Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
The Chancellor’s Honors Program (CHP) is the University of Tennessee’s largest university-wide honors program. Founded in 1985, CHP membership is approximately 5-10% of undergraduate students. Admission to the program is highly selective and usually occurs when students matriculate from high school. The typical entering Chancellor’s Honors student has excelled in a rigorous high school curriculum and demonstrated exceptional leadership potential.
In recognition of their specialized course work, faculty-mentored independent scholarship, international & intercultural learning, and exceptional academic performance, Chancellor’s Honors students earn an honors-designated diploma and are bestowed an honors medallion.
For questions or comments concerning the Honors Thesis Project collection, please contact honors@utk.edu
Projects from 2013
The Effect of Institutional Veto Players on Education Policy Reform in the United States and Finland, Isham C. Hewgley IV
United States and Canada: The Impact of the Socioeconomic Gap on Education Performance, Mackenzie K. Higgins
Coalescing Memory, Michael Christopher Housley
Automated Home Apnea System, Collin G. Howser and Trevor Grieco
The Middle Ground Between Good and Evil: The Role of Young Adult Literature in Modern Understandings of German History, Bonnie Kristin Mary Jendrek
7 Generations of Bigham and Minniehan Ancestors, Zachary H. Johnson
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN RETROFIT FOR THE VISITOR CENTER AT THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Michael A. Kerksick
I See London, I See France, Molly C. Kessler
Corporate Humanitarian Partnerships, Rebecca C. Keyes
Comparing Portfolio Diversification Strategies in Different Market Environments, Kyle Tobias Koerten
Childbirth experience and infant feeding mode, Laura Lynne Ladd
Solar Technology in Our World- A Business Approach, Luke Ingalls Liska
Out of State Student Mentorship Program Proposal, James W. Logan
Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Contemporary Germany: A Critical Analysis of Political Debates and Media Depictions, Hannah Long
Study Level Design of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Katie Lutes
Synthesis of Isotopologues and Nanoparticles for Hyper Raman Spectroscopy, Burton K. Mandrell
A Literature Review of Risk Factors for the Development of Breast Cancer: Risks and Prevention Methods, Anna K. Manneschmidt
Federal Conservation Spending Allocated by Agency, Emily Clare Manneschmidt
Condition of the United States Infrastructure, Potential Solutions, and International Comparisons, James W. McDonald
A Study of Poisson and Related Processes with Applications, Phillip Mingola
Comparison of Methodologies for Synthesis of 3-(Cyclopropylethynyl)benzisothiazole 1,1-Dioxide, Rachel Lee Naramore
Universal Personal Transfer, Arian Nasab
The Health Monitoring of Naïve, Immunocompromised Sows in a Seasoned Facility, Sara Nash
Political Consequences of Cross-Border Labor Mobility in Luxembourg, Jessawynne A Parker
A Curious Passport: The Impact of World Language Immersion Education on Adult Alumni, Hannah Nicole Parks
Finding Nuclear Drip Lines and Studying Two Proton Emission, Alexander Matthew Perhac
Design of Economical Upper Stage Hybrid Rocket Engine, Christopher R. Potter
Lexmark Paper Redirector, Arisa Pruttianan, Ben Jamin Byers, Ty Wren Koelker, Charles Dewey Wood, and Myles Hunter Smith
Awaiting the Seer: Emerson's Poetic Theory, Rachel Radford
Cystic Fibrosis: CFTR, Complications, and Prospective Therapies, Rachel L. Rose
The Business of Coupons-Do coupons lead to repeat purchases?, Margaret Peacher Ross
Annie Oakley, Gender, and Guns: The "Champion Rifle Shot" and Gender Performance, 1860-1926, Sarah Russell
The Effects of Pedagogical Conditions on Second Language Acquisition, McCall Evonne Sarrett
Effects of Phonotactic and Orthotactic Probabilities on Word Recognition for Children who do and do not use AAC, Rachel C. Shelton
EcoCar Console, Carl Douglas Slater, Arpit Mukul Dave, Brian Douglas Paul, and Christopher Thomas Hensel
Characterization of the apoptotic functions of the HID hmolog isolated from Megaselia scalaris, Shannon Smith
Economic Report on Vanadium Redox Flow Battery with Optimization of Flow Rate, Kevin Spellman, Kendrick Stiles, and Ian Little
Starving in the Louvre and Other Stories, Charles F. Sterchi IV
The detrimental effects of aging out of foster care and Knoxville's representativeness of appropriate services, Samantha Leanne Stout
Suspended Sediment Concentrations in Three Tributaries of the Little River, Chaney Swiney
Animal welfare around the world: examining the role the economy has on animal welfare, Olivia J. Thornton
Development of a Glucose Bioreporter Using the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae W303, Hunter Tipton
A Global Talent Shortage: Myth or Reality?, Benjamin A. Todd
The Vestiges of the Sacred, Benjamin James Wathen
Ethnicity and Breastfeeding in Kenya, Brooke Meredith Watson
Body Size Variation in Two Adjacent Populations of Black Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis nigra) in East Tennessee, Jesse Weber and Joshua Ennen
Modeling the relationship between coal mining and respiratory health in West Virginia, Jessica Welch
To Be Here, Then Gone: A Historical Review of Psychology’s Influence on Determining Time of Death, Iby Wellborn
