Ryan Browning and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Art History Stalin’s terror regime over the Soviet Union created a tense environment for artists and architects. He oversaw the birth of a new artistic movement called Socialist Realism, which sought to portray the progress and beauty of socialist life. In most corners of the Soviet Union, the Socialist […]
COLOR HARMONY AND LIGHT FREQUENCY RATIOS: A COLLECTION OF VIDEO PIECES USING AN EXPERIMENTAL COLOR THEORY
Collin L. Bradford and Professor Peter Everett, Visual Arts My original proposal focused on the development and use of a system of colors that related to each other in mathematically harmonious ways. Light, like sound, has specific frequencies. A sound’s frequency determines its pitch and the ratios between the frequencies of two or more sounds determine […]
Cromwell’s Jews: The Return from the British Exile
Courtney Jensen Peacock and Dr. Martha Moffit Peacock, Visual Arts When I originally applied for an ORCA grant, I submitted a proposal to do research on the readmission of the Jews into England in 1655. After receiving the grant, I traveled to London where I was able to examine contemporary sources, including prints, newspapers, and […]
Cultural Traditions and Public Policy: The National Film Board of Canada’s Aboriginal Filmmaking Program
Meredith A. Bak and Dr. Dean Duncan, Theatre and Media Arts My project consisted of an in depth analysis of the National Film Board of Canada’s Aboriginal Filmmaking Program, to lead to the eventual publication of a feature-length article presenting the program as a model by which media literacy can be taught by exploring the […]
Investigation of Pavement Patch Rehabilitation Bond Strength
Keith Woffinden and Dr. W. Spencer Guthrie, Civil and Environmental Engineering Introduction The traditional construction method for asphalt removal and replacement uses a high-power saw to separate the damaged asphalt from the existing pavement. The remaining material is broken and removed from the site in a time-consuming and laborious process. The saw-cut leaves a smooth, […]
Analysis of Electrical Current As an Agent for Bacterial Killing
Taylor Turner and Dr. William Pitt, Chemical Engineering Previously it has been shown that antibiotic killing of bacteria, especially biofilms, can be enhanced by various non-invasive treatments. Low-level electric current has been shown to increase killing of Streptococcus gordonii biofilms when applied during treatment with gentamicin.1 Others have partially tested the feasibility of electrically killing […]
Establishing the Facility Capital Investment Laboratory
Tim Tucker and Dr. Jeffery Campbell, Facilities Management One of the greatest difficulties a manager has in the current economy is being able to validly show the value that is being created by their efforts. After human resource and related issues the greatest expenses an organization faces is the total cost of ownership of their […]
Construction of an On-chip Microfluidic Pumping System
Ghassan Sanber and Dr. Aaron Hawkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering The fabrication and testing of micro-scale electroosmotic pumps, made with a thin-film deposition process compatible with standard silicon processing, is described. The fabrication method relies on chemical vapor deposition and chemical sacrificial etching to form long hollow fluid microchannels. Each pump consists of parallel narrow […]
The Effect of Pre-Service Turbine Blade Surface Roughness on the Formation of Deposits
John Pettitt and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bons, Mechanical Engineering Land based Gas Turbine (GT) engines are used very widely in power generation plants. The performance of the turbine blades greatly influences the engine’s overall efficiency and service life. As turbine engines operate, the life and performance of the blades are degraded by the deposition of […]
DynaSense: Remote Monitoring System
Bryce Ott, Mike Coleman, Tyler Monson, Janell Armstrong, Ben Tanner, and Brad Anderson with Dr. Steven Renshaw, Information Technology DynaSense is a robust and modular remote monitoring system that can be incorporated into an existing network. Individual embedded hardware modules gather and log data from attached sensors. This data is web-accessible from each individual module […]