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Furman Engaged!: April 12, 2013Oral Presentations, Performances, and DemonstrationsSession I: 9 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.ArtLittlejohn Lecture Room, Roe Art BuildingPresentations of Work by Senior Studio Art MajorsModerator: Ross McClainSophie AmberkarRobert BradfordArden FullerCeramicsGraphic designGraphic DesignBusiness and AccountingHipp Hall 104The Business Block: Showcasing Students' Integrative BusinessModerators: Suzy Summers, Kirk Karwan, Katie Player and Robert UnderwoodAakash Bhaskar, Van Rylander, Tom Freemanand Austin HookerTaylor Smelt, Marshall Rand, Elizabeth Smithand Katie CoreBrice Short, Shawn Boone, Kathleen Browerand Olivia BroaddusGreg Worthy, Crit Jones, Kayt Carino andColleen LynchAndrew Phillips, Samantha Postell, Alex Orrand Ryan CulbreathMargaret Boyette, Josh Fusan, Casey McKeonand Blake PowersAmanda Soule, Blake Campbell, Sofia Di Iorioand Michael GandierBusiness Analysis of KrogerBusiness Analysis of VolkswagenBusiness Analysis of ToyotaBusiness Analysis of NordstromBusiness Analysis of DeltaBusiness Analysis of PepsiBusiness Analysis of Costco

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 2 of 44ChemistryPatrick Lecture Hall, TSC 126Research in ChemistryModerator: John WheelerEliza HardyFred DavidKristen WattsTaylor HarrisInhibition of the HMGA A/T HookAnalysis of Alexidine Dihydrochloride in Multipurpose Contact Lense SolutionUsing Ultra Performance Liquid ChromatographyCultural Heritage Science: Applying Analytical Methodology for ArtifactConservationInvestigating the Interaction of Photoactive Cr(III) Complexes with DNA UsingReal- Time PCR and Capillary Gel ElectrophoresisCommunication StudiesFurman Hall 127Social Resistance and The Power of DissentModerator: Lloyd BensonDrew SummersLee SchuitemaReagan Thompson and LenaPringleSinging as Resistance: Civil Rights Protest through SongDeclaiming as Resistance: Gendered Style as ActivismDocumenting as Resistance: Emancipation HistoriesEducationHipp Hall 205Multicultural Inquiry (Elementary Certifiers)Moderator: George LipscombCatherine AdamsRebecca AllenCaroline LambertOlivia LeCompteAIDS and EducationReligious Diversity in SchoolsReaching English Language LearnersTeaching Students with Dyslexia

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 3 of 44Blake NeedlySarah OdomSophie Page and KatherineRedfernEmily WurtzbacherExploring Different Learning Styles among ChildrenMeeting the Needs of Children Living in PovertyHomosexuality in SchoolsCommunicating with the Parents of English Language LearnersEnglishFurman Hall 106Immersion JournalismModerator: Joni TevisChristina PhillipsKristen LayneAlex BarmakianKathleen SolomonTom WestJared O'NealStephanie ReddawayMacKenzie FanaroRediscovering Food Outside the PackageIn the Shade of Paris MountainGreenville Ink - The Inner Workings of a Tattoo ParlorBecoming Approved - Shepherd's GateOff Walden PondThe Other FootballThe Road to Recovery - Overcoming AddictionLife at Bob Jones UniversityHealth SciencesMolnar Human Performance Lab (at PAC)Comparing Lift and Drag Forces between Airplane Wings in a Wind TunnelModerator: Randy HutchinsonAnn Awadalla, Patrice Butler, Kyle Duke, Jordan Ellis, Kendrec Ferrara, Adam Granger, Kelsey Hillner,Daniel Lamontagne, Seth Lehman, Stefan Maletic, Sarah Matthews, Grant McCarthy, Christine Orbke, Payton Sanchezand Lillian Statzer

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 4 of 44HistoryFurman Hall 107Keeping Kosher in Dixie: Jewish Life in the SouthModerator: Diane VechioLacey BrantleyRachel ShelbourneJon BaddleyFrom Postmaster to Mayor: The Evolution of Greenville's JewishCommunityFrom Abraham to Washington: Re-Identifying Judaism in ColonialSouthern MemoryThe Jewish Experience in pre-19th Century AmericaMathematicsRiley Hall 106Research Projects in MathematicsModerator: John HarrisMaria Barrell, Charldon Dennisand Kristina PardoAllison Davey, Andrea Fant,Victoria Garrett and HannahVincentBeth Bleed, Kelly Cercy and ElisePreteJack Farnsworth, Rahul Isaac andStella WatsonJack Farnsworth, Rahul Isaac andStella WatsonCollege Football RankingsAn Enhanced Ranking System for the NFL DraftMath in the City: Parking Optimization in Downtown GreenvilleThe Firefighter Problem: A Continuous ApproachThe Geometry of the Narayana Numbers

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 5 of 44Modern Languages and LiteraturesBurgess Theatre, Trone Student CenterSpanish 201 Short Films (class award winners)Moderator: Angelica Lozano-Alonso*presenterAdam Granger*, Kristen Cain andBilly TuttCarryl Tinsley,* Madeline Parks,Max Wurthmann and JacksonHoltBaylee Tuggle,* Alex Wilson,Mike Toto and Alison KanterJoanna Reeder,* Anton Schultz,Carson Priest and SavannahJenningsAnna Reithman,* Jane ElizaChrisholm, Harrison Farmer andSam KleinAlice Hall,* Megan Kelly, DanielHarris and Jacob Gordon“¡Ay, No Adam!” (8:00)“La Cita a Ciegas” (9:37)“La temporada de amor” (9:03)“Asi que me llaman, ¿tal vez?” (5:04)“El triángulo amoroso” (9:50)“El amor inapropiado” (10:12)MusicHarper Hall, Daniel Music BuildingSummer Internships in the ArtsModerator: Mark BrittRyan BlockerAdam CollinsGrace GildayAshley MarshallEmily PowellElizabeth OlsonBrevard Music Center, Brevard, NCBrevard Music Center, Brevard, NCOpera Academy of California, San Francisco, CAAmerican Wind Symphony, Mars, PAGrace Church, Greenville SCCultural Strategies Initiative in NYC

