| The 2025 Arts & Sciences Exposition |
| Biology |
Lillian Crane '25: “The Effect of Pesticides on the Rate and Intensity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infections in Local Amphibian Populations.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Karie Altman |
Tara Kaul '25: “The Effect of Glutamine Inhibitors on Mitophagy in AML Cells.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Yujin Kim ’25: “Effect of Menin Inhibitors on SKIDA1 expression in MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Nicholas Gebbia '27 & Will O'Connor '26: “Effects of glutaminase and autophagy inhibitors on acute myeloid leukemia cell lines.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Cameron Heinig '27 & Kartik (Krishna) Agarwal ‘27: “Exploring Fez1’s Role in Leukemia Cell Fate.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Tessa Fabiniak ‘25, Mara Delucia ‘25, & Josh Long ‘26: “The Effect of 3,5-Dichlorosalicylic Acid (DCSA) on Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish.”
Mentor: Dr. Sean Ryan |
Amanda Albert ’26 & Riley Hacic ‘26: “Microbe Identity Crisis.” BIO 321 – Microbiology course project.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Tara Kaul, ’25: “Microbe Mysteries Unveiled: Identifying Gram-Positive, Gram-Negative, and Unknown Organisms.” BIO 321 – Microbiology course project.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
| Biochemistry |
Samuel Griffin ‘27 & Kelly Offoha ‘25: “Disrupted Dialogues: Investigating the Effect of SR45 on FNR2 Protein Abundance & Carbon Fixation in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Iesh Gujral ‘26 & Anvitha Rajasekhar ‘28: “Serine/Arginine-rich 45 Promotes Arabidopsis thaliana Reproduction by Alternative Splicing of RAD4.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Luke Pagett ‘27: “Under Stress: Investigating Reactive Oxygen Species Levels in the sr45-1 Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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| Chemistry |
Jacob Smeraldo ‘27: “Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Transition from Disordered to Ordered, and Their Applications in the Industrial and Biomedical Fields.”
Mentor: Dr. Alexander J. Rupprecht |
Niamh Hanna ‘27: “Capturing Forever Chemicals.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Shruti Kasireddy ‘28: “PFAS Toxicity: Chlorination’s Potential Effects.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Aiden Marques ‘26: “N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: A Versatile Molecular Family.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Samay Saxena ‘25: “The Impact of Carbon Chain Length and Ether Location on Polyfluorinated Alkyl Acids Physiochemical Properties Utilizing COSMO-RS.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Jordan Stec ‘28: “Reversible Binding of H2 to Single Atom Alloys.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
| Computer Science |
Oluwadamilare Akabashorun ‘26, Boray Tuna Goren ‘26, Ross Linderman ‘26, Joie-Rose Stangle ‘26, & Mikolaj Synowiec ‘26: “Attendance Verification System.” Final project for CS 390 - Software Engineering.
Mentor: Dr. Chris Bopp |
| Elementary Education |
Domini Dalfonso ‘25: “Improving Client Perception of Veterinary Services Through Assessment and Evaluation.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Adam Brown |
| English |
Holden Matteson ‘28: “The Role of God Changing in a Modernizing English Society.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz |
Tanner Pasi ‘26: “Deathly Desires.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz |
Rose Pfeiffer ‘27: “Folklore in Victorian Literature.” ENG 204 – English Literature II course project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz |
| Health & Society |
Domini Dalfonso ‘25: “What’s in the Bowl? Evaluating Traditional and Holistic Diets in Canine Disease Management.” Health & Society senior research project.
Mentor: Dr. Russell Woodruff (Philosophy) |
| History |
Claire Wirt ‘28: “Vergil’s Georgics through an Ecocritical Lens: A Medium for Examining Modern Relationships with the Environment.” Independent study for LAT 312 – Special Topics in Latin.
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Caliva Smart |
Theodore O'Connor ‘25: “The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Sam Roberts.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Steven Pitt |
| Psychology |
Marion Naple ’26 & Kaitlyn Wojtowicz ‘27: “Easy or Difficult Task: Which to Do First?.”
Mentor: Dr. Chuan Luo |
Sean Morfin ‘25: “Hate at the Ballot Box.”
Mentor: Dr. Robin Valeri |
| Sociology & Criminology |
Kiara Roque ‘25: “Exploring the Nordic Model in Combating Human Trafficking.” Capstone Project.
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin |
Keli Smith ‘253: “The Impact of Education on Crime.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Gavin |
Julia Babcock ‘27: “Online Communities' Effect on Communication and Control in Pro Anorexia Spaces.”
Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Gross |
| Visual and Performing Arts |
Jalen Morales ‘26: Photography.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Maxwell Wolfe ‘26: Encaustic paintings.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Elisabeth Ptacek ‘25: Two Abstract acrylic works.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Mary Trost ‘26: Graphite still life and pastel landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Hana Wienckowski ‘28: Acrylic and Oil works.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Andrew Hale ‘26: Graphic design poster project.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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