Works in this series are the final written component of the Student Summer Scholars (S3) grant program within the Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarship at Grand Valley State University.
The S3 program provides funds for a student and faculty mentor to devote time to a research and/or creative project during the spring/summer semester. Through these grants and the mentorship of a faculty member, the S3 program offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to do hands-on, professional research and creative practice in their chosen field. For more information about this program and how to apply please visit the Student Summer Scholars (S3) program website.
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Submissions from 2015
Minimizing the Cost of Guessing Games, Lindsay Czap
Modification of LRB Complex Members in Arabidopsis thaliana, Carly Wiersma and Matthew Christians
Mutagenic Studies of a Unique Cysteine Ligase Enzyme, Emily David and Paul Cook
Neuropharmocological Alterations of the Aggressive Behavior of Crayfish, Kristi Ruvina and Daniel A. Bergman
Patterns of Neutral Genetic Variation in the Virginia Big-eared Bat, Jennifer A. Grousd and Amy L. Russell
The Effects of Invasive Earthworm Species on Salamanders in the Grand Valley State University Ravine Ecosystem, Hunter J. Brunges and James Dunn
The Polar Bear Expedition: A Bottom-Up Reinterpretation of America's Military Intervention in Northern Russia, Jordan Cloud
Submissions from 2014
A Fight So Impassioned: The Struggle Over School Consolidation in Michigan, 1950-1970, Ray Jeroso
An Investigation of the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences on the Aggressive Behavior of Crayfish, Edwin J. Klein and Daniel A. Bergman
Barx2 is Sufficient to Drive the Expression of Cadherin-6 in the Developing Nervous System, Katherine McGuire
Belief Change and Memory for Previous Beliefs after Comprehension of Contentious Scientific Information, John K. Hessler and Isaac D. Simon
Can Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease Protect Retinal Cells in a 'Mixed' Culture System?, Lindsey Lusardi and David M. Linn
Diet of Kit-Rearing Female Martens in Northern Michigan, Angela Kujawa, Paul Keenlance, and Joseph Jacquot
Diet of Kit-rearing Female Martens in Northern Michigan, Angela Kujawa, Paul Keenlance, and Joseph Jacquot
Effect of Central Brain Histamine Deficiency on Courtship Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster, Tina Daniels, Laura Schroeder, and Martin G. Burg
Effects of Chronic Low Dose Anti-Telomerase and Chemotherapeutic Drugs on Breast Cancer Cells, Chelsea Reiber, Alexander J. Fisch, Robert Smart, William Schroeder, and Osman V. Patel
Growth Rates and Climate Influences on Neonatal Eastern Box Turtles after Egress Following Their First Overwintering, Kirk Luca and Jennifer Moore
How Does BBr3 Cyclize o-Alkynylanisoles to Form Benzofurans?, Talon M. Kosak, Andrew L. Korich, and Richard L. Lord
Identifying Merchants in the Early Bronze Age City of Tell es-Safi. Isotopic Analysis of a Sacrificial Ass, Lindsay E. Babcock and Elizabeth R. Arnold
Identifying the Characteristics of an Ideal Reading Intervention Program for Teen Mothers, Kevin Joffre
Identifying the c-MET Phosphorylation Site Regulated by CD82 in Prostate Tumor Cells, Veena Janardan
Microgeographic Population Genetic Structure of Baylisascaris Procyonis (Nematoda: Ascaroidae) in Western Michigan Indicates the Grand River is a Barrier to Gene Flow, Christina A. Sarkissian and Douglas H. Graham
Quantification of Light and Gravity on the Giant Internodal Cells of Chara, Barrett Kyle and Mark Staves
Reconsidering Revolutions: The Impact of Breakthrough Elections on Democratization in Croatia, Serbia, Moldova, and Georgia, Chelsea Kendziorski and Heather L. Tafel
Reducing the Impact Bias in Colorectal Cancer Screening Expectations, Megan E. Wertheimer
