Honors Capstones from 2019
Holidays and Families: A Field Report of a Unit Done in a 1st Grade Classroom, Madison Liggio
Review of naturally occurring ammonia in groundwater and its effect on using chloramines for drinking water disinfection in Louisiana, Athena Lindsay
A Genetic Screen for Second Site Suppressor Mutations of Extended Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Laurie Lyon
A Systematic Review of Post-Migration Facilitators and Barriers to Integration Among Muslim Refugees in the United States, Sarah Elizabeth Mähler
Implementation of a Particle Image Velocimetry System for Evaluation of Microfluidic Chip Flows, Sheila Mallenahalli
Examining the Interaction of State and Trait Anxiety on Working Memory Performance, Carly C. Moore
Long-Term Effects of the Chronic Administration of Risperidone on Adolescent Mice, Serena Nguyen
Inflammatory Reproductive White Adipose Tissue Characterizes The Obese Preeclamptic-like BPH/5 Mouse prior to Pregnancy, Kelsey Olson
THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF SPACE IN EARLY HORIZON PERU: 3D RECONSTRUCTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS AT CAYLÁN, NEPEÑA VALLEY, Ashleigh V. Passafume
Phylogenetic analysis of toucan family Ramphastidae, Marguerite D. Poché
Exploring New Fe-Substituted Rare-Earth-Based High Entropy Alloys, Glendon Rewerts
“A Body Knows:” Time, Affect, and Change in Post-Civil War African American Literature, Charity Ringel
Genetic Screen for Suppressors of Increased Gene Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Jonah Rittenberry
The Power of Wording: An Evaluation of Framing Effects, Chelsea Romph
Crafting Identity: Language, Gender, and the Internet in the Arab World, Connor C. Rouillier
CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER PROTEINS FROM METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS, Melody Salmanian
The Port Vincent Community Center: Constructing a Social Space to Help Protect a Communtiy Both Before and After Disaster, Kaitlin Marie Schuette
Characterizing the subcellular localization, activity, and physiological properties of α-carbonic anhydrases in Arabidopsis thaliana, Kayla Schwartzenburg
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Subnational Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Olevia Sharbaugh
#MeToo but Not You: What the Me Too Movement Owes American Prostitutes, Staci Shelby
Hierarchal Control of Magnetic Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Hunter Simonson
Assessing Knowledge of Coastal Land Loss in Louisiana High School Graduates, Madelyn Smith
Industriflo Business Plan, Charles Soileau
Material Analysis of a Tympanostomy Myringotomy Simulator, Abishek Stanley
A Business Plan for Heroic Catholic, LLC, Catherine Michelle Stewart
Analysis of Baboon (Genus Papio) Population Structure Using Alu Insertion Polymorphisms, Corey St. Romain
Correlated Evolution of Plumage Color in Female and Male Antbirds (Aves: Thamnophilidae), Brandi Sun
Hinge region in DNA packaging terminase pUL15 of herpes simplex virus: A potential allosteric target for antiviral drugs, Lana Faisal Thaljeh
The effect of invasive aquatic vegetation on Odonate diversity in an urban area, Sarah Thomas
1st Grade Science Unit, Maria Torregrossa
IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD BIOMARKERS OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, Amy Turner
A Content Analysis of The New York Times’ Article Framing of High-Profile Sexual Harassment Cases from Before and After the National Me Too Movement Began, Amy Elizabeth Veale
Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: James Batson, the Sixth Amendment Fair-Cross-Section Doctrine, and the Racially-Based Peremptory Challenge, Kristen Marie Vicknair
The Effect of the Oxford Movement on the Family and Eucharistic Symbolism in Victorian Literature, Elizabeth Vukovics
The Effects of Threat-Evoked Anxiety on Visuospatial Memory Encoding, Rebecca Wallace
The Impact of Black Civil War Veterans in Reconstruction Era Louisiana, Sarah K. Weiss
The Political Leanings of Louisiana’s Young Independents, Zoe Williamson
Salt Marsh Restoration in Louisiana: An Analysis of Litter Decomposition, Joseph Winston
Purification of Rpl-135: The Large Subunit of RNA Polymerase I in Drosophila melanogaster, Malcolm J. Youngblood
Honors Capstones from 2018
SPATIOTEMPORAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID STATE HARMONICS, Christopher Abadie
Operator Semigroups Induced by First-Order Differential Equations, Amy Adair
Simulating the Effects of CO2 Gas Influx on the Thermodynamic Conditions inside a Marine Riser filled with Oil based mud, Hassan Al Dawood
On the use of Hertz’s contact stress for a deformable roller on a half space, Trent M. Andrus
Automated Filament Positioner for Microcombustion Pyrometry, Lauren F. Baxter
CAJUN CORNDOGS BUSINESS PLAN, Andrew Broussard
“Effectiveness of Measuring Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Volumes Using Eco-Counter Passive Infrared Counting Technology”, Clarissa Bruns
