Current Research: May 2011-2012 |
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| From Climbing the Promotional Ladder to Navigating the Promotional Labyrinth: Professional Women in Leadership Positions |
Sarah Allen |
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Sarah is examining the pertinence of the labyrinth model (rather than the glass ceiling model) for professional women. Her qualitative examination is based on interviews conducted with professional women and analysis of their experiences. The results of her research will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Sarah has been selected by the Michigan Colleges Foundation as one of two 2011 Earhart Emerging Scholars at Aquinas College.
Faculty mentor: Susan Haworth-Hoeppner |
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| Kayla Berigan and Bernadette Poirier |
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| The Role of Visual Input on Motor Unit Recruitment During Finger Flexion |
| Tim Carew |
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The goal of the project is to assess the ability of individuals to determine intensity of grip strength with and without visual input from the Iworx electrophysiological recording system.
Faculty mentor: Tom Bahl
Funded by Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant |
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| Almost Dominating Steps in Graph |
| Ian Hart |
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We will study sets of vertices that almost dominate a graph. We will consider a couple of definitions for almost domination. We will study the concept for various families of graphs and consider other relationships that hold for normal domination.
Faculty mentor: Joseph Spencer
Funded by Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant
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| Modeling the Dynamics of Sand Ripples |
| Jacob Jeffers |
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Sand Ripples have an interesting uniform pattern and can be see on many of our local beaches on a windy day. Observations in wind tunnels and nature directly were used to learn about sand movement. Our goal was to create a mathematical model that shows the initiation, formation of shape, growth, stabilization of height, and translation of these ripples.
Faculty mentor: Dr. Tim Pennings, Hope College
Funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Ethnic Groups in Grand Rapids: 1920 |
Devin Lea |
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An analysis of the occupational states of specific ethnic groups especially within the furniture manufacturing sector.
Faculty mentor: Rich McCluskey
Funded by Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant
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| Fugue for Wolf and Bear: Cases for and against Chechen Sovereignty |
Aimee Shemanski
An analysis of the historical context of the current conflict in Chechnya and the evolution of Russian policy since 2001. Especially addressed is the rhetorical and ideological evolution of combatants on either side of the conflict.
Presented at the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists meeting, Petosky, Mich., October 14, 2011.
Faculty mentor: Roger Durham |
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| With F*R*I*E*N*D*S like these...: Media, Liberalism, and Haiti |
Joseph Spaulding
The mainstream press has decided en masse that the solution to all of Haiti's problems is the appearance of opening up and securing of markets with a large supplement of private charity; to accomplish this, the massive earthquake is framed as a new zero point from which "new" frameworks can be constructed. Unfortunately, while the physical structures may have crumbled, the structure of Haiti's relationship with the developed world, and the legacy of domination and exploitation contained within it, not only continue to function, but are able to do so with even more impunity under the false guise of being a non-ideological reaction to a merely humanitarian disaster
Presented at the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists meeting, Petosky, Mich., October 14, 2011
Faculty mentor: Roger Durham
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| The Study of Spectroscopic Properties of the Additives in Biodiesel |
| Jacob Streng |
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We will try to identify the characteristic peaks in different spectroscopies of the additives used in biodiesel. Based on the peak intensity, the quantity of the additives may be determined.
Faculty mentor: Li-heng Chen
Funded by Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant |
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99 Points of Intersection in Hyperbolic Space |
| Megan Ternes |
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Walser's Euclidian constructions have hyperbolic versions which may or may not hold.
Faculty mentor: Mike McDaniel
Funded by Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Grant
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| Potency and Selectivity of three clinical drugs at N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor subunits |
| George Van Den Driessche |
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Xenopus oocytes were used to selectively screen for NMDA receptor subunits 2A, 2B, and 2D. Oocytes were then profused in a drug solution
to test for 50% inhibition (IC50 curves). 2B and 2D receptors were
determined to be the most selective to atomoxetine at equal blocking without magnesium present, however when magnesium was added to the
solution only 2D receptors continued to demonstrate significant block
occurring.
Faculty mentors: Dr. Scott Myers, NeurOp CNS Drug Discovery Inc.
Funded by: Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (BRAIN: Behavioral Research Advancements In Neuroscience) |
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| Human Trafficking in the Kingdom of Bahrain |
Kathrine Woodhouse
The Kingdom of Bahrain suffers from myriad political, socioeconomic and employment problems is also entrenched with the heart breaking issue of human trafficking and all its manifestations.
Presented at the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists meeting, Petosky, Mich., October 14, 2011.
Faculty mentor: Roger Durham
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