2017 Archaeological Excavation – Ataruz, Jordan

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Aaron Schade, Department of Ancient Scripture In January 2017 I received a MEG totaling $20,000 to conduct a multi-faceted project associated with the excavations at Khirbat Ataruz in Jordan, including capturing images of ancient artefacts and inscriptions using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). I am happy to report that the project was a success, and that […]

MEG Final Report

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I) Evaluation of academic objectives of the proposal The objectives of this award were met, especially in regard to the mentoring focus of the award. The students have been mentored and trained in an effective manner as outlined in my Mentoring Plan (abbreviated below). This includes mentoring students in research, writing, publishing, presenting at conferences, […]

Molecular Characterization of Penstemon scariosus (Plantaginaceae)

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Mikel R. Stevens The objectives of this project: Our objective was “to develop an understanding of the genetic structure of the varieties within P. scariosus. With a specific intent to test the hypothesis that P. scariosus var. albifluvis is distinct within P. scariosus” while mentoring no less than four undergraduate students. We have meet and […]

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 […]

The Neurobiological Basis of Memory Specificity: The Influence of Context and Re-Encoding

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Dr. Brock Kirwan, Psychology Department Application Abstract At a general level, we know that the information that is successfully encoded in and retrieved from long-term memory is influenced by the context during encoding and retrieval. However, we do not yet know how context affects mnemonic discrimination of similar or overlapping items or events. Further, we […]

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 […]

Research Project: Work-family Balance and Social Support: Impact on Physical Health

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Principle Investigator: Lori L. Wadssworth, Romney Institute of Public Management and Co-PI: Wendy Birmingham, Department of Psychology This research project explores the relationship between work social support, work-family balance, and marital quality on physical factors, measured by ambulatory blood pressure. The data collection involves each spouse wearing an ABP monitor for 24 hours. The monitor […]