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SOURCE 2022

The mission of the Symposium of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) is to provide a university-wide forum for Central Washington University (CWU) students, encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusivity, representing all disciplines and experience levels, to present their mentored research, scholarship, and creative works in a juried environment that meets professional conference standards and expectations.

The 2022 SOURCE program is hybrid. Pre-recorded virtual talks are colored green and can be watched anytime. Live/in-person sessions with Zoom access can be found in the daily schedule. Thank you for joining us!

To vote for the 2023 SOURCE poster, click here
To learn more about SOURCE or give to support the students of Central visit, https://www.cwu.edu/source
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A Dancer's Image VirtualSydney Baker • Gabrielle McNeillie A Geochemical Study of the Teanaway River and its Tributaries, Central Washington VirtualMegan Jackson • Carey Gazis • WASER Grant A Practical Guide for Kindergarten Teachers of Nonverbal Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). VirtualEllah Nichols • Naomi Jeffery Petersen A Resource Guide Towards Improving Mental Health Through Art VirtualMadison Moon • Cristina Bistricean • Allyson Rogan-Klyve Academic Writing and Editing: Analysis and History VirtualKathleen Singleton • Paul Martin Activity Area Analysis for the Sanders Site (45KT315) VirtualEmily LaPlante • Steven Hackenberger • C. Farrell Fine Arts & Research Scholarship Aging is Associated with a Downregulation of Genes Linked to Protein Ubiquitination and Glucose Metabolism in Human Skeletal Muscle. VirtualColton Hart • Jared Dickinson • Jon Dickinson (Graduate student) An Exploration of Science Education Around the World VirtualTricia Daly • Allyson Rogan-Klyve An Interest in Food, Culture, and Food Culture VirtualDJ Johnson • Paula Collucci Analysis and comparison using different instrumentation amplifier VirtualKalkidan Melaku • Lad Holden • Jeff Wilcox Analyzing Air Quality Trends in Bishkek VirtualJosh Johnson • Brandy Wiegers Analyzing Consumer Price Index Over Time in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Area VirtualNickolis Haviland • Brandy Wiegers Analyzing Home Prices in Washington State VirtualAbby Tallman • Brandy Wiegers Analyzing the relative density of Whitebark pine cones in the cascade mountains VirtualDominic Singh • Seth Valenzuela • Alison Scoville • Funding from Central OUR Grants Anti-eBay VirtualAdara Andonie • Nick Fechtel • Alex Worland • Szilard Vajda ASME RC Baja Project, Drive train and Steering Components VirtualCam Jamison • Chris Berkshire Assessing the Accessibility of the Department of Health’s Efforts to Reach Disadvantaged Individuals for Participation in Discussions on Health Equity VirtualAutumn Straker • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Assessment of Aflatoxin Exposure in School- Aged Children in Southern Ethiopia VirtualMelanie Dean • Tafere Belay • David Gee • Susan Hawk Associations between Atherogenic Markers and Hearing Loss: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: 2011-2012, 2015-2016 VirtualAnna (Anya) Rombakh • David Gee • Nicole Stendell-Hollis • Amie Wojtyna Balsa Wood Vertical Lift Bridge VirtualEmeri Wilson • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD • Charles Pringle Barriers to Prolonged Student Led Civic Engagement: Utilizing a PESTLE analysis to Create Sustainable College Student Experiences and Activist Praxis that Withstand Annual Student Transitions & Attrition VirtualDylan Gilbert • Niranjan Malla • Ava Pruitt • Jackson Sorensen • Audrey Tribble • Deanna Marshall • Funding from Central OUR Grants Biological Processes Associated With Up-Regulated Genes in Aging Human Skeletal Muscle VirtualJonathan Dickinson • Jared Dickinson Bishop Spring, the Zooarchaeology and Geoarchaeology of an Early Holocene Deposit, Quincy, WA VirtualCorwin Brewerm • Izzabella Perini Chimpanzee Enrichment Activity within a Sanctuary