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 1998
Work, Agriculture, and the Rise of Female House Seclusion in Post-Colonial Hausaland, Jason Chumley
The Use of Film Analysis in Political Consulting: Public Relations Strategy for Presidential Health Care Policy, Melissa Anne Corban
Creating Worlds: The Design and Implementation of an Artificial Environment Meta-Tool, James Arthur Davis
Priorities of the International Community: Politics or People, Lisa F
The Effects of Preoperative Education on the Reduction of Pre-anesthesia Anxiety, Mark Wesley Fugate
Images of the Enemy: A Study of the Images of Germans and French Collaborationists in the Gaullist newspaper Combat, Melinda Suzanne Garner
A study of the primary care provided to children who stutter: Do doctors know enough?, Mary Joan Hamby
Speed of Sound in Gases: N2O2 <--> 2NO and N2O4 <--> 2NO2, Nathaniel Isaac Hammer
Characterization of Bacterial Isolates from an Acidic Soil Environment Using 16S rRNA Phylogeny Techniques, Jerrie Caroline Haney-Weaver
How to Determine When Mergers and Acquisitions Create Value for Long-Term Investors, Charles Kerwin Holmes
Human Cloning: Technology or Hubris?, Sabrina Burns Hutchins
"Caesar: Slain with Daggers but Stabbed with Words" or "Cicero as a Failure and Fraud", Brandtly Neal Jones
Assessing Steroid Action with the Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene: Construction of Eukaryotic Expression Vectors, Erin Nicole Kahler
Suppression of Pituitary-Adrenal Axis with Dexamethasone: Comparison of IV versus IM, Janell Grace Kapp
The Environmental Impacts of Landfills: Problems & Solutions., Hajnalka M. Klieman
A Proposal: University of Tennessee Welcome Center, Austin Whitfield Lee
Accounting for Turnover: Retention in Gib Five Firms, Rebecca Kaye Loney
Present Day Effects of French Colonization on Former French Colonies, Lori Liane Long
Generation of an [RI0gA] Mutant Calmodulin Gene using the Kunkel Method of Site Directed Mutagenesis, Lea Ann Lund
Wal-Mart: The Secrets of Success, Kelly Anne MacLanahan
Problems with Expansive Pyritic Shales in East Tennessee, Molly Sarah McCann
A Characteristic Study to Determine the Necessary Attributes for a Chemical Engineering Student, Brandy Natasha Miller
Educidation of Endogenous Retroviral DNA in the Tissues of Cats Killed by Hyperthyroidism; PCR Amplification of Feline Leukemia Virus, Diana Marie Padgett
The Art of Medicine Revolutions in Vision, Damon Ernest Patterson
Gender Differences in the Workplace: Reviewing the Past and Looking to the Future, Stephanie Shannon Powell
Dixie Stampede: Is "The Most Fun Place to Eat" Capturing Customer Values?, Johanna Marie Reeping
Investment Thesis: Campbell Soup Company, Matthew Holmstrom Richey
Time and Understanding, Daniel Earl Sehr
Solar Resource Policy, Tara Lauren Smalstig
The Electoral College: What Is It Good For?, Jason D. Spain
Imagination of Reality: Marianne Moore, Mary Elizabeth Stanley
Transcribing for the Trombone Ensemble, Joshua Robinson Walker
Projects from 1997
Multicultural Lessons from the Americas The Afro Experience and the Benefits of Difference, Alison D. Bartel
Their Voices Speak: Women Physicians and Their Current Role in American Medical Society, Kelly Birdwell
Race, Identity and Democracy, Patrick M. Bolt
Design of a Device to Test Compliance in Arterial Grafts, Julie A. Boyd
The Cross and the Cauldron: The Relationship between Religion and Magic in Selected Medieval and Modern Arthurian texts, Robert Todd Bruce
Drawing Circles Around Society: Societally Marginalized Groups and their Treatment within Opera, Kevin Burdette
No Title, Kevin Daniel Burdette
An Analysis of Surrogate Motherhood and Its Role in Society, Cathy Burns
Design of a Clinical Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Treatment Facility: An Adaptation for University Honors Department senior project requirements, Joshua Taylor Carson
The City of Oak Ridge and the Quest for a General Aviation Airport, Matthew Alan Cate
Cancer and Stereoselective Solutions, Julie Ann Coltrin
Knoxville Pediatric Associates: A Case Study, Brian Walton Crenshaw
Creating Ten Years in Aberdeen: Background Information and Conclusions, Charla Suzanne Curtis
Manic Depression and Artistic Creativity, Elizabeth Brooks Davis
