Dr. Jeff Edwards, Department of Physiology & Developmental Biology Evaluation of academic objectives of the proposal The objectives of this award were met, especially in regard to the mentoring focus of the award. The students have been mentored and trained in an effective manner as outlined below. Using this mentoring environment and the experiences gained […]
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An Online Bibliography and Index of 19th-Century Music Copyists
Dr. David Day, Department of History Evaluation of Academic Objectives The goals of this project as stated in the original proposal include the following academic objectives: The creation of an online bibliography of research that documents music copyists. Creation of an online prototype index of music copyists’ hands. A joint conference presentation by two BYU […]
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) […]
The Video Club
Drs. Peter Rich and Geoffrey Wright, School of Technology Overall Evaluation The goals of this project was to bring students together to research the use of video analysis in varied contexts. Through two different projects, we were able to successfully carry out research in four different contexts: seminary, a private school for autistic children, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Evaluation of Evaluation in Development Organizations
Dr. Tim Heaton, Department of Sociology Meeting the objectives In some respects, we did not achieve all of the goals of the proposed work, but in other ways this project lead to the development of a new program that has been a success. The first objective was to review the literature on evaluation. This phase […]
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 […]
Research and Publication Opportunities in Structure of Materials
Drs. David Fullwood, Brent Adams and Chris Mattson, Department of Mechanical Engineering Executive summary The MEG award has been used by our research group as a springboard to launch undergraduates to levels of excellence in academia and the engineering community, and as seed money for research initiatives that will benefit these and future undergraduates. It […]
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 […]