Environment VirtualJay Holloway • Kara Gabriel Cli-Fi Films: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Wall-E (2008) VirtualHeidi Flores-Montiel • Pamela McMullin-Messier Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Do False Information Tags Work? VirtualJeremy Simmons • Danielle Polage Comparison of Lichen Growth Between Basalt Boulders and Talus VirtualFernanda Alvarez • Jordan Echaniz • Alicia McAfee • Erin McConnachie • Lisa Ely Computational Analysis of Breathing Rates for Distracted Drivers VirtualAdara Andonie • Razvan Andonie • Joe Lemley Conducting Numerical Analysis of Mt.Baker Snowfall Data VirtualCameron Bundy • Brandy Wiegers Connections Across the Land in the Kittitas Valley: Geographic Plotting of Material Diversity at the Grissom Site (45KT301) VirtualJeremy Cobb • Maria Kovach • Kevin Menzia • Lauren Otto • Kiley Radovich • Nik Simurdak • Patrick McCutcheon Controlled Chaos: Organizing and Working with Extant Archaeological Collections VirtualJeremy Cobb • Maria Kovach • Kevin Menzia • Lauren Otto • Kiley Radovich • Nik Simurdak • Patrick McCutcheon Corporate Values of Tribally Owned Companies in Washington State VirtualHalle Hull • Han Donker Creating a Longstanding Food Pantry Lead by Students of Color VirtualMatthew Braganza • Andrea Guillen-Hernandez • Kenia Morales • Jaeda Nelson • Bianca Sanchez • Megan Verrall • Kate Dougherty CWU Student Price Index VirtualKaylee Cooper • Landen Hashimura • Betty Mittelsteadt • Mia Young • Tennecia Dacass Design and Construction of a ROAR Approved MET RC Baja Race Car VirtualJoseph Fritz • Chris Buchanan Developing and Validating a Standard Operating Procedure for Quantitative Analysis using Central Washington University's X-ray Diffractometer VirtualKatherine Lucas • Angela Halfpenny • Chris Mattinson • William O. Douglas Honors College (DHC) • Funding from Central OUR Grants Discovery of Novel Boronates; Structural Building Blocks of Potential Enzyme Inhibitors VirtualKaitlyn Ditter • Jacob Olson • Tyler Pratt • Hannah Reynolds • Levente Fabry-Asztalos • Funding from Central OUR Grants Disproportionate Learning Disparities Among Student of Color During the COVID-19 Pandemic VirtualNatalie Amos • Chase Claymore • Arturo Contreras • Lea Lebaron • Eunice Magana • Heath Marrs Education Systems in East Asia VirtualNicholas Mahoney • Chong Eun Ahn • AKS Korean Studies Scholarship Effects of Chemical Exposure on Hepatocyte Mitochondrial Networks and Cell Viability VirtualBethany Eaton • Carin Thomas Electron Scattering Measurements of La1-xSrxMnO3 VirtualNyal McCrea • Benjamin White Emerging Adults’ Living Proximity from Home and Parent-Child Emotional Vulnerability VirtualRiley Aguilar • Melissa Garrison • Alana Glaser • Michelle Meza • Amy Claridge EnRoute - EV Charging Station Locator VirtualKirsten Boyles • Richard DeYoung • Lucas Keizur • Szilard Vajda Essential Sign Language for Hospital Visits VirtualKira South • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Evaluation of antileishmanial activity of synthetized thiazolidinone compounds VirtualKiera Bush • Timothy Beng • Blaise Dondji • Gabrielle Stryker Formula One Telemetry Analysis VirtualAndrew Struthers • Lad Holden Global Temperature Anomalies VirtualNolan Dahlman • Brandy Wiegers Gold Mineralization in Liberty, Washington VirtualTimothy Miller • Angela Halfpenny • CWU Graduate Student Research/Creative Activity Support Award • Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants Healthy Eating, Healthy You Education Workshop VirtualNatalie Seitz • Tafere Belay • Susan Hawk • Kelly Pritchett Home Medicines Reminder and Dispenser Machine VirtualLin Siyuan • Lad Holden • Jeff Wilcox How does SOURCE work this year? VirtualBrandy Wiegers Impact of THRIVE at a Predominantly White Institution: Building New Legacies & Reclaiming Space VirtualJaeda Nelson • Janette Chien • Katrina Whitney Improving student outcomes through growth mindset micro-messaging and appreciative advising VirtualGiselle Jaimes • Han Vo • Tonya Buchanan Instrumentation of a BLDC Motor and Its Operating Characteristics VirtualKollin Dix-Krebbs • Lad Holden • EET Program Introducing Assistive Technology in the Classroom for Early Education VirtualMia Hernandez • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Investigating the Effects of Body Weight Fluctuations on Insulin Resistance in Adults: an NHANES Study VirtualJessica Burke • David Gee • Susan Hawk • Dana Ogan JCATI Carbon Fiber Recycler: Oven Enclosure VirtualMaggie Romero • Bo Nielsen • Charles Pringle JCATI Carbon Fiber Recycler: Oven Heating System VirtualSean Tomkins • Chris Berkshire • Charles Pringle JCATI Carbon Fiber Recycler: Shredder VirtualParker Sudderth • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD • Bo Nielsen • Charles Pringle JCATI Carbon Fiber Recycler; Delamination System VirtualAaron Eastman • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD • Bo Nielsen • Austin Taylor JCATI Crusher Drive Train VirtualMatthew Denchel • Chris Berkshire • Charles Pringle Late Holocene Fire History Reconstruction from Beaver Lake in the Northwest Lowlands of The Olympic Peninsula VirtualGrace McKenney • Megan Walsh LJM RC BAJA VEHICLE PROJECT CHASSIS, AND SUSPENSION VirtualPaul Lervick • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD Lookism and Education VirtualJessica Benitez • Chong Eun Ahn • AKS Korean Studies Scholarship Méhul’s "Le jeune sage et le vieux fou": Adapted English Translation VirtualEmily Bopp • Gayla Blaisdell • Michael Johnson • Jeffrey Snedeker • Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants Microcontroller Communication VirtualMason Andrews • Lad Holden Mima Mounds, Crust & Fire VirtualAbbey Crowe • Philip Siguenza • Anthony Smith • Lisa Ely Mobility Access in the Clothing Section of the Federal Way, WA, Wal-Mart Supercenter VirtualOlivia Bentley • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Molecular Motor Movement in a 3D Cytoskeleton Network VirtualDominic Horne • Erin Craig More than accessibility: Universal design and universal design for learning in a STEM Laboratory VirtualAmanda Rosenzweig • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Neutral Face Expression Recognition and Big-5 Personality Trait Attributes VirtualAmber Anderson • Miranda Roseman • Mary Radeke • Anthony Stahelski Nutrition education manual for parents and caregivers in rural areas of Western Africa VirtualSaran Sidibe • Tafere Belay • Dana Ogan • Kelly Pritchett Observing Transiting Exoplanets with the Central Washington University 0.6-meter Research Telescope VirtualNatalie Velez • Cassandra Fallscheer • McNair Program Paleoseismic investigation of rupture in the northeastern Kittitas Valley, Washington VirtualGaret Huddleston • Walter Szeliga • Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants Parent-Child Relationship and Attachment Security: Divorce as a Mediating Factor VirtualHanna Bruning • Caverna Headley • Amy Claridge Parental Age and Parent-Child Relationship Warmth VirtualEllie Chaffin • Megan Clausen • Meredith Craven • Nadia Gelle • Madison Shinn • Amy Claridge Parental Conflict and Parent-Child Emotional Connection Among Emerging Adults VirtualSharissa Bird • Megan Johnson • Shae Petty • Kailey Pfeiffer • Amy Claridge PC RC Baja: Steering and Drivetrain VirtualPablo Ruelas • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD Perceptions of Overcrowding in National Parks VirtualLucy McCoy • Megan Robins • Carla Jellum Poetic Lineage Map VirtualGianna Starble • Miah Jeffra • Maya Zeller Predictive Modeling for Buying and Selling Bitcoin VirtualEvan Nordin • Andrew Struthers • Brandy Wiegers Preliminary Analysis of Fauna from 1950s Excavations at a Coastal Site in Willapa Bay, Washington VirtualKevin Menzia • Patrick Lubinski Prevalence of Rickettsia in ticks collected near I-90 in Upper Kittitas County VirtualDaniela Mendez • Gabrielle Stryker Quantifying the Perception of News Articles on Tide Gauge data related to the Tohoku Tsunami VirtualLuke Michel • Walter Szeliga • McNair Program R/C Baja Truck: Suspension, Chassis and Steering VirtualRyan LaFrombois • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD R/C Baja: Drivetrain VirtualConnor Donovan • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD • Charles Pringle R/C Baja: Suspension & Chassis VirtualCaden Foster • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD R/C Baja; Suspension & Chassis VirtualMatthew Hart • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD RC Baja VirtualSean Gordon • Chris Berkshire RC Baja: Drivetrain VirtualRachel Krill • Jeunghwan Choi RC Baja: Drivetrain and Steering VirtualMathew Morgan • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD • Charles Pringle RC Car Drivetrain and Steering VirtualJacob Swift • Chris Berkshire Reese Sigman is Lying Completely Still VirtualReese Sigman • Jerry Dougherty • Kathryn Stahl Sediment-size distribution and vegetation density on alluvial fans in Umtanum Canyon VirtualThomas Badar • Daniel Brenneman • Jennifer Lewis • Lisa Ely Self-Efficacy Among Yakima County Agricultural Workers During a COVID-19 Delta Variant Surge VirtualHannah Lascano • Tishra Beeson • Katarina Mucha • Casey Mace-Firebaugh, PhD, MPH • Amie Wojtyna Senior Project: Voice Recognition VirtualAngela Kivlehen • Lad Holden • Jeff Wilcox Sentiment analysis and social media: quantifying the impact of the 2016 presidential election VirtualZach Ohara • Brandy Wiegers Solar Panel Mounted Ultrasonic Anemometer VirtualGage Johnson • Lad Holden Solar Power Microcontroller Fan VirtualJahmal Rowe • Lad Holden Spatial Trends of Multi-Home Ownership in College-Towns versus Non-College Towns VirtualConnor Hayes • John Bowen Stereocontrolled Synthesis and Evaluation of Platelet Aggregation Inhibitory Activity of Highly Decorated Lactam Carboxamides VirtualJane Eichwald • Jolyn Fessenden • Kaiden Quigley • Jayme Zesiger • Timothy Beng • Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants • Funding from Central OUR Grants Suicide and South Korean Youth: How a World Class Education System affects its Adolescents VirtualGrace Hendricks • Chong Eun Ahn • AKS Korean Studies Scholarship Super Bowl Popularity Estimated Using Taylor, Legrange, Hermite, and Cubic Spline Approximations VirtualEvan Swearingen • Brandy Wiegers Team H & H RC Baja: Suspension & Chassis VirtualJohn Huff • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD Team H&H RC Baja Drivetrain VirtualWilliam Hedlund • Chris Berkshire • Jeunghwan Choi, PhD The COVID Slide: Learning Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic VirtualNatalie Amos • Chase Claymore • Arturo Contreras • Lea Lebaron • Eunice Magana • Heath Marrs The effect of the microbiome on the productivity of wheat in response to stress VirtualRowan Thomas • Mary Poulson • Shirley Joan Cook Undergraduate Research Award The Impact and Efficacy of Psychosocial Support Practices For Grieving Families in Pediatric Health Care VirtualCaitlin Burkwist • Alyssa Madrigal • Amy Claridge • Katy Tenhulzen • Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants The Monsters Within: An Analysis of Minorities in the Horror Film VirtualJulianna Kropla • M. O'Brien • McNair Program The Potential Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Skin Tone on Voter Judgements of Candidates of Color VirtualIsaiah Andersen • Tonya Buchanan • Patrizia Chirco Thyroid Hormone was Associated with Obesity in Adolescents aged 12 - 19 years in the United States: Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011 – 2012 VirtualMaya Jensen • Tafere Belay • David Gee • Susan Hawk Transcript, Travelogue: Open Letter to Claudia Rankine VirtualMonica Monk • Katharine Whitcomb Type One Diabetes: Misconceptions and Stigma VirtualLuke Stoner • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Universal Design Considerations for Exercise and Swimming Pool Facilities VirtualChristian Bacon • Naomi Jeffery Petersen Using Numerical Analysis to Explore Ovarian Cancer VirtualCleta Malwitz • Brandy Wiegers Utilizing MTSS for English Learners VirtualNick Garcia • Maritsa Rodriguez • Juan Serrano • Heath Marrs What About Me? Understanding the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Social Anxiety VirtualJessica Allen • Tonya Buchanan • Kara Gabriel • Susan Lonborg What happens when Tires Retire? VirtualTimothy Eberl • Brandy Wiegers