyfromthetraditionalworkplaceinlocationssuchasthehome,telecenters(e.g.publiclibrarieswithinternetaccess,universitytelecenters,cybercafés),andcafesforoneormoredaysoftheworkweek.Duetothedistancedstyleofworkalteringcommunicationwithcoworkersandsupervisors,workplacesocialinteractionsmaydifferforteleworkersrelativetotheirtraditionalpeers.Thisstudyexaminesthesocialinteractions(e.g.,theroleofgossip)withinasampleof236teleworkersand197traditionalworkers.Withinourtheoreticallygroundmodel,aspredicted,gossiphadapositivedirecteffectonaffectivecommitmentdemonstratingapotentialpositiveoutcomeofgossip.However,aspredicted,gossiphadanegativeindirecteffectonaffectivecommitmentwhenengagingingossipelicitedretaliatorybehaviors(intheformofincivility)fromcoworkersandsupervisors.Subgroupdifferencesbetweenteleworkersversusnon-teleworkerswereobservedinmultiplegroupanalyses.Thus,consistentwiththeory,gossiphadbothpositiveandnegativeimplications.Implicationsofthisstudyarediscussedandsuggestionsaremadeforfutureresearch.

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Name:ZackeryKnauss




FacultyAdvisor(s):HowardCromwell,Psychology

Poster#:94

Getting(Lazy)ratstowork:Ordereffectsalterworkoutputinratmodelofchoice

Previousresearchonhowordereffectscaninfluencemotivationinchoicebehaviorhastraditionallybeenexploredinparadigmsthatbydesignlimit,orcompletelyremovefundamentalbehavioralprocessesthatmayimpactchoiceevaluationanddiscrimination(i.e.freeforaging).Previouswork,andpreliminarydata,hasindicatedthatthesequenceofeffortexperiencecouldhavemajorimpactsonthelevelofmotivationforareward.Withearlyhighlevelsofeffortpairedwithsmallrewardvaluesshowinganincreaseddifficultyinelicitingandmaintainingworkoutput,independentoflatervariationsoffoodreward.Thepresentstudyusedaparadigmthatcouple’selementsofrewardorder,freechoice,andfreeforagingwiththegoalofformingamorenaturalisticmodelofhowordereffectsrelatetoworkmotivation/outputintheratmodelofchoice.Inordertoanalyzetheeffectsoforderonchoicebehaviorathree-boxdesignwasimplemented.Overaperiodofsevenweeks’rewardoutcomesinthehigheffortbox(5leverpress)wereshiftedbyweekforamixed-optionoutcome(5,4,3,1,3,4,5pellets).Whileintheloweffortbox(oneleverpress)aconstantrewardorsingleoption(onepellet)wasmaintainedoverallweeks.Workmotivation/outputwasdeterminedthroughanalysisofhigheffortrewarddiscrimination,preferenceandincentivecontrastbetweenweeks.Anordereffectwasobservedwithanimalsworkingharderandprovidingmoreeffortwhenrewardsweredecreasing,whencomparedtorewardsincreasing,byweek;(1>7),(2>6),(3>5).Thesefindingssuggestthatratswhoexperiencehigherlevelsofworkfirst,willchoosetoworkandpreferworkingevenwhenthefoodrewardisdecreasedtoapointwhereitiscostlyincomparisontotheconstantoneleverpressonepelletreward.

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PublicHealth

Name:AshleyMeehan

Major(s):PublicHealth


FacultyAdvisor(s):RebeccaFallon,PublicandAlliedHealth

Poster#:27

HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus(HIV)andAcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome(AIDS):StudentKnowledgeatBowlingGreenStateUniversity(BGSU)in2016Comparedto1988

In1988duringtheheightoftheHIVandAIDSpandemic,across-sectionalsurveywasdistributedtoBGSUstudentsaskingaboutknowledge,perceptions,andbehaviorsregardingHIVandAIDS.ToseeifHIV-specificknowledgeandperceptionshavechangedamongBGSUstudentsin2016comparedto1988,focusgroupswereheldandasurveywasdeliveredtoBGSUstudents.KnowledgeregardingHIVtestinghasincreased(by25%)whileknowledgeoftreatmentofHIVhasdecreased(by22%).StudentsperceiveamediumlikelihoodthatsomeonetheyknowcouldcontractHIV,butperceiveaverylowlikelihoodthattheycouldcontractHIV.AdditionaleducationalopportunitiesshouldbeexploredbyBGSUtopreventtransmissionofHIV.

