Medals Ceremony
Medals Ceremony
Friday, May 5, 2017
Five O’clock in the Afternoon
Eisenhower Auditorium
Program
Processional
Centre Brass Quintet
Welcome
Nicholas P. Jones, B.E., M.S., Ph.D.,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
The Pennsylvania State University
Remarks
Eric J. Barron, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
President, The Pennsylvania State University
Presentation of Medals
Eric J. Barron
Nicholas P. Jones
Kathleen J. Bieschke, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Interim Dean, Schreyer Honors College
James A. Strauss, Ph.D.,
Chair, University Faculty Senate, Senior Lecturer, Eberly College of Science
Nomenclator: Thomas H. Weber, B.S.,
Information Technology Director, Schreyer Honors College
Matthew Woessner, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Penn State Harrisburg
Concluding Remarks
Kathleen J. Bieschke
Recessional
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The Schreyers
In 1945, William A. Schreyer arrived in State College as a freshman, Class of
1948, to enroll in what was then the Pennsylvania State College.
“I had such a great time at Penn State,” Mr. Schreyer wrote in his 2009
memoir, Bullish on America. “It was a real growing-up experience for me.”
Upon graduation, Mr. Schreyer joined a training program being established by
Merrill Lynch. It was a decision that led to a 45-year career with the
company that propelled Mr. Schreyer from an apprenticeship at the age of
20 to CEO and chairman of the board in 1985.
His leadership extended to his alma mater. Mr. Schreyer, who died in
January 2011 at the age of 83, served on Penn State’s Board of Trustees, which
included three one-year terms as board president from 1993 through 1995.
He was the chairman of the University’s first capital campaign, The Campaign
for Penn State, which began in the late 1980s, and served on the executive
committee of the subsequent Grand Destiny campaign. It was in 1997 that Mr.
Schreyer and his wife, Joan, gave Penn State an unprecedented gift of $30
million to launch the honors college. That gift transformed what had been
the University Scholars Program into an honors college that quickly defined
honors education at the nation’s public universities. In 2006, the Schreyers
continued their support of honors education with a second $25 million gift to
the university.
“People have sometimes asked me, ‘What makes you so loyal to Penn State?’”
Mr. Schreyer noted in his memoir. “I think a lot of what contributed to that
was the quality of people who went to Penn State when I was there, and the
professors. You really don’t forget it.”
The Scholars Medal
The medal, which Scholars
receive in recognition of their
achievements, and which they will
wear at commencement, was designed
by John A. Cook, professor emeritus
of art in the College of Arts and
Architecture. He describes his design
for the medal in this way:
“The lion thus depicted emerges
with extended claws to become the
University’s symbol of intellectual
excellence. The qualities of ‘Scholarly
Achievement,’ ‘Integrity of Purpose,’ and
‘Intellectual Curiosity’ form the legend of
the medal and define the field from which
the lion gathers his strength.”
“While the lion is certainly no stranger
to Penn State, this particular species
with flowing mane has not been much
in evidence since 1942 when Heinze
Warneke’s version established residence
as the athletic logo.
In August 2008, Mr. Cook and his
wife, Dickie Jessen-Cook, donated
all rights for use of the Scholar medal
design to the Schreyer Honors
College in perpetuity. The Schreyer
Honors College gratefully
acknowledges this gift.
“A suitable symbol for the Schreyer
Honors College requires something agile
and alert with the potential to reach out
and encompass new dimensions
of thought.
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Schreyer Scholars
This afternoon’s ceremony honors Schreyer Scholars
who have completed research or creative projects and
written honors theses to graduate with honors.
The Schreyer Honors College would like to recognize the following
honors advisors of the spring 2017 graduating class:
University Marshals
Frank Dardis, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Advertising/Public Relations
Carla Hass, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Education, Department of Biology
Maureen Jones, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Senior Instructor of Health Policy and Administration
Robert Melton, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Rosalie Ocker, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.,
Senior Lecturer in Information Sciences and Technology
Richard Page, B.A., J.D., M.A., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of German and Linguistics
Dennis Shea, M.Phil, M.A., Ph.D.,
Professor of Health Policy and Administration; Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Studies and Outreach, College of Health and Human Development
Medal Tiers
Keefe B. Manning, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Schreyer Honors College
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Philip C. Bevilacqua, B.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Joseph Reese, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ingrid M. Blood, Ph.D., CCC-A
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Linda Thornton, B.M., M.Mus., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music Education
David Shapiro, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Economics
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S C H R E Y E R S C H OL AR S
The following is an alphabetical
listing of Schreyer Scholars, their
majors, areas of honors, thesis
titles and faculty supervisors.
Rachel L. Alba, Kinesiology (BS) with
honors in Kinesiology, (Berks), Valida-
ting The Use Of Peripheral Bone Sites
To Predict The Risk Of Femoral Neck
Fracture, Allison Singles
Quinn F. Albertson, Environmental
Systems Engineering (BS) with honors
in Environmental Systems Engineering,
Laboratory Evaluation And Processing
Of Pennsylvania Coal Waste Material
For Potential Recovery Of Trace Rare
Earth Elements, Mark Klima
John Anthony Allegro, Education
and Public Policy (BS); Educational
Theory and Policy (MA) with honors in
Education and Public Policy, Blueprint
For Self-Authorship: A Case Study
Exploration Of A Peer Mentoring
Program, David Gamson
Ahmad S. H. Almonawer, Economics
(BS); Industrial Engineering (BS) with
honors in Economics, The Prospects Of
Diversifying Kuwait From A Single
Economy, Barry Ickes
Angela Grace Alnemri, Premedicine
(BS) with honors in Toxicology, Partial
Agonist Activation Of The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Increases Expression
Of Epidermal Differentiation Genes
And Attenuates Inflammatory Gene
Expression, Gary Perdew
Megan Elizabeth Alvarez, Supply
Chain and Information Systems (BS)
with honors in Supply Chain and
Information Systems, The Impact Of The
Legalization Of Marijuana On Supply
Chain Operations, Robert Novack
Ananya Anmangandla, Chemistry (BS)
with honors in Chemistry, Investigation
And Structural Analysis Of Innate
Immune Sensor PKR Activation By The
Clostridia Bolteae Twister Ribozyme,
Philip Bevilacqua
Nicole M. Antkiewicz, English (BA);
Kyle Daniel Azzara, Immunology and
Novels: A Digitized Art And Multiform
Informational Tool Based In Narrative
Theory, Scott Smith
Friend Virus — Anemia (FV-A) Effects
On Stress Erythropoiesis Within The
Spleen, Robert Paulson
Nathan Garner Littlefield Arnett,
Edward Daisuke Badding, Chemistry
(BS) with honors in Chemistry, Elucidation
Psychology (BA) with honors in
English, Video Games As Interactive
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BS) with honors in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Novel Forward
Osmosis Desalination Technique Involving An Aquaporin Membrane And
A Polyethylene-Glycol-Functionalized
Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Draw Solute,
Tak-Sing Wong
Nicholas Charles Samuel Artman,
Supply Chain and Information Systems
(BS) with honors in Supply Chain and
Information Systems, Everything To
Everyone: Amazon’s Relentless Quest
To Reinvent How People Purchase
Everything, Robert Novack
Meredith Grace Atanasio, Human
Infectious Disease (BS) with honors in
Immunology and Infectious Disease,
Of The Biosynthesis Of The Indolic Acid
Moiety Of The Antibiotic Nosiheptide,
Squire Booker
Leah Rose Bader, Anthropology (BA)
with interdisciplinary honors in Anthropology and Health Policy and Administration, Anthropology And Public Health:
The Role Culture Plays In Epidemics,
Margaret Winchester
Jiwon Bae, Business (BS) with honors
in Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Abington),
The Effects Of Top Management Teams
On Organization: A Literature Review,
Gregory Mcmillan
Development and Family Studies (BS)
with honors in Human Development and
Family Studies, Paternal Anxiety And
Lauren McCaslin Bailey, Health Policy
Depressive Symptoms: Linkages With
Paternal Bedtime Emotional Availability
And Maternal And Paternal Coparenting
Quality, Douglas Teti
Examining State Efforts In Rebalancing
Long Term Service And Supports From
Institutional To Home And Community
Based Services, Mark Sciegaj
Hamna Atif, Science (BS) with honors
in Kinesiology, Quantifying SubConcussive Impacts Of Division I
Football Players: A Comparison Of The
Boditrak System And Video Footage,
Nicholas Joseph Baker, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, Quantitative
Easing And Its Effects On Investment &
GDP Growth, J. Randall Woolridge
Semyon Slobounov
Kerstyn M. Auman, Aerospace
Engineering (BS); Aerospace Engineering
(MS) with honors in Aerospace
Engineering, Reduction Of Discrete
Blade Rate Tones Via Slowly Rotating
Stator, Jules Lindau
May Yasser Ayad, Graphic Design
(BDES) with honors in Graphic Design,
Beebz: An American Hijabi’s Shopping
Experience, Kristin Sommese
Brittany Elizabeth Ayers, Biological
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Biological Engineering, Concentrations
Of Pharmaceuticals Through The Penn
State University Wastewater Treatment
Plant And In The Living Filter
Groundwater, Heather Gall
and Administration (BS) with honors
in Health Policy and Administration,
Brendan John Balent, Economics
(BS) with honors in Economics, Is Mass
Deworming A Viable And Competitive
Method To Improve Welfare In
Developing Countries?, James Tierney
Drew Clayton Banker, English (BA);
English (MA) with honors in English,
Part-Time: Stories From South Dining
And Other Essays, Charlotte Holmes
Terry-Anne Barbour, Science (BS) with
interdisciplinary honors in Science and
Health Policy and Administration, A
Comparative Study Between The United
States And United Kingdom Healthcare
Systems Regarding Type II Diabetes,
Mark Sceigaj
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Rohan Basu, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lipid-
Mediated Localization Of Poliovirus RnaDependent RNA Polymerase, David Boehr
Angela T. Battaglia, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, A Phylogenetic MetaAnalysis Of Human-Specific Parasites
And Diseases To Elucidate Patterns Of
Diversity And Evolution, George Perry
Nettie Irene Baugher, Plant Sciences
(BS) with honors in Plant Sciences,
Consumer Preferences For Fresh Apples
In The Mid-Atlantic, Kathy Kelley
Andrew Michael Bechtold, Civil
Engineering (BS) with honors in Civil
Engineering, Mitigation Of Shrinkage
Cracking In Ordinary Portland Cement
Concrete With Magnesium Oxide
Admixture, Aleksandra Radlinska
Laura Margaret Beebe, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Addressing The Role Of The Not4 E3
Ubiquitin Ligase During DNA DamageInduced Degradation Of RNAPII In
Budding Yeast, Joseph Reese
Sarah Anne Beechay, Women’s
Studies (BA) with honors in Women’s
Studies, The Intersections Of Race And
Gender In The Experiences Of African
American Women, Maha Marouan
Chloe Bellwoar, Accounting (BS);
French and Francophone Studies (BS);
Accounting (MACC) with honors in
French and Francophone Studies,
Parcours, Representations Et Recits Des
Immigres Dans Les Films Et Romans
Africains Francophones Contemporains,
Emmanuel Bruno Jean-Francois
Brandon Ty Benner, History (BA);
Political Science (BA) with honors in
History, Mit Pulver Und Blei: Radical
German-Americans And The Ideological
Struggle Of The American Civil War,
William Blair
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Rachel Briann Bennett,
Richard Joseph Blair, Finance (BS) with
honors in Finance, Getting A Kick Out Of
Finance: A Statistical Analysis Of Soccer’s
Transfer Market, Robert Novack
Tool And Steps Intervention Media
Intervention For Children With Complex
Communication Needs, Krista Wilkinson
Kaleb Tadesse Bogale, Biology (BS)
with honors in Biology, The Impact Of
Endogenous Retrovirus S2220 On Mule
Deer ISY1 Gene Expression, Mary Poss
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS); Communication Sciences and
Disorders (MS) with honors in Communication Sciences and Disorders, EDEC
Monica Ann Benson, Letters, Arts,
and Sciences (BA) with honors in Letters,
Arts, and Sciences, The Relationship
Between Fornix Volume And Memory
Following Moderate-Severe Traumatic
Brain Injury, Frank Hillary
Benjamin Jacob Berkman,
French and Francophone Studies (BA);
Economics (BS) with honors in Economics, Modeling Commute Time In New
York City: A Spatial Econometric
Approach, Amanda Mandzik
Sarah C. Bevilacqua, Chemistry (BS)
with honors in Chemistry, Mechanistic
And Synthetic Approaches To Nanoparticle Growth And Assembly, Raymond
Schaak
Leigh Ruth Boggs, Secondary Education (BS) with interdisciplinary honors in
Educational Psychology and Secondary
Education, Investigation Of The Relation-
ship Between Level Of Task Demand And
Help Seeking Tendencies In A Secondary
Mathematics Classroom, Robert Stevens
Rachel Marie Bolten, Chemical Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, The Effects Of Spermine On Plasmid
DNA Transmission Through Ultrafiltration Membranes, Andrew Zydney
Marisa Tayte Borusiewicz, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Development Of A Validation
Method For Computational Models Of
Micro-Tissue Engineered Neural Networks,
Nikhil Bhat, Electrical Engineering (BS)
Reuben Kraft
Modeling An Active Noise Cancellation
System In OpenModelica And MATLAB,
Marlana Elizabeth Bosley, Chinese (BA);
with honors in Electrical Engineering,
Stephen Thompson
Anjali G. Bhatt, Psychology (BS) with
honors in Psychology, Understanding
Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action:
The Role Of Policy Framing, Meritocracy
Beliefs And Group-Image Guilt, Kisha
Jones
Christian Noah Binder, Economics (BS);
Finance (BS) with honors in Finance, A
Test Of The Predictive Power Of Volatility Forecasting Models Lou Gattis
*Andrea Sylvia Biscoveanu, Spanish
(BA); Physics (BS) with honors in Physics,
Determining The Mass Composition Of
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays Using
The Principle Of Shower Universality
And Data From The Pierre Auger
Observatory, Miguel Mostafa
International Politics (BA) with honors in
Chinese, Female Chinese Communist Leaders
And The Question Of Gender Equality,
Kathryn Merkel-Hess
Laura Marie Bowman, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Identification And Validation Of CRISPR/
CAS9 Stage-Specific Promoters And An
Alternative Fluorescent Reporter To GFP
For Plasmodium Yoelii, Scott Lindner
Krzysztof Michael Bozentka, Political
Science (BA); Sociology (BA) with honors
in Sociology, Religion’s Role In Political
Identification, Gary Adler
Mary Siobhan Brier, English (BA);
Theatre (BA) with honors in English, The
Superlatives, Jessica O’Hara
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
S C H R E Y E R S C H OL AR S
Caroline Claire Briselli, History
(BA) with honors in History, Layard’s
Treasures: The Impact Of Nineteenth
