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Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 5, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• New Course

Plant Soils and Climate

• New Course, Pass/Fail

• New Course
• Inactivate Course
• Credit Hour Change, Repeatable
• New Course, Repeatable
• Delete Course
• Title Change, Description Change

• Course Description Change
• Course Number Change

Management Information Systems

• New Course

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Dual List Change

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• New Course, Dual-List

History

• New Course

Journalism and Communication

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Description Change, Prerequisite Change

Language, Philosophy and Communication Studies

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Course Description Change
• Title Change

Military Science

• Inactivate

Political Science

• Prerequisite Change
• New …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 5, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• New Course

Plant Soils and Climate

• New Course, Pass/Fail

Management Information Systems

• New Course

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Dual List Change

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• New Course, Dual-List

History

• New Course

Journalism and Communication

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Title Change, Description Change, Prerequisite Change

Language, Philosophy and Communication Studies

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Course Description Change
• Title Change

Military Science

• Delete Course

Political Science

• Prerequisite Change
• New Course

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology

• Delete Course
• Title Change, Course Number Change, Course Description Change, Change Multiple List
• Title Change, Description Change, Prerequisite Change

Chemistry …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, March 5, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, March 5, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Program Proposals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Consumption Of Metallic Lead And Its Effects On Tissue Lead Levels Of Urban Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus Carolinensis), Robert J. Lewis, Joe N. Caudell, Stephen B. White, Robin B. Doss, Michelle A. Lasher, Ramesh C. Gupta

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Blackbird Damage Is An Important Agronomic Factor Influencing Sunflower Production, Hans Kandel, George M. Linz

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Description Of Lethal And Nonlethal Predator Management At Two Piping Plower (Charadrius Melodus) Nesting Colonies In Michigan, Patrick J. Ryan, Vincent S. Cavalieri, Peter H. Butchko

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Efficient Method Of Capture And Field Euthanasia Of Flightless Mute Swans, Larry J. Hindman, William F. Harvey Iv, Hutchison R. Walbridge, Mark Hooper, Cindy P. Driscoll

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Habituation Of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) In An Urban / Suburban Environment To An Unmanned Aircraft System (Uas) Quad Copter, George R. Gallagher, Rebecca J. Mclarty, Sunday O. Peters, Emily J. Barton, Addison J. Lalumondier, Naomi E. Kramer, Katryn M. Paryzek

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Speed Kills : Effects Of Vehicle Speed On Avian Escape Behavior, Travis L. Devault, Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W. Seamans, Steven L. Lima, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Review Of Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Techniques On General Aviation Airports, Robert J. Lewis, Joe N. Caudell

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of A Food Bait Block For Potential Chemical Delivery To Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys Ludovicianus), Gary W. Witmer, Rachael S. Moulton, Jenna L. Swartz

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Design Of A Self-Resetting, Low-Maintenance, Long-Term Bait Station For Rodent Control, Gary W. Witmer, Rachael S. Moulton

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Are Humane Traps "Humane"? An Animal Welfare Perspective, John Hadidian, John Griffin, David Pauli

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Federal Collaboration In Science For Invasive Mammal Management In U.S. National Parks And Wildlife Refuges Of The Pacific Islands, Steven C. Hess, Darcy Hu, Rhonda Loh, Paul C. Banko

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Examining The Risk And Rewards For The Anthropogenic Spread Of Wild Hogs, Joe N. Caudell, Emily Dowell, Katelyn Welch

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Building Resilience Into Quaking Aspen Management, Paul C. Rogers

Aspen Bibliography

Throughout the 20^th century, forest scientists and land managers were guided by principles of succession with regard to aspen forests. The historical model depicted aspen as a "pioneer species" that colonizes a site following disturbance and is eventually overtopped by conifers. Aspen systems are more diverse, however, than previously described. Not only are there distinctive seral and stable aspen, but variations within these types require appropriate management considerations (Rogers et al. 2014). We recommend a strategic approach to aspen resilience that builds upon traditional aspen ecology and incorporates knowledge of varying aspen functional types, effective monitoring, historical disturbance ecology, …

