Sixth Annual
Honors Thesis Symposium
Friday, 27 April 2007
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Robert Thomson Honors Center

Presentation Schedule

9:00

Tiffany Warzecha (Phyllis Brazee) Story Medicine: The Power of Healing, A Journey from Anger to Inner Peace

Ashley Bamman (Paul Grosswiler) Dungarees to Designer: A Study of the Transformation of Blue Jeans Powered by Advertising

Marianne Schneider (Adrienne Kearney) The Euro’s Impact on Trade: Evidence From Germany

10:00

Jessica Sirois (Henry Munson) Palestinian Suicide Bombers

Zacharie Boyce (Owen Smith) Making Amends II: An Exploration in Constructing a Time-Based Narrative

Stacy Trosper (Mike Saudners & Bill Livingston) Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of the Distribution of Coarse Woody Debris

11:00

Monica Squires (John Maddaus) Howard Gardner, My Students, and I

Beth Anne Nielsen (Mary Tyler) The Story of Missing Teeth: The Histology and Development of  Teeth and How Agenesis Can Occur

Ben Lakin (Senthil Vel) Modeling a Snowmobile Engine Control Unit in Simulink

12:10

Anna Wieck (Michael Grillo) Illusion as Reality: Painter José Gutiérrez Solana and la leyenda negra

Elizabeth Dziesyk (Bill Livingston) Atlantic Salmon and the Narraguagus River: Does Drught and Change in Vegetation Cover Affect Water Quality in Regards to Salmon Habitat?

Mikaela Martin (Aria Amirbahman) Phosphorus Dynamics in Maine Lake Sediments

1:10

Rachel Lombardi (Michael Grillo) Harry Potter and the Age of Reason: The Impact of the Enlightenment in the Harry Potter Series

Elizabeth Morse (Robert Causey) Analysis of Streptococcus Equi Subspecies Zooepidemicus Samples by Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis

Bethany Asquith (Cynthia Erdley) Stimulant Medication Abuse Among College Students: Incidence and Motivational Factors

2:10

David Reid (Dan Sandweiss) The Peruvian Beach Ridges: Records of Human Activity and Climate Change

Seth Enos (Stylianos Tavantzis) A Deeper Look at Conventional and Alternative Treatments for Hypertension

Stephani Walton (Emily Manhart & Jennifer Moxley) Of Certain Rivers

3:10

Josh Trevino (Michael Palmer) Hippomenes; or, The Tragedy of Individuation

Pat Shaw (Sheridan Kelly) The Emotional Ride

Sarah Bigney (Mark Haggerty) Hearts and Minds: The Impact of Fair Trade on Mexican Coffee Producers

Particular thanks go to all the advisors who mentored these students through these challenging and rewarding explorations.

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