2016 President’s Academic Showcase of Undergraduate Research

Tier One

1st Place: Roberto Flores de Apodaca - faculty sponsor Dr. Russell Dawn

• “A Blessed Estate”: A Study of the Novelty and Character of Sex and Eroticism in 17th and 18thCentury Puritan Marriages

2nd Place: Rachel Kim - faculty sponsor Dr. Lindsay Kane-Barnese

• Synergistic Effects of Salicylic Acid, Dapsone, Tretinoin, Tea Tree Oil, and Photodynamic Therapy on Killing Propionibacterium Acnes Involved in the Pathogenesis of Acne Vulgaris

3rd Place: David Sargenti - faculty sponsor Dr. Jeff Mallinson

• Reclaiming the Power of the Gospel: How Luther’s Concept of Christian Liberty Can Help Heal Divisions Within Lutheran Identity

Honorable Mention: Kendall Davis - faculty sponsor Dr. Mark Brighton

• The Role of the Temple in Dispensational and Covenantal Eschatologies

Honorable Mention: Aaron Mietzner - faculty sponsor Dr. Sarah Karam

• Regional Wildfire Analysis Development and Assessment Around the Campus of Concordia University, Irvine

Tier Two

1st Place: Kayla Yanke - faculty sponsor Dr. Melinda Schulteis

• The Fibonacci Sequence and its Linear Recurrence Properties

2nd Place: Makayla Denniston - faculty sponsor Dr. Melinda Schulteis

• The Presence of the Golden Ratio in Art

3rd Place: Madison Kreinheder - faculty sponsor Prof. John Kenney

• Vibrational Spectroscopy of Fish Otoliths as a Probe of Ocean Acidification

Best Poster

Ryan Fink - faculty sponsor Dr. John Norton

• Kendrick Lamar: Poet of the Soul in an Age of Rage