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 6 of 44PsychologyJohns Hall 201Beyond Furman: Psychology InternshipsModerator: Kerstin BlomquistHolly BabbittGreg KurasVirginia KuziaStephanie VaughnLayla TumlerCatherine DeibertLaura RagmanauskaiteJesse CarreSaniya SajwaniSarah Prickett and SuzanneHowellMarshall PickensMirrus - MultimediaMarcus Autism CenterVenice: Psychiatric Residential Treatment FacilityProject HopeSchool CounselingUSC Adolescent ResearchDepartment of Juvenile JusticeRoger C. Peace Rehabilitation HospitalNew Impact Clinic GHSShi CenterMcEachern, Furman Hall 214Campus Research and Community Impact: Shi Center for Sustainability Student FellowsModerator: Katherine KransteuberRob GeorgeMia El-HamakiElizabeth CookLaura EubanksGillian SmallBlake WoodHayden CouvillionJames McArverCCC Data AnalystShi Center Communications FellowK-12 Education and Summer Sustainability History of Furman FellowGeothermal Systems FellowSummer Livability Education Fellow with City of GreenvilleSummer Signature Experiences Fellow with CVBSummer Dream Big Greenville FellowSummer Lake Conestee Nature Park Fellow

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 7 of 44Coleman AllumsJohn Michael WorshamMichael RobinsonKylie StackisAnne-Marie MeliefKris HajnySerena DooseRachel McAlisterWill McCabeWes FloydPatrick StarrSummer Student Farm ManagerHispanic Outreach FellowBike Shop FellowCampus Trees FellowSenior Sustainabilty Assessment FellowJunior Sustainability Assessment FellowComposting FellowAcademic Year Student Farm ManagerTransportation FellowCity of Greenville Green Ribbon Advisory Committee FellowUS Endowment for Forestry and Communities FellowSociologyJohns Hall 105The Education System: Causes and Consequences of Academic TrajectoriesModerator: Kyle LongestAlanna Gillis and Kaleigh WardSarah Harrison and NadiaShamsedinClaire Chipman and Leah HasslerAnderson Gosselin and RexHarrisonEffect of Academic Preparation Programs on the Graduation Rates ofHigh SchoolsThe Effect of College Major on Political Affiliation among AmericanCollege StudentsBirth Order and Academic Success, Extracurricular Involvement andLeadershipStudy Drug Use and Socialness among American College Students

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session 1: 9 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Page 8 of 44Theatre ArtsThe PlayhouseBritish Isles Documentary Drama PresentationsModerator: Maegan AzarCallie NestlerothRebecca ShieldElyse Marder"Reading and Experiencing Two Worlds Merging" Documentary FilmScreening"Princesses Are Real" Children's Book Reading"Folk Dancing Around the Globe" Documentary Film Screening

Posters and ExhibitsSession I: 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.Physical Activities Center (PAC) gymnasiumNumber Department Presenter(s) TitleBIO-1 Biology Reid Anderegg Internship: Lowcountry Food Bank -Cooking MattersBIO-2 Biology Brent Anderson The Impacts of a poultry processingplant on tetracycline resistance genes ina headwater stream.BIO-3 Biology Sarah Lyons Internship: Veterinary ClinicBIO-4 Biology Shanikque Blackwell andKatrina MorganIsolation and Expression of prg-1 andpgam1 in the Brain of the Bullfrog(Lithobates catesbeianus) DuringMetamorphosisBAC-1Business andAccountingNicole CastiglioneInternship: Clare Morris AgencyIncorporatedCHM-1 Chemistry Ahlam Armaly Synthesis of Biotinylated Hibiscone Cand Newly Discovered FuranosteroidsCHM-2 Chemistry Jack Felmly Electron Spin Resonance Investigationof Matrix Isolated CH6+CHM-3 Chemistry Emily Nyers Leakage of Encapsulated Fluorophoresfrom Polydiacetylene LiposomesCHM-4 Chemistry Xing Wei The Characterization of PolycationicBiocides in Multipurpose Contact LensSolution Using Ultra PerformanceLiquid ChromatographyCOM-1CommunicationStudiesJessica PateInternship: American Leprosy MissionCOM-2CommunicationStudiesKate Cannon, ChadDaniel and FerahMohammedInternship: Conan ProductionsCSC-1 Computer Science Carole Abumoussa As the Sand of the Sea….times 57: BigData 2020CSC-2 Computer Science Seth Greenstein Internship: Mining Social Media toImprove Healthcare

Posters and Exhibits Session 1: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Page 10 of 44 CSC-3 Computer Science Andy Rose Machine LearningCSC-4 Computer Science Austin Williams The Evolution of Video Game AICSC-5 Computer Science Paul Aluri, AhmedMuizz Khan, Josh Lynnand Diane MickelsonCSC-6 Computer Science Jordan Brown, JoshDupre, Grant Kozak andAlexander RiceTime Management Strategies with theUse of TechnologyComplaint Tracking and ReductionEES-1Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesBrittany ConsoloCaribbean Reef Risks: Rise in SeaTemperatures and Coral BleachingEventsEES-2Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesTrent McCannAnalyzing User Demographics on theSwamp Rabbit TrailEES-3Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesKatharine Compton andAustin MorrisonLas Vegas Water Crisis: Causes andEffects of OverconsumptionENG-1 English Britton Holland Internship: Smoak Public RelationsHSC-1 Health Sciences Megan Jones Internship: Steadman Hawkins Clinic ofthe CarolinasHSC-2 Health Sciences Katie Wingard Internship: Kidnetics PediatricTherapiesHSC-3 Health Sciences Lexie Lipham and KatieWardDetermination of Food Deserts in FiveMunicipalities within the County ofGreenvilleFYW-1History (FirstYear WritingSeminar)William MedearisThe Battle Autumn of 1862: The LeaderLeeFYW-2History (FirstYear WritingSeminar)Joseph PaulsonThe Battle Autumn of 1862: Antietamthrough Confederate EyesFYW-3History (FirstYear WritingSeminar)Cece RogersThe Battle Autumn of 1862: TheMedical State of the Civil WarFYW-4History (FirstYear WritingSeminar)Sarah StanleyThe Battle Autumn of 1862: Cavalry inthe Civil WarMLL-1Modern Languagesand LiteraturesAnnie Brasington Internship: Woodruff Middle School -EXCEL program

Posters and Exhibits Session 1: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Page 11 of 44 NSC-1 Neuroscience Alexander Lea Regulation of GABAergic GeneExpression during Lesion-InducedSprouting in the Rat SeptohippocampalPathwayNSC-2 Neuroscience Catherine Nevins "Modeling the Spatial ActivationPatterns of Cdc42 during DendriticSpine Enlargement"NSC-3 Neuroscience Celeste Peay Comparing the Effects of Specific vs.Non-specific p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitorson MBP Expression in OligodendrocyteDifferentiationNSC-4 Neuroscience Tyler Rives Regulation of Cholinergic GeneExpression during Lesion-InducedSprouting in the Rat SeptohippocampalPathwayNSC-5 Neuroscience Matthew Whitmire The Influence of Gonadal Hormones onStress-induced Ethanol Selfadministrationin MicePHY-1 Physics Evdokiya Kostadinova,Ben Mayberry andVictoria StraitConservation Of ElectromagneticMomentaPSC-1 Political Science Alyssa Gillis Internship: Hilton Head Island HighSchoolPSC-2 Political Science Meg Livermore The Middle East in American MediaPSC-3 Political Science Stephen Tagert Examining Religious and CulturalInfluence in the Creation of theEuropean UnionPVS-1 Poverty Studies Megan Austin The educational system and Spanishspeakingchildren of undocumentedimmigrantsPVS-2 Poverty Studies Carolyn Hartung Poverty and the Single ParentPVS-3 Poverty Studies Sarah Lauritsen The Impact of Gentrification on the PoorPSY-1 Psychology Emily Blinn Internship: Green Hill Therapy - TheEffects of Equine Therapy on Outcomesin Children with DevelopmentalDisabilitiesPSY-2 Psychology Casey Evans NIH grant proposal for web-baseddissemination and implementation oftreatment for eating disorders

