Bridge-Building: Effects of Humanization in Conflict Resolution

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Haley Petersen and Chris Karpowitz, Political Science Conflict resolution is a popular topic among political scientists, as seen in the study of controlled communication, concession-making, self-perceived victimhood, and threat perception. Previous work has shown that humanization between in-conflict groups is primarily successful when the expression of empathy is unrelated to the conflict itself and catalyzes […]

Product Design for Children with Limb Defects

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Cecilee Petersen and Richard Fry, School of Technology Introduction Congenital Limb Deficiency (CLD) occurs when a fetus’s upper or lower limbs do not form completely during pregnancy. This project analyzes how girls aged seven to thirteen years with upper-limb CLD adjust to daily tasks and supports the design of a mechanism to help them perform […]

High Level Gesture Control for UAVs

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John Akagi, Brady Moon, Jared Paxton, and Dr. Cammy Peterson, Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The usage and application of small unmanned aircraft has grown in recent years, but training, and constant attention is often required for controlling an aircraft in even the simplest of tasks. Our research seeks to reduce the complexity in controlling […]

Nrf2 in Protecting Against Valproic Acid-­‐Induced Oxidative Injury During Cellular Differentiation

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Alyssa Palmer and Jason Hansen, Physiology and Developmental Biology Introduction The causes of the majority of birth defects remain largely unknown today. However, many chemicals known to cause defects are also known inducers of oxidative stress, resulting in faulty cellular function. This suggests an important link between oxidative stress and normal and abnormal embryonic development […]

TK1 as a Biomarker of Chemosensitivity and Metastatic Potential in Breast Tumors

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Eric Olsen and Kim O’Neill, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Introduction Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, accounting for 23% of total cancer cases and 14% of cancer deaths. Breast carcinoma is not a simple disease. It is comprised of many different biological forms with distinct phenotypes and prognoses. Hormone receptor […]

A New Turkish Voice: Culture, Politics, and Expression in the Cello Works of Ahmed Adnan Saygun

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Max Olivier and Luke Howard, School of Music A few years ago, I happened upon a little-known recording of the cello concerto of 20th-century Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991), and I immediately knew that I had discovered a gem. From the opening bars, Saygun drew me into his unique soundworld and captured my attention. […]

Effectiveness of Hospital Disinfectants against Clostridium Spores

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Bejamin Ogilvie and Richard Robinson Introduction: Clostridium is a genus of anaerobic spore-forming bacteria notable for causing human infections. C. difficile has an especially high impact, affecting roughly 453,000 individuals in the U.S. in 2011 (1). C. tetani and C. perfringens infections occur much less frequently, although they remain clinically important. Disinfecting objects contaminated with […]

Interpreting Speech Perception in Children with Phonological Deficits: Evidence from Event related Potentials (ERP)

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Camille Nuttall and Kathryn Cabbage, Communication Disorders Introduction Children with dyslexia and children with speech sound disorder exhibit differing issues in regard to their speech and language. Dyslexia is a difficulty decoding written language, such as with word recognition or spelling. Speech sound disorder is characterized by speech production errors. Although dyslexia and speech sound […]

Sex Differences in Ethanol Modulation of Dopamine Release in the Mesolimbic Reward System

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Mandy Parsons, Justin Bowman and Scott Steffensen, Psychology and Neuroscience Introduction Alcohol abuse disorder is a ubiquitous problem affecting 15.1 million people in the United States, almost 10 million men and more than 15 million women (SAMHSA, 2015). The prevailing view of addiction, including alcohol addiction, is that an increase of the neurotransmitter dopamine in […]