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 […]
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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 […]
How Does the Effect of Cholesterol Vary between the Inner and Outer Membrane?
Dr. John Bell, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Summary This proposal was designed to use fluorescence spectroscopy to identify in as much detail as possible physical properties of model membranes in effort to understand roles of cholesterol in biological membranes. The following questions were addressed: how does the effect of cholesterol differ between the […]
Inverse Spectral Problems for Graphs
Dr. Wayne Barrett, Department of Mathematics Research Results/Findings This MEG grant made it possible to support several student research activ- ities from Spring 2009 through Winter 2010. It funded one of four undergraduate students that I mentored sum- mer 2009 in the BYU Mathematics Department’s National Science Foundation-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in accordance […]
Advanced Biological and Biomedical Applications in Electrical Engineering
Drs. Neal K. Bangerter and Brian A. Mazzeo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Summary The aim of the awarded MEG grant was to provide seed funding to establish a mentorship program for undergraduate students wishing to prepare for careers or graduate work in biological or biomedical applications of electrical engineering. Such a program has […]
New York City Vocal Workshops and Orientation
Dr. Darrell Babidge, School of Music The objectives of this important visit to New York City was to expose students to the opportunities that can be found by working with the highest caliber of vocal artists and coaches in the world. In addition they were to audition/interview for national opera companies that were in town […]
Student Electrochemical Research
Dr. Dean Wheeler, Department of Chemical Engineering Abstract of Work The work allowed additional students to join in electrochemical engineering research here at BYU. The mentored students worked on one of several possible projects with the broad theme of understanding and mitigating internal resistances in fuel cells and lithium batteries. Additional work was done on […]
Finding Plagiarizing and Undesirable Web Documents by Utilizing Word Similarity in the Fuzzy Set Information Retrieval Model
Dr. Yiu-Kai Dennis Ng, Department of Computer Science Evaluation of the Academic Objects In the 2007 MEG proposal, I specified the following Internet problems to be solved using a Fuzzy set information retrieval (IR) model: (i) detecting plagiarism, which is the act of using another’s words or ideas as one’s own, (ii) filtering junk emails, […]
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 […]
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