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The Effects Of Web Advertisements And Gender Differences On The Conventional College Student’S Attention Span, Michelle Seyk Jul 2012

The Effects Of Web Advertisements And Gender Differences On The Conventional College Student’S Attention Span, Michelle Seyk

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Design And Development Of A High-Pressure Coal And Biomass Feeder, Yahui Wang Jul 2012

Design And Development Of A High-Pressure Coal And Biomass Feeder, Yahui Wang

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Biomass Hand-Press For Cameroon, Hannah Joy Pheasant Jul 2012

Biomass Hand-Press For Cameroon, Hannah Joy Pheasant

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Documenting The 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake, Yan G. Linwood Jul 2012

Documenting The 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake, Yan G. Linwood

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


High-Pressure Water Hydraulic Test Rig For Research And Education, Andrew O'Bannon, Nicholas Lewis Jul 2012

High-Pressure Water Hydraulic Test Rig For Research And Education, Andrew O'Bannon, Nicholas Lewis

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Building A Better Bicycle: A Hydraulic Vehicle With Optimal Energy Utilization And Recovery Techniques, Birendra Kujur, Kyle Ezra, Hao Zhu, John Lamneck, Jonathan Geske Jul 2012

Building A Better Bicycle: A Hydraulic Vehicle With Optimal Energy Utilization And Recovery Techniques, Birendra Kujur, Kyle Ezra, Hao Zhu, John Lamneck, Jonathan Geske

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Electrospinning Composite Nanofibers Of Cellulose, Hamsini Gopalakrishna Jul 2012

Electrospinning Composite Nanofibers Of Cellulose, Hamsini Gopalakrishna

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Synthesizing The Nanomaterials Of The Future: Electrical Characterization Of Aluminum Oxide Thin Film, Yuelu Jin Jul 2012

Synthesizing The Nanomaterials Of The Future: Electrical Characterization Of Aluminum Oxide Thin Film, Yuelu Jin

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Discovery Of Undescribed Brain Tissue Changes Around Implanted Microelectrode Arrays, Himanshi Desai Jul 2012

Discovery Of Undescribed Brain Tissue Changes Around Implanted Microelectrode Arrays, Himanshi Desai

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Organic Rankine Cycle Analysis: Finding The Best Way To Utilize Waste Heat, Nadim Chakroun Jul 2012

Organic Rankine Cycle Analysis: Finding The Best Way To Utilize Waste Heat, Nadim Chakroun

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Characterization And Comparison Of Cancer Stem Cells In Human And Canine Glioma Cell Lines, Thomas Clements Jul 2012

Characterization And Comparison Of Cancer Stem Cells In Human And Canine Glioma Cell Lines, Thomas Clements

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Healing Osteoarthritis: Engineered Proteins Created For Therapeutic Cartilage Regeneration, Kevin M. Cherry Jul 2012

Healing Osteoarthritis: Engineered Proteins Created For Therapeutic Cartilage Regeneration, Kevin M. Cherry

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Quantifying The Water Footprint Of Manufactured Products: A Case Study Of Pitcher Water Filters, Ashley Barker Jul 2012

Quantifying The Water Footprint Of Manufactured Products: A Case Study Of Pitcher Water Filters, Ashley Barker

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Identifying Successful Mentor Programs, Geoff Pole Jul 2012

Identifying Successful Mentor Programs, Geoff Pole

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Study Abroad: The Value Of Purdue’S “Reading London” Summer Program For Pre-Service English Teachers, Mitchell Osterday, Melinda Shull Jul 2012

Evaluating Study Abroad: The Value Of Purdue’S “Reading London” Summer Program For Pre-Service English Teachers, Mitchell Osterday, Melinda Shull

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Introspective Inquiry: Self-Study And Its Relevance In Teacher Education, Neil Croy Jul 2012

Introspective Inquiry: Self-Study And Its Relevance In Teacher Education, Neil Croy

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Brassinosteroids In The Development Of Sorghum, William Sutherlin, Neil Weber Jul 2012

The Role Of Brassinosteroids In The Development Of Sorghum, William Sutherlin, Neil Weber

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of The Use Of The Western Harvest Mouse As An Indicator Species In Indiana, Jessica Rodkey Jul 2012

An Evaluation Of The Use Of The Western Harvest Mouse As An Indicator Species In Indiana, Jessica Rodkey

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Estrogen In The Water: Impacts Of Sewage Wastewater On Feminization And Vitellogenin Expression In Male Fathead Minnows (Pimephales Promelas), Lexis Butler Jul 2012

Estrogen In The Water: Impacts Of Sewage Wastewater On Feminization And Vitellogenin Expression In Male Fathead Minnows (Pimephales Promelas), Lexis Butler

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


Improving Working Conditions For Astronauts: An Electronic Personal Restraint System For Use In Microgravity Environments, Kevin Tait, Justin Lewis Jul 2012

Improving Working Conditions For Astronauts: An Electronic Personal Restraint System For Use In Microgravity Environments, Kevin Tait, Justin Lewis