Relatedness of Male Hoary Bats at a Migratory Stopover Site in Northwestern California, April K. Kaneshiro
S3 Study on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Associations in Fruit Trees at GVSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Project, Kennedy Aldrich and Jennifer Winther
Sex and Age Differences in Bone Density in the Palatal Region, Analyzed using CT Scans to Aid in Oral Mini-Implant Success, Alicia P. Flores and James Christopher Reed
Spatial Patterns of Fish Communities in Lake Michigan Tributaries, Samantha M. P. Morsches, David J. Janetski, and Carl R. Ruetz III
Structural and Functional Studies of GDP-6-Deoxy-Talose and GDP-Rhamnose Biosynthetic Enzymes, Benjamin E. Nicholson and Paul D. Cook
The Evaluation of Essential Oils for Antimicrobial Activity, Dallas Rohraff and Roderick Morgan
Who Needs Goals? An Analog Experiment Comparing Goal-Based Evaluation and Goal-Free Evaluation Utility, Alayna Zielinski
Submissions from 2013
A Comparative Analysis of the Tibia of Paralouatta varonai, an Extinct Cuban Primate, Andrea Morrow
Acyl-intermediate Structures of an Extended Spectrum Clinically-Derived Class D β-lactamase Variant, OXA-160, in Complex with Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime, and Aztreonam, Jozlyn R. Clasman, Joshua M. Mitchell, Kip-Chumba J. Kaitany, Neil V. Klinger, Vincent L. Baggett, Rachel A. Powers, and David A. Leonard
Antibiotic Resistance Enzyme OXA-24 β-lactamase: Expression, Purification, and Optimization of Crystallization Conditions, Josephine P. Werner, Neil V. Klinger, and Rachel A. Powers
Assessing the Light Requirements for E3 Complex Assembly in Arabidopsis thaliana, Jacob Dec and Matthew J. Christians
A Study of Oboe Reeds, Julia Gjebic
Crayfish Cerebral Ganglia Preservation and Sectioning for an Assessment of Exercise Induced Neurogenesis, Abigail K. Carlson and Daniel A. Bergman
Creating a Modern Performance Edition of Sousa Operetta, Lisa Keeney
DDS/DGEBA Epoxy Used as a Model for Studying Polymer Confinement in Polymer Nanocomposites, Danielle Harris and Richard S. Vallery
Den Site Characteristics and Kit Survival of American Marten in Manistee National Forest Michigan, Rachel Hughart, Joe Jacquot, and Paul Keenlance
Detecting Deletions in the Hdc Gene Generated by Minos Transposon Excision in Drosophila melanogaster, Vincent Gasparotto and Martin Burg
Do We Need to Analyze Spectra by Hand?, Adam M. Terwilliger and Richard L. Lord
Economic Context and Civic Engagement: the Effects of ‘Localism’ in Four Michigan Cities, Marissa Swartz
Effect of Telomerase Inhibitors on Malignant Breast Cancer Cells, Alexander J. Fisch and Osman V. Patel
Exploring the Impact of German-American Heritage and the Musical Works of William Henry Pommer, Holly Cassell
Geomorphic History of the Grand River and Grand River Valley: Natural and Anthropomorphic Hydraulic Controls, Christopher E. Churches and Peter J. Wampler
Identification of a Potent Inhibitor for the Extended Spectrum Class C Beta-Lactamase, ADC-7, Hollister C. Swanson, Rachel Powers, and Bradley Wallar
The Role of CBL10 in Stamen Development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Mitch Roth and Margaret Dietrich
TOC, C/N, δ13C, and δ15N of Shales from the Mississippian Michigan Formation, Western Michigan, Kayla A. Lockmiller
Submissions from 2012
Characterizing Protein-protein Interactions for Accurate Cell Division in Fission Yeast, Jessica Thoe and Dawn Clifford Hart
Effects of Self-affirmation on Coping and Motivational Systems, Jackie Main and Amanda Dillard
Explorations in Sonoluminescence, Jeremy Peshl
Generation of Diffraction Gratings Using Photographic Film, Brittany Cooke and Richard S. Vallery
Germline Clone Analysis of the PKN gene in Drosophila, Sarah VanOeveren and Georgette Sass
Nonylphenol Effects on Chemosensory Orientation Behavior of the Crayfish, Orconectes Propinquus, William Waalkes and Daniel Bergman Ph.D.
