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 2014
Rejecting Shadow for Substance: Marriageable Love within the Novels of Louisa May Alcott, Megan Gentry
Methods to Enhance Spent Fuel Pool and Dry Cask Storage, Dustin Giltnane, David Gotthold, Seth Langford, Michael Ratliff, Jessica Dawn Shewmaker, and Cody Wiggins
Using virus-induced gene silencing to identify novel regulators of plasmodesmal function, Adam Greeley, Elena Ganusova, and Tessa Burch-Smith
Science Writing at a National Laboratory, Lauren Elizabeth Gregg
Tense Positioning: Labeling and Tension in Kofuku no Kagaku's Development, Jackson Layne Hale
Laterality and Handedness: Analysis of Metacarpal Cross-sectional Geometry in Archaic Populations, Sarah A. Hall
Coasters, Cotton Candy, and Christ: Tracing the Function of Faith and Fun in Dollywood, Tennessee, Blaire Sheppard Hamilton
Regulation of gene expression during flocculation in Azospirillum brasilense, Ryan P. Hammond
Migrant Labor in the Arabian Gulf, Sara Hamza
EcoCAR2 Center Stack Development, Westley Logan Harris, Chris Winstead, Nicholas Alexander Cavopol, William Willie Wells, and Tate Glick Hawkersmith
The Medal of Honor: Transcending Perceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy and War, Taylor A. Hathorn
Antimicrobial Activity of Cinnamic Acid, Citric Acid, Cinnamaldehyde, and Levulinic Acid Against Foodborne Pathogens, Savannah G. Hawkins
Study Level Design and Economic Analysis of a Bromine-Polysulfide Redox Flow Battery (BPSRFB), Samantha A. Hawks
Judicial Influence and the United States Federal District Courts: A Case Study, Justin R. Hickerson
Development of an Energy-Harvesting Shoe, Daniel C. Hillyard, Jesse Thompson, Anthony Kosinski, and Payton McNabb
Object Tracking by Pan Tilt System, Lily Hoang
Appalachian Dam Design: Hydrualics and Hydrology, Dylan Hoehn
Speech Cue Weighting in Fricative Consonant Perception in Hearing Impaired Children, Katherine L. Hogue, Junghwa Bahng, Deborah von Hapsburg, and Mark Hedrick
Sub-Saharan Africa: The New China?, Kathryn A. Hutcheson
Reverse Logistics Planning: A Strategic Way to Address Environmental Sustainability While Creating a Competitive Advantage, Melissa R. Icenhour
Restoring the Harmony of Humanity and Science, Simone Ilia Ms.
The spread and potential control of disease across the domestic cattle-wildlife interface, Rachel Jackson
Solute Additives and Neutron Absorber Alloys for the Improvement of Spent Fuel Pool Safety and Increased Storage Space, Seth H. Jobe, John R. Chalmers, Zach Hensley, Austin O'Connor, Nathan Shoman, and Matthew Weeks
Identifying Myosin Class XI Globular Tail Interactions With Plant Organelle Proteins, Hunter A. Johnson Mr.
Positive Periodic Solutions for a Higher Order Functional Difference Equation, Jacob Johnson
Trends in Children's Literature and the Social Implications, Rebecca A. Johnson
Graphic Representation of Exotic Nuclear Shapes in the Pasta Phase of Matter in Neutron Stars, Mark A. Kaltenborn
SCI Cleveland: Inman Street Infrastructure Improvements, Drew B. Keller
UT Water Sports Facility Design, Tyler Keys
The Contextual Audiences of Caesar's De Bello Gallico, Timothy R. Kimbrough
Power, Self-Transformation, and Looks: Capturing the Gaze in Jane Austen, Victoria R. Knight
Health Monitoring of Seasoned Sows in a New and Unfamiliar Environment, Rebecca Kocak
The Influences of Folklore on the Creation of the Mormon Identity, Hannah Ruth LaPrise
Modeling Feral Cat Population Dynamics in Knox County, TN, Lindsay E. Lee, Nick Robl, Alice M. Bugman, An T.N. Nguyen, Bridgid Lammers, Teresa L. Fisher, Heidi Weimer, Suzanne Lenhart, and John C. New Jr.
