Colloquium
The annual Undergraduate Research and Creativity Colloquium offers students the opportunity to present their outstanding projects to the campus community. Sponsored by the Honors Program, the Colloquium is organized as four or five concurrent panels over four periods. Each panel usually consists of three or more student presenters.
Each year, over 70 students present their senior theses, academic essays, science experiments, business plans, art works, teaching internships, musical talents, engineering projects, and much more. This celebration of academic excellence is attended by classmates, family members, faculty, and administration.
Colloquium Applications by students are due by February 19, 2021, accompanied by a faculty recommendation. With a program of diverse panels, the colloquium is held in April during Honors Week.
Colloquium Program
In 2019, every college was represented by at least one panel, and there were a total of seventeen panels! The new program for the 2020 Colloquium will be uploaded by late March.
Reception 12-12:30 p.m.
Balcony
Check-in for speakers, audience, and guests. Sandwiches and cold drinks available all afternoon, until 6 p.m. Certificates for presenters as each session ends, in room A.
Session I 12:30- 1:50 p.m.
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Room A |
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Hillyer Panel Ballads for Social Change Ryan Gorneault, Jazmyne Iverson, and Rose Jean Learning to Care Wiktoria Milewska The Art of Silver Gold Silver Marbiah 100 Icons for Introspection Jacob Lamoureux |
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Room B |
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Mathematical Studies Pintographs Martin Guild, A&S Mathematics Cantor Sets Ben Stec, A&S Mathematics* Data Trends of Online Gaming Bret Halibozek, A&S Mathematics* |
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Room C |
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Sound Effects Low Frequency Absorption and Additively Manufactured Cylinders Sophie Kaye, CETA and Ethan Casavant, CETA* Optimization of Violin Sound Quality Alkaterini Stylianides, CETA The Effect of Hammershank Material on Struck String Response Jacob Amero, CETA* and Mario Riccardi, CETA |
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Room D |
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Bodies in Motion The Commercialization of Engineering Research Brittney Dymes ENHP, Casey Lynch A&S, and Habib Salami BAR The Hand to Foot Rehabilitation Center Brittney Dymes, ENHP The Analysis of Human Body Movement in the Evaluation of Backwards Walking During Different Scenarios Anna Hiers and Justyn Trott, CETA Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Siren Recognition Ethan Wagner, CETA* |
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1877 Dining Room |
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No Panel |
Session II 2:05- 3:20 p.m.
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Room A |
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Literary Studies Crossing the River by Caryn Phillips Listra Mitchell Simmons, A&S English Narration in Zadie Smith's White Teeth Prachi Bhandutia, A&S English Trauma in Saturday Jillian Lozier, A&S English Conflicts of Duty: A Thematic Analysis of Regeneration Connor Masten, A&S English |
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Room B |
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Political Consequences The Freedoms within Servitude Rishai McDermott, A&S Criminal Justice and Politics and Government Fresh off the Court: How Affirmative Action in College Admissions Affects Asian American Students Juli Dajci, A&S Politics and Government The Unspoken Sentence: Felon Disenfranchisment Across the United States Jaileene Arriaga, A&S Sociology and Politics & Government/GS Minor* Solving the Opioid Epidemic with a Comprehensive Solution: The Policy Implications of a Multi-State Comparison Taylor Zitkus, A&S Politics and Government* |
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Room C |
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Telling the Truth Post-Truth Podcast Michelle Mor, A&S English* Last (Wo)Man Standing: A Humanities Center Podcast Peter Graywacz, A&S Mathematics: Secondary Education Proving the Critics Wrong: Video Essays as a Form of Film Scholarship Samantha Soucy, A&S Cinema* |
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Room D |
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Biological Impacts The Three Lakes: Are They Healthy? Sharon Jennings, A&S Biology An Analysis of the Dynamics of Measles Briana Rutland, A&S Chemistry/Biology and Micheal Negrut, Mathematics with Biology Minor Changes in Tree Species Biodiversity in Connecticut During the 20th Century Marissa Jayawickrema, A&S History* |
Session III 3:30- 4:45 p.m.
