Summer Research 2007

Each of the Hampden-Sydney students who engaged in summer research with a member of the faculty gave a presentation about his work to an audience of faculty and students.

Bikash Acharya '09, “The Entropy Law and the Economic Process: Reassessing the Literature on Thermodynamics and the Macroeconomics of the Environment”
(Professor Kenneth Townsend - Economics)

Christopher K. Arnatt '09, “Synthesis of p-hydroxybenzhydrylamine and Study of its Phenoxyl Radical by Fast-flow ESR Spectroscopy”
(Professor Herbert Sipe - Chemistry)

Ivo I. Gyurovski '09, “Poland’s Huddled Masses”
(Professor Saranna Thornton - Economics)

John J. Louis '09, “Analysis of Current United States Drug Policy in Comparison to the Alternatives of Decriminalization or Legalization”
(Professor Celia Carroll - Government)

Achhunna N. Mali '08, “A Small Annual Macro Econometric Model of Nepal (1975-2003)”
(Professor Kenneth Townsend - Economics))

Alex H. Mayberry '08, A collection of original one-act plays
(Professor Brad Stoller - Fine Arts)

Phillip G. Miskovic '08, “Mapping the Religious Communities of Blacksburg”
(Professor Michael Utzinger - Religion)

Chetan Raj Rupakheti '09, “The Role of H+ and PO42- in skeletal muscle fatigue”
(Professor Alexander Werth - Biology)

Mark A. Tassone '08, “Prometheus and the Spark of Life" - an original play
(Professor Janice Siegel - Classics)

Parker P. Tims '08, “The role of group I and group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the thalamic reticular nucleus in the selection of behavior appropriate to the situation”
(Professor Daniel Weese - Psychology)

Matthew B. Treacy '08, “The Serious Stories” - a collection of original short fiction (Professor Susan Robbins - Rhetoric )

G. Clay Whittaker '09, “What Parker Said to Jennifer” - selections from an original novel (Professor Susan Robbins - Rhetoric)