Century Archaeology On Modern
Questions Of Antiquities Ownership,
Alice Y. Cai, Biochemistry and Molecular
Diane M. Cascioli, Secondary Education
Reprogramming Astrocytes Into Functional Neurons For Spinal Cord Repair,
Gong Chen
Flipping The Page: Analyzing Student
Preferences Toward Differing Reading
Modalities, Jamie Myers
Alec Jeffrey Broniszewski,
Elizabeth M. Cairnie, Global Studies
Nathan Joseph Case, Petroleum and
Rhetorical Themes In 1970s-1980s
Mediated Abortion Discourse In New
Zealand, Cheryl Nicholas
Diagnosis Of Relative Permeability
Characteristics From Rate Transient Data:
An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Turgay
Christopher Lawrence
Architectural Engineering (BAE);
Architectural Engineering (MAE) with
honors in Architectural Engineering,
The Texas Tech University Sports
Performance Center: Resilient And
Secure Structural Design In Resisting
EF3 And EF4 Tornadoes, Kevin Parfitt
Kevin Robert Brown, English (BA);
Philosophy (BA) with honors in English,
Biology (BS); Immunology and Infectious
Disease (BS) with honors in Biology,
(BA); Business (BS) with honors in
Global Studies (Berks), Framing And
Alexandra Hana Calderaro, Supply
Chain and Information Systems (BS) with
honors in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, Winning In Everything,
“Roaring With Laughter, Yet Desperately Unhappy”: Kafka’s Cruel And Unusual
Comedy, Lisa Sternlieb
Everywhere To Everyone: An Analysis
Of Wal-Mart And Amazon’s Road To
Success, Robert Novack
Melanie R. Brussler, English (BA) and
(MA) with honors in English, Me Me Me
Is Dull Dull Dull, Elizabeth Kadetsky
Alicia Kathryn Campbell, Theatre (BA)
Aya Omar Suhaib Bseiso, International
Politics (BA); Community, Environment,
and Development (BS) with honors in
International Politics, Horizontal Inequality
And Political Violence, Scott Bennet
Christopher Michael Burger,
Aerospace Engineering (BS); Physics (BS)
with honors in Aerospace Engineering,
Combustion Of Solid Fuels In A Diffusion Flame Enviroment, Richard Yetter
Karen Lisa Burlingame, Supply Chain
and Information Systems (BS) with honors
in Supply Chain and Information Systems,
Leveraging Supply Chain Ideologies And
Solutions To Reduce Farm-To-Table
Food Waste In The United States, Robert
Novack
Megan Laura Byrne, Secondary Educa-
tion (BS) with honors in Secondary Education, English Learners, Identity Formation, And School Learning, Elizabeth
Smolcic
Nicholas Joseph Caggiano, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical
Engineering, Effect Of Molecular Weight
On The Glass Transition Temperature
Of Conjugated Polymers, Enrique Gomez
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
with interdisciplinary honors in Theatre
and Music, Composing And Collabora-
ting: Navigating The Artistic Relationship, Jonathan Gangi
Francis Joseph Canavan, History
(BA); International Politics (BA) with
honors in History, Young Federalist: The
Influence Of John Marshall’s Early Life
On Marbury V. Madison, Anne Rose
Elizabeth Margaret Carney, Food
Science (BS); Nutritional Sciences (BS);
Food Science (MS) with interdisciplinary
honors in Food Science and Nutritional
Sciences, A Pilot Study To Determine
Preschool Children’s Liking And Intake
Of Seasoned Vegetables In Relation To
Maternal Herb And Spice Exposure,
Kathleen Keller
Katharine Christine Carpenter, Music
(BM); Music Education (BME); Music
(MA) with honors in Music, The Spinto
Soprano In Selected Heroine Roles Of
Giacomo Puccini, Charles Youmans
Joseph Alan Carper, History (BA);
Political Science (BA) with honors in
Political Science, Partisan Problems:
How Partisan Redistricting Methods
Lead To Non-Competitive Elections,
Suzanna Linn
(BS); Curriculum and Instruction (MS)
with honors in Secondary Education,
Natural Gas Engineering (BS) with honors
in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering,
Ertekin
*Elizabeth Rose Catchmark, African
American Studies (BA); English (BA);
Philosophy (BA); Women’s Studies (BA)
with interdisciplinary honors in African
American Studies, English, and Women’s
Studies, Living History: Reading Toni
Morrison’s Work As A Narrative History
Of Black America, Kevin Bell
Victoria Anne Cavrich, Media Studies
(BA) with honors in Media Studies,
Battle Ready Armor: An Examination Of
The Relationship Between Gender And
Marketing In The Video Game Industry,
Michael Schmierbach
Steven Michael Ceneviva, Aerospace
Engineering (BS) with honors in Aerospace Engineering, Ferromagnetic Coating
And Magnetic Assembly Of Carbon Nanotubes As Nano-Additives Into Polymer
Matrices, Namiko Yamamoto
Makensi Lauren Ceriani, English (BA);
English (MA) with honors in English,
Devoted Are We In This Home: A Collection
Of Poems, Julia Spicher-Kasdorf
Diana Solhee Chang, Biology (BS);
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (BS)
with honors in Biobehavioral Health,
Behavioral Retainability And Stability
In Inbred Mice vs Outbred Mice, Sonia
Cavigelli
Tiange Chen, Journalism (BA); Political
Science (BA) with interdisciplinary honors
in Journalism and Political Science, Cover-
ing The Rise Of Tea Party: A Case Of
Mainstream Media, Bu Zhong
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Ting Chen, Economics (BS) with
honors in Economics, The Relationship
Beetween Rate Of Students Abroad And
Rate Of GDP/Capita Growth In United
States And China, Russell Cooper
Kaley M. Chicoine, Computer Science
(BS) with honors in Computer Science,
Neural Network Methods For Solving
Strassen’s Algorithm, John Sustersic
Eric Ciccotelli, Finance (BS) with honors
in Finance, Negative Interest Rates Effect
On Bond Correlation, Jingzhi Huang
Megan A. Cichocki, International Politics (BA); Economics (BS) with honors
in International Politics, Territorial
Control And Group Goals: Why Violent
Non-State Actors Are Lethal, James
Piazza
*Alexandra Cohen, Finance (BS) with
honors in Finance, A Financial And
Logistical Analysis Of Danone’s Acquisition Of WhiteWave Foods, Robert Novack
Joseph Daniel Consoli, Mechanical
Engineering (BS); Management and
Organizational Leadership (MPS) with
honors in Mechanical Engineering,
Utilization Of Additive Manufacturing
In Design Of Acoustically Enhanced
Smartphone Case, Timothy Simpson
Alexander Philip Cook, Biomedical
Engineering (BS); Physics (BS) with
honors in Biomedical Engineering, Design,
Construction, And Testing Of A Pneumatic Vibrotactile Stimulus System For
Use With Awake, Behaving Mice,
Patrick Drew
Jacob J. Cordell, German (BS); Materials
Science and Engineering (BS) with honors
in Materials Science and Engineering,
Investigation Of N- And P-Type Tin
Sulfide For Use In A Homojunction
Photovoltaic Device, Jeffrey Brownson
Samantha Nichole Costa,
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS) with honors in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Tongue And
Jaw Movements In “Iowa” Between
Speakers With And Without Dysarthria
Secondary To ALS, Jimin Lee
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Cara Ann Costanzo, Supply Chain and
Joelle Anna Darby, Supply Chain and
Eradicating Forced Labor From The
Apparel Industry Supply Chain, Robert
Best Practices For Ethical Sourcing For
Conflict Minerals In The Electronics
Industry, Robert Novack
Jacob Thomas Covell, Industrial Engi-
Reagan Ann Dassatti, Marketing (BS)
with honors in Marketing, Evolution Of
The Big Ten Brand, John Powell
Information Systems (BS) with honors in
Supply Chain and Information Systems,
Novack
neering (BS) with honors in Industrial
Engineering, Hyperloop Technology:
Economic Analysis of a Transportation
Revolution, Brian Davis
Matthew Tanner Crager,
Communication Arts and Sciences (BA)
with honors in Communication Arts and
Sciences, Remembering 9/11: A Com-
parative Analysis Of 9/11 Memorials
And Their Impact On Public Memory
Of The September 11, 2001 Terrorist
Attacks, Stephen Browne
Ryan Joseph Cronauer, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, Active And
Information Systems (BS) with honors in
Supply Chain and Information Systems,
John Joseph Decaro, Food Science (BS)
with honors in Food Science, Development
Of A PAD To Measure Vitamin C In
Beverages, Joseph Keiser
Rebecca Anne Degiosio, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Characterizing Replication Protein Recruitment At GAA Microsatellite Repeat In A
Mammalian Primary Replication Cycle,
Maria Krasilnikova
Passive Ownership’s Impact On Post
Earnings Announcement Drift, Jeremiah
John Joseph Delaney, Journalism (BA);
Daphne Carolina Cruz Hidalgo,
The Front Page: Profitable Models For
Journalism, Russell Eshleman
Amplifier Design Using Neural Networks,
Katherine A. Dent, Human Development
Patricia Anne Cummings,
States In Face Processing: Predicting Who
They Are vs. How They Feel, Suzanne
Green
Electrical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Electrical Engineering (Behrend),
Thomas Hemminger
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS) with honors in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Attachment
Finance (BS) with interdisciplinary honors
in Finance and Journalism, Financing
and Family Studies (BS) with honors in
Human Development and Family Studies
(University College), Fluctuating Neural
Scherf
Patterns Present Within The Romantic
Relationships Of Individuals With ASD,
Richard Thomas Devery, Comparative
Alexander Charles Curtze,
Fuel Interest Groups Donating To State
Legislators, David Lowery
Erinn Finke
Environmental Resource Management
(BS) with honors in Environmental
Resource Management, The Effects Of
A Tornado Disturbance And A Salvaged
Timber Extraction On The Seed Rain
And Recruitment Community Of An
Eastern Temperate Deciduous Forest,
Tomas Carlo-Joglar
Kathryn Nicole Czekalski, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in English,
Woman Of The Year, William Cobb
Literature (BA); Political Science (BA) with
honors in Political Science, Dug In: Fossil
Samuel Harvey Diacont, Finance (BS);
Mathematics (BS) with honors in Finance,
Long-Term Performance Of Corporate
Inversions Since 2004, Randall Woolridge
John Michael Didonato, Economics
(BS); Electrical Engineering (BS) with
interdisciplinary honors in Economics
and Electrical Engineering, The Economic
Machine Filter, William Jenkins
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
Jack Andrew Dimidio, German (BS)
with honors in German, The Effectiveness Of Animacy Distinctions For
Learning Case Marking In Second
Language German Instruction, Carrie
Jackson
Karla Marie Di Pietro, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, High Skilled
Immigrants’ Effects On High Skilled
Natives Wages And Immigrants’
Effects On The Labor Force Participation Rate And Subsequent Growth
Rate Of Gross Domestic Product In
The United States, Fariborz Ghadar
James Steven Dlugos, Labor and
Employment Relations (BA); Finance
(BS) with interdisciplinary honors in
Finance and Labor and Employment
Relations, People Driving Performance:
The Financial Implications Of Human
Capital Focus As Highlighted In Firm
Annual Reports, Stan Gully
Aviva Rose Doery, Global and International Studies (BA); International
Politics (BA) with honors in History,
The Lives Of Lesbian Women In Berlin
Before And Beyond The Rise Of The
Nazis: 1933-1945, Tobias Brinkmann
Matthew E. Dolack, Mechanical Engineering (BS); Mechanical Engineering
(MS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Porosity Detection And
Analysis Using MATLAB Of ThinWalled Structures Fabricated Using
Powder Bed Fusion At Different
Angles With Respect To The Recoater
Blade, Timothy Simpson
Meghan Catherine Donnelly,
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS) with honors in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Improving
Accuracy Of Partner Judgement Of
Communication With Individuals
With Severe And Multiple Disabilities,
Kathryn Drager
Kerri Elizabeth Doyle, Risk Manage-
ment (BS) with interdisciplinary honors
in Health Policy and Administration
and Risk Management, The Effects
Patrick C. Duggan, Environmental
Systems Engineering (BS) with honors
in Geosciences, Environmental And
Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Solute
Concentrations At Shaver’s Creek,
Tess Russo
Emily Lynn Egan, Statistics (BS) with
honors in Information Sciences and
Technology, A Qualitative Analysis
Of Innovations, Preferences, And
Deficiencies Associated With Technology
For Visually Impaired Persons, John
Carroll
Megan Mincemoyer Egan,
International Politics (BA); International
Affairs (MIA) with honors in International
Politics, The Impact Of Individualism
On The Size Of Terrorist Actors,
James Piazza
Edgar Bernabe Elias, Physics (BS)
with honors in Physics, Analysis Of
Unintegrated Parton Distributions In
Quantum Chromodynamics, Anna
Stasto
Marcus Orion Erdman, Biomedical
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Biomedical Engineering, The Impact
Of Genetic Variants On Kinesin Motor
Proteins And The Link To Neurological
Disorders, William Hancock
Samantha June Etzi, Criminology
(BA); Psychology (BA) with honors in
Psychology, Attributions For Children
John Elias Fadel, Biomedical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Biomedical
Engineering, Calcium Doped Citrate
Bound Biomaterials For Multifunctional Orthopedic Tissue Engineering
Applications, Jian Yang
Tyler Edward Fagan, Accounting (BS)
with honors in Accounting, Evaluating
State Net Pension Liabilities Under
Blended Discount Rates, Karl Muller
Anna Relyea Farnsworth,
Health Policy and Administration (BS);
Health Policy and Administration (MS)
with honors in Health Policy and
Administration, Implementation Of
The Patient Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) Model: A Systematic Literature Review, Mark Sciegaj
Margaret Rose Featherstone,
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS); Spanish (BS) with honors in
Communication Sciences and Disorders,
Processing Of Variable Number Agreement: Evaluating /s/ Lenition In Comprehension, Carol Miller
Lauren Jennifer Fellin, Supply Chain
and Information Systems (BS) with
honors in Supply Chain and Information Systems, BRICK & MORTAR
Vs. CLICK & MORTAR: Strategic
Supply Chain Decisions For Consumer
Packaged Goods Companies, Robert
Novack
Of Divorce And Foster Youth In An
Academic Setting, Sandra Azar
Justin James Femiano, Architecture
Declan Marshall Evans, Biochemistry
Juan Ruescas
and Molecular Biology (BS); Mathematics (BS) with honors in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, Biophysical
(BARCH) with honors in Architecture,
Suburbia: The Farmers’ Worst Nightmare,
Angelina Anella Ferrara,
Characterization Of TRBP And Pdx1,
Scott Showalter
Advertising/Public Relations (BA) with
honors in Advertising/Public Relations,
Instagram And Self-Esteem, Jo Dumas
Corey Lynn Everley, Anthropology
(BA); History (BA) with honors in
History, An Evolution Of Legal Systems:
Megan Helene Fiorillo, Biobehavioral
Health (BS) with honors in Biobehavioral
Health, An Analysis Of The Efficacy
A Comparison Of 5th Century BCE
Athens And Medieval Britain Post
1066, Benjamin Hudson
Of The Healthy Bodies Project On
Increasing Food Literacy In Preschool
Age Children, Lori Francis
Of Prophylactic Postoperative Oral
Antibiotic Use In Foot And Ankle
Surgery On Healthcare Expenditures
And Infection Risk, Marianne Hillemeier
SHC.PSU.EDU
9
Alexandra Flatt, Supply Chain and
Information Systems (BS) with honors
in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, An Analysis Of Free Trade
Agreements In The United States:
NAFTA & The American Auto
Industry, Robert Novack
Sarah Folk, Civil Engineering (BS)
with honors in Civil Engineering
(Harrisburg), The Use Of Bioremediation
Products In Ananerobic Co-Digestion
Of Fat, Oil, And Grease (FOG) And
Municipal Waste, Yen-Chih Chen
Andrea Kristine Frank, Psychology
(BS); Human Resources and Employment
Relations (MS) with honors in Psychology,
The Role Of Holistic Processing In
Perceived Attractiveness, Reginald
Adams, Jr.
