Increasing Access to Clean Water: Four Elements of Integrated Water Resources Management as Observed in Two Angolan Water Projects
Presenter: Julia Stafford (Political Science, History) Mentor: Ron Mitchell Oral Presentation Panel C: “Explorations in Chemistry and Water” Oak Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Sheri Donahoe By what means can we effectively deliver a bigger...
Utilizing Shear Reactor Technology for Optimizing the Ozonolysis of Alkenes Reaction
Presenter: Ajay Ryerson (Chemistry) Mentor: David Tyler Oral Presentation Panel C: “Explorations in Chemistry and Water” Oak Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Sheri Donahoe Ozone is a great oxidizing agent because its byproducts are water and oxygen....
Making a Catalyst in order to Study the Break Down of Plastics and Other Polymers
Presenter: Mollie Bello (Chemistry) Mentor: David Tyler Oral Presentation Panel C: “Explorations in Chemistry and Water” Oak Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Sheri Donahoe The break-down of plastics is an important area of research; however, the way...
Thermodynamically Controlled, Dynamic Binding of Polyols to a 1,2-BN Cyclohexane Derivative
Presenter: Gregory Harlow (Chemistry) Mentor: Shih-Yuan Liu Oral Presentation Panel C: “Explorations in Chemistry and Water” Oak Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Sheri Donahoe The high affinity, selective binding of polyols to a benzylated 1,2-BN...
Prey detection and feeding success of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi on the copepod Acartia tonsa in still and turbulent waters
Presenter: Clare Chisholm (Environmental Science) Mentor: Kelly Sutherland Oral Presentation Panel B: “Vertebrate Expression” Walnut Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Chris Moe The comb jelly or ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is a voracious predator...
Opposing Roles of Wnt and BMP signaling in Zebrafish caudal fin regeneration
Presenter: Alan Gomez (Biology) Mentor: Kryn Stankunas Oral Presentation Panel B: “Vertebrate Expression” Walnut Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Chris Moe Zebrafish and many other vertebrates possess an incredible ability to regenerate damaged or...
The Flexibility of Gestural Communication in Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Kalimantan Tengah
Presenter: Cudmore (Anthropology) Mentor: Kirstin Sterner Oral Presentation Panel B: “Vertebrate Expression” Walnut Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Chris Moe Great ape communication research attempts to reveal the cognitive abilities of our closest...
Hidden Information in the Fossil Record: Using Discriminant Analysis on Isolated Postcrania
Presenter: Brianna McHorse (Biology) Mentor: Samantha Hopkins Oral Presentation Panel B: “Vertebrate Expression” Walnut Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Chris Moe Postcrania (non-skull or teeth bones) are often preserved in the fossil record but,...
Climate Change Response in the National Park Service: Analyzing Changes in Science, Education, and Management Policies
Presenter: Kelsey Ward (Environmental Science) Mentor: Mark Carey Oral Presentation Panel A: “Habitats and Climate” Maple Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Drew Terhune The language of the Organic Act of 1916 explicitly defines the national park...
Establishing Baseline Data for Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Evaluating Riparian Planting Success in the McKenzie Watershed
Presenter: Ashley Sosa (Environmental Science) Co-Presenters: Breanna Senate and Matt Keeler Mentor: Peg Boulay Oral Presentation Panel A: “Habitats and Climate” Maple Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Drew Terhune Salmon are valued not only as food...
Delta Ponds Riparian Restoration Assessment
Presenter: Jessica Scott (Environmental Science) Co-Presenter: Wayland Huynh Mentor: Peg Boulay Oral Presentation Panel A: “Habitats and Climate” Maple Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Drew Terhune Wetlands play an important part in the provision of...
Marine Mammal Monitoring on Guam
Presenter: Robert McNulty (Biology) Mentor: Valerie Brown Oral Presentation Panel A: “Habitats and Climate” Maple Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Drew Terhune Data on marine mammals, specifically information on their stock numbers, seasonal...
Evaluating Oregon White Oak Habitat Restoration Projects in the South Eugene Ridgeline
Presenter: Brooke Bilyeu (Environmental Studies) Co-Presenter: Everett Baker Mentor: Peg Boulay Oral Presentation Panel A: “Habitats and Climate” Maple Room Concurrent Session 3: 1:45-3:00pm Facilitator: Drew Terhune Over the past 150 years, fire suppression...
