Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Title

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    • Wanderlust: rootlessness and restlessness in American culture, 1950-1970 
      Lepine, Amy (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
      Historian Ray Billington, in arguing that the "migratory compulsion" in Americans is partly the result of the influence of the frontier on American history, claims: "If students of the American character can agree upon any ...
    • Water Proton Magnetic Resonance in Glycerol/Protein Three Component Systems 
      Lowery, Mary Cummings (1980)
      Nuclear magnetic relaxation times, T₁ and T₂, were measured for a water/glycerol/albumin system as a function of water content. T₁ relaxation times decreased from 95 msec at a hydration of 52 g H₂O/100 g dry solid to 62 ...
    • Water purification using TAM5 
      Philip, Elizabeth (1998)
      Several novel crystalline silicotitantes were developed at Texas A&M University, one of which is the 1996 R&D 100 Award winning material, TAM5. Although presently the sole use of TAM5 is to clean radioactive wastes, TAM5 ...
    • Why Billy?: visions of America's outlaw kid, 1981-1998 
      Kimbrough, Thomas Matthew (1998)
      Stephen Tatum's Inventing Billy the Kid: Visions of the Outlaw in America, 1881-1981 (1982) surveys the huge bibliography of materials relating to Billy the Kid in four phases of American history and relates them to their ...
    • Why do you think I laugh? Gendered Perceptions of the Functions of Humor 
      Quiros, Alexander E. (1997)
      This study examines gendered differences in perception of humor functions in 311 male and female college students. Subjects ratings on three different test instruments were obtained: Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale ...
    • Wind Loads On Offshore Structures 
      Proft, Eddy (1979)
      A review of the state of the art of wind design procedures for offshore structures indicated that wind/wave interactions were not taken into account. In hurricane conditions, large amplitude waves may cause cyclic loading ...
    • Women and Development in Ghana 
      James, Stephanie E. (1995)
      The condition of the Third World is by no means a topic of new interest to scholars, researchers, and policy-makers. Much time has already been spent trying to ascertain why this part of the world has developed the way it ...
    • Women in engineering at the undergraduate level 
      Lagoudas, Natasha Christina (2009-12)
      Only 18.1 percent of engineering bachelor degrees in the nation are awarded to women, which represents a two percent increase over the past two decades. The purpose of this research is to explore the experiences of men and ...
    • Women of Plautine Comedy: Representative of the Roman Ideal? 
      Floyd, Laura E. (1991)
      After considering what is said about women and analyzing their individual characterizations, one question remains: are these Plautine women representative of the Roman ideal? The Roman ideal for womanhood, as established ...
    • Women's reactions to dominant and Agreeable men: how are initial judgements of attraction affected by peer discussion 
      Dean, Cynthia Maria (2001)
      This study examined the role of social influence in females' judgments of dominant and Agreeable males' dating desirability. Three hundred and sixty participants viewed one of four videotape segments that featured an ...
    • Woodrow Wilson: Self-Determination and the Dissolution of Empire 
      Clevenger, Ty (1991)
      No single person is more associated with the concept of self-determination than Woodrow Wilson. Though the political and philosophical discussions of self-determination began centuries earlier, they never truly gained ...
    • World Demand for Primary Products in the Nineteenth Century 
      Avery, Brock (1989)
      Empirical studies examining the trade relationships between the lesser developed countries (LDCs) and the industrial nations have not been plentiful. A goal of this thesis is to provide statistical evidence towards the ...
    • Written emotional expression and health: efficacy of treatment implementation via mail 
      Brown, Erin Leigh (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
      Studies examining the impact of written emotional expression on health have demonstrated repeatedly that writing about emotional experiences produces positive health effects compared to writing about non-emotional topics. ...
    • Ya, Ya/Yes, Ye: A Play Concerning an Encounter Between Vietnamese Culture and Western Medicine 
      Nguyen, Kim T (Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)
      Not until the 1980s did the mainstream medical community began to seriously study the field of intercultural health communications. Even today, few substantial works exist regarding this area, although interest and research ...
    • Yale College and the Great Awakening 
      Wood, William C., Jr. (1984)
      The Great Awakening turned the minds of people in the American colonies to religion as never before, but it also stirred great opposition and split apart many established religious institutions. All of the issues and actions ...
    • The Year God Learned English 
      Baker, Rachel (1997)
      King Henry VIII dissolved every monastery and convent in England between 1535 and 1539. William Tyndale published the first English translation of the Bible in 1534. In the midst of political maneuvering around theological ...
    • Zero Pressure Balloon Design 
      Keese, David L. (1977)
      In atmospheric balloon research it is very important to accurately describe the delicate balance of forces applied to a film and to use this analytical description to produce a suitable manufactured balloon shape. This ...
    • Zinc and Copper Interactions: Their Role in the Development of the Chronic Wasting Syndrom in the Marmoset 
      Overbeck, John D. (1980)
      Galvanized cages were examined as a potential factor in the development of chronic wasting syndrome in the marmoset, callithrix jacchus. Galvanized cages are thought to cause an increase in serum zinc concentration. Zinc ...