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

While in microgravity, astronauts are preoccupied with physical restraint, which takes attention away from the maintenance task or scientific experiment at hand. This may directly lead to safety concerns and increased time for extravehicular activity, as well as potentially inhibit or corrupt data collection. A primary concern is the time it takes to manipulate the current restraint system. The portable foot restraint currently in use by NASA employs a series of pins in order to engage the system or release in an emergency. This requires considerable time for the user to detach, and there is an increased risk of entanglement. …


Understanding Free Radicals: Isolating Active Thylakoid Membranes And Purifying The Cytochrome B6f Complex For Superoxide Generation Studies, Jason Stofleth Jul 2012

Understanding Free Radicals: Isolating Active Thylakoid Membranes And Purifying The Cytochrome B6f Complex For Superoxide Generation Studies, Jason Stofleth

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

All life persists in an environment that is rich in molecular oxygen. The production of oxygen free radicals, or superoxide, is a necessary consequence of the biogenesis of energy in cells. Both mitochondrial and photosynthetic electron transport chains have been found to produce superoxide associated with cell differentiation, proliferation, and cell death, thereby contributing to the effects of aging. Aerobic respiration in mitochondria consumes oxygen, whereas photosynthesis in chloroplasts or cyanobacteria produces oxygen. The increased concentration of molecular oxygen may serve to allow greater availability for the production of superoxide by cytochrome bc complexes in photosynthetic membranes compared to those …


Is Local Produce Safer? Microbiological Quality Of Fresh Lettuce And Spinach From Grocery Stores And Farmers' Markets, Emiria Soendjojo Jul 2012

Is Local Produce Safer? Microbiological Quality Of Fresh Lettuce And Spinach From Grocery Stores And Farmers' Markets, Emiria Soendjojo

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

There is a growing demand for fresh, safe, high-quality, and locally grown vegetables. This study compared microbial populations in Romaine lettuce, Bibb lettuce, and spinach procured from grocery stores and farmers’ markets throughout the course of a summer. Standard microbial techniques were used to analyze 42 samples for the presence of total aerobic mesophilic and psychrophilic bacteria; yeasts and molds; surface and internalized coliforms and Escherichia coli; and the pathogens E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. Large variations in counts were found between produce types, sampling days, and between grocery and farmers’ market samples. The average highest microbial loads were …


Bovine Nutritional Needs: Digestibility Of Dry And Ensiled Forages When Feeding Young Dairy Heifers, Shirley Nigaglioni Jul 2012

Bovine Nutritional Needs: Digestibility Of Dry And Ensiled Forages When Feeding Young Dairy Heifers, Shirley Nigaglioni

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

The diets fed to growing animals are very important to ensure that young animals have the proper nutrients available for growth. When feeding dairy heifers, a farmer’s goal is to feed a very digestible diet that will provide nutrients to keep dairy heifers healthy and allow them to grow faster, while spending less money on feed. The objective of this study was to determine whether feeding heifers diets containing dry or ensiled forage (haylage) improved digestibility. Our hypothesis was that incorporating hay into the diet of 16-week-old dairy heifers would provide a more digestible source of nutrients. For this study, …


Hospital System Readmissions: A Care Cycle Approach, Cody Mullen Jul 2012

Hospital System Readmissions: A Care Cycle Approach, Cody Mullen

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Hospital readmission rates can be used as an indicator of the quality of health care services and can highlight high-priority research areas to ensure better health. A readmission is defined as when a patient is discharged from an acute care hospital and is admitted back to an acute care hospital in a set amount of days, with 30 days being the current national standard. On average, 19.6% of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and 56.1% within a year (Jencks, Williams, & Coleman, 2009). The hypothesis of this study was that the discharge location, …


Ostracism Is Lost In Translation: When Being Ignored And Excluded Does Not Matter, Han Kang Jul 2012

Ostracism Is Lost In Translation: When Being Ignored And Excluded Does Not Matter, Han Kang

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

How do you feel when people around you start conversing in a language you do not understand? In addition to feeling ostracized, you may also wonder if they are talking about you. Participants were either talked to or not talked to in three different language conditions: English, English-Chinese, and Chinese. Participants experienced more distress when being ostracized than included by English, but they found inclusion more distressing than ostracism by English-Chinese. Additionally, more paranoid attributions were made by participants who were included, rather than ostracized by those speaking an unfamiliar language. This study is the first to show that, under …


Equal Protection Under The Law: Do Female Justices Have A Different Voice?, Katherine Jorgensen Jul 2012

Equal Protection Under The Law: Do Female Justices Have A Different Voice?, Katherine Jorgensen

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

As women take on a continuously larger role in the legal field, it has become tremendously important to study and understand the impact women are having on the judicial system. This work explores the role of women in the judiciary. Specifically, I examine the Supreme Court of the United States to find out whether women’s jurisprudence differs from that of their male colleagues. For this paper, I limit my examination to cases involving equal protection under the law. The theory I employ is