Science and Mathematics Faculty Presentations
Presentations from 2014
The Chemorepellent, Netrin-1, Appears to Signal Through a Tyrosine Kinase in Tetrahymena thermophila, Marian A. Bhajjan, Anna O. Hurtubise, David C. Petroff, Cambria R. Puffenberger, Stephanie E. Song, and Heather G. Kuruvilla
Netrin-1-like Peptides Are Secreted by Tetrahymena thermophila, Marian Bhajjan, Kortney Good, Graham Heston, Elise Newcomer, Stephanie Song, and Heather G. Kuruvilla
The Effects of a Prescribed Burn on Small Mammals in an Ohio Tallgrass Prairie, Austin Bush, Randy Howell, Daniel Nordquist, Grace Revenaugh, Kortney Good, Chelsea Griffin, Abbie Belcher, and Mark A. Gathany
The Role of Protocadherin-19 in Zebrafish Neurodevelopment, Sharon Cooper
Wiring the Brain: The Role of Protocadherin-19 in Neurodevelopment, Sharon Cooper, M. R. Emond, and James D. Jontes
Distribution of Fish Species in Cedar Lake, David Dombrowski, Katherine Guffey, Brittany Hayes, and Mark A. Gathany
The History of Forecasting the Future, Steven M. Gollmer
A Survey of Classroom Technologies for the Sciences, Adam J. Hammett
Comparing Common Techniques for Calculating Parasite Prevalence, Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen Dunbar, Jaynee L. Bartsch, Kyle J. Culbertson, Taylor A. Fulton, Katherine R. Guffey, Aubrey J. Juris, Ashlie N. Nolan, Daniel Nordquist, Carrie E. Rowlands, and Joshua A. Sitler
Does Baylisascaris procyonis Impact Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Genetics?, Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen G. Dunbar, Jaynee L. Bartsch, Kyle J. Culbertson, Taylor A. Fulton, Katherine R. Guffey, Aubrey J. Juris, Ashlie N. Nolan, Daniel P. Nordquist, Carrie E. Rowlands, and Joshua A. Sitler
Does Baylisascaris procyonis Phylogeny Correlate with That of the Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen G. Dunbar, Jaynee L. Bartsch, Kyle J. Culbertson, Taylor A. Fulton, Katherine R. Guffey, Aubrey J. Juris, Ashlie N. Nolan, Daniel P. Nordquist, Carrie E. Rowlands, and Joshua A. Sitler
Baylisascaris procyonis Impacts Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Diets, Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen G. Dunbar, Jaynee L. Bartsch, Kyle J. Culbertson, Taylor A. Fulton, Katherine R. Guffey, Aubrey J. Juris, Ashlie N. Nolan, Dan P. Nordquist, Carrie E. Rowlands, and Joshua A. Sitler
Baylisascaris procyonis prevalence in raccoons (Procyon lotor) and its relation to landscape features, Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen G. Dunbar, Jaynee L. Bartsch, Kyle J. Culbertson, Taylor A. Fulton, Katherine R. Guffey, Aubrey J. Juris, Ashlie N. Nolan, Dan P. Nordquist, Carrie E. Rowlands, and Joshua A. Sitler
Soil Bulk Density Variability in a Restored Prairie Ecosystem, Andy Johnson, Emilee Kurtz, Andrea Martinson, Steve McCown, and Mark A. Gathany
Tree Biomass and Carbon Storage in an Old Growth Forest in Southeastern Ohio, Adam Levesque, Christina Gall, Doug Fox, Karen Washburne, Sam Scherneck, and Mark A. Gathany
An Energy Use and Emissions Inventory of Cedarville University (2003-2013), Jack Lightbody, Grant Hooper, Heidi Johnson, Jared Klawer, and Mark A. Gathany
Black Fly Species Inhabiting Northern Ohio Streams, Rivers and Natural Pond Outlets, Michael J. Mendel, P. H. Adler, and R. J. Mendel
pH Dependent Transfer of Nano-pores into Membrane of Cancer Cells to Induce Apoptosis, Mohan C. Pereira
Exploring Eigenvalues, Megan E. Rabe
Progressive Assessment of Lake Depths in Cedar Lake, Thomas L. Rice and Samuel L. Rice
Evaluation of Massie’s Creek Habitat and Water Quality, Kaitlyn Sturm, Amiah Warder, Malorie Young, and Mark A. Gathany
Embryos, Metaphysics, and Morals: Human Personhood and the New Biotechnologies, Dennis M. Sullivan
Embryos, Metaphysics, and Morals: Human Personhood and the New Biotechnologies, Dennis M. Sullivan
Dissolved Oxygen Content in Cedar Lake, Danielle Swanson, Angela McCain, Paige White, Samuel Scherneck, and Mark A. Gathany
Supernovae Wavelet Spectral Index Method: A Step Toward Precision Cosmology, Andrew J. Wagers, Lifan Wang, and Steve Asztalos
