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 designation on their transcript and are bestowed an honors medallion.
For questions or comments concerning the Honors Thesis Project collection, please contact honors@utk.edu
Projects from 2012
Weak Signals in American History: Applying Historical Events to Present Decisions in Business, Taylor Diane Robinson
A Humanitarian Perspective on Interracial Interaction Ideologies, Agnieszka Maria Helena Rykaczewska and Michael Olson
What are we Missing?: A qualitative look at leadership, vision and culture in for-profit and non-profit organizations, Kathleen Saunders
The National Security Presidency in the Post-9/11 World, Thomas C. Scandlyn
Rise in Textbook Prices, Benjamin Charles Shires
Investigation into potential cross-resistance of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF induced by adaptation to NaCl and subsequent SDS challenge, Vidisha Singh
Equal Protection Under the Law? Examining Tennessee's Drug Free School Zone Act (TNDFSZA), Jordan T. Smith
Process Optimization of Boatmate Trailers, LLC, Jamie M. Smotherman and Jasmine L. Kelley
Female Characters as Role Models in Young Adult Literature, Julia S. Stamper
Generation Y and Sustainability, Shelby L. Talbott
The Role of Sports & Recreation at the World's Top Entertainment Company, Jonathan P. Terrell
An Analysis of Redeeming Hope Ministries, Elizabeth Tiller
IFRS and the Repeal of LIFO, Jonathan Spenser Tipton
PP and CNO-Cycle Nucleosynthesis: Kinetics and Numerical Modeling of Competitive Fusion Processes, Matt Torrico
Computer Simulation of Radiation Detection in Diamond Detectors, Travis Tune
The Effect of Upright Posture on Decomposition, Brittany Jean Vasquez
10,000 Words: Creating and Subverting the Theatrical Process for Personal Insights and Practical Application, Dimitar Christo Venkov
Active Neutron Interrogation of Non-Radiological Materials with the Nuclear Materials Identification System, Mark Edwin Walker and John T. Mihalczo
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japanese Politics, Eliot Francis Watson
Three-Dimensional Kinematic Analysis Using the Xbox Kinect, Robert Matthew Wham
The Power to Regulate: State vs. Federal Authority in Immigration Law, Mallory E. Young
Projects from 2011
Knoxville Area Rescue Mission and UT Fraternity System, Armond M. Agassi
The Genesis Project: The Synthesis of Man, Environment, and Technology, Omar Sidney Bakeer
Low Power RTTY and PSK31 Decoder for Ham Radio Applications, Benjamin Bales
Political Communication in a Digital Age: 2011 Tea Party Senators and Social Media, Kaitlyn M. Barrett
Fire on the Mountain, Clear Light of Day and Fasting, Feasting: An Exploration of Indian Motherhood in the Fiction of Anita Desai, Ashley N. Batts
Determining the Effect of Seasonal Factors on the Shedding Patterns in Calves of two Strains of Food Borne Pathogenic E. coli, Heather Bayko
The Effect of U.S. Intervention on Political Rights and Civil Liberties, William T. Bedford Jr.
Vibration Fault Detection for Steam Generator Tubing, Brad Patrick Black, Laura Simmons, John Chapman, Jared Jennings, Jacob Johnson, Brian Paul, and Kyle Woods
Sustainability at BASF, Ariel E. Brassil
Exploring the Educator's Perspective when Approached with a Multicultural Classroom, Jodi L. Brown
The New Diplomacy: Devising a Relational Model of Public Diplomacy, Anne E. Buckle
Post-Conflict Cultural Revival and Social Restructuring in Northern Uganda, Erin Michelle Cagney
Battery Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Fuel-cell/Battery Electric Vehicle for EPA P3 2011 Competition, Yue Cao, Jonathan M. Coplon, Eugene V. Ng, and Michael C. Pickelsimer
The Effects of Resource Availability and Temperature on Ants, Carissa Michelle Chambers
Artifact Analysis of Ceramic Assemblage from the Golf Range Dump (40KN143) in Knoxville, Tennessee, Chelsea Patricia Coates
Cortázar’s Rayuela as Convergent Canvas Between Author and Reader, Eda E. Cogburn
Rethinking a Carbon Tax in an Era of Budget Deficits, Chad Covert
Rethinking a Carbon Tax in an Era of Budget Deficits, Chad Covert
Skeletal Analysis of the West Site (40DV12), Courtney L. Cox
Facebook and College Students: Is Marketing Effective, Kelsey Craig
Neurogenetic Studies on the Role of DIAP1 in Neuronal Programmed Cell Death in Drosophila, Faith V. Creekmore, Ritika Sehgal, and Jae H. Park
Rending the Chasuble: A Genealogy of the Anglican Crisis, Justin Ernest Crisp
"Daddy Dearest": The Development of Child Stars in the Studio System of the 1930s through '50s, Brittany N. Dalton
FEASIBILITY OF A TOUCH SENSITIVE BREAST PHANTOM FOR USE IN THE TRAINING OF PHYSICIANS IN CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION, Corinne Ashlie Davis, Katherine Lynn Mittura, Grace Elizabeth Copeland, and Erica Martina Hawkins
Ultrametric Properties of Homotopy and Refinement Critical Values, Steven Derochers
Jerasure 2.0, Parth Deshmukh, Sean Maginnis, and Josh Chandler
Citizens' Engagement with Torture: An Analysis of Neutralizations, Leigh Dickey
When Swallowing Becomes Impossible, Jessica Dowdy
The Importance of Quixotism in the Philosophy of Miguel de Unamuno, Sarah Driggers
The Effect of Optimism on Determining Alpha Wave State, David James Dyrek
