Scholars Symposium and
Creative Achievement Day
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Scholars Symposium and Creative Achievement Day
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The Undergraduate Research
and Creative Project Faculty
Mentor Award recognizes
one faculty member’s annual
contribution to undergraduate
scholarship and/or creative
work. Congratulations to
our 2016 Nominees:
Dr. Mandy Blackburn
Dr. Steve Burns
Dr. Wendy Geiger
Dr. Scott Lankford
Dr. Adriatik Likcani
Mr. John Malta
Dr. Hannah Marsh
Ms. Jennifer Mittelhauser
Dr. Seunghyun “Brian” Park
Ms. Cassandra Pauling
Dr. Jerry Penland
Registration and Breakfast: 8:15-9 a.m., Union 236
Olivia Piontek, “Pride and Prejudice”
Welcome and Awards: 9 a.m.
Union 237B
Dr. Shari Bax, Vice Provost of Student Experience and Engagement
Dr. Jennifer Varriale Carson, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research
and External Scholarships
Mr. Dennis Peirce, Systems Coordinator
Dr. Paul Plummer
Dr. Sumi Singh
Dr. Jay Steinkruger
Dr. Scott Strohmeyer
Dr. Parker Stuart
Dr. Jon Taylor
Mr. Jeremy Underwood
Dr. Ashley Wellman
Dr. Daniel Wong
In addition, the Office of Undergraduate Research and External
Scholarships would like to thank the following contributors for their
support of this event:
The 2016 Symposium Judges
The Honors College advisory committee, Honors College Student Association,
and staff with many thanks to Ms. Anna Robb and Ms. Allina Robie
The University Research Council
The University Relations staff, especially Ms. An Quigley and Ms. Marcy Bryant
The Union Meeting and Conferences Services
Ms. Kaitlin Becker, for video production
Mr. Dennis Pierce, Mr. Dan Ayers, and Mr. Andrew Winders for technology support
Mr. Bryan Tebbenkamp, for event photography
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Undergraduate Display and Refreshments: 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Union 231
Session I: 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Competition Panel 1a: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Union 237B
Competition Panel 1b: Science and Technology, Union 235
Competition Panel 1c: Arts and Humanities, Union 236
Panel 2: The Scientific Method Realized, Union 233
Panel 3: Art Through Words and Images, Union 229
Panel 4: Innovation and Issues in Education, Union 219
Session II: 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Competition Panel 2a: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Union 237B
Competition Panel 2b: Science and Technology, Union 235
Competition Panel 2c: Arts and Humanities, Union 236
Panel 5: Sustainability and Consumer Behavior, Union 233
Panel 6: Crime and Its Victims, Union 229
Panel 7: The Courts and Corrections, Union 219
Lunch and Provost Panel: 12:30-1:45 p.m., Union 240
Session III: 2-3:15 p.m.
Competition Panel 3a: Science and Technology, Union 237B
Politics and Social Justice Week Panel: Presidents, Politics,
and Social Change, Union 235
Panel 8: Inspiration and Its Creative Work, Union 240
Panel 9: A Science Smorgasbord! Aviation, Athletes, Analytics...and Fish!, Union 233
Panel 10: Mental Health and Development, Union 229
Panel 11: Policing: Then and Now, Union 219
Graduate and Faculty Research Poster Session: 4 p.m.
Union 238
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REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST: 8:15-9 a.m.
Union 236
Olivia Piontek**+, “Pride and Prejudice”
WELCOME AND AWARDS: 9 a.m.
Union 237B
Dr. Shari Bax, Vice Provost of Student Experience and Engagement
Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
Dr. Jennifer Varriale Carson, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research
and External Scholarships
McNair Scholars
The Honors College
Undergraduate Scholars Grant Recipients
Fulbright Nominees
Truman Scholars
Mr. Dennis Peirce, Systems Coordinator
SESSION I: 9:30-10:45 a.m.