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SocialWork

Name:AnastasiaKuebler

Major(s):SocialWork


FacultyAdvisor(s):HeeSoonLee,SocialWork

Poster#:95

SexismintheFilmIndustry

Ourstudy,“SexismintheFilmIndustry,”willservetobringawarenesstothefactthatthefilmindustryhasendorsedsexismbycontinuallymisrepresentingwomen.Whenwomenareexposedtotheambientsexisminthefilmindustry,theywillbenegativelyimpacted,eveniftheimpactissubconscious.Inthisstudy,weconductasurveyoftenquestionsaskinghowthesexisminthefilmindustryaffectsemergingadult’sattitudetowardthemselvesandotherwomen.Menandwomen,perourstudy,areaffectedbysexisminthefilmindustrydifferently.Menarelesslikelytobenegativelyimpacted,andwomenaremorelikelytobeaffected.Keywords:sexism,filmindustry,women,misrepresentation

Name:CarlyWillis

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:96

StressorsofGrandparenting:HowtheCommunityCanAidThem

Approximately2.7milliongrandparentsareraisingtheirgrandchildrenandaboutone-fifthofthispopulationfallsbeneaththepovertyline(Cancino,2016).Bybecomingtheprimarycaregivertograndchildren,grandparentsfacenumerousstressors,suchasfinancialdifficulties,mentalandphysicalhealthproblems,andchallengesregardingcustody,parentaldeaths,incarceration,andparentalrights.Thepurposeofthestudyistoexplorethemainstressorsgrandparentsexperienceandtodiscoverhowastrongcommunitycanaidthem.Aliteraturereview,threetestimonials,aswellastwenty-threecompletedsurveysusedtocollectthedata.Thefindingsinclude;financialburdens,mobilityissues,higherdepressionandanxietyrates,andstruggleswithfamilyconflict.Recommendationsforassistinggrandparentsinclude,butare


notlimitedto;familytherapy,supportgroupsforboththegrandparentandthegrandchild,financialprograms,andsecondarycaretakers.Inthecommunity,itisimportanttobeawareofthestressorsofthispopulation,andtobeabletoprovidetheproperresources.Keywords:grandparenting,stressors,well-being,grandchildren,community

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Name:EmilyKalman

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:97

StressorsofGrandparenting:HowtheCommunityCanAidthem

Approximately2.7milliongrandparentsareraisingtheirgrandchildrenandaboutone-fifthofthispopulationfallsbeneaththepovertyline(Cancino,2016).Bybecomingtheprimarycaregivertograndchildren,grandparentsfacenumerousstressors,suchasfinancialdifficulties,mentalandphysicalhealthproblems,andchallengesregardingcustody,parentaldeaths,incarceration,andparentalrights.Thepurposeofthestudyistoexplorethemainstressorsgrandparentsexperienceandtodiscoverhowastrongcommunitycanaidthem.Aliteraturereview,threetestimonials,aswellastwenty-threecompletedsurveysusedtocollectthedata.Thefindingsinclude;financialburdens,mobilityissues,higherdepressionandanxietyrates,andstruggleswithfamilyconflict.Recommendationsforassistinggrandparentsinclude,butarenotlimitedto;familytherapy,supportgroupsforboththegrandparentandthegrandchild,financialprograms,andsecondarycaretakers.Inthecommunity,itisimportanttobeawareofthestressorsofthispopulation,andtobeabletoprovidetheproperresources.