Lauren Freeman, International
Politics (BA); Spanish (BA) with honors
in Spanish, The Power Of Inter-Arts
Discourse: The Role Of Painting In
The Novels Of “Riña De Gatos. Madrid
1936” By Eduardo Mendoza And “La
duda” By Ángeles Saura, Guadalupe
Marti-Peña
Lucas Andrew French, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Chemical Engineering, Analyzing
Osmotic Pressure Gradients Effect
On OMPF Channel’s Permeability
With Stopped-Flow Light Scattering
Methods, Manish Kumar
Daniel Bakke Friedland, Spanish
(BA); Biology (BS) with honors in
Biology, Reconstitution Of The Yeast
Centromeric Nucleosome Core Particle,
Song Tan
James Wagner Frisbie, Immunology
and Infectious Disease (BS) with honors
in Immunology and Infectious Disease,
Enzymatic Synthesis Of The Anti-Le
ukemic D 12-Prostaglandin J3, Sandeep
Prabhu
Marissa Ann Fritz, Biobehavioral
Health (BS) with honors in Bioethics,
From Duty To Care: A New Look At
The Moral Frameworks Used To Guide
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis In
Ireland, Erin Heidt-Forsythe
Rohan Maheshkumar Gaglani,
Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Mechanical Engineering, (Harrisburg)
Simulation Of Swirling Flow Through
Nozzles For A Bidirectional Vortex
Rocket Engine, Brian Maicke
Emily Rose Galeza, General Arts
and Sciences (BS) with honors in
General Arts and Sciences, Vicarious
Embarrassment and Reluctant Student
Participation in Classrooms, Carol
Wilson
Maureen Brenna Gallagher,
Biomedical Engineering (BS); Mechanical Engineering (BS); Bioengineering
(MS) with honors in Biomedical
Engineering, A Study Of The Effect Of
Hematocrit On Weaning In The 12 cc
Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist
Device, Keefe Manning
Harry Gao, Mechanical Engineering
Alignment Initiative: Capitated Model
Demonstrations, Mark Sciegaj
Surabhi Ghai, Economics (BS);
Mathematics (BS) with honors in
Economics, Ability, Interest, And
Occupational Outcomes, Kala Krishna
Christine C. Ghetu, Forensic Science
(BS) with honors in Forensic Science,
Development Of Physical And Chemical Characterization Methodology For
Microplastics Utilized In Personal
Care Products For Potential Impact In
Wastewaters And The Environment,
Franklin Dorman
Angela Gabrielle Giannetta, English
(BA) with honors in Letters, Arts, and
Sciences (Abington), “A Change From
Ignorance To Knowledge”: Four Incarnations Of Stanley Kubricks Tragic Hero,
Leonard Mustazza
Jordan Grant Gibby, Human Development and Family Studies (BS) with
honors in Human Development and
Family Studies, Couple And Family
Collin Thomas Garr, Chinese (BA);
John L. Gilbert, Marketing (BS) with
honors in Marketing, Green Purchasing
In College Students, Jennifer Coupland
ability And Resistivity Of Conductive
Filament Used In Material Extrusion
Additive Manufacturing, Nicholas Meisel
Supply Chain and Information Systems
(BS) with honors in Anthropology,
Patterns Of Attractiveness And
Dominance As Related To Voice
Frequency Across Cultures, David Puts
Josalyn C. Geiman, Economics (BS);
Mathematics (BS) with honors in
Economics, Determinants Of College
Leisure Time And Adolescent WellBeing In India, Gregory Fosco
Sarah Gillespie, Criminal Justice (BS);
Psychological and Social Sciences (BS)
with honors in Letters, Arts, and Sciences
(Abington), Imposter Phenomenon In
First-Generation College Students, Fran
Sessa
Enrollment And College Graduation
With A Focus On Family Transfers,
Kaitlyn Christine Gilsenan,
Michael William Geitner, Chemical
The Effect Of Fearfulness And Cortisol
On Children’s Development Of Social
Anxiety, Kristin Buss
Russell Cooper
Efforts To Displace Biofilms Using
An Engineered Biofilm For Reverse
Osmosis Applications, Manish Kumar
MEDALS CEREMONY
(BS); Health Policy and Administration
(BS) with interdisciplinary honors in
Finance and Health Policy and Administration, Insight Into The Financial
(BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Exploring The Manufactur-
Engineering (BS); Chemical Engineering (PhD) with honors in Chemical
Engineering, An Ounce Of Prevention:
10
Jonathon Thomas George, Finance
Psychology (BS) with honors in Psychology, From Preschool To Kindergarten:
Ryanne Michele Giorgione,
Psychology (BS) with honors in Psychology, Influence Of Maternal Anxiety,
Asia Grant, Marketing (BS) with honors
in Marketing, The Dimensions Of Cute:
An Exploration Of Cute Typologies
Within The Cosmetic Industry, Jennifer
Parenting Behaviors, And Siblings
On Childrens Social Anxiety, Koraly
Coupland
Timothy Garrett Gleason, Planetary
David J. Gress, Economics (BS);
Finance (BS) with honors in Finance,
Perez-Edgar
Science and Astronomy (BS); Curriculum and Instruction (MEd) with honors
in Planetary Science and Astronomy,
Middle School Students Learning About
Science Practices In Astronomy: The
Role Of Telescopes In Astronomical
Investigations, Julia Plummer
Kirsten Janel Gochnauer,
Biobehavioral Health (BS) with honors in
Biobehavioral Health, Measles Vaccina-
tion: An Ethical Analysis Of International Policies, Laura Williamson
Kristin Elizabeth Goett,
Advertising/Public Relations (BA);
Spanish (BA) with honors in Advertising/
Public Relations, Self-Perceived Know-
ledge Levels Of Search Engine And
Social Media Optimization: A Survey,
Curtis Chandler
Jonathan Bendl Goldberg,
Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Mechanical Engineering, Enhanced
Geometries For Direct Contact Membrane
Distillation, Alexander Rattner
Elizabeth K. Gong, Risk Management
(BS) with honors in Risk Management,
Impact Of Autonomous Vehicles On
Automobile Insurance, Ron
Gebhardtsbauer
Caroline Victoria Gooch, Psychology
(BS) with honors in Psychology, Attach-
ment As A Moderator Of Psychotherapy Outcome Across Treatment Type:
A Meta-Analysis, Kenneth Levy
Edward T. A. Goodall, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, The New
Bordeaux: Searching For A New Class
Of Investment Grade Wine, Randall
Woolridge
Evolving Market Efficiency And Its
Implications, Brian Davis
Timothy Lawrence Groh,
Psychology (BS) with honors in Psychology, Prenatal Androgen Effects On
Risky Behavior: Sensation Seeking
And Risk-Taking In Individuals With
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia,
Sheri Berenbaum
Kathryn Emily Gross, Marketing (BS);
Psychology (BS) with honors in Marketing, Avoiding The Tipping Point: A
Congruency-Relationship Framework
For Product Placement, Jennifer Coupland
Benjamin Mitchel Grove, English (BA);
Psychology (BA) with honors in English,
Theatrics, Disability, and Identity in
Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion,
Richard Doyle
Carmen Gu Liu, Microbiology (BS)
with honors in Microbiology, Dramatic
Increase In The Frequency Of Listeria
Monocytogenes Persister Cells As The
Population Transitions From Exponential Phase To Long-Term-Survival
Phase Suggests Their True Nature And
Biological Function, Stephen Knabel
Shambhavi Gupta, Computer Engi-
Kenneth Timothy Hall, Engineering
Science (BS); Engineering Science and
Mechanics (PhD) with honors in
Engineering Science, Data Assimilation
Of Glucose Dynamics For The NeuroICU, Bruce Gluckman
Yilin Han, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology (BS) with honors in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, An Investigation
Of Hyoscyamus Niger Hyoscyamine
6β-Hydroxylase Activity And Improvement Of Expression Methods, Martin
Bollinger
Erin Rose Haney, Classics and Ancient
Mediterranean Studies (BA) with honors
in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean
Studies, Channeling Clytemnestra:
Euripides’ Hecuba And Aristophanes’
Lysistrata, Anna Peterson
Muhammad Risyad Hasyim,
Chemical Engineering (BS); Engineering Science (BS) with honors in
Chemical Engineering, Mathematical
Modeling Of Electrochemical Capacitors,
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan
*John Manuel Hatzell, Information
Sciences and Technology (BS); Security
and Risk Analysis (BS) with honors in
Information Sciences and Technology,
Processing With Convolutional Neural
Networks On Truenorth Processor,
An Examination Of How Wristband
Wearable Technologies Can Be Used As
An Aid In Recovery Amongst College
Students Recovering From Alcohol And
Drug Addiction, Hobart Cleveland
Shonaq Gupta, Supply Chain and
Tess Haverstick, Architecture (BARCH)
with honors in Architecture, Eco-Ease-
neering (BS) with honors in Computer
Engineering, Accuracy In Image
Chitaranjan Das
Information Systems (BS) with honors
in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, Future Application Of Inter-
net Of Things (loT) In Supply Chain
Of Company D, Robert Novack
Kristen E. Hagenah, Biomedical
Engineering (BS); Bioengineering (MS)
with honors in Biomedical Engineering,
Characterization Of Thrombi Through
MRI And Histological Analysis Of
Erythrocyte Ghost Clots, Keefe Manning
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
Emily A. Hake, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, The Impact Of CoInfections With Medium And High
Virus Virulence On The Length And
Fecundity Of Trichostrongylus
Retortaeformis, Isabella Cattadori
ments: A Case For Ecosystem-Based
Urban Planning, Darla Lindberg
Dayna Lyn Hedges, Architectural
Engineering (BAE); Architectural Engineering (MAE) with honors in Architectural Engineering, The Southeast
Aquarium: Chilled Water System
Redesign And Combined Heat And
Power Assessment, James Freihaut
SHC.PSU.EDU
11
Isabelle Ann Marie Helmich, African
Studies (BA); International Politics
(BA) with honors in African Studies,
Migration And Development: A Study
Of Tswana Male Labor Migration To
The Diamond Mines Of Botswana
And Its Impact On The Local Tswana
Economy, Clemente Abrokwaa
Jessica Behin Henry, Biology (BS)
with honors in Biology, Novel 3-Dimensional Electron Microscopic Analysis
Of Mitochondrial Morphology In Aged
And Ischemic Female Rat Heart, Donna
Korzick
Mikaela Lynne Hermstedt, Agricul-
tural Sciences (BS); Plant Sciences (BS)
with interdisciplinary honors in Agricultural Sciences and Plant Sciences,
Analysis Of An Ireland Study Abroad
Experience, John Ewing
Andrew Patrick Hoffmann,
Architecture (BARCH) with honors in
Architecture, The Once And Future
City, James Cooper
Lauren Michelle Holleran,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BS) with honors in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, De Novo Synthesis
Of NAD+ Conrtibutes To Reproductive
Development In Caenorhabditis Elegans,
Wendy Hanna-Rose
Miranda Jane Holmes, Art (BFA)
with honors in Art, Slippery Implica-
tions: Assessing Ambiguity In
Contemporary Painting, Brian Alfred
Mackenzie Lynn Hornibrook,
Supply Chain and Information Systems
(BS) with honors in Supply Chain and
Information Systems, Best Practices
In Socially And Ethically Responsible
Supply Chains: An Application In The
Food Industry, Robert Novack
Haydn L. Hornstein-Platt, Sociology
(BA); Psychology (BS) with honors in
Sociology, Whose Fault Is It? A Survey
Experiment Examining Differences In
Attribution And Support For White
And Black Men, Michael Gaddis
Abigail Leigh Houston, English (BA);
English (MA) with honors in English,
Take Me Home, William Cobb
James Lakshman Johnston,
Nicole Elizabeth Hume, Toxicology
(BS) with honors in Toxicology,