COMPETITION PANEL 1A: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Michael Makara
Union 237B
Celeste Anderson**+, Brooke Blythe**+, Malissa Finley**, and
Miranda Maher**+, “Examining Postvention Practices in Preservice Teachers”
Gauri Prasad, “Analysis of Urban Land Use Changes in the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Area from 1991 to 2009 Using Landsat Imagery”
Ashley Rogers*+, “Challenges and Resiliencies of Female College
Students from Divorced Families”
April Roller***+, “Suicide & Legislation: How to Really Save a Life”
Bernadette Spooner*, “Gaining Strength: How Vulnerability Correlates
with Greater Resilience”
Kasey Wagner**, “Acculturative Stress and the Plight of an International Student”
COMPETITION PANEL 1B: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Scott Lankford
Union 235
Nora Collins, Ja’Shonae Cooks, and Gomez**, “Environmental
Differences between Pillar Coral and Staghorn Coral”
Emily Elfrink**+, “Isolation of Staphylococcus and Gram Negative
Bacteria from Loofahs”
Matthew Gordon+, “Isolation of Fermentative Yeasts from Trees”
Sarah Ragsdale***, “The Gene Flow of Coastal and Highland New
Guineans in Australian Aborigines”
Dalton Whittle*, “Surveying Sex Ratios and Mortality Rates of Turtles
Crossing Highway 13 near Warrensburg, Missouri”
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COMPETITION PANEL 1C: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Matthew VanSchenkhof
Union 236
Gabriel Livingston, “Tribes by Nina Raine”
Danielle Smith and Presley Wehrle, “Promotional Videos for Hospitality
and Hotel and Restaurant Administration Majors”
Jennifer Wahonick**+, “DanceAbility”
Andrew Weber, “Bullying: It Gets Better”
PANEL 2: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD REALIZED
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Jay Steinkrueger
Union 233
Casey Adkins*+, “Behavioral Changes in Rats Infected with Toxoplasma gondii
to Assess Correlation to Mental Illness in Humans”
Yiou Guo+, “Antimicrobial Resistant to Different Toothpaste Ingredients”
Saidee Hyder***+, “Comparing the Home Ranges of Male and Female
Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) and Three-Toed Box Turtles
(Terrapene carolina) in Johnson County, Missouri”
Andrew Jochimsen**, “Synthesis of a Biofunctional Organic Molecule for Imaging”
Esther Onufreychuk*, “The Cloning and Sequencing of the Flavone
Synthase (FNS II) Gene of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)”
PANEL 3: ART THROUGH WORDS AND IMAGES
Faculty Moderator: Mr. John Malta
Union 229
Alix Calon**, “Printing Perplexity”
Stephen Dallas**, “Classical Printing”
Nicholas Freeman, “Forging Tradition: The Creation and Perpetuation of
Anzac Day by Cultural Memory”
Maggie Schmiegelow** and Andrea Simon, “You Watch Me, and I’ll
Watch You”
Amy Stackhouse**, “Traveling Through Europe: 2 Friends, 7 Weeks, 7 Countries”
Tera Swearngin**+, “Association of Writers”
PANEL 4: INNOVATION AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Sherri DioGuardi
Union 219
Danelle Bailey**+, “Changing the Educational Environment for At-Risk
Students: Using Mandatory SI in an Ecology Class”
Alexis Hazen, “Students’ Knowledge of Financial Aid Received”
Jessica Sanders+, “Calculus for All Ages”
David Thomas, “Youth Excited about Sports (Y.E.S.)”
Mariah Wright***+, “Developing Our Online SI Superpowers: Using SI to
Combat High DFW Rates in an Online Criminal Justice Class”
Nikole Wright**, “Academic Entitlement”
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SESSION II: 11 a.m.-12:15pm
COMPETITION PANEL 2A: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Aqualus Gordon
Union 237B
Jennifer Byrd**, “The History and Significance of the Frederick W. Schmidt
Mesoamerican Collection”
Mojdeh Khoshnavaz+, “DNA and Crime Scene Investigation”
Lauren Mabe**, “Contemporary Analysis of Missouri Potential Flooding
Areas and Agricultural Losses”
Sydney Montague**+, “An Examination of the Peace Process: Barriers to
Diplomacy in Israel and the West Bank”
Rebecca Nabzdyk**+, “‘She Asked For It’: Measuring Students’ Support
of and Belief in Rape Myths”
Olivia Piontek**+, “‘I’m Not Racist, But…’: An Exploration of Racial
Climate in a Post-Racist Era”
COMPETITION PANEL 2B: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Daniel Wong
Union 235
Samuel Bell+, “SeMo: A Novel and Fast, Computational Linguistics and
Information Theory-Based Algorithm for Sequence Motif Discovery”
Jaquelyn Breland**+,, “Fuel Efficiency Metric as it Applies to Commercial
Use Aviation and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”
Michael Hemme+, “Optimizing Coal-Based Graphene Quantum Dots
for Solar Cell Research”
Sara Kennedy+, “Biomedical Applications of Luminescent Gold
Nanoparticles”
Mathew Siebert+, “UAV Crop Spraying Techniques”
Jiong Wang, “Sustainable Wetland Park Design in Residential Area in China”
COMPETITION PANEL 2C: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Phong Nguyen
Union 236
Aaron Henson***, “Homosociality in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and
The American”
April Kelley*, “The Grimm Truth about Once Upon a Time: An
Examination of Stereotypes in Fairy Tales”
Julia Landrum** and Samantha Rooney**, “Writing, Editing, Sending: A
Creative Endeavor”
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PANEL 5: SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Keshav Bhattari
Union 233
Charles Bailey and Alexander Brock, “Purina Mills”
Maximilian Bocchine, “Sustainable House: College Edition”
Matthew Boinski, “Trans-Pacific Partnership and Sustainability”
Shawn Davis+, Amanda Fuller**, and Bernadette Spooner*, “The
Language of Food”
Justin Lark, “Social Sustainability: Concepts and Practices”
Jessica Menge, “Sustainable Hospitality Design: Hotel + Restaurant -City
Garden Hotels”
Evan Richards, “How Can Compact Living be Successful in The United
States?”