The Effects of Neuropeptide Y on the invitro mulhunit activity rhythm in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Michael Douglas Day
Growth and Annulus Formation in Young-of-the-Year Rainbow Trout in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Amy Patricia Delashmit
Cloning of the DNA Sequences Associated with a Gene, The Mutation of Which causes Female Sterility of Drosophila Melanogaster, Norma Marie Edwards
Foundations for Prevention: Common Threads Between Women Who Did Not Become Adolescent Mothers, Amy Sneed Eoff
HFIR Thermal Neutron Beam Guide Hall Upgrade, Daniel Carlyle Evans
Developing a Hands on Method of Teaching the Processes of Government, Marcus Edwin Fitzsimmons
Athletic Heart Syndrome in the Sled Dog, Robert Francis Garza
Justice Owen Roberts's Revolution of 1937, Gill Robert Geldreich
Mosca en el mapa'? Herencia e historia del caracter costarricense, Elizabeth Janelle Green
Temperament and Wellness Within a College Population, Lori Ann Gregory
An Examination and Evaluation of Carlos Menem's First Term (1989-95) as President and the Democratic Consolidation Process in Argentina, Daniel Joseph Grooms
An Examination of Carlos Menem's First Term as President and the Democratic Consolidation Process in Argentina, Danny Grooms
No Title, Andrew Frederick Heltsley
Stories for Grown ups: The Works of Dr. Seuss, Ashley Lyn Henson
American Trends and American Fears: An Analysis of the Women's Movement and the Religious Right as Envisioned in Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale, Jennifer Leigh Hodson
Collections of Short Pieces from Senior Year, George Shiyan Ho
Senior Project on the Sociology of Health Care in America and Possibilities for Reform, Mark David Hughes
No Title, Delmont Eugene Jones
Evidence for a Circadian Clock in the Fog Hypothalamus, Anita Karne
Hanford Waste Treatment Process, Stephen Ryan Kennedy
No Title, Travis Dewayne Kirk
Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonated B-Ketophosphonate Ion Exchange Resins, Ryoko Kita
Formulation of a Biodegradable and Biosynthetic Latex Paint, Emily Catherine Lehnert
Perceptions of Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis and Heart Disease Among College Women, Linda Mary Lewandowski
An Assessment and Supplemental Interpretation of Health Status in the East Tennessee Region, Jason Little
The Role of Homosexuality in Classical Islam, Stefanie Lee Martin
Tests for superfluous killing in five species of web-building spiders, Jennifer Lyn Maupin
Teaching Sociolinguistic Competence in the ESL Classroom, Claire Ann Mizne
The Greatest Class We Ever Took, Matthew David Mowrer
The Robot Car, Punit Mukhija
Development of a non-contact Temperature Measurement Device for Lexmark Laser Printer, Julie Paddleford
Quench Tower Process Control Improvements, Richard Scott Padgett
Environmental Blueprint for the Twenty-First Century: The Greening of Big Orange, Mary Anne Peine
Environmental Blueprint for the 21st Century, James Joseph Pizzirusso
Stability of Modular Acetabular Components Depends on the Lacking Mechanism Design, Temperature, and Axial Load, Cheryl Denise Riddle
No Title, Teresa Ann Rogers
An Analysis of Literary Allusions and Their Significance in Doris Betts's Heading West, Sally Elizabeth Rowlett
Development of a High Temperature Stress Rupture Testing Apparatus for Small Diameter Ceramic Fibers, Stephan Edward Russ
White House Staffs: A Study, Eric Jackson Stansell
Urban Backpacking: What Every Beginning Backpacker Needs to Know, Bethany Carole Taylor
An Inside Look into Doppler Ultrasound, Lori Taylor
Fundamental Analysis of Delta Air Lines, Inc., James Leon Thornton
Of Autumn Apples and Dying Boys, Michael Louis Wittkamp
Can Timely and Valuable Information Concerning Chinese Businesses be Found on the Internet, Wei Zhou
Projects from 1996
The Professional and Academic Skills Program, Salome A. Abungu
The Visitation, Berthajo Adams
Experiences, Angie G. Allis
Multi-User Adventures as Interactive Fiction, Amy R. Ammer
CO2 Sequestration from Coal Fired Power Plants, Andrew S. Athon
Design and Implementation of a World Wide Web Server for the Diffraction and Thermo physical Properties Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robert D. Bird
HBI Values and Water Quality of Sampled Creeks in Townsend Area, Melanie N. Black
Evaluation of the AiCPA & IIA codes of Ethics, Jessica L. Bradberry