The Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance at Hope College is an annual opportunity for student-faculty collaboration. Students complete research projects under the guidance of a faculty member, which is then presented at the Celebration. For more information, please visit the Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance website.
Note: Posters are only available for download when they have been approved by faculty mentors and provided by students. If a poster is not present in the repository it will not be available.
Posters
Predicting Closeness Behaviors: Additional Validation of the Unidimensional Relationship Closeness Scale, Katrina Greathouse, Brook Hubbel, and Nathan Long
Which Activities Matter? The Effects of Preschool Curricula on Future Educational Outcomes, David Green
Carbon-Carbon Single Bond Activation Used for Coupling with Michael Acceptors, Caroline Gregerson, Kathryn Trentadue, and Christian Otteman
Engineering the Future, Lindsey Gryniewicz, Sherah Head, Alex Klunder, Anthony Nguyen, and Eric Weeda
Effects of Phthalates on Zebrafish Embryonic Development, Jessica Guillaume and Ryan Skowronek
Teachers and Children Together, Better Prepared to Teach and Learn: The Impact of the 2015 Summer Enrichment Program, Abby Gust and Logan Sikkenga
Application of Ribosomal PCR Probes to Detect Human-Origin E. coli Locally and Across the State, Alexis Guttilla, Kathryn Lee, and Molly Gritt
Health Disparity Among American Preschool Children: A Comparison of Body Mass Index Across Selected Ethnic Groups, Alejandra Guzman, Kara Lurvey, Sarah Thoman, Cara Schipper, Amanda Gibson, Lauren Boyle, Manna Shintani, Katelyn Dufek, Tingxuan Zhang, Esveide Mendoza, Grace Bergt, Taylor Prokott, and Leslie Miller
From Hippies to Hipsters: Changing Expressions of Cultural Citizenship at Music Festivals, Hope Hancock
Analysis of the Portrayal of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emma Hardy, Thomas Jenkins, and Madison Mertz
Impact of a Problem-Solving Curriculum on Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Affect toward Mathematics, Stephanie Harper
ACL Reconstruction Techniques and their Implications on Rehabilitation, Mikaela Harrell
Effect of Varying Velocity on Post-Activation Potentiation of Vertical Jump Performance, Taylor Hatfield, Justine Mucinski, Micah Sall, and Karissa Winkler
Migration from Poor to Rich Countries, Sarah Heffner
Embodied Virtues: A Review of Peripheral Physiological Associations with Human Strengths, Robert Henry
Adaptive Regulation Strategies in Response to Transgression Rumination: Analysis of Written Responses Following Acceptance or Reappraisal Training, Robert Henry, Natasha Jaina Bernal, Fallon Richie, Anna Snyder, and Anikka Van Eyl
In Search of the Virgin Mary: Saint Mary in the Construction of National Identities in Latin America, Jordan Hill
Learning Needs Assessment: Comparing Non-Baccalaureate and Baccalaureate Prepared Registered Nurses, Abby Hodgkinson
Toward Understanding Keratan Sulfate Biosynthesis in the Chick Embryonic Cornea, Kimberly Hodgson and Katherine Supanich
Health Literacy amongst Ethnic Minority and Majority Women in the Acute Care Setting, Anna Holm
Identified Post-Discharge Nursing Interventions for Mothers and Newborns, Emma Rae Humphrey
Resonant Compton Physics for Magnetar Astrophysics, Jesse Ickes, Matthew Eiles, and Matthew Baring
The Impact of the U.S. State Department "Think Again Turn Away" Campaign on ISIS Recruitment, Hunter Ihrman
Interracial Dating, Jubilee Jackson, Corinee Qualkinbush, and Titus Theis
Understanding Pain through the Lens of Merleau-Pontian Phenomenology: How it Applies to Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation, Byoungjoon Jang
Case Studies of Students' Experiences in a Project-Based Learning Environment, Regan Jekkals and Chris Kruger
Classifying Handwritten Digits without Seeing Them, Jiyi Jiang
Estimation Precision in a Quantile Regression Model, Jiyi Jiang
Does Helping Increase Well-Being? Experimental Evidence for the Role of Virtuous Behavior in Meaning in Life, Evan Johnson and Megan Edwards
Exon Amplification and Sequencing within the Oxytocin Receptor Gene (OXTR) among Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Jamie Johnson and Michelle Kerr
