Andrew Fry, Chemical Engineering Introduction The purpose of this MEG grant was to train 3 undergraduate students from either Chemical or Mechanical Engineering on the use of OPTO 22 control system and then to direct them, along with the input from engineers at OPTO 22, as they build and install a control system and logic […]
A Race Against Time: Deciphering Evolution and Describing New Species of Threatened Tropical Stick Insects (Phasmatodea)
Michael F. Whiting, Biology Funding was received in 2016 to support mentored research into the phylogeny and evolution of stick insects. Specific goals include providing students with scientific design experience, field-based research experience, collections-based experience, molecular lab experience, bioinformatics experience, and experience in presentation at national meetings and publication in peer reviewed journals. One particular […]
Professional Responsibility and Professional Development in a Crowdsourcing Model of Legal Assistance
Kif Augustine-Adams and Ivan Meitus, Law School The MEG funds that I received supported student participation in pro bono legal assistance fieldwork at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, as well as student participation in an academic conference to present and discuss our research. The funds also supported teaching assistants who returned […]
Cognitive Patterns of Information Addiction
Rayman Meservy, Information Systems Summary As suggested by the title, this project focused on understanding the Cognitive Patterns of Information Addiction. Throughout the course of the project we have learned quite a bit about this concept and have refined our narrow focus on addiction to a more broad focus on understanding the cognitive patterns associated […]
T Cell Immunotherapy of Infection Disease and Cancer
Scott Weber, Microbiology and Molecular Biology 1) Project Summary This project was focused on improving the immune response to infectious disease and cancer. We have engineered T cell receptors with 1000-fold increase in affinity and will characterize their value as diagnostics and therapeutics. In addition, we examined changes in T cell function due to the […]
Development of Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (q-PCR) Assays for the Detection and Identification of Drug-resistance Genes in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Richard A. Robison, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Biology I. The Specific aims for the project were as follows: Develop q-PCR assays for the various carbapenem-resistance genes, such as KPC, IMP, VIM, and NDM-1, and then multiplex them into single assays that can be used to quickly characterize an isolate. II. Accomplishments to date related to […]
Meta-Analytic Investigation of Physical Ability Subgroup Differences Based on Age and Race
Cody Reeves, Management, Marriott School of Business Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic objectives are still in the process of being met as the research effort is ongoing. We had hoped to have an academic manuscript submitted during the Fall 2018 semester, however this proved impossible as the project timeline was set back due to the mental […]
The Development of Individualized Anemia Treatments Using Point of Care Diagnostics to Distinguish Anemia Caused by Infection or Chronic Inflammation
Dr. Richard Watt, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Evaluation of Academic Objectives. Background: Anemia that accompanies inflammation is associated with negative outcomes for patients. Early intervention to treat anemia is an important step in improving the quality of life for anemic patients. Our lab proposed to develop simple diagnostic tests using a Lateral Flow Immunoassays […]
The Sophie Mentored Research Project: Red Vienna Sourcebook and The Critically Annotated Collected Works of Elisa von der Recke
Rob McFarland and Michelle S. James Acknowledgements: Without funding there would be no Sophie project, which is why the first item in this report on the Sophie activities during 2017 must be an expression of our gratitude to both the ORCA office and to the College of Humanities, on behalf of the faculty members involved, […]
Computational Number Theory: Modular Forms
Paul Jenkins, Mathematics In 2017 and 2018, the following students participated in the BYU Computational Number Theory research group under my direction and produced the following deliverables. 1. Hankun Ko, BYU PhD student in mathematics (PhD 2019 expected) a. Spoke at 2017 Student Research Conference b. Spoke at 2018 Student Research Conference c. Attended 31st […]