Relationship Satisfaction as a Moderator of Diabetes Duration and Diabetes-Related Emotional Distress, Marcus Gustav Wild
A In-Depth Analysis of The Federal Tax System, Esther O Wong
Projects from 2012
Sustainability Analysis of Personal Transportation for Near Urban Commuting, Theodore Ansink, Matthew Atchley, Virginia Browning, Yue Cao, Michelle Everett, James Hall Jr, William R. Henson, Eugene Ng, Michael Picklesimer, Justin Ridenour, Scott Teeters, and James Wilson
Rape and the Feminine Response in Early Modern England and Several Shakespearean Works, David Alexander Bernard
The Impact of Cultural Distances on the Country Selection Process, Alan Blizzard
Evaluation of the effects of the closure of Equine slaughter facilities, Taylor R. Bonar
An Analysis of Consumer Response to Businesses’ Expression of Beliefs, Justin P. Boyter
Sevilla una maravilla: A Student's Guide to Study Abroad in Seville, Spain, Kayla F. Buchanan
Computational Studies of the N2-H2 Interaction-Induced Dipole Moment, Hailey R. Bureau
Powerful Hermeneutics: British Readings of Hindu Texts and Concepts in Late Eighteenth-Century Bengal, David Fredrickson Burman
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage in a Molten Salt Pool, Chelsea Burnham, Mark Dreifke, Christopher Ahn, David Shell, Andrew Giminaro, and Michael Shanahan
Math, Minds, Machines, Christopher V. Carlile
Vowel Perception in Normal and Hearing Impaired Listeners, Lauren Charles
Development and testing of an online training module on celiac disease for public school personnel, Nancy A. Childers
The Philosophy of Officiating, Robert L. Davies Jr.
Investigating the Flexibility of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Folding and Binding, Amanda Leilah Debuhr
Exploring Moroccan Identities: The Tension between Traditional and Modern Cuisine in an Urban Context, Miriam R. Dike
The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Middle-sized Businesses, Charles R. Edwards
Reported Experience of Maltreatment in Adolescents Whose Mothers Have Borderline Personality Disorder, Chelsea R. Ennis
Beat Consumption: The Challenge to Consumerism in Beat Literature, Amien Aaron Essif
Cultural anthropological research in the business environment, Caitlin Farmer
Physical Adsorption of Gases onto Mesoporous Silica Material SBA-15, Sean C. Forrest
Organization and Characterization of Nuclear Receptor Af1 Domain, Angela Frantz
The United States as a Driving Force in Global Economic Recovery: Living Within a Window of Transnational Solidarity During the Great Depression, Zachery Chase Fullerton
Effect of social status on social defeat-induced neural activation in the dorsal raphe nucleus, Danielle M. Gerhard, Kathleen E. Morrison, and Matthew A. Cooper
Perceived Interpersonal Support as Protective Factors for Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Richard D. Gibson
A Survey of Mission Opportunities to Trans-Neptunian Objects – Part II, Ashley M. Gleaves
Viral Online Content and the College Market Using RateMyProfessors.com and HowsTheLiving.com as Case Studies, Aeron L. Glover
Adaptation to a novel environment drives female habitat preference, not mate choice, Mary M. Glover, Dylan R. Dittrich-Reed, and Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick
A Historical Analysis of the Portrayal of Teens in Popular Literature: The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, Susan F. Gregory
The Voice of the River Arts District, Ava Marie Gunter
"Just Trying to Keep My Head Above Water": Division I Freshman Female Athletes' Experience of Their First Semester, Aslynn C. Halvorson
Orderly ε-Homotopies of Discrete Chains, Alexander Thomas Happ
Exploring Nutrition in the Community: The Effects of Nutrition Education, Andrew Brendan Harrison
The Cumberland Avenue Corridor and the University of Tennessee: The Relationship between a University and its Neighborhood, William Harris
Spelling, Spaced Retrieval, and Vocabulary, Allison S. Henry
Global Implementation of IFRS, Robert L. Hibbard II
Gas to Liquids (GTL), Andrew David Hix, Mark Moore, Rachel Kendall, Rachel Svoboda, and William Maningas
Mountain Dew's Brand Personality, Cara Nicole Hollenbeck
The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Titanosilicates for Next Generation Hydrogen Storage, James R. Humble
Dynamics of He adsorbates on MgO(100) surfaces, Britta Johnson Ms
The Impact of the Recession on Education Funding in the U.S. and Mississippi, Will Jolly
Humanitarian Response Unmanned Aircraft System (HR-UAS), Justin T. Knott, David P. Brundage, John S. Campbell, D. Austin Eldridge, Shaun B. Hooker, Jake R. Mashburn, and Jacob L. Philpott
Molecular Modeling of Estrogen Receptors, Chelsea Knotts
No se puede vivir sin pensar: an analysis of The Boom in Latin America, Lauren Lee
The Physiological and Psychological Connection: The Body’s Response to Ceased Exercise from Athletic Injury, Patricia Rotella Ligon
Soft X-ray Spectroscopic Investigation of Oxides for Renewable Energy Applications, Eric Westbrook Martin
The Use of a Fluidized Bed in a Spent Fuel Pool, Charles R. Menke, Natalie B. Camilli, Nathan A. Capps, Claire Fage, Timothy R. Hillard, Matthew B. Nash, and Matthew L. Thornbury
On the Number of Tilings of a Square by Rectangles, Timothy Michaels
Man's Best Friend is Trending Toward Women, Courtney M. Miller