This series features exemplary undergraduate student research from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, including selected senior theses, honors work, research reports, data sets, and other academic and creative projects completed by undergraduate students in Pepperdine University's Seaver College.
Research from 2014
Climate Change and Drought in California, Jake Szarzynski, Wei Zhang, and Brennan Tatem
The Effects of Higher and Lower CO2 Levels in the Atmosphere on the Photosynthetic Rates and Stomatal Conductance of Malosma laurina in The Santa Monica Mountains, Victoria A. Thorsen, Maverick E. Turner, and Colby P. Harriman
A Period of Transition: Early Islamic and Umayyad Coinage, Anna Tiner
Relationship Between Canopy Location and Tensile Strength of Leave of Heteromeles arbutifolia in Malibu, CA, Elena Witham, Melinda Marchiano, and Danielle Reynolds
Relationship Between Canopy Location and Tensile Strength of Leaves of Heteromeles arbutifolia in Malibu, CA, Elena Witham, Melinda Marchiano, and Danielle Reynolds
A Selected Surveyo f Ocean Acidifcation's Effect on Coccolithophore and other Marine Ecosystems, Taylor Zaw, Joel Wood, and Anthony Gonzalez
Research from 2013
Coinage during the Bar Kochba Rebellion, Jonathan Allen and Robbie Robles
Carbon Black and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Differentially Activate Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in A549 Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells, Sarah Alvarado, Brianna Manes, and Jay L. Brewster
Top and Bottom Photosynthetic Activity in Nerium oleander and Pandanus baptistii, Ryan Arima and Jacob Gonzalez
Comparative Study of the Mechanical Strength in Two Species of Ferns: Polystichum munitum and Pteridium aquilinum, Russell P. Baetiong, Victoria M. Lekson, and Olivier B. Monty
Judea Captured, Jessica Baity and Jimmy Yang
Fire Edge Effect on Water Potential and Stomatal Conductance in Salvia leucophylla, Brigid N. Bergin, Paul Chung, and Laura C. Miranda
Difference in Water Status between Oak Trees (Quercus berberidifolia) with Brown and Green Leaves During Severe Drought, Mia Bryant, Hannah Dario, and Cameron Kline
Herod the Great's Message through Year 3 Coin, Elizabeth Chau
Impact of Reclaimed Water on Photosynthetic Performance in Green Bark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus), Erika De Leener, Michael L. Gribble, Joshua D. Volkmar, and Luo J. Zhao
Using the Unispec to Test the Difference in Reflectance of the Yellow Petals of Encelia californica, Encelia farinosa, and Spartium junceum, Mariam E. Fam and Valerie E. Espinoza
An Ethnobotanical approach to finding antimicrobial compounds in wooly blue curls (Trichostema lanatum) using a Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion assay, Matthew C. Fleming and P. Matthew Joyner
The Regulatory Effect of Semaphorin 7A on Proliferation and Migration in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Steven R. Flemming and Donna Nofziger-Plank
Leaf Mechanical Strength Corresponds to Water Relations in Twelve Species of California Ferns, Breahna Gillespie
Ancient Marcus Aurelius Coin, Tawni Gurney and Andrew Hirsch
Kara Walker's (Re)Presentation of History in the Antebellum South, Kris Harper, Asha Kamack, Alex Lilly, and Matthew Peng
The Effect of Shear Stress, Potassium, and Adenosine on α-1 Adrenergic Vasoconstriction of Rat Soleus Feed Arteries, Tanner J. Heckle and Jeffrey Jasperse
Immunomodulatory Activity of Sambucus mexicana and Trichostema lanatum on LPS Stimulated RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells, Victoria Hester and P. Matthew Joyner
Variation in Mechanical Strength of Ferns in the Santa Monica and Santa Cruz Mountains, Helen I. Holmlund
The Use of Propaganda on an Augustan Denarius, Jens Ibsen and Melissa Miller