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Ideafest at Dordt College April 29

April 22, 2010

IdeaFest 2010 will take place in the Dordt College Campus Center Thursday, April 29, from 2:45-5:30 p.m.

More than 80 students are participating this year, presenting a wide variety of research presentations, video projects, and poster displays. It showcases to the campus and surrounding community the exciting work being conducted by Dordt students.

Fifty students will give oral presentations and/or PowerPoint shows, with 20 others presenting documentary film projects, and a dozen more contributing poster displays. Oral presentations will be 8-10 minutes long, with about five minutes for questions from the audience.

For a complete schedule and a brief summary of each presentation, see Ideafest or contact Professor Paul Fessler.

Complimentary Humble Bean coffee will be available, as well as pizza for presenters and students in attendance.

Student presenters:

• Andrew Abels, Thompson, IA: The Great Commission Redefined (documentary)
• Stephanie Argo, Saint Paul, MN: Women and Technology
• Tricia Beltman, Sibley, IA: Groupware for SnupNow.com
• David Christensen, Waconia, MN: Biodiesel Production via Solid Acid Catalysis (poster prosentation)
• Abigail (Dykstra) Cordel, Sioux Center, IA: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Interventions for Nurses (poster prosentation)
• Jorn Cowan-Gulbrandsen, Parker, CO: Equine Potential at Dordt College
• Adrian de Lange, Abbotsford, BC: Seeing Ourselves in Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady
• David De Wit, Alton, IA: Living Water (documentary)
• Miranda DeBey, Cawker City, KS: Infinity and the Infinite
• Daniel Den Boer, Sioux Center, IA: The Erotic Phenomenon; and I Kings 9:26-11:43: Solomon’s Eschatological Idolatry and the Torah Antithesis
• David Dick, Mc Bain, MI: Evaluation of Nitrate Concentrations in the Water from Northwest Iowa Crop Production Field Tile Lines; A Brief History of Advertising; and International Agriculture Development
• Caroline Eckstrom, Stanton, NE: Great Plains Pioneers
  Troy Ellens, Lacombe, AB: Biodiesel Production via Solid Acid Catalysis (poster prosentation)
• Matthew Gerrelts, Waterloo, IA: Beyond Excess and Enjoyment: Towards a Theology of Taste
• Stacie Gorham, Coatesville, IN: Equine Potential at Dordt College
• Rachel Gorter, Otley, IA: Evaluation of Nitrate Concentrations in the Water from Northwest Iowa Crop Production Field Tile Lines
• Kenyon Gradert, Ireton, IA: Morton’s Jollity and Puritan Gloom: A Binary Deconstruction in Hawthorne’s “The Maypole of Merrymount”
• Lindy (Talsma) Groenendyk, Sioux Center, IA: Exploring Outcomes of Personal Alarms: The Outcomes and Effectiveness of Reducing Falls in Nursing Homes (poster prosentation)
• Jenna Heerema, Thunder Bay, ON: Acupuncture as an Alternative Therapy (poster prosentation)
• Philip Hiemstra, Zillah, WA: Faith and Action vs. Covenantal Grace; and Kit Carson: From Clark Kent to Superman
• Abbie (Dorhout) Horstman, Sioux Center, IA: The MMR Vaccination and Autism Phenomenon
• Alyssa Hoogendoorn, Rock Valley, IA: From Happy Housewife to Happy Hooker: Heroes of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (poster prosentation)
• Andrew Hornor, Houston, TX: The Making of the Slum (documentary)
• Gary Huitsing, Edmonton, AB: Saving Ministries (documentary)
• Emily Huston, Winterset, IA: High School Design
• Tassneem Ibrahim, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria: The Asylum (documentary)
• Daniel Kauten, Denver, IA: Mass Layoffs (documentary); A World Away (documentary); and Students Without Borders (documentary)
• Angela Kooiker, Boyden, IA: Equine Potential at Dordt College
• Maddie Kooima, Ridgecrest, CA: The Precautionary Principle in Chemistry
• Jason Kornelis, Sioux Center, IA: Shufflers and Shotguns: A Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
