Direct Marketing

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Igor Skender and Dr. Kristen B. DeTienne, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Direct marketing, as a profit making tool, was introduced in the United States and Europe just a few decades ago. It became widely spread in our society with its presence especially accentuated in the advertising field. This type of marketing has forever revolutionized the […]

Ground-Effect Flight

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Troy Schank and Dr. Paul Eastman, Mechanical Engineering Introduction Ground-effect is a well-known phenomenon that occurs as an aircraft approaches the surface of the earth. Flight in ground-effect changes the characteristics of the airflow around the wing causing both positive and negative effects. Though ground-effect is a well-known phenomenon, the details of lift and drag […]

A Comparison of Statistical Software Packages in the Analysis of Survey Sample Data

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Landon Sego and Drs. Howard B. Christensen, Statistics; Stephen J. Bahr, Sociology Objective To investigate and quantitatively document the differences between analyzing survey sample data with traditional statistical software (SAS) and with statistical software designed for the analysis of survey samples (SUDAAN). Background Most standard statistical software packages perform calculations based on the ideal assumption […]

ORCA Scholarship Final Paper

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Jana Rogers and Professor Linda Sullivan, Visual Arts My ORCA project was creating a children’s book that teaches children international awareness. Creating a book of this nature has always been a dream. Receiving the ORCA scholarship helped finance my endeavor. Now that it is created I hope that this book will be able to influence […]

Computer Simulation of Synthetic Aperture Radar

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Adam Robertson and Dr. David V. Arnold, Electrical Engineering The Microwave Earth Remote Sensing group in the BYU Department of Electrical Engineering has developed several Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR). SARs transmit many short bursts of energy from a satellite or airplane. The bursts of energy are reflected by whatever is in their path. Some of […]

Tolstoy and Mormonism

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Gary L. Browning and Dr. Melvin K. Richardson, Germanic and Slavic Languages When Leo Tolstoy was a young boy, his older brother told him that the secret of life was written on a green stick, buried under an oak tree in the woods of Yasnaya Polyana, the Tolstoy family estate in the beautiful rolling hills […]

The Impact of a Naturally Fragmented Habitat on the Distribution and Breeding Biology of House Wrens

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Suzanne Reeve and Dr. Brian A. Maurer, Zoology The distribution and life history characteristics of organisms can be significantly affected by structural variation in their habitats. One major type of variation is spatial arrangement and whether a habitat extends continuously or exists in small, fragmented patches. The effects of this variation have been documented in […]

Phosducins: Evidence For The Evolution of New Proteins Through Gene Duplication

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Tim Rand and Dr. Barry Willardson, Chemistry & Biochemistry Introduction The theory of evolution by natural selection is arguably the most important scientific theory ever formulated. Its importance has not been manifest in an “ooh, ah” technological way—it doesn’t empower us to fly airplanes or to illuminate streets at night—but no scientist really thinks technology […]

Peter French, His 1813 Inn, And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Josh E. Probert and Dr. Larry C. Porter, Church History and Doctrine I spent 10 days in Northeastern Ohio and Western New York this summer researching Peter French and his property which was purchased by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. While in Ohio I visited several historical repositories including the […]