Kalman Symposium 2022
Allison Bergeron
Analyzing the Impact of Live Staking on Channel and Floodplain Morphology and Soil Carbon Sequestration in a First-Order Stream, Central Pennsylvania
Live staking is a stream restoration technique where live...
Andrei Bucaloiu
Because We Go: Poetry Exploring Memory and the Migrant Identity
I came to the United States from Romania with my parents when I was two years old. I struggle to remember...
Andrei Bucaloiu
YO SOY RUMANO (I AM ROMANIAN): AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF MEMORY AND TRAUMA ON THE FORMATION OF THE SELF
I came to the United States from Romania with...
Anqi Zang
Using bioinformatics to identify putative ORs in the Photinus pyralis transcriptome
Animals use diverse signals to find mates. Some signals are simple, and are emitted in a single mode, for...
Bangyan Li
ProPANE Notetaking Assistive Technology
The Propane project is a collaborative research project between Electrical & Computer Engineering and Education at Bucknell University. Our goal is to develop an assistive technology that...
Bayasaa Erdene-Ochir
Surface Roughness Analysis as Relative Dating Technique
When moraines degrade, two distinct changes in their morphology occur: 1) weathering
of boulders on the moraine surface leads to fewer and smaller boulders over...
Bree McCullough and Eliza Ray
Unveiling the Structure of the Universe for Non-Science Students.
Our research focuses on creating and testing the effectiveness of an introductory astronomy lab activity designed for undergraduate non-science majors. To explore...
Caroline Tattersfield
Marketing Black Theatre in Non-Urban, Predominantly White Communities
Historically American theatre has fiercely promoted white theatre-makers at the expense of Black artists. American theatre has made a long-term investment in sustaining...
Colton Jiorle
Electroformed Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger
As the necessity to shift towards renewable forms of energy becomes ever more apparent in the wake of the consequences of climate change, one major barrier...
Diamanda Zizis
Heading for a breakdown: Assessing evolution through the hybridization of two sexual systems
Hybridization is an important evolutionary pathway that has contributed to the world’s vast biodiversity. In plants, hybridization is...
Duncan Hill
Characterizing Styrenic Triblock Copolymer with Static Light Scattering
Light scattering refers to the process in which a wavelength of light hits a particle and scatters in a pattern. This pattern can...
Eadaoin Kelly
Effects of Research Disturbance Levels on 5-Day-Old
Black-Legged Kittiwake Chicks
The ability to closely monitor and manipulate marked populations of seabirds is invaluable for ecological research and conservation efforts. A reconfigured...
Emily Deschler
Exploring How Life History Affects Stress Responses
When an organism encounters a stressful stimulus, the endocrine system activates a physiological stress response through a cascade of hormone signaling, which functions to...
Ephraim Oliphant
Characterizing Noise in the Search for the Axion
Axions are theoretical new particles that may help solve large unanswered questions in physics ranging from the nature of dark matter to the...
Hannah Heinemann
The Political Economy of Upward Bound
This research endeavor studies the initial years (1966-1969) of Upward Bound, a federally funded War on Poverty program designed to increase college attendance and preparedness...
Harrison Quinn
Evaluating Dutch Acceptance
The Netherlands has a legacy of tolerance. This tolerance earned the small, lowland provinces economic and social advantages over ideologically and religiously-torn larger powers. But since the Eighty...
Isabelle Levesque-Du Bose
Size Variation and Morphometric Analysis of Freshwater Mussels (Elliptio complanata) in the Susquehanna River
Freshwater mussels are a vastly understudied group of animals, and as a result, basic...
Jacqueline Zak
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus and its Effect on Gait in Parkinson Disease
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure where electrodes are implanted in the brain to...
John Mirsky
Multiculturalism in Crisis: 60 Years of Housing Illness in a Pa Mushroom Town
Advancing recent literature that critically examines multicultural efforts to generate socio-economic inclusion, this article studies how, in a...
Kareen George
Paradoxical Paradises
"This independent study hopes to investigate how the nuances of tone and word choice in tourism-related Caribbean literature correspond to the true attitudes of Caribbean natives. I apply W.E.B...
Kareen George
"Paradoxical Paradises"
This independent study hopes to investigate how the nuances of tone and word choice in tourism-related Caribbean literature correspond to the true attitudes of Caribbean natives. I apply W.E.B...
Kartikeya Sharma
Trajectory Gaze Path Analysis and Isolating Areas of Interest in Eye-Tracking Data for Autism Spectrum Disorder Studies
According to the CDC, about 1 in 59 children have autism spectrum disorder or...
Katie Phillips
Analgesic Effects of Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation focuses on being aware of the present moment and prior research suggests it can modify the perception of pain. When used as a coping...
