Capstones from 2017
Health Consciousness in High School Baseball, Megan C. McConnell
Congressional Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs: Effects of Partisanship and Veteran Status, Shadrick M. Mead
RC to Rp Car Conversion, Nicole F. Myers
Decreasing Check-In to Discharge Time in the PTC, Grant Nonnemacher, Shekinah Bergmann, and Natalie A. Sheehan
Designing and Prototyping a Light Flicker Detector, Brent P. Rinchiuso, Corey E. Roys, and Jonathan D. Harvell
Barriers to Healthcare in the Hispanic Population of DeKalb County: A Healthcare Provider Perspective, Brittany L. Rios
Psychological Risk Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease, Cynthia E. Sanchez Vazquez
Cracking Down: A Longitudinal Study of the Judiciary's Changing War on Drugs, Jennifer P. Schrauth
Authentication of Images, Dhwani A. Shah
Home Control and Monitoring, Sagar V. Shah
Improving warehouse picking efficiency using product families, Xiaoyue Shan
Decreasing Check-In to Discharge Time in the PTC, Natalie A. Sheehan, Shekinah Bergmann, and Grant Nonnemacher
Constituency Size and the Percentage of Women in State Legistlature, Jennifer S. Sienko
Impact of Motivational Workshops on Lifestyle Modification to Increase Physical Activity, Gagandeep Singh
Examining Major Depressive Disorder and Autobiographical Memory, Courtney L. Tanzillo
Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: An Overview of the Therapeutic Use of the Horse in Mental Health Settings, Mollie E.. Wang
How Do Universities Prepare Students for a Data-driven Business Environment?, Ziwei Wei
Automatic Salve Cap Removal, Collin A. Wicks
Improving Speech and Speaker Recognition For Multi-Speaker Conversations, Eric R. Youngberg
Percentage of Women in State Legislatures Effects on K-12 Per Pupil Expenditures, Alexandra Zdunek
Nurses' Perceptions of Inmate Health Problems in Correctional Facilities: A Qualitative Study, Katrina M. Zubi
The Synthesis of Carborane-Appended Dopamine and L-Dopa for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, L. Zuidema
Capstones from 2016
Digital Automated Motor Current Analyzing Test System, Cristina Alvarez Moreno
Member background: implications for incivility in the U.S. Congress, Aimee C. Arvayo
Dietary Effects on Behavior and Performance for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jacqueline A. Bartolai
Persuasion and Resistance: The American Public and the Mass Media, Emily C. Beebe
Effects of Transient Noise Reduction Algorithms on Speech Intelligibility and Perceived Sound Quality, Anna A. Benson
The Box of Marvels, Bethany M. Bijonowski
Illustrations by Rebecca Bootz, Rebecca M. Bootz
Determination of the Effects of Cognitive Activity on Postural Sway, Sarah J. Boyd
University Policies on the Dangers of Spyware Apps, Julia L. Boyle
The New Radicals: How Wage Labor, Physical Abuse and an Agrarian Crisis Shaped Women's Participation in the Zapatista Rebellion, Patrick E. Brady
Anatomical Survey: Observation of Physical and Functional Changes due to Congestive Heart Failure, Ronald W. Carpenter
Shyness mindset beliefs and attentional bias: an experimental study, Amber M. Chamberlain
The Roles of Churches in Reducing the Crime Rate: An Analysis of Pilsen, Chicago, María Thalía Colompos
Causes and Consequences of the Greek Current Account Crisis and Estimates of the Current Account Balance, Zachary J. Derrera
Performance in Morphological Awareness: Children with Language Learning Disabilities versus Typical Language, M.L. DeVlieger
Bach's Works and Twentieth-Century Organ Literature, Matthew J. Doran
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Founder of Modern Day Fantasy World Building, Shayne A. Dwyer
Nursing Interventions that support Families affected by Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Katelyn M. Einck
The Effects of Consensual Pain: A Look at Psychological and Physiological Changes of Giving and Receiving Tattoos, Jennifer M. Erickson
Sexual Education: Abstinence-Only vs. Comprehensive Education, Alex C. Filippini
Food Insecurity in Northern Illinois, Mary L. Graham
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Other Techniques to Reduce Acute Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents with Neonates in Intensive Care Settings, Jeanette M. Gulczynski
Automated barrel cleaner, Brian C. Gumino
Woodward Material Replenishment Loop Implementation, Peyton J. Gunnison
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