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Room A |
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The Effects of Attitude The Effects of Self-Compassion Feedback on Goal Setting, Performance, and Attitudes Shannon Flaherty, A&S Psychology* and Jordan Steidle, A&S Psychology Gender Related Differences on Competition Caitlin Sullivan, A&S Psychology Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence Committed Against Nontraditionally-Appearing Women Holly Pianka, A&S Psychology* Patient Health Literacy Thomson Akele, ENHP* |
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Room B |
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Studies in Biology The Circadian Immune Connection Sydney Abele and Kali Meadows, A&S Biology Selected Bioindicators of Fish Health in Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua) from the Northwestern Atlantic Brenda Leard, A&S Biology and Billy McLaughlin, A&S Biology* Translational Research: An Application of the Central Dogma of Biology to Osteoarthritis Kyle Vaccaro, A&S Biology and Chemistry* The Effects of Probiotics on Alzheimer's Disease Progression: Assessing Cognitive and Cellular Markers Destynie Medeiros, A&S Biology* |
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Room C |
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Engineering Nozzles, Probes, and Jet Engines The Computational Modeling of Dual Stream Nozzle Flow Aikaterini Stylianides, CETA Jeffery Severino, CETA and Iliana Albion-Poles, CETA* Air or Refrigerant: What's the Difference? Lena Dubiel, CETA Supersonic Inlet Noise Radiation Study Jonathan Brown and Christopher Maynard, CETA |
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Room D |
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Business Plans and Engineering Studies Wildd Cosmetics Melissa Pereira, BAR The Development and Implementation of a Smoke Flow Visualization System John Case, CETA* and Daniel Weitsman, CETA Cultural Footprint of Connecticut Businesses Melissa Pereira, BAR Improving Autonomous Vehicle Safety: Using Acoustic Source Localization to Influence the Decision Making Capabilities Digno Iglesias and Anthony Matriss, CETA |
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1877 Dining Room |
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no panel |
Session IV 5- 6:15 p.m.
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Room A |
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Educational Impacts The Impact of Extracurricular Activities on Students with Special Needs Tess Michaud, ENHP* ADDvance: Designing Apps for Learning Needs Rowan Ferreira, HAS Language Acquisition Struggles and Supports in the Classroom Elyse Wallach, ENHP* Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory on Bias Alexa Perrefort, ENHP* |
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Room B |
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Studies in Health Water Deprivation and Dehydration: Time Course of Fluid Regulatory Hormones and Thirst Christina Titarenko, ENHP* Perceptions of X-Ray Shielding Practices in the State of Connecticut Maria Chiaia, ENHP* The Effects of Pelvic Stabilization on Upper Extremity Function Madison Markey, ENHP* |
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Room C |
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Archeology, Geoscience, and History A GPR Study: Finding the Campus Road - 1 and 2 Prachi Bhandutia, A&S English and Cara Levine, A&S JS The Search for Matilda Olkin - The Anne Frank of Lithuania Kyle Conti, A&S CMM From The Sea of Galilee in Israel to the Lake of Kaunas in Lithuania-Archeology and Geoscience in Pursuit of History Justin Lockhart, A&S History/Politics |
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Room D |
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Art History and Creations Francois I and The Triumph of Intellectualism Frank Gordon-Quiroga, HAS Translating U.S. Culture Through Sculpture Ying Ye, HAS* Italian Renaissance Art's Impact on Contemporary Art Practices Teresa Cardona, HAS* 1877 DINING ROOM Performance Practice and Theory Comprehensive Musicianship: A Holistic Approach to Instrumental Education Angelica Ansbacher, HARTT* "Live From Hartt, It's Saturday Night" Natalie Harde, HARTT* Bb Bass Clarinet: Examining Modern Performance Practices Jessica Schreiner, HARTT* |