• James Korver, Maurice, IA: Redesigning Dordt’s Grain Dust Explosion Simulator (poster prosentation)
• Luke Kreykes, Sheldon, IA: Breaking the Barrier (documentary)
• Jane Kroese, Hull, IA: Umbilical Cord Blood
• David Kuhfuss, Woodbury, MN: Fishing for Men at Dock Café: How to Witness to the Restaurant Employee
• Ellen La Bouef, Vero Beach, FL: Exploring Outcomes of Personal Alarms: The Outcomes and Effectiveness of Reducing Falls in Nursing Homes (poster prosentation)
• Brett Leyendekker, Tulare, CA: Saving Ministries (documentary)
• Daniel Mahaffy, Sioux Center, IA: A Mathematical Model for Epidemics
• Steven Mangold, Linn Grove, IA: Beyond the Narrative: Reflections on the Work of Hayden White
• Lane Mars, Orange City, IA: Redesigning Dordt’s Grain Dust Explosion Simulator (poster prosentation)
• Miriam McAuley, Alexis, IL: Depression and Missionary Children
• Jenni (Bleeker) Mellema, Sioux Center, IA: Umbilical Cord Blood
• Robert Minto, Queen Creek, AZ: Cannibalism and Sex: Bataille’s Theory of Religion
• Eric Meeter, Spencer, IA: Breaking the Barrier (documentary)
• Erin Mulder, Waupun, WI: The Tug of War: A Policy Analysis of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
• Jonathan Nederhoff, Wellsburg, IA: Mass Layoffs (documentary)
• Natasha Nikkel, Sully, IA: Competition on the Campus Prairie; and Cryptography
• Michelle Nyhoff, Littleton, CO: A World Away (documentary); and Domestic Violence (documentary)
• Adrianna Oudman, Wheatfield, IN: Faith and Action: An Exploration of Reformational and Liberation Theologies
• Alexandra Pasker, Runnells, IA: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining and Its Effect on Appalachia (poster prosentation)
• Keith Roghair, Sioux Center, IA: Christian Grade School (documentary)
• Danielle Roos, Sioux Center, IA: Domestic Violence (documentary)
• Sarah Roth, Escondido, CA: High School Design
• Grace Schmidt, Saint Paul, MN: The Innocently Educated Catherine Morland
• Amy Schroedermeier, Sioux Falls, SD: Acupuncture as an Alternative Therapy
• Luke Schut, Pella, IA: The Comic and Epic in Joseph Andrews
• Kelly Smies, Oostburg, WI: A Biological Look at Autism
• Michelle Smith, Cedar Rapids, IA: The Tug of War: A Policy Analysis of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
• Amber Soodsma, Hudsonville, MI: Cryptography
• Sarah Spencer, Clarion, IA: A New Kind of Classroom: Constructivism in Contemporary Education
• Eric Spoelstra, San Marcos, CA: Youth of Jonathan Edwards: Reality of God
• Vanessa Theel, Fond du Lac, WI: Living Poetry: A Study with Robert Frost
• Allison (Vande Zande) Thomas, Sioux Center, IA: The Tug of War: A Policy Analysis of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
• Jonathan Trueblood, Saint Louis, MO: Mathematical Modeling of Severe Thunderstorms
• Travis Van Holland, Sioux City, IA: Search Engine Optimization for Web Pages
• Ryan Van Surksum, Orange City, IA: Living Water (documentary)
• Benjamin Van Wyk, Grinnell, IA: High School Design
• Dale Vande Griend, Sioux Center, IA: Students Without Borders (documentary)
• Krystle Van der Waal: “When the soul is trampled upon, the body bleeds”
• Jenna Vander Woude, Lynden, WA: The Prisoner’s Dilemma: To Fink or Not to Fink
• Katie (Vis) Van't Hof, Sioux Center, IA: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Interventions for Nurses (poster prosentation)
• Jenna Veenbaas, Abbotsford, BC: Title not given
• Joel Veldkamp, Cumming, IA: Democracy and the U.S.-Egypt Relationship
• Josh Welch, Grand Rapids, MI: Light-Darkness
• Allison Wesselius, Sioux Center, IA: The MMR Vaccination and Autism Phenomenon
• Daniel Wielenga, Sioux Center, IA: Christian Grade School (documentary) (documentary)
• Joshua Wynia, Manhattan, MT: High School Design
• Lucas Wynia, Rock Valley, IA: The Asylum (documentary)
• Aaron Yoder, Sioux Center, IA: The Great Commission Redefined (documentary)
  

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