What is Thinking Matters?
Innovative teaching and creative work – whether in a classroom, in a lab or in a studio – are the heart of any dynamic university culture. At theUniversity of Southern Maine, it is showcased at Thinking Matters, a one-day, once-a-year conference, that is a capstone that reflects what's going on all year long in departments all across campus. It promotes the high quality student-faculty research collaborations and opportunities available to both graduate and undergraduate students. Learn More about Thinking Matters
Submissions from 2017
Virus Testing Across Multiple Platforms, Ryan Ignaciuk and Louis Hychko
Therapist Experience Treating Female Sexual Assault Survivors, Melinda Irving
Room Acoustics: Measurement and Correction with a Portable Digital Signal Processor, Azad Jalali
Conservative Treatment for an Achilles Rupture, Krystyn Keating, Braden Heal, and R Ingram
LCSW-Perceived Therapeutic Alliance and Job Satisfaction A Correlational Pilot Study, Daniel J. Kelly
Meat, plants, or both? A food preference study in Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens, Bouradee Kim and Boutavee Kim
Social Workers’ Experiences Using Self-Advocacy on the Job, Jessica Labbe
Cyanobacterial Blooms in Highland Lake, ME, William Lambeth, Rachel Henson, and Michael Morrison
Veterans Experience Using Acupuncture as an Alternative Treatment, Stacy Leet
Haiti: Beauty on Edge, Jarvis Thanex Louis, Lisa Willey, and Nate Cronuaer
Effects of water quality on boldness and movement of the common periwinkle (Littorina littorea), Sharon Mann
A Study of Methods for Detecting Gene Expression of the Sterol Biosynthetic Pathway in the Microalgae Strain Heterosigma akashiwo, Jessica C. Mayhew, Marcia Ackerman, and Mike Lomas
Laser Microphone, Michael McKee
The Experiences of Asylum Seekers who are Temporarily Housed by Faith Communities while Experiencing Homelessness, Nicholas Meintel
A Genetic Perspective into the Progressive Loss of Limbs in Snakes, David Miller
Perceptions of Successful Aging Among Maine Elders with Physical Limitations: Insights from Qualitative Interviews, Madeline Minor and Rebecca Knight
Innate food preference in the larval tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, Michael Morrison
The Student Experience of Sexual Education in Maine Public Schools, Grace Nevins and Michael Johnston
Rehabilitation of a Post-Surgical Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair, Emily Nicholson and L Webber
Treatment Alternatives to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Evidence-Based Project, Katherine Oberwager
Angiogenesis: An Alternate Approach To Cardiovascular Disease Treatment, Scott Ouillette
Impact of road salts (NaCl) on winter water quality in Mill Brook, Westbrook, Maine, Devin Page
Developing New Tools for the Old Tree of Life, Kenneth Parnow, William Lambeth, Kelsi Jackson, Jesse Florendo, Jin Mao, Hong Cui, and Carrine Blank
A Poet In Space: Identity Construction Through Hybridity, Jonathan Pessant
Shared Experiences of Women in Politics, Esther Pew
Racialization of Heroin Use and the Emergence of a Public Health Issue, Ellen Pogson
Therapy with Mental Health Providers: A Study of Self-Stigma and Help Seeking Behaviors, Katrina Records
Social Work and the Environment, Stephanie Rendall
Rehabilitation for Surgically Repaired Acetabular Labrum, Courtney Roberts, H Dean, and S Holland
Connecting The Unconnected: Understanding Creativity At Work, Kate Rogers
Examining Psychological and Social Factors of Grandparent Kinship Providers, Arsenio Santamaria
Behavioral Health Unit: Case Study at the Portland Police Department, Anne Sedlack
Teach-Back Method: Improving Health Outcomes, Katherine Smith
Narrative Study of the New England Innocence Project, Sami-Jo Stubbs and Steven Doyle
Excel Programming For A Visual Degree Progress Report, Brady Therrien
New American Barriers to Higher Education, Tonya Thurlow
Assessing Readability of Spanish and English Caregiver Forms of Norm-Referenced Adaptive Behavior Rating Scales, Sarah Tremblay
Post-surgical Rehabilitation for the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Daniel Webb, S DiBiase, and T Grant
Evolution and Innerworking of a Car Differential, Aaron Weiss and Caleb Loiselle
The Impact of Incarceration for Women who have Children: A Phenomenological Study, Chelsea White
Design verification of MEMS Resonators with FEM Simulator, Joshua Wiswell
Submissions from 2015
Fluids Dynamics & Heat Transfer Lab Design, Bruce Gerry
Water vapor Uptake Across the Cocoon Wall of the introduced Pine Sawfly Diprion similis (Hartig) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae, Elizabeth Henderson
Dexterous Prosthetic Foot Design, Kevin Hutchens, Zachary J. Stewart, Matthew Gordon, and David Manzenberger
Habitat Fragmenta-on in the Sebago Lake Watershed, Jared Lank
An Outdoor Classroom to Improve the Student Experience and Connect the Community, Chelsea Malacara
Maine's Breastfeeding Gap: How Initiation and Duration Differ by Socioeconomic Status, Zoe Miller
Inside Out: Properties of the Klein Bottle, Andrew Pogg, Jennifer Daigle, and Deirdra Brown