Predation Threat Alters Composition And Functioning Of Bromeliad Ecosystems, Edd Hammill, Trisha B. Atwood, Diane S. Srivastava

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Predators can have dramatic effects on food web structure and ecosystem processes. However, the total effect of predators will be a combination of prey removal due to consumption and non-consumptive effects (NCEs) mediated through changes to prey behavioral, morphological, or life history traits induced to reduce predation risk. In this study, we examined how consumptive and NCEs alter community composition and ecosystem function using the aquatic ecosystem housed within tropical bromeliads. We allowed the recolonization of emptied bromeliads containing either no predators, caged predators (NCEs only), or uncaged predators (NCEs and consumptive effects) and recorded densities of all macro-invertebrates, microbial …

How Does Variation In Winter Weather Affect Deer-Vehicle Collision Rates, Daniel D. Olson, John A. Bissonette, Patricia C. Cramer, Patrick J. Jackson, Kevin D. Bunnell, Daniel C. Coster

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Understanding how deer move in relationship to roads is critical, because deer are in vehicle collisions, and collisions cause vehicle damage, as well as human injuries and fatalities. In temperate climates, mule deer Odocoileus hemionus have distinct movement patterns that affect their spatial distribution in relationship to roads. In this paper, we analyzed deer movements during two consecutive winter seasons with vastly different conditions to determine how deer—vehicle collision rates responded. We predicted that deer—vehicle collision rates would be higher when precipitation and snow depth were higher. We used meteorological data from local weather stations to describe temperature, precipitation and …

Managing Ungulate Browsing For Sustainable Aspen, Samuel B. St. Clair, Paul C. Rogers, Michael R. Kuhns

Aspen Bibliography

In montane forests of the Intermountain West composition and function are often defined by what happens with quaking aspen. Aspen is a pioneer species that regenerates quickly following disturbance and then establishes ecological conditions under which the rest of the biological community develops. Quaking aspen forests have high biodiversity and provide ideal habitat for many animals. Aspen regeneration from root sprouts is highly palatable to wildlife and livestock. When browsing becomes chronic it leads to regeneration failure and eventual loss of aspen forests and associated species. Ironically, this can result in habitat and forage loss for wildlife and livestock. Here …

Nanoparticle Properties And Synthesis Effects On Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (Sers) Enhancement Factor: An Introduction, Nathan D. Israelsen, Cynthia Hanson, Elizabeth Vargis

Biological Engineering Faculty Publications

Raman spectroscopy has enabled researchers to map the specific chemical makeup of surfaces, solutions, and even cells. However, the inherent insensitivity of the technique makes it difficult to use and statistically complicated. When Raman active molecules are near gold or silver nanoparticles, the Raman intensity is significantly amplified. This phenomenon is referred to as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The extent of SERS enhancement is due to a variety of factors such as nanoparticle size, shape, material, and configuration. The choice of Raman reporters and protective coatings will also influence SERS enhancement. This review provides an introduction to how these factors …

Air Quality And Agriculture, Rhonda Miller

All Current Publications

There are many human factors that contribute to poor air quality, and agriculture is no exception. Best management practices such as the immediate incorporation of manure, nutrient conservation,reduced fertilizer use, reduced tillage, keeping silage covered, covers on manure storage structures,and alternatives to burning can help minimize emissions of air pollutants. Although livestock production is a significant contributor of greenhouse gases, long-term cropping systems can sequester carbon which reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

The Infrared Spectrum Of The He-C2d2 Complex, N. Moazzen-Ahmadi, A. R. W. Mckellar, Berta Fernandez, David Farrelly

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Spectra of the helium-acetylene complex are elusive because this weakly bound system lies close to the free rotor limit. Previously, limited assignments of He–C2D2 transitions in the R(0) region of the ν3 fundamental band (≈2440 cm⁻¹) were published. Here, new He–C2D2 infrared spectra of this band are obtained using a tunable optical parametric oscillator laser source to probe a pulsed supersonic slit jet expansion from a cooled nozzle, and the analysis is extended to the weaker and more difficult P(1) and R(1) regions. A term value approach is used to obtain a consistent set of “experimental” energy levels. …