The Effects Of Internal Histone H3
Truncations On LSD1/Corest
Demethylase Activity, Song Tan
Emily Grace Isaacs, Environmental
Resource Management (BS) with honors
in Environmental Resource Management,
Sarah Christina Jordan, Labor and
Employment Relations (BS); Management (BS); Human Resources and
Employment Relations (MS) with
honors in Labor and Employment
Relations, Newcomer Socialization
Influence Of The Gut Microbiota On
Ceramide Synthesis, Andrew Patterson
Evaluating The Impact Of Nighttime
Ozone Exposure On Resistant And
Sensitive Phaseolus Vulgaris L. Genotypes, Dennis Decoteau
Egor Sergeevich Ivanov, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Enhanced Analysis
Of Solar Utility At Penn State Using
Trade Space Visualization, Jeffrey
Brownson
Austin P. Jaman, Economics (BA);
Political Science (BA) with honors in
Economics, A Look At Manufacturing
Employment And An Examination
Of The Relationship Between Tax
Abatements And Pennsylvania’s
Manufacturing Economy, William
Goffe
Maya Ann Marie Jankowska,
Biomedical Engineering (BS) with
honors in Biomedical Engineering, A
Control Study Using DNA To Test
The Effects Of Shear Stress On Von
Willebrand Factor, Keefe Manning
Janak P. Jethva, Biomedical Engi-
neering (BS); Mechanical Engineering
(BS); Bioengineering (MS) with honors
in Biomedical Engineering, Nano-Scale
Simulation Of Gold Nanoparticle
Tracking Of Kinesin-1, William
Hancock
Joanna Jiang, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, CTNNB1 Knockout
In Inhibitory Neurons Contributes To
Autism-Associated Behaviors In Mice,
Yingwei Mao
Alan Okan Johnson, Chemical Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical
Engineering, Simulating Reversible
Aggregations Of Colloidal Particles,
Themis Matsoukas
12
MEDALS CEREMONY
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BS); Statistics (BS) with honors in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
And Onboarding At An American
Industrial Manufacturing Company:
Examination Of Feedback Seeking
Behaviors Of New Hires, Jean Phillips
Alanna Nikita Kaiser, Community,
Environment, and Development (BS)
with honors in Community, Environment, and Development, Relationships
Between Theory And Practice: An
Investigation Of Social Change In
The Community Development Field,
Theodore Alter
Sruthi Kakuturu, Environmental
Systems Engineering (BS) with honors
in Environmental Systems Engineering,
Concentration-Discharge Relations In
Connection With End-Members And
Flow Paths, In A Model Catchment,
Li Li
Laura Jean Kastner, Communication
Arts and Sciences (BA); Statistics (BS)
with honors in Communication Arts
and Sciences, Identity And Hip-Hop:
An Analysis Of Ego-Function In The
College Dropout And The Miseducation
Of Lauryn Hill, Anne Demo
Miras Katenov, Chemical Engineering
(BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Representing N-Player Tragedy Of
The Commons Problem In Chemical
Game Theory, Darrell Velegol
Morgan Mckenzie Kauffman,
Theatre (BA) with interdisciplinary
honors in Theatre and Dance, Perfor-
mance In The Digital Age: The Physical
Effects Of Digital Archiving, Andrew
Belser
Neil Kelkar, Biology (BS) with honors
in Biology, Examining Software Efficacy
In Identifying Candidiate Copy Number
Variant Regions Implicating Neurodevelopmental Phenotypes Using Next
Generation Sequencing Technology,
Jordan Andrew Klavans, Political
Science (BA); Economics (BS) with
honors in Political Science, Who Do
Santhosh Girirajan
Zachary Baumann
Natalie Renee Keller, Food Science
Abigail Marian Koehler, Music Educa-
(BS) with honors in Food Science,
Antimicrobial Efficacy Of Lecithin And
Eugenol On Listeria Monocytogenes,
Edward Dudley
Kevin Patrick Kelley, Advertising/
Public Relations (BA); English (BA) with
honors in Advertising/Public Relations,
Brand Personalities Of Sharing Economy
Companies: A Study Of Airbnb And
Uber, George Anghelcev
James Patrick Kelly, Electrical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Electrical
Engineering, Software Defined Radio
Receiver, James Breakall
Nicolette Khosa, Communication
Sciences and Disorders (BS) with honors
in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Case Series, Chaleece Sandberg
Taylor Anne Kightlinger, Biology
(BS) with honors in Biology (Behrend),
Early Campanian Elasmobranch
Assemblage From North Carolina
With Paleoecological And Paleobiogeographical Implications, Todd Cook
Boyoung Kim, Economics (BS);
Finance (BS) with honors in Finance,
Modifying Microcredit To Increase
Outreach, Bee-Yan Roberts
Julie Morgan Kimmick, Childhood
and Early Adolescent Education (BS)
with honors in Childhood and Early
Adolescent Education, Effects Of Short
Durations Of Activity For Students
With ADHD, David Lee
*Nicole Elizabeth Kirchner, Materials
Science and Engineering (BS); Materials
Science and Engineering (PhD) with
honors in Materials Science and Engineering, Sputtering Of Lead Zirconate
Titanate (PZT) Thin Films On Curved
Glass For Adjustable X-Ray Mirrors,
Susan Trolier-Mckinstry
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
Americans Trust With The Economy?
How Economic Performance Predicts
State Legislative Election Outcomes,
tion, (BME) with honors in Music
Education, High School Music Theory:
Percep-tions of the AP Music Theory
Exam’s Influence on Teaching and
Learning, Eric Mckee
Elsa Jeyuen Koninckx, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Chemical Engineering, Biomimetic
Protection For Reverse Osmosis
Membranes Against Free Chlorine,
Manish Kumar
Michael Ryan Kontra, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Mechanical Engineering, Design And
Analysis Of Position Mapped EMAT
Sensor Readings For A Nuclear Cask
Inspection System, Sean Brennan
Sydney Anne Shannon Kotalik,
English (BA); Psychology (BA) with
honors in English, The Narrative Of
School Shootings, Lisa Sternlieb
Megan Jo Krause, Advertising/
Public Relations (BA); German (BS)
with interdisciplinary honors in
Advertising and Public Relations and
Information Sciences and Technology,
The Relationship Between Ad
Likeability Of The 2015 Super Bowl
Commercials And Google Search And
Tweet Volume, James Jansen
Rachel M. Krott, Secondary Education
(BS) with honors in Secondary Education, Investigating Teacher Values
Timothy Robert Kunz, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS) with
honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Visualizing And Under-
standing Chromatin Interactions Using
Self-Organizing Maps, Shaun Mahony
Michelle S. Lai, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, Impact Of Drug
Dose And Treatment Time On The
Synergism Between Pyrimethamine
And Sulfadoxine In The Mouse Malaria
Model, Andrew Read
Samuel Lapp, Engineering Science
(BS) with interdisciplinary honors
in Engineering Science and Music,
Modeling Intonation In Non-Western
Musical Cultures, Matthew Parkinson
Joshua Thomas Larimer,
Mechanical Engineering (BS); Nuclear
Engineering (BS) with interdisciplinary
honors in Mechanical Engineering and
Nuclear Engineering, Characterization
Of Horizontal Two-Phase Flow Via
Flow Regime Identification And
Frictional Pressure Loss Analysis,
Seungjin Kim
Martha Ann Larkin, English (BA);
Creative Writing (BFA) with honors in
English (Behrend), “Our Remedies Oft
In Ourselves Do Lie:” Herbalism And
Medicinal Floriography As Feminine
Power In The Spanish Tragedy, Hamlet,
And The Winter’s Tale, Sara Luttfring
Nathan James Larkin,
Communication Arts and Sciences
(BA); Economics (BS) with honors in
Communication Arts and Sciences, Of
Marijuana And Monopolies: Increasing
Correct Voting In U.S. Ballot Measure
Elections With The Citizens’ Initiative
Review, John Gastil
And Beliefs In The Context Of UpsideDown Teaching Of Mathematics, Fran
Jiwon Lee, International Politics (BA);
Sociology (BA) with honors in Sociology,
Megan Noelle Krusel, English (BA);
Curriculum and Instruction (MEd)
with honors in English (Behrend), An
Kevin Thomas
Arbaugh
Identity Toolbox: A Reader-Response
Approach To Holocaust Literature,
Mary Connerty
The Effects Of Origin And Generational
Status On Financial Status Of Muslim
Immigrants In The United States,
Dimitri Stephan Lewicki, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Making An Afford-
able Ceramic Powder 3D Printer For
Creating Ceramic Art, Timothy Simpson
SHC.PSU.EDU
13
Erik D. Lewis, Communication Arts
and Sciences (BA); Professional Writing
(BA) with honors in Professional
Writing (Berks), Perchance: Dreams
And Demons, Sandy Feinstein
Luiza Neddermyer Lodder, English
(BA) with honors in English, Fear Of
Alexandra Riane Makover, English
(BA) with honors in English, Benefits
Kevin Rao Li, Mechanical Engineering
Daniel J. Lordan, Political Science
(BA); Biology (BS) with honors in
Political Science, Behavioral Genetics
James Mangiaracina, History (BA)
with honors in History, The Influence
(BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Development Of A LowReynolds Swimmer, Paris Vonlockette
Sally Shan Li, Biology (BS) with honors
in Biology, Discovery And Implications
Of A New Variable Tandem Repeat In
The Dopamine Transporter Gene, David
Vandenbergh
Or Flawed Statistics-Measuring The
Robustness Of Ace Models In Context
Dependent CTD Studies, Peter Hatemi
Eric D. Love, Labor and Employment
Relations (BA); Political Science (BA)
with honors in Labor and Employment
Relations, A Measured Analysis Of The
Arts (BA) with honors in Film-Video,
Whistleblower Provisions Of The 2015
Fast Act (Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act), Paul Whitehead
Colin Mark Lingafelt, Biomedical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Biomedical Engineering, Determining
William Lucas, Finance (BS) with
honors in Finance, The Effect Of
Contingent Convertible Debt Issuance
On The Volatility Of A Company’s
Returns, Jingzhi Huang
Sijia Li, Film-Video (BA); Integrative
To The Lost, The Damned, The Mad,
And The Ones In Love, Richard Sherman
The Effect Of Kinesin-5 Inhibitors On
The Nucleation Rates Of Microtubules
In Vitro And Synthesizing, Characterizing, And Purifying Fluorescently
Labeled Nucleotides, William Hancock
Noah Andrew Lingwall, History (BA)
with honors in History, Hollywood And
Big Tobacco’s Unholy Alliance: The
Trajectory Of On-Screen Tobacco Placements From The 1920s To Present Day,
Gary Cross
Matthew Chad Litman, Mathematics
(BS) with honors in Mathematics, Sphere
Eversion: Analysis Of A Veridical
Paradox, Sergei Tabachnikov
Liyang Liu, Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering (BS) with honors in
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Analysis Of The Efficacy Of
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration In
Depleted Coalbed Methane Reservoirs,
Turgay Ertekin
Shikun Liu, Electrical Engineering
(BS); Mathematics (BS) with honors in
Mathematics, Variational Generative
Models, Lee Giles
14
Complexity And The Mental Illness
Memoir, Robert Caserio
MEDALS CEREMONY
Alexander John Lyon, Finance (BS);
Interdisciplinary Business With Engineering Studies (BS) with honors in
Finance, (Behrend), Evaluating The
Performance Of The Motley Fools Stock
AdvisorTM, Gregory Filbeck
MaryKate E. MacDonald, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, How U.S.