Reframing the Human: An Introduction to the Human Geography of the Posthuman or Cyborg
Presenter: Sachiko Slomoff (Geography) Mentor: Ernesto Martinez Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson In our current digital age, there has been a significant focus on how...
Nostalgia for Childhood & Its Importance to Adult Identity: A Creative Poetry Project
Presenter: Anna Tomlinson (English) Mentor: Danny Anderson Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson As psychologists suggest, the process of nostalgia provides exploration of...
Thermal Comfort Study of Deady Hall; Discovering the Thermal Conditions Inside the Building, Determining Causes, and Suggesting Solutions
Presenter: Emily Smietana (Architecture) Co-Presenters: Vesta Tsao and Yana Stannik Mentor: Alison Kwok Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson Deady Hall, the oldest building...
‘A Hard Problem to Handle’; Sewage in New York Harbor and the Fight Against the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission
Presenter: Zeph Schafer (History, Economics) Mentor: James Mohr Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson From 1905 to 1921, the states of New York and New Jersey fought over...
Praying for Freedom: Catholic Underground Resistance in Soviet Lithuania
Presenter: Claire Phillips (History) Mentor: Julie Hessler Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson Lithuania, a small, Catholic nation in the Baltic region, has a long history...
Parenting in Poverty: The Experiences of Fathers Who are Homeless
Presenter: Brenda Barrett-Rivera (Family and Human Services) Mentor: Lauren Lindstrom Oral Presentation Panel C: “Human Environments” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Matt Nelson Fathers who are homeless face unique barriers in...
Korean Honorifics and American Politeness
Presenter: Youngju Park (Linguistics) Mentor: Patricia Pashby Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar What acts of politeness do you, the reader, expect to encounter throughout your day?...
The Growth and Function of Gourmet Coffee Culture in the United States and Historic London and the Use of the Coffee House in Eugene, Oregon
Presenter: Sarah Frey-Wyer (Anthropology) Mentor: Lamia Karim Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar Focusing primarily on Eugene, Oregon, I have created an overview via participant...
Moroccan Immigration in Spain: A Discourse Analysis of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments from the El Ejido Riots
Presenter: Meredith Comnes (Spanish and Geography) Mentor: Lise Nelson Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar On February 5, 2000, El Ejido, Spain, a small town on the Southern...
Clientelism as Compensation: How Clientelism facilitates Capital Account Liberalization in Latin America
Presenter: Jonathan Weiland (Political Science, Economics) Mentor: David Steinberg Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar The general embrace of liberal economic policies throughout the...
Las excelencias de los Hebreos: A Translation of Isaac Cardoso’s Seventeenth-Century Jewish Apologetic Treatise
Presenter: Sarah Shindelman (Spanish) Mentor: David Wacks Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar The project presents a critical translation of a seventeenth-century Jewish apologetic....
Show Me Your Moves!: Japanese Music and Dance as a Global Culture through Dance Dance Revolution
Presenter: Edward Ly (Japanese, Mathematics) Mentor: Alisa Freedman Oral Presentation Panel B: “Cultural Expressions” Oak Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Lou Vijayakar Is Dance Dance Revolution (Konami, 1998) the true dance game for the masses?...
Freedom from Guantanamo: How the Court Curtailed Prerogative Powers and increased Civil Liberties for Detainees
Presenter: Lindsay Thane (Political Science) Mentor: Dan Tichenor Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus During the post 9/11 era the President made claims to expansive...
The Road to a Smoke and Tobacco Free Campus: A Case Study of the University of Oregon
Presenter: Inga Suneson (Planning, Public Policy and Management) Mentor: Richard Margerum Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus Many college campus environments have changed...
Feeding Democracy: Protection, Defense, and Scientific Nutrition in the National School Lunch Program
Presenter: Phoebe Petersen (History) Mentor: Ellen Herman Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus The text of the 1946 National School Lunch Act (NSLA) asserts three central reasons...
The Effects of Screen-Based Media on Young Children’s Social Understanding Skills
Presenter: Piper Arnold (Psychology) Mentor: Marjorie Taylor Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus Screen media is now a pervasive part of children’s lives, but little is know about...
Cultural Differences in Student Perceptions: Student Evaluations of Online Discussion Forums
Presenter: Xiaoying Chen (Sociology) Mentor: Ryan Light Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus Cultural diversity and technical development have changed students’ learning...
