Academics

8:30-8:50 a.m.

Mary E.M. Strey, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

All Day

Featuring Sarahí Ledesma and Megan Rohr

9-10:15 a.m.

CHEM 485 – Moderated by Jay Wackerly

• Allison Cheatheam and Addison VanDePol – Iterative Improvement: Refining and Developing New Experiments for Inorganic Chemistry
• Josh Cheek and John Horner – Temperature Effects on the Synthesis of Indirubin
• Deryck Cleppe – Cambiarenes as Redox-active Ligands for Metal Carbonyls
• Daniel Martinsen and Jacob VanDePol – Synthesis, Purification and Fluorescence Properties of Cambiarenes
• Bronwyn Metcalf – Development of the Synthesis of Sulfonatocambiarenes

LAS 410 – Moderated by Chia Ning

• Connor Blair – Wind Energy and the Sustainable Future: the United States and Germany
• Erica Bruening – The United States and the Paris Climate Agreement: the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration
• Jason Clendenen – Lessons Learned from the Pandemic: Reducing Greenhouse Gases While Building Sustainability into the Global Economic System
• Kelsie DeHaai – Coffee Sustainability from South America to Europe and the United States
• Mary Faulkner – Energy Revolution for the Global Sustainability: Solar Technology in the United States and Australia

HIST 485 – Moderated by Lori Witt

• Katelyn Holt – Historical Views of Theodore Roosevelt
• Krissa Larson – Andrew Jackson and the Historians
• Alan Ritchie – Taiping Rebellion Historiography
• Tre Wilridge – Native American Historiography

Honors Enrichment and Independent Research – Moderated by Kathy Korcheck

• Jacob Van Veldhuizen (POLS) – Myanmar: Human Rights Under Attack
• Paige Busick (PSYC) – Dyslexia in the Childhood and Adolescent Population
• Marin Harrington (LAS) – Destination Memory: Journeying through Trauma in Memorial Drive
• Sarah Behrens, Madison Zink and Russ Benedict (Ind. Research) – Prairie Plants Used as a Nectar Source by Foraging Monarch Butterflies: A Three Year Study
• Alora Nowlin (FREN) – Accelerating Third Language Acquisition

ECON 485 – Moderated by Tuan Nguyen

• Sami Craig – Finding the Perfect Central College Women’s Basketball Recruit
• Mason Cross – Bang for Your Buck: How Physical Traits of Homes Affect Their Prices
• Caleb Finnegan – The Impact of Financial Markets on the United States Economy
• Blaine Hawkins – Predictors of Convenience Store Inside Sales in Iowa
• Jack Jermano – Analyzing the Determinants of Auction Price for Pre-Owned Tractors in the Midwest

10:15-10:30 a.m.

10:30-11:45 a.m.

CHEM 485 and Honors Enrichment CHEM – Moderated by Jay Wackerly

• Andrew Patterson – The Synthesis of Indoxyl Silyl Enol Ether
• Amy Philavanh – Optimization of the Synthesis of Cambiarenes
• Yana Rouse – SCOBY Characterization and Analysis of Sugar Fermentation to Acetic Acid in Kombucha
• Kathleen Wierzchowski – The Effects of Substituents on a Naphthoquinone Reaction
• Bradon Annegers

LAS 410 – Moderated by Chia Ning

• Cassidy Frana – A Sustainable World and the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Jacob Ford – Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health: The United States and Mexico
• Ruth Hruska-Kelly – Sustainable Water Resources and Human Healthcare: The United States and African Countries
• Jerry Lotz – Money and Politics in Sustainability Around the World
• Landry Luhring – The Future Sustainability of Energy and Extractives in the United States and Norway

EXSC 461 – Moderated by Dave Pavlat

• Emily Hay, Erica Bruening, Nicole May and Jensen Smith – Effects of Static, Dynamic and PNF Stretching on Athletes
• Finn Jordan, Aspen Clark, Katie Banowetz and Rylee Powell – The Effect of Music on Reaction Time in Collegiate Softball Players
• Quinn Miller, Jack Linforth, Theo Baldus and Jason Hopp – The Effect of Sleep on Reaction Times
• Collin Lefeber, Kyle Wright and Jacob Sinohui – The Effect of Dynamic Upper Body Stretching and Lower Body Stretching Compared with Dynamic Upper Body Stretching Alone on Throwing Velocity in College-Aged Students
• Kyle Dell, Joe Weber and Jahi Craig – The Relationship betweeen Smelling Salts and a Ten Jump Vertical Test

Honors Enrichment – Moderated by Lee Macomber

• Cameron Coles (MATH) – Ecological Modeling
• Kirsten Dean (PSYC) – Taboo Language
• Sam DePauw (BMGT) – The Differences Between Family Benefits in Corporations Within the United States vs. Other Countries
• Chloe Hildreth (ENVS) – Mud and Glitter: Geological Resources That Build Cultures
• Emma Lowden (CHEM) – Schiff Base Zinc Compounds as Lactide Polymerization Guides

ECON 485, Independent Research and EXSC 498 – Moderated by Tuan Nguyen

• Dylan Kramer – The Impact of Inflation on Unemployment
• Karleigh Schilling – Cross-Country Determinants of Life Expectancy: Evidence Using World Bank Data
• Lexi Engen – Survey of Native Bees in Big Rock Park
• Abigail Reinhardt – Changes in Predicted VO_2max Following Two Weeks of Wingate
• Joseph Weber – Measurement of Sleep and Resting Heart Rate Versus Game Statistics in Division III College Basketball Student-Athletes

11:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.

12:30-1:45 p.m.