Corporate Inversions Impact Shareholder Value, Chris Muscarella
Rebecca Lynn Machtinger, Human
Development and Family Studies (BS)
with honors in Human Development
and Family Studies, Intergenerational
Transmission Of Attachment Style As
Mediated By Childhood Sexual Abuse,
Jennie Noll
Samantha Joy Magenheim,
Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (BS) with honors in Recreation,
Park, and Tourism Management, The
Pennsylvania Pink Zone: Experiences
Of Breast Cancer Survivors, Andrew
Mowen
Alfred Brandon Maiello, Finance
(BS) with honors in Finance, An
Examination Of Bidder Fees And The
Effect On Firm Returns, Jason Kotter
And Motivators For Family Literacy
Engagement, Blaire Toso
Of The 1830s Nullification Crisis On
The 1860s Secession Crisis, Amy
Greenberg
Runyu Mao, Electrical Engineering
(BS) with honors in Electrical Engineering, Distortion Factors In The
Heartbeat Sensing And 3D Visualization Of ECG, Hui Yang
Robert Joseph Martin, Biology (BS)
with honors in Letters, Arts, and
Sciences (Abington), Antiproliferative
Effect Of Ascorbate On Breast
Epithelial Cells Acts Via A Pro-Oxidant Mechanism Of Hydrogen Peroxide
Production, Eric Ingersoll
Peter Everest Mason, Computer
Science (BS) with honors in Computer
Science, A Natural Language Processing Analysis, John O’Hara
James Michael Maximuck, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Methanol Oxidation
Over Palladium And Silver Catalysts,
Michael Janik
Brandon Foster McCormick,
Criminology (BA); Psychology (BA)
with honors in Psychology, Laugh It
Off: The Reappraisal Of Negative Life
Events Through Humorous Memoir
Writing, Reginald Adams
Robert John McCrea, Biology (BS)
with honors in Biology (Behrend), An
Analysis Of Freshwater And Brackish
Neoselachians From The Late Cretaceous
Of Southern Alberta, Canada, Todd
Cook
Andrea Leigh McCullough,
Landscape Architecture (BLA) with
honors in Letters, Arts, and Sciences,
Rhizomatic Pennsylvania: Philosophy,
Ecology, And The Neutral Position In
Three Figures Of Plant Life, Heather
Davis
Megan Elizabeth McElwee, English
(BA) with honors in English,
(Home)Girls: The Urban Family Experience In Sandra Cisneros’s The House
On Mango Street And Gloria Naylor’s
The Women Of Brewster Place, Roselyn
James Furness McNew, Veterinary
and Biomedical Sciences (BS) with
honors in Veterinary and Biomedical
Sciences, Analysis Of The Effects Of
Rumination Time On The Milk Fatty
Acid Profile In Holstein Cattle, Kevin
Constantino
Harvatine
Ryan B. McFadden, Engineering
Dhruvish Hiteshbhai Mehta,
Science (BS) with honors in Engineering
Science, Bio-Mechanical Evaluation
Of Collagen Type-I Scaffolds For Bone
Tissue Regeneration, Ibrahim Ozbolat
Chelsea Mae McGhee, Psychology
(BA); Women’s Studies (BA) with
interdisciplinary honors in Women’s
Studies and Psychology, Does Putting
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (BS) with honors in Petroleum and
Natural Gas Engineering, Estimating
Oil Prices Fluctuation Using Geostatistical Tools, Sanjay Srinivasan
Harvish Hitesh Mehta, Electrical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Electrical Engineering, Clutter Models Of
Each Other In A Box Box In Our Own
Thinking? Examining Whether The
Narrow Parameters Of The Gender
Binary Restrict Creative Thought,
Land Distributed And Discrete Clutter,
Clayton Tyler McKee, Comparative
Of Sleep Restriction On Urinary And
Salivary Cortisol Levels, Orfeu Buxton
Stephanie Shields
Literature (BA); French and Francophone Studies (BA); Spanish (BA);
Comparative Literature (MA) with
honors in Comparative Literature,
Translating The Fantastic: A Translator’s Reflections On 19th Century
French And Spanish Fantastic Realism
Authors Guy de Maupassant And
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Thomas Beebee
Brian U. McKellar, Biomedical Engineering (BS); Bioengineering (MS) with
honors in Biomedical Engineering,
Visualization And Quantitation Of
Stem Cell Mediated Mineralization Of
A Demineralized Collagen Saffold In
A Tissue Engineering Model, Justin
Brown
Charles McLemore, Engineering
Science (BS) with honors in Engineering
Science, Investigation Of Amorphous
Ram Narayanan
Kaitlyn Virginia Miller, American
Studies (BA); American Studies (MA)
with honors in American Studies
(Harrisburg), Breaking The Mold:
Rethinking The Southern Woman In
The Civil War, Anne Verplanck
Rose Taylor Miller, Classics and
Ancient Mediterranean Studies (BA)
with honors in English, A Slow Kind
Of Drowning, Mary Rohrer-Dann
Biobehavioral Health (BS) with honors
in Biobehavioral Health, The Effects
Melissa Carolyn Minniti, Kinesiology
(BS) with honors in Kinesiology, Contributions Of Movement Variability To
Avoiding Impingement In Total Hip
Replacement, Stephen Piazza
Troy Dominic Merigliano, Finance
(BS) with honors in Finance, The Sys-
Omar Montasser, Computer Engineering (BS); Computer Science and Engineering (MS) with honors in Computer
Engineering, Predicting Demographics
Venkata Sai Ramya Meka,
temic Risk Of Increased Debt On
Corporate Balance Sheets During The
Next Recession, Brian Davis
Nicolas Mesyngier, Engineering
Of High-Resolution Geographies,
Daniel Kifer
Carson Andrew Morey, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Environmental Engineering, Radium Removal
Science (BS) with honors in Engineering
Science, An Acoustically Enhanced
Homogeneous Immunoassay, Francesco
Costanzo
Burgos
Leixin Miao, Materials Science and
Olivia Anna Morgan, Hotel, Restau-
Engineering (BS) with honors in Materials Science and Engineering, Methodol-
ogy Of Measuring Polar Displacements
In Complex Oxides With Aberration
Corrected Stem, Nasim Alem
Thin Films Using Electrically Detected
Magnetic Resonance, Patrick Lenahan
Cezary Mikoluk, Biochemistry and
Katie Frances McNeil, Biotechnology
(BS) with honors in Biotechnology,
By The Splicing Factor Transformer2
(Tra2) In Drosophila, Justin Diangelo
Examining The Roles Of Peroxisome
Proliferator-Activated Receptors In
Liver Cancer, Jeffery Peters
John Oliver Miller, English (BA) with
honors in English, James Lawson’s
Speech At Shaw University: Deconstructing Conflicting Ideologies To
Help Establish The Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, John Selzer
Molecular Biology (BS) with honors in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
(Berks), The Regulation Of Lipid Storage
Jeffrey Philip Miller, Electrical Engineering (BS) with honors in Electrical
Engineering, Large Volume Single
Photon Detection, Noel Giebink
From Unconventional Gas Wastewater
Via Sorption To Proppants, William
rant, and Institutional Management
(BS); Nutritional Sciences (BS) with
honors in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, Self Determin-
ation Theory And Wellness Tourism:
What Motivates Choice?, Anna Mattila
Stephen John Moxim, Engineering
Science (BS); Engineering Science and
Mechanics (PhD) with honors in
Engineering Science, Opportunities In
Nanowire Production Through Impure
Aluminum Oxide Templates, Richard
Bell
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15
Eric D. Moyer, Biology (BS) with honors
in Letters, Arts, and Sciences (Abington),
The Effect Of Aging On Macrophage
Phenotype, Steven Bloomer
Susan Lynn Nahvi, French and Francophone Studies (BA); International
Politics (BA) with honors in International Politics, The World’s Women:
Andrew James Nolff, Engineering
Science (BS) with honors in Engineering Science, Assessing The Impact Of
Margaret Elizabeth Muench, Art
(BA) with honors in Art, The Search For
Graphical User Interfaces On User
Design Performance Using Quadcopters Implementing Structural Batteries,
Reality: Forgiveness As A Foundation
Of The Human Experience, John Bowman
Douglas Lemke
Mary Frecker
Anirudh Manoj Kumar Nambiar,
Ashlyn S. Mueser, Biomedical Engineering (BS); Bioengineering (MS) with
honors in Biomedical Engineering,
rent Staged Diafiltration For Monoclonal Antibody Formulation, Andrew
Robert O’Brien, Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Vibration Isolation In A
Relationship Of Platelet Adhesion With
Surface Topography In The Penn State
Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device,
Keefe Manning
Andrew Murphy, Supply Chain and
Information Systems (BS) with honors
in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, Best Practices In Recycling
Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Packaging
Materials, Robert Novack
Carver Patrick Murphy, History (BA);
Political Science (BA) with honors in
Geography, Stateless Nations And Their
Endeavor For Independence, Roger Downs
McQuillin Douglas Murphy,
Geography (BA); International Politics
(BA) with honors in Geography,
Disappearing Places: Impacts Of Rising
Seas & Climate Change On Small Island
States, Roger Downs
Daniel Thomas Murt, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Profile
And Buckling Behavior Of Bistable
Plastic Column Members Subjected
To A Lateral Magnetic Force, Paris
Vonlockette
Athreya Nagesh, Mechanical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, (Harrisburg) Comparative
Analysis Of The Structural Properties
Of Materials Tested Under Fatigue
Stresses Used In The Fuselage Of An
Airplane, And To Thereby Determine
The Fuselage Material’s Efficiency,
Ma’moun Abu-Ayyad
16
Country Performance On The Gender
Millennium Development Goals,
MEDALS CEREMONY
Chemical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Chemical Engineering, CountercurZydney
Jenwarin Narukatpichai, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, A Molecular Dyna-
mics Of The Oriented Attachment
Mechanism Of Silver Nanoplates In
Prescence Of Polyvinylpyrrolidone,
Kristen Fichthorn
Meredith Rae Neumaier,
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS) with honors in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, An Evaluation
Of A Tool To Solicit Information On
The Expression Of Emotion In Spain,
Scanning Nanoscale Interface Probe
Ensemble, Alok Sinha
Nolan J. O’Connor, Chemical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Chemical
Engineering, Trends In Single Transi-
tion Metal Atom/Oxide Support Interactions From Density Functional
Theory, Michael Janik
James Daniel O’Hara, Mathematics
(BS); Physics (BS) with honors in Physics,
The Observation Of The Valley Hall
Effect In Tungsten Diselenide, Jie Shan
Meghan Suzanne O’Leary, English
(BA) with honors in English, Analysis
Of The Value Of Historical Fiction,
Krista Wilkinson
Gregg Rogers
Cassidy Newman, Mechanical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Change In Skeletal Muscle
Michael Jack Oddo, Biomedical
Engineering (BS) with honors in
Biomedical Engineering, Influence Of
Patrick Blair Nicodemus, Electrical
Jared David Ogden, Finance (BS) with
honors in Finance, Financial Education
And Financial Literacy, David
Stiffness After Running Competition Is
Dependent On Both Running Distance
And Recovery Time, Daniel Cortes
Engineering (BS); Mathematics (BS) with
honors in Mathematics, A Recursive
Presentation Of The Graphon Space,
Jan Reimann
Robert Michael Nidzyn, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Using Brønsted-Evans-
Polanyi relations to predict electrode
potential-dependent activation energies,
Michael Janik
Luke R. Nigro, Mechanical Engineer-
ing (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Prescription Of A Passive-
Dynamic Additive-Manufactured
Ankle-Foot Orthosis On A Patient
With A Severe Trimalleolar FractureA Case Study, John Challis
Stem Cell Source Gender On Endothelial Cell Differentiation, Xiaojun Lian
Haushalter
Ikenna J. Okafor, Computer Engineering (BS); Computer Science and
Engineering (MS); Computer Science
and Engineering (PhD) with honors
in Computer Engineering, Hardware
Accleration Of Visual Object Search,
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan
Kristen M. Overholt, Nursing (BS)
with honors in General Arts and
Sciences, (Behrend), The Implications
Of Awareness During Anesthesia: A
Literature Review, Michael Campbell
Joanna Pantelides, Psychology (BS)
with honors in Psychology, Self-Concept
As A Moderator In The Relationship
Between Borderline Personality Disorder
And Reading Mental States, Kenneth
Levy
*Emilee Kate Panunzi, Animal Sciences
(BS) with honors in Animal Sciences,
Factors Affecting Feed Digestibility In
Dairy Cows, Chad Dechow
Andrew Sylvester Pany, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Demetallation Of Algal
Biocrude Oil Produced Via Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Phillip Savage
Bryna H. Parlow, Food Science (BS)
with honors in Food Science, Individual
Differences In Affective Responses To
Sourness, John Hayes
Benjamin Lewis Paskoff,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BS) with honors in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, The Effect Of Age
On HO Expression In Yeast Cells,
Lu Bai
Mit Patel, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology (BS) with honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microtubule
Severing Proteins Mediate Minus-End
Growth In Drosophila Neurons,
Melissa Rolls
Sumil V. Patel, Economics (BS); Finance
(BS) with honors in Legal Environment
of Business, Analyzing The Impact Of
Legal Form Of Indian Microfinance
Institutions On Financial Sustainability
And Outreach, Daniel Cahoy
Jordan George Paulus, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, De Novo Design
Through Optmaven And Current
Advancements In Its Design, Benchmarked By The Zika Virus, Costas
Maranas
Nicole Allison Payne, Labor and
Employment Relations (BA); Finance
(BS) with interdisciplinary honors in
Finance and Labor and Employment
Relations, The Safeway Story: Aligning
Labor, Capital, And Community, Paul
Whitehead
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
Turner John Pecen, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS); Immunology and Infectious Disease (BS) with
honors in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Role Of Corest N-Terminal
Extension On LSD1/Corest
Demethylase Activity, Song Tan
Alvaro Ramiro Peredo Centellas,
Kevin Lloyd Phelps, Finance (BS)
with honors in Finance, Adjusting
Target-Date Fund Glide Path For The
Relative Valuation Of The S&P 500,
James Miles
Aleksander Felipe Piasecki, Chemical Engineering (BS) with honors in
Chemical Engineering, A Presynthesis
Finance (BS); Mathematics (BS) with
honors in Finance, A Representation Of
Method For Inducing Selective Growth
In Two Dimensional And Layered
Materials, Joshua Robinson
Huang
Rebecca Lynn Plessel, Biochemistry
Investor Learning Behavior Through
Cellular Genetic Algorithms, Jingzhi
Adriana Perez Camacho, Global
Studies (BA) with honors in
Global Studies (Berks), Hispanic
Acculturation And Advertising: An
Analysis Of The Use Of Cultural
Symbols, Language Variations, And
Models In Video Advertisements
Targeting Hispanics, Kirwin Shaffer
Brent Robert Perry, Biology (BS)
with honors in Biology, Development
Of A R Package For Classifying Duplicate Gene Retention Mechanisms
(CDROM) And Application To Duplicate Genes In Grasses, Raquel Assis
Erin Peters, Communication Sciences
and Disorders (BS) with honors in
Communication Sciences and Disorders,
Improving Communication Partner’s
Interpretations Of Communicative
Intentions Of Individuals With Multiple
And Severe Disabilities, Kathryn Drager
Kari Agnes Peterson, History (BA);
Spanish (BA) with honors in History,
The Question Of Evolving Standards Of
Decency And The Modern Concept Of
American Childhood In The Supreme
Court, Anne Rose
Laura Peterson, Supply Chain and
Information Systems (BS) with honors
in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, Total Landed Cost Model For
A Pharmaceutical Retail Company,
Robert Novack
Brandon Scott Petras, Political
Science (BA) with honors in Political
Science (Behrend) Law Enforcement
and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Development And Application Of
An Analytical Method For Cannabis,
Franklin Dorman
Xydemor Popa, Finance (BS) with
honors in Finance, Feasibility Assessment For A Male Cosmetics Company,
Brian Davis
Matthew J. Poska, Engineering Science
(BS); Physics (BS) with honors in Physics,
Design And Implementation Of Radiation Curing Uvled Aray For Use In
RHIC At Brookhaven National Lab,
Steven Heppelmann
Laura Renee Post, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, (Berks), Distinguishing Between Specialism And Opportunism In The Diet Of Herring Gulls,
Jennifer Arnold
Robert William Prestley, Meteorology
(BS) with honors in Meteorology, Trust
And Information During Hurricane Ike,
Jon Nese
Margaret E. Purcell, Criminology (BA);
International Politics (BA) with honors
in Criminology, Influence Of Religiosity
On Juvenile Deviance, Jeffery Ulmer
Joseph Kurian Puthenpurayil,
Chemistry (BS) with honors in Chemistry,
Thermomechanical Analysis Of Phase
Transitions In A Binary Mixture Of
Ethylene Glycol And Water, Bratoljub
Milosavljevic
And Lawmakers Reactions To Lone
Wolf Terrorism, Kilic Kanat
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Alexander Braun Radaoui, Biology
(BS) with honors in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, The Epigenetic
Regulation Of Peptidylarginine
Deiminase 4 And Associated Cellular
Response Pathways Give Insight Into
Novel Cancer Therapeutics, Yanking
Wang
Stephen Jurgen Rakoczy, Economics
(BS); Risk Management (BS) with honors
in Economics, Policy Implications For
Overmatch, Russell Cooper
Francesca Adrienne Ramacciotti,
Environmental Resource Management
(BS) with honors in Environmental
Resource Management, What Makes
Penn State Students Go Green?
