Past and On-going Senior Research Projects 2011 – 1999

Ongoing

• Lori Block "Analysis of frog population dynamics" on-going. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• Katie Henry "The effects of polychlorinated biphenayls on thermal regulation in developing chickens" on-going. [Advisor: Diane Henshell, SPEA]
• Jordan Mandel "Extreme value analysis applied to 300 years of climate data from England" on-going. [Advisor: Ben Brabson, Physics]
• Jami Walker, on-going. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]

2011

• ANWAR ALSANEA "Preliminary numerical experiments involving water-table recharge in a glacial aquifer system." 2011. [Advisors: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences; Sally Letsinger IGS]
• PAOLA ARENAS "Immunogenics: Steps toward an oral vaccine to relieve stress on salmon fisheries" 2011. [Advisor: Vitalia Herniquez, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso]
• JEREMY DEGLER "δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C Isotopic Analysis of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) tree rings and their evaluation as local or regional climate records, Upper North Willow Creek Drainage, MT". 2011. [Advisors: Erika Elswick and Peter Sauer, Geological Sciences]
• REBECCA GOLDSTEIN "Effectiveness of macroinvertebrate-based biotic indexes in assessing steam water quality in Sycamore Creek, IN". 2011. [Advisors: Jeff White, Bill Jones, Todd Royer SPEA]
• MELISSA LOFASO "Social barriers associated with community gardens." 2011.
• JADE MARKS "Sulfur concentration and isotopic signature of lichen species, Bullion Mine; Basin, MT " 2011. [Advisors: Lisa Pratt, Seth Young, Geological Sciences]
• JORDAN SCHNELL "Effect of removing the ENSO Variability from the Global Mean Temperature Record." 2011. [Advisor: Scott Robeson, Geography]
• JANELLE STEFFEN "Current trace metal fluxes in wet deposition for the BATS region." 2011.
• STEPHEN STRONG "Relations between air and water temperature and stream flow and their implications for the spread of Whirling Disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) in the Willow Creek Watershed, Montana." 2011. [Advisors: Bruce Douglas, Geological Sciences; Kevin Ellett IGS]

2010

• LUCAS ASHLEY "Soil water content analysis of Morgan-Monroe State Forest." 2010. [Advisor: Danilo Dragoni]
• MARIA BEGUELIN "Precipitation trends in Illinois from 1929-2008." 2010.
• AMY COUNTRYMAN "An edible urban forest: an element of the sustainability equation" 2010.
• ELISABETH GAWTHORP "Estimation of zooplankton biomass using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler" 2010.
• LIZZIE KING "Survey techniques to estimate Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) populations. 2010. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• PAUL LEVY"A hydrologic study of dune-wetland interactions in Lake Station, IN" 2010. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• CURTIS POMILIA "Interactive effects of atrazine and flooding on soil nitrogen cycling in south central Indiana." 2010.
• K. ROMANAK "Weather pattern analysis of the Willow Creek Demonstration Watershed (WCDW) in Madison County, Montana." 2010.
• JAMES VAN TASSEL "A biogeochemical analysis of Lake Ferd in Brown County, IN." 2010. [Advisor: Erika Elswick, Geological Sciences]

2009

• DALTON HARDISTY "Hydrochemical conditions at an abandoned coal mine site: implicaitons for abandoned mine lands reclamation." 2009. [Advisors: Greg Olyphant and Lisa Pratt, Geological Sciences]
• KIM SHOEMAKER "Aftershock relocations of the 2008 Mt. Carmel earthquake." 2009. [Advisors: Michael Hamburger and Gary Pavlis, Geological Sciences]

