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263 - Housing And Integrating Bats Into The Suny Geneseo Campus Ecosystem., Hailey Cullen, Gabrielle Joseph Apr 2023

263 - Housing And Integrating Bats Into The Suny Geneseo Campus Ecosystem., Hailey Cullen, Gabrielle Joseph

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This presentation centers on research conducted on building a sustainable prototype design of a bat box. We focused on configuring the implementation of bat boxes around the SUNY Geneseo campus as well as the optimal materials to use in the building of this prototype. The primary species targeted in our research and design development is the big brown bat.


221 - Angkorian Temples In Mainland Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand & Vietnam 9th - 15th Century, Sophuth Phon Apr 2023

221 - Angkorian Temples In Mainland Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand & Vietnam 9th - 15th Century, Sophuth Phon

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The Angkorian Era of the Khmer Empire (9th - 15th AD) is notable for its construction of numerous temples of high architectural heritage value, yet those temples have not been studied in depth. The spatial distribution of those temples, and their various historical characteristics, are also yet to be analyzed or mapped out. The purpose of this project is to spatially map the temple and discern if locations correlate to the region’s geography. This project compiled primary data on 70 major Angkorian temples in mainland Southeast Asia using various sources but primarily Google Earth Pro and Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX). …


339 - Snowvember 2.0: Mapping Lake-Effect Snowfall In The Buffalo, New York Area During The November 2022 Extreme Snowfall Event, Gabrielle Puente Apr 2023

339 - Snowvember 2.0: Mapping Lake-Effect Snowfall In The Buffalo, New York Area During The November 2022 Extreme Snowfall Event, Gabrielle Puente

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The City of Buffalo, New York is located in western New York State near two Great Lakes: Lake Ontario to the north, and Lake Erie to the west. The Great Lakes region that includes Buffalo experiences a weather phenomenon known as lake-effect snow, where surface buoyant instability and upward moisture movement from the Great Lakes can cause extreme snowfall in localized bands. The purpose of this project is to analyze the total amount of snowfall that occurred on a specific lake-effect snowfall even in November 2022, termed "Snowvember 2.0" (or November 2022 Great Lakes Winter Storm.) Snowfall data was obtained …


041— Fiber Decomposition And Pretreatment Analysis Of Cannabis Sativa L.: Hemp, Dina Bu, Jessica Roggie, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo Apr 2021

041— Fiber Decomposition And Pretreatment Analysis Of Cannabis Sativa L.: Hemp, Dina Bu, Jessica Roggie, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo

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Hemp is a subspecies of Cannabis sativa L. along with marijuana, yet the two differ in chemical constituent levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Hemp contains 0.3% THC, compared to marijuana 17.1%, allowing it to be a safe and compelling biomass for investigation. The refined products of hemp are vast due to its fast-growing properties; therefore various commercial industries have included refined hemp in biofuels, biodegradable plastics, textiles, dietary supplements, paper, clothing, and much more. Construction and manufacturing applications have also been seen to include hemp to strengthen their composite products. The high-yielding, sustainable, and environmentally friendly qualities …


006— Pretreatment And Fiber Content Analysis Of Cannabis Sativa, Dina Bu, Jessica Roggie, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo Apr 2021

006— Pretreatment And Fiber Content Analysis Of Cannabis Sativa, Dina Bu, Jessica Roggie, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo

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Cannabis sativa commonly known as hemp is one of the fastest-growing plants whose refined products have immense commercial value. Various products include refined hemp such as: biofuels, biodegradable plastics, textiles, dietary supplements, paper, clothing, and much more. Hemp fibers are also used in construction and manufacturing applications by strengthening their composite products. Hemp is a high yielding, sustainable, and environmentally friendly crop due to its various qualities, and has the potential to yield valuable raw materials for a great number of applications. Our research evaluates the pretreatment of hemp as well as the comparative analysis of the fiber content thereof. …


295— Biomimicry: Investigating The Active Site Model Of Lactate Racemase, Stephanie Podguski, Maisy Ross Apr 2020

295— Biomimicry: Investigating The Active Site Model Of Lactate Racemase, Stephanie Podguski, Maisy Ross

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Because of humans’ heavy impact on nature with industrialization and resource extraction, biomimetics, also known as biomimicry, is a study that has emerged. Biomimetics utilizes observations from nature to comprehend the principles of underlying mechanisms and apply concepts that may benefit science, medicine, engineering and the like. An area of biochemistry we are applying this to is the lactate racemase enzyme.This metalloenzyme is found in many prokaryotic organisms and catalyzes the interconversion between the two optical isomers of lactic acid. The structure of this enzyme consists of a square-planar nickel (II) ion coordinated by a histidine residue and a pincer …


183— Cannabis Sativa: Pretreatment And Fiber Content Analysis, Dina Bú, Arianna Soriano, Sofia Kostrinsky, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo Apr 2020

183— Cannabis Sativa: Pretreatment And Fiber Content Analysis, Dina Bú, Arianna Soriano, Sofia Kostrinsky, Sarah Schmidlin, Barnabas Gikonyo

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Cannabis Sativa commonly known as hemp, is one of the fastest growing plants whose refined products have immense commercial value. Refined hemp is included in various products: biofuels, biodegradable plastics, textiles, dietary supplements, paper, clothing and much more. Hemp fibers are also used in construction and manufacturing applications as a way to strengthen composite products. These qualities make hemp a high yielding, sustainable, and environmentally friendly crop with the potential to yield valuable raw materials for a large number of applications. Our research evaluates the pretreatment of hemp and the comparative analysis of the fiber content thereof. Our goal is …