Essential Studies Capstone Showcase
May 4th 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Memorial Union Ballroom
May 5th 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Memorial Union River Valley Room
Anthropology 480: Senior Capstone Seminar
Faculty: Melinda Leach and Elizabeth Scharf
Sex Trafficking: a local and global glimpse into a hidden issue
Emily Gershman *Wednesday, 9-10:00 am
Dana McVeigh *Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 am
Chloe Omlid *Wednesday, 11-12:00 pm
Sydney Johnson *Wednesday 12-1:00 pm
Grave Decisions: Repatriation at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Haley Bina *Wednesday, 9-10:00 am
Andy Goetz *Wednesday, 10-11:00 am
Joshua Frenzel *Wednesday, 11-12:00 pm
Alexandra Ptacek *Wednesday, 12-1:00 pm
Samantha Cohen *Wednesday, 2-3:00 pm
Art 498: Seminar in Art and Design
Faculty: Donovan Widmer
*on display Wednesday, 9:00 – 4:00 pm
smART: an artistic exhibition of essential studies
Jacqueline Anderson, Abigail Christian, Kelsey Clifford, Briar Comer, Georgianne Crummer, Vitoria
Folletto Faccin, Daniel Gonzalez, Stephanie Gregoire, Erika Jeppesen, Zachary Julen, Amara Kallgren,
Davell Lysne, Kayla McLeod, Whitney Oberg, William Rerick, Hannah Rosenthal, Allison Starnes, Madison
Williams ,Marie Williams, Jennifer Woloszyk, Shiyu Zhu
Aviation 485: Aviation Senior Capstone
Faculty: Elizabeth Bjerke, Mark Dusenbury, Brett Venhuizen, James Higgins
*Students will be present Wednesday
Flying Cars: The Way of the Future?
Rui Guo, Lucas Thorson, Hunter Heringer, Owen Froehlich, David Glessing, Kyle Musterman
Laser Hazards and Effects on the National Airspace System
Paul Janowicz, Jon Emerson, Kyle Perry, Glenn Kiefer, Jonathan Chounlamountry, Michael Pascual
Implementation of ADS-B by 2020
Colton Adkins, Kyle Wallace, Gus Sobczak, Lexi Mattfeld, Miles Laffitte
Law Enforcement Concerns with UAS Surveillance
Joshual Olson, Carson Pedigo, Jacob Lewis, Austin Christiansen, Nikolas Ryan, Michael Chang
Drone Tracking
Yannick Staenz, Justin Bird, Samantha Kiebke, Sheldon Martin, Jake Ocken, Mike Haglund
Life at the Regionals
Kennedy Doan, David Janney, Luke Larson, Connor Skaryd, Zachary Gruenberg, Christopher Evans
Turbulent Times Ahead
Jake Cullen, Tyler Reince, Alex Christians, Ray Sun, Nicole Klosterman, Sam Nelson
Air Traffic Control Re-authorization of the Interview
Caleb DeBuse, Austin Karpen, Keno Walkes, David Thomas, Erick McCague, Ryutaro Yoshihara
Examining Aviation Fuels and Their Alternatives
Lucas Sterzinger, Matt Warwich, Trevin Casinader, Kendrick Whisenhunt, Jun Daniel Yamada, Alexander
Lunden
Essential Air Service
Alan Horzewski, Arturo Aguilar, Ronald Garcia, Will Hughes, Tripp Novak
Where Did All the Pilots Go?