Posters and Exhibits Session 1: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Page 12 of 44 PSY-3 Psychology David Gushee Attenuating the CPP of Toluene in MiceUsing CB1 AntagonistsPSY-4 Psychology Caroline Mitchell What Does This Do? Preschoolers'Object-Action Mapping WithManufactured and Natural ObjectsPSY-5 Psychology Hannah Stroup Child maltreatment and subsequentcortisol reactivity: A meta-analysisPSY-6 Psychology Alexa Wilton Internship: New Hope CenterPSY-7 Psychology Rachel Marshall,Alexandra Moench andKyle St. HillaireHealth Attitudes and Behaviors in theUpstate: A Community SurveySOC-1 Sociology Mallory Boyd Internship: Anathoth Community GardenSOC-2 Sociology Peter Lehman Race, Rock, and Relationships: AContent Analysis of Popular MusicSOC-3 Sociology Laura Hinson andRebecca JonesEffects of Social Media Usage on BodyImage in Women

Oral Presentations, Performances, and DemonstrationsSession II: 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.ArtLittlejohn Lecture Room, Roe Art BuildingPresentations of Work by Senior Studio Art MajorsModerator: Ross McClainHaley GrayKatie GuptillTrue HarriganPhotographyGraphic designMixed mediaBiologyPlyler Hall 231 (2nd floor Townes Science Center)Research in BiologyModerator: Greg LewisScarlet SellersJesse WoodAlex ViereMichael Verble andMelissa CorbettEffects of lunar illumination on puma activityUsing remote camera arrays to build predictive models of mammalian diversityTop down effects of puma (Puma concolor) on herbivore and mesocarnivorecommunities in New MexicoThe effect of kudzu and bramble removal on the growth of different plant typesand the abundance of ground beetles (Family Carabidae)Business and AccountingHipp Hall 104Research in Business ManagementModerators: Robert Underwood, Bruce Clemens and Marion McHughSteven ChristopherThe Meaning of Marketing: A Longitudinal Content Analysis

Oral Presentations, Performances, and Demonstrations Session II 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Page 14 of 44 Elizabeth SondermarkClaire Chipman andVictoria StraitAlex CrooksThe Relationship Between Advertising Outlays and Firm Performance: A Reviewof the Empirical Accounting, Economics and Marketing LiteratureSHOW ME THE MONEY, your health and water: History of a Guatemalan nonprofitOrganizationHow do firms estimate the cost of equity when b (beta) is zero?ChemistryPatrick Lecture Hall, TSC 126Research in ChemistryModerator: Paul WagenknechtOrlin SergevParth ThakkerVikram SamantAndrew KantorThermal Switching in Fluorescent DNA-Templated Silver NanoclustersMetal-Alkynyl Complexes of Cobalt, Chromium, and Rhodium: A Spectroscopic andElectrochemical Investigation of Metal-Ligand Interactions and Redox ActivityCharacterization of Biocides in Contact Lens Solution Using Ultra Performance LiquidChromatography and Mass SpectrometryInvestigation of Adduct Formation between Photoactivated Cr(III) Complexes andDNA via Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) and Polyacrylamide GelElectrophoresis (PAGE)Earth and Environmental SciencesRiley Hall 106Earth and Environmental Sciences/Sustainability Senior Thesis PresentationsModerator: Bill RansonWelcome and introductionRyan RichardsonCara WagnerBrooks BaileyElizabeth ThomasGeomorphology and Blue Ridge Escarpment Evolution Along theGreen River in the Vicinity of Saluda, NCThe Gendered Nature of FoodSpatial Analysis of Well Yields in Fractured Bedrock Terrains of thePiedmont of Northwestern South CarolinaExploring the Values of Sustainability: Older Adult Perceptions andSustainability Education

Oral Presentations, Performances, and Demonstrations Session II 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Page 15 of 44 Rhett WallaceMary SoikeA Preliminary Evaluation of the Geothermal Energy Potential forSouth CarolinaA Comparative Analysis of Consumer Profiles among FarmersMarkets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Participants inthe Upstate of South CarolinaEconomicsHipp Hall 204Internships for Economics StudentsModerator: Nathan CookCorey AllenRobert BarnesAndrew CameronCameron EganBen GreenMary Grace ShortMcGuire Woods LawSC Victim AssistancemCapital-LobbyistUS Trade-European OfficeSt. Jude-medical suppliesKennedy CenterEnglishFurman Hall 106Reading from the EchoModerator and Echo Editor : Katy DwyerThe following students will present their original creative works from the Echo:Kristen LayneLindsay DennisBrett StonecipherAnne Marie PowellBloodlines 1988 (short play)How'd You Know (poem)selected poemsOf Time and Winter (villanelle)

Oral Presentations, Performances, and Demonstrations Session II 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Page 16 of 44 Health SciencesMolnar Human Performance Lab (at PAC)Research Methods DemonstrationsModerator: Ray MossTori Haggett and Hunter WilhoitMorgan Kuhar, Heath Burton andLivi TantThe Effect of Cycling Intensity on Muscle Activity, Pedal Forces andJoint TorquesEvaluating the Metabolic Demands and Effect of Cycling Intensity onSubsequent Running PerformanceHistoryFurman Hall 107History's Many FacesModerator: John BarringtonBrian Neumann Disease and Democracy in Six Atlantic World Cities, 1832-1866Julia PaffordSara MoranoYouTube and the Future of Holocaust RemembranceDon't Call it a Defection: Svetlana Stalin Alliluyeva's Move to theUnited States in 1967Modern Languages and Literatures/Asian StudiesMcEachern, Furman Hall 214Moderator: Sachi Schmidt-HoriSelected entries from the AS/MLL video contest will be presented by their creators and screened

Modern Languages and Literatures/Study AwayOral Presentations, Performances, and Demonstrations Session II 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Page 17 of 44 Furman Hall 228Engaging Spanish Culture: Reports from Madrid 2012Moderator: Linda BartlettElizabeth MyersLauren ThompsonBrooke LaRocheRachel AllisonSpanish Youth Unemployment: Livin' la Vida LocaThe Bullfight: Artistry or Carnage?Put a Ring on It : Spain's Shift to Civil MarriageWhy Aren't Spanish People Fat?MusicHarper Hall, Daniel Music BuildingPresentations of Research in Music Theory and MusicologyModerators: Brian Moseley and Laura KennedyNathan ReevesElizabeth StonerNate MitchellBen KeiperHarry Partch and the Wanderer's Journey: Rites of Passage andPersonal Ritual in the Americana Works"Aimless Wandering in Uncharted Terrain" : Russian Modernism inthe 1920s and the Quest for a Soviet SoundPainting with Sound: Techniques of Timbral AnalysisTonal Systems in the Twenty-First CenturyPhilosophyFurman Hall 128Fictions on the brain and in popular cultureModerator: Sarah WorthRachel McAlisterMatthew KearnsMinding our Fictions: Why the Truth About What We Read ReallyMattersPragmatism, Truth, and Postmodernism: A New Conception ofPhilosophy

Oral Presentations, Performances, and Demonstrations Session II 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Page 18 of 44 SociologyJohns Hall 105Mother Mary: The Intersection of Religion and Family LifeModerator: Kyle LongestChelsea BrewerCarolina Poole and NatalieTerlistskyEric Eaton and Katie IannaceLisa McClanahan and LeilaOakleyFrom Adam and Eve to the Cleavers: How Religion ImpactsPerspectives on Family Role RelationshipsFamily Structure and Deviance: The Lasting Effect of Gender inSingle Parent HouseholdsThe Inverse Relationship between Religiosity and Mental Distress:The Moderating Effects of GenderThe Effects of Various Aspects of College on ReligiosityTheatre ArtsThe PlayhouseBritish Isles Documentary Drama PresentationsModerator: Maegan AzarMaranda DeBuskLauren WardVicky Cheng"Playing with History" Play Reading"Perceptions of Scottish Independence" Documentary Film Screening"To an Ideal" Play Reading

Posters and ExhibitsSession II: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Physical Activities Center (PAC) gymnasiumNumber Department Presenter(s) TitleBAC-2Business andAccountingDevon BarattaSocial Product Labels and In-StorePoint of Purchase Advertising: Effectsof Consumer Purchasing PatternsBAC-3Business andAccountingHaley JonesPrevalence Rates of Greenwashing inConsumer Goods Sold in the UpstateBIO-5 Biology Alyssa McNaughton Internship: Campus Outreach - EventPlanningBIO-6 Biology Abbie Motes Abundance of Woody Debris in Urbanand Rural Streams in the SouthCarolina PiedmontBIO-7 Biology Kellie Bingham andMegan LeeDefining the Roles of CalciumMobilization in the InitialDecondensation of Chromatin During TCell ActivationCHM-5 Chemistry Joey Killian Two Routes to Resveratrol: AnExercise in Synthesis Planning andOptimization for the Advanced OrganicChemistry LabCHM-6 Chemistry Andrew Kropilak Synthesis of Halogen-BondedComplexes Through Ball-MillingCHM-7 Chemistry Ian Miller Size exclusion Chromatography Studiesof Silver Clusters Conjugated withDNACHM-8 Chemistry Kattie Sun Analysis of Cr(III): DNA InteractionsUsing Equilibrium Dialysis andIsothermal Titration CalorimetryCOM-3CommunicationStudiesDrew SummersMusic in the Era of ProtestCOM-4CommunicationStudiesArley TurnerInternship: Howard Consulting GroupCSC-7 Computer Science Carole Abumoussa Internship: Hispanic AmericanWomen's Association

Posters and Exhibits Session II 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Page 21 of 44 MTH-2 Mathematics Maria Barrell, CharldonDennis and Kristina PardoMTH-3 Mathematics Jack Farnsworth, RahulIsaac and Stella WatsonCollege Football RankingsThe Firefighter Problem: A ContinuousApproachNSC-6 Neuroscience Jamison Miller Regulation of Dopaminergic GeneExpression during Lesion-InducedSprouting in the Rat SeptohippocampalPathwayNSC-7 Neuroscience Tyler Wilson Regulation of Peptidergic GeneExpression during Lesion-InducedSprouting in the Rat SeptohippocampalPathwayPHY-2 Physics Adam Moyer Laser Speckle Temporal ContrastImaging for Blood Flow MeasurementPHY-3 Physics Caitlin Stanton Long Term Continuous HydrophobicDrug Delivery from AlginatePHY-4 Physics Robert Picardi andLawson SmithFirst Light With The DedicatedInterferometer for Rapid VariabilityPVS-4 Poverty Studies Laura Bardin Voluntary vs. involuntary povertyPVS-5 Poverty Studies Karly Chapman Uncovering Social Justice Issues ofMigrant Workers in AmericaPVS-6 Poverty Studies Nicholas Holt Why Help?: Philosophical andTheological Justifications for the Effortto End PovertyPVS-7 Poverty Studies Hayley Redmond Christianity in a secular service worldPVS-8 Poverty Studies Rachael Weisinger The Catches of Foster CarePSY-8 Psychology Ashlyn Ayers Internship: Greenville Safe HarborPSY-9 Psychology Kelsey Bing The Effect of Media Labels onWomen's Body Dissatisfaction andNegative AffectPSY-10 Psychology Jessica Crumley The Influence of Everyday ObjectiveMemory Tasks on Memory PredictionAccuracyPSY-11 Psychology Stephanie Grah Strategies Used when Faced with aMultiple AudiencePSY-12 Psychology Emily Mitchell Internship: The New BeginningsProgram

Posters and Exhibits Session II 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Page 22 of 44 PSY-13 Psychology Saniya Sajwani How cue specificity and dividedattention affect prospective memoryretrievalSOC-4 Sociology Shanikque Blackwell,Shane Farmer and SarahSlaughterSOC-5 Sociology Hilary Dahl and AveryJordanThe Kardashian Effect: How RealityTelevision Affects Deviant BehaviorPerceptions of Love: The Affects ofCultural Consumption and Gender onCollege Students Perceptions

Oral Presentations, Performances, and DemonstrationsSession III: 1 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.ArtLittlejohn Lecture Room, Roe Art BuildingPresentations of Work by Senior Studio Art MajorsModerator: Ross McClainAnna HickenSean McClainKendall MilanoDrawingPaintingCeramicsBiologyPatrick Lecture Hall, TSC 126Research in BiologyModerator: Travis PerryMary HornackSarah RusnakSarah KooyLara GrahamRoost tree and associated forest stand characterization for the SouthwesternMyotis (Myotis auriculus) at the northern extremity of its rangeEvidence for temporal niche displacement in New Mexico's insectivorous batcommunityDiel Cycle Activity in New Mexican Carnivores: Impacts of Humans,Competition, and PredationQuantification and Characterization of PSA expression in Benign ProstaticHyperplasia (BPH) stromal cells

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 24 of 44 ChemistryPlyler Hall 231 (2nd floor of Townes Science Center)Research in ChemistryModerator: Jeff PettyCampbell YoreDavid NicholsonElyse MarderHillary RodgersExtrusion of Alginate and Electronically Conducting Polymers: Methods forPreparing Nanostructured Fibers for Bionic DevicesSilver Clusters as Both Chromophoric Ligands and DNA LigandsInvestigation of the Thermodynamics of Binding between rac-[Cr(dip)2(dppz)]3+ with DNA as a Potential Anti-Tumor AgentX-Ray Crystallographic Studies of a Double-Cys Mutant of the LeucineTransporter (LeuT)Communication StudiesFurman Hall 127Structured InternshipsModerator: Charles DeLanceyFerah MohammedMichaela RosmarinHilary DahlChristopher DellHannah HaasSarah LambertPopulus BrandsYounts Conference CenterFurman University Alumni OfficeSpectrum LasikOffice of Lindsey GrahamGreenville News/ Talk Magazine

Earth and Environmental SciencesOral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 25 of 44 Riley Hall 106Earth and Environmental Sciences/Sustainability Senior Thesis PresentationsModerator: Bill RansonAlison BresslerJames McArverKatharine ComptonNick OschmanLindsey BeardThe Chemistry of Residential Runoff and the Utility of Rain Gardensin Mitigating Nutrient LoadsSpinning Superfund Sites into Nature Parks: Environmental History,Injustice, and Policy for Lake Conestee, South CarolinaGeologic Mapping in Table Rock and Cleveland Quadrangles, andPetrography of Schists and Ductile Rocks in the Upstate of SouthCarolinaCounting Community Gardens: A Case Study Analysis of Greenville,South Carolina’s Gardening for Good NetworksCharacterization of the Hydrologic Variability of Habitats Inhabited bythe Endangered Bunched Arrowhead (Sagittaria fasciculata) in theUpper Piedmont of South CarolinaEconomicsHipp Hall 204Adopt an Aid AgencyModerator: Nathan CookLindsay EddyCaroline HawkinsAlex PrzedpelskiWenhui QiuLauren ReisingChad ScottHyeri SongHannah WiknerSmall Enterprise Foundation (SEF)Lwala Community AllianceSupporting Kids in Peru (SKIP)China Environmental Protection Foundation (CEPF)Women for Women InternationalHaiti Child SponsorshipGiveDirectlyNothing But Nets

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 26 of 44 EducationHipp Hall 205Issues in Primary Education in New ZealandModerator: George LipscombAudrey Neumann and SarahOdomOlivia LeCompteMorgan BlackWhitney BeckerMaria MorrisonSarah Beth CaldwellReading and LiteracyEarly Childhood EducationTechnologyMulticulturalismOutdoor LearningHospitalityEnglishFurman Hall 106Faulkner's Mississippi - Group PresentationModerator: Willard PateBryan Betts, Watts Burks, Britton Holland, Rachel Shelbourne, Rachel Glasser and Kristen LayneHealth SciencesMolnar Human Performance Lab (at PAC)Research Methods DemonstrationsModerator: Randy HutchinsonJason JakielaComparison of lower body Kinetics and Kinematics between a flexibleTsunami Barbell and Olympic barbell during Squat Exercise

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 27 of 44 HistoryFurman Hall 107U.S. - South Africa Relations during the Cold War: New Research in U.S. State Department DocumentsModerator: Erik ChingEmily WirzbaPhilip SheltonRhodes HambrickHuman Rights and Anticommunism: U.S. - South Africa Relationsunder Carter, 1977-1979Do Nothing and Everything is Done: U.S. - South Africa Relations atthe end of Carter, 1979-1980It's Not Just the Whites Who Must 'Do Something' about Apartheid:U.S.-South Africa Relations under Reagan, 1984-1985Russell Childree Reagan's Conflict of Interests Regarding Economic Sanctions: U.S. -South Africa Relations in 1986Rene Travis"More of the Same or Something Different? U.S.-South AfricaRelations under Nixon and Ford, 1970-1975"Interdisciplinary (Art, Asian Studies, Political Science)Johns Hall 107Interdisciplinary Research and InternshipsModerator: Timothy FehlerNathan ReevesSara Beth MelickSam BurgessThe Imagini in the Intermedi: Artistic Centralization and theCodification of Iconography at the Medici CourtAdoption in ChinaReligion in the 2012 Presidential Election

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 28 of 44 PhilosophyFurman Hall 128Pornography and AuthorsModerator: Sarah WorthMatt BurchanoskiAnna BowerPostmodern or Postmortem: Ethical Hermeneutics after the Death ofthe AuthorDeploying Foucault: A Foucauldian Critique of PornographyPolitical ScienceJohns Hall 109Politics and PeaceModerator: Brent NelsonCharles Duncan Partisanship, Race, and Poverty in State Voting Law Changes, 2010-2012Hammad KhanStephen TagertRaul RodriguezContemporary Islamist Discourse on Fakfir: A Discourse Analysis ofIslamists’ Religious Approach(es) towards Violence against MuslimCiviliansAll You Need is Love?: Why Countries Participate in HumanitarianInterventionAmerican Cartesianism & Human LibertyReligionMcEachern, Furman Hall 214Engaged Learning: Study Away in Turkey, Greece, and ItalyModerators: Alfons Teipen (REL), Randall Childree (CLS) and Rich Letteri (COM)Caitlin Russell (COM), JordanDopp (REL), Maddy Parks(ECN), Jenna Barnett (REL/SOC)and Nathan Koverman (HST)Students participating in Study Away (and currently in Athens) will"share" perspectives and engage audience questions.

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session III 1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Page 29 of 44 SociologyJohns Hall 105Social BoundariesModerator: Allison HurstSarah Bryce, Leigh Harris, SarahHarrison and Sarah SlaughterBiz Schill and Nadia ShamsedinMaranda DeBusk"I Don't Work, I'm Just a Housewife" Occupational SymbolicBoundaries among Adult WomenHow Foreign-born U.S. Citizens Draw Symbolic BoundariesStatus Inflation and the Undergraduate DegreeTheatre ArtsThe PlayhouseSenior Synthesis PresentationsModerator: Jay OneyJon PierceCarolina DavisMaranda DeBuskCreating Steampunk Fashions from Theatrical Costume TrainingActing for the Stage, Preparing for TomorrowWhere Four Years Can Take You: A Theatre Major's Journey

Posters and ExhibitsSession III: 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.Physical Activities Center (PAC) gymnasiumNumber Department Presenter(s) TitleAST-1 Asian Studies Chandler Barton From Official Gazette () to PublicReport (): The Evolution ofGovernment Publications in Late Qingand Republican China, 1890-1937AST-2 Asian Studies Meghan Livermore Shinto and Manga: The Fusion ofPopular Culture and Tradition in JapanBIO-8 Biology Pierre-Olivier Cote Internship : Continuous GlucoseMonitoring SystemBIO-9 Biology Jake Crouse and JordanEllingtonConservation value of Upstate farmlandto overwintering birdsCHM-9 Chemistry Michael Evans Biosensing Diacetlyene LiposomesFabricated Via Inkjet TechnologyCHM-10 Chemistry Levan Khulordava Photophysics of PhosphorescentTrifluoropropynyl ComplexesCHM-11 Chemistry Jack Klecker A Comparison of SAM Formation onMica Using a Variety of AlcoholsCLS-1 Classics Sean Bonawitz Digital Classics: The Homer MultitextProjectCSC-12 Computer Science Andrea Binz Evaluating Virtual Interaction Paradigmsthrough Mock Interview TechnologyCSC-13 Computer Science Jordan Brown Adaptive AI BehaviorCSC-14 Computer Science Tyler Droll Robotic SurgeryCSC-15 Computer Science Jerodis Williams Internship: Web Development from Startto FinishCSC-16 Computer Science Nathan Cox, Zach Halland Kory KraftNext Generation Timing AnalysisCSC-17Computer Scienceand PsychologyNora Carey, DianeMickelson and Sarah VanTasselSelf-Monitoring Innovations: Adherenceand Effectiveness for WeightManagement

Posters and Exhibits Session III 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Page 31 of 44 EES-8Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesColeman AllumsMapping Environmental Injustice: GISand Superfund Sites in South CarolinaEES-9Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesRianna DasComparing the Track of Three SeaTurtles in the Atlantic Ocean with theTrack Predicted by Previous ResearchEES-10Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesScarlet SellersA Predictive Map of Puma Pumaconcolor Predation Risk in SouthcentralNew MexicoEES-11Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesLauren VanceMapping Sports Fan Loyalty in the USECN-1 Economics Ben Green Internship: St. Jude'sHSC-8 Health Sciences Edie Douglas Evaluation of LiveWell Greenville'sWorkplace Pilot Initiative andDesignation ProgramHSC-9 Health Sciences Katherine Follin Internship : Sports Nutrition for theCollegiate AthleteHIS-2 History Drew Bongiovanni Engaged Learning in Local and PublicHistoryHIS-3 History Julia Pafford Engaged Learning in Local and PublicHistoryFYW-5History (First YearWriting Seminar)Joseph AnnibaleThe Battle Autumn of 1862: The GreaterLegend of War: Lee and WashingtonFYW-6History (First YearWriting Seminar)Zach GriffinThe Battle Autumn of 1862: Evolutionof the Medical System throughout theCivil WarFYW-7History (First YearWriting Seminar)TJ WarrenThe Battle Autumn of 1862: A NewNavyMTH-4 Mathematics Kristina Pardo Modeling the Dynamic Tsunami BarMTH-5 Mathematics Beth Bleed, Kelly Cercyand Elise PreteMTH-6 Mathematics Allison Davey, AndreaFant, Victoria Garrett andHannah VincentMTH-7 Mathematics Jack Farnsworth, RahulIsaac and Stella WatsonMath in the City: Park it, Greenville!An Enhanced Ranking System for theNFL DraftThe Geometry of the Narayana Numbers

Posters and Exhibits Session III 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Page 32 of 44 MLL-2Modern Languagesand LiteraturesMeg AustinInternship: La PazMLL-3Modern Languagesand LiteraturesLandri TrippInternship : Greenville LiteracyAssociationNSC-8 Neuroscience Eric Ahlstrand The rewarding and gateway effects oftoluene using the conditioned placepreference paradigm and the two-bottleEtOH choice testNSC-9 Neuroscience Colleen Roberts Methamphetamine Dependence andReinforcing Effects exhibited by theConditioned Place Preference ParadigmNSC-10 Neuroscience Kayla Bingham, SimoneDixon and SamuelHulbertPAR-1 Activation in Schwann CellsPHY-5 Physics Jonathon Guerrier Novel Crystalized Optical FibersDerived from Spinel and Barium OxidePHY-6 Physics Matt Tyson Continuous Single CrystallineNanofibersPVS-9 Poverty Studies Jayde Barton Bringin' it all Together: The PovertyStudies Capstone CoursePVS-10 Poverty Studies Elisa Edmondson Teenage pregnancy in the United StatesPVS-11 Poverty Studies Yolanda Jiang Education & social mobilityPVS-12 Poverty Studies Benjamin Riddle The role of the University in addressingsocial issuesPVS-13 Poverty Studies Jennifer Wiggins Welfare in the CarolinasPSY-14 Psychology Catherine Deibert Identity Gaps within IntergenerationalRelationshipsPSY-15 Psychology Preston Grover Prospective memory in children: Howcognitive development affectsspontaneous retrievalPSY-16 Psychology Hunter Ousterhout Facilitating Solider Receipt of NeededMental Health Treatment: AssessingBarriers and CatalystsPSY-17 Psychology Kyle Vinson Prospective memory: Is spontaneousretrieval preserved in older adulthood?SOC-6 Sociology Claire Chipman and LeahHasslerBirth Order and Academic Success,Extracurricular Involvement andLeadership

Posters and Exhibits Session III 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Page 33 of 44 SOC-7 Sociology Eric Eaton and KatieIannaceSOC-8 Sociology Alanna Gillis andKaleigh WardThe Inverse Relationship betweenReligiosity and Mental Distress: TheModerating Effects of GenderEffect of Academic PreparationPrograms on the Graduation Rates ofHigh Schools

Oral Presentations, Performances, and DemonstrationsSession IV: 2:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.ArtLittlejohn Lecture Room, Roe Art BuildingPresentations of Work by Senior Studio Art MajorsModerator: Ross McClainHannah RobinsonErin TurnerSidney VlassKate WorthenDrawing InstallationGraphic DesignGraphic DesignSculptureBiologyPatrick Lecture Hall, TSC 126Research in BiologyModerator: Wade WorthenWilliam BrewerJosh SmithSadie PerrinChristina PhillipsConservation of Loggerhead Sea Turtles: Internship at Myrtle BeachState ParkInternship at Riverbanks Zoo; Gorillas and Small MammalsEffects of sex and prey availability on puma dietEffect of body size and flight height on attack frequency in dragonflies

