Kalman Symposium 2023
Alex Le
Factors Affecting the Level of Triglycerides in Black-legged Kittiwake Seabird Chicks (Rissa tridactyla)
Plasma metabolites such as glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides, may act as health indicators in birds. Many factors can...
Allyson Clarke
Characterizing Muscle Fatigue with Topological Data Analysis
Half of stroke survivors require long-term rehabilitative care, which is often complicated by a high degree of deficit variability. One debilitating effect of a...
Ariana Gambrell
Sexual Violence and Greek Life in the time of COVID-19
Greek life is a predictor of engagement in hookup and party culture, which are associated with campus sexual assault. COVID-19 mitigations...
Ashley Borseth
Segregation of the Univalent X Chromosome in the Two-striped Planthopper Acanalonia bivittata
Correct segregation in meiosis I depends on homologous chromosomes pairing to form bivalents. To achieve a successful reduction in...
Ashley Borseth
Segregation of the Univalent X Chromosome in the Two-striped Planthopper Acanalonia bivittata
Correct segregation in meiosis I depends on homologous chromosomes pairing to form bivalents. To achieve a successful reduction in...
Bangyan Li
Developing an Assistive Technology to Support Effective Note-Taking Skills
Many students utilized note-taking strategies to record information for classes. Studies have shown effective note-taking techniques are critical for all students’ academic...
Caroline Ionata
Metallic Plastics: The Effect of Electroplating on ABS Plastic
Experiments with post-processes and fabrication methods of 3D printed parts were explored, focusing on how to strengthen and aesthetically enhance acrylonitrile butadiene...
Claire Marino
Solanum acanthophisum: a new dioecious bush tomato species from the Australian Monsoon Tropics
Estimates suggest that over 70% of the Australian flora and fauna has yet to be scientifically described. Numerous...
Clare Bassano
A Study of an Ancient Oil Lamp: Iconography, Glazing and a Human Connection
In 2019, late emeritus Professor James Turnure (Samuel H. Kress Professor of Art History) donated a sizable collection...
Derek Huffman
ANALYSIS OF 3D PRINTED METALS USING SMALL PUNCH TESTING
This work focuses on analyzing the fracture behaviors of 3D printed metals. Materials produced using additive manufacturing (AM), such as 3D printing...
Dora Kreitzer
COVID-19 and Collaboration: How Maryland Expanded its EITC
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the most important anti-poverty programs. Yet, eligibility for the federal EITC is dependent upon...
Elena Roe
Women Leaders in the Baltic States: Untying the Double Bind
ABSTRACT: Across the post-Soviet region, but particularly in the Baltic states, women executives have gained power in greater numbers and at...
Elle Chrampanis
Psychological Well-Being and Music Among Children
This summer I conducted research under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Roseth of the Music Education Department at Bucknell. Together, we explored the effect...
Gwen Radecki
Multisensory Statistical Learning: Modality General or Specific?
Statistical learning (henceforth SL) is the unconscious acquisition of structured information from environmental inputs. For example, we can extract word boundaries from the frequency...
Hannah Schultheis
An Analysis of the Transportation of Metals and Trace Metals in an Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Site
Abandoned mine drainage (AMD) is a contaminant problem that watersheds across the United States...
Harry Shi
Design and fabrication of a caterpillar-inspired soft robot by 3D print method
Soft crawling robots can potentially access locations that are unreachable by humans and traditional rigid robots. And their delicate...
Iona Pitkin
Investigations into the compressive behavior of a Miura-ori folded structure
Structural origami is an emerging field that combines the Japanese art of paper folding known as origami with structural engineering in...
James Horton
Using Global Value Chain analysis to study the current structure of the Global
Semiconductor Industry
Despite the swath of media coverage on the Semiconductor Industry and the shortages of
semiconductor components experienced over...
Jimmy Pronchick
Parallel Planning and Verb Tense Errors
Speech errors are a common phenomenon, even in one’s native language. Thus, speech errors have been widely researched in psycholinguistics as a way of understanding...
Jonathan Lei
Title: Using Electrospray Technique to Fabricate Coatings that can Achieve Controlled Release
Abstract: The objective of our study is to use biodegradable materials to design coatings, via the electrospray technique, that...
Jordan Polvere
Collisional Quenching of Vibrationally Excited CO in Non-LTE Environment
The atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is of growing interest to the space science community. However, since its atmosphere is not...
Kayla Kisthardt
Microtus ochrogaster Exhibit Increased Anxiety Behaviors to a Stressor in the Absence of a Partner
Social isolation has been shown to be detrimental to mental and...
Kurt Phipps
Experimental modal analysis for dynamic parameter identification
This summer during Research I learned a ton of skills that can be used in my field as well as many life...
Lucille Cullen
Making Accelerated NMR More Robust for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical companies often face roadblocks in structure elucidation of both natural products and identification of impurities. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) can overcome...
Maddie Sanders
Development of Origami-Inspired Geometric Models for Structural Applications
Determining the geometric and mechanical properties of origami-inspired folded systems for engineering applications is beneficial to identify and take advantage of their unique...
Maliheh Azimi Roueini
A Microfluidic Biosensor to Detect a Specific Respiratory Pathogen
Micropillar array electrodes have many benefits, such as increased mass transport, lower detection limit, and potential to be miniaturized; hence, they play...
Marianne Voigt
Title: Modeling the Effects of Femoral Anteversion and Miserable Malalignment on the Hip
Introduction: Excessive pathological torsion of the lower limbs can cause gait impairment, joint pain, and in extreme cases...
Marisa Alkalay
Since college women are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence, it is essential to understand the knowledge and beliefs that students have surrounding Campus Sexual Assault (CSA). Results revealed that female...
Michael Bolish
Stress Analysis of a Sheared Athermal System with Pins
Numerous studies have investigated the jamming transition in granular media. Recent research has indicated that quenched disorder in the form of fixed...
Morgan Joseph
Verb agreement avoidance
Why is it that humans use language the way we do? Humans communicate in numerous ways but one of the most significant components is language. We rely...
Nicholas DeVita
Polystyrene Discs as Barriers for Diffusion in Layered Organogels
Transdermal drug delivery is a vital mechanism for skincare, hormone replacement, and other biomedical applications. Organic polymer gels have been recently identified...
Ryan Hill
Moravians, Manuscripts, and Musical Pedagogical Practices
For my research, I worked with faculty advisor Dr. Ryan Malone of the music department in order to investigate the history of Moravian music education...
Salvatore Iovino
Defining the Conditions for an Effective Transition to a Decentralized Currency Standard in Developing Economies
In an increasingly digitized world, there is currently a significant shortage of literature on the benefits...
Sophie Cooksey
Defining Feminism
Who gets to decide what is “feminist” and what is not? How would the world look if the word “feminist” wasn’t so stigmatized? Does feminism even matter? These...
Tsugunobu Miyake
Developing a low-cost turbidity sensor using synchronous detection
Turbidity is an essential measurement to assess water quality. Turbidity optically quantifies the cloudiness of a liquid and is commonly measured in Formazin...
Twity Gitonga
Comparative Analysis and Visualization of Campus Sexual Assault Data...
Tyler Will
Solid-State Shear Pulverization (SSSP):
An Investigation into Thermoplastic Types and Properties
Solid-state shear pulverization (SSSP) is an alternative polymer processing technique based on twin screw extrusion with a continuous cooling system...
Zoe Wilson
When The Only Cure For Motion Sickness Is To Keep Moving: A Travelog of Angels in America
The project is invested in the impact travel can have on a dramatic text...
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