The 2024 Honors College Thesis Fair will be held May 15 & 17. There will be virtual and in-person opportunities to explore the diversity of Honors College research, beginning with research posters and audio presentations that are available for online viewing. On Wednesday, May 15 and Friday, May 17, a small group of Honors College students will give lightning talks about their research. Both can be viewed on Zoom*. Friday lightening talks will be in person in LINC 368. Also Friday from 1-3pm a selection of students will be present with their thesis posters in the third floor hallways of the Learning Innovation Center. Join us to see the variety of research honors students are engaged in.
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Meeting ID: 913 8904 2769
View Posters and Presentations
See below for the full schedule of presenters.
Lightning Talk: Wednesday, May 15 at 5 p.m.
Kristin Felsch
Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Effects of Acute and Repeated Exposure to MDMA During Adolescence
Athena Peterson
Major: Microbiology
Apicomplexa and other protists of thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme bleaching event
Colin Lindquist
Major: BioHealth Sciences
Palliative care, Hospice, and Psychedelics: Accessing Oregon Psilocybin Services at the End of Life
Niamh Nolan
Major: Animal Sciences
Preliminary Spatial characterization of placental immune response to Zika virus infection in the nonhuman primate
Emma Gilmore
Major: BioHealth Sciences
Shadows and Spirits: Illuminating the Effects of Attention on Dark-Enhanced Startle Responses Under the Influence of Alcohol
Aida Marquez Murga
Major: Biology
Dying with Dignity Across the Nation
Addie Rang
Majors: Agricultural Sciences & International Studies
Roxanne Bahn-Bales
Majors: Bioengineering
Riley LeCocq
Majors: Kinesiology
Caroline Lee
Majors: Public Health
Associations between Food Intake and Lipid-lowering Medication Use: A Scoping Review
Lightning Talk: Friday, May 17 at 10 a.m. in LINC 368
Abby Luna
Major: Environmental Science
The Bird Gap
Brandon Fahlenkamp
Major: Biology with an Ecology Option
Effects of Solanum sisymbriifolium on the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne hapla
Zoe Morrison
Major: Civil Engineering
The Impact of Powered Mobility Use on Expressive Communication Development of Young Children with Disabilities
Andrew Kim
Major: Biochemistry/Biophysics and Music Double Major
Diagnosis of Koi Herpesvirus Latency using Latency Associated Gene Transcript as Testing Target
Atticus Inman
Major: Biology
Cannabis Flower, Concentrates, and Edibles: a Scoping Review of Product-Formulation-Specific Health Outcomes
Sophia Morton
Major: Applied Physics
GW190521: a binary black hole merger inside an active galactic nucleus?
Alina Hyk
Major: Science and Psychology
The Future of Learning: Assessing AI Avatar Use in Educational Settings
Franklin Harding
Major: Mathematics
On the Unforgeabilty of Blind Schnorr in the Limited Concurrency Setting
Bianca Parsons
Major: Biology
Workplace Burnout in Veterinary Staff: A Student’s Perspective and Analysis
Lightning Talk - Board of Regents: Friday, May 17 at 2 p.m.
Kristen Adamec
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Increasing Participant-Robot Interactivity of Benn-E Bot
Mia Tognoli
Major: Psychology and Piano Performance
Drinking in the Dark: Exploring How Environmental Lightness and Darkness Contribute to Drinking Behaviors
Zane Walker
Major: Botany
Characterizing the Bryophyte Flora of the Late Cretaceous: Jamesrossia plicata gen. et sp. nov. from the Antarctic peninsula
Grace Knutsen
Major(s): History, French, & German
Service and Citizenship: Reflections of Oregonian Women's Service in World War II
Poster Presentation: Friday, May 17 from 1 - 3 p.m.
Viewable in person on 3rd floor of LINC bldg (Corvallis campus)
Zachary Bosworth
Major: Bioengineering
Developing a Three-Dimensional Rodent Cartilage Visualization Tool Using Histological Images
Susanna Charlton
Major: Major: Biology
Effects of large woody additions on instream habitat for Coho Salmon in California streams
Lindsay Beaman
Major: Psychology
The Ramifications of Racial Microaggressions in Healthcare: A Modified Replication Study
Lucinda Boyle
Major: Natural Resources
Moss and Salmon: A journalistic perspective on ecological relationships in the Grande Ronde River Basin
Michele McCann
Major: Animal Science
Anthology of Familial Poems
Maxwell Fry
Major: Biology
What is Human? Existential Riddles in Biology
Thalia Clow
Major: Kinesiology
The True Toys’ Story: Play Should Be For Everyone
Lucy Lin
Major: Computer Science
Properties and Applications of Biharmonic and K-harmonic Distances in Clustering
Ashley Robinson
Major: Finance and International Business
The UK Gender Pay Gap Transparency and its affects on Oregon Consumers
Kyra (Kiki) Kappos
Major: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences
Locating Carcharodon carcharias in Oregon Waters
Kiwi White
Major: Mathematics
Investigation of Cultural and Spiritual Importance of Illuminated Manuscripts Through Manuscript Reproduction
Lauren Ringrose
Major: Environmental Sciences (option in Applied Ecology), Minor in Forestry, and GIS Certificate
Aquatic Vertebrate Responses to Canopy Cover Changes and Alternative Riparian Buffers Adjacent to Oregon Coast Range Streams
Geneviev Sauret
Major: Geology
Analysis of the geometry and internal structure of an ice shelf basal melt channel on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
Kieran Manning
Major(s): Geology and Earth Science
Elemental analysis by scanning XRF of a Labrador Sean sediment core to better understand how ice left the planet through the last deglaciation
Lia Kane
Major: Biology with an Option in Marine Biology and Ecology
Impacts of Increasing Temperatures on Early Life History Stages of Tiger Grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) from Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
Helena Rocha
Major: Biology Option in Marine Biology
Humpback Whales in the Bering Sea: Ecological Impacts of Warming on Cetaceous Species in the North Pacific
Gabby Chavez Tista
Major: Nutrition
Factors Influencing Food Insecurity among Orchard Workers in Oregon
Jackson Ryan
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Physical Validation and Testing Procedures of Aerodynamics for Global Formula Racing
Sofia Arola
Major: Biology
Susceptibility of Different Rodent Species to Potential SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Julia Pavlosek
Major: Microbiology
Risk Perception Among Well Owners in Oregon
Ethan Makinster
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Effects of Binaural Beats and 432 Hz on Stress in College Students
Tara Conrad
Major: Microbiology
Evaluating Phenotypic and Genotypic Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in E. coli From Oregon Watersheds
Mattea Holt Coburg
Major: Biology and Piano Performance
Insights into Antarctic blue whale migrations from seasonal and diel vocalization trends off New Zealand
Daniel Hickey
Major: Biological Data Science
How Online Hate Communities Evolove: A Dynamic Network Analysis of Hate Subreddits
Ian Todd
Major(s): Microbiology and Political Science
Boom and Bust: how Streamlined Methlotrophs Influence Oceanic Biogeochemistry