Keith Kasperson and Dr. Gordon W. Romney 1. Description of Product The Student Digital Portfolio (StuDigiPort) capstone team shall provide a web application that provides students with a digital or electronic portfolio. A digital portfolio is a collection of student work that is organized similar to a hard copy portfolio. The purpose of the portfolio […]
Cancer Cell Research
Jacey C. Morine and Dr. Aaron Hawkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering Cancer cell research is an exciting field of study that has involved a variety of disciplines. In my area of research, I was involved on the electrical engineering side of cancer cell research. We used a small scanning probe that was able to image […]
High-speed Tunable MEMS Filter
Seth Lloyd and Dr. Richard Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering Optical fiber sensors offer a viable alternative to traditional electronic sensors because of their small size and high immunity to environmental phenomena. While many researchers focus on developing and applying new optical sensing technologies, there is also a great need for better fiber sensor interrogators. […]
Antibody-Conjugated Polymeric Micelles that Attach to Specific Cancer Cells
Douglas S. Lewis and Dr. William G. Pitt, Chemical Engineering Introduction In the past decade, many efforts have been made to improve chemotherapeutic treatments for cancer patients. One of the specific efforts seeks to actively deliver anti-cancer drugs to the target tissue rendering the chemotherapy more efficient and less damaging to nearby uninfected cells. The […]
Parametric Investigation of the IsoTruss® Panel
Gregory J. Larson The IsoTruss Panel is a three dimensional composite grid structure, evolving from the IsoTruss®. The IsoTruss® implements a revolutionary idea of utilizing the very strong unidirectional characteristics in composite materials in a three dimensional manner. The IsoTruss® is utilized in pole-type applications. The IsoTruss Panel is based on similar principles but is […]
Air/Polymer Diffraction Grating Coupler
Josh Kvavle Introduction The purpose of my research was to fabricate air/dielectric interface diffraction grating couplers. This report will explain the obstacles that I encountered, and the resulting direction that my research took. In summary, soon after I began my research, a very expensive laser that I depended on for this research was sent away […]
XMDF to GIS
Eric Jones and Dr. Jim Nelson, Civil and Environmental Engineering My project is to convert the file system of the program WMS (Watershed Modeling System) from an ASCII text file format to an updated HDF5, or XMDF file format. WMS was created and is maintained by BYU’s EMRL or Environmental Modeling Research Laboratories. The program […]
Terrain Following in Unmanned Air Vehicles Using Optic Flow Sensors
Blake Barber and Dr. Tim McLain, Mechanical Engineering A key enabling technology that will allow the U.S. Military to maintain information superiority in the 21st century is the development and implementation of Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) technology. Especially critical to the support of the small special operations units conducting the asymmetric warfare of the 21st […]
Synthetic Model of Vocal Folds
Todd C. Groesbeck and Dr. Scott Thomson, Mechanical Engineering Introduction The influence and treatment of human vocal fold scarring is a topic of great interest to the speech community (clinicians, surgeons, educators, etc). Understanding how voice production occurs “is sought in order to improve predictive, diagnostic, and corrective practices related to vocal fold health” . […]
Evaluation of Three Chemical Coatings on Biomaterial Induced Thromboembolism
Joseph Flinders and Dr. Kenneth Solen, Chemical Engineering Department When blood contacts man-made biomaterials such as those used in artificial organs (e.g. hemodialyzers, oxygenators, etc.) a chain of events occurs that can lead to medical complications as serious as a stroke. These events include proteins (particularly fibrinogen) adhering to the biomaterial’s surface, the accumulation of […]