Victoria Mulvihill, Alec Carrothers, Trey Langaas, Jordan Christianson, Samuel Worcester, Michael
Masullo
Stall-Spin Awareness/Training for Private Pilots
Dan Smith, Christiaan Schrimpf, George Steensma, Mike Avila, Dana Atkins, Andrew Schill
Use of composite materials in aircrafts
Brett Borowicz, Blaine VonBerge, Arthur Shultz, Kristina Becker, Ivan Palaroan
Pros and Cons of the Tarmac Delay Rule
Shane Schuster, Jordan Clark, Yi Chen, Ryan Moriearty, Tyler Davis
Contemporary Aviation Topic
Tyler Hansen, James Craig, Travis Michaels, Breckten Prentiss, Courtney Schlosser
Non-Planar Lifting Surfaces
Ethan Voigt, Tyler Makovic, Christiana Druskin, Jary Kunz, Tate Fischer
Contemporary Aviation Topic
Justin Leong, Julian Shang Gan, Bourke Lodewyk, Kyle Piersky, Rashad Shelton
ATC Privatization
Mike Stephens, Anook de Fonseka, Colin Mac Quarrie, Devin Kuhns, Nic Pelletier, David Larson
CFIT Awareness
Douglas Murphy, Edward Turner, Jared Meidl, Derek LaBrie, Joshua Michael
Contemporary Aviation Topic
Keely Olson, Nicole Mellies, Evan Janochoski, Jack Youngberg, Cory Vinger, Jacob Skillett
Loss of control (aviation accidents related to loss of control, flight training required, etc)
Patrick Mills, Jack Parkin, Paul Garrison, Chatham Harris, Matthew Vig
Third Class Medical Reform
Montana Popehn, Paul Smith, Brenda Foley, Adam Thompson,Trevor Hancock,Luca Modellini
Biology 480: Senior Capstone Seminar
Faculty: Rebecca Simmons
Donation Drive: All Species Welcome
Danyelle Osowski *Wednesday, 9 am – 12 pm
*Thursday, 9 am – 10:30 pm
Biology 481: Fisheries and Wildlife Senior Capstone
Faculty: Steven Kelsch
Bringing Back the Dead: Considerations and Ethical Guidelines for the Re-Introduction of Extinct
Species
Patrick Chastan and Samuel Hervey *Wednesday, 11 – 1:00 pm
Climate Change and Large Ungulates
DeVynarae Meeder and Jessica Perkins *Wednesday, 11-2:00 pm
The Effects of Hybridization on Ecosystems
Jenna Wolf and Angela LaCroix *Wednesday, 11 – 2:00 pm
The effects of warming waters due to climate change on the cool water fish, northern pike
(Esox lucius L.)
Steven Demmerly and John Dean Kotaska *Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Effects of Agriculture Techniques on Ecosystem Health and Wildlife: Cover Crops and Crop Rotation
Nicholas Caswell, Josephine Dillon, Shay Erickson *Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Climate Change Causation, Consequence & What We Can Do About It
Alexander Aman and Tyler Elshaug *Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Home Is Where the Nest Lies: What Habitat Characteristics Create The Most Suitable Habitat For
Nesting Piping Plovers?
Michael Thiel & Kasen M. Christiansen *Thursday, 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Computer Science 493: Senior Project II
Faculty: Travis Desell
*all CS 493 students will be present Wednesday, 1-3 pm
Crowdsourcing the transcription of UND Writers Conference Video Collection
Bohan Zhang
Autonomous System for Satellite Debris Avoidance
Michael Hlas
Optimizing and Adapting SubsetSum@Home for GPUs
Dayln Limesand and Cameron Kerbaugh
North Dakota Atlas (NDAtlas)
Andrew Balira and Joseph Gustafson
UND Inventory System for Major and Minor Equipment
Benjamin Alman and Adam Millner
Go-Around Detection Tool for the NGAFID
Wyatt Hedrick and Kelton Karboviak
Autonomous Flight Control Software
Connor Bowley
Gibbs Sampling and Post Processing Techniques for Finding DNA Sequence Motif Models
David Jensen
A Performance Analysis of the SALSA Lite Runtime
Brent Lee
DIY Discourse: Analyzing Big Data from Social Media Communities
Jared Estad
Zeus Game Design
Matthew Nelson, Garrett Johnson, Jiaoni Wang
Electrical Engineering 481: Senior Design II
Faculty: Prakash Ranganathan
*all EE students will be present Wednesday, 9 – 11:00 am
Wireless Power Transmission via Fiber Optics
David Schindele, Nick Gellerman, Daniel Nygaard, Mike Lindseth
3D Printed Antenna
Michael Hoyack, Jason Bjorgaard, Eric Huber
Microwave Power Transfer
Elizabeth Peterson, Ashley Larson, Sydney Porter
Quantitative Measurement of Cardiovascular System Using Weight Scale
Morgan Anderson, Falyn Young, Justin Pagel
Wireless Power Transmission by Laser
Brittany Watne, Riley Olson, Chris Sundahl
Power Line Monitoring Unit – Contactless
Levi Lewis, Matt Partridge, Broc Friend, Nathan Crocker, Michael Wegerson
Low Cost Multi-purpose Pulse Radar System
Preston Schatz, Preston Campbell, Samuel Gradin, Justin Bye, Dennis Huffman
Physiological Alertness Feedback Device
Charles Schneider, Benjamin Johnson, Jennifer Erickson
Ballbot
Jeremy Larson, Richard Lee, Nick Schmitz
UAV Swarm
Jason Hahn, Chris Peterson, Ryan Downey
Wearable Health Monitoring System
Meehan Sean, Vaudrin Aaron, Robera Terfa
Geography 454: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
Faculty: Gregory Vandeberg
Ethanol as viable option in replacing fossil fuels
Jennifer Bergman *Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
An Examination on the Effects of the Garrison Diversion Unit
Jacob Garibay *Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Invasive Species In Minnesota Waters The Spread of Zebra Mussels in Lakes and Rivers
Eric Hause *Wednesday, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Solar Energy Potential in Minnesota and the Midwest
Maxwell Hyberger *Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
The Reintroduction of Beavers and Its Impact on Water Resource Development in the Western U.S.