PANEL 6: CRIME AND ITS VICTIMS
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Ashley Wellman
Union 229
Brooke Blythe**+, “Experiencing Service Learning through Advocacy
Efforts Panel”
Mary King+, “An Evaluation of Sex Trafficking”
Dessie Long** and Nikole Wright**, “Not for Profit Makeover: Take Two”
Stacia Pottorff**+, “Russkaya Mafiya: The ‘Other’ Mafia”
Andrew Schwartz+, “Mass Killings Using Firearms”
Samantha Silvers**, “Johnnie Speaks”
Jennifer Wahonick**+, “Missouri Sheriff’s Association Crime Victims Unit
Advocacy Project”
PANEL 7: THE COURTS AND CORRECTIONS
Faculty Moderator: Ms. Margaret Shull
Union 219
Mackenzie Carreon**, “Puppies for Parole: Determining the Perceived
Benefits of a Prison Rehabilitation Program”
Mary Frintz and Morgann Gregory, “Behind the Razor Wire: This History
and People of the Missouri State Pen”
Taylor Lloyd+, “Reasonable Suspicion”
George Rex+, “A Comparative Examination of Felon Disenfranchisement
Laws in the United States and the United Kingdom”
April Roller***+, “The Crossover Corrections Paradigm”
Hailey Thomas+, “American Jails: Analysis of Jails Implementing
Correctional Programs”
Collin Wright+, “Plea Bargaining: the Hero or the Villain?”
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LUNCH AND PROVOST PANEL: 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Deborah Curtis
Union 240
Briana Anderson*, “Assessment of Coral versus Macroalgal Cover and
Biodiversity at a Barrier Reef in Ambergris Caye, Belize”
Shania Cole, “College Students’ Perceptions of the Use-of-Force of
Officers on Body-Worn Cameras”
Carter Higgs, “Assassins’ Scenic Design”
SESSION III: 2-3:15 p.m.
COMPETITION PANEL 3A: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Steve Burns
Union 237B
Taylor Bagley, Gary Bettes, and Jessica Pipes, “The Effects of PreWorkout on Muscle Endurance”
Anna Blazer and Megan Irwin, “Lactic Acid Comparison between
Aerobic Exercise and Strength Training”
Melinda Hedges*, “Factors Influencing the Development of Fine Motor
Skills in Young Adults”
Gabrielle Rentuma***, “To Wear or Not To Wear: Do Compression Pants
Affect Muscle Recovery?”
POLITICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK PANEL:
Presidents, Politics, and Social Change
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Darlene Budd
Union 235
Aaron Brodersen, Rhonda Chamberlain, Michael Gawlick,and
Raymond Sullivan, “Harry Truman: His Young Adult Life and Involvement
in the First World War and Kansas City Politics”
Aaron Brodersen, Rhona Chamberlain, Raymond Sullivan, and Lucas
Woodling**, “Regime Type and Its Effect on Murder Rates”
Taylor Bryan+, “The Bullet or the Blade: The Assassination of President
James A. Garfield”
Rachel Finnell**, “A Game Theoretical Approach to Interactions between
the United States and Vietnam”
Edward Fleetwood+, “Almost Killing a Missourian”
Kamille Greene**, “Million Man March: The Past and Present Events that
Inspired Change”
Ryan Leeman, “The Effect of Education on Trust in Federal Government”
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PANEL 8: INSPIRATION AND ITS CREATIVE WORK
Faculty Moderator: Ms. Ashley Miller
Union 240
Matthew Butler, “Italian Neorealism and the Functions of Mise-en-scene
and Cinematography in Bicycle Thieves”
Nellie Maple**, “Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition”
Amber Naugle, “Frère Voyez! from Werther by Jules Massenet”
Jennifer Wahonick **+, “Immortal Isolation”
PANEL 9: A SCIENCE SMORGASBORD! AVIATION, ATHLETES,
ANALYTICS...AND FISH!
