Jeffrey Bednar, Management The MEG grant I was awarded was used to fund the work of several undergraduate and graduate students as we sought to present academic research and generate academic research articles for publication in various journals. This included research we have been conducting related to the “Impostor Syndrome”, where some high-achieving individuals fail […]
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Understanding the Wind-dominated Landforms of Saturn’s Moon Titan Through Earth Analogues
Jani Radebaugh and Eric Christiansen, Geological Sciences, Shannon Tass, Statistics Executive Summary and Scientific Merit The largest moon of Saturn, Titan, has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and a pressure similar to that of Earth at the surface. There are winds, strong enough to have produced two wind-dominated landforms similar to those on Earth – […]
Learning History: Understanding and Facilitating Improvement in Clinical Microsystems
Dr. Bret Lyman, Nursing Department Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic outcomes of the proposal were generally met (and exceeded). The proposal specified that four students would be involved in the mentoring environment, yet we found it possible to include eight students in faculty-mentored research efforts. Although only three students applied for ORCA grant funding […]
Understanding our Early Christian Roots Translating and Publishing a Koine Greek Papyrus
Zakarias Gram and Faculty Mentor: Lincoln H. Blumell, Religious Education- Ancient Scripture This project was focused on analyzing, transcribing, translating, and publishing an edition of an ancient Greek papyrus housed in Oklahoma City. The experience was both very educating and exciting for me, as I am pursuing a degree in Classics and will continue to […]
How it Sounds and What it Means: Understanding Indian Music and Culture Through Study of the Hindustani Violin
Megumi Terry and Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw, Department of Music Introduction As a classically trained violinist, having studied since the age of four, I have had an unlikely fascination with other world music cultures. In the summer of 2015 I had the opportunity to live in India and explore the culture and come to […]
Modern Morality: Understanding Secular Purity in Moral Foundations Theory
Sarah Curry and Dr. Christopher Karpowitz, Political Science Department Political psychologists Jonathan Haidt, Jesse Graham, and Brian Nosek argue in their influential study that morality is not a “one-dimensional spectrum” with individuals being moral or amoral.1 Rather, moral foundations theory allows people to be explained across five dimensions: harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity. Individuals […]
Understanding the Neural Networks of Eye Movements in Reading
Trenton Jackman and Dr. Steven Luke, Psychology Department Introduction Reading is a part of everyday life. Humans read street signs, textbooks, emails, manuals, novels, and many other things. While reading we move our eyes 2-4 times per second. Each movement is called a saccade, and each pause between movements is called a fixation. These eye-movements […]
Disconnected Decisions Understanding School Decision Factors Within Low-SES Families
Daniela Barriga and Kristie Rowley, Department of Sociology Parents constantly make decisions in regard to their children’s education, whether it be decisions about enrolling their children in the local public school or private school or even where to live based on school zoning areas. Alternative school options such as charter and magnet schools are becoming […]
Understanding Performance Improvement in a Post-Surgery Unit
Shaw, Lindsey Health Systems Learning Understanding Performance Improvement in a Post-Surgery Unit Faculty Mentor: Bret Lyman, BYU College of Nursing Introduction The purpose of this study was to discover how a health system, specifically a hospital unit, learned to improve patient and hospital outcomes. This study builds upon previous research in which the Learning History […]
Understanding Birth Defects by Establishing Glutathione Ontogeny in a Chick Embryo Model
Mackay, Ryan Understanding Birth Defects by Establishing Glutathione Ontogeny in a Chick Embryo Model Dr. Jason Hansen – Physiology & Developmental Biology Introduction Most chemicals known to cause birth defects have been shown to induce oxidative stress – a disruption in intracellular redox signaling. The overall purpose of this research is to better understand how […]
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