2008

• D. ALEX GORE "Variability of soil respiration among heterotrophic and autotrophic components." 2008. [Advisor: Kelly Caylor, Geography; Craig Wayson, SPEA]
• RACHEL MARANTO "Habitat Associations of Kirtland's Snakes (Clonophis kirtlandii) in the Muscatatuck Bottoms, IN." 2008. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• TARREN MUSGROVE "Presence and Growth of Escherichia Coli in Soil and Surface Water Runoff from Logs at Three Sawmill Sites in Mooresville, Indiana " 2008. [Advisor: Bill Jones, SPEA]
• MARIA FAYE PARMER "A Comparison of immunological parameters in two recently diverged songbird (Junco hyemalis) populations following a unique colonization event." 2008. [Advisors: Jonathan W. Atwell and Ellen D. Ketterson, Biology]
• WILIAM STARSIAK "Observer effect on plant observation in the field. " 2008. [Advisors: Heather Reynolds, Biology]

2007

• Wesley A. Bickford "Allocation of 14carbohydrate by the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) between heterotrophic and autotrophic sources." 2007. [Advisor: Maxine A. Watson, Biology]
• MAEGHAN BRASS "A glance at the effects of climate change on polar bears and the effects of a "Sealsicle" as enrichment in captive polar bears." 2007. [Advisors: Eduardo Fernandez, Psychology and Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• PAULA COVEY "Endophyte infected tall fescue grass and testosterone levels in prairie voles." 2007. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• SUSAN FISCHER "MaxQ tall fescue's effect on biodiversity in a lowland successional field." 2007. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• DAVID GRUNAT "Landfill to septic field: A study of the use of tire chips in septic system absorption fields." 2007. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• DANIEL LEHMAN "An examination of the Warner Valley in South Central Oregon - A Mars analogue environment." 2007. [Advisor: Lisa Pratt, Geologial Sciences]
• FREDRICK MENIGAT "Primary productivity in Jack´s Defeat Creek, Indiana, and its effect on water chemistry." 2007. [Advisor: Todd Royer, SPEA]
• Jeffery Olyphant " The effects of a constructed wetland treatment cell on the elevated Escherichia coli concentrations found within a tributary branch of Dunes Creek, Northwest Indiana." 2007. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• NICOLE WILLIAMSON "The role of artificial reef systems as sustainable habitats." 2007. [Advisors: Charile Beeker, HPER; Claudia Johnson, Geological Sciences]

2006

• APRIL ARROYO-MONROE "Griffy Lake winter drawdown simulation: how long does it take to kill Egeria densa." 2006. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• JILLIAN BERTRAM "Effects of tidal restriction on sediment and nutrient accumulation in a tidal salt marsh." 2006. [Advisor: Chris Craft, SPEA]

2005

• ALISSA BROWN "Tornado impacts on upland and bottomland forests." 2005. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• MICHELLE CREECH "Effect of periodical cicadas on radial increment growth in sugar maples of the forest edge and forest interior in Griffy Preserve." 2005. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• MEAGAN CURTIS "Tornado impacts on upland and bottomland forests". 2005. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• TED DERHEIMER "Cicada Brood X and their influence on soil infiltration." 2006 [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• SARAH GERMANN "Source area determination and water-quality statistics: Salt Creek Watershed, Porter County, Indiana." 2005. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences and Sally Letsinger, Indiana Geological Survey]
• COREY HANSEN "NIR Phototherapy as Treatment for Chicken Brain Assymetries caused by 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorio Dibenzo-P-Dioxin." 2005. [Advisors: Diane Henshel, SPEA]
• MORGAN HEGEWALD "Oligocene coral reef fossils from Puerto Rico." 2005. [Advisor: Claudia Johnson, Geological Sciences]

2004

• KEVIN ALLISON " Salamander population study at Griffy Woods Preserve." 2004. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• JEN CLELAND "Invasive plants in the Griffy Creek Riparian Corridor." 2004. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• MEGAN M. HILL " An Investigation of carbon, nitrogen, and sediment loading at Griffy Reservoir, Bloomington, IN." 2004. [Advisor: Erika Elswick, Geological Sciences]
• KARIN KVALE " Precipitation composition trends in the Ohio River Valley." 2004. [Advisor: Sara Pryor, Geography]
• ANNA MAKOWSKI "An evaluation of nitrate transport in sandy soils at a confined feeding operation." 2004. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• ELIZABETH PORTER "The response of twelve prairie plant species to AMF isolated from a remnant prairie and an old field community." 2004. [Advisors: Peggy Schultz and Jim Bever, Biology]
• REBECCA UTLEY " The Role of symbiosis with Frankia on the invasiveness of the shrub Elaeagnus umbellata." 2004. [Advisor: Dr. Keith Clay, Biology]

