WHAT THEY LEARNED: David Reilley ’16
For his thesis, the chemistry major worked on a computational problem of a lab in Montreal, where he had previously conducted a summer research internship.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Casey Falk ’16
The computer science major studied how machine learning models work by using a novel approach to determine which features of a data set are the most useful to the model.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Alana Engelbrecht and Sarah Waldis
The biology majors collaborated on related senior thesis projects on the role of fruit fly genes in mosquito embryo development.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Yanxi Li ’16
The economics major studied how Foreign Direct Investment inflows and privatization of enterprises in China affect the country’s innovation across industry sectors.
WHAT THEY LEARNED: Kelsey Owyang ’16
The sociology major and Chinese minor used her thesis on Asian American educational experiences to explore the intersection of her interests.