Behind the Broadway Buzz: An Analysis of the Communications Campaigns of Broadway Musicals

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Alexis Allen and Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones, Theatre and Media Arts Broadway musicals have long represented the pinnacle of artistic professionalism in the musical theatre industry. You can generally assume that if you see a musical on Broadway in New York, it’s bound to be big—in scope, talent, creativity and numerous other categories. Consequently, Broadway […]

Scanning Impedance Imaging: Optimizing Frequency and Conductivity for Cancer Cell Imaging

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Ben Zhang and Dr. Aaron Hawkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering The ability to scan individual cancer cells that are alive has always fascinated the biomedical research community. Unfortunately, modern day imaging tools, such as atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy and magnetic resonance imaging, have not been successful in achieving that goal. The Scanning Impedance Imaging […]

Heats of Combustion for Four Utah Leaf Species

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Megan M. Woodhouse and Dr. Thomas Fletcher, Chemical Engineering Empirical models have been developed to predict the spread of forest fire models from data about the burning plant species, terrain, and wind conditions. Over the past three years, a research group at Brigham Young University has collected data for ignition temperatures and time to ignition […]

Characterization of Variables in Electrical Killing of Bacteria: Voltage and Current Geometry

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Taylor Turner and Dr. William Pitt Chemical Engineering Introduction As part of a constant pursuit of better health researchers continuously investigate the role of bacteria in disease and infection. Much research today investigates methods for effectively killing unwanted bacteria in the body. Modern antibiotic medications are the most effective method of accomplishing this, but they […]

Design of an Aerospike Rocket Nozzle for Integration with a Hybrid Rocket Motor

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Jeffrey L. Smith and Dr. Paul F. Eastman, Mechanical Engineering Abstract Safe, reliable, technologies are needed to launch a new generation of astronauts and space tourists into space. The aerospike nozzle is more efficient than traditional bell shaped nozzles and is safer because of lower combustion chamber pressure. These excellent performance characteristics have never before […]

Correlating Skin Vibration with Radiated Sound During Speech

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Jason Schulthess and Dr. Scott Thomson, Mechanical Engineering Introduction The intent of this research was to study correlation between the sound that is radiated during human speech and the resulting vibrations that occur in the skin in regions of the head and neck.  This report includes results from two parts of this research.  First are […]

Design of Compliant Prosthetic Ankle Joints Using a Kinematic Model

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Jason M. Wiersdorf, Robert Robins, Spencer P. Magleby, Larry L. Howell, and Robert H. Todd INTRODUCTION The complex system of bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons in the human ankle allow it to withstand high compression impacts, to move in multiple degrees of freedom, and to transfer energy from the leg to the foot while walking […]

Asset Tracking System

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Jacob Roberts and Dr. Joseph Ekstrom, Information Technology RFID, Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that is beginning to attract the attention of large business. These businesses have complicated and expensive supply chains. RFID promises to streamline asset tracking and reduce supply chain costs. RFID consists of a small paper tag embedded with a radio […]

A Coordinated Sensing Algorithm for an Ad-Hoc Sensing Network

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Britton Quist and Dr. Lee Swindlehurst, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sensor deployment and placement has a myriad of applications. In everything from wildlife monitoring to underwater microphone surveillance to UAV (unmanned air vehicle) battlefield surveillance the placement of sensors is essential for proper coverage. Often these devices (nodes) communicate as an Ad-Hoc network where data […]