Kyle Young
Characterizing Anterior Knee Mechanics through
Patellofemoral Joint Modeling
Patellofemoral pain affects nearly 25% of the general population, and is particularly prevalent in athletes and military personnel. It remains unclear as to why...
Luke Kong
Using Chaotic Interrogation and Attractor Deformation to Determine Damage Location and Extent
One promising approach for detecting damage in non-linear systems is to use chaotic interrogation: a system is excited by...
Madison Scopano
INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL SEPARATION ON STRESS & ALCOHOL REWARD: CONTRIBUTIONS OF B-ENDORPHIN
Adverse childhood experiences affect over half of the population. and are associated with chronic health problems, mental illness, and...
Michaela Bracken
Kalman Symposium 2022 - Michaela Bracken
Synthesis of Fluorinated Fatty Acids for Use in Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Formation
Iron oxide nanoparticles are useful in several applications including imaging as contrast agents...
Miranda Shearer
Social Eavesdropping in Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Social eavesdropping is when individuals gather information about others by observing social interactions. Insects such as paper wasps learn about the relative dominance...
Natalie Moreno
Identification of Novel Microorganisms and Nitrogen Fixing Organisms in Central Pennsylvania
In this project we sought to identify novel organisms from various locations throughout the Bucknell Natural Area. Bacteria were...
Nick Pirone
Development of Guidelines for Playground Surfacing Based on Field Testing
Many different playground surfaces are used in the United States for fall-related injury protection. These surfaces are categorized as unitary or...
Nicole Reddig
Supporting Teacher Retention Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
This poster explores the relationship between trauma-informed practices and teacher burnout and retention. Trauma-informed practices recognize the traumas that students may bring into the...
Nolan Morrison
Factors That Influence Successful Base Catalyzed Thiol-ene Hydrogel Synthesis
Ethoxylated trimethylolpropane tri-3-mercaptopropionate (ETTMP) and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA)-based hydrogels are a promising candidate for injectable, localized drug delivery due to...
Olivia Dyer
Visual Characterization of Aponeurosis Microstructure
Aponeurosis is a tendinous sheath-like tissue found in many muscle-tendon units that covers the muscle belly and transitions into tendon. Little research has been done to...
Peter Cholnoky
With Regards From Eagles and Condors: The U.S. Assistance of Operation Condor
Ranging from plenty of geographical backgrounds, the U.S. secret invasion of countries has been subject to heavy investigation and...
Peyton Kendall
Roman Oil Lamps of the Turnure Collection
In 2019, James Turnure, Samuel H. Kress Professor of Art History Emeritus, donated a collection of antiquities to Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University...
Qian Qian Mei
Printing Awareness: Endangered Species and A Piece of the Bigger Picture
In the history of Earth, the planet has gone through five mass extinctions, where at least
60% of the species were...
Rachel Anello
Approach Behavior to Species-Specific Sounds in Domestic Cats (Felis catus)
There have been studies to support that cats respond to cat-specific auditory stimuli. Researchers have found that cats listening to...
Ryan Bremer
The Art Building is So Weird: Looking at Bucknell's Evolving Footprint
This research projects uses landmark flood events—1936, 1946, 1972—as guides to track the evolution of Bucknell’s campus footprint. Over this...
Sam Pring
Effect of Tillage Radish on Mycorrhizal Density in a Regenerative Agriculture System
Traditional agriculture has become dependent on industrial methods, using heavy machines, fossil fuels and synthetic chemicals. However, due to...
Shane Kozick
Measuring Concordance of Sulcogyral Patterns in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twin Pairs
The brain’s surface is made up of sulci (grooves) and gyri (ridges) that together create the distinct folded (sulcogyral) appearance...
Sophie Bae
Finite Element Analysis, Representation, and Interpretation of Soft Robotics Kinematics and Dynamics
Rapid progress has been made in recent years to improve the accuracy, precision, and intelligence of robots as...
Sophie Cooksey
Feminism vs. Socialism Through the Eyes of the Young Lords
For my research project, I will be presenting a Google Slides presentation on the Young Lords, a Puerto Rican activist group...
Thomas Matsumura
Measuring Lower Limb Muscle Activity and
Kinematics in Variable Foot Strike Gaits
Anterior knee pain affects roughly 23% of adults and 29% of adolescents, and many cases go
untreated. Prior research has...
Tianzhu Liu
An LP-based Characterizations Of Solvable Cases Of the Quadratic Assignment Problem
The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is perhaps the most widely studied nonlinear combinatorial optimization problem. It has many applications in...
Yang Hong
Graphs, Adjacency Matrices and Stable Polynomials
Our research concerns the interplay of undirected graphs and stable polynomials. Stable polynomials, which are polynomials with restricted zero sets, are used in a variety...
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