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Submissions from 2025
Expression and Purification of Solanum lycopersicum 3-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase I Protein for Functional Assays, Darya S. Aminia and Kerry A. Rouhier
Validating the Indole Lactic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway in Bifidobacteria, Pedro Araujo and Ethan Hillman
My Sentiments Respecting the Lands Are Not New:” Indigenous Place-Thought in the 18th Century Ohio Country, Cooper Bertschi and Patrick Bottiger
Developing a Pipeline for Assessment of Kynurenine Aminotransferase Activity in Gut Microbes, Mars Black, Alexis Newman, and Ethan Hillman
MSPAC (Machine Sequenced PulsAr Candidates), Ethan Blake, Leslie Wade, and Madeline Wade
Modulus Decay with an Axion Field, Owen Brown and Tom Giblin
Hyperparameter Tuning LIGO Glitch MLAs, David Chintala, Leslie Wade, and Madeline Wade
Optimizing the Synthesis of EthylHexyl Thiophene Diketopyrrolopyrrole, Kendall Clark, Ainsley McConnell, and Katie Mauck
Hoskins Frame Summer Science Writing Scholars, Abigail Conklin, Isabel Braun, Dylan Gibson, et al.
Associating Hand-Wing Index and Muscle Measurements to Understand Flight Ability in Birds, Aidan Cullen and Natalie Wright
Ha Giang’s Double Loop: Social Media and Adventure Travel, An Dang and Sam Pack
Liposome Formation from RBC Membrane Fragments (RBCMFs), Damaris Agyekumwaa Darkwah and Andre Francis Palmer
Male incubation in the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster), Aaron Davidson, Toshi Tsunekage, and Iris Levin
Local and landscape influences on insect dynamics in Central Ohio apple orchards, Noah Dean and Lauren Schmitt
Comparing Multi-Block Data Analysis Methods, Parker Ellis and Asuman Turkmen
Sign for the Camera, Leah Fanello and Tabitha Payne
Can Moduli Fields Decay via Self- Resonance?, Vivian Faur and Tom Giblin
The Pentose Phosphate Pathway (PPP) in Lumbriculus variegatus Regeneration, Erin Frank and Kathy M. Gillen
The Relationship Between Aerial Courtship Displays and Sexual Dimorphism, Hibat Gillani, Wren Luo, Ally Zimmerman, et al.
Synthesis and Characterization of γ-Alkanoyl-ε-caprolactones, Greyson Greischar
Chemosensory effect of nfu-1 mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans, Reina He, Kavya Thaker, and Peter Kropp
Bulk and Throughfall Deposition across an Urban-to-Rural Transect, Anabelle Hicks and Ruth Heindel
Purification of Arabidopsis thaliana 3-Hydroxyisobutyrate Dehydrogenase for Structure-Function Studies, Kieran Hoffman and Kerry A. Rouhier
Sampling in Pressure for Compatibility with Inferring Multi-Branch Neutron Star Equations of State from Gravitational Waves, Noah Hopkins, Leslie Wade, and Madeline Wade
POGIL-ITS:An Intelligent Tutoring System for Guided Group Learning, Godwin Idowu, Calvin Deka, James Skon, et al.
Investigating the expression of Sucrose Symporter Genes in Selaginella moellendorffii, Samir Kafle and Kamesh Regmi
Investigating the Antidiuretic Effect of Thioflavin T on Ae. aegypti Mosquitoes, Shelly Kahn and Matthew F. Rouhier
Synthesizing ε-Caprolactone Monomers: Converting 4-Oxocyclohexyl Acetate to γ-acetyloxy-ε-caprolactone via a Greener Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation, Rebecca Keller and Yutan D.Y.L. Getzler
Gauge preheating, Christine Kessens and Tom Giblin
The Validity of Sleep Hygiene Mobile Games: Pokémon Sleep Effect on Sleep Quality, Ezekiel Okello Kiwanuka and Patrick J. Ewell
Factors Influencing U.S. College Students’ Preferences for Therapists: A Conjoint Analysis, Orion Kristel and Aashna Aggarwal
Generating CRISPR-Cas9 plasmids for targeted gene knockouts in Physcomitrium patens via Golden Gate cloning, Joseph Lee, Gabriel Suhm, and Karen Hicks
Vector construction for the Constitutive and Phloem-specific Overexpression of a truncated P-type H+-ATPase, AHA3, in Arabidopsis thaliana, Xinyi Liu, Tiffany Yang, and Kamesh Regmi
Relationship between North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and winter air quality in the Ohio River Valley, 2010–2025., Bridget G. E. Lomax and Ruth Heindel
Gauge Preheating with Complex Scalar Fields, Vivian Luce and Tom Giblin
House Sparrows Flight Velocity Measured In Three Dimensions, Wren Luo, Ally Zimmerman, Hibat Gillani, et al.