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Paul Plummer
Union 233
Allison Dalton and Lyssa Piecko, “The Effects of a Pre-Workout
Supplement Pre-Workout Explosion™ on Recreationally Trained
Individuals”
Dustin Davis and Nicholas Harden, “Effects of Pre-Workout Nutrition on
Peak Anaerobic Power Output on the Wingate Anaerobic Test”
Jessica Gomez**, “Impacts of Sex Steroids on Cortisol Synthesis in
Rainbow Trout Head Kidney Tissue”
Rebecca Krebel and Presley Wehrle, “Facebook versus Twitter:
An Effective Platform for Social Media Marketing in Limited-Service
Restaurants”
Alison Rexroat**, “Airbnb New User Bookings: A Predictive Model in R”
Trever Ryun+, “Airspeed Measurement Device”
PANEL 10: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Gene Bonham
Union 229
Jamie Allen, Celeste Anderson**+, Brooke Blythe**+, Kyle Chancy,
and Miranda Maher**+, “Moving Forward: Examining Comprehensive
Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention”
Brooke Blythe**+, “They Are Just Not Going to Get It: Approaching
Mental Health in Sex Trafficking Survivors”
Matt Bowers**, “Acculturative Stress of International Students at UCM”
Shawn Davis+, “We Are All Racists: The Effect of Stress and Race in
Threat Recognition”
Kiera Green*, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”
Amanda McCullough, “Family-Friend Outings: Not Just for Fun”
Ryan Visentin**, “Asexuality and Intimacy”
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PANEL 11: POLICING THEN AND NOW
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Gregg Etter
Union 219
Marissa Blanton+, “Issues of Misidentification”
Ryan Clancy+, “What are the Effects of Increased Police Foot Patrol in
Urban Communities?”
Lyndsey Lord+, “Interpol and Australian Police Corruption”
Andrew McCoy+, “Campus Safety”
Timothy O’Donnell**+, “An Effective Manager: Evolving Police
Management”
Anson Smith+, “Early Policing Styles in America”
Justin Zamzow+, “Social Media: Reshaping Police Departments”
GRADUATE AND FACULTY RESEARCH POSTER SESSION: 4 p.m.
Union 238
Sainath Jadiga Amarnath, “Brain Controlled Car for Disabled Using Artificial Intelligence”
Harini Avula, “Audio Attendance Software”
Hannah Bruton, “Herder and Shelley: How Frankenstein is an Allegory to the Urkunde”
Demie Derry, “Perfectionism and Procrastination as Predictors for Suicide Risk
among College Students”
Tonya Eddy, “Maternal Psychosocial Factors Related to Duration and Exclusivity of
Breastfeeding Practices among Rural Women: The Healthy Moms and Babies Study”
Shanmukha Ajay Kumar Reddy Gaddi, “Design and Simulation of Micro Electro
Wetting Liquid Lens For Miniature Cameras”
Meredith Gardner, “Openness In Relation to Attitudes toward Sexual Topics and
Willingness to Discuss Them”
Lekshmi Priya Geetha, “Need a Ride - A Ride Sharing Application for Mules and Jennies”
Meghana Gharlapati, “Analysis of Data Compression and Re-Computation in
Multi Core Embedded Architechtures”
Poonam Gohil, “Relevance Mapping and Impact Computation of Wikipedia Edits”
Marcela Rodriguez Gonzalez, “Theatre for Social Change as a Method to
Empower Mexican Youth”
Chandra Shekhar Rao Gurram, “XML Query Optimization Using Map-Reduce In
Hadoop Cluster”
Sara Hancock, “Website Adherence to APA Guideline for Telepsychology”
Michael Hawkins, “Hair and Fiber Analysis”
John Higgins, “The Relationship among Secondary Construction Technology/
Building Trades Programs Career Placement Rates, the Use of NCCER Curriculum,
And Local Programming Decisions”
Arambakam Himaja, “Multi-HRBD: Multidimensional Hierarchical Relational
Database for Fast and Efficient Storage, And Retrieval of Hierarchical Protein
