Dr. Jerry Bowman, Department of Mechanical Engineering Project Objective Involve a significant number of students in a multi-semester project with intense technical challenges and a well-defined objective: The creation of a solar powered airplane with the goal of indefinite flight. Meeting the Academic Objective This mentored education project engaged 61 undergraduate students to contribute to […]
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Nursing Care of the Diverse Veteran Population in Rural and Urban Settings
Drs. Kent Blad and Ron Ulberg, College of Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by […]
Programming Literacy Needs to be a Core Content Standard: A Case Study of Teaching 7th and 8th Grade Students Computer Programming
Dr. Geoffrey Wright, School of Technology Just as typing has replaced calligraphy and hand-writing as the most common form of written language, programming is ready to replace many domains of the English language. Regardless of whether you perceive this, as negative or positive, programming is how many students are communicating. In a recent study (paper) […]
Mentoring Nursing Students in an Underserved Diverse Community, Wendover, UT
Dr. Karen Miller, College of Nursing Wendover Spring 2009 Nursing students were required to complete 120 clinical hours in Wendover over a 4 week period. This required 4 trips to Wendover, UT and 4 overnight accommodations. The students rotated through several clinical sites including Anna Smith Elementary, Wendover High School, Toole Public Health Department and […]
History of the Church in Brazil
Dr. Mark Grover, Harold B. Lee Library During the months of April and May, 2010, a project to document the history of the LDS Church in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais, Brazil was undertaken. The project was directed by Mark L. Grover and financed by a Mentor’s […]
The Function of Yeast PAS kinase
Dr. Julianne Grose, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology Evaluation of academic objectives PAS kinase is a newly discovered member of the nutrient sensing kinases that regulates glucose homeostasis in mice and yeast. The aim of our 2009 MEG “The Function of Yeast PAS kinase” was to characterize the role of a known PAS kinase […]
Three-Dimensional Seismic Study of Pluton Emplacement
Drs. Eric H. Christiansen and William Keach, Department of Geological Sciences Introduction The origin of Earth’s continents, many of our most important ore deposits and the largest and most damaging volcanic eruptions are all related to the emplacement of silicic plutons–large masses of once molten magma. Understanding the details of the mechanism by which these […]
The Role of Nuclear Bmp2 (nBmp2) in Skeletal Muscle
Dr. Laura Bridgewater, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology The goal of this project was to characterize the molecular pathway by which nBmp2 disrupts Ca2+ handling in skeletal muscle of nBmp2 mutant mice. Previously, we had worked with Dr. Chad Hancock’s lab to measure muscle function in nBmp2 mutant mice, and those results showed a […]
The Sweat of Their Brow
Dr. Kristi Bell, Department of English I received a MEG award that was disbursed Fall Semester 2009. It was a three semester program running through Fall Semester 2010. Because of leftover funds I have been able to do additional work through Summer 2011. Summary of Project By the Sweat of Their Brow was an oral […]
Rural and Veteran Healthcare Project
Kent Blad and Ron Ulberg, College of Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the […]