RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK REPORT

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Shaunalei Boyer Andersen, Department of Humanities The Project From January to May 1995, for my honors thesis project, I studied the text of Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey. My intent was to unravel the mystery behind her at times conflicting allusions to nov· els and literature in the work-to try to decipher the connection between […]

THE PIECEWISE PARABOLIC METHOD IN PLASMA SIMULATION

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York E. Young, Department of Physics and Astronomy Aware of the large number of insights which may result from a better understanding of non-neutral plasmas, the Brigham Young University plasma group currently explores the electrostatic normal modes of oscillation in confined plasmas. Researchers at BYU currently perform computational studies of waves In non-neutral plasmas confined […]

MULTIPLE SCATTERING EVENTS IN HUMAN BLOOD SOLUTIONS

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Xunhai Xu, Department of Chemical Engineering Introduction Recently, modem medical technology has enabled surgeons and other medical scientists to perform certain organ transplantation within human beings successfully. However, thromboembolization, the formation of thromboemboli (usually of irregular shapes with sizes approximately 10,000 times bigger than that of red blood cell), is likely to occur with such […]

ANALYSIS OF ENHANCED RESOLUTION ERS·1 SCATTEROMETER IMAGERY OVER THE CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST

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Clarence J. Wilson III, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-1, carries a scatterometer radar which measures the radar backscattering coefficient (rr.) over the entire earth. The primary purpose of this measurement is to determine wind speeds and directions over the ocean. Recently, however, scientists have begun considering the […]

THICK TARGET APPLICATIONS OF PARTICLE INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE)

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Renee Williams, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Introduction Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) accomplishes simultaneous multiple- trace element analysis with samples weighing less than one milligram. Having such rare capabilities, PIXE has applications in many disciplines. Environmental, industrial and medical fields span only a few of the areas where PIXE has been used. Brigham Young […]

TWELVE EARTHEN VESSELS: A BFA FINAL EXHIBITION AND THE IDEOLOGY, THE PROCESSES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SURFACES BEHIND THE FORMS

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Matthew Tyler Wllliams, Department of Art During the past two years I have developed a body of work that’s centered on these sculptural boat forms. I became interested in the boat as a symbol while learning about the burial rites of the AngloSaxons and Vikings. These peoples believed by burying their dead In a ship, […]

TRISPECTRAl ANALYSIS OF SPEECH FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

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Michael Welker, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology Introduction Visemes (phonemes that look the same while viewing the lips) within the English language are extremely difficult for heating impaired individuals using speech-reading to distinguish. Contemporary spectral displays of speech are inadequate to reliably differentiate subtle differences in the acoustic signal. Our project has investigated novel […]

THE LOVE OF ANTIQUITIES IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ROME

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Manuela Walz, Department of Art History During the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the ruins of Rome began to be seen with different eyes. The flourishing of classical studies that had begun to take place with the coming of humanism, had kindled great interests. The ancient Roman monuments that in the Middle Ages had been either […]

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF A NEW IMMUNOASSAY OF DEOXYTHYMIDINE KINASE

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David K. Walburger, Department of Microbiology Abstract The ability to follow a cancer’s aggressiveness and response to treatment throughout the disease’s course is critical in treatment programs. The tumor markers used as indicators have not been able to consistently do this. Thymidine Kinase, an enzyme linked with cellular proliferation, has been shown to be persistently […]

COMPUTER SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH NEURAL NETWORKS

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Roger Scott Twede, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction While attempts to create speech recognition systems have surfaced over several decades, obstacles limit the capabilities and performance of current systems. Nonetheless, the promise of incredible benefits and myriads of applications drive the technical world to continue the attempts. Applications of Speech Recognition While some […]