Cedarville University Geology Program, John Whitmore
The Coconino Sandstone of the Grand Canyon, John Whitmore
Elliptic Solutions of a Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger System, Otis C. Wright III
Juggling as an Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, Otis C. Wright III
Presentations from 2013
Vertebrate Neuronal Chemorepellents, Semaphorin 3C and Netrin-1, Are Chemorepellents in Tetrahymena Thermophila, Caleb Alley, Chris Griffin, Josie Hein, Daniel Kohl, Brad Schmidt, David Yoder, and Heather Kuruvilla
Raccoon Roundworm Prevalence in Raccoons from Ten Townships of Clark and Greene Counties, Stephen Dunbar, Jaynee Bartsch, Katherine Guffey, Cole Knox, Ashlie Nolan, Carrie Rowlands, Emily Trigg, Melinda Vasser, and Matthew E. Ingle
The Correlation Between Landscape Fragmentation and Parasite Prevalence, Stephen Dunbar, Jaynee Bartsch, Katherine Guffey, Cole Knox, Ashlie Nolan, Carrie Rowlands, Emily Trigg, Melinda Vasser, and Matthew E. Ingle
The Impacts of Parasite Prevalence on the Diet of the Host, Stephen Dunbar, Jaynee Bartsch, Katherine Guffey, Cole Knox, Ashlie Nolan, Carrie Rowlands, Emily Trigg, Melinda Vasser, and Matthew E. Ingle
How Students Build Mathematical Practices Through Analyzing Other Students' Work, Sarah Gilchrist
Categorizing Complexity in Biological Systems, Steven M. Gollmer
Initial Conditions for a Post-flood Rapid Ice Age, Steven M. Gollmer
What Is the Eternal?, Steven M. Gollmer
Progress Towards a Water Soluble Lithium Ion Sensor, Tyler Hacker, Eric Huseman, Ericka Kistler, Kevin Stockdale, John Throgmorton, and Nathan E. Hnatiuk
An Introduction to Fractals, Adam J. Hammett
Trivial Meet and Join Within the Lattice of Alternating Sign Matrices, Adam J. Hammett
Fish & Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity in Restored and Unrestored Forks of Massies' Creek, Ohio, Christian Hayes, Amelia Lyons, Nathan Reed, Rebecca Wadman, and Mark Gathany
Mechanism of Upregulated Phagocytosis by miR-146a in Sjögren's Syndrome, Robin R. Hrdina, Katherine M. Kohl, Benjamin I. Luce, Jacob L. Nafziger, Heidi Zweibel, and Kaleb M. Pauley
Augmentation of the Milfoil Weevil, Euhrychiopsis lecontei, to Control Eurasian Watermilfoil in Menominee River Reservoirs, Michael J. Mendel
pH Dependent Transfer of Nano-pores into Membrane of Cancer Cells to Induce Apoptosis, Mohan C. Pereira
Applying to Graduate School in Mathematics, Megan E. Rabe
Eigenvalue Multiplicities of the Hodge Laplacian on Coexact 2-Forms for Generic Metrics on 5-Manifolds, Megan E. Rabe
Synthesis of Carboxypolystyrene Particles Spanning Four Orders of Magnitude, Nina M. Sekerak and J. S. Moore
Synthesis of Carboxypolystyrene Particles Spanning Four Orders of Magnitude, Nina M. Sekerak and J. S. Moore
Glacial Outflow Origin of Massie Creek Gorge, Greene County, Ohio, John Whitmore
Large Parabolic Recumbent Folds in the Coconino Sandstone of Sedona, Arizona, John Whitmore
Micas in Cross-Bedded Sandstones and the Abrasional Trends, John Whitmore
Morphology of Avalanche Beds in the Coconino Sandstone at Chino Wash, Seligman, Arizona, John Whitmore
Seven Misconceptions About the Coconino Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona, John Whitmore
Temporal Patterns in 'Living Fossils', John Whitmore
On Elliptic Solutions of a Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations, Otis C. Wright III
Presentations from 2012
Natural and Constructed Wetlands Capable of Anaerobic and Aerobic Degradation of Chlorinated Ethenes, J. Amon, Tracy L. Collins, D. Duell, and C. Ackerman
ACTH: The Uninhibitable (or is it)?, Anthony Baglio, Jonathan Forsberg, Daniel McFarlane, Justin Nichols, and Heather G. Kuruvilla
Using Geometry Learning Progressions as a Tool for Teaching and Analyzing Teaching, M. Battista, C. Joswick, and Sarah Gilchrist
Assessment of Critical Thinking, M. Faulkner and Lindsey McCarty
An Interactional Analysis of Students' Mathematical Argument Building in an After-School Enrichment Program, Sarah Gilchrist and C. Joswick
