Hampden-Sydney students present their research to faculty, staff, students, and prospective students in the 2021 Virtual Student Research Symposium.
Brahm Dean '21
A One-Pot Method of Non-C2 Symmetric Schiff Base Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Tests
Douglas Hogan '21
Phage Therapy Enhancement through Immunity Repressor Knockout
Nathan Houser '21
EPR Study of Cu(II) Compounds of Bis(salicylidene) Ethylenediamine and Related Ligands
Ryan Irizarry '21
Machine Learning with Convolutional Neural Networks
Charles Lemon '21
Effects of Megaptera novaeangliae bubble-net feeding behavior on the behavior of a prey species
Benjamin Mahone '21
The Mindset of Hunting and the Reintroduction of Elk in Virginia
Damian Martinez Pineda '21
Single unit recordings of the rostral thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) in action selection of a taught task
Blake Page '21
Outdoor Learning Spaces on Hampden-Sydney's Campus
Matthew Rehak '21
Synthesizing the Transmembrane Domain of the Envelope Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Using Solid Phase Peptide Techniques and Analyzing the Oligomerization State
Bjoré Samard '21
Against Mandatory Voting: The Moral Right Not to Vote in the United States
William Sparks '21
The Legal Manipulations and the Medical Applications of CBD/Hemp
Christopher Thompson '21
What is China’s One Belt One Road Initiative and What Should the U.S. do in Response?
Brennan Vaught '21
Design, Synthesis, and Application of Salicylaldehyde- and 1-Hydroxynapthaldehyde-Derived FRET-Based Probes for Detection of Transition Metal Ions in Aqueous Environments
Alexander Washington '21
Synthesis of Sars-CoV-2 Transmembrane Domains Using Solid Phase Peptide Chemistry and Analysis of Their Oligomerization for Novel Drug Design
Harrison Whaley '21
Utilizing Gene Manipulation and Phage Treatment to Influence Nitrogen Fixation in the Azospirillum brasilense Bacterium
Ryan Yeates '21
Evaluating Potential Inhibitors of the IgA1 Protease of H. influenzae Using in silico Docking
"Stories on the Rhetoric of Economics"--presentations from Dr. Trey Carson's Economics and Comics class
Cooper Boyles '23
A Cookie Tale: The Sunk Cost Fallacy Through a Cookie
Jacob Domikis '23
Everyone's an Entrepreneur
S. Patrick Garifo '23
The Inconvenient Time Traveller: Representation of Time Preference from a non-Econ major
Caelan Gold '21
The Immortal Man
Preston Willett '24
Cold, Hard Decisions
"The Hero's Quest: Searching for the Golden Apple, the Princess, and the Self"--presentations from Dr. Vicki Basham's Honors seminar course
Seth Black '23
Patience is a Virtue
Joshua Cooper '24
Killing for the Sake of Taking Life is Always Lesser Than Killing to Save a Life
William Edwards '24
The Fantasy of Flight
J. Mercer Garnett '24
Outsmarting the Giant: The Victory of Brains Over Brawn
Zachary Mace '23
Inhuman Nature
Grayson Manning '23
The Power of Deception: Korean and American Indian Folktales
Caleb Manu '23
Young Heroes Are Not Frail
Nolan Poretz '21
Curiosity Killed the Cat