Ninth Annual
Honors Thesis Symposium
Friday, 16 April 2010
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Robert Thomson Honors Center
Presentation Schedule
9:00
Studio Classroom (107 Colvin)
Emily Steenburgh (Ann Leffler) Strategies of Older Workers Re-Entering the Workforce
Rebecca Dyer (Harold Dowse) Identification of the Melatonin Receptor in Drosophila melanogaster
Thomas Schwartz (Clay Wheeler) Energy Densification of Cellulosic Biomass by Thermal Deoxygenation
Student Forum (4th Floor)
Abby Arena (Anne Lichtenwalner) An Exploration of Probiotics Use in Enhancing Local Immune Response and Mastitis Management in Dairy Cattle
Carlie Herring (Larry Meyer) Physical Effects of Marine Environments on Plastic Degradation
Michael Maberry (Richard Judd) Edmund S. Muskie: Charting Environmental Politics at the State and Federal Levels
10:00
Studio Classroom (107 Colvin)
Daniel Moberg (Brian Frederick) DFT Study of MoO3 Defect Formation and Acrolein Hydrodeoxygenation
Abigail Herrick (Pat Burnes) Grammatically Incorrect
Student Forum (4th Floor)
Cory Davis (Liam Riordan) Divided Ownership, Wild Speculation: An Investigation of the Linkages between Thomas Hutchinson and Land Speculation in 18th Century Maine
Rebecca Bosworth-Clemens (Louis Hall) A Method Book for Beginning Clarinet
William Hamilton (Adrienne White) The Use of a Geographic Information System to Identify Supports for Healthful Living on the University of Maine Campus
Student Forum (4th Floor) — 11:00 until 4:00
11:00
Nile McGhie (Robert Causey) The Evaluation of N-acetylcysteine for Reduction of Post-Breeding Uterine Inflammation in Mares
Walter Lazarz (Philip Dunn) The Opportunities of Efficient Construction Methods in Maine
Rebecca Gerber (William Glanz) Distribution of River Otters in Acadia National Park
12:10
Abigail Jacobs (Robert Steneck) Patterns and Rates of Tunicate Invasion in Three Maine Estuaries
Sarah Doucette (Robert Causey) Diagnosis and Treatment of Equine Uterine Yeast Infections
Josh Bernstein (Susan Gardner) The Construction of Gender within College Student Volunteerism
1:10
Aislinn Sarnacki (Mimi Killinger) Finding Elevation in the Maine Wilderness
Brianna Monahan (Kate Yerxa) The Use of a Retrospective Pre-Test in Evaluating Eat Well Program Participant Behavior Change
Jane Hunt (Naomi Jacobs) “I have grown to love you-My dear boy, to love you”: Homosociality and Gender Subversion in Lady Audley’s Secret and The Woman in White
2:10
Tim Baker (Robert Franzosa) Using Algebraic Topology to Detect Structure in Data with an Application to Sensor Networks
Brenna Walsh (Brian Frederick) Neutron Scattering to Characterize Micropore Structure of Mesoporous Silica SBA-15
Jonathan Erde (Todd Gabe) The Economic Effect of a College Degree in Maine
3:10
Hannah Fletcher (Len Kass) Human Perception of Color Vision as Determined by Age
Rebecca Morton (Paul Roscoe) Africa: Climate Change, Cosmology, and Consequences
Victoria Polito (Martin Stokes) Developing a Necropsy Protocol for Moose (Alces alces) for Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Particular thanks go to all the advisors who mentored these students through these challenging and rewarding explorations.
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