Conference Grants 2010-2011

Ahlich, Erica (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). "Emotional Intelligence Moderates the Relationship Between Shyness and Feelings of Inadequacy." Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Brown, Rachel (Adviser: Ian MacInnes). "Needlepoint: Women's Silent Self-Expression." Presented at the 2011 Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 16, 2011, Grand Rapids, MI.

Castelli, Catie (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). "Shifting Elevational Distributions of Three Subalpine and Alpine Plant Species in the White Mountains, California." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Covell, Jeremy (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Polymeric Membrane Supported Palladium Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Trichloroethene." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Dawson, Seth (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Bi-Specific Antibody Derived Fusion Proteins With Tunable Pharmacokinetic Properties for Cancer Pretargeting Using a Covalent Probe Capture Approach." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

DeVoursney, Katherine (Adviser: Vanessa McCaffrey). "The Michigan Garage Series." Presented at the Midwest Society for Photographic Educators Conference, September 30-October 2, 2011, Kalamazoo, MI.

Dukes, Tom (Adviser: Christopher Hagerman). "Josiah Harlan, Orientalism, and the "afghan Character." Presented at the Linguistics and Literatures Undergraduate Colloquium, March 26, 2011, Boston, MA.

Goldman, Erin (Adviser: Ola Olapade). "Comparison of Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Assemblages along Nutrient Gradients in Rice Creek, Michigan." Presented at the Annual Tri-Beta NE-4 District Convention, April, 9, 2011, Athens, OH.

Havens, Zane (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). "Diel Turbidity Cycles in the Upper Kalamazoo River, Michigan." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Herrman, Nick (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Photochemical Cleavage of Leader Peptides." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Huggett, Audrey (Adviser: Amity Reading). "Whores, Thieves, and Vagabonds—Still a King's Best Friends: The Legacy of Debased Rhetoric in Henry V." Presented at the 2011 Medieval and Renaissance Studies Consortium, April 16, 2011, Grand Rapids, MI.

Kaisler, Maria (Adviser: Jacque Carlson). "A Social Skills Board Game for Children with Autism: A Case Study." Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Koaches, Hannah (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Annotation and Fluorescent Assays of Anabaena Group I Ribozyme Variants." Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC.

Mahoney, Matt (Adviser: William Bartels). "Comparison of Eocene Basin-Margin and Basin-Center Crocodiles from the Bridger Formation, Green River Basin, Wyoming." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

McCoy, Anthony (Adviser: Mareike Wieth). "Within Hemisphere Processing Increases Use of the Anchoring Heuristic." Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

McNear, Kelly (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Nanomaterial Stability in an Electro-Fenton Reactor As a Model for Waste Water Advanced Oxidation Processes." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Miller, Drew (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "Personality Facets, Conservative Ideology, and Ambivalent Sexism: A Facet-Level Analysis." Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Pickworth, Courtney (Adviser: Andrew Christopher). "How Do Working Memory and Sentence Length Impact Syntactic Flexibility?"  Presented at the Association for Psychological Science 23rd Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2011, Washington, DC.

Pung, Kayleigh (Adviser: Ola Olapade). "An Assessment of the Source, Transport, and Fate of Fecal Bacteria in the Kalamazoo River."  Presented at the Annual Tri-Beta NE-4 District Convention, April, 9, 2011, Athens, OH.

Reynolds, Lyndsey (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Palladium Nanoparticles on a Porous Substrate as a Catalyst for the Suzuki Reaction." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Rinkenen, Jacob (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Cytotoxic Effects of Combinational Therapy of Ascorbic Acid and 3PO on Breast and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells."  Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC.

Rockentine, Nicki (Adviser: Carrie Menold). "P-T Paths of the Luliang Shan UHP Locality, Western China." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sherman, Kara (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Non-Covalently Functionalized Sorbents: New Functional Groups for Heavy Metal Sorption." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Stoneburner, Jacob (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Synthesis and Evaluation of Chiral Iodoaryloxazdines as Organocatalysts." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Underwood, Pat (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "Palladium Nanoparticles on Molecular Modified Carbon Substrates and Their Use in Catalysis." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Vance, Stephanie (Adviser: Gary Wahl). "Frames of Mind." Presented at the 2011 Society for Photographic Education National Conference of Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image, March 10-13, 2011, Atlanta, GA.

William Ward (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). "Cold Air Pools in Crooked Creek Valley, White Mountains, California." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Williams, Abigail (Adviser: Thomas Wilch). "Diel Turbidity Cycles in the Upper Kalamazoo River, Michigan." Presented at the 2011 Northeastern/North-Central Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 19-22, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA.

Wurzler, Jules (Adviser: Kevin Metz). "UV-Vis Absorption Properties of Benzoic Acid Derivatives." Presented at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-29, 2011, Anaheim, CA.

Zaborowicz, Matthew (Adviser: Christopher Rohlman). "Optimization of Fluorescence Based Group I Ribozyme Studies."  Presented at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, April 8-12, 2011, Washington, DC