David Michaelis – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The main objectives of this proposal was to publish our preliminary findings in peptide catalysis and then submit applications for external funding. Both of these objectives were accomplished during the grant period. In the Fall […]
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Product Design for Children with Limb Defects
Cecilee Petersen and Richard Fry, School of Technology Introduction Congenital Limb Deficiency (CLD) occurs when a fetus’s upper or lower limbs do not form completely during pregnancy. This project analyzes how girls aged seven to thirteen years with upper-limb CLD adjust to daily tasks and supports the design of a mechanism to help them perform […]
Low-Cost Applications of Composite Pressure Vessels in Solid Rocket Motor Design
Riley Meik and Andy George, School of Technology For years, the delivery of payloads into space was unavailable to universities and small spacecraft companies. With growth in the space industry and advancements in rocket technology, space payload deployment became an option but was still cost-prohibitive for most. Sounding rockets, small rockets designed for low-cost, flexible […]
Evaluation of Novel Molten Salt Eutectics and Their Application in Novel Reactor Designs
Kraig Farrar and Matthew Memmott, Chemical Engineering Molten salt reactors (MSR) are a relatively unexplored but promising technology for civilian nuclear power. Original experiments with this technology was performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1950s and 1960s. While this research was successful, it ultimately failed to receive additional funding and the program […]
Cyclic Peptide Catalyst design
Millicent Campbell, David Michaelis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Enzymes found in nature are more efficient catalysts than those used in organic chemistry labs. However, natural enzymes are not ideal for organic synthesis because they only make one product and only work in specific conditions. The Michaelis lab designed a catalyst capable of mimicking enzyme-like reactivity […]
Photo Reference Library The Creation of a Desperately Needed Figure Drawing Reference Library for Design and Art Students
Gregory Bean and Faculty Mentor: Robert Barrett, Illustration Department The idea for this project arose from the need to provide BYU Design and Art Students with an appropriate photo reference for life drawing. Solid drawing skills have always been the foundation for most visual arts. For hundreds of years, artists have learned those skills by […]
Child Malnutrition in the Philippines: Using Experimental Design to Understand Nutritional Supplement Adoption
Marissa Miller and Dr. Scott Sanders, Sociology Department Introduction Liahona Children’s Foundation (LCF) is a faith-based community organization that seeks to “nurture the potential of children to lead healthy and productive lives by eliminating malnutrition and providing educational opportunities among LDS (Latter-day Saint) children and their friends”. They do this by providing health initiatives include […]
Nuclear Systems Design for an Inherently Safe Nuclear Reactor
Matthew J Memmott Background The goal of this project was to design a primary and secondary system of a light water reactor (LWR) capable of indefinite cooling in the face of design basis accidents. In a nuclear reactor system, the elements and isotopes that result from the fission of uranium atoms continue to generate heat […]
Bioreactor Design for Viable Recellularization of Whole Porcine Kidney
Wandelt, Kennedy Bioreactor Design for Viable Recellularization of Whole Porcine Kidney Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alonzo Cook, Chemical Engineering Kidney failure affects tens of thousands of individuals annually causing many to rely on dialysis to replace this organ’s function. Most of these individuals are on a waiting list to receive a transplant for years, and unfortunately […]
Characterizing the Design Space of Oscillatory Biological Networks
Characterizing the Design Space of Oscillatory Biological Networks Strom Truman Clark strom.clark@gmail.com stromtc Dr. Mark Transtrum, Department of Physics and Astronomy Introduction Characterizing the relevant parameters of a design space in order to satisfy a specific behavior criterion is an important problem throughout all of science and engineering. In this project we proposed to apply […]
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