Investigating PLP Isoform Expression and Function, Ellie Manning and Junnan Fang
Investigating effects of co-injection of Rhodamine B and Cimetidine on Aedes aegypti, Shoshana Marcus and Matthew F. Rouhier
Identifying Tissue-Specific necessity of nfu-1 for Chemosensation, Kudzaishe Mhere and Peter Kropp
Spectroscopic Characterization of Charge Transfer Interaction in TDPP:DDQ Thin Films, Liza Nazaruk and Catherine M. Mauck
Kynurenic Acid Biosynthesis in Adult-Associated Bifidobacterium, Alexis Newman, Mars Black, and Ethan Hillman
Functional Interactions Between Wsp1, Hob1, and Hob3 in Fission Yeast Cell Membrane Integrity, Samantha Ofori, Jack Gregory, Amir Sabzian, et al.
Effects of Amputation on Late Stage Glycolysis in the California Blackworm, Matteo Pescione and Kathy M. Gillen
Sufi Philosophy: The Exchange Between Logic and Mysticism, Robin Pratt and Vernon Schubel
DHEA inhibits regeneration in Lumbriculus variegatus, Ifti Rahman and Kathy M. Gillen
Through The Looking Glass: Do Animals See Screens Only as Windows?, Ammar Raslan and Joel Richeimer
Monomers for Degradable Polymers via Green Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation, Jenna Ray
Hematocrit as a Metric of Condition in Nestling Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), Jack Ross, Iris Levin, and Toshi Tsunekage
A Journey Through Washi: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional, Natural Craft and Modern Life in Kijimadaira, Japan, Arianna Rustad and Manami Ishimura
GOLIATH: A new Ligo Glitch MLA Architecture, Sascha Shapiro, Leslie Wade, and Madeline Wade
Understanding insect predator and prey preferences and dynamics across Brassica cultivars, Harrison Solomon and Lauren Schmitt
The Façade Mosaic of Santa Maria in Trastevere: Chronology and Possible Patrons, Annie Specker and Brad Hostetler
Associations Between Social Determinants of Health & Intrapatient Variability in Tacrolimus Levels for Children Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Morgan Stucke, The Ohio State University James Comprehensive Cancer Center Pelotonia Partnership, Micah Skeens, et al.
Fluorescent Tagging of Rig Genes to Understand Seasonal Reproductive Regulation in P. patens, Gabriel Suhm
Temporal Frames and Linguistic Identity: Exploring Connections Between Lived Experience with Language and Grammatical Choices, Zoe Trexel and Mary Kathryn Malone
A Pilot Study on the Effectiveness of Teaching Helping Skills to Undergraduates, Austin Vaughan and Aashna Aggarwal
Structure-function of Substrate Binding in aeCCC2, Jin (Judy) Yang and Christopher M. Gillen
Submissions from 2024
Parental Care in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), Mira Allen and Iris Levin
Drafting a Current Conditions Report on an Easement of the Brown Family Environmental Center, Ethan Ashbrook and Eric Holdener
The Abundancy Index and Tri-perfect Numbers, Jimmy Baker and Judy Holdener
NEW CODES OF EVEN LENGTH OVER Z4, M Belghith, G Idowu, T Nguyen, et al.
Kinship, Culture, & Connections Mapping Places and People in 18th Century Ohio, Cooper Bertschi and Patrick Bottiger
Forelimb-Hindlimb Correlation in Bird Species, Aishik Biswas, Ash Martinez, Aidan Cullen, et al.
Photobleaching of Methylene Blue In Thermal Lenses, Ethan Blake and James Keller
AHR Deficiency Does not Affect the Frequency of Developmental Deformities in Xenopus tropicalis Tadpoles, Keller Bueneman, Bo Huang, Jinghao Li, et al.
