Honors Capstones from 2021
The Effect of [Ca2+] on Reducing the Impacts of Salt Stress in Plant Growth Using a Stress Sensitive Model, Arabidopsis thaliana and a Stress Adapted Model, Schrenkiella parvula, Megan Alyssa Guilbeau
Ceci n’est pas qu’une Banane: French Underdevelopment and Green Imperialism in the “Island of Beautiful Waters”, Kelsie Guzik
All Things to All Men: Catholic Social Teaching in Reaction to Anti-Catholicism in Late Nineteenth-Century France and Germany, John Anderson Abbott Harris
Purification of Rpl-135, Elizabeth Reilly Helm
The physiological effect of dietary exposure to microplastics in fish species: A literature review and novel polylactic acid project proposal, Elise Hernandez
The Functional Role of Eye Movements During the Formation of Relational and Item Memories, Kara Hobbs
Human Rights as a Means to Peace: Why the UN Security Council Should Lead on Human Rights, Arden Hooper
Culture and Economics: A Literature Review, Faith Howard
Development and mechanical characterization of a composite biomaterial made from agricultural waste reinforcement in a fungal mycelium matrix., John Adam Howe
The Career Transitions of High-Profile Athletes: Role Engulfment, Psychological Well-Being, and Human Actualization, Maya Hughes
Baculovirus Translocation through Maize: Examining a Novel Route for Insect Herbivore Infection, Peter Pierre Issa
JUUL 3% Menthol Aerosol Extracts Exhibit Toxicity and alter gene expression of murine macrophages, Samantha Jindia
The Benefits and Barriers to Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment Inside and Outside of Prison and Its Implications for Louisiana, Jennifer Johnson
Choosing ISDS as a Major: Predictive Analysis, Sarah Johnson
Rainwater Catchment Systems: How Designers Can Utilize Architectural Strategies to Improve Water Access, Madeleine Juneau
Controlling the Orientation of Fluorescent Dyes using External Electric Fields, Henry J. Kantrow
Digital Art Application to Music Videos, Janna Kelly
Construction of E. coli Strain with N-Terminal Domain Deletion in the Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein, Dara Khosravi
Analysis of the Photodegradation of the Pro-Herbicide Benzobicyclon Hydrolysate Using a Seawater Gradient and Constituent Ions, Margaret A. Knight
The Emotional Deficits Associated with Traits Present in Primary and Secondary Psychopathy in Youth, Tai Lambert
Oleoyl CoA Inhibition of Complex II-Dependent Respiration in Embryos of Artemia franciscana: Possible Contributor to Metabolic Arrest during Diapause, Alexander P. Landry
How Object Storage Skills Relate to Language Development, Jessica Laurent
Parasite Prevalence in Marsh Rice Rats (Oryzomys palustris) on Sites Affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Layni LeBlanc
A Qualitative Description and Analysis of Software Applications used by Accountants, Tamra Manfredo
UNDERSTANDING EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE, Naomi Mareschal
An Analysis of the Gradual Archetypal Transformation in the Operatic Travesti Role, Mandalay Martin
Tombs or Sanctuaries: Convent-Coded Spaces in Middlemarch and Villette, Rachel Mipro
Machine learning approach to pattern recognition in nuclear dynamics from the ab initio symmetry-adapted no-core shell model, Oleksandr Molchanov
Bat Species Composition and Relative Activity Across a Rural-to-Urban Gradient in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Emily Munch
Franz Delitzsch, the Jewish Jesus, and the Pattern of History: A Nineteenth-century Dialogue about Christians and Jews in Germany, Shelby Frank Myers
Velocity Distribution and Stress Analysis in a Continuous Exchange Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System, Grace Nguyen
Expression and Purification of Mitochondrial Group 3 LEA Protein, AfrLEA3m_29, from Diapause Embryos of Artemia franciscana, Ivan Dinh Nguyen
LGBTQ Youth Homeless Shelter Challenging Perceptions and Interactions with the Built Environment, Mary Oliver
Lawmaker Communication on Twitter by Race and Gender of Lawmaker, Gabriel Olivier
Menander’s Arbitration: From Pieces to Performance, Marie Claire Plunkett
The Martyrdom and Monster-ization of the Mujahideen in the American Christian Mind, Katelyn Prescott
Defusing Polarization: The Politics of Medicaid Expansion in Louisiana, Sarah Procopio
Mitochondrial DNA genetic variation and structure in Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata), Keyla N. Pruett
The Investigation of Young, Lineage Specific Alu Elements in the Owl Monkey (Aotus), Lydia Rewerts
The Application of Deep Learning Algorithms to Pediatric Vascular Anomalies Using a Limited Dataset, Briana I. Robertson
Analysis of Young, Lineage Specific Alu Elements in Cebus, Catherine Rockwell
An Argument for the Second Nuclear Era: Salvaging the Atomic Age in Response to Climate Change, Ian Sager
Listeners' Perception of Children and Adult’s Word-Final /l/, Julia Sanders
Application of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) to Artistic Gymnastics, Karli Sassone
The Association of Sickle Cell Disease and Depression, Sarah Grace Schorr
Assessing Spatial Inequality and Cultural Capital in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Tyler Scott
