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Resveratrol Supplementation In Ivm/Ivc Media For Embryo Development, Clark Riddle

Student Research Symposium

• Development of techniques to increase embryo development rates, and improvement of the quality of those embryos are two major interest points in synthetic embryology.
• Resveratrol is a antioxidative phytoalexin which has been shown to be beneficial to embryos in certain conditions by reducing oxidative stress. [1]
• Previous studies have shown that use of resveratrol in in vitro culture (IVC) media significantly increased blastocyst rate. [2]
• The aim of this study is to determine the effect of resveratrol supplementation in in vitro maturation (IVM) media in addition to IVC supplementation on cleavage rates and blastocyst rates

Effect Of Medium On Epigenetics In Fertilized And Cloned Embryos, Ethan Loertscher

Student Research Symposium

• The metabolic pathways that oocytes and embryos take during early development have an important effect on epigenetic events. This leads to the question of whether different cultures affect epigenetics.
• There are some concerns that serum-containing mediums may be correlated with poor health outcomes.
• Acetylation of lysine 9 on histone 3 is associated with chromatin configurations. The intensity of H₃K₉ac is much lower in cloned embryos (somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)) than what is seen in normal embryos
• This study was aiming to compare IVF and SCNT embryos cultured in a medium containing serum and a medium …

Energy-Aware Vehicle Routing Problem, Derek Redmond

Student Research Symposium

Outline

• Motivation
• The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)
• Solution Techniques
• Ant Colony Optimization
• Current Work
• Future Work

Use Of Different Daily Light Integrals To Study The Water Saving Potential Of Petunia, Anju Chaudhary

Student Research Symposium

• Daily light integral (DLI) plays a crucial role in growth and development of petunia.
• Reducing irrigation volume without compromising plant growth and productivity can decrease water usage in greenhouses.
• Adjusting greenhouse light intensity might offer a potential solution for managing water effectively in petunia production.

E-Cigarette Impacts On Aspects Of Dementia: Basic Research, Daniel S. Da Silva, Lucy N. Scribner

Student Research Symposium

E-cigarettes and Dementia

• Although smoking has declined in recent years, e-cigarette (vaping) use has drastically increased, particularly in youth.
• Smoking escalates risk for vascular dementia, with women more impacted than men.
• Dementia - Impaired capacity to remember, which interferes with the ability to perform daily functions.

A Comparison Of Gray Wolf Home Range Estimates, James Dye

Student Research Symposium

For this study we use GPS collar data from two wolf populations in Turkey and Croatia to compare their home ranges in order to determine which populations home ranges are larger. These two populations live in similar climates but have different impacts from human activity. The wolf population in Turkey experiences larger human presence and almost no natural prey availability, while in Croatia the wolf population exists in a more natural habitat with a substantial natural prey base. This creates an interesting comparison between the two populations and raises the question which average home range would be larger.

Searching For Commonalities In Secondary Structure Of Prmt Targets With Python Programming, Emeline Haroldsen

Student Research Symposium

PRMT is an enzyme that:

• Methylates protein targets without use of a consensus sequence
• Has implications in embryonic development, carcinogenesis, cardiac health and many other diseases^1,2,3
• Has 9 isoforms. Native PRMT1 is tetrameric (figure 1)

The mechanisms underlying PRMT target recognition and binding are unknown, limiting the study of PRMT related diseases. However: •

• Proteomics have identified thousands of PRMT targets⁴
• Commonalities in secondary structure may indicate a recognition element²
• Prior research predicted (with JPred5) a surprising proportion (20.35%) of target methylation sites within alpha helices of proteins (figure 2).

Leavening Agents Substitution In Chocolate Chip Muffins, Cassie Alder, Ashley Dawes, Savannah Harbison

Student Research Symposium

The primary function of leavening agents in baking is to cause the dough or batter to rise, allowing the baked product to be less dense, have more volume and be more aesthetically pleasing.¹ The three main types of leavening agents are baking powder, yeast, and the production of carbon dioxide steam as the product is baked.² These different types of leavening agents behave very differently and the purpose of this experiment was to discover and record the differences that occur in chocolate chip muffins. This research is important because if baking powder is unavailable the research shows what …

Thickened Carbonated Beverages, Adam Hair, Marissa Cook, Clarissa Richins

Student Research Symposium

Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, affects many individuals around the world with an array of underlying medical conditions, and rates of dysphagia are expected to increase as the population ages^1,2. Dysphagia affects the swallowing reflex, which can lead to a greater risk of aspiration and subsequent infections. In order to mitigate this, thin liquids are thickened following IDDSI standards so they can be more easily swallowed by those with dysphagia. Research has shown that carbonation in beverages improves the swallowing reflex over non-carbonated beverages¹. There are different methods and products that can be used to thicken beverages …

