Paul Gollnick and Dr. Scott Thomson, Mechanical Engineering Importance of Project Sounds produced in human speech originate from the vocal folds (also known as vocal chords). In order to speak, the vocal folds must close together. Air is then forced between them causing the folds to vibrate and produce sound. Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (UVFP) […]
Family Tree Mapper: Designing a User Interface for Online Mapping of Genealogical Data
Craig Fryer and Professor Richard Helps, Information Technology Designing and Implementing a web service for promoting genealogy and family history work requires a complex process of working with potential end users, designing a product that meets their needs, and testing it with the end users. I found that the greatest challenge to this process was including […]
Superior DNA Transport System
David Dickinson and Dr. William Pitt, Chemical Engineering Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although surgeries and chemotherapy have had limited success, these techniques are largely unable to solve the problem and may cause significant damage to a patient’s entire body. Some patients are killed by the chemotherapy. Since many cancers […]
Photodefinable Microchannels Made With Spin-on Polymers and Short Sacrificial Etch Times
Christopher Carron and Dr. Aaron Hawkins, Electrical Engineering Dept. There are currently two basic ways to make microfluidic devices: sacrificial etching and wafer bonding. Each method has both advantages and disadvantages. Sacrificial etching is more consistent than wafer bonding and results in finer and more uniform microfluidic devices, but it is also much slower than […]
Collision Avoidance Using Haptic Feedback for a Quadrotor Helicopter
Adam Brandt and Dr. Mark Colton, Mechanical Engineering The remote operation of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) presents unique challenges to the pilot. When flying a traditional aircraft a camera can be directed so that the field of view points out the nose, which is always in the direction of flight, assuming small side-slip […]
A Model Approach to Early Intervention and Integration into University Life
Elizabeth Thackeray and Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Teacher Education Background Early intervention is often the key to freshman student success; however, it is often hard to uncover freshman students’ problems and difficulties until it is too late to help them adjust time schedules, develop stronger study habits, or create more balanced life-styles (DeBerard 66). The tool […]
ORCA Final Report
Kimberly Peet The final report of my ORCA project is one of success! I was able to complete a thorough meta-analysis of 39 previous studies on the effectiveness of multicultural training on a therapist’s competence in dealing with ethnically diverse cliental. After quantitatively coding each and every article (these 37 were the most fitting out […]
Vision and its Effects on Academic Performance in Secondary School Students in Mukono District, Uganda
David S. Hite and Professor Steven J. Hite, Educational Leadership in the Mckay School of Education The purpose of my research was to inform governmental leaders, teachers, and parents in Uganda of the importance and effect of vision on the academic performance of elementary-aged children. The information gathered and studied will not only help the […]
Creating a Healthy College Lifestyle
Chantelle Fowler and Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Educational Foundations In 2000, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released Healthy People 2010. This document sets forth 476 national objectives for bettering the health of the people of the United States. These then lead to two overall goals of 1) increasing the quality and years of […]
Intelligence and Social Behaviors of Children with Language Impairment
Melanie Cobabe and Dr. Martin Fujiki, Communication Disorders Teachers and speech pathologists have noted that children with Language Impairment (LI) frequently struggle in social interactions when compared with their typical peers. They have difficulty making friends, entering on-going interactions, and are often viewed negatively by others in their own age group. The purpose of this […]