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Name:JoshuaAmaro

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:98

AReviewofStudiesMeasuringQualityofLIfefortheAgingHIVPopulation


BecauseofadvancesinHIVtreatment,andgeneralhealthcare,theagingpopulationlivingwithHIVhasbeengrowingexponentially,jumpingfromonly9%(71,428)in2000toalmost45%(428,724)in2014.Subsequently,theneedtomeasurethequalityoflifeforHIVpatientsovertheageof50hasbeenthesubjectforresearchinthepastdecade.Thisstudyactsasasmall-scalemeta-analysiscompiledofstudiesthatmeasurethequalityoflifeforpeopleovertheageof50andlivingwithHIV.ThepurposeofthisstudyistocollectandcomparedataregardingthequalityoflifeforthisparticularpopulationofHIVpatients.Eachsamplestudywasreviewedandanalyzedtodeterminewhattoolswereusedtomeasurethequalityoflifefortheirsubjects,aswellaswhatdatawasdiscoveredthroughtheirresearch.Findingsforeachstudywascompiled,andcomparedwhencontradictingmeasuringtoolswereused.Withthisstudy,wehopetoprovideeffectiveandefficientmethodsformeasuringthequalityoflifeofHIVpatientsovertheageof50.

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Name:KristaWeaver

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:99

SeasonalBlues:OlderMaleAdultsinCorrections

Asof2016,about2.4%ofprisonersare55oroldertotaling4,652prisonersoverall(FederalBureauofPrisoners,2016).Thepurposeofthestudyistodetermineifthereisacorrelationbetweenthetimeoftheyearandthetypeofoffensecommittedamongmaleolderadults.Thisstudyisimportantbecauseassocialworkersweareabletoimplementcertainprogramsaroundthemostcriminalseasonsinordertoseeadecreaseincrime.TheobjectiveofthisresearchistoidentifypatternsofcriminalactivityamongolderadultmaleswithinthestateofOhio.Ourmethodologyinordertocollectdatainvolvesliteraturereviews,secondarydataanalysis,casestudies,andspecificallylookingatcrimescommittedincertaincountiesinOhio.Oursamplepopulationwas100adultmales.Findings,fromboththeliteraturereviewandsecondarydataanalysis,indicatethatthereisastrongcorrelationbetweentheseasonsandthetypeofoffensecommitted.Duetothesefindings,wesuggestthatmoreprogramsshouldbeinplacetodivertthesecriminalactionsamongolderadultsduringcertainseasonsoftheyear,asthisisavulnerablepopulation.Keywords:older,corrections,seasons,offense,andmales

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Name:MayaLeachman

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:100

RacialMinoritiesandMajorities:EqualAccesstoOpportunities?

Unequalaccesstoopportunitiesintheareasofhealthcare,education,employment,andhousingforracialminoritygroupsisasignificantprobleminAmerica.Manyracialminoritypopulationsdonotreceivesimilartreatmentintheserealmsduetopersonalandinstitutionalracism.Thisresearchstudywasdonetodiscoverthevariouswaysthatthesedisparitiesexistandtherolethatracialdiscriminationplayswhentheseservicesaredelivered.Datawascollectedfromreviewingpreviousscholarlyjournalswithinthesefields.Findingsshowedthatthereareconsiderabledifferencesbetweentheracialmajoritycomparedtootherminoritygroupsinthetreatmentofillnesses,hiringprocesses,loanapplications,andaccesstoqualityeducation.Causesofthesevariousprejudicestendedtobedueprimarilytowardinstitutionalforcescarriedoutbytheindividualsprovidingtheseservices.Theseresultsshowaneedformoreresearchdoneonreasonsbehindinstitutionalracisminordertolookforsolutionstothisissue.

