Posters Session A

Akash Bhatia
Joseph Plazak, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Binary Musical Bias in Irreguilar Meters

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Jennifer Boll
Hannah Smith
Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Breastfeeding Practices in the United States

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Helen Brandt
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

American by Citizenship or American at Heart: an Analysis of Becoming an American as Seen Through the Eyes of an Indian-American Immigrant

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Kimberly Cheffer
Abigail Kerr, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Effects of Good Limb Training on Motor Recovery Following Stroke in C57BL/6 Mice

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Madeline Cross
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Pierogies to Hamburgers: An Immigration Story

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Madeline Cross
Marlena Szewczyk
David Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Genome Annotation of a Bacteriophage of Rhodobacter Capsulatus Isolated from Central Illinois Water

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Kaitlyn Eichinger
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Long Road to Becoming American: One Kenyan’s Immigration Journey Filled with Perseverance, Discrimination, and Student Visa Restrictions

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Elisabeth English
Mignon Montpetit, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Community Participation on Subjective Well-Being in Community Dwelling Elders with Physical Health Challenges

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Alicia Gummess
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Bicultural Living: Maria Luisa Mainou's Experience with Immigration and Cultural Change

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Laura Hones
Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Home, Transformed: A Visual Ethnography of a Puerto Rican Professor in the Midwest

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Christopher Jent
Nickolas Miller

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Determining the Location of an Object In 3 Dimensional Space Using a Two Camera System

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Justyna Koscielniak
Manori Perera Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Chemistry in a Can

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Benjamin Lamm
Justyna Koscielniak
Andrew Sonnenberger
Manori Perera Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Design and Construction of a Gas-Phase Instrument to Study Astronomically Relevant Molecules

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Michelle Larson
David Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Kinetic Characterization of Porphobilinogen Synthase from Clostridium perfringens

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Xi Lin
Madeline Lyons
Bruno deHarak, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Characterization of Dust

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Boxiang Liu
Thushara Perera, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Graphical Introduction to Special Relativity Based on a Modern Approach to Minkowski Diagrams

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Alejandro Mancera
Thushara Perera, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Tests of a Novel Technique for Finding Galaxies in Millimeter Wavelength Maps

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Ryan McGonagle
Gabriel Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Building Apparatus for Quantum Optics

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Scott Meyers
Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Promising Travels and Unfulfilled Dreams: A Comparison of Of Mice And Men and El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha (Viajes Promotedores Y Sueños Incumplidos: Una Comparación De Of Mice And Men Y El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Patrick Nevels
Mark Liffiton, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Algorithm Visualization

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tung Nguyen
Nahee Kim
Tian-Xiao He, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Frames and Spline Framelets

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sylvia Rusin
Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented High School Youth

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Olivia Semeria
Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

The quest for identity and belonging: Don Quixote and its relation to the biracial experience

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sunny Shah
Ethan Fischer
Melissa Fuesting
Nabeel Mumtaz
Joseph Williams, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Theta Rhythm In Working Memory Post Valence Stimuli Presentation

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Mark Swanson
Jason Murphy
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Corrosion Casting: A Novel Method for Determining Avian Eggshell Pore Morphology

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sarah Takushi
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Comparison Between Direct and Indirect Estimates of Gas Flux Across Avian Eggshells

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Vicotria Whitaker
Kellye Kohn
Alice Fontana
Linda Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Effect of Pets and Nature on Environmental Identity and Connection to Animals

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Abbey White
Lauren Podgorski
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor
Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Keith Bowers

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Variability in Eggshell Pore Area in Relation to Brood Hatching Patterns in House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Stephen Whitfield
Melinda Baur, Faculty Advisor

Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University

Multifiber Electrodes for the Direct Detection of Neurotransmitter Release from Taste Buds

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM