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Honors Students Present at the 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium

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(2+1) and (1+1) dimensional non-commutative entropic gravity
Maximiliano Isi

A Developmental Perspective on 3D Virtual Marriage: From Courtship and Honeymoon to Companionship and Potential Dissolution
Caitlin Bryson

Analysis of the abundance and distribution of resistance genes in bacteria in the Ballona Wetlands
Sarah Patno, Daniel Garcia, Samantha Hurndon, Kevin Ramirez

Beyond Womanhood: Complicity and Action in Nazi Germany
Rhiannon Koehler

Changes in Reproductive Timing: An Analysis of California House Finches
Tauras Vilgalys

Charpy Impact and Fracture Toughness Testing of Hydrogen Charged 4340 Steel
Marc Papakyriakou, Nour Abisamra, Brent Bates, Jose Davila, Yaurel Gonzales, John Jabbra, Ruby Rubio, Sara Tung

Cinematography: Capturing the Ineffable Through the Physical
Adam Lee

College-Age Dancers Have Stronger Bones than Runners and Controls, Despite Low Energy Availability
Zakkoyya Lewis-Powell

Conformal Gravity and Related Weyl Tensors as an Alternative to Standard General Relativity
Zily Burstein

Contagion: The Freshmen Mycobacteriophage Project
McKenzie Kerr, Paola Lockwood

Data Encryption Over Elliptic Curves
Alyssa Bowden, Andrew Kimball, Kameryn Williams

Discovery of the New Mycobacteriophage, “KatAttack”
Katherine Fu, Theodore Medling, Katherine Wikholm

Effect of Training Mode on Post-Exercise Heart Rate Recovery of Trained Cyclists
Kelia McDonald

Effects of Cadium Intake on Green Lynx Spiders Peucetia viridians (Aranae, Oxyopide)
Austin Nguyen, Bree Aguinaldo, Theresa Graebener

Elliptic Curves and Cryptography
Megan Ly

Energy Storage in Multi-functional Nanoparticle Dispersions
Sergio Gonzalez

Gender Differences in Competition Attitudes: A Developed Country Phenomenon?
Megan O’Malley

Gendered Language and Sexism: The Effects of “He” Language in Religion
Asha Weisman

Identifying and Characterizing the Microbial Community of Dune Lupine
Elisabeth Ferris

Isolation and Characterization of Cellulase Producing and Phosphate Solubilizing Rhizobacteria
Maria Shibatsuji, Salma Soltani

Maintaining Luxury Brand Success in an Economic Crisis
Louise Santos

Mathematical Analysis of Gene Regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Response to Cold Shock
Katrina Sherbina, Nick Rohacz

Niki, a documentary about young people in the Roma (gypsy) community in Hungary
Michelle Scott

Proposed Water Supply Reservoir on Mill Creek, San Bernardino County CA – A Senior Water Resources Capstone Project
Zachary Weber

Quo: A Programmable Social Network Status Demultiplexer
Jasmine Dahilig, Andrew Forney, Tyler Nichols

Reducing error in estimating caloric intake: A comparison of two educational modalities
Samantha Valasek, Joseph M. Derian, Cristen J. Giangarra, Emanuel D. Major, Charlotte N. Vance

Riverview Avenue, a feature length thriller/satire
Brendan McNerney

Saning'o, a documentary piece about Richard Saning'o of the Maasai of Tanzania
Matthew Rice

Senior Design: Project Steel Bridge
Arkell Burnap

Senior Mechanical Engineering Project, building a self-deploying hinge
J.C. Laws

Similarities and Differences In Two Teachers' Teaching Practices During Math and Science Lessons
Tonya Warren, Asha Weisman, Jonna Crocker, Chloé Dove, Nicole Froidevaux, Greg Smith, Vandana Thadani, Katelyn Wirtz

Souvenir, a documentary about memory
Tracy Ip

The Characterization of Novel Bacteriophage “Marlex”
Mariele Courtois, Alex Santiago

The Effects of Education, Experience, and Country of Origin on Comfort, Trust, and Likelihood of Choosing a Physician
Richelle Haniffa

The interactive effects of attachment style and rejection on cognition, emotion regulation and physiology
Kristen Trudo, Laura Fryer

The Lost Text: A History of The Rych Cheyne
Michael Madrinkian

The OmniCrutch
Daniel Falaleyev

The Relationship between the Intensity of Facebook Usage and Self-Concept
Kristen Trudo

Wolbachia and Sex Ratio Deviation in the Bolas Spider Mastophora cornigera (Araneae, Araneidae)
Lauren Kubeck, Alexandra Reivitis