Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Submissions from 2013
Rainwater Harvesting: Examining the Potential of Rainfall Collection as a Stormwater Best Management Practice and a Supplement to Municipal Water at WKU, Ashley C. McCloughan
Using Art to Promote Peace in the Lives of Elementary Aged Students, Megan McDonald
A Civil Engineering Student's Crash Course in Concrete Canoe Hull Design, Emily G. Mesker
Painting Connections, Wesley Miller
An Interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2:3 in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Traditions and Modern-Day Science, Rebecca J. Morgan
An Analysis of Public Education Informatics, Brandon Moss
Population Genetics of the Western Toad (Bufo boreas) in the Central Valley of California, Morgan Murrell
The Creation of α2NC1 Transgenic Drosophila melanogaster, Jordan Olberding
A Clean Slate: Tablet Publishing for College Yearbooks, Samaul J. Oldenburg
Can Persuasion Research Increase Commitment to Breastfeeding? A Test of Women's Resistance to Pro Infant-Formula Messages, Jessica M. Parks
A New Class of Gold Nanoantibotics - Direct Coating of Ampicillin on Gold Nanoparticles, Dillon S. Pender
Prophylactic Effect if Growth Hormone on Zebrafish Auditory Hair Cell Damage, Mackenzie C. Perkins
Financial Literacy in Retirement Planning, Jennifer Potts
The Sentencing Structure of White-Collar Crime, Catherine Reeves
Using Partial Differential Equations to Model and Analyze the Treatment of a Chronic Wound With Oxygen Therapy Techniques, Brandon C. Russell
Artie Shaw's Concerto for Clarinet: A Lecture Recital, Allyson Sanders
Comparing Public and Private Schools, Emily Scheper
ACL Tears: Their Cause and Prevention, Meredith Shephard
Jesus, I Trust in You: St. Thomas Aquinas' Jubilee, John A. Sohl
Pre-program Assessment for Fall-Related Hip Fracture Prevention in a Rural Community, Katryn Inga Steenbergen
Students Serving Students: Perceived Benefits of Direct Community Service, Ashley M. Taylor
The Effects of the Media on College Age Men: A Study of Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder, Aaron D. Waddell
Analysis and Interpretation of the 2013 WKU Steel Bridge Competition, Dylan H. Ward
Using the Stroop Test to Indicate Levels of Muscle Dysmorphia in Men, Molly White
Trends in Avian Populations of Kentucky and Implications in Conservation, Sara K. Wigginton
Four-Sided Boundary Problem for Two-Dimensional Random Walks, Miky Wright
Indigenous Credit Associations in Botswana: An Application of Elinor Ostrom's Common-Pool Resource Analysis, Christopher A. Yates
Submissions from 2012
In Defense of Adaptation: Aestheticism versus Functionalism in the Wicked Franchise, Amanda S. Adams
Long-Term Changes to the Frost-Free Season as a Function of Climatic Continentality, Ian Blaylock
What's that Hooting Sound? A Survey on Novel Sound Producing Mechanisms in Chameleons, Keyana Boka
The Evaluation of Water Quality and Weather Patterns as Indicators for Escherichia Coli in Slaters Creek Watershed in Millersville, Tennessee, Jacqueline Brown
Palliative Commitments, Leo Buser
“Make Your Move, Choose Your Food”: A Healthy Lifestyles Empowerment Campaign, Michelle Child
Aggressive Acoustic Behavior in Yasuhikotakia Modesta: Does the Lombard Effect Hold Water?, Bethany Coffey
Managerial Turnover in the English Premier League and the Subsequent Results, Jarrod Connally
Perceptions of Peer Leadership Among Honors Students, Christy M. Culbreth
Causes and Effects: An Examination of Legislative Professionalism as an Independent and Dependent Variable in State Legislatures, Alexandra Edelstein
Personal Reflections on JUMAH COLA TIME TO DRINK and a Declaration of Ideals, Joel R. Fickel
The Effects of Endothelin-1 on Cell Migration of Corneal Endothelial Cells, Leah B. Frazier
The Production of Choreography Influenced by Works of George Balanchine, Tiffany Guy
“East Meets West”: Symphony Television Production, Nathanael Hovee
Passing the Salt: How Eating Together Creates Community, Rebecca Katz
A Mineralogical Textural and Chemical Characterization of a Hypothesized Kimberlite at White Mountain, Sunlight Basin, Wyoming, Stuart Kenderes
The Exchange: A Novella, Katie Knecht
The Concise Guide to the Modern Calvinist/Arminian Debate, David J. Leonhardt
Olympia: A Musical Composition for Wind Ensemble, Kyle MacDonald
