Posters from the annual student research session where DePauw students can demonstrate their collaborative work with faculty or internship experiences.
Submissions from 2024
Zermelo's Theorem: How To Reach A Standard of Perfect Play in Chess, Elisha Amadasu '26
Comparison of two disaccharides and their saccharide components in AOT reverse micelles: Impacts of D-trehalose and D-sucrose, Delaney Collier '25, Bridget L. Gourley, and Nancy E. Levinger
What Meney Meney Mothers There Are With Whom I Would Not Trade: Scanning & Transcribing the 1916 Diary of Frederika Heinen, Laney Collier '25 and Caroline Gilson
A Community-Level Investigation of Heavy Metal Pollution in Street Sediments from Terre Haute, Indiana, Kyra Copp '25, Kenneth Brown, Nora Bedwell '26, and Camden Brown '25
Avoidance behavior of Oppia nitens (oribatid mites) to herbicide: Glyphosate compared to microplastics in standard artificial soil., Thi Doan '27 and Philips Akinwole
Designing an Attachment Assay for Keratinocytes Stimulated by Fibroblast Conditioned Media, Linh Do '26 and Colleen L. Doçi
Foreign Direct Investment and Global Supply Chain Reshaping in ASEAN, Nam Khanh Hoang '25 and Guangjun Qu
Comparison of S100β Expression in SK-MEL-25 and A-375, Nev Hommel '26, Ayusha Pokharel '27, and Nipun Chopra
Inhibition of Integrin Binding: Exploring Its Impact on Epidermal Cell Attachment, Erin R. Johnson '25 and Colleen L. Doçi
Bacteriostatic effects of Hydroxyl Radical-Generating Device on Klebsiella and Pseudomonas, Caroline Le '26, Philips Akinwole, and Nipun Chopra
A Quantitative Survey of Goldenrods and their Galls in Greencastle, Indiana., Chiamaka Ndubuokwu '27, Danielle Sommerman '25, and Rose Keith
Synthesis of Drug-Like Molecules and Investigation of Their Biological Activity, Duyen Nguyen '25, Sunny Nguyen '26, and Jeffery A. Hansen
The Impact of Fintech Lending on Small Business Bankruptcies in California (2008-2023), Lam Nguyen '25 and Bin Qiu
“Inward” globalization: A look at ethnic education in Vietnam, Quan Nguyen '25 and Rebecca Alexander
Designing an Attachment Assay for Epidermal Cell-to-Cell Attachment, Tiala Ortega '26 and Colleen L. Doçi
Actin Depolymerization by β-Amino Alcohol in Breast Cancer Cells, An Pham '25, Jeffery A. Hansen, and Sarah Mordan-McCombs
Inside Indochina: Vietnam's National Identity through French Historical Blockbusters, Chi Q. Pham '25
Trends in U.S. Smoking and Cessation: Insights from 2015-2022, Nhan Phan '26, Thinh Nguyen '26, and Naima Shifa
Reducing Selection Bias in the Training Data of ASL Champ! To Improve the Sign Language Recognition (SLR) System, Nushla Pradhan '26 and Laine Silverman
Visual Parsing Algorithms for an Equitable Augmented Reality Learning System, Pushpita Saha '25, Matthew L. Furber MFA, and Paul W. Bible
Metabolic Adaptation of Soil Microbial Communities to Metal Contamination: Assessment of Cadmium Stress, Nina Shaffer '25, Emma Jacobs '25, and Philips Akinwole
Phenotypic Variations in T. repens (White Clover) Leaf Pigmentation, Danielle Sommerman '25, Chiamaka Nbubuokwu '27, and Rose Keith
Optimizing Transport Predictive Modeling with Simulation-Based Statistical Inference, Quyen Tran '27 and Mamunur Rashid
Development and Quantification of an Attachment Assay for Epidermal Cells to Varying Extracellular Matrix Dilutions, Julian Vargas '26 and Colleen L. Doçi
E-TextBook For Better Learning in Chemistry 120, Anh Vu '27 and Jeffery A. Hansen
A Comparative Analysis of Urea vs. Acetamide in AOT reverse micelles, Kate Walsh '26, Bridget Gourley, and Nancy E. Levinger
Investigating Neurite Outgrowth Influenced by Breast Cancer Progression Using In Vitro Models of Collagen I Hydrogels, Emma Waskom '27, Nikolas Ala-Kokko, and Younghye Song
Submissions from 2023
Understanding Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Novel Neuron Cell Models, Amy Apfelbaum, Anthony Grillo PhD, Raghav Dutta PhD, and Alaa Hassan
Analysis of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, and Avery Archer
An Introduction to the VERITAS Observatory, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, and Avery Archer
Investigating Sucrose and D-trehalose in AOT Reverse Micelles, Delaney Collier and Bridget L. Gourley
Investigating rare genetic variants of unknown significance in LDHA, Animesh Dali, Brennan Jensen, Olivia Lockette, and Duyen Nguyen
Had Grass, Water and Wood: Scanning and Transcribing the 1864 Travel Diary of John Heinen, Elizabeth Dugan and Caroline Gilson
Stressed, but doing fine. An Investigation of Apocynum Canabinum Patches and Individuals, Lauren Kyburz, Lily Monnett, Quincie Simmons, and Dana Dudle
Differential Equations in Stock Prediction Analysis, Alan Tuan Le, Mai Le, and Sutthirut Charoenphon
Spatial Narratives in the Bronze Age, Linh Le
Longboard classification using Machine Learning, Tuan (Kevin) Le, Evans Sajtar, and McKenzie Lamb
Livening Beyond Homeless Inc. Outdoor Space, Olivia Lockette
Modeling Light for Platanus Occidentalis (American Sycamore) Trees in the DePauw Quarry, Grace Lucchesi, Beth Wilkerson, Quincie Simmons, and Dana Dudle
Reshaping Global Supply Chain: The US-China Trade War, China’s Zero Covid Policy, and Vietnam’s Trade Boom, Karan Mahato and Guangjun Qu
Characterizing the Effects of Benzyl-Amino Alcohol on Cell Growth, Viability, and Migration, Ryan Miller, Jeff Hansen, and Sarah Mordan-McCombs
Life on the Quarry Wall Vs the Quarry Floor: Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Lily Monnett, Quincie Simmons, and Lauren Kyburz
Cultivating Green: Learning How to Farm Sustainably, Duyen Nguyen and Christina Holmes
Corruption Perceptions During the Pandemic, Linh Phuong Thao Nguyen and Guangjun Qu
Avoidance behavior ecotoxicity testing of Oppia nitens in conventional microplastic and bioplastic spiked soils., Catarina Zabot Pasini, Kaija Carr, Nina Shaffer, and Philips Akinwole
Podcasts as a Form of Social Support for Individuals with Chronic Illness, Kate Pederson and Melanie Finney
Pyrrolidine Derivative Targets Actin Cytoskeleton in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells, An Pham, Jeff Hansen, and Sarah Mordan-McCombs
Gene Editing in Zebrafish for Modeling Nicotine Dependence, Sophia Porter, Thanh Ngoc, Thien Nguyen, and Avery Fagan
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Youth Tree Team 2023, Lydia Stullken
XRK3F2 inhibits p62 signaling and augments myeloma killing by proteasome inhibitors, Ellen Trautman, Colin Crean, David Halladay, and Attaya Suvannasankha