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 35 of 44 Business and AccountingHipp Hall 104Business and The Liberal Arts: Connecting the ClassroomModerators: Jeanine Stratton and Sandy RobersonElle Balogh, Will Crooks,Cameron Egan, Haley Jones,Caroline Merck, FerahMohammed, MichaelaRosmarin, ElizabethSondermark and RiversTownesStudents from Accounting 311(Spring 2013)Marketing Principles and the Liberal Arts: A Showcase of Campus-themedPublic Service Announcement VideosVolunteer Income Tax Assistance: Accounting Students Providing aValuable Service to Low-Income TaxpayersCommunication StudiesFurman Hall 127Structured InternshipsModerator: Charles DelanceyAvery BonoraRebecca BuckleyBetsy LeadbeaterHillary OlzewskiCaroline ThomasArley TurnerLibby WallinPeace Center for the Performing ArtsFurman University AdmissionsArtisphereBranding CommunitiesA Public Affair PRDNA CommunicationsWYFF-TV

Earth and Environmental StudiesOral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 36 of 44 Riley Hall 106Earth and Environmental Studies/Sustainability Senior Thesis PresentationsModerator: Bill RansonGeorge FlowersAustin MorrisonLaura EubanksClaire CampbellUnearthing the Meanings of "Sustainable" Across Five Agri-culturesThe Impact of Artificial Ponds on the Biogeochemistry of UrbanStreamsGeothermal System Retrofit on Campus: Payback Worth InitialInvestmentThe Impact of Agroecology on the Accumulation of Soil OrganicCarbon in the Upstate of South CarolinaEducationHipp Hall 205Multicultural Inquiry (Secondary Certifiers)Moderator: George LipscombTim BaumannJulie JarrielAnna SheppardSarah Burke SigmonLandri TrippSchooling and Mental IllnessHispanic and Chicano Student CultureWorking with Single Parent FamiliesAtheism in the High School Biology ClassroomEducating Teenage ParentsEnglishFurman Hall 106The Victorian City (Senior Seminar)Moderator: Gretchen BraunMatt BurchanoskiWriting Between Zeitgeists: the Victorian Modernism of Bleak Houseand Our Mutual Friend

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 37 of 44 Vicky ChengRachel GlasserAshley KinderAmanda ShawDan SmithHeather SoltisOf Monsters and Men: Victorian Monstrosity in Our Mutual Friendand The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeBehind the Facade: Representations of Masculinity in Dr. Jekyll andMr. HydeThe Essence of Savagery in Jekyll and Hyde: Victorian Criminologyfrom Medical and Social PerspectivesUpon My Heart and Upon My Skeleton: Constructing PosthumousMemoryMoral Insanity Debunked in Jekyll and HydeMarginalization and the Urban LandscapeInterdisciplinary (Political Science, Communication Studies and Health Sciences)Johns Hall 107Interdisciplinary Research and InternshipsModerator: Julian ReedAJ CalhounThomas HydrickChelsea RichardsonReagan ThompsonViral Dissemination of InformationCongressional Dissent During Times of WarImpact of Daily Physical Education on the Body Composition ofAfrican American Youth: A Longitudinal AnalysisImpact of Daily Physical Education on Fluid Intelligence amongAfrican American Youth: A Longitudinal AnalysisModern Languages and LiteraturesFurman Hall 208Phi Sigma IotaModerator: Jeremy CassHannah AndersenSamantha CondonThéophile Gautier and Religion in Two Short Stories: "Arria Marcella"and "La Morte Amoureuse"Moving Identities Made By Moving People: The Role of Travel in theConstruction of Racial Identity in Latin America

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 38 of 44 Meredith DishonghCourtney StrimpfelCara WagnerMacondo and the Power of External Influence in GabrielGarcía Márquez's "Cien años de soledad"A Hell Full of Angels: Religion, Superstition and Society in "A VeryOld Man with Enormous Wings"Criticisms of matrimony in Emilia Pardo Bazán's "Torn Lace" and"The Pink Pearl"MusicDaniel Recital Hall, Daniel Music BuildingFurman Composers ForumModerator: Mark KilstofteColeman Alexander, HenryBranson, Walter Godfrey, TylerGoodwin, Eli Lambie, JamesMasanotti, Holt McCarley, PhilipReed, Stephanie Simon and TylerThompsonNew music by Furman composers will be performed in open forum. Ashort question/answer period will follow.Pre-Professional Health SciencesFurman Hall 110Preparing for a Healthcare CareerModerators: TJ Banisaukis and Susan YbaraRachel Donaldson, Beth BleedPolitical ScienceJohns Hall 109Analyzing PoliticsModerator: David FlemingSam BurgessDoes the Economy Really Matter? Life Satisfaction in the Face of theEuropean Debt Crisis

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 39 of 44 Samy DorghamAllie FlettAlyssa GillisThe Economics of Affirmative ActionRace and How it Effects Voters' Views on the Death PenaltyThe Impact of Learning English as a Second Language on EducationalAttainmentPoverty StudiesEnriched: How Poverty Studies Impacted my College Experience and Career ChoicesModerator: David GandolfoEmily WirzbaAlanna GillisBen SaulSarah HarrisPoverty Studies at Home and Abroad: Combining Ethics and PolicyTo the Border and Back: My Experience with Poverty Studies,Undocumented Immigration, and the Recognition of My Own PrivilegeHow Poverty Studies Impacted My College Experience and CareerChoicesThe Poverty Studies Internship and my Studies at FurmanPsychologyJohns Hall 201Research and Internships in PsychologyModerator: John BatsonMargaret DuBoseMargaret DuBose and Yayi WangLeigh GouldinNikolette LipseyAlly PattersonHannah SmithTori StowasserCrossroads Group HomeDoes treatment uncertainty cause anxiety? The effect of patientblinding on treatment expectations and distressInternational Humanitarian FoundationMonkey See Monkey Do….But Why? Explaining the ChameleonEffect Via Self-PresentationUniversity of London: Employment Experiences of Parents of Childrenwith ADHD or ASDDirty Hands and Broken Toys: Does Hand Cleanliness ImpactChildren's Reactions to Mishaps?City of Rock Hill Park/Recreation

Oral Presentations, Performances and Demonstrations Session IV 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Page 40 of 44 Harini VakamudiCDC: Influenza Surveillance and Diagnostic TechniquesSociologyJohns Hall 105The Rolling Stones, Meg Ryan, and Twitter: Sociological Studies of Popular MediaModerator: Kyle LongestShanikque Blackwell, ShaneFarmer and Sarah SlaughterHilary Dahl and Avery JordanLaura Hinson and Rebecca JonesPeter LehmannThe Kardashian Effect: How Reality Television Affects DeviantBehaviorPerceptions of Love: The Affects of Cultural Consumption and Genderon College Students PerceptionsEffects of Social Media Usage on Body Image in WomenRace, Rock, and Relationships: A Content Analysis of Popular MusicTheatrePlayhouseSenior Synthesis ProjectModerator: Jay OneyStephen TrammellTyler MitchellOnstage or Backstage? Why Not Both?Basing Modern Theatrical Production on Modern Critical Theory