Large, Long-Lived Convective Systems Over Subtropical South America and Their Relationships With Atmospheric Teleconnections, Kyle Mattingly
Reaction of Halogenated Hydrocarbons with Cysteine and Nucleotides, Brittany S. Morgan
The Lyme Disease Spirochete in Tick Species Collected from Warren County, Kentucky, Cheryl C. Onwu
Semipermeable Membranes, Diffusion, and Osmosis Inquiry: Effective Modeling in a High School Classroom, Amar Patel
African Agency in the Rally of French Equatorial Africa, August-November 1940, Mark Reeves
Hispanic Outreach in Bowling Green, KY: Defining the Needs of the Hispanic Community, Caitlin Reyes
(Re)Incorporating Poetry into the Secondary English Curriculum, Bethany L. Riggs
A Virtual Tour of WKU’s Main Campus, Zachary Ryle
The Ages and Metallicities of Type Ia Supernova Host Galaxies from the Nearby Galaxies Supernova Search Program, Suzanna Sadler
The Reaction of Methionine with a Non-C2-Symmetrical Platinum (II) Diamine Compound, Nilesh Sahi
Host Specificity of Ecuadorian Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae), Eric Stamper
The Influence of European Union Policy on Capital Punishment in the United States Judicial System, Jennifer Thomas
Empowering the World Through Dentistry, Charles W. Vittitow
The Growing Use of Social Media in Political Campaigns: How to use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to Create an Effective Social Media Campaign, Kaitlin Vonderschmitt
A Change in Competition: Assessing the NFA-LD Community and Its Views on Topical Counterplans, Matthew Whitman
Rhythm of My Sole, Jessica Williams
The Prevalence of Essential Hypertension in Kasigau, Kenya, Lindsay Williams
Debating Immigration: Arizona's Controversial Response to Illegal Hispanic Immigration, Parker M. Wornall
Using Two Different Approaches for the Creation of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)-Functionalized Siloxane Nanoparticles for Organic-Based Solar Cells, Nicholas A. Wright
Synthesis and Characterization of Metallocorrole and Metalloporphyrin Complexes for Catalytic Oxidations, Zhibo Yuan
Submissions from 2011
The Transition From 3-D to 2-D Visual Stimuli and its Effect on Paired-Associate Learning, Amanda Beers
Fighting for Fairness: The History of Kentucky’s Local Movements to Enact Fairness Ordinances in 1999, Micah Bennett
Once On The Dark Continent, Katrina Alexandria Bidwell
Insincerity and Depravity Get Noticed, Alexandria M. Boswell
Human-Wildlife Conflict on Small, Subsistence Farms in Kenya, Christopher B. Colonna
Community-Based Research in LaGrange, KY, Kathryn Crimm
The King, the Cardinal, the Concubine, and the Chronicler: A Lesson in Fluid Prejudice, Sarah Crites
Written in Stone, Michelle Day
A Turn of the Century Lady, Grace Delahanty
The Formation History Of Layered Chondrules In Acfer-139 (CR2), Matt Downen
Masculinity in Musicals: A Comparison Between the 1950s and Present Day, Emily M. Eisenbrey
Assessing Social Benefits of Domestic Rainwater Harvesting in Southern Kenya, Lindsey M. Filiatreau
A Comparative Analysis Of Judicial Selection Methods In Tennessee And Kentucky: Appointed V. Elected, Eileen M. Forsythe
Promoting Unity Through Propaganda: How the British Government Utilized Posters During the Second World War, Elizabeth Tate Goins
Using the Web Wisely: Assisting the Nonprofit Sector with Internet Use, Lesley N. Greenwell
Social Media For Social Good: A Guide To New Media For College Activists, Charles Harris
The Effects Of Housing And Childcare On Academic Persistence: Perceptions Of Scholar House Residents, Jessica Hawkins
Chemistry - ACS Certification, Daniel Hinson
Reliability Of a Lunar, Amanda Michelle Huff
Citizen Journalism: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges, Wally Hughes
Avian Abundance and Diversity in CREP and Fescue Fields in the Summer and Winter Related to Vegetation Structure in the Upper Green River Watershed, KY, Thomas A. Hulsey
A Series of Un-breathable Events: The Clean Air Act and the Transformation of Environmentalism in American Society, Chelsea Kasten
Youth and Legends: A Short Story Collection, Jennifer Kiefer
The Casualty of Home, Molly Koeneman
The History Of Zoological Gardens And The State, Federal And International Laws That Govern Them, Morgan Maxwell
DNA Sequence Variation in the Wingless Gene Product in Buckeye Butterflies (Genus Junonia), Bonnie McCullagh