Effects On Cytokine Supplementation On Bovine Embryo Development, Pratt Griffeth

Student Research Symposium

• Artificial reproductive techniques (ARTs), such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), allow for embryo production beyond what is naturally possible.
• To conduct IVF oocytes must reach maturity via in-vitro maturation (IVM), be fertilized by IVF, and the resulting embryos cultured via in-vitro culture (IVC).
• Modifications in maturation media and culture media are often tested experimentally to increase effectiveness of ARTs.
• Researchers have found that supplementing a group of three cytokines (fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), leukemia inhibiting factor (LIF), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), together known as FLI) in maturation media improved oocyte maturation in pigs and bovine cloning success.^1-2
• Our …

Voltage Scaled Low Power Dnn Accelerator Design On Reconfigurable Platform, Rourab Paul, Sreetama Sarkar, Suman Sau, Sanghamitra Roy, Koushik Chakraborty, Amlan Chakrabarti

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

The exponential emergence of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has accelerated research on hardware implementation of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). Among all DNN processors, domain-specific architectures such as Google’s Tensor Processor Unit (TPU) have outperformed conventional GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and CPUs (Central Processing Units). However, implementing low-power TPUs in reconfigurable hardware remains a challenge in this field. Voltage scaling, a popular approach for energy savings, can be challenging in FPGAs, as it may lead to timing failures if not implemented appropriately. This work presents an ultra-low-power FPGA implementation of a TPU for edge applications. We divide the systolic array of …

A Scalable Approach To Minimize Charging Costs For Electric Bus Fleets, Daniel Mortensen, Jacob Gunther

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Incorporating battery electric buses into bus fleets faces three primary challenges: a BEB’s extended refuel time, the cost of charging, both by the consumer and the power provider, and large compute demands for planning methods. When BEBs charge, the additional demands on the grid may exceed hardware limitations, so power providers divide a consumer’s energy needs into separate meters even though doing so is expensive for both power providers and consumers. Prior work has developed a number of strategies for computing charge schedules for bus fleets; however, prior work has not worked to reduce costs by aggregating meters. Additionally, because …

Revitalizing Soil Health For Climate Resilience In Africa: The Need For High Rates Of Carbon Inputs, Idowu A. Atoloye

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Enhancing soil health is critical to improve crop productivity, fertilizer use efficiency, and resilience to climate change impacts for smallholder farmers in Africa. Increasing the use of mineral fertilizers is critical for achieving higher crop yield and residue return. However, it is crucial to consider the simultaneous use of carbon (C)-rich organic materials alongside mineral fertilizers to support soil health and enhance fertilizer use efficiency. It is proposed that increasing mineral fertilizer use without a concurrent increase in C-rich organic materials may not enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil health in the long term. When the labile pool of …

High-Fidelity Turbulence Modelling Of Double-Diffusive Mixing In Buoyancy Driven Flows, Sanaz Izadifar

Student Research Symposium

Double-diffusive convection is the flow caused by buoyancy gradient in a fluid, where two different scalars cause density gradients, and each scalar has significantly different diffusion rates.

Queer Coded Branding And It's Brief History, Lars Madden

Student Research Symposium

Sappos, the Greek poet from Lesbos, both gifts and recieves flower crowns and necklace wreaths made of violets and lavender for her female lovers.

Designing For Mental Health, Kate Page

Student Research Symposium

More than 1 in 5 adults in America struggle with mental illness (National Institute of Mental Health). As someone who has personally struggled with mental health challenges, I can relate to the struggles of so many other people in the world. I wanted to do something about it with the tools I have.

Language Shapes Your Reality, Emily Staley

Student Research Symposium

Culture and Language walk hand in hand. Cultural stereotypes exist abundantly, and part of that stereotype exists within the cultural language. Certain speech patterns correspond to particular behaviors. Italians, for example, are known for being very passionate, loud, and romantic. One might say that they are very ‘Italian’.

In fact, most cultures with Latin rooted languages are stereotyped for being passionate and expressive. German, Dutch and Russian cultures are known for being direct and straightforward. Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cultures are known for having more passive, non-confrontational stereotypes. Cultures with similar languages tend to have similar stereotypes.

Color Dynamics: An Exploration Of Language And Color, Elizabeth Stanger

Student Research Symposium

There is evidence that color terms develop in a specific order in each language. This order can be seen in the hopscotch above. First, a term for black and white (or dark and light in general), then red, yellow and green interchangeably, blue, and then brown. The colors pink, purple, orange, and grey develop around the same time and don't display hierarchical trends. Finaly, a color term for light blue is developed. In languages like Spanish and Russian, their term for this color is completely separate from blue.

