Emily Becraft and Professor Robert Barrett, Visual Arts The idea for this project came about as I, a descendant of Parley P. Pratt, realized I knew very little about him, his life, his family, and only a very small portion of what he contributed to the founding and history of the Church of Jesus Christ of […]
CARTOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP TO XENOPHOBIA
Gerilyn Beck, Geography A form of deceptive information is concealed in our midst-one all the more malignant, for the ignorance of its audience leaves them vulnerable to a pervasive persuasion. I am speaking of cartographic display, a little understood and highly available transmitter of information that we accept trustfully. I have focused on the cartographic […]
NEW TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING WHIRLING DISEASE
Nathan Bay and Dr. Richard A. Heckmann, Zoology Despite drastic control and containment measures, the incidence of whirling disease is on the rise in the West. Whirling disease occurs when the trophozoite stage of Myxobolus cerebralis invades the cartilage and organ of equilibrium of salmonids. Pathological symptoms include tail chasing behavior, blackened tafls, and vertebral […]
TEMPERATURE INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE CHANGE IN D FIBERS
Idris El Bakri and Dr. Richard H. Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The project was an experimental and theoretical research effort to determine the effect of temperature on the birefringence of optical D fibers. Such fibers have a D shaped cross section, hence their name, and consist of a three major regions: the light guiding […]
GERMINATION OF BROMUS TECTORUM IN RESPONSE TO DEHYDRATION FOLLOWING IMBIBITION
Jennifer Baker and Dr. Phil S. Allen, Zoology In order to achieve successful seedling establishment, seeds must have mechanisms to protect against germinating under harmful environmental conditions. One such mechanism, semi-dormancy, can be triggered by dehydration of imbibed seeds. Depending on the length, severity, and extent of hydration prior to dehydration, some seeds exhibit delayed […]
ANALYSIS OF A COMPLIANT CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH USING COMPUTERAIDED ENGINEERING TOOLS
James D. Baker and Dr. Larry L. Howell, Mechanical Engineering Contemporary engineering has received the benefits of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools that automate and simplify the design of mechanical systems. However, such tools do not provide direct support for the specific field of compliant mechanisms, whose behavior can require difficult techniques for design and synthesis. […]
ON A BRIDGE UNDER A LINDEN TREE
Valerie Atkisson and Professor Bruce Hixton Smith, Visual Arts For my final BFA show, I proposed to display eight drawings, eight paintings, and eight ceramic sculptures unified by process and metaphor. Ultimately, I wanted the works to relate to each other in color, texture, form, line, and process. I used a combination of two metaphors, […]
THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CEF-5 AND SNK
Donna Melinda Earl Ashton and Dr. William S. Bradshaw, Zoology The malignant transformation of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) following infection with the Rous sarcoma virus is mediated through the oncogene v-src. One of the first responses of infected cells is the transcriptional activation of a set of immediate-early genes. Among these are CEF-5 (homologue of […]
ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS MORTALITY PROFILES AND THE CULTURAL PREDATORY ADAPTATIONS AT ASPEN SHELTER, UTAH
James T. Anderson and Dr. Joel C. Janetskik, Anthropology Mortality profiles (ages at death) constructed from the faunal analysis of archaeological sites offer unique insights into specific cultural predatory patterns and lifeways of the sites former inhabitants. The products of prey age selection or mortality profiles allow archaeologists to understand strategies of hunting, land use, […]
CHARLES BUKOWSKI (1920-1994): RESEARCH AND CRITIQUE OF AN AMERICAN WORKING-CLASS POET
Dana Anderson and Dr. Lance Larsen, English In 1959, an inconspicuous Los Angeles postal worker named Charles Bukowski published his first book of poetry-Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail in a press run of only 200 copies. Yet, by the time of his death last March he had sold over one and a half million copies […]