Posters and ExhibitsSession IV: 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Physical Activities Center (PAC) gymnasiumNumber Department Presenter(s) TitleAST-3 Asian Studies John Awadalla Conversion of Japan to ChristianityAST-4 Asian Studies James Bayne The History and Prospects ofInternational ShintoBAC-4Business andAccountingElise GilbertInternship: The Weitzman GroupCHM-12 Chemistry Yasmin Alvarez-Garcia Investigating Interactions of Cr(III)Diimine Complexes with DNA usingPCR and Gel ElectrophoresisCHM-13 Chemistry Kris Hajny Surface Modifications of AlginateconductingPolymer CompositesCHM-14 Chemistry Monika Milkovska A Comparison of SAM Formation ofCarboxylic Acids on Mica and GlassCHM-15 Chemistry Will Netterville Quantifying DNA Binding of Cr(III)-Based Photocleavage Agents UsingSpectrophotometric TitrationsCHM-16 Chemistry Clarisse Quandt Changes in Heat Capacity as a Probe forthe Competition Between A/T hook andNetropsin for DNACHM-17 Chemistry Zoey Zanghi The Abiotic Synthesis of Base PairingHeterocyclesCSC-18 Computer Science Paul Aluri Furman Virtual Tour: Programming andProblem SolvingCSC-19 Computer Science Josh DuPre Parallel Programming: N-bodySimulations of GPU Clusters Centered onComputational CosmologyCSC-20 Computer Science Katie Faikes Internship: Marrying Wedding Planningand TechnologyCSC-21 Computer Science Kory Kraft An Algorithm for Computer Science inSchoolsCSC-22 Computer Science Daniel Myles Artificial Neural Networks

Posters and Exhibits Session IV 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Page 42 of 44 CSC-23 Computer Science Derek Nelsen Furman Virtual Tour: Modeling andAnimationCSC-24 Computer Science Jerodis Williams Near Field Communication Risk vs.RewardEES-12Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesMelissa CorbettThe Brilliant British Invasion: A Look atthe Rise of British Television Shows inthe United StatesEES-13Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesSarah GoslingIrrigation and Agricultural Land Use as aPredictor of Dabbling Duck Abundancein the Prairie Pothole Region of NorthAmericaEES-14Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesElisabeth SchlaudtA Comparison of NeighborhoodDevelopment Over Time betweenNicholtown and Brutontown inGreenville, SCEES-15Earth andEnvironmentalSciencesPatrick Starr Analyzing the Aftermath of Kenya's 2013Election using Uchaguzi CrowdmappingData and Demographic Spatial AnalysisHSC-10 Health Sciences Jason Jakiela Comparison of Lower body Kinetics andKinematics between a flexible TsunamiBarbell and Olympic barbell during SquatExerciseHSC-11 Health Sciences Matthew Wessinger Development of a Conceptual Model forGreenville County's First Mobile ProduceMarketHSC-12 Health Sciences Miranda Flowers andBiz SchillHSC-13 Health Sciences Tori Haggett, NathanKlabunde and HunterWilhoitDetermination of Food Deserts in the Cityof GreenvilleContribution of the vastus lateralis tocycling in incremental tests to fatigue inwomenHIS-4 History Jon Baddley Internship: Middleton PlaceHIS-5 History Mary Elizabeth Morse Engaged Learning in Local and PublicHistoryHIS-6 History Rachel Shelbourne Internship: Drayton HallHIS-7 History William Shelley Engaged Learning in Local and PublicHistoryFYW-8History (First YearWriting Seminar)Ben KelnerThe Battle Autumn of 1862: TrueExhaustion: Soldiers and Fatigue inWartime

Posters and Exhibits Session IV 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Page 43 of 44 FYW-9History (First YearWriting Seminar)Brooks KimberlyThe Battle Autumn of 1862: MediaMania: the Power of the Papers, 1862FYW-10History (First YearWriting Seminar)John McDonoughThe Battle Autumn of 1862: The IrishBrigade in 1862FYW-11History (First YearWriting Seminar)Gibbs McEachranThe Battle Autumn of 1862: Richmond,Va., During the Civil WarICP-1IndividualizedCurriculum ProgramSarah Beth MelickInternship: Conservative Thinking forAlabamaMTH-8 Mathematics Haris Khan and DariusLucianScavenger Hunting on NetworksNSC-11 Neuroscience John Beasley Exploring Parameters for a Single-DoseConditioned Place Preference to EtOH inC57 MicePHY-7 Physics David Hanor Examining the Binding Sites of BovineSerum Albumin and Indocyanine GreenDyePHY-8 Physics Robert Picardi andLawson SmithWide-Field Imaging of Messier ObjectsUsing the Furman/PARI 0.36-mTelescopePSC-4 Political Science Raul Rodriguez Internship: Catholic Charities -Immigration LawPVS-14 Poverty Studies Leigh Anne Buckley Poverty in EducationPVS-15 Poverty Studies Kristen Cain Poverty's effect on physical and mentalhealthPVS-16 Poverty Studies Elise Etherton Modern Poverty and PrejudicePVS-17 Poverty Studies Htet Aung Kyaw Impact of Small businesses on povertyPVS-18 Poverty Studies Hyeri Song Foreign aid, and the role of the UnitedStates on global povertyPVS-19 Poverty Studies Kaleigh Ward Helping Others Help Themselves: TheExperiences of Those Who Serve thePoorPVS-20 Poverty Studies Emily Zizzi Poverty, Nurturing Environments, andChild DevelopmentPSY-18 Psychology Ricky Davis Presenting Information to MultipleAudiencesPSY-19 Psychology Katie McComb Decision Making, Emotions and FutureTime Perspective

Posters and Exhibits Session IV 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Page 44 of 44 PSY-20 Psychology Caroline Mitchell What Does This Do? Preschooler'sObject-Action Mapping WithManufactured and Natural ObjectsPSY-21 Psychology Nora Carey, DianeMickelson and SarahVan TasselSOC-9 Sociology Anderson Gosselin andRex HarrisonSOC-10 Sociology Sarah Harrison andNadia ShamsedinSOC-11 Sociology Lisa McClanahan andLeila OakleySOC-12 Sociology Caroline Poole andNatalie TerlistskySelf-Monitoring Innovations: Adherenceto USDA's Plate-Based DietStudy Drug Use and Socialness amongAmerican College StudentsThe Effect of College Major Field ofStudy on Political Beliefs amongAmerican College StudentsThe Effects of Various Aspects ofCollege on ReligiosityFamily Structure and Deviance: TheLasting Effect of Gender in Single ParentHouseholds