| The 2022 Arts & Sciences Exposition |
| Biology |
Courtney Fox ‘23 & Tharini Nagarkar ‘24: “The future with FEZ1: Overexpression in MLL-rearranged acute myeloid leukemias.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
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Amelia Haley ’23 & Neeya Shetty ‘24: “Determining the role of autophagy during glutaminase inhibition in acute myeloid leukemias.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Sonal Mahindroo ‘22, Nishtha Tripathi ‘24, & Tanvi Paritala ‘23: “The effect of 3,5-dichlorosalicylic acid (DCSA) on craniofacial abnormalities in Zebrafish.”
Mentor: Dr. Sean Ryan |
Kira Dewey ‘24: Effect of Thieves Oil and Tea Tree Oil on Staphylococcus epidermis Biofilm Growth.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Laurie Horsch ’23 & Shannon Heinig ‘24: “Generation of a narG-GFP construct for future applications in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.”
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
| Biochemistry |
Arden Bui ‘23 & Xiao-Ning Zhang (with Christopher Chin, Mario Santos, Chandra Shekhar Misra, & Jörg D. Becker): “The Effects of a Splicing Regulator, Serine/Arginine-rich 45, on Arabidopsis thaliana Sperm Transcriptome.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Arden Bui ‘23 & Xiao-Ning Zhang “Opening Up about SR45 and ATBBE8 in Arabidopsis thaliana Stomata Defense Against Bacteria.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Claire Schaef ‘22, Courtney Fox ’23, & Xiao-Ning Zhang: “Don’t Be So Sensitive! Investigating SR45 Suppression of Immunity through Hypersensitive Induced Reaction Proteins.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Katharina Heitzman ‘22 & Xiao-Ning Zhang: “Plants vs. Pathogens: How Does SR45’s Suppression of Salicylic Acid Pathway Genes Play a Role in this Molecular War?”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Leigha Haberly ‘23 & Xiao-Ning Zhang: “A Molecular Battleground: How SR45 Suppresses Protease SAP2 to Regulate Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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| Chemistry |
Michael LaRock ‘22: “Functional Group Comparison of Micellular Partition Coefficients for 8-Carbon Per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Acids.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Katherine Merkel ’23 & Michael LaRock ‘22: “Investigation of the Electronic Structure of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
William Wozniak ‘24: “Calculating the Effects of Corks on Single Atom Alloys Aggregation.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Aahana Kidambi ‘25, Hyunjin Kim ‘25, & Samay Saxena ‘25: “Calculating Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients for 4-Carbon & 6-Carbon Polyfluorinated Alkyl Acids.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Raj Patel ‘25: “Calculating Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients for 3-Carbon Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
| Computer Science |
Emma Fox ‘22: “Tech Consulting in the Community: Database Design.”
Mentors: Dr. Chris Bopp |
Austin Vennard ‘24, Brandon Nguyen ‘24, & Will Ainsworth ‘22: “Stock market prediction in machine learning.” Course project for CS 258 - Machine Learning.
Mentor: Dr. Remah Alshinina
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John Groth ’23 & Gregory Frederick ‘23: “Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithm Applied to Credit Card Fraud Detection.” Course project for CS 258 - Machine Learning.
Mentor: Dr. Remah Alshinina
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| Mathematics |
Erica Low ’22, Matthew Weimer ’22, & John “Jack” Steger ‘22: “The St. Bonaventure Prime Project.”
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Hill |
| Sociology and Criminology |
Mary Sabatelle ‘23: “Survivors share their stories: The slacktivism of domestic violence as told by #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou via Twitter.”
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin |
Olivia Lattimer ‘22: “Colombia’sCollege students: Reporting victimization.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin |
Mary Esposito ‘22: “What Makes People Get the Covid-19 Vaccine?”
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin |
| Visual and Performing Arts |
Ellie Weidner: Two paintings of a pomegranate – oil; Landscape – acrylics on canvas; Abstract – completed in Adobe illustrated and produced into a tray through society6.com.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Abisek Saththiyasritharan: Three works – Pen and ink on paper.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Carolina Berlingieri ‘25: “Burning Dawn” (landscape – pastel on paper); “Inside My Mind” (abstract – mixed media).
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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