Capstones from 2016
Mothers' Management of Adolescent Peer Relationships and Adolescents' Social Adjustment, Veronica Gutierrez
Barriers and Facilitators to Service Utilization for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers, Sana M. Hasan
Cumulative Effects of Concussions on Auditory Processing, Tyler Q. Henry
Video Games and Its Effect on Crime, Rogelio. Herrera Jr
The Warburg Effect and Glutamine: Targeting the Deregulation of Metabolism in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells, Zachary Howard
Rhetorical Criticism of use of Kritik in Parliamentary Debate, Alex C. Huber
News Representations of Black Men, Post Black Lives Matter, Alexandria D. Isom
Making the Classroom More Student-Centered, Alyssa R. Johnson
Investigating the Effects of Environmental Treatment on Social Stress, Depression and Anxiety, Blessy Johnson
Working with Families and Children Affected by Child Abuse and Neglect: A Resource Guide for Professionals, Shawna L. Johnson
Selling NIU: Attracting and Retaining High Achieving Students to NIU, Jeffrey A. Kamholz
The Effects of an Uncompleted Suicide Attempt: A Parent's Perspective, Kendal T. Klein
BikeBot: A Study in Reinforcement Learning, April L. Kutz, Kristen A. Brennan, Jeremy Dixon, and Nathan Bogdonas
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Fluorescein-Tagged Carborane for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), Lucas A. Kuzmanic
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and History of Eating Disorders in College Students: A Comparison of Western and Nonwestern Countries, Ashley J. Kyle
Linking Colege Football to Changes in Applications, Eric Lavin
Teacher Perceptions of and Experiences with the Common Core, Dana A. Lebrecht
Sound Levels at Bars and Restaurants, Samantha C. Liszewska
Connecting Mothers and Infants in the NICU, O.N. Lloyd
Effects of the Great Recession on Non-Metropolitan Illinois and the Midwest, Rachel L. Martin
Missing You -- A Student Short Film, Alexandra K. Meyer
Elucidating Host-Symbiont Interactions in Coral Bleaching by Symbiont Transfer, Therese A. Millet
Montesquieu: An Examination of the Respective Advantages (and/or Consequences) of Commerce Between States, Charles C. Moore
Synthesis, characterization, and purification of boron nitride nanotubes intercalated with magnesium, Roxana J. Moraga
Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Lithium intercalated boron nitride nanotubes, Roxana J. Moraga and Narayan S. Hosmane
Lost in Language Structure: Adolescent Binge Drinking is Associated with Disruptions in Deep Cohesion, Makenna R. Moscinski
Philosophy of Early and Special Education, Anna S.. O'Halloran
Speech and Language Developmental Trends of English-Spanish Bilingual Toddlers: Implications for Clinical Intervention, Lorena Orizaba
What are Classmates Thinking When it Comes to Post-Secondary Educational Accommodations for Students with Disabilities?, Adabel Ortega
Power of Play: Effects of a Parent/Toddler Interdisciplinary Play Group, Jennifer Panasewicz
The Effects of Neutron and Gamma Rays on CRV Deadtime in the Mu2e Experiment at Fermilab, Alison M. Peisker
Harsh Parenting Beliefs as Related to Demographic Factors, Melanie J. Phelps
Morphological Comparisons of Five Species of Tamarins in Peru, Leila M. Porter and Tyler D. Kotowski
Behavioral approach and fear moderates the relationship between insensitive/intrusive parenting and early language development, C.J. Richier
Motivation in Mathematics, Andre J. Richmond
Non-Invasive Lifestyle Modifications that Mitigate the Non-Modifiable Risks of Breast Cancer in Potential High Risk Patients, Angelica Rosinski
Advocating for Justice: The role of U.S. policy & non-profit organizations in ending child sex trafficking, Jessica M. Sandlund
The effect of RNA2 mutation DR7 on recombination of Brome mosaic virus RNA3, Matthew K. Schnizlein
From Abandoned to Self-Actualized: Dalila as an Empowered Woman in Milton's Samson Agonistes, Timothy J. Schultz
Putting Cello at the Center: Cello and Contemporary Music of the Last 15 Years, Iris Sidikman
Fluid Flow Analysis of a Compressible Gas Tubing Network, Adam N. Springer
The Effects of Video Games on the Rate of Violent Crime, James T. Stacey
Here and There: Code Switching and the Politics of Spanish-Language Identity in Latina Women's Writing, Marilou. Terrones
Sustained Release Liposomal Drug Delivery for Treating Ocular Angiogenesis, Alexander G. Thomas
Superficial Muscular Stimulating Sleep Cycle Analyzer, Laura Thompson, Joseph Hines, Emily. Clampitt, and Colin Konicki
Factors Affecting Four-Year National University Retention, Franz L. Varga
Young Adult Literature in the Classroom: What it is and Why it Should be There, Cady E. Wakitsch
The Effects of State & Local Taxes on NBA Athletes, Alexander T. Weier
Systematically Developing Assessments Aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards for Middle School Students, Ansley J. Wells