Algorithms on Steroids: How, for a Small Fee, Randomizing Can Enhance Performance, Adam J. Hammett
An Introduction to Fractals, Adam J. Hammett
How Often Are Two Permutations Comparable?, Adam J. Hammett and Boris Pittel
Fish & Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity in Restored & Unrestored Forks of Massies’ Creek, Ohio, Christian Hayes, Rebecca Wadman, Amelia Lyons, N. Reed, and Mark A. Gathany
From Turtles to Raccoons: An Exploration in Discipline Based Research, Matthew E. Ingle
Examining Preservice Science Teacher Understanding of the Nature of Science: Discriminating Variables on the Aspects of Nature of Science, William I. Jones
Problem-Solving Thinking Co-Construction of Latina/o English Language Learners in an After-School Mathematics Enrichment Course, C. Joswick and Sarah Gilchrist
Closing the Loop: Assessing a Mandatory Research Course in an Undergraduate Biology Curriculum, Heather G. Kuruvilla
Integration of Mathematics and the Old Testament, Dali Luo
Expanding the Geographic Coverage and Habitat Sampling for a Continuing Faunal Survey of Black Flies in Ohio (Diptera: Simuliidae), Michael J. Mendel
A novel therapeutic strategy for Sjögren's syndrome, Kaleb M. Pauley and S. Cha
A Marcinkiewicz Interpolation Theorem and Boundedness Properties of a Generalized Hardy Littlewood Maximal Function, Megan E. Rabe
Genericity of Simple Eigenvalues, Megan E. Rabe
The Discrete Fourier Transform, Megan E. Rabe
Research Methods in Mathematics: A Transitional Course, Kevin A. Roper
Writing Mathematics Well, Kevin A. Roper
Development of novel phagocytic activity assay using human monocytes, E. Strattan and Kaleb M. Pauley
Presentations from 2011
Nociceptin Is a Chemorepellent in Tetrahymena thermophila, Nathanael Braun, Thomas Lampert, Breanne Gibson, Cheryl Nugent, and Heather G. Kuruvilla
Cutting Away from the Power Grid, Robert Chasnov and Mark A. Gathany
The Use of Ammonium Carbamate as a High Specific Thermal Energy Density Material for the Thermal Management of Low Grade Heat, Douglas S. Dudis, Joel E. Schmidt, Douglas J. Miller, and Joseph Susoreny
An Energy Use and Emissions Inventory, Mark A. Gathany and Robert Chasnov
A Critical Look at the Rumored Math Gene, Sarah Gilchrist and C. Joswick
A Longitudinal Study of the Views and Congition of African-American Students from Urban Communities, Sarah Gilchrist, C. Joswick, and J. Tague
Determining the Level of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of Geometry of Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Sarah Gilchrist and R. Somayajulu
Role of Aerosols in a Post-Flood Ice Age, Steven M. Gollmer and S. Shirey
An Introduction to Fractals, Adam J. Hammett
Careers in Mathematics, Adam J. Hammett
On the utility of i = √-1, Adam J. Hammett
Semiparametric Treatment Effects Estimation, Ashley D. Holland
Series Estimation Using B-splines with a Penalization, Ashley D. Holland
Series Estimation Using B-splines with a Penalization, Ashley D. Holland
On two criteria which imply the existence of slim dense sets, Jennifer D. Hutchison
A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between Mathematical and Linguistic Growth of ELL Students, C. Joswick, Sarah Gilchrist, and J. Tague
Expresion of P. gingivalis in malignant gingiva, J. Katz, Kaleb M. Pauley, I Bhattacharyya, and S. Cha
Student Attitudes Toward Using Facebook as a Tool for the Dissemnation of Laboratory Results in a Cell Biology Course, Heather G. Kuruvilla
Nociceptin Signals Through Calcium in Tetrahymena thermophila, Tom Lampert, Tom Bertagnoli, Nathanael Braun, Jon Forsberg, Breanne Gibson, Sharon Kobinah, Cheryl Nugent, Sarah Stevens, and Heather G. Kuruvilla
Preemptive Rerouting of Airline Passengers Under Uncertain Delays, Lindsey McCarty
Teaching Chemistry in the 21st Century: Clickers in the Chemistry Classroom, Mark D. McClain
Expression of E2F2 During Conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila, M. M. Mitchener and Alicia E. Schaffner
Photodetachement of Ce-, Lin Pan and D. R. Beck