Capstone, Honors Enrichment and Research – Moderated by Kathy Korcheck

• Jacob Van Veldhuizen (SOC) – Botswana and Namibia: A Cross-National Comparison of Infrastructure Development Strategies
• Quinn Deahl (PHIL) – Behind the Work of Art: Freeland and Nochlin’s Account of Gender in Understanding the Poetry of Audre Lorde
• Tori Sparger and Katie Wilson (Ind. Research) – Can You Taste It? Analyzing the PTC Gene
• Matthew Dickinson (ENGL) – Justifying the Ways of Satan to Man: Milton’s Satan in Contemporary Media
• Emily Van Eijndt (SPAN) – Catholicism and Honor in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez

LAS 410 – Moderated by Chia Ning and Ian Moschenross

• Skyler Young – The Sustainable Future and the Food Securities: The United States and Northern Africa
• Alex Wright – The Future Sustainability of Bees: The Implications of a Dying Species in the United States and China
• B. Nicole Lyons – Efforts for a Sustainable World: Battling Desertification in the United States and Senegal
• Kirsten Buniak – Secondary References in Bob Dylan’s ‘Mother of Muses’

EXSC 461 – Moderated by Dave Pavlat

• Denae Howes and Erik Knaack – The Relationship Between Wingate Anaerobic Power and Squat Strength
• Kaysey Bos, Sarah Schirm and Sarah Casterline – The Relationship between Wingate Anaerobic Power and Handgrip on Dynamometry Strength
• Holly Forrestor, Abigail Reinhardt and DaLana Kron – The Effect of Plyometric Warm-Up on Standing Long Jump, Vertical Jump and Medicine Ball Throws
• Rhett Thompson, Griffen McBride and Chance Benadum – The Effect of a Plyometric Warm-Up on Standing Long Jump, Vertical Jump and Medicine Ball Throws
• Ryan Riddle and Marcus Wenzel – The Effect of a Wingate Anaerobic Power Test on the Ability to Maintain Velocity on a Medicine Ball Throw

Honors Enrichment – Moderated by Lee Macomber

• Bridget Lynch (PHYS) – Mathematical Modeling of Nanoscale Magnetic Systems
• Malcolm O’Bryan (PHIL) – How Anger Shapes Our Responses to Racism 
• Colin Reynolds and Katie Wang (Ind. Research) – How’d That Taste? Exploring the Genes Behind Cilantro Preference
• Sam Scholz (COSC) 

COSC 420 – Moderated by Mark Johnson

• Sami Craig – Cattle Tracking Java Application
• Rayanne Dally – Health Tracker
• William Diaz – The Family Plan
• Zach Jansen – Creating a Laptop Upgrade Utility
• Bradley Pregon – Swift Weather

1:45-2 p.m.

2-3:15 p.m.

ANTH and IGS Capstone – Moderated by Jeffrey Bass

• Noah Gomez – Black and White: A Study of African American College Experience
• Dylan Roseburrough – We’ve Got This Covered: A Study of the Experiences of Cover Band Musicians
• Eric Stoakes – The Long Shot: The Road To Becoming a Pro Disc Golfer
• Samuel Zook – An Ethnography of Park Rangers
• B. Nicole Lyons – Language and Identity in Spain and German-Speaking Countries: The Role of Linguistics in International Studies

ENGL and THEA – Moderated by Josh Doležal

• Emma Clodfelter – Six Feet Deep into the Gothic Subculture
• Alexis DeVries – Finding Jesus in Israel
• Gabbi Menninga – Camper vs. Wild
• Alpha Psi Omega Theatre Honor Society: Mia Condon, Angel Del Rio, Dariyn Fergus, Kaeanne Louks, Maddie McClure, Maithtyo Phengmany and Cailyn Sales – Theatre by the Numbers

EXSC 461 – Moderated by Dave Pavlat

• Danny DeVenuto and Alec Stahl – The Effects of Smelling Salts on Horizontal and Vertical Jumps
• Tanner Schminke, Kirkland Jenkin and Reid Taylor – Effect of Static Versus Dynamic Stretching on Bar Speed Using a Tendo Device
• Rebekah Beard, Sydney Rants, Jack Sagan and Luke Pavlat –Effect of Mask Wearing on Oxygen Saturation on a Treadmill
• Caden Mauck, Nick McColgen, Marcus Ashford and Kade Terrell – Effect of Smelling Salts on Standing Long Jump and Grip Strength
• Shandon Akeo, Jake Anderson, Teylor Rindone, Ed Weig and Tony Cervelli – The Effects of Foam Rolling versus Dynamic Stretching on Physical Performance

Honors Enrichment and Research – Moderated by Lee Macomber and Russ Goodman

• Sam Scholz (MATH) – A Calculus 2 Enrichment Through (Fictional) Consulting Projects
• Madi Van Vors and Summer Sterrenberg (CHEM) – Synthesis of Indirubin using a Molybdenum Catalyst
• Camden Sundberg (CHEM)
• Carter Tryon (BIOL) – An Investigation of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
• Madelyn Soupir (BIOL) – Census of Central College Field Station Butterfly Species

COSC 420 and ENGR 486 – Moderated by Mark Johnson and Puneet Vishwakarma

• Jared Ren – Keeping Track of Medications with an iPhone
• Zach Showers – Video Game Collections Application: Cataloging and Displaying Video Games
• Tyler Steward – Indecisive
• Colin Baldwin, Patrick Diemer, Jake Suggett and Griffin Sargent –Public Beach Water Quality Testing System
• Carl Matthew Glockel, Christopher Hensley, William Isiminger and Shawn Vande Kieft – Idler Roll Condition Monitoring System

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