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) […]
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Receptors for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) Mediates Particulate Matter-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation
Dr. Paul Reynolds, Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology Academic Objectives Met and Results Observed Funding available through this MEG award has provided an opportunity for me to meet many academic objectives I’ve determined to be important in the early stages of my faculty appointment at BYU. First of all, I have been able to […]
International Public Health and Adolescent Health in Thailand
Dr. Randy Page, Department of Health Sciences Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Outcome 1: Students will gain a deep understanding of international public health through the opportunity to study in-depth the public health experience of a specific country undergoing rapid social and economic transition (Thailand). This outcome was […]
Automatic Verification of Deadlock using Guided Test
Dr. Eric Mercer, Department of Computer Science Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The proposed academic objectives are included below for convenience. Each objective was met under the guidance of a senior researcher, Neha Rungta, who has since graduated with a Ph.D. and joined NASA Ames where she continues […]
Assistive Robotics for Children with Learning Disabilities
Drs. Michael Goodrich, Mark Colton, Bonnie Brinton, and Martin Fujiki, Department of Computer Science Evaluation of Academic Objective Completion The primary goal of the research was to produce robotic tools that can help children with learning disabilities become higher functioning. We accomplished this goal by creating two humanoid robots and a user interface for programming […]
Refinement and Validation of Elicited Imitation as a Measure of Oral Proficiency
Dr. Dan Dewey, Department of Linguistic and English Language We were able to achieve most of the goals established in the MEG proposal we submitted in the Fall of 2008 (for a grant Winter, 2009). We did end up adjusting the project and use of the funds slightly to adapt to changing needs and to […]
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 Effects of Development Aid on Public Health
Dr. Daniel Nielson, Department of Political Science Reaching Academic Objectives Between 2007 and 2009 the students in my mentoring research program helped fill out the Project-Level Aid (PLAID) Database, now called AidData and located at aiddata.org, to such an extent that the academic fruits became both evident and prominent. With the help of the mentored […]
Role of AMP Kinase in the Regulation of Cortisol Release From the Adrenal Gland
Dr. Allan M. Judd, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Evaluation of how well the scholarly objectives of the proposals were met Throughout the three years the funding of this proposal was utilized , I (Dr. Judd) have weekly laboratory meetings and journal clubs for undergraduate and graduate students in the laboratory. At the journal […]