2003

• SARAH BUTLER " Nutrient cycling in freshwater wetland soils and their relationship to surface water nitrogen and phosphorus." 2003. [Advisor: Chris Craft, SPEA]
• ELIZABETH DRAKE "Dietary habits of the Long-eared Owl." 2003. [Advisor: Vicky Meretsky, SPEA]
• RACHAEL ELLIOT "Bedrock and surficial deposits of Griffy Teaching and Research Preserve." 2003. [Advisor: Sally Letsinger, Geological Survey]
• CHRISSY PRUETT "Can vegetation biomass and species diversity serve as indicators of nutrient enrichment in Midwest freshwater wetlands?" 2003. [Advisor: Chris Craft]
• LESLEY STOUT "The effects of ammonia concentration on the bioremediation of heavy metal ions in subsurface environments." 2003. [Advisor: Flynn Picardal, SPEA]
• KYLE WALDRON "The potential impacts of mining on residential water wells." 2003. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]

2002

• Julia Angstmann “Bioassessment of old-growth forest Latimer Woods, Bloomington " 2002. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• JAMES BOSWELL "Analysis of a two-dimensional finite difference groundwater model and its applications to Bass Lake Indiana 2002." [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• KIM BRANDSTETTER "The fate of sulfur in a municipal coal burning power plant" 2002. [Advisor: Erika Elswick, Geological Sciences]
• Scott Bushroe "Geophysical approach to shallow subsurface exploration at a reclaimed mine site in southern Indiana " 2001. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• MIKKI OSTERLOO "The growing season water balance for a watershed located in southwestern Montana 2002. [Advisors: Sally Letsinger, Indiana Geological Survey and Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• AMANDA PORFIDIO "Chemical analysis of soils developed on the Henryville Member of the Devonian New Albany Shale: The effects of development time on soil chemistry" 2002. [Advisor: Erika Elswick, Geological Sciences]
• Tricia Renton "Degradation of PCBs by microbial activity" 2002. [Advisor: Flynn Picardal, SPEA
• Daria Schoonmaker "The effect of a fungal endophyte on the population dynamics of microtus" 2002. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• Chris Swan "Effects of nitrogen deposition on vegetation and soil of an early versus late successional southern central Indiana temperate deciduous forest" 2002. [Advisors: Heather Reynolds, Biology and Erika Elswick, Geological Sciences]
• Nick Voakes "Soil stability in land that has been successfully restored" 2002. [Advisor: Jim Bever, Biology]
• Eric Zell "The effects of stream contaminants on creek chubs" 2002. [Advisor: Diane Henshel, SPEA]

2001

• Kendra McCall "Phenotype plasticity in Glyceria stiata" 2001. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• SHAWN NAYLOR "Analysis of vadose zone dynamics and recharge through coal combustion byproducts used in a reclaimed mine setting" 2001. [Advisor: Greg Olyphant, Geological Sciences]
• Tamara Ratliff-Roberts "Arsenic contamination at Anderson Road Landfill" 2001. [Advisor: Henk Haitjema, SPEA]
• Ken Rubel "Spatial and temporal effects of commuting on personal exposure to ozone" 2001. [Advisor: Sara Pryor, Geography]
• Elizabeth Spalt "Riparian buffer zones: their effectiveness for diggerent land uses in mountainous areas" 2001. [Advisor: Chris Craft, SPEA]

2000

• Shannon Traub "Seedling recruitment in Glyceria stiata" 2000. [Advisor: Keith Clay, Biology]
• Alice R. Wood "A study of the effects of cattle grazing upon forested land in Southeastern Indiana " 2000. [Advisor: Clara Cotten, Biology]

1999

• HEIDI ZUTTER "Evaluation and application of automated methods to measure sky view factors for urban areas" 1999. [Advisor: Sue Grimmond, Geography]