{"id":926,"date":"2016-05-31T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scorpionlab.douglasgaffin.com\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2024-02-23T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:59:37","slug":"undergraduate-honors-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scorpionlab.douglasgaffin.com\/?page_id=926","title":{"rendered":"Honors Theses \/ Independent Study Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scorpionlab.douglasgaffin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Testing_scorpion_locomotory_behavior_under_natural_UV_conditions___Sims.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sims Jacob<\/strong> (Spring 2023) Testing scorpion locomotory behavior under natural UV conditions. <em>Independent Study Project<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/26jpqbokem45auk\/2019_honors_thesis_speer.pdf?dl=0\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kristen Speer<\/strong> (Spring 2019) Can scorpions detect the \u201cflash\u201d of an infrared camera?: An investigation into scorpion infrared sensitivity.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/8zw4vzd3eq8rtdy\/2019_honors_thesis_kelley.pdf?dl=0\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sara Kelley<\/strong> (Spring 2019) Do inhibitory neurons function as a governor in scorpion peg sensilla?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/eb4481avkjiq823\/2018_honors_thesis_vanderslice.pdf?dl=0\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jonna Vanderslice<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (Spring 2018) Across the rainbow: assessment of scorpion light responses to different wavelengths of light.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/scorpionlab.douglasgaffin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Howard_thesis.pdf\"><strong>Conner Howard<\/strong> (Spring 2018) A biological approach to indoor localization: modifying an insect-inspired navigation technique to accurately locate a point.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/b6jn53kcq3ouslx\/2016_honors_thesis_mont_m.pdf?dl=0\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Megan Mont<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> (Spring 2016)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Technological applications of navigation by scene familiarity.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/bkv2ga1v4cjmsaq\/2015_honors_thesis_mitchell.pdf?dl=0\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Jacob Mitchell <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Spring 2015) Scorpion light sensitivity and relation to fluorescence.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" 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