Structure and Function Data”
Jesse Holmes, “Effects Of Microclimate on Roost Selection in Chimney Swifts
(Chaetura Pelagica)”
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Siddhartha Kambampati, “Say My Name, Right”
Emma Kostopolus, “I know the man that must hear me”: Sublime
Compulsion in “The Rime of the Ancient Marine”
Sree Navya Kovvuri, “Host-To-Host Congestion Control for TCP”
Elaine Kramer, “Thesis”
Amanda May, “Integrated Training Program Using Unmanned Aircraft to
Assist Students in a Flight Training Environment”
William Miller, “Assessment of Electromyographic Activity during A TRX and
Traditional Split-Squat”
Marcelo Moreno, “Improving the Wildlife Strike Report System: Addressing
Airline Transport Pilots Perceptions”
Santosh Muthyala, “Map-Reduce Algorithm for Student/Job Application
Processing
Srikanth Nannapaneni, Robotics as a Service (Raas)”
Sai Teja Narendula, “Software Engineering Issues in Mobile Application
Development
Melissa Pahls, a Sensory Simulation”
Sarah Patterson, “Construction of a Biological GIS Database of the Back Reef
Patch Network”
Kirsten Patton, “Bringing Local History to the Community: A Walking Tour of
Knob Noster, MO”
San Pedro, “Belize a Reef Education and Health Monitoring Tool”
Femi Popoola, “Prevalence of Athletes Foot among Athletes at University of
Central Missouri”
Janice Putnam, “Applying Theories and Principles of Health Risk Behavior
Modification to Campus Research Administration and Project Management
Improvement Processes”
Bethany Redman, “Behind the Razor Wire: The History and People of the
Missouri State Pen”
Melissa Schindler, “A Comparison Of Artificial Cover Materials For
Herpetofaunal Surveys In West-Central Missouri”
Dakota Shade, “Fluorescent Observations of Ticks (Family: Ixodidae)”
Marie Ann Taboada, “Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Body Mass Index in
Pediatric Obesity: A Study of Their Relationships and Effects”
Manasa Vallabhaneni, “Mobile App Development - Pros and Cons of Native
Vs Hybrid Apps”
Michael Van Horn, “Effects of Interleukin-6 on Metabolic Mechanisms
of Fatigue in Red, White, and Cardiac Muscle Tissue in Rainbow Trout,
Oncorhynchus Mykiss”
*McNair Scholar
**Honors College Student
***McNair Scholar and Honors College Student
+Undergraduate Scholars Grant Recipient
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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to our faculty mentors, whom are vital to success of
undergraduate research at UCM. We are indebted to their ongoing
support and dedication.
Dr. Sharlene Bax
Mr. Michael Benson
Dr. Keshav Bhattarai
Dr. Mandy Blackburn
Dr. Gene Bonham, Jr.
Dr. Darlene Budd
Dr. Steve Burns
Dr. Kenneth Carter
Dr. Lover Chancler
Dr. Scott Chenault
Dr. Skip Crooker
Dr. Kurt Dean
Dr. Sherri DioGuardi
Dr. Gregg Etter
Dr. Wendy Geiger
Dr. Anil Giri
Dr. Rose Gubele
Dr. Richard Herman
Dr. Hyeyeon Hwang
Dr. Katie Jacobs
Dr. Scott Lankford
Dr. Adriatik Likcani
Dr. Lee Liu
Dr. Michael Makara
Mr. John Malta
Dr. Hannah Marsh
Dr. Charles Martin
Ms. Ashley Miller
Ms. Jennifer Mittelhauser
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Dr. Joe Moore
Dr. Phong Nguyen
Dr. Selene Nikaido
Dr. Kathryn Nuernberger
Dr. Vidal Olivares
Dr. Anna Oller
Mr. Seunghyun “Brain” Park
Mrs. Cassandra Pauling
Dr. Paul Plummer
Dr. Stella Roden
Mr. Marco Rosichelli
Mr. Haroon Sattar
Mr. Aaron Schroeder
Dr. Steven Schuetz
Dr. Sumi Singh
Dr. Jay Steinkruger
Dr. Scott Strohmeyer
Mr. Eric Stykel
Dr. Jon Taylor
Dr. Eric Tenbus
Mr. Jeremy Underwood
Mr. Matthew VanSchenkhof
Dr. Theresa Vollrath
Dr. Mark von Schlemmer
Dr. Ashley Wellman
Mr. John Wilson
Dr. Daniel Wong
Dr. Jeff Yelton
Dr. Chen Zhou