Math and Reading Skills Improvement Through-out an After-School Program, Clarissa Johnston, Whitney Holmes, and Breanna Wisneski
Sexual Assault on Campus: How Does Socioeconomic Background Determine a Student’s Likelihood to Report?, Melanie Julison
Exploring Visual Appeal of Women's Health Apps, Noah Jurik
Shaped by Flames, Noah Jurik and Robert Byrne
Done Fuming Over High Gas Costs: Do Low Gas Prices Increase Automobile Purchases?, Maxwell Kaiser
Janelle Monáe; The Ultimate Space Maker, Nina Kay
Braveheart: The Role of Films in Historical Storytelling, Colin Kelly and Joseph Williams
Spanish Linguistics in the Medical Field: Interpretation, Jayne Kessel
Sleep in Preschoolers: Memory, Health, and Environment, Ohanes Khacherian
Loline Biosynthesis Gene Expression by Epichloë Fungi Grown under In Vivo and In Vitro Conditions, Sarah Faith Kim
Do Families Choose Segregation? The Impact of Local Education Market Composition on School Segregation, Kaylee Kish
The Physiology of Positivity: Implications of Mindfulness, Hope, and Gratitude in Alleviating Worry, Allison Kleppinger, Hailey Fairchild, Amy Hoag, Maxwell Schuiteman, Alexander Swain, Fallon Richie, Mara Bottomley, Ethan Goodman, Morgan Herzog, Madison Mertz, Manna Shintani, Hillary Smith, Lucas Wiles, Austin Elluru, and Christian Otteman
Grateful Remembering, Present Awareness, and Hopeful Anticipation: An Assessment of Worrying and Mental Health in College Students, Allison Kleppinger, Fallon Richie, Manna Shintani, Christian Otteman, Lucas Wiles, Hillary Smith, Mara Bottomley, Austin Elluru, Hailey Fairchild, Ethan Goodman, Morgan Herzog, Amy Hoag, Madison Mertz, Maxwell Schuiteman, and Alexander Swain
Needs Assessment of Community-Based Service Provider to Children with Disabilities and their Families in Zhengzhou, China, Samantha Klokkert
Sex Trafficking Intervention: A Therapeutic Approach to Helping Victims, Ashley Krause
Balancing High-Stakes Testing Pressure and Learning 21st Century Skills—Is it Possible? The STREAM Story, Christopher Kruger and Regan Jekkals
Exploring the Role of xCT in Neurore-generation through Laser Ablation of Zebrafish Neurons, Nicole Ladd
Comparing the Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate on Time to Exhaustion on a Cycle Ergometer Test in Men vs. Women, Morgan Leep, Lindsay Lehman, David Lenzi, and Sam McNulty
PIXE-NRA Analysis to Determine Metalloprotein Complete Stoichiometry, Elizabeth Lindquist
Smoking as a Predictor of Teenage Pregnancy, Jessica Lindquist
A Statistical Analysis of River Flow Rate and Turbidity, Brieana Linton and Micaela Wells
Wildlife Use Patterns in a Constructed Wetland, Courtney Lohman, Katherine Pniewski, Alexandria Wubben, and Gracie Curtis
The Authorship of John and the Identity of the Beloved Disciple, Nathan Longfield
Development of a Low-Cost, Rapid Screening Method to Measure Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Groundwater, David Lunderberg, Cody Berkobien, Megan Czmer, Margaret Dickinson, John Harron, Brieana Linton, Brandon Miller, Evelyn Ritter, and Shannon Urbanik
Can Childhood Activity Level and Outdoor Experience Predict Adult Outdoor Exposure, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index?: A Retrospective Approach, Kara Lurvey, Alejandra Guzman, Sarah Thoman, Esveide Mendoza, Leslie Miller, Grace Bergt, Taylor Prokott, Cara Schipper, Tingxuan Zhang, Lauren Boyle, Manna Shintani, Katelyn Dufek, and Amanda Gibson
In China and America, How Do Differing Societal Values Regarding Parenting Affect a Child’s Development?, Vania Macias, Yi Qian, and Stephen Rivas
Population of 13Be in Nucleon-Exchange Reactions, Braden Marks
Preparing for Harvesting Rare Isotopes at FRIB: Production and Separation of Vanadium-48, Boone Marois
Injury to the Hip in Military Personnel: A Case Study, Tyler Marone
A Framework for General Chemistry and Biology Laboratory Design and Evaluation, Sarah Mattioli and Elizabeth Ensink
Exploring the Effect of Electrolyte Composition on the Charge Capacity of Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Thin Films, Walter Meeker