Probing the Role of Asn 152 in the Class C β-lactamase AmpC, Brianne Docter, Mujahid Anwar, David Leonard, Rachel Powers, and Bradley Wallar
Putting Michiganese on the Map: A Study in Perceptual Dialectology, Angela Tramontelli
Screening the Effects of Gene Overexpression on Markers of Neural Progenitor Differentiation in the Developing Chick Spinal Cord., Joshua Lee and Merritt Taylor
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Anthranilic Acid Derivatives, Christopher Stretton
The Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands, Jessica L. Franks, Eric B. Snyder, and Megan M. Woller-Skar
The Young Lords in Lincoln Park, José Jiménez
Using Artificial Breeding of Eurasian and Northern Watermilfoils to Study the Evolutionary Ecology of Herbicide Resistance, Danielle Grimm
Using DNA Barcoding for Plant Identification in a Long-term Prairie Restoration Study, Tami E. Brown, Laurelin M. Martin, Timothy M. Evans, and Neil W. MacDonald
Submissions from 2011
A Landscape Perspective on Bird Beak Deformity: An Epizootic of Unknown Etiology, Rachelle McLaughlin and Shaily Menon
Ancient Mitochondrial DNA From the North Pontic Steppe Spanning the Transition From Farming to Pastoralism, Jessica Riley and Alexey Nikitin
Bobo Stenson’s Song of Ruth, Kája Lill and Kurt Ellenburg
Bone Densities of the Frontal and Maxillary Sinuses, Determined by CT Scans to Aid in Limiting Complications of Endonasal Sinus Surgery (ESS), Megan Glazier and James C. Reed
Comparing Two Common Methods of Estimating Stream Fish Abundance, Brandon Harris and Carl Ruetz
Development of Novel MRI Contrast Agents, Kirsten Tissue and Shannon Biros
Don’t Spray the Wasps! Using Polistes Paper Wasps for Pest Management in the Home Garden, Laura Goldsmith and Michael Henshaw
Do You Speak Chemistry? Assessing the Degree of Inconsistency Between Expert and Novice Interpretations of Exam questions, Eliscia Fought and Nathan Barrows
Food Webs and Rivers: Importance of Contiguous Habitat Interactions, Noah Jansen-Yee and Eric Snyder
Identification of the LEA Gene Family in the Orchidaceae, Timothy Godfrey, Sheila Blackman, and Pei-Lan Tsou
Identification of Tissue-Specific mRNA Expression from the Hdc gene of Drosophila melanogaster, Amy Jenkins and Martin Burg
Mapping the Floorplate Region in the Chick Midbrain, Elizabeth King and Merritt Taylor
Matter‐Antimatter Interactions in Gases, Jacob Voetberg and Richard S. Vallery
Modeling Social Networks With Random and Fuzzy Graphs, David Schlueter and Jiyeon Suh
Modified Chromenes as Precursors to TAAR Regulators, Jonathan Lehmann and Matthew Hart
Por la Patria y la Revolución: Sifting Guatemala Military Archival Materials, Heidi Fegel and Andrew Schlewitz
Regulation of the Scaffolding Protein Mid1 in Fission Yeast Cell Division, Justin Hackett and Dawn Clifford Hart
Resonance and the Carbon - Silicon Double Bond, Greg Kortman and Randy Winchester
The Electric Bass: Its Origins and Influence on the Evolution of Jazz and the Development of Contemporary Music, Megan DeKievit and Tim Froncek
The Role of CBL10 in the Development of Stamens in Arabidopsis thaliana, Misty Van Brocklin and Margaret Dietrich
The Sincerity of Reform: Henry Ford's Five-Dollar Day and the Ideological Underpinnings of Progressive Era Reform, Eric Baumgarten and Matthew Daley
The Synthesis and Testing of GV-2 Chemical Derivatives for Antibacterial Activity, Brittany Wildgen, Roderick Morgan, and Robert Smart
Understanding Archimedes' heuristics in the Method, proposition 14, Drake Parker and David Austin
Using Crayfish to Control Zebra Mussel Populations, Paige Goote and Daniell Bergman
Submissions from 2010
A Chemical Genetics Approach to Elucidate Mechanisms of the Fission Yeast Polo Kinase in Cell Division, Jennifer Phelan and Dawn Clifford Hart
Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic and the Great Lakes: A Paradigm for Understanding the Morality of Aquatic Invasive Species Management, M. Andrew Sanford and John Uglietta, PhD
Den Tree Characteristics and General Ecology of the Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans,) in Western Michigan, Tamara L. Hillman, Paul Keenlance, and Joseph Jacquot
Development of Agroecology Based Garden System and Educational Program at Grand Valley State University, Kendall Gilbert and Edwin Joseph
Does Gender Still Matter?: Women Physicians’ Self-Reported Medical Education Experiences, Katherine M. Butler and Julia Mason
Extraction of Pesticides from Contaminated Soil via Cyclodextrin Complexation, Bertil Nshime and Andrew Lantz
GV-1 Chemical Derivatives as Potential New Antibiotics, Julie Wesselink and Roderick Morgan
Hawthorn Extract - Viable Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease or Unscrupulous Herbal Supplement?, Andrea Lowing and Frank Sylvester
Identity, Language Practices and Ideologies among Nepali-Bhutanese in West Michigan, Trevor DeWaard and Kathryn Remlinger
Joint Consultations: Strategies for Integrating Two Consultants into a Writing Center Session, Jennifer Torreano and Ellen Schendel
Mapping the Reactivity Surface of Metal-Olefin Reactions, Joshua Davis and Stephen A. Matchett
Reducing Food Insecurity in Kent County: Assessing the Progress, Nichole Rydahl and Stephen Borders PhD, MSHP