Beyond Elementary: Examining Conceptual Demands of Division of Fractions in Current US Curricula
Presenter: Leanna Carollo (Education, Sociology) Mentor: Juliet Baxter Oral Presentation Panel A: “Culture and Education” Maple Room Concurrent Session 2: 10:30-11:45am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus The Common Core State Standards of Mathematics (CCSSM), a set of US...
Big Brother is Watching: Government Surveillance v. Right of Privacy
Presenter: Josephine Woolington (Journalism, Political Science) Mentor: Kyu Ho Youm Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos The U.S. government in the past two decades...
A Healthy Doctrine – Examining Sebelius’s Effects on Congressional Regulatory Powers
Presenter: Carl Windrup (Political Science, Philosophy) Mentor: Alison Gash Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos This project examines the effects of the Supreme...
Solyndra as a Symptom of Regulatory Capture
Presenter: Jacob Valleau (Political Science) Mentor: Joseph Deckert Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos Conservatives cite the failure of a stimulus package loan...
ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Population in Lane County- A Project with United Way of Lane County
Presenter: Man Nguyen (Economics) Co-Presenters: Eric Wittkop and Emily White Mentor: Joe Stone Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos Many US households earn an...
libPacForge: a Library for Automated Packet Generation in C++
Presenter: Peter McKay (Computer and Information Science) Mentor: Kevin Butler Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos This paper concerns the automation of arbitrary...
War and the Benign State: The Second World War and the Growth of the British Welfare State
Presenter: Walter James (History) Mentor: James Mohr Oral Presentation Panel C: “Technology and Government” Coquille/Metolius Rooms Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Melina Pastos Historians and social scientists of Britain have noted its rapid...
Heredity and Generational Cyclity in One Hundred Years of Solitude
Presenter: Eva Bertoglio (Humanities) Mentor: Matthew Sandler Oral Presentation Panel B: “Character Creation” Oak Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Matt Nelson The history of Colombia is fraught with conquest, myth, and patterns of oppression and...
Chivalric Devotion and Feminized Power in Elizabethan Portraiture
Presenter: Maggie Witt (English, Art History) Mentor: Louise Bishop Oral Presentation Panel B: “Character Creation” Oak Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Matt Nelson Art historians often write off Elizabethan art as a less advanced technical school...
Consequences of Conduct: A Character Analysis of Anna Karenina
Charlotte Rheingold (Comparative Literature, Economics) Mentor: Susanna Lim Oral Presentation Panel B: “Character Creation” Oak Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Matt Nelson Although she is no role model to be emulated, readers have been enchanted...
Pocahottie” and the “Drunken Indian”: How Narrative Plots Create Danger for Native Americans
Presenters: Keaton Kell (International Studies, Romance Languages, Creative Writing) Oral Presentation Panel B: “Character Creation” Oak Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Matt Nelson The effects of narratives about Native Americans on the role of...
Environmental Leadership Program – Environmental Education Adams Elementary
Presenter: Derek Leung (Environmental Studies) Co-Presenters: Madison DeLong and Kailyn Haskovec Mentor: Kathryn Lynch Oral Presentation Panel A: “Enhancing Learning” Maple Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus The Environmental Leadership...
For a Citizenry or For a Workforce? The Role of Industry in American Science Education
Presenter: Ellen Ingamells (Environmental Science) Mentor: Kathryn Lynch Oral Presentation Panel A: “Enhancing Learning” Maple Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus It’s no wonder that industry (manufacturing, engineering, product design...
Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: Alumni Facilitation Training for Building Communities
Presenter: Jordan Wilkie (Political Science) Mentor: Steven Shankman Oral Presentation Panel A: “Enhancing Learning” Maple Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program is an organization that introduces...
United Way of Lane County’s Promise Neighborhoods and the Benefits of Reading Readiness
Presenter: Jacob McGrew (Economics, Music) Mentor: Joe Stone Oral Presentation Panel A: “Enhancing Learning” Maple Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus In this paper, we measure statistical relationships between defining characteristics...
The Effect of Learning to Sew on Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Optimism in Adolescent Girls
Presenter: Chiara Arpaia (Psychology) Mentor: Marjorie Taylor Oral Presentation Panel A: “Enhancing Learning” Maple Room Concurrent Session 1: 9:00-10:15am Facilitator: Nedzer Erilus This study explores the extent that teaching adolescent girls to sew their own...