Examining ‘Most Significant Change’
Experiences In Individuals’ Sustainability Perceptions, Theodore Alter
Stephanie Nicole Ramer, Health
Policy and Administration (BS) with
honors in Health Policy and Administration, Investigating Health Literacy
And Health Information Seeking In The
United States, Rhonda Belue
Jamie Sara Ranalli, Anthropology
(BA); Sociology (BA) with honors in
Anthropology, Development Of The
Second Ossification Center In Mice
Calcanei, Philip Reno
Jaden Hope Rankin-Wahlers,
Criminology (BA); Political Science
(BA) with honors in Political Science,
Does A Title Matter? State Justices
Selection Method Effect On Public
Opinion, Michael Nelson
Adam Charles Rastatter, Accounting
(BS); Economics (BS) with honors in
Economics, Evaluating Inefficiencies In
Amanda Mae Rees, Secondary Education (BS) with honors in Secondary
Education, Teaching Science To Special
Needs Students, Jonte Taylor
Amanda Catherine Reese,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(BS); Spanish (BS) with honors in
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
A New Drug Selectable Marker In
Plasmodium Yoelii Malaria Parasites,
Scott Lindner
Rachel Ann Reineke, Veterinary
and Biomedical Sciences (BS) with
honors in Veterinary and Biomedical
Sciences, Determining If Serum Shock
And Dexamethasone Initiate Circadian
Rhythms In Bovine MAC-T Mammary
Epithelial Cells, Kevin Harvatine
Ryan John Richards, Electrical Engineering (BS) with honors in Electrical
Engineering, A Newtonian Repulsive
Force Field And Morphological Skeleton Parametric Curvature Neural Network Recognition System For Human
Detection And Tracking Within A
Lagrangian System, Timothy Kane
Celine Anne Ridgway, English (BA);
French and Francophone Studies (BA)
with honors in English, “Conviction
And Courage”: From Joan Of Arc To
The Contemporary Woman Soldier,
Ryan Thomas Rokicki, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, An Analysis Of
Ultrafine Nanoparticle Water Droplets,
Kristen Fichthorn
Selina A. Roman-White, Chemical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Membrane Fouling
During Microfiltration Treatment
Of Hydraulic Fracuturing Flowback
Water, Manish Kumar
Nicole Ashley Romano,
Communication Sciences and Disorders
(BS) with honors in Communication
Sciences and Disorders, Conversational
Analysis Of Neurotypically Developing
Adults During Cooperative And Competitive Video Game Play, Erinn Finke
Olivia Zilberman Rosenfield,
Musical Theatre (BFA) with honors in
Musical Theatre, Stages Of Life,
Raymond Sage
How Physical Problem Solving Benefits
Intellectual Problem Solving, Deirdre
and Human Services (BS) with honors
in Rehabilitation and Human Services,
Jennifer Arnold
O’Sullivan
Alexander Maxime Riviere, Econo-
Analysis Of Fertility In Haiti And Its
Determinants From 1994-2012, David
Sirena Marie Rowland, Criminology
(BS) with honors in Criminology, The
Impact Of The Military On Crime Rates
In Towns Across The United States,
Katherine Louise Robinson,
Curtis M. Royer, American Studies
English In Post-Colonial Sri Lanka,
Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle For
Radical Reconstruction On December
4, 1865, John Haddad
mics (BS) with honors in Economics,
Olivia A. Raub, Anthropology (BA);
Comparative Literature (BA); English
(BA); Comparative Literature (MA)
with honors in English, The Role Of
MEDALS CEREMONY
Turgay Ertekin
Katie B. Ringler, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biology, (Berks), Ecological
Succession Of Colonial Waterbirds,
Suresh Canagarajah
Michael Joseph Rocci III, Electrical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Electrical Engineering, Adaptive Filtering
Through Digital Signal Processing
For Active Noise Cancellation, James
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An Artificial Neural Network For
Prediction Of Flowing Bottomhole
Pressure In Vertical Oil Wells,
Carly Dana Rosenthal, Rehabilitation
Shapiro
Magnus Hirschfeld And The Birth Of
Sexual Science, Amy Greenberg
Natural Gas Engineering (BS) with
honors in Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering, Development Of
Leisha Jones
The National Hockey League Labor
Market, Collin Knapp
German (BA); History (BA) with interdisciplinary honors in Anthropology and
History, Incapable Of Learning Anything:
Mohnish Rodge, Petroleum and
Breakall
Eric Baumer
(BA); American Studies (MA) with
honors in American Studies (Harrisburg),
“Equality Of Man Before His Creator:”
Alexandra Francella Royle,
Advertising/Public Relations (BA) with
honors in Advertising/Public Relations,
Doing Well While Doing Good: A Case
Study Examination Of Corporate Social
Responsibility, Marcia Distaso
Jessica Fern Ruble, International
Politics (BA); Spanish (BA) with honors
in History, How Populist Leaders Are
Elected: Latin America And Beyond,
Zachary Morgan
Natalia Teresa Ruggiero,
Criminology (BA); International Politics
(BA) with honors in Criminology,
Gender Differences In Varieties Of
Insurance Fraud, Darrell Steffensmeier
Stephanie Virginia Ruggiero,
Childhood and Early Adolescent Education (BS) with honors in Childhood
and Early Adolescent Education, An
Exploratory, Qualitative Study Of
Preschool Teachers Knowledge Of The
PA Early Learning Standards And
Application In Practice, Jodie Styers
Olivia Runk, Nursing (BS) with honors
in Nursing, Exploring The Relationship
Between Personality And Subjective
Cognitive Impairment In Older Adults
Without Dementia, Nikki Hill
Casey Aileen Ryan, Kinesiology (BS)
with honors in Kinesiology, Age-Related
White Matter Changes Mediate The
Relationship Between Age And Speed
Of Processing, Nancy Dennis
Elaine Rose Franzuela Santiago,
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (BS)
with honors in Veterinary and Biomedical
Sciences, Citrobacter Rodentium Infec-
tion Rates In C57BL6/J Mice Are
Influenced By Host Diet, Margherita
Cantorna
Danyas Sharmila Sarathy, Physics
(BS) with honors in Physics, The Effect
Of External Signals And Combinatorial
Interventions In The Epithelial-ToMesenchymal Transition Network
Model, Reka Albert
Benjamin J. Sattler, Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors in Industrial
Engineering, Three-Dimensional Model
Reconstruction From Images Using
Position Tracking And Structure From
Motion, Saurabh Basu
Joshua A. Savitz, Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Dynamic Systems Model-
Samantha Lynne Seils, Premedicine
(BS) with honors in Premedicine, Gas-
trointestinal Parasites In Peromyscus
Leucopus, Peter Hudson
Hope Elizabeth Schmid, B.Phil with
honors in Linguistics, Spectrums: Vocal
Pitch Characteristics of those Outside
the Gender Binary, Evan Bradley
ing Of Lithium Ion Battery Systems In
MATLAB Inclusive Of Temperature
Dependency, Jay Martin
Shweta Sen, Mechanical Engineering
Christine Nicole Scaglione, Science
Matthew Parkinson
(BS) with honors in Biobehavioral
Health, Examining The Relationship
Between Technological Savviness In
Melanoma Patients And Self Efficacy
In Using Information From TabletBased Interventions For Self-Skin
Examinations, Robert Turrisi
(BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Developing Body Surface
Area Models For Human Variability,
Melissa Ann Shallcross, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer
Effects Of Streamwise Spacing And
Natural Convection On Short Aspect
Ratio Pin Fin Arrays, Stephen Lynch
Jan-Christopher Scharsig,
Kokila Shankar, Biology (BS) with
Multi-Sensor Inspection And Roboting
Systems For Dry Storage Casks:
Thermal Constraints, Sean Brennan
Analysis Of Cell Reorientation And
Plaque Morphology Following HSV-1
Infection, Moriah Szpara
Rosalie Elena Schlenk, Architecture
(BARCH); Global and International
Studies (BS) with honors in Architecture, Endangered Existence: An Architecture Of Imminence, Darla Lindberg
Ryan Timothy Shannon, Mechan-
Mechanical Engineering (BS) with
honors in Mechanical Engineering,
Nicholas C. Schultheis, Biochemistry
interdisciplinary honors in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biology,
ical Engineering (BS) with honors in
Mechanical Engineering, A Computa-
tional Analysis Of The Biomechanics
Of Immediately Loaded Dental
Implants, Jing Du
and Molecular Biology (BS); Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PhD) with honors in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, Development
*Emma Elizabeth Shellhamer,
Of A CRISPR-CAS9 Construct Aimed
At Knocking Out SETD2 In U2OS
Cells, Yanming Wang
It’s More Than There, Their, And
They’re: The Role Of The Book Editor
In Decades Past, Present Days, And
The Age To Come, Gregg Rogers
Laura Kathryn Searles, Civil Engi-
Kimberly Kathleen Shelton,
A Sustainable Option In The World Of
Construction, Ali Memari
tion Of Thermally Stimulated Multiple
Turnover In The Hammerhead
Ribozyme, Philip Bevilacqua
neering (BS); Environmental Engineering (MENG) with honors in Civil
Engineering, Cross Laminated Timber:
Advertising/Public Relations (BA);
English (BA) with honors in English,
Chemical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Chemistry, Towards The Investiga-
Jeremy Morgan Sechrist, Secondary
Education (BS) with honors in Secondary Education, The Properties And
Interactions Of Atoms: A Unit Curriculum For Introductory Chemistry,
Scott Mcdonald
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
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Yue Shen, Supply Chain and Information Systems (BS) with honors in Supply
Chain and Information Systems,
Christina Bryn Soliday, Economics
(BS); Finance (BS) with honors in
Finance, The Identification Of Differen-
Rachel L. Sherbondy, Materials
Matthew Anthony Sorna,
Tolerant PZT Thick Films For Ultrasonic Transducers, Susan Trolier-
High Cycle Biaxial Fatigue Sample
Near Resonance Using Finite Element
Modeling, Manton Guers
Applied Cycle Counting Method For
Grocery Retail Industry, Robert Novack
Science and Engineering (BS) with
honors in Materials Science and
Engineering, Fabrication Of DamageMckinstry
Robert Todd Shreiner, Engineering
Science (BS) with honors in Engineering
Science, Electrospun Protein-Based
Photonic Waveguides, Melik Demirel
Harnoor Singh, Biology (BS) with
honors in Kinesiology, Scoping Review
On Stress-Injury Relations In Athletic
And Occupational Contexts, David
Conroy
Simranjeet Singh, Finance (BS);
Mathematics (BS) with interdisciplinary
honors in Finance and Mathematics,
Approximating Parabolic Partial Differential Equations With Applications
To Financial Option Pricing, Anna
Mazzucato
Cassandra Marie Smith, Supply Chain
and Information Systems (BS) with
honors in Supply Chain and Information
Systems, Food Safety Modernization
Act (FSMA): Implementation And Best
Practices, Robert Novack
Grant Thomas Smith, Physics (BS)
with honors in Physics, Substrate
Transfer Of Thin Film Topological
Insulators And Applications To Novel
Characterization And Interfaces,
Engineering Science (BS) with honors
in Engineering Science, Design Of
Taylor Louise Soucy, Chemistry (BS)
with honors in Chemistry, Development
Of Catalysts For The Implementation
Of A Hydrogen Economy, Raymond
Schaak
Automation Adoption: Preparing For
A Future Of Technological Unemployment, Russell Chuderewicz
Julian Antonio Stoute, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Role Of The Sant Domain In Binding
Of LSD1-Corest To The H4 Tail Of The
Nucleosome, Song Tan
Meghan Quinn Stouter, Sociology
(BA); Labor and Employment Relations (BS); Human Resources and
Employment Relations (MS) with
honors in Sociology, Gender-Atypical
and Molecular Biology (BS); Toxicology
(BS) with honors in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Examining The
Cailyn E. Spencer, Industrial Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Industrial
Engineering, How Technological
Advancements Impact Engineering
Design Learning: A Case Study In
Product Dissection, Scarlett Miller
Carolina Claudia Spiess, Psychology
(BS) with honors in Psychology, Evalu-
ation Of Accented-Speakers In Leadership
Positions, Samuel Hunter
Brendan James Sporer, Mechanical
Engineering (BS); Nuclear Engineering
(BS) with honors in Nuclear Engineering, A Method For Active Space Charge
Nathaniel Jeffrey Snyder,
Brooke A. Stafford, Advertising/
MEDALS CEREMONY
International Politics (BA); Economics
(BS); Finance (BS) with honors in
Economics, The Employment Effects Of
Victoria K. Spadafora, Biochemistry