A Blended Professional Development Program To Help A Teacher Learn To Provide One-To-One Scaffolding, Brian Robert Belland, Ryan Burdo, Jiangyue Gu

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Argumentation is central to instruction centered on socio-scientific issues (Sadler & Donnelly in International Journal of Science Education, 28(12), 1463–1488, 2006. doi:10.1080/09500690600708717). Teachers can play a big role in helping students engage in argumentation and solve authentic scientific problems. To do so, they need to learn one-to-one scaffolding—dynamic support to help students accomplish tasks that they could not complete unaided. This study explores a middle school science teacher’s provision of one-to-one scaffolding during a problem-based learning unit, in which students argued about how to optimize the water quality of their local river. The blended professional development program incorporated three 1.5-h …

Metabolome Searcher: A High Throughput Tool For Metabolite Identification And Metabolic Pathway Mapping Directly From Mass Spectrometry And Using Genome Restriction, A. Ranjitha Dhanasekaran, Jon L. Pearson, Balasubramanian Ganesan, Bart C. Weimer

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Background

Mass spectrometric analysis of microbial metabolism provides a long list of possible compounds. Restricting the identification of the possible compounds to those produced by the specific organism would benefit the identification process. Currently, identification of mass spectrometry (MS) data is commonly done using empirically derived compound databases. Unfortunately, most databases contain relatively few compounds, leaving long lists of unidentified molecules. Incorporating genome-encoded metabolism enables MS output identification that may not be included in databases. Using an organism’s genome as a database restricts metabolite identification to only those compounds that the organism can produce.

Results

To address the challenge of …

The Utah Statesman, February 24, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Women, Confidence, And Leadership: What Do Utah Women Leaders Think?, Susan R. Madsen, Lyndee Anderson, Matthew Kelly, Jessica Rodriguez

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

In 2014, the Utah Women & Leadership Project team collected data from various sources to understand some of the issues in Utah regarding women, confidence, and leadership. Why does this matter? Utah consistently ranks at or near the bottom of national studies on the status of women. For example, in 2013, the Center for American Progress released a report titled“ The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women Are Faring Across the Nation.” This report ranked Utah last of all 50 states in terms of women holding positions of decision making and leadership.

Compost Carryover: Nitrogen Phosphorous And Ft-Ir Analysis Of Soil Organic Matter, Dave J. R. Olsen, Jeffrey B. Endelman, Astrid R. Jacobson, Jennifer R. Reeve

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Compost plays a central role in organic soil fertility plans but is bulky and costly to apply. Determining compost carryover is therefore important for cost-effective soil fertility planning. This study investigated two aspects of nutritive carryover [nitrogen and phosphorus (P)], and an indicator of non-nutritive carryover [soil organic matter (SOM)] to determine the residual effect of a one-time compost application applied at four rates in a corn-squash rotation. Crop yield was measured as an integrated carryover indicator of nutritive and non-nutritive effects. Functional groups of compost and SOM were investigated using FT-IR spectroscopy and soil organic carbon (SOC). While year …

Predicting Invasion Rates For Phragmites Australis, Rachel Nydegger, Jacob Duncan, James A. Powell

Browse All Undergraduate research

In wetlands of Utah and southern Idaho as well as estuaries of the east coast, the ten-foot tall invasive grass Phragmites australis can be found near waterways, where it outcompetes native plants and degrades wildlife habitat. Phragmites australis is an obligate out-crossing plant that can spread sexually through seed disper- sal, or asexually via stolons and rhi- zomes (Kettenring and Mock 2012). Small patches are usually a single genetic individual, spreading vegetatively (and slowly) via runners; when patches become genetically diverse viable seeds are produced and invasion rates can be increase by an order of magnitude (Kettenring et al. 2011)

The Utah Statesman, February 17, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.