The Dissolution of Effective Leadership: A Multiple-Case Study Analysis of Destructive Leadership, Joshua B. Leonard
The Multilingual Reality in American Business, Zachary Z. Lim
The Role of Faith-based Clinics in America's Healthcare System, Parker Jennings Loy and Parker Jennings Loy
The Role of CEOs' Self-Serving Motives in Corporate Headquarter Relocations, Cris Manka
Implicit Testing and Men's Health Attitudes, Autumn Lea Manning
Synthesis and Characterization of Ln[hfac]x and Ln[fod]x Complexes for Thermochromatographic Separations, Matthew L. Marsh
A Not-So-Beautiful Campaign: A Feminist Analysis of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Caitlin M. McCleary
Factors in Poverty Alleviation: the Globalization, Growth, Inequality, and Growth Nexus, Kayla J. McMurry
Play Behaviors and Physical Activity Patterns in Kindergarten Children in a Natural Playground Setting, Anna Rose Mislitskiy
There Will Be Blood, Kerri E Moore
The Hemo-Quik, Michelle Morin
Uprooted: A Film Analysis of Refugee Resettlement in Tennessee, Shannon Therese Mullane
Forecasting Monthly Incidence Rates for Shigellosis in Tennessee, Nancy Murray
Tweet Mapper Visualization Software, Andrew W. Nash, Shawn M. Cox, and Michael T. Adams
Development of a gel based assay to monitor complex formation of tPA with wild type PAI-1 and mutants in the presence of copper, Joanna Nyland
An Examination of the Correlation Between Educational Attainment and Upward Economic Mobility Within and Without ‘High Tech Clusters’ in the US in 2012, Hannah Cecilia Oakley
The Implications of Distance and Envy in Organizations: An Exploration of Leader-Member Exchange and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors, Taylor K. Odle
Characterization of bacterial chemotaxis receptors sensing and signaling, Molly Elizabeth Payne
Language, Race, and Body Rhetorics: Relationships of Hegemony in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, Kathryn E. Peck
Improvement of Spent Fuel Storage with Advanced Mechanical Shielding Placement, Gordon M. Petersen, Nicole Galante, Hannah Hale, Dylan Richardson, and Robert Vance
The Effects of a High-Protein Diet on Obesity and Other Risk Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease, Daniel L. Phillips
Alternative Revenues: A Quantitative Study on In-App Purchases, John X. Qiu
The Policy of Preservation: A Continent on the Brink of Unanimity, Matthew B. Reecer
Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Nuclear Hormone Receptors, Mark Remec
Acculturation's Effects on Latino Marketing in the United States, Jessica Chase Renfro
Corporate Headquarters Relocations Announcements: Their Incidence Ratios, Industry Distribution, and Shareholder Wealth Effects, Bartholomew H. Rhoades
The Most Powerful Mouse in the World : The Globalization of the Disney Brand, Michaela J. Robbins
Soccer Participation and Youth Obesity in the United States, Lee Schober
Regulation of Chemokine Gene Transcription by Novel Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulators, Elizabeth Sherrill
Electrophysiological Cross-Modality Comparisons of Infant Individual Differences in Holistic Processing and Selective Inhibition, Matthew Singh
Investigating Patterns of Domestic Violence in the Marginally Urban Communities on the Outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, Sean M. Smith
Investigating the Role of the Type VI Secretion System in the Rhizobaterium Azospirillum brasilense, Sean M. Smith
WirelessEEG: data aquisition + handheld device, Michael Dylan Snowden, Madeline Threatt, Brent McFerrin, David Platillero, Karsten Solies, and Lindsey Hopf
Womanhood: A Mini-Series, Maggie E. Solomon
Physical Activity in Individuals with Down Syndrome, Chelsea B. Spurgeon
Cd dipping to reduce reactivity of fuel assemblies in spent fuel pools, John Clark Stooksbury
Institutional Setting and Carrier Viability in the Airline Industry: A Continuing Review of the Post-Deregulation Experience, Sean W. Sullivan
The Effects of Class XI Myosins on Arabidopsis thaliana Root Hair Growth and Fertility using amiRNAs, Lauren Taylor Swientoniewski
The Evolution of Jane Eyre, Brooke E. Terry
Effects of Antibiotic binding on the overall structure of the Aminoglycoside N3-acetyltransferase-IIIb; an antibiotic resistance enzyme, Selamawit Kebede Tesema
The Effects of Sensory Integration on Short Term Memory in College Students, Chelsea B. Tolliver
The Bracero Program Applied to Immigration Today, Kathryn S. Waddell
FUTURE Study: Physical Activity in Individuals with Intellectual Disability, Mary K. Walkup
Do both misery and happiness love company? The emotional consequences of listening to experiences shared by others., Samantha Warchol
Olympic Caliber Countries: How Macroeconomic Factors and Previous Performance Impacted the 2012 London Olympic Games, Adam C. Watkins
Evaluation of Novel Multi-Dimensional Tissue Culturing Methods Using Autonomously Bioluminescent Human Cell Lines, James Dean Webb
mHealth: A Comprehensive and Contemporary Look at Emerging Technologies in Mobile Health, Kyle Leon West
An Analysis of the Politics and Economics of Allowing Wine in Grocery Stores in Tennesssee, James Scott White
Dual Threat: The Spanish Influenza and World War I, Rachel M. Williams
Communicating With Hispanic Parents of Young, School-Age Children, Sarah Grace Williams
Augustine, Wannabe Philosopher: The Search for Otium Honestum, Allen G. Wilson
Printing the Bible, Megan R. Wu
Projects from 2013
Off-Ramp: An Architecture of Deceleration, Samuel Craig Adkisson
International Taxation and Initial Foreign Entries, Hannah Grace Alexander
Effects of Health Care Reform on Hospital Staffing Decisions: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law, Julianna K. Alexiades
Investigating the Metal Binding Properties of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 (PAI-1) with Intrinsic Tryptophan Fluorescence, Omar M. Alsharif
Vortex, Charles F. Armstrong, Dimitri Yacoub, and Alexander B. Sayers
Therapeutic Guide to Intellectual Disability and Special Populations, Robert Spencer Ashmun
Characterization of Influenza Hemagglutinin Mutants for the Elucidation of Key Residues’ Effect on Activation, Morgan Baltz
SmartPager – An Interactive System for Restaurant-Customer Interactions, Daniel Bauer, Rohan Dave, Joe Edwards, and Tyler Thurston
Localization of seismic signals by the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, Thomas M. Beazley
Tightrope: Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. during the Watergate Public Hearings, Christopher A. Borns
High Thought – Low Tech, Samuel Luiken Bouck and Forrest Jackson Reynolds
The Choice Is Yours: A Study of the East Tennessee Voter's Decision Process, Alice E. Brading