Nitin Samarth
cessing For Apple Orchards And
Christmas Tree Farms Using Unmanned
Aircraft, Henry Sommer
Cameron Lewis Stevens,
Characterization Of β-Heavy Spectrin
Self-Interaction, Graham Thomas
Neutralization In An Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Nuclear
Fusion Device, Sven Bilen
Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Mechanical Engineering, Image Pro-
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tial Interpretations And Its Correlation
To Equity Sectors, Randall Woolridge
Frederick James Steimling, Finance
(BS); Labor and Employment Relations
(BS) with interdisciplinary honors in
Finance and Labor and Employment
Relations, Equity For Workers: A Legal
& Financial Perspective, Brian Davis
Public Relations (BA); Psychology (BA)
with honors in Advertising/Public
Relations, Examining How The Medias
Portrayal Of Obese Individuals Effects
Body Satisfaction And Self-Esteem,
Colleen Connolly-Ahern
Work: Men In Child Care And Early
Education, Sarah Damaske
Haojun Sui, Computer Science (BS);
Mathematics (BS); Statistics (BS) with
honors in Computer Science, Increase
Recommendation Diversity By ClusterBased Top-N Recommender, Conrad
Tucker
John Joseph Swab, History (BA);
Geography (BS) with honors in
Geography, Building Suburban
Life: Roland Park, Baltimore And
The Regulation Of Space, Deryck
Holdsworth
Michael Antwan Swann, Science (BS)
with honors in Science, Effects Of Road
Salts On Soil Structure, Soil Microorganisms And Groundwater Quality,
Katherine Baker
Emily Rose Swope, Human Development and Family Studies (BS) with
honors in Human Development and
Family Studies, The Influence Of
Parents On Adolescent Self-Efficacy
And Leisure Boredom, Linda Caldwell
Federico Tagliatti, Energy Engineering (BS) with honors in Energy Engineering, Offshore Wind Farm Layout
Optimization In Deep Waters, Susan
Stewart
Helen Tang, English (BA) with honors
in English, Wordless: Living With
Selective Mutism, Elizabeth Kadetsky
*Jennifer Margaret Taylor, English
(BA); Geosciences (BS) with honors in
Geosciences, Chemical Analysis Of
Scaly Fabric: Subduction Zone Deformation Structures From The Shimanto
Belt, Japan, Donald Fisher
Taryn Marie Testa, Project and
Supply Chain Management (BS) with
honors in Management (Behrend),
Supply Chain Security: A Study On
C-TPAT And Its Impact On Company’s
Security Measures, Varun Gupta
Neel Kishor Thakur, Mechanical
Engineering (BS); Physics (BS) with
honors in Mechanical Engineering,
Studying Forward Flight Mechanics In
Blue Bottle Flies Using A Magnetically
Levitated Flight Mill, Bo Cheng
Harsimran Kaur Thind, Mechanical
Engineering (BS) with interdisciplinary
honors in Mechanical Engineering
and Engineering Design, The Potential
Effects On Design Of Secular Trends In
Body Shape And Size Of U.S. Children,
Matthew Parkinson
Jacob L. Thomas, Biology (BS) with
honors in Biobehavioral Health,
The Effects Of Chronic Variable
Social Stress During Adolescence On
Late-Adolescent Anxiety-Like Behavior
And Alcohol Consumption In BALB/CJ
Inbred Mice, Helen Kamens-Horton
Shuhan Tian, Economics (BS); Mathematics (BS) with honors in Economics,
Differences In Social Networks Between
Chinese Community And Indian
Community In Silicon Valley, Kalyan
Chatterjee
Michael J. Trowbridge, Engineering
Science (BS); Mechanical Engineering (BS);
Mechanical Engineering (MS) with interdisciplinary honors in Engineering
Science and Mechanical Engineering,
Comparative Assessment Of Cold Spray,
Laser Assisted Cold Spray, And Direct
Metal Laser Sintering Of TI-6AL-4V,
Timothy Simpson
Erlfang Tsai, Political Science (BA);
Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors
in Mechanical Engineering, Effects Of
Extrusion Temperature And Printer
Nozzle Speed On The Tensile Properties
Of 3D Printed Polylactic Acid, Timothy
Simpson
Mengxiong Wan, Mechanical Engi-
neering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Correlation Analysis Of
Economics (BS) with honors in Economics, Education, Remittances, And Return
Migration, James Tybout
Tire Radius Estimation And Tire Slip
As Measured With Differential GPS
And Wheel Encoders, Sean Brennan
Kimberlyn Laura Turner, Film-Video
(BA) with honors in Film-Video, The
Legacy Of The Lion, Maura Shea
Boen Wang, English (BA) with honors
in English, Endnotes: The Afterlife Of
David Foster Wallace, Richard Doyle
Adam Andrew Uliana, Chemical Engi-
Jonathan Zhu Wang, Physics (BS) with
honors in Physics, Treebank: Differential Geometric Methods For Fast
Template Bank Generation In Searches
For Gravitational Waves, Chad Hanna
neering (BS) with honors in Environmental Engineering, Surface Functional-
izations Of Water Filters: A Moringa
Oleifera Sand Filter And Metal-Organic
Nanofiltration Membranes, Stephanie
Velegol
Gavin Robert Vanstone, Biology (BS)
with honors in Biology, The Effect Of
A Nutrient Gradient On The PoritesLithophaga System In The Phoenix
Islands, Iliana Baums
Rocco Alexander Vitalone,
Mathematics (BS); Physics (BS) with
honors in Physics, Studying Super-
Kevin Wang, Mechanical Engineering
(BS) with honors in Mechanical Engineering, Adjustable Fixture For
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery,
Daniel Cortes
Xingyu Wang, Mechanical Engineering (BS) with honors in Mechanical
Engineering, Flight Mechanics Of
Landing Maneuvers In Bluebottle Flies,
Bo Cheng
conducting Fluctustions And Collective
Modes In Optimally Doped FeSe1-xTex
An Unconventional Superconductor
In The BCS-BEC Crossover Regime,
Yuanheng Wang, English (BA) with
honors in English (Behrend), Writer
Erin Nicole Vrana, Biochemistry and
Connerty
Jie Shan
Molecular Biology (BS); French and
Francophone Studies (BS) with honors
in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Characterization Of The Role Of UIS12
In Plasmodium Yoelii Male Gametocyte
Activation, Scott Lindner
Sara Diana Wall, Anthropology (BA)
with honors in Anthropology, Review
And Analysis Of The Circumstances
That Allow For The Development Of
Matriarchal Societies: A Case Study Of
The Minangkabau, Mosuo And Navajo,
Rebecca Bird
*Denotes student marshal in academic college.
Alexander Pachelbel Walsh,
Identity And First Person Pronouns
Among Three Undergraduate Chinese
Students’ Academic Writing, Mary
Walker Thomas Webb, Professional
Writing (BA) with honors in Professional Writing (Berks), Arrangements From
The Life Of Gavel Halliday, Sandy
Feinstein
*Holly Marie Weinschenk, Nursing
(BS) with honors in Nursing, Identifying Differences In Experiences Related
To Caregiver Burden And Health
Status Among Caregivers Of Persons
With Heart Failure, Lisa Kitko
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Aidan Francis Wharton, Musical
Theatre (BFA) with honors in Musical
Theatre, Good Enough Is Great: Explor-
Feminist Voice In The 20th Century,
Michelle Marie Wolf, Journalism (BA)
with honors in Journalism, A Fight For
The Right To Live, Ann Kuskowski
Hanrui Yu, Economics (BS); Statistics
(BS) with honors in Economics, Development Of Chinese Neighborhoods By
Schelling’s Model, Kalyan Chatterjee
ing Acting Through Vulnerability And
Mindfulness, John Simpkins
Rachel Morgan Wolfe, Biomedical
Engineering (BS) with honors in Biomedical Engineering, Impact Of Pul-
satility And Flow Rates On Hemodynamic Energy Transmission In An
Adult ECLS System, Akif Undar
Kate Mackenzie Wright, English (BA);
English (MA) with honors in English,
Home Care: A Collection Of Poems,
Julia Kasdorf
Jingyu Wu, Chemical Engineering
(BS) with honors in Chemical Engineering, Diffusiophoresis And Mineral
Replacement At Saturated Salt Condition,
Ali Borhan
Renyu Wu, Finance (BS) with honors
in Finance, How Incentives Contributed
To The Great Recession?, Sajay Samuel
Danling Ye, Veterinary and Biomedical
Bailey Young, English (BA); Journalism (BA) with honors in English, The
Manini Samarth
Casey L. Zarger, Architectural Engi-
neering (BAE); Architectural Engineering (MAE) with honors in Architectural
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Of A University Office Building That
Achieves Net-Zero Energy Usage And
Improved Air Distribution, James
Freihaut
Xuanhao Zhang, Economics (BS);
Mathematics (BS); Statistics (BS) with
honors in Economics, Modelling Major
Economic Indicators Via Multivariate
Time Series Analysis, Patrik
Guggenberger
Hangyu Zhou, Mathematics (BS) with
honors in Mathematics, Topology And
Data Analysis, John Roe
Mengxue Zhu, Mathematics (BS) with
honors in Mathematics, Mathematical
Interpretation Of The Financial Terms In
Interest Models Theory And Practice,
Sciences (BS) with honors in Veterinary
and Biomedical Sciences, Variation In
Manfred Denker
Kateryna Makova
Naseem Zomorodi, Science (BS)
with honors in Science, (Harrisburg),
Ampliconic Gene Copy Number Among
Human Y Chromosomal Haplogroups,
Rosemary Koo Yee, American
Studies (BA); American Studies (MA)
with honors in American Studies
(Harrisburg), The Chinese Buffet: A
An Analysis Of The Association
Between Influenza Coverage And
Outbreak Across Demographic Factors
In The United States, Shirley Clark
Hybrid Dining Practice In America,
John Haddad
Emma V. Yellin, Biology (BS); Psychology (BS) with honors in Biology, Reactive
Astrocytes And Their Conversion To
Functional Neurons In Ischemic Stroke
Mouse Model, Gong Chen
* Denotes student marshal in
academic college.
Please note: The information in this document
was produced April 21, 2017, as an unofficial
list of Schreyer Scholars planning to graduate
in spring 2017. Any information received after
this date is not reflected in the program.
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MEDALS CEREMONY
Schreyer Scholar Awards
The Schreyer Honors College
presents the following awards
annually at the spring medals
ceremony recognizing the
accomplishments and
achievements of graduating
Schreyer Scholars.
The Paul Axt Prize
The Paul Axt Prize was established by the University in recognition of
Dr. Axt’s distinguished service and commitment to honors education.
It is awarded annually to a senior Scholar (graduating spring semester
or having graduated in the preceding fall or summer) who exemplifies
those attributes which Professor Paul Axt, founding director of the
University Scholars Program, sought to foster through the honors
program: the passionate commitment to inquiry that promotes high
scholarly achievement and the intellectual curiosity and daring that
lead to the development and pursuit of wide-ranging interests.
RECIPIENTS:
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Mary E. Sperry
Dorothy A. Kielkopf
Mary A. McLean
David C. Schweisguth
Anne L. Glosky
Deborah A. Wells
K. Elena Wilken
Brian N. Pavlakovic
Michelle M. Dionne
Amy E. Kapp
Jennifer A. Langer
Moriah L. Szpara
David M. Dudzinksi
Jane R. Rigby
Maureen Gramaglia
Allison F. Carey
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Alison D. Kepner
Danielle S. Perry
Thomas M. Essinger-Hileman
Tiffany L. Bogich
Rachel K. Evans
John E. McManigle Jr.
Therese M. Jones
Alyssa D. Todaro
Kathryn I. Barber
Sylvia L. Ranjeva
Reva M. Baylets
John C. Groh
Zoe R. Todd
Nicholas J. Frazzette
Sarah Newby
The Douglas G. and Regina C. Evans
Award for Research Achievement
This award was created in 2000 and endowed in 2003 by Scholar
Alumnus Douglas G. Evans ’86 and his wife Regina C. Evans. The
award recognizes a Schreyer Scholar who has accomplished a single,
extraordinary research achievement. The award honors work of
high quality, outstanding intellectual value, creativity, commitment
and significance.
RECIPIENTS:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Rhiannon L. Weaver
Joseph B. Geddes III
Nicholas A. Bond
Nicholas T. Hartman
Laura M. Tach
Holly L. Hantz
Ryan S. Lynch
Tina Lin
Laura B. Hoch
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Matthew R. Gardner
Rachel L. Urban
Lena R. Bradley
James E. Pander III
Michael P. Howard
John C. Groh
Arjun Agrawal
Grace Lee
Danling Ye
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SCHREYER S C H O L A R AWA R D S
The Reddy Mission Award
This award was inaugurated in 2000 and endowed by faculty members
Usharani and Channa Reddy. It honors the graduating Schreyer Scholar
who best exemplifies the mission of the college. The Faculty Advisory
Committee selects the senior who has excelled in and integrated all
three parts of the college mission: academic excellence, globalization
and civic engagement.