Biochemical Characterization of Fe-S Cluster Assembly Machinery in Methanogenic Archaea, Nicole Bryer
Gentrification and Crime in the Crescent City, Connor Lewis Burruss
Resilience in Context: How Cultural Factors Influence Migration Decisions of Individuals in Flood-Prone Areas of Coastal Louisiana, Brandon Champagne
Understanding the Internship: A Review and Qualitative Study, Diana Chern
Radiomic Feature Analysis and Classification of Tumors for Serial Pre-Clinical SPECT/CT Data, Megan Chesal
Eddystone Beacons for Earthquake Survivors Identification, Grant Connolly
Gastrointestinal Helminth Prevalence in Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Wintering on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA, Sydney Cottingham
Phylogenetic Similarities Among Bacteria Isolated from Songbirds, Rachel Croy
Unintended Consequences for TANF: An Incubator for Domestic Violence?, Kathryn Rose DeLeo
Analysis of young Alu elements in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri) lineage for use as species-indicative molecular markers, Michael W. Denham
‘For If Wrong Must Be Done’: Depictions of Romans and Parthians in the First Century BCE, Remi Ducote
Toumai Words: songs from your primordial ancestor, Vernell D. Dunams
Artemisia scoparia Reduces the Effects of TNFα-induced Lipolysis in Murine Adipocytes, Ruth Dunn
Evaluation of Hertz’s Contact Stress Solution for Deformable Truncated Indenters, Kathleen M. Edwards
Design and Characterization of a Triple-Input Microfluidic Droplet Trapping Array Towards Multiplexed and Dynamic Single Cell Analysis, Riad Elkhanoufi
Reconstructing Ancient Lives Using 3D Technology: A Case Study of Pork and Doughboy Point, Belize, Jane Fiegel
The Fate of Soil Carbon in Louisiana’s Eroding Coastal Wetlands and Potential Impact on Future Climate, Amanda Fontenot
Links Between Physical Activity Levels and Parkinson’s Disease Medication Ingestion Time: A Case Study, Thea Fontenot
Efficacy of Compound X (Bedoukian Research, Inc.) on Reducing Fecal Egg Count in Lambs, Mary M. France
“When One Door Closes: The Evolution of Journalists’ Gatekeeping Role”, Katherine Mariae Gagliano
Disappearing Statehouse Bureaus: The Role of Student Journalists in the Future of Covering Government, Sarah Gamard
Defining a Species: A look at the Relationship of Papio and Theropithecus using Alu elements, Paulina Gonzalez-Quiroga
Moving Beyond Borders: Transnational Identity in Turkish-German Cinema, Breea Gould
China’s Involvement in Latin America and Possible Ramifications for the United States, Tatiana Gozalez-Quiroga
Ending Mass Incarceration: Support Among State Legislators for the Abolishment of Monetary Bail in Favor of a Risk Assessment Tool, Haley Grieshaber
Strategies for Trading Volatility Using Options, Alyssa Hebert
An Academic Study of WIAN (What’s-in-a-name?), Emily Hickman
The relationship between hand use and direction of handwriting, Madison K. Hopper
Upregulation of Coilin mRNA upon Nopp140-/- in Drosophila melanogaster., Sara Grace Hubacek
Changes in neural activation between pre-release and post-release mouth brooding Astatotilapia burtoni females, Victoria Oanh Huynh
The Effect of Acute, Static Stretching on the Gastrocnemius’ Plantarflexion Torque across Selected Knee and Ankle Combinations, Emile Jeunesse
A Comparative Study of Tooth Wear in Contemporary US and Non-US Populations to Evaluate the Validity of Use in Estimating Region of Origin, Amelie Marie Juneau
A Virtual Screen for Protein Targets: Elucidating Druggability in the Human Proteome with eFindsite, Omar Kana
Rising Above: Exploring the Use of Deployable Structures for Future Disaster Relief, Eva Knapp
The Underdevelopment of Foucauldian Subjectivity and Freedom, Matthew Koshak
SINGLE AND MULTIPARAMETER ESTIMATION USING MULTIMODE INTERFEROMETRY AND SINGLE PHOTONS, Margarite L. LaBorde
Book Proposal: Evangeline: A Murder on the Cajun Prairie, Jordan LaHaye
Single Cell Analysis of Fluid Shear Stress Induced Breast Cancer Cell Phenotypic Changes in a Microfluidic Device, Grant Landwehr
Accumulation of Blue Carbon and Nutrients in an Active Delta of Coastal Louisiana, Madeline LeBlanc
pH Dependence of DNA Binding by DNA Polymerase I from Pychromonas ingrahamii and Single Stranded Binding Protein from Deinococcus radiodurans, Olivia Leonovicz
The Evaluation of the Integration of Sustainability in Industrial Engineering Education at Louisiana State University, Kloe’ M. Liner
The Development and Role of Diagnostic Imaging and Three-Dimensional Printing Technologies in Anthropology and Medicine, William Long
SOCIAL CLASS AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION: THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1870, Cameron Lowry
Trade-related Job Loss, Support for Trade, and Vote Choice in the 2016 Presidential Election, Hannah Lukinovich
The Effect of Attention Bias Modification on Emotion Regulation, Anna Beth Madden
A Vowel Perceptual Analysis of Four Regional Dialects of Louisiana, Lauren de Mahy