How Jane Austen Uses Marriage to Get What She Wants, Hannah Eberle
Principles of Movement Control That Affect Choreographers' Instruction of Dance, Julia A. Fenton
Pollen Myosins and the Specific Role of XIJ, Whitnee Michelle Ferari
Stress Effects on Myosin Mutant Root Length in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brett A. George
Chasing Down Inequality: Can the Answer be Found at the Bottom?, Philip C. Gilman
Use of Spaced-Retrieval in Spelling Instruction, Amanda Kay Godsey
Sports Fans (a documentary), John L. Goodman
Perceived Containment as a Predictor of Children's Aggression Towards Peers, Kristina L. Gowin and Paula J. Fite
Privacy Law and the Internet using Facebook.com as a Case Study, Amelia D. Grubbs
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Methods to Reduce Atherosclerosis in the Obese Minipig, Mary E. Hall
Role reversal between mothers with borderline personality disorder and their children during reunion, Sean M. Holden
A Survey of Modern Mathematical Cryptology, Kenneth Jacobs
Localization of sources producing substrate-borne vibrations by the fiddler crab, Rachel Keiper
Representation and Deconstruction of Turkish German Stereotypes through Gegen die Wand and Kebab Connections, Charli Celine Kerns
Senior Design II Final Report: Red Bull Air Racer, Eric H. Kirchoff, Chad Sutton, Andrew Kail, and Sydney Fears
Competing Globally with Cost Accounting, Long Ho Kwan
Domestic and Foreign Policy in Ethnic Conflict: The True Reasons for the Rwandan and Burundian Genocides, William Andrew Ladnier
Recombinant Production of Vitronectin and Insights into its Structure and Role in Fibrinolysis, Cameron T. Landers
The Effects of Acid Deposition on High-Elevation Ecosystems: Values and Duties to Protect in an Ecocentric-Based Environmental Ethic, William A. Lewis
Effect of Alpha-Linolenic Acid on Global Fatty Oxidation in Adipocytes and Skeletal Muscle Cells, Bogdan A. Manole
Spatial and Temporal Characterization of Extracellular Proteases in the SCN, the Mammalian Circadian Clock, Alicia N. McClintock
Collegiate Athletic Department Success Index, David Clay McDonald
Controlling the Commons: International Efforts to Promote Environmental Sustainability, Erin E. McKee
INCORPORATING ETHICS INTO ACCOUNTING EDUCATION: A PROPOSAL FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE ACCOUNTING ETHICS COURSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, Courtney Michaluk
Virginia Woolf's Journey to the Lighthouse A hypertext essay exploring character development in Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, and To the Lighthouse, Laura Christene Miller
Understanding the thermodynamics of enzyme-antibiotic interactions with Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase-3’-IIIa, Michele K. Miller
From the Pasture to the Plate: A Local Foods Market in Downtown Knoxville, Katie Mitchell, Natalie Garner, and Whitney Christian
Une étude des systèmes de santé en France et aux États-Unis et des leçons que les États-Unis peuvent tirer du système de santé français, Olivia A. Morin
The Economic Potential of the All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery With a Focus on State of Charge, Elizabeth Hope Mouron
Addressing Homelessness Through the Private Sector, Mindy Nakamura
Sing Me to Heaven: An Evening of Contemporary Choral Standards, Zachary Charles Nyein
Failure Analysis of Leaking Stainless Steel Pump Casing, Mary E. Parker
The Effects of Social Media on Not-For-Profits, Kylie Jade Pearse
Healing of the Body, Mind, and Spirit: Addiction, Spirituality, and Alcoholics Anonymous, Ainsley Jillian Pierce
A Prospective Analysis on the Sustainability of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Austin Bailey Porter
Bluegrass Nation: A Historical and Cultural Analysis of America's Truest Music, Leslie Blake Price
The Contested Gate City: Southern Progressivism’s Roots in Atlanta’s Local Politics, 1885–1889, Jed Pike Pruett
Modeling of Human Hand Motion in a Maya Environment, Andrew M. Quinn, Aeshan Ali, Tessa Taylor, and Quincy Beasley
Team Tennessee Solar Decathlon HVAC System, Susan Katherine Reid, Kevin Kelly, Brad Hight, and Sam Felton
Intellectual Property law: the past, present and future of the controversy behind peer-to-peer file sharing and music, Celsy R. Rimmer
Demography and Gravestone Analysis at Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, Meghan E. Ripley
Solar Decathlon Controls, James Mitchel Routh, Travis Lathrop, Colby Jarrett, and Zach Cross
Resonance Testing for Fault Detection of Steam Generator Heat Transfer Tubing Walls, Michael C. Shannon, John Howington, Jesus Sanchez, Colin Sandidge, Jeremy Townsend, and Keith Welsh
Targeted Synthesis and Characterization of Isolated Zirconium (IV) Centers in a Silicate Building Block Matrix, Katherine P. Sharp
The Design and Synthesis of Different α-Linked Galactose Disaccharides, Robert Anthony Simion
Social Media and Political Campaigns, Kristian Nicole Smith
Examining Cultural Stereotypes Through Russian and American Voices, Samuel F. Smith
Defining American Casual: An Examination of the American Woman's Steady Shift toward Informal Attire at Work and on the Streets, Victoria Elizabeth Smith