Effects of Parental Care on Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Nestling Quality, Madeleine Campbell, Iris Levin, and Toshi Tsukenage
Contemporary Sound Poetics, Chenxiao Cui and Orchid Tierney
Toward Embedding Kinetic Reheating in Numerical Relativity, Eve Currens and Tom Giblin
Expression and Purification of KAS III Proteins, Damaris Darkwah, Maria Peacock, and Kerry Rouhier
Mother Nature in Ancient Civilization’s Agriculture, Natalya Delsante and Patrick Bottiger
Modeling the Temperature Dependence of the Optical Properties of Molybdenum Disulfide Monolayers and Bilayers, Olivia Fairlamb, Frank C. Peiris, Thomas V. McKnight, et al.
Exploring the World of Online Communication, Leah Fanello and Shauna de Long
Characterizing Decoherence of Three-Body Entanglement Near Förster Resonance, Dominick Frost, Lily Gehres, Anyssa El Mhaïa, et al.
Using Digital Holography to Trap Single Rubidium Atoms, Lily Gehres and Aaron Reinhard
Green Burial Facilitates Prairie Restoration at Kokosing Nature Preserve, Grant Gerhardt and Lauren Schmitt
The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation for the Synthesis of γ-Alkanoyl-ε-caprolactone Monomers, Greyson Greischar and Yutan Getzler
On Structural Transnormativity 10 Years Later, Theo Gillis Jacobs and Austin H. Johnson
Feminist Pedagogy and the Trigger Warning, Will Johnson and Jessica Pruett
Investigating the effects of 5-fluorouracil on tRNA substrates of the tRNA methyltransferase 10 (Trm10) in vitro using FAM-labeled primers, Hannah Joo, Olivia Roumaya, and Jane E. Jackman
On the Ideology of the AI Boom: Critical Perspectives on OpenAI, Aidan Jordan and Alex Brostoff
Characterization of an Organic Donor-Acceptor Charge Transfer Complex of Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene with 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone, Emma Kelley and Katie Mauck
Age Elasticity in the NBA Examining the Effect of Age on Basketball Skill Development, Jackson Kennedy and Brad Hartlaub
Preheating with Nontrivial Topologies, Christine Kessens and Tom Giblin
Will I remember you? Anxiety, Memory and Brain Activation, Hollen Knoell, Blythe Karras, and Andrew D. Engell
Economic Impacts of State Sponsored Development Subsidies, Zachary Kobban and Daniel Kolliner
Verifying Methods for Placing Upper Limits on Gravitational Glints, Kuba Kopczuk, Les Wade, and Maddie Wade
Introducing Density Functional Theory Into Our Spectroscopic Ellipsometery Lab, Sam Kovach and Frank Pieris
Do Oscillons Decay?, Peter Krosniak, J'sun Gardner, and Tom Giblin
Immunofluorescent analysis of FOG-3 in a C. elegans model of MEPAN Syndrome, Rosa Kwon and Peter Kropp
Generating MTD Fusion Proteins for Inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions, Ally Lavy, Sara Reitz, and Dehua Pei
Investigating the Lavrentiev Phenomenon, Christophe Leblanc and Marie Snipes
Precipitation Drives Trait Variation Across Southern African Savanna Grass Species, Adrian Lee, Annika Oosthuizen, Tshepiso Majelantle, et al.
Developmental phenotypes in frogs lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor?, Jinghao Li, Rachel Strout, Marko E. Horb, et al.
Sexual dimorphism in flight muscle size in birds, Valeriia Lukianova, Ash Martinez, Aishik Biswas, et al.
Web Portal for an Open-Source Managed Wi-Fi Solution, Advaitha Manigandan and James Skon
Tracking FOG-1 Expression as an Indicator of Spermatogenesis Termination, Elizabeth Manning
Bird Flight Style in Sexual Dimorphism, Ashley Martinez, Valeriia Lukianova, Aishik Biswas, et al.
PACMANN: using machine learning to identify pulsars, Teddy Masters, Quinn Curren, Madeline Wade, et al.
Calculating Empirical Sensitivity Metrics for Computer Experiments with Constrained Input Spaces, Andrew Mayer
Knife Edge, Motor Calibration, and Beam Imaging, Anyssa El Mhaïa and Aaron Reinhard