The Relationship between Gender, BMI, and Activity Preference Among Preschool Students, Esveide Mendoza, Leslie Miller, Tingxuan Zhang, Cara Schipper, Taylor Prokott, Amanda Gibson, Grace Bergt, Lauren Boyle, Katelyn Dufek, and Manna Shintani
The Impact of Worry on College Students, Madison Mertz, Mara Bottomley, Morgan Herzog, Austin Elluru, Ethan Goodman, Hailey Fairchild, Amy Hoag, Allison Kleppinger, Christian Otteman, Fallon Richie, Maxwell Schuiteman, Manna Shintani, Hillary Smith, Alexander Swain, and Lucas Wiles
The State of the Arts in Holland: the Roles of Art and Identity in Community, Ellen Messner and Hannah Pikaart
Division and Fall: Modernity, Confessionalism, and the Church Struggle in the Third Reich, Matthew Meyerhuber
Elucidating the Anti-Tumor Mechanisms of Naturally Derived Capsaicin, Nicole Meyer and Samantha Moffat
Antiproliferative Ruthenium Complexes, Lyndsy Miller
A Chip Off the Block? Does Parental Marital Status Influence the Health Choices of Children?, Lauren Mioduszewski
Cross-Cultural Photographic Representations of Happiness in USA, Japan, and Honduras in College Students, Jean Luc Miralda
Development of a Novel Transition Frequency Eigenvalue/Principal Component Approach for the Analysis of Eye-Tracking Data, Kirsten Monson, Yong Chul Yoon, Murchtricia Charles, and Chantel Ible
The Effects of Foam Rolling on Vertical Jump and Flexibility in Division III Female Power Athletes, Betel Mulat, Aurelie McCarus, Megan Gregorski, and Gwendolyn Casper
Test-Retest Reliability of Postpartum Depression Risk Factors Questionnaire (PDRFQ) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Christina Mulder
The Effects of a Junk Food Diet on the Prefrontal Cortex: Behavioral and Protein Analyses, Kaleigh Mullen, Spencer Morgan, and Zachary Dreyer
Clustering Farms According to Using Data from Categorical Variables, Catherine Namwezi
The Relationship Between Politics, Media and Ethnicity in Kenya, Catherine Namwezi
Investigating Mycobacteriophage-Host Protein Interactions, Andrew Neevel, Gloria Chang, Morgan Cinader, and Adam Krahn
Bending and Bifurcation of a Superconductor Resonator with Engineered Nonlinearity, Alec Nelson
Can Generosity Increase Well-Being? Identifying Experimental Effects and Possible Mediators, Hanna Newbound and Alexa Rencis
History of the Syrian Civil War, Colin O'Connor
Incidence of Infection of Wolbachia Bacteria in Botanophila Flies, Lydia Pagel
Vestibular Role in Concussion, Brandon Parcell
Does Mutation of a Putative Nedd 4-2 Binding Site Within the C-terminus of xCT Inhibit its Ubiquitination?, Sehyun Park, Matthew Petrovich, Philip Versluis, and Emma Hardy
Dealloying NiCo and NiCoCu Alloy Thin Films Using Linear Sweep Voltammetry, Benjamin Peecher
Portuñol: Portuguese-Spanish Contact in Uruguay, Elizabeth Perkins
Level Curves of a Real Algebraic Function, Sarah Petersen and Anna Snyder
Letter Writing, Morale, and Marriage: The Unique Letter Writing Role of Women During World War II and a Commentary on Marriage, Alexandra Piper
Crystalline Channeling of MeV Ion Beams, Jacob Pledger
Exploring Technology Usage and Leisure Activities from Childhood to Emerging Adulthood, Taylor Prokott, Amanda Gibson, Esveide Mendoza, Grace Bergt, Sarah Thoman, Manna Shintani, Leslie Miller, Tingxuan Zhang, Lauren Boyle, Cara Schipper, and Katelyn Dufek
Microplastic Beach Pollution, Sarah Ratliff
Flourishing in the Wake of a Disaster: Investigating the Effects of Disaster-Related Stimuli on Meaning, Well-Being, and Religion, Alexa Rencis and Rachel Hibbard
In the Key of Britain: The Making of British Music, 1900-1930, Colin Rensch
Embodying Hope: The Impact of Hopeful Thinking on Cardiovascular, Psychological, and Linguistic Indicators, Fallon Richie, Natasha Jaina Bernal, and Anikka Van Eyl
Cultivating Hope and Happiness through Grateful Remembering: A Two-Study Assessment of Trait and State Gratitude, Fallon Richie and Nicholas Pikaart
Creation and Assessment of Day1 Research Communities, Emma Ropski
Emergency Department Quality Improvement: Patient Medication Education, Elizabeth Roskamp
Tax the Rich: Studying our Tax Policy and the 1%, Matthew Rueping
Development of a Wireless Sensor Node for Structural Health Monitoring, Jeffrey Russcher and Courtney Myers
