Past Senior Honors Project Topics/Titles

 Biblical and Religious Studies

1. Outreach Possibilities for the Grantham Church
2. Nonviolence in the Real World
3. "We Belong to the Land": Palestinian Christian Theology, Active Reconciliation and Nonviolent Direct Action in Israel-Palestine

Biological Sciences

1. Isolation of Genetically Homogeneous Cell Lines Immortalized by a Wild Type or Mutant Form of the Simian Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen
2. Technique of soil core digestion for use in palynological studies take from vernal pools
3. Feeding and Semaphoring Behaviors of the Panamanian Golden Frog, Atelopus Zetiki
4. Age Estimation by Skeletochronology of Salamanders Collected on Messiah College Campus
5. War and Corruption: A Political History of Uganda
6. Instrumental Learning and Pedal Movements in Bufo Americanus
7. Activity of Traditional Topical Treatments against Pathogens Common in Wound Infections
8. Identifying H-2b-restricted CD4+ T Tymphocyte Recognition Epitopes within Simicun Virus 40 Large Tumor Antigen

Chemistry and Biochemistry

1. Self-association studies of yeast TATA binding protein using an “E. coli” two-hybrid system
2. Effects of Plasmodium Falciparum, Genotypic Variability of MSP-1 and MSP-2 on Malarial Disease Severity Using Nested PCR Technology
3. Biocatalytic Reduction of Imines to Amines Using Daucus Carota

Computer Science

1. Configuration for GNU
2. Developing Software for Cognitively Disabled Children: Teaching Time Telling Skills

Engineering

1. Integrated Renewable Energy Design Group (INREN Design)
2. Messiah College PC to Scoreboard Integration
3. Pulse Width Modulated Control for LED Lighting
4. Renewable Energy Data Logger
5. Low Horsepower Dynamometer
6. Prosthetic Knee Redesign
7. Drive-Train Redesign of the Hand Powered Tricycles
8. Mahadaga Pump Project: Durability Testing and Redesign of a Handicap Accessible Pump for Irrigation in West Africa
9. Biodiesel: Process Design and Quality Assurance

English

1. “As if Language Had Surrendered”: Transcending Speech in the Plays of Brian Friel
2. Reader-Response, Deconstructive, and Collaborative Paradigms of Creative Writing: an Experimen
3. The Threefold Journey: Development of Home, Society, and Psyche
4. Self in Struggle: Levels of Resistance in Nonwestern Autobioigraphy
5. Milton's Dialogic Community of Creation: Paradise Lost and an Environemtnal Ethic of Partnership
6. The "Other" Approach: Reconciling Feminist Readers to George Eliot

Environmental Science wityh Adventure Education

1. Messiah College Adventure Programs: Policies & Procedures Handbook

Health and Human Performance

1. The Effects of a Short-term Plyometrics Program on Hamstring Strength in Female Collegiate Soccer Players

History

1. Favoritism in the Courts of Early Modern England
2. Loyalty and Dissent in Civil War Maryland: William Wilkins Glenn and the Suppression of the Daily Exchange

Human Development and Family Science

1. Maternal Perspectives on Child Care Quality

Mathematical Sciences

1. Resolving Sums of Conjugate Radicals
2. Elliptic Curves
3. Bhaskara's Method for Solving Pell
4. How Long is Your Block? Strengthening Understanding of Measurement in a Relevant Urban Context

Modern Languages

1. Teaching English as a Second Language in 2003: Content-Based Instruction for English Language Learners

Music

1. A History of Popular Music in the Twentieth Century: The Influences of My Music
2. Christian Children's Songs in Zambia

Nursing

1. College Students’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems: A Vignette Approach

Nutrition and Dietetics

1. The Effect of Residence on the Dietary Status of Female College Students: A Comparison of Dietary Intake of Iron, Calcium, Folate, and Vitamins B6, B12, and C in Students Living in Dormitories and Apartments
2. Nutrition Status of Burmese Refugee Children Receiving Supplemental School Lunch
3. Determination of Water Content in Ice Cream Toppings: A Summary of Research Findings at the JM Smucker Company

Politics

1. The Democratization of Mongolia: the Implications of an Unlikely Success Story in Northeast Asia
2. Finding the Community in Community Development Corporations: The Role of CDCs in Social Capital Development and Community Empowerment
3. Immigrants and Civic Participation

Science

1. Production and “In Vitro” Characterization of Altered Tag Transformed Murine Fibroblasts

Social Work

1. Strengths of Urban Youth: An Examination of North Philadelphia Teenagers and their Development and Talents

Sociology

1. What is Community?: Commitment and Capital Among Three Groups
2. Loneliness Across Cultures: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Loneliness Among University Students in Uganda and the United States

 Sociology and Social Work

1. Student Learning Principles of Sociology: Impact of Discussion Group on Development of Sociological Imagination and Sense of Civic Responsibility

Spanish Business

1. The Skills Agenda: Great Britain vs. The United States

Therapeutic Recreation

1. Short-Term Urban Service Trips: Relevance in Ministry and their Impact on Adolescents' Perception of the City and Continued Service