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Name:MarkiaBoone

Major(s):SocialWork



Poster#:101

BotchedBeauty

Theconceptsoflookismintheworkplaceandmediaregardingskincomplexion,weight,lackoflegalaction,andgeneralsocietalstandardsofappearancecauseanissueinsocietytoday.Theissueisthediscriminationsetforthbythosewhojudgeothersbasedoffofhowtheylookandforcingthosejudgedtofeeltheneedtochangethemselvestofittheproperstandards.Thepurposeofthestudyistoexaminewhyonefeelstheneedtoconformtothestandardssetbysocietyandshowntothemthroughdifferentformsofmediaoutlets.Thegoaloftheresearchstudyistodiscoverindividual’sperceptionofbeautywithinthemselves,others,andoverall


society.Wereviewedseveraldifferentarticlesaboutlookismintheworkplaceandmedia.Wefoundthatlookismisbecomingagrowingtrendintoday’ssocietyandtheimportantrolesocialworkersmustplayinadvocating.Societyhassetstandardsofwhatthe“idealbody”shouldlooklike;fromskintonetosizeandshape,downtothestructureofaman’smuscledefinition.Associalworkersitisimportanttoadvocateself-love,educateaboutthenegativeaspectsofbodyshaming,andpromotethecreationoflegalactionagainstlookism.

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Sociology

Name:ElizabethKovert

Major(s);Sociology


FacultyAdvisor(s):SusanBrown,Sociology

Poster#:102

TheRoleofUnionDissolutionandRepartneringonHealthLaterinLife

Graydivorce,ordivorceaftertheageof50,hasdoubledsince1990,whereaswidowhoodisonthedecline.Widowhoodisnegativelyassociatedwithwell-beingbutlittleisknownaboutdivorceinlaterlife.Ourstudybuildsuponpreviousresearchbyexaminingtheassociationbetweengraydivorceandwell-being.Wealsoconsiderwhetherrepartneringhelpstoamelioratethenegativeconsequencesofmaritaldissolution.Further,menoftenreapgreaterpsychologicaladvantagesfrommarriagethanwomen,whichmayleadtogenderdifferencesinhealthoutcomesfollowinguniondissolutionandrepartnership.Usingdatafromthe2010HealthandRetirementStudy,wefoundthatdivorcedsdrinkmorethanwidoweds,withdivorcedswhoremainsinglereportingthehighestlevelsofalcoholuse.Divorcedsandwidowedswhorepartnerhavelowerlevelsofdepressivesymptomsthandivorcedsandwidowedswhoremainsinglesuggestingthatregardlessofdissolutiontype,repartneredindividualsreportlowerlevelsofdepressivesymptomsthanthosewhoremainsingle.Mentendtodrinkmorethanwomenwiththeexceptionofdivorcedrepartneredmen.Regardlessofrepartneringstatus,divorcedwomenreporthigherlevelsofdepressivesymptomsthandivorcedmen.However,therearenodifferencesamongmenandwomenwhoarewidowed.Thisstudycontributestothecurrentbodyofliteraturebyprovidingnewinsightsonthehealthconsequencesofdivorceandrepartnershipforbothmenandwomen.


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Name:MeganCorns

Major(s):Sociology


FacultyAdvisor(s):KeiNomaguchi,Sociology

Poster#:103

TheAssociationBetweenTeacher-StudentRelationshipandAcademicPerformance

Thisstudyexaminesthelinkbetweenastudent’srelationship,levelsofconflictandclosenesswithhisorherteacherandstudent’sacademicperformance,withaspecificattentiontovariationbysocioeconomicstatusmeasuredbythestudent’smother’seducationalattainment.Dataforthisstudywasdrawnfromthe(NICHD)StudyofEarlyChildCareandYouthDevelopment,alongitudinalstudyoffamiliesover15years,focusingontheyearwhenthestudychildrenwereinfifthgrade,foundinWaveIII(N=924).Overall,teacher’sreportedlowconflictandhighclosenesswiththeirstudents.Cross-tabulationanalysiswithChi-squaretestsfoundthatstudentsweremorelikelytoscorehigherontestsofmathematicalthinkingandlanguageandliteracyiftheyhadlowconflictwiththeirteacher.Therewaslittlevariationbymother’seducationinthisassociation.Theseresultssuggesttheimportanceofagoodrelationshipbetweenstudentsandtheirteachersforthestudent’sacademicsuccessregardlessoftheirfamiliesSES.

