Nate Munk, Dr. Bonnie Anderson, and Dr. Anthony Vance, Information Systems Habituation, the decreased response to repeated stimulation (Thompson and Spencer, 1966), to security warnings may be more serious than previously thought, due to generalization of habituation. Generalization occurs when the effects of habituation to a repeated stimulus carry over to other novel stimuli that […]
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Nabataean Course Ware Pottery Chronological Dating System
Jake Hubbert and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Anthropology Department Introduction The course ware pottery created by the ancient Nabataeans of Petra, Jordan is unique and one of the most understudied pottery types from the Hellenistic and Roman eras in the Near East. My research project involved developing an updated seriation organization of these pottery types based […]
Insect visual systems and fossils to provide students a clear vision of 21st century phylogenetic systematics
PI: Seth M. Bybee Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The proposal had three main aims: 1). Examine the evolution of opsins across dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) using transcriptomics. 2). CT-scan the internal morphology of extant and fossil taxa and 3). Build expertise in bioinformatics and create computational tools […]
Unleashing the power of undergraduates to unravel the impacts of water relations and CO2 levels on the photosynthetic plasticity of Agave sensu lato species: a group of desert succulents important to natural and human systems
PI: J. Ryan Stewart Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Evaluation of the mentoring environment List of students who participated and what academic deliverables they have produced or it is anticipated they will produce Description of the results/findings of the project Description of how the budget was spent Evaluation […]
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 […]
Identifying Binary Brown Dwarf Systems Using Model Point Spread Functions
Kyle Matt and Denise Stephens, Department of Physics and Astronomy Department The purpose of this project was to improve upon a method for discovering binary brown dwarf systems, and create a program to speed up the implementation of that method. A Brown Dwarf (BD) is a celestial object that is not massive enough to undergo […]
Statistical Spectral Fitting of Brown Dwarf Binary Systems
Statistical Spectral Fitting of Brown Dwarf Binary Systems Leanne Lunsford and Faculty Mentors: Denise Stephens, Eric Hintz – Physics & Astronomy Introduction Brown dwarfs are an intermediary classification between stars and planets. They are too small to sustain hydrogen fusion because core temperature directly proportional to gravitational pressure, of which they have not enough, yet […]
Hungry, Homeless, and Hopeless: The Injustices of the China Hukou Registration System
Barden, Lauren Hungry, Homeless, and Hopeless: The Injustices of the China Hukou Registration System Faculty Mentor: Celeste Beesley, Political Science This study analyzes the destructive social and economic consequences of the Chinese hukou registration system through quantitative analysis of the inequality gap between rural-urban migrants and urbanites in Chinese cities between 1995-2002. By performing statistical […]
Diverse Tissue and Organ Systems Differs Following Exposure to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke
Gassman, Jason Spatial Expression of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) in Diverse Tissue and Organ Systems Differs Following Exposure to Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul R. Reynolds, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Introduction The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is a pattern recognition receptor expressed in many cell types, including […]
Autonomous Identification and Classification of Targets using an Unmanned Aerial System
Taylor McDonnell and Tim McLain, Department of Mechanical Engineering Introduction: Commercial applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are expected to grow significantly in the coming years [1]. Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in the commercial market include agricultural and infrastructure monitoring, aerial photography, package delivery, fire monitoring, wildlife tracking, and search and rescue operations. One […]