Undergraduate Research and
CreativityColloquium
Thursday April 14th, 2016
1877 Club in HJG Center
Check in, Programs, and Food: Balcony noon-6pm
Certificates for Presenters as each session endsroom A
Session I 12:30-1:50
Room A: Engineering Solutions
Wind Tunnel Development
Sean Behnke, Mark Markiewicz, Zack Mcgillvary,
Alex Paterson, Gianna Sabino, Justin Simke, & Justin StarrCETA
Accelerometer Research Project: Building and Applying
Jacqueline Maynard and Jason ReynoldsCETA
Turbine Blades: Visualization of Secondary Flows in Linear Array
Jose Lara and Justin StarrCETA
Environmental Noise Assessment Using Smartphones
Lane Miller and Christopher SpringthorpeCETA
Room B: The Implications of Images
Character Study in Practice: Mirror Imagery and Subjectivity
Nicholas Mastrangelo A&S CIN*
Representation of Women in Advertising
Parnian Emami A&S COMM*
Reel Films and Real Issues: Rape Myth Acceptance among
Communications and Cinema Majors
Marissa LawrenceA&S PSY*
Teaching Violence? The Impact of Sex Education and Media Portrayals
of Sex on Attitudes Toward Sexual Violence
Joanna FlanaganA&S SOC*
Room C: Studies in Psychology
Attitudes in Education: Influencing Connections and
Outlooks of Students
Samantha TaskerA&S PSY*
Characteristics Associated with MMPI-2 L-Scale Elevations
Anthony BarrowsA&S PSY*
* Senior Honors Student
Metacognition and Coping: Reducing Stress and Anxiety
among College Students
Emily MeachonA&S PSY*
Token Resistance and Compliant Acceptance: Sexual Miscommunications
and Perceptions between Genders
Amber GipsonA&S PSY*
Certificates for Presenters as each session endsroom A
Session II2:05-3:20
Room A: Arts and Ideas
Women Composers in Music Theatre
Katherine McLellanHartt*
Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan: The Impact of Communism
on a Historical Partnership in Theater
Morgan DeanHartt*
Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Assessment of the Norm and
Analysis of Its Impact
Jonah RothsteinA&S Int. St.
Ethical Reconstruction: From Postmodernism to
American Pragmatism
Alex GannuscioA&S PHIL*
Room B: Personality and Gender Traits
The Big Five Personality Inventory: Attachment Style
and Levels of Extraversion and Neuroticism
Dayna MannA&S PSY*
Insecure Attachment Style: A Breeding Ground for Addiction
Medina ColakuA&S PSY
Snapchat: Affiliative Tendency, Sensitivity to Rejection,
Narcissim, and Self-disclosure
Kaseem FosterA&S PSY*
He Said, She Said: The Role of Gendered Communication
in Feedback on Engagement
Fabjola QosjaA&S PSY*
Room C: Artistic Production and Reflection
The Accidental Edition: My Exploration of
Experimental Printmaking
Amy OzgaHAS
Jane Avril Leaving Moulin Rouge
Keri Halloran and Aedan ObrienHAS
Color Harmony in Thomas Cole's View from Mt. Etna
Tyler BerryHAS
Study Abroad: The Call of the Unknown
Theresa MenhartHAS*
Certificates for Presenters as each session endsroom A
Session III3:30-4:45
Room A:Business Plans and Societal Contributions
Generation Fit
Jaime Donner BAR ECON
She Served Too
Gladys Silva BAR
Social Entrepreneurship and Improving Societal Outcomes
Jennifer Klemonsky A&S ECON*
Room B: Four Poets Reading Selected Texts
Madeline McGrailA&S ENG
Danielle ReginaA&S PSY
Kelia IngrahamHartt
Valery Zapata ^A&S ENG
^ 2016 CT Young Poet
Room C: Moving Forward After 9/11
WTC Memorial and Museum: Memory and Erasure
Katherine Bittner Hartt
9/11: Literature and Memoirs
Katie Connolly A&S PSY
9/11: Cultural Trauma and Mental Health
Joanna Flanagan A&S SOC*
Victimization and The Will to Power
Surrounding September 11th
Alexander Gannuscio A&S PHIL/Mod Lang*
Room D: Field Work, Greece, Israel and Lithuania Research
Fieldwork in Rhodes, Greece 2016
Jonah Rothstein A&S JS/Int. St.
The Origin of the Women’s Section in Ancient and
Modern Synagogues(Field Work, Israel, 2014)
Sarah GreenbergA&S JS
The Orientation of and Number of Arks in Ancient and
Modern Synagogues(Field Work, Israel, 2015)
Zosh SimonsonA&S JS
The Ancient and Great Synagogue of Vilnius
(Field Work, Lithuania, 2015)
Nicole AwadA&S HIS
Wilde Aud.: Studies in Creativity
Krysteena Shropshire, Kelsey Ward,
James Fagan, and Tatiana HernandezHillyer
Certificates for Presenters as each session endsroom A
Session IV5:00-6:15
Room A: Biological Studies
Household Items as Emergency Antiseptics
Jesse AustinA&S BIO
Circadian Rhythms and Immune Responses
Sara BuckleyA&S BIO
Stream Water Quality: Wastewater and Storm Water Runoff Effects
Dylan RossiA&S BIO
Analysis of P53 Binding to Cyclin B Promoter
Cynthia AndersonA&S BIO*
Room B: Math Equations and Online Environments
The Sum of Reciprocal of the Primes
Angella Kirabo A&S MATH
The Archimedes Method of Approximating Pi
Chris Devona A&S MATH
Barriers to Discussion in Asynchronous Online Environments
Kochava Krieger A&S MATH/Sec. Ed.
Discrete Random Walks on a 2-Manifold:
A Variation on the Drunkard's Walk
Gianmarco MolinoA&S MATH
Room C: Historical Perspectives
Hey, What Was the End of the World Like?
Jacob MunroA&S HIS*
Rays of Light Shining in the Tunnel of Darkness
Arieh FriedA&S HIS/JS
Rapid Ascent
Taylor MudfordA&S HIS
Heroes from Abroad: The (Non-)American Revolutionaries
Evan HollidayA&S HIS
Room D: Health and Education
STRIDER--Time Related Improvement in Distance
and Endurance Runners
Joshua Breighner and Garrett BrownENHP
Educating College Students about Contact Lens Care
Cassandra PastierENHP*
Welcoming New Arrivals with Meaningful Academic Support
Grace BeckENHP*
Wilde Aud.: Engineering and Architecture
Design of Walk-Assist Technology
Abdullah Alabbas, Hussain Almakrami,
Gregory Boicyzk and Angela SabinoCETA
A Novel Blood Vessel Detection System
Janet ZaporCETA
A Coastal Community Social Vulnerability Index Composition
Kimberly ColavitoCETA*
Disease Free and Off Grid: Providing Medical Care
in Underdeveloped Nations
Liana PangburnCETA*
* Senior Honors Student