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Name:NicholasBischoff

Major(s):Chemistry


FacultyAdvisor(s):RobertMidden

Poster#:104

EvaluationofWastewaterTreatmenttoReduceNutrientTransport

ThisresearchprojectisaimedatreducingthenutrientrunofffromliquidCAFOmanureusedasfertilizeronfarmfields.Polymerandcoagulantsareaddedtoliquidmanuretocoagulatethesolidsandbindthenutrients.Thesolidtreatedmanureisdriedandthereleaseofitsnutrientsaretestedusingrainsimulations.Ideallythenutrientswillbereleasedatarateinwhichthecropsplantedinthefieldscanusethemsotheydonotenterwaterwaysinrainrunoff.Overall,themaingoalofthisprojectistodevelopamoreefficientmanurefertilizerthatwillpromoteenvironmentalsustainabilityfromanagriculturalstandpoint.___________________________________________________________________________

Name:BrynnBusalacchi

Major(s):History


FacultyAdvisor(s):AmilcarChallu

Poster#:105

StudyofDelbertLatta'sInvolvementinEnvironmentalism

ExaminingtheDelbertL.LattaCongressionalPapersCollectionfromtheCenterofArchivalCollections,Ilookedathisinvolvementandacknowledgementoflocalenvironmentalconcernsfrom1970-1976.ThroughlettersfromhisconstituentsandcontactwiththeDepartmentofNaturalResources,DepartmentofParksandRecreationandTheOhioEnvironmentalProtectionAgency,heisinvolvedwiththecreationprocessofwatersheds,dealingwithairpollutionaffectingtreegrowthandcomplaintsaboutthetoxicwastefromlocalcompanies.___________________________________________________________________________


Name:JacksonWheeler

Major(s):Geology


FacultyAdvisor(s):106

Poster#:YuningFu

SurfacedeformationcausedbyaquiferinHamiltonCounty,Ohio

ThecorrelationbetweentheEarth'scrustaldeformationandthewaterleveltodeterminewhetherthereisanaquiferpresentbeneaththesubsurface.___________________________________________________________________________

Name:MichelleSire

Major(s):Psychology


FacultyAdvisor(s):DaraMusher-Eizenman

Poster#:107

TheEffectsofMindfulEatinginPreschoolers

Foodneophobia,afearofunfamiliarfoods,andproblematicmealtimebehaviorsarecommonamongyoungchildren.Childneophobiahasbeenlinkedtopoordietaryvarietyandnutrientintake,potentialriskfactorsforestablishinglong-term,unhealthyeatinghabits(Johnson,Davies,Boles,Gavin&Bellows,2015).Amongadults,mindfuleating(i.e.,beingpresentandawareofeatinginthemoment)hasbeenassociatedwithreducedcalorieconsumptionandhealthiersnackchoices;however,minimalresearchhasexploredtherelationshipbetweenmindfulnessandeatingbehaviorsinyoungchildren(Jordan,Wang,Donatoni,&Meier,2014).Thepresentstudydescribesanewmindfuleatinginterventionforyoungchildrenandexamineswhetheritincreaseschildmindfulnessanddecreaseschildneophobiaandproblematicmealtimebehaviors.Asampleof30preschoolerswillbeincludedintheintervention.Sofar,ninepreschoolers,ages4-6,andtheirparentshavebeenrecruitedfromalocaldaycareinBowlingGreen,OH.Parentscompletedpre-andpost-interventionquestionnairesabouttheirfeedingpracticesandtheirchild’smealtimebehaviors.Thepreschoolersparticipatedin10briefinterventionsessions,aswellaspre-andpost-testsassessingtheirneophobiaandmindfulness.Preliminaryfindingsonthissubsamplesuggestthatthenumberofsensesbeingusedhaveincreasedfrompre-testsandpost-tests.Theaveragenumberofsensesusedduringpre-testfortoyswentfrom3.78to4.Theaveragenumberofsensesusedalsoincreasedfromfoodpre-testpost-test,from3.56to5.4.Thenumberofsensesusedinthepre-foodtestcomparedtothe


postfoodtestcameclosetoachievingstatisticalsignificance(p=.082).Furtherresearchwilladdacontrolgroupinwhichpreschoolerswillbeexposedtonovelfoodswithoutamindfulnessintervention.