PI: Seth Holladay We received a MEG grant for researching the simulation of granular materials for computer graphics and animation. Materials such as sand and snow simulation is very expensive but necessary for productions, as well as hard to control the look, so I have been mentoring undergraduate and graduate students researching how to make […]
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Mnemonic Mechanisms for the Mundane: A Longitudinal Approach
Athena Howell and Brock Kirwan, Department of Neuroscience/Psychology Introduction My project focused on the neural activity associated with memory consolidation, particularly the role of pattern separation and pattern completion over an extended period of time. Pattern separation occurs when the brain successfully encodes similar experiences into distinct memories (Deng et al. 2003); for instance, pattern […]
A Photometric Approach to the Redshift of Galaxies
Bohman, John A Photometric Approach to the Redshift of Galaxies Faculty Mentor: Joseph Moody, Astronomy It is necessary to study the distribution of matter to better understand the universe. There are many difficulties associated with this task however, one of the most basic being that that the universe is an extremely large space, and it […]
A Microfluidic Approach to Measuring Endothelial Cell Migration
A Microfluidic Approach to Measuring Endothelial Cell Migration Abstract Pathological angiogenesis or new vessel growth plays a key role in a number of diseases including tumor growth and several eye diseases that can lead to blindness. While antiangiogenic therapies have been developed for many of these pathologies, there remains a pressing need for more effective […]
How Much Do Skills Developed Before School Matter? An Intra-generational, Non-linear Approach to Understanding Extreme Achievement
Ian Peacock and Dr. Benjamin Gibbs, Sociology The hierarchical ranking of children in schools based on cognitive skills has important implications for understanding processes of social stratification. Scholars have noted that differences in cognitive skills in the school context can reach well beyond school, influencing later occupational and economic outcomes (Kerckhoff, Haney, and Glennie 2001). […]
A Big Data Approach to Optimal Income Taxation Replicating Mirrlees 1971
Kramer Quist and Dr. Richard Evans, Economics Optimal labor income taxation research has long relied on simplifying assumptions regarding the convexity of policy maker decisions in order to make the associated calculus of variations optimization problem analytically tractable. Furthermore, researchers have assumed that taxable agents have simplistic distributions of ability few degrees of heterogeneity. We […]
A Hermeneutical Approach to Understanding Non-Causal Concepts in Medicine
Chloe Halsey and Travis Anderson, Philosophy Department INTRODUCTION: In the early 1900’s, medical practice shifted largely to a science-based study, which greatly changed the experiences of both physicians and patients. With a new method of explaining diseases in hand, physicians and scientists were able to more consistently and effectively treat patient ailments. Since this adoption […]
A New Approach to Museum Exhibits
Allison Rietz and Kerry Soper, Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature Introduction This project deals with museum exhibits, the primary cultural product used to justify a museum’s existence; they are also the face of the museum that the public sees. However, because museums are a mix of visual and literary aspects, the point of an exhibit […]
A Big Data Approach to Optimal Taxation
Christian Baker and Richard W Evans, Economics Introduction In this project we develop a big data computational technique to solve optimal policy problems and use this method to perform an analysis of optimal sales taxation. This approach provides for the consideration of a much richer sales tax schedule than current theoretical models allow. These same […]
Organocatalytic Aryl−Aryl Bond Formation: An Atroposelective [3,3]‑Rearrangement Approach to BINAM Derivatives
Michael Devonas Please see the online publication at the Journal of the American Chemical Society.