Lakeland University’s academic and creative acumen will be on full display during the third annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium.
This day-long event, on Wednesday, April 25, will feature morning oral presentations covering multiple disciplines by dozens of students and five professors.
The afternoon includes more oral presentations by students and 14 academic posters will be on display, with their LU student creators on hand to answer questions and discuss their work.
There is no class on Wednesday, but students are encouraged to attend as many presentations as they can, to support their peers and soak up some the great work completed this semester. Spectators are encouraged to move freely from presentation to presentation throughout the day.
The opening faculty keynote session will count as a convocation for LU students.
Following is the complete schedule:
LAKELAND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP SYMPOSIUM – April 25, 2018
9:45-10:45 a.m. FACULTY KEYNOTE SESSION Bradley Theatre
Faculty Presenters:
- Meg Albrinck – Opening Remarks
- Karl Elder: “Mervin’s gift” (short story)
- Jered McGivern: “The molecular shape of the brain: Learning from stem cells”
- Nathan Stewart: “Communication: Just what the doctor ordered”
- Elizabeth Stroot: “Psychological predictors of academic success”
- Kim Viglietti: “Marketing happenings”
11 a.m.-noon SESSION I -- ORAL PRESENTATION
Session IA – Honors and Malawi Chase 105
- Megan Hellmer: “Helping Muskies swim: Assisting with the college transition”
- Brook Bignell: “Think green”
- Molly Schwibinger: “Deaf culture, communication and the brain”
- Amalia Dodgson-Liosatos: “Malawi - Building a better tomorrow”
Session IB – Senior Projects – Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry Chase 009
- Abbie Mason: “Cat wars II at LU”
- Ashley Calkins: “Climate change effects on whale migration”
- Maddy Doll: “Shigella vaccination development”
- Grace Schumacher: “Sarcocystis neurona: the deadly parasite of marine mammals you “otter" be
worried about”
- Hunter Michalak: “A review on maximizing gingival growth through gingival recession techniques”
Session IC – Studio Art Bradley Art Gallery
Ann Colon, Ariel Lochman, and Alyssa Gabrielse:
“Annual Student Art Exhibition”
Session ID – Religion Chase 100
- Adrienne Guarnieri: “Exegesis: An analytical approach to interpreting Scripture”
- Tyler Yost, Dominque Lee, and Connor Armstrong: “God loves all: Discussing Christianity’s views of sexuality & gender”
Session IE - Computer Science (Lindstrom) Chase 215 and 216
Dan Koerber, Nick Koerber, Tim Koerber, Alex Lee, and Kyle Roever:
“The computer science extravaganza”
Noon-1 p.m. LUNCH Wehr Center
1-2 p.m. SESSION II- ORAL PRESENTATION
Session IIA - Criminal Justice, Writing and Psychology Chase 100
- Kendra Zipperer: “Risk factors influencing criminal recidivism in a correctional population”
- Jawon Turner: “Demographic factors influencing criminal recidivism in a correctional population”
- Adrian Hackl: “Out of the in crowd: An arrangement of estrangements”
- Dedra M. Buteyn: "The effect of practicing Yoga on subjective well-being"
Session IIB – Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology Chase 105
- Conrad Foss: “Testing for food selectivity in Fiddler Crabs with two plastics commonly used in 3-D
printing”
- Emily Scherer: “Examining the effect of increasing water temperatures on Hydrareproduction rates”
- Christian Martinez: “Experimentally investigating the impact of the LU turf field construction
on Daphnia pulex mortality and reproduction”
- Amber Knutson: “Assessing the effects of temperature driven climate change on Artemiacyst
hatching rates in simulated saltwater lakes”
Session IIC – Mathematics and History Laun 109
- Matthew Seider: “Explorations in 3-player NIM”
- Gabrielle Boss, Elizabeth Hahn, Nicholas Schroeder, Zar Chi Soe, Sarah Dahm, Erin Leverenz, Madison Schweitzer, Benjamin Stasewich, Christian Jay Foss, Kenneth Jamal Odom, Amber Sitte
“Historic women of Sheboygan County”
Session IID – Senior Projects – Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry Chase 009
- Adrienne Guarnieri: “Why we forget: What causes Alzheimer's Disease”
- Joe Walcott: “History and recent advances in artificial womb technology”
- Addison Mertler: “New tools to identify genes involved in human diseases”
- Nakyra Ware: “Spinal muscle atrophy: Possible treatments and cures for diseases that cause loss in
neurological function”
- Brook Bignell: “The bacterial apocalypse”
Session IIE – Computer Science (Lindstrom) Chase 215 and 216
Dan Koerber, Nick Koerber, Tim Koerber, Alex Lee, and Kyle Roever:
“The computer science extravaganza”
2-3:15 p.m. POSTER SESSION (David and Valerie Black Room – Laun 209)
- Factors that impeded help-seeking in college students with mental illness
Gabrielle Boss and Jessica Kalmar
- Factors contributing to stigmatizing attitudes towards the mentally ill
Ariel J. Lochman, Olivia H. Hansen, Krystal M. Ferrell, Emilie M. Schartner, Mai T. Lor, and Jessica H. Kalmar
- Rearing algal polycultures in simulated wastewater with depleted nitrogen to test for complementarity
Emily A. Scherer and Paul C. Pickhardt
- Examining growth rates & metal burden in Daphnia magna fed Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to coal fly ash
Joseph L. Walcott and Paul C. Pickhardt
- Monitoring stem cell derived astrocyte maturation via neurotransmitter metabolism
Deyna Gatica-Liborio, Ivan Martinez, and Jered V. McGivern
- Mitochondrial and Y chromosomal DNA influence on ancestral haplogroup
Nakyra Ware, Akashi Yamada, and Gregory Smith
- Predicting phenotypes through genotypic analysis using genome wide association studies
Adrienne Guarnieri, Addison Mertler, and Gregory Smith
- The effect of weekly training volume, sport participation, and occupational labor on strength and conditioning performance
Lange, DT, Kossow, AJ, Duehring, M, and WP Ebben
- Correlation between sleep, stress, and performance of high school athletes
Lange, DT, Kossow AJ, Duehring M, and WP Ebben
- The role of strength and power in football striking
Reisimer, JJ, Takahashi, CI, Janeshek, DR, MM Neal, and WP Ebben
- Kinetic analysis of select body weight, light load, and heavy load resistance training exercises
Reisimer, JJ, Takahashi, CI, Janeshek, DR and WP Ebben
- Kinetic and subjective analysis of knee rollers, hands free crutch, and conventional crutches
Neal, MM, Takahashi, CI, Reisimer, JJ, Lange, DT, Janeshek, DR, and WP Ebben
- Kinetic assessment of wall push-ups
Duffin, G, Bridges, B, Takahashi, CI, Janeshek, DR, and WP Ebben
- Ballistic evaluation of active shooter countermeasures: A pilot study
Garrett Duffin and William P. Ebben