Students present results of 2018 Summer Research

Josh Yeast ’19 (left) and Damien Douglas ’21 present a poster about the project, “Teaching Math and Science in a Changing World.”

Randolph students participating in the 2018 Summer Research program presented the results of eight weeks’ worth of lab work, cultural and sociological studies, innovative teaching strategies, and environmental research today during the Summer Research Program Symposium. Several groups have also been invited to present their work at national conferences within the next year.

Participating students and their projects included:

• Emad Davis ’19: “Interactive Caregiver Portal for the Visualization of Activity and Location Data in an Alzheimer’s Population”
• Celina Matthews ’19: “Merging Poetry and Science in A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia”
• Anh “Jessica Bui ’20 and San Hoang ’20: “The Lynchburg Neighborhood Database Initiative (LNDI): A Pilot Study”
• Josh Yeast ’19 and Damien Douglas ’21: “Teaching Math and Science in a Changing World”
• Jude Quintero ’20: “Finite Group Invariants of the rank 2 Heisenberg Vertex Algebra”
• Margaret Van Beek ’19 and Thinh “Bill” Pham ’20: “Comparing the quality of rainwater collected from roof surfaces and ground-level surfaces”
• Matthew Williams ’20: “Reliable Synthesis and Spectral Analysis of a Historically Notable Inorganic Phosphor”
• Sara Primm ’20: “Bringing the Past into the Light: Modernizing the Ancient Archaeology Collection at Randolph College”
• Yuriy Snyder ’19: “Multiscale Modeling of a Functionalized Surface Catalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Production”
• Valarie Osei-Akyeampong ’19: “Extraction, Separation, and Analysis of Pigments in Colored Rice Varieties”
• Lewis Ward ’20: “Analysis of student textbook costs at Randolph College”