Endeavor! Awards for Research and Creativity

Past Projects

2010-2011

• Communities Making a Difference in Childhood Obesity Through Triathlon Training
• Development of a Dithiepin Framework for Novel Host Molecules
• The Woman with an Unusual Smile: A Case of Fused Mandibular Lateral Incisor and Canine in a Pre-Columbian Amerindian from Southwestern Indiana
• The Impact of Intercultural Service Learning on Ethnocentrism and Helping
• The Association Between the Rosette Motif and Death in Ancient Greek Artifacts
• Food and Maintenance of Culture in El Cibao Region of the Dominican Republic
• Spiritual Structures: Revealing Evansville’s Heritage, Diversity, and Community
• False Head Behavior and Mechanics of a Temperate Butterfly Experiment and Modeling
• Costuming Research and Acquisition for Rent Unique to Its Origins
• Assessing Critical Care Nursing: Evaluation of Care for Critically Ill Patients in South Africa
• Sustainable Energy, Women, and the Modern World
• Designing Alternative Energy Systems in Jamaica

This is a partial list of Endeavor! projects successfully completed in the 2009-2010 academic year.

• Assessing the International Experience: Expectations and Experiences of Peruvian Students
• Computational Studies on Dehydrogenation Catalysts Targeting Hydrogen Generation
• The Transition from Unconfined to Confined Aquifer in a Riparian Wetland Along the White River, Manistee National Forest, Michigan
• Using SEM and Fractal Analysis to Morphologically Fingerprint Volcanic Ash
• The Functional Movement Screen Deep Squat Test: A Quantitative Validation of Clinical Scoring Data
• Determination of Insulin Resistance (HOMA_IR) in College-Aged Men and Women
• Magical Junk Deters Witches: A Study of Witch-Bottles and Their Components
• Regression Analysis of Cerebrovascular Disease Instances in Indiana
• Toll and Toll-Like Receptors of Innate Immunity
• Using an Analysis of the Holocaust to Learn Effective Social Studies Methods
• Representation Versus Reality of the Japanese Family
• Institute of Management Accountants: Student Case Competition, Keenan’s Pub
• The History and Tradition of Oaxacan Woodcarving
• The Relationship Between HooDoo and the Blues: How to Get Your Mojo Workin’
• Regulation of the Lactate Transport Complex in Human Breast Cancer by Cyclooxygenase-2
• Society in Transition: China and the Continuing Questions of a Growing Economy
• History, Values, Beliefs, and Lifestyle of the Bruderhof and the “Society of Brothers”
• Correlation in the Family Ictaluridae Between the Rhodopsin Gene and the Environment in Which They Live