Increasing Cryptographic Security Through Quantum Erasure

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Richard Barney and Jean-Françios S. Van Huele, Physics and Astronomy In our increasingly data-driven society, the ability to transmit secure messages is more essential than ever. This ability allows economies to thrive and protects both personal and national security. In order to achieve this security, cryptographers have developed methods to encrypt data. One of the […]

Final Report

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Dr. John Colton, Department of Physics and Astronomy How well the academic objectives of the proposed research were met, along with a description of the results and findings of the project The proposed project was to study three specific semiconductor nanostructure materials systems: defects in silicon carbide (SiC), ferritin-based nanoparticles, and germanium (Ge) quantum dots. […]

Final Report

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Dr. Brian Anderson, Department of Physical and Mathematical Science How well the academic objectives of the proposed research were met, along with a description of the results and findings of the project The proposed project was to study three potential uses of time reversal acoustics to obtain preliminary results that might lead to external funding. […]

Mathematical modeling of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions

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Dr. Emily Evans, Department of Mathematics Scientific Merit of Project Understanding cell-cell and cell-extracellular interactions is important because these inter- actions play a role in wound healing, developmental processes, and pathological conditions such as cancer. The work done for this project is in some sense joint work with biologists, in the sense that biologists perform […]

Carbohydrate Vaccines and Mimics of Antimicrobial Peptides submitted on 11/30/15

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Paul B. Savage, PI, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The primary academic objective of the proposal was to provide a research experience for undergraduate students working on two projects closely associated with drug development. Funds from the grant were used exclusively to pay […]

Determining Commercial Viability of Battery via Visual Database

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Sterling Baird and Dr. Robert Davis, Department of Physics and Astronomy Batteries have applications in medical, defense, communication, transportation, and a host of other technologies. In the last several years of conducting experimental energy storage research, I began noticing gaps between what literature research was reporting and the criteria industry uses to assess the commercial […]

Ceragenins as antimicrobial agents against Candida auris

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Brian Hilton and Dr. Paul Savage, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Antimicrobial resistance has increasingly become a global concern. The World Health Organization classified antimicrobial resistance as a “serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to […]

Iron-rich Antarctic Meteorites: Changing the way we see the Universe

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William Oldroyd and Dr. Jani Radebaugh, Geology Department Meteorites are essential tools for understanding early Solar System dynamics, composition and formation. Models used to study the early Solar System rely on meteoritic composition and relative abundance of samples collected. Meteorites with high specific gravities, such as iron and stony-iron meteorites, appear to be underrepresented in […]

Determination of Binding of Capillary Morphogenesis Gene Protein 2 (CMG2) to Several Extracellular Matrix Proteins Under Physiological Conditions

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Samuel Garrard and Dr. Kenneth Christensen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction: Pathological angiogenesis, or new blood vessel formation, is required for the progression of many diseases, including cancer, macular degeneration, and many other pathologies. Effective inhibition of angiogenesis would greatly augment current treatments for both cancer and eye disease. Previous research has implicated CMG2 […]

Modeling Quantum Energy Teleportation

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Rachel Gardner, Dr. Manuel Berrondo, and Dr. Jean-Francois Van Huele, Department of Physics and Astronomy Introduction The purpose of my research was to design and create a model for Quantum Energy Teleportation (QET) that maximizes the usefulness of the teleportation. The model allowed me to contrast QET to Quantum Information Teleportation (QIT), and in particular […]