RECIPIENTS:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2008
Leanna M. Mellott
Kimberly A. Singer
Amanda L. Wetzel
Annina C. Burns
Lee C. Bassett
Nomi C. Deutch
Matthew S. Lee
Victoria L. Killion
Rachel K. Epperly, Nikki L. Hill,
McKenzie L. Jones-Round
Rebecca L. Funk,
Marian I. Hamilton,
Adena P. Schwartz
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Stephanie J. Ohlson,
Herschel “Trey” Thomas III
Adam P. Brown, Farnaz Farhi
Hillary K. Darville, Dana M. Ray,
Kathleen J. Smith
Shruthi Baskaran, Rachel V. Dzombak,
Meryn N. Oswald
Amarpreet K. Ahluwalia, Dana M. James
Christian D. Brendel
Rhoda K. Moise
Joshua T. Bram
Margaret Featherstone
Andrea (Sylvia) Biscoveanu
The Robert W. “Bear” Koehler Award for
Distinguished Service
The newest of the Schreyer Honors College student awards, the
Robert W. “Bear” Koehler Award for Distinguished Service was
endowed in 2007 in memory of the Smeal College of Business
professor through the generous contributions of Noah P. Barsky,
Charles H. Smith, and others, including friends, family, students and
colleagues. It honors the graduating Schreyer Scholar earning a
degree from the Smeal College of Business who best exemplifies the
accomplishments of Dr. Koehler’s life of service at Penn State and
who has achieved a distinguished record of service to the Schreyer
Honors College and Penn State. This award also recognizes a
first- or second-year Schreyer Scholar who demonstrates the
promise to achieve a record of service achievement to the Schreyer
Honors College and Penn State.
RECIPIENTS:
2007     
2008     
2009     
2010     
2011     
2012     
2013     
2014     
2015     
2016     
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Rachel K. Epperly ’07, Simran A. Grover ’09
Jonathan Lamar Foley ’08, Rishin R. Banker ’11
Robert “R.J.” Cilley ’09, Gary M. McMillen ’12
A. Leum (Alex) Han ’10, Courtney L. Quisenberry ’14
Maegan E. Capuano ’11, Nicholas R. Fakelmann, Sean R. Gillooly ’13
Charles W. Frazier ’12, Qishuai “Sherry” Wang ’14
Justin M. Cook ’13, Emily Zheng ’14
Christina R. Kehoe ’14, Boyung Kim ’17
Eric Z. Stoltz ’15, Grace Hill ’18
Colleen A. Tygh ’16
Andrew J. Murphy ’17
MEDALS CEREMONY
The Schreyer Honors College recognizes the following
honors advisors of the spring 2017 graduating class:
Schreyer Honors
College Faculty
Advisory Committee
Sydney Sue Aboul-Hosn
Sarah Ellen Ades
Brian Walter Alfred
Theodore Roberts Alter
Edith Frances Arbaugh
Sarah Mary Assmann
Angela Linse (Ex-Officio), Director,
Michael Axtell
Schreyer Institute for Teaching
Mark Edward Ballora
Excellence
Jesse Louis Barlow
Orie Edwin Barron
Rhonda BeLue, Professor BBH Lori Ann Bedell
Rhonda Belue
Michael Barth Berkman
Neyda Abreu, Associate Professor
Rodney Brent Bingaman
Math/Geoscience Ingrid Maria Blood
Ali Borhan
Debra Hawhee, Professor English
Sean N. Brennan
Rachel Alice Brennan
Lori Bedell, Senior Lecturer,
Nathanial Patrick Brown
CoDirector, Speaking Center, CAS
Justin Lee Brown
Harleah Graham Buck
Isabella Cattadori, Associate
Richard Alan Carlson
Professor Biology Gretchen G. Casper
Luen-Chau Li
Gong Chen
Paul Markowski, Professor
Russell Paul Chuderewicz
Meteorology James Gill Cooper
Judith Todd Copley
Kenneth Levy, Associate Professor
Rebecca L. Corwin
Psychology Jennifer Chang Coupland
Chitaranjan Das
Katie Yannarell, Student
Brian Spangler Davis
Representative
Benoit Dayrat
Chad Daniel Dechow
Ali Demirci
Eric Todd Donnell
Roger Downs
Edward G. Dudley
Turgay Ertekin
John Ewing
Maureen Feineman
Lori Francis
Russell Frank
Samuel Mark Frederick
Marc Aaron Friedenberg
Raymond Lee Funk
David Alexander Gamson
Ron Gebhardtsbauer
Pamela Hankey Giblin
David Scott Gilmour
Edward J. Glantz
Matthew Richard Golder
Enrique Daniel Gomez
Christine Gorby
Gary L. Gray
Stan Gully
Kevin Hagopian
Michel M. Haigh
Elisha Clark Halpin
Reginald Felix Hamilton
William O. Hancock
John Joseph Hannan
Wendy Hanna-Rose
Murali Haran
Catherine Mary Harmonosky
John E. Hayes
Steven Raymond Haynes
Frank Gerard Hillary
Mitchell Mark Holland
Teh-Hui Kao
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III
Michael John Janik
Timothy Jegla
James Schuyler Jordan
Lester C. Griel Jr.
Robert Berghage Jr.
Seungjin Kim
Robert Allen Kimel
Mark Stephen Klima
Caprince Knapp
Lisa Michelle Kopp
Jennifer Ann Wagner Lawlor
Patrick M. Lenahan
George A. Lesieutre
Kenneth Levy
John Lipski
Jeff M. Love
Bernhard Luscher
Keefe B. Manning
Steve Manuel
J.-Marc Authier
Ronald Albert Markle
Jonathan Harold Marks
Przemyslaw Maslak
Themis Matsoukas
Mark David Maughmer
Jeffrey Scott Mayer
Scott P. McDonald
Annette Kay McGregor
Michael James Milligan
Annemarie Mingo
Richard George Mistrick
Susan Mohammed
Philip John Morris
Andrew Justin Mowen
Mary Lou Z. Munn
Jamie Myers
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan
Breffni M. Noone
Marcy Lynne North
Jacqueline Antonia O’Connor
Richard W. Ordway
Simone Osthoff
Deirdre Elizabeth Mary O’Sullivan
Christopher Palma
Gary H. Perdew
Sarma V. Pisupati
Joseph C. Reese
John Regan
James Ford Risley
Richard Wallace Robinett
Joseph Lawrence Rose
Lesley Ross
Ryan Russell
Susan B. Russell
Timothy Michael Ryan
Kathryn Salzer
Lorraine C. Santy
Stephen Wade Schaeffer
Jessica Lynn Schultz
John L. Selzer
Robert David Shannon
Barbara Shaw
Maura Elizabeth Shea
Stacy Silver
Mary Jane Souza
Rayne Audrey Sperling
John C. Spychalski
William Staniar
Susan Mary Strohm
Sergei Tabachnikov
Kevin J. Thomas
Linda Carol Porter Thornton
Ming Tien
Maria Rosa Truglio
Julio Urbina
David John Vandenbergh
Robert John Vansaun
Leonid N. Vaserstein
Darrell Velegol
Johannes Verlinde
Nicolai Martin Volland
Angiline Louisa Whitney
Xiaoye You
Carla Zembal-Saul
Nanyin Zhang
Sulin Zhang
Bu Zhong
Gregory Ray Ziegler
Andrew Zydney
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Schreyer Honors College External Advisory Board
Ms. Lisa Baird, chief marketing officer,
United States Olympic Committee
Mr. Arthur Glenn, retired vice
president, General Electric Company
Dr. Charles Sanders, chairman,
Icagen, Inc.
Mr. John Ball, retired chairman, R.M.
Shoemaker Holdings, Inc.
Ms. Jayme Goldberg, CEO,
SilverLine Athletics
Ms. DrueAnne Schreyer, president,
BDR Properties, Inc.
Mrs. Dawn Behnke, senior vice
president–Product and Strategy
Management, Pacific Life
Mr. Reginald Hedgebeth, senior vice
president, general counsel and
secretary, Marathon Oil Corporation
Mrs. Joan Schreyer
Mr. Mark Bogar, global portfolio
Mr. Edward Hintz, president, Hintz
Capital Management
manager, The Boston Company Asset
Management
Ms. Sarah E. Bouchard, partner,
Morgan Lewis
Communications
Mr. Thomas Lindquist, senior vice
co-founder and CEO, Sincerely, Inc.
president/general manager for government programs, Medica
Dr. Jim Carnes, retired president and
Mr. Todd H. Lippincott, managing
Mr. Stephen Cohen, executive vice
Ms. Melissa Marshall, chief compliance
dean, Weill Cornell Medical College
officer, Westinghouse Electric Company
Mr. John Croteau, president and CEO,
Mr. Edward Marx, director of strategic
Mr. Matthew Brezina, former
CEO, Sarnoff Corporation
M/A-COM Technology Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Louis D’Ambrosio, chairman of
the board, Sensus
Mr. Richard Dandrea, partner, Eckert
Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Mr. Marke Dickinson, chief marketing
officer, ChenMed
Mr. William Donato Jr., president
and chief operating officer, Safegard
Group, Inc.
Mr. Robert Edwards, retired executive
vice president, PNC Bank; vicechairman, External Advisory Board
Mr. Andrew ElBardissi, principal,
Deerfield Management
Mr. Ken Fasola, CEO and president,
HealthMarkets, Inc.
Mr. Charlie Frazier, financial analyst,
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Mr. Sukhi Jolly, CEO, INTEC
director, Willis Towers Watson
and operations analytics, Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine and
Medical Center
Ms. Charlotte McLaughlin, president
and CEO, PNC Capital Markets
Mr. Ryan Newman, vice president,
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ms. Laurie Owen
Mr. Russell Owen, retired president–
Managed Services Sector, Computer
Sciences Corporation
Mr. Robert Poole, president and
CEO, S&A Homes, Inc.; CEO, Poole
Anderson Construction; chairman,
External Advisory Board
Mr. Mark Prybutok, managing director,
Alinda Capital Partners
Mr. Rick Riegel, CEO, Phlexglobal, Inc.
Xero
Ms. Tracy Riegel
Ms. Linda Gall
Mr. John Rooney, principal, Consumer
& Industrial Products Industry Leader,
Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Mr. Tom Sharbaugh, adjunct professor,
Penn State Law and former partner,
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Mr. Andrew Sieg, head of Merrill Lynch
Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch
Mr. Philip Sieg, chairman, Sieg
Financial Group
Mr. Stephen Snyder, global head–
Media Business Innovations, Wipro
Technologies
Mr. Brian Stern, general counsel,
Cetera Financial Group
Ms. Kathryn Sutton, partner, Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius
Ms. Farnoosh Torabi, financial expert
and author, Farnoosh.Inc.
Ms. Dawn Trautman, executive vice
president, life insurance division,
Pacific Life
Mr. Joseph Versaggi, owner, Great
Point Investors
Mr. David Wagner, president and
CEO, ZixCorp
Mr. Richard Whitney, chairman and
CEO, Radiology Partners, Inc.
Mr. James Wiggins, managing
director, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Ms. Brenna Wist, retired partner,
KPMG
Mr. Jack Yoskovitz, litigation partner,
Seward & Kissel LLP
Ms. Lauren Young, money editor,
Thomson Reuters
Mr. Nicolas Zavaleta, analyst, Hintz
Capital Management
Scholar Alumni Society Board
Mr. Todd M. Bacastow ’05 IST,
director, strategic alliances,
DigitalGlobe; president, Scholar
Mr. Keith Graham ’85 Eng, senior
instructor, University of Colorado at
Boulder, former managing partner,
Thorson Rocky Mountain
Ms. Elizabeth P. MacKenzie ‘89
Bus, senior product manager–
Diabetes, AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals
Mr. RJ Cilley ’09 Bus, vice president,
business operations &
ecommerce, Hudson’s Bay Company,
Lord & Taylor and Home Outfitters
Ms. Anna Han ‘04 Eng, associate,
Covington & Burling, LLP
Mr. Edward Marx ’98 Eng, director
of strategic and operations analytics,
Vanderbilt University School of
Medicine and Medical Center
Alumni Society Board
Mr. Timothy Cooney ’00 Bus,
chief of staff, private client advisor,
U.S. Trust
Mr. David Dulabon ’98 Lib,
associate general counsel, The
Pennsylvania State University
Mrs. Paula Garcia Todd ’03, ’03g
Eng, global marketing manager,
Pharma Segment, Dow Chemical
Company
Mrs. Pratima Gatehouse ’96, ’10g
Eng, senior project manager, Hatch
Mott MacDonald
Mr. David M. Horowitz ‘04 Bus,
managing director, Macquarie
Group
Mr. David Hua ‘04 Bus, head of
platform, co-founder, Meadow Care
Mr. Ryan Koch ‘97 Eng, principal,
Point B
Dr. Lisa F. Lenze ‘87 Lib, director–
Undergraduate Academic Affairs,
College of Information Sciences &
Technology, The Pennsylvania State
University
Dr. George J. Selembo ’93, ’98g,
’05g Eng, ’05g Bus, CEO, Infosense,
Inc.
Mr. Tyler B. Spindel ’09 Lib,
manager, scrum master and release
management, Capital One
Mrs. Erin T. Talbert ’99 Com,
regional sales director, AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals
Mr. Gregory D. Tallman ’10 Bus,
Lib, vice president, business
development officer, PNC
Financial Services
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Mission of the Schreyer Honors College
Achieving academic excellence with integrity;
Building a global perspective;
Creating opportunities for leadership and civic engagement.
Our Vision
To educate men and women who will have an important and ethical influence
in the world, affecting academic, professional, civic, social and business outcomes.
To improve educational practice and to be recognized as a leading force
in honors education nationwide.
This publication is available in alternative media on request.
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MEDALS CEREMONY
Schreyer Honors College
SHAPING PEOPLE WHO SHAPE THE WORLD.