Autism Moves: A Review of Motor Proficiency in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Daniel L. Wheeler
Combating Misdiagnoses In the Field of Speech Language Pathology, Jezzica E.. Zimmermann
Capstones from 2015
Relations between on-line speech processing measures and Index of Productive Syntax scores in preschool children, Delaney M. Anderson
Joint attention and joint engagement among minimally verbal children with autism: a review of JASPER and EMT for preschoolers, Courtney D. Benson
Moral education in public schools and the church: building bridges, Scot R.L. Bishop
Credit bureaus give MFIs the ability to scale, Nicole C. Dietz
One diagram does not fit all: How undergraduate students interpret geologic rock patterns., Alecia C. Eschenbrenner
Psychological Perspectives on the Lives of Transgender Individuals: A Review of the Literature, Kaitlyn N. Fritz
Both sides of the mirror: how Illinois Equal Suffrage Association combated female opposition and won the vote, Janet E. Gatz
Animal-Assisted Therapy: Mental, Physical, and Emotional Benefits Provided through Occupational Therapy, Madeline C. Greene
Wilson pottery: pottery production in the context of enslavement in the South, Lindsey J. Komes
Identifying predictors of peritraumatic distress among 9-1-1 telecommunicators: the role of family violence and emotion regulation, Alison Krauss
Projeto Arcomusical Performs MeiaMeia: A 12-Work Song Cycle for Berimbau, Alexis C. Lamb
Proposed and Implemented Strategies to Combat Nursing Stress, Melanie J. Lents
Students with High Incidence Disabilities: What Teaching Strategies and Interventions Work?, Tori A. Letizia
Escaping Newcastle: Norah O'Hagan, Vaudeville, and the Limits of Class and Gender in Edwardian Britain, Bernice I. Lindner
Pivot to the future: shifting U.S. strategic focus in the Middle East and Asia, Matthew A. Moorman
The International Criminal Court: An Analysis of the Prevention and Deterrence of Atrocity Crimes, Shanay M. Murdock
What is the Relationship between Adolescent Adjustment and Distress from Ostracism?, Taylor A. Nelson
Lumosity: Can an independent individual obtain positive results using the program post-stroke?, Bridgett S. Phelan
Vision'ary: drug delivery for ocular diseases, Amber J. Sarver
Avian vocal and object combination development, Katherine E. Talley
Capstones from 2014
'Some of us just like to read' : Lady Gaga's Pastiche and The Rhizome, Anthony Amettis
The ubiX decarboxylase is not required for the ubiG O-methyltransferase activity, Usman Beg, Debarati Ghose, and Carolyn Russie
Deletion of menaquinone (vitamin-K) biosynthetic gene menA restores ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) biosynthesis in ubiB mutant strain., Garrett Silo Carlson
Invisible starlit, Lindsey Grandt
Discourse in the Classroom, Amanda Johnson
Minimizing Length of Stay in the Emergency Department through Computer Simulation at Central DuPage Hospital, Donato Miroballi
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Study into the Motivations of Five Socially Responsible Companies, Demi Pelsor
Evaluating the role of frontal cortical structures in self-movement cue processing during spontaneous exploration, Sarah Stuebing
Engineering liposomes, Ushna Vaid
Capstones from 2013
PID Control Learning Device, Scott Andermann
Automated Brewing Process, Joshua Berger
Life from the perception of the adolescent, Shatoya Black
Mock Caldecott Classroom Implementation, Jeni Camery
CAIDEN: The Communications System, Jennifer Case
Ultrasonic Blood Flow Meter with Doppler Velocimetry, Michelle Case, Martin Kocanda, Matthew Micheli, and Daniel Arroyo
Total Communication in Children with Autism: a Review and Future Directions, Daria Constantinescu
Designing the New High Volume Stone Assembly Line at SPX Hydraulic Technologies, Adrienne Decker and Ben Tregler
Latinos Advancing Education, Maricruz Díaz
Investigating barriers to celiac disease diagnosis and patient wellbeing in the U.S. : a comparative study of the United States and Italy, Medelaine Dickinson
Inside the 815: A Longtime Resident's Report on DeKalb County's Entertainment Scene, Lindsay Diehl
Modified Melodic Intonation Therapy for Aphasia, Elizabeth Di Zenzo
There's no Valley So Sweet : market development in the Lower Fox Valley River Region, 1833-1852, Wayne Duerkes
Screening of chemical libraries in search of inhibitors of aflatoxin biosynthesis, Justin Durancik
Characterization of MQ-Series Gas Sensor Behavior, Alec Fisher
Mothers Present Words Differently When Paired With Representational Gestures, Ruth Freidel
The Role of Hearing Health Care Education on the Perceptions and Knowledge about Hearing Loss among African American Adults, Sherise Garmon and Kasey Twine
The efficacy of after-school reading programs : a case study of a midwestern elementary school, Jeri Hardwick
Strategic Audit for the Lincoln Inn Family Restaurant and Bakery, Danielle Nicolle Harris