Plant-wide Control System Proposal of Ethylene Cracking Plant Simulation, Estelle Seghers
AN INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE TOOL TO ASSIST DSP EDUCATION OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH AUDIO, Kyle Andrew Sellers
A Review of the Louisiana Industrial Tax Exemption Program, Cole Smiroldo
Investigating Black Silicon Surface Geometry via Parameter modification and Low Flow Inductively Coupled Plasma Deep Reactive Ion Etching, Noah Mulherin Smith
DESIGNING AND EVALUATING THE UTILITY OF NOVEL PRIMERS FOR THE DETECTION OF AN EMERGING FUNGAL DISEASE OF SOYBEAN, Brooklyn Squiers
United States’ Education and the Creation of the Neoliberal Subject, Sam Stewart
EFFECT OF KISSPEPTIN-10 ON GLUCOSE-INDUCED INSULIN SECRETION IN EQUINES, Amy Taylor
DNA Curve Classification with Unsupervised Learning, Ben Thomas
Representations of Slavery at Louisiana Plantation Museums: Observations and Proposals for Change, Madeline Tinsley
Integration and Analysis of Gaze Behavior in Augmented Reality, George Villaume
THE HANDIWORK OF WILLIAM MORRIS, Ian Vinet
Industrial Emission Patterns: A Study of Two Refineries in Louisiana, Khanh Vu
A Studio Manifesto, Macy West Zimmer
The Influence of Emotions on the Application of Professional Skepticism: An Examination of Accounting Students’ Perspectives, Jordon Grace Williams
A Whole New World: Creating A Digital Environment For Musical Entertainment, Meredyth Yorek
Lean Implementation in an Aquatic Cryopreservation Laboratory, Jennafer Zimmerman
Jazz Art: Flow Psychology and the Individual Creative Process, Isabelle Zoch
Jazz Art: Flow Psychology and the Individual Creative Process, Isabelle Zoch
Honors Capstones from 2020
The Warner Theater Business Plan, Nicholas Adams
Regulation of Apical Constriction by Protein Trafficking Components in Drosophila Salivary Gland Invagination, Ryan Agsunod
Is Sexual Selection Driving Fish Diversification in the Oceans?, Breonna Arvie
Review of Racial Disparities: Healthcare, Health Outcomes, and Outreach Programs, Lauren Bagneris
The Light Within the Dark: Lasting Successes of the New Orleans Public School Integration in 1960, Bailey Breuhl
Evolution of the albumin protein family in reptiles, Emilie Broussard
Investigating the Origins of Facultative Heterotrophy in Cyanobacteria, Emily A. Brown
Measuring the Greatest Weight: A Comprehensive Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence, Sebastian Brumfield Mejía
3D-Printed Structured-Illumination Neutron Optics for Phase Contrast Imaging with a TRIGA Neutron Source, Bridget Cadigan
Characterizing Drosophila melanogaster sleep models using an optogenetic engineered caspase and channelrhodopsins, Corey Cooper
Strategies for Assisting Refugees: Repatriation versus Resettlement, Hannah Cottrell
Institutional Investors, Asset-Backed Securities, and Single-Family Rental Homes: A Revolution Doomed to Fail or the Building of a Future Empire, Brandon Deshotels
Applications and Implementation of a Satellite-Based Quantum Internet, Renèe Desporte
Relative Contribution of Taxonomic and Thematic Knowledge When Making Similarity Judgements, Niels Dickson
How Cypress Tress Become Mangroves: An Analysis of the Works of Amitav Ghosh and Climate Change, Alyssa D. Dobson
Creating and Producing Immersive Theatre Performances in Found Spaces, Anthony Doyle
Spaces of Exile: a Study of the Ever Shifting Social and Cultural Conditions of Tibetans in Exile, Claire Duncan
Implementing a Transporter Performance Management System in a Hospital Imaging Department, Sarah Dunn
The Importance of Disclosing Cybersecurity Risks and Incidents in a Company’s 10-k, Anna Duplechin
Voting On A Prayer Religious Objection to Presidential Candidates and Response in the Progressive Era, Luke Anthony Dupre’
EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS ORGANIC SUBSTRATES ON NICKEL-DEPENDENT ANAEROBIC CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION BY WETLAND SEDIMENTS, Jessica Elliot
Toward a Visual History of Smell in Eighteenth-Century France, Cameron C. Emamdjomeh
Assembly of the Photosystem II Reaction Center, Annaliesa Renee Fanguy
Verification of two custom antibodies for CLIP-seq discovery of novel non-canonical substrates of an ancient tRNA maturating enzyme, Claire Fisher
Effect of Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Attentional Direction on English Speakers’ Eyewitness Memory and Similarity Judgements of Path and Manner Differences, Logan Bryce Fontenot
The White-Black Disparity in Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: An Evaluation of Risk Factors, Ann Gilbert
Demographic Impacts of Climate-Induced Migration and Environmental Shocks and Stressors in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, John Green III
Exploring Possible Lifespan-Extending Effects of Botanical Extracts, Hayden Guidry
Diversity of the Eastern Oyster Microbiome across Tissue, Secretion, Space, and Time in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Megan E. Guidry
The Visualization and Quantification of Adipose Tissue Innervation, Sanjeev Samuel Gummadi
Flood, Elizabeth Haley