Rebecca Sys *Wednesday, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Impacts of Lead and Zinc Mining Waste in the Picher, OK Area
Karl Bauer *Thursday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Global Solar Energy Use
Kim Burris *Thursday, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Benefits of Wind Energy
Taylor Bye *Thursday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Storm Water Runoff Ponds
Tim Engelsgaard *Thursday, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
An Examination of the Sustainability of the Conservation Reserve Program in the Upper Midwest
Benjamin Hansen *Thursday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Crop Rotation and Soil Erosion
Brandyn Heck *Thursday, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Wind Energy Development in North Dakota
Sean Miller *Thursday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Deforestation in British Columbia as it relates to Policy, Sustainable Forest Management and Climate
Change
Jacob Nordberg *Thursday, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Negative Impacts of Stormwater Runoff
Tom Twedell *Thursday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Fossil Fuel Damage: Impacts of Oil Spills Globally
Jawon Arrington
Anthropogenic River Modification of the Colorado River: Impacts of the Hoover Dam on Downstream
Habitats
Bradley Barger *Wednesday, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wind Power: Modeling of Wind Power Index in the State of Illinois
Vicki Frullani
Loss of tree biodiversity in Minnesota forests due to climate change
Ryan Wheeler *Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Languages 480: Capstone-Global Connections
Faculty: Debra Maury
*Will be displayed Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
The Science of Art: Studies in Cultural Aesthetics
Jenna Graveline, Crystal Fanter, Shawntessa Wageman (9:00 am) Lanai Deats (9:30 – 10:30 am), Grace
Sawatzke (11:00 am – 12:00 pm) Rio Baca (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm) April Bleecker (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm),
Brittany Bowker (1:30 pm)
Sociology 475: Sociology Capstone
Faculty: Daphne Pedersen
*students will be present Wednesday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Gang Members and High School Victimization
Jose Benavides
Americans' Views on the Punishment of Drug Crimes
Meghan Dybdahl
How Couples Meet and Whether They Stay Together
Samantha Feroni
Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk in Decriminalized and Criminalized States
Jordan Jaeger
Views of the Death Penalty Over Time from the College Age Cohort
Derek Nelson
Characteristics of Family and Non-Family Child Abductions
Sammy Reiling
Technology 499: Senior Capstone
Faculty: Isaac Chang
*students will be present Thursday, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Shel(F)untion: Altru Lab Store System
Zach Palm and Andrew Wangler
A+Case: Durable Insulin Pump Protection Case against Adverse Situations
Ross Carlson and Brock Keller
Finishers’ Friend: Cost-saving Concrete Tool Cleaner
Scott Badger and Cameron Love
Ditto: Advertising in a 3D Form
Martin Bailer and Cassandra Van Dell
Tag-A-Long: Security Lanyard for Mobile Devices
Chris Novak and Taylor Reasy
TRIAD: Climate Testing System
Mackenzie Bickel and Derek Boman
Arctic Cat: Side-by-Side Crate Assembly Process Improvement
Alex Colmark, Drew Monson, and Shane Neuschwander
Epi-log Headband for Seizure Detection
Carl Decimus and Erin Wysocki
Swift Shopper: A Faster Approach for Grocery Shopping
Erin Burnham, Alex Mathern, and Seth Stordahl
fitDefense: Fitness and Personal Safety Tracker
Jennifer Erickson and Cody Sonnenfeld
Motor Coach Bus Air Pipe Soldering Fixture Design
Philip Manz and Mackenzie Schock
ROTice: Icing Shoulder Patch for Rotator Cuff
Zachary Hayes and Jasmine Stevens