Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Title
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Organic Chemistry is a challenging subject that requires dedicated practice to learn the meticulous rules composing the subject, otherwise a student risks failure. Current software to teach chemical structures contains ...
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(2017-04-27)Many fatal car accidents involve victims who were not wearing a seatbelt, even though systems for detecting such behavior and intervening to correct it already exist. Activity recognition using wearable sensors has been ...
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The Ixodes scapularis tick is a medically important vector of five out of the 15 reportable human tick borne disease agents, making it a great concern to public health. In order to develop vaccines against tick borne disease ...
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Reconfigurable microstrip patch antennas are useful in many applications including satellite communications, navigation, radar, and radio. The purpose of this project is to design a reconfigurable antenna to be embedded ...
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(2015-10-02)The design and excitation of a liquid metal alloy antenna embedded into structural composite panel is studied. The alloy resides in micro-channels embedded into the composite that allows it to be pumped in and out of the ...
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(2020-04-16)Paleoclimate reconstructions allow us to build a better picture of how climate has changed over time. However, relatively little research has been done in the higher latitudes of the southern hemisphere, leaving a gap in ...
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(2018-05-01)Language and control in children’s literature is a major topic of discussion within the field of children’s literature. While the full extent of the effects of children’s literature on shaping children’s worldviews is ...
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(2015-09-24)Chlorosilanes are common protecting groups. However, in use, they introduce an extra step and after use they are discarded. As part of an effort to make these species’ use greener, we have been exploring effective ways ...
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This analysis investigated the effects and implications of Hungary’s Communist legacy in the context of Hungarian socio-political landscapes during and after Communism. For this investigation, I relied upon Emile Durkheim’s ...
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Virtual reality (VR) allows for immersive and natural viewing experiences; however, these often expect users to be standing and able to physically turn and move easily. Seated VR applications, specifically immersive ...
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(2014-09-19)Clean water availability has been made scarce by droughts in Texas caused by longer and hotter summers. Therefore, adopting new water reuse strategies has become important. A concern with recycled water has been the increase ...
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(2020-04-16)Advanced age is the major underlying risk factor for many chronic and debilitating diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and osteoporosis. One driving factor of the aging process is the loss ...
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Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) are a category of medical devices that include pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators, spinal cord stimulators, and many other devices. Many of these devices are battery-powered ...
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Antibiotic resistance emerged shortly after the introduction of antibiotics into the field of medicine, bringing about a challenging concern. Resistance to antibiotics is encoded by antibiotic resistance genes, among other ...
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(2019-04-23)The circadian clock regulates the rhythmic expression of roughly half of the eukaryotic genome at the level of mRNA abundance. However, little is known about how rhythmic phase is regulated (Delaunay & Laudet, 2002). ...
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(2011-08-04)This study intends to elucidate a mechanism of cancer prevention by certain nutrients. The health benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, e.g., docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and fiber are well documented. It has been ...
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(2011-01-11)Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), also known as thyrotropin, is a pituitary hormone which stimulates the thyroid gland to synthesize and secrete the thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). In tetrapod ...
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(2020-04-30)Tumor progression and metastasis is increased by the unique vasculature found in tumors which can be characterized as having low perfusion and increased permeability. The role of Nck proteins is to control actin cytoskeletal ...
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(2011-11-17)Irish playwright Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. His Absurdist works are known worldwide for their near incomprehensibility to audiences as well as challenges for performers posed by his specific ...
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In this project, we implement and deploy reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms for path planning, decision making, and navigation tasks in autonomous vehicles, and compare them to traditional control algorithms. Various ...