Empower Boomers: Champion Inclusive Design, Alaine Thomson

Student Research Symposium

I like the second one down, looks sophisticated and a leisurely read. Big type face. Intriguing photos. Looks engaging and worth my investment to read the article. The first one is tolerable. Big words to catch your attention. But the additional pages could be broken up with photos, ect. and larger typeface. I totally disliked the bottom one!!! Makes me physically ill! Dizzy, like going in a book store with anxiety. Boom, Boom your eyes are bounced all over the page. Number three is the same way. Too many little boxes with snippets of information and incredibly small type that …

Quilting: Design & Womanhood, Savannah Lawson

Student Research Symposium

My mother has always been a maker. My entire life, I have heard her sewing machine whirring as often as I have seen her face. She was, in particular, an amazing quilter, spending hours, weeks, months on intricate & exquisite compositions, often just to give them away to friends or family after. It’s always been a part of her, so when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in January of 2022, her imminent loss of her ability to sew was devastating. In the wake of this news, I began to take my first real interest in her quilts. I even …

Dynamics Of Rotating 2d Ellipse In Stratified Flow, Anton Kadomtsev

Student Research Symposium

• In nature, there exist innumerable flows with varying density, known as stratified flows.

• The density variation is caused by salt content or temperature variation.

• Submersibles in stratified flows approximated by spheroid.

• Fluid parcels perturbed from their neutral position gain potential energy, which becomes kinetic energy. Inherent oscillation is Brunt-Väisälä frequency.

• Stratification affects the flow structures and forces on bodies.

The Power Of Context In English And Design, Hannah Stowell

Student Research Symposium

Exploring how context shapes the rules governing effective communication in both the English language and graphic design.

Visuality Of Sound, Janelle Clark

Student Research Symposium

Graphic design is simply a visual representation of abstract concepts and communication to help people understand a message. Humans have created language and used sound to represent visuals, yet it goes much deeper than that. While sound and language can represent human defined objects based on cultural experience, there is an actual visual language behind sound itself. This field is called Cymatics, termed by Dr. Hans Jenny, a pioneer in the study of the visuality of sound. His research, along with more to follow have laid the groundwork of a previous unseen language. In this research, elements of the natural …

Analyzing Atmospheric Gravity Waves Over Antarctica And Visualizing Machine Learning Data, Anastasia Brown

Student Research Symposium

• Gravity Waves are buoyancy waves that propagate in the atmosphere [1]
• Mostly generated by tropospheric weather,
• Can vertically propagate above 100 km altitude,
• Affect the temperature structure of the atmosphere, 
• Drive pole-to-pole circulation.

The Dynamics Of An Asian Family, Katrina Lam

Student Research Symposium

Spilt-household

Men earn income but also maintain the family (1850s &1920s was a common time for Chinese-American families)(1930s Filipino families also reflect spilt households due to men exceeding the women population).

A Pirate Brand For Me: Piracy As A Model For Contemporary Design Practice, Rosie Davis

Student Research Symposium

No abstract provided.

Contemporary Design In Sports, Madeline Anderson

Student Research Symposium

With the emergence of discussion about the return of the Seattle SuperSonics, this project aims to blend the world of sports with contemporary design. To make a contemporary brand, means to think about every single aspect and detail of the brand with a reason. This re-brand explores the vintage feel of the team that ran the court in the late 20th century as well as influences from modern day branding. With references such as the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Athens Kallithea F.C., Borussia Dortmund and Venezia FC- the new Seattle SuperSonics use expressive typography, modernized colors, and contemporary references to …

Wake Characteristics Of In-Phase And Out-Phase Array Of Oscillation Airfoils, Yi-Cheng Chen

Student Research Symposium

In order to solve the hydrodynamics of a school of fish using the open-source SEM solver Nek5000, an oscillating mesh is required to simulate fish oscillations and at the same time simplify the process of mesh partitioning and satisfy the limitation of nek5000 that the mesh must be quadrilateral.

Microbial Diversity Analysis Of Utah Native Plant Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus Iedifolius), Satwinder Pal Gill

Student Research Symposium

• Climate-induced Environmental stressors such as drought and salinity are the main threat to crop production and food security.
• Continuous use of chemical fertilizers deteriorates soil health. 
• New strategies to mitigate the effect of stress in plants and alternatives for chemical fertilizers are needed.
• The Intermountain West region of the US is rich in native plants adapted to arid and semi-arid climates, which are recommended for low-water-use landscaping.
• Curl-leaf Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifoius Nutt.) is a native plants of IW and abundant in Utah. It is widely distributed nutrient-deficient soils, drought, and pathogen resistance actinorhizal plants that can fix atmospheric …

Contemporary Korean Photographers Reestablishing Cultural And Individual Gender Identity In Modern-Day South Korea, Samantha Greene

Student Research Symposium

“The modern-day society of South Korea continuously transforms old traditions in hopes of establishing what Korean cultural and individual identity is in today’s contemporary world.” – Kevin Cawley, Korean Confucianism