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The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

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2019

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Lithostratigraphic Correlation Of Upper Paleozoic Sandstone Bodies In The Western United States With Special Emphasis On The Coconino Sandstone, John H. Whitmore Apr 2019

Lithostratigraphic Correlation Of Upper Paleozoic Sandstone Bodies In The Western United States With Special Emphasis On The Coconino Sandstone, John H. Whitmore

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The purpose of this project was to correlate Upper Paleozoic sandstone bodies of Pennsylvanian and Permian age across the western United States. The lateral extent of the Coconino Sandstone (Leonardian) was of particular interest; it is found in northern Arizona in places like Grand Canyon. Data was obtained from multiple sources including the AAPG’s COSUNA charts and data, the RMAG’s Geological Atlas of the Rocky Mountain Region and published papers from a variety of books and journals. About 60 generalized stratigraphic columns were collected, drawn and then correlated across the western United States. Some of the more well-known sandstones and …

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A Description Of A Population Of Rugose Horn Corals In The Whitewater Formation (Richmondian, Ordovician) Camden, Oh, Campbell F. Bortel Apr 2019

A Description Of A Population Of Rugose Horn Corals In The Whitewater Formation (Richmondian, Ordovician) Camden, Oh, Campbell F. Bortel

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The Whitewater Formation, part of the upper Ordovician period, is predominately a fossiliferous wavy limestone unit interbedded with fossiliferous shales (State of Ohio, 2012). These shales contain a variety of marine invertebrates including various species of brachiopods, bryozoans, trilobites and an abundance of rugose horn corals. The purpose of this project was to collect and describe a population of rugose corals from several outcrops exposed in Camden, OH. These outcrops are exposed along OH-127 and OH-725 as road cuts. Over 500 corals were collected, sorted for complete specimens, and numerically categorized into a dataset. Each coral was linked to its …

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Low Cost Vehicular Autonomy Using Radar And Gps, Nathan Jessurun, Ryan Gordon, Danielle Fredette Apr 2019

Low Cost Vehicular Autonomy Using Radar And Gps, Nathan Jessurun, Ryan Gordon, Danielle Fredette

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This presentation describes a subset of the systems devised for this year's autonomous golf cart senior design project. Our goal is to explore the possibilities of low cost autonomy using only radar and GPS for environmental sensing and navigation. Although autonomous and semi-autonomous ground vehicles are a relatively new reality, prototypes have been a subject of engineering research for decades, often utilizing an array of sensors and sensor fusion techniques. State of the art autonomous ground vehicle prototypes typically use a combination of LIDAR and other distance sensors (such as radar or sonar) as well as cameras and GPS, sometimes …

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Using Ct Scans To Describe An Allosaurus Skull (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Jordan C. Oldham Apr 2019

Using Ct Scans To Describe An Allosaurus Skull (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Jordan C. Oldham

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In 2001, an Allosaurus skull (CMP 279) was discovered in the Skull Creek Basin in Moffat County, Colorado. The skull is one of the most complete for the species and even contains the hyoid bones, which are usually not present. The skull is now permanently mounted, for display purposes, thus making the study of the individual bones difficult for producing a paleo-anatomical description. Computed Tomography (CT) scans of CMP 279 were created in 2017 and then made available for this study in 2019. CT scans are being used to investigate internal anatomy of skulls such as the endocranial cavity, sinuses, …

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Cognitive Understanding Of Reverse Engineering Assistant, Nathan Elliot Harris, Bertrand L. Lachance, Jeremy William Tiberg, Faith Trautmann Apr 2019

Cognitive Understanding Of Reverse Engineering Assistant, Nathan Elliot Harris, Bertrand L. Lachance, Jeremy William Tiberg, Faith Trautmann

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The Cognitive Understanding of Reverse Engineering Assistant, or C.U.R.E. Assistant for short, is an independently developed program with the purpose of introducing students of the software reverse-engineering world to the art of disassembly. Reverse Engineering, or R.E. for short, is the process of deducing the source instructions or mechanisms of a device. This can be done to software to figure out how it works and how it can be exploited. While hackers employ this method for breaking into software systems, this is very useful for security researchers to determine security vulnerabilities in internet browsers, operating systems, apps, and more, so …

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Gradel, Brennon Gee, Malachi Marshall, Nathan Barlow, James Osborne Apr 2019

Gradel, Brennon Gee, Malachi Marshall, Nathan Barlow, James Osborne

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Grading homework is a major time-consuming process for professors. This is especially true of computer science professors who each teach multiple sections and classes. Our Senior design project, Gradel is a web application created to help professors with this task. It does this in two ways, firstly by allowing the professors to create customized assignments, problems, test cases and correct solutions. After a class is created our application compares the student's submission with the professor’s solution to automatically grade the submissions. This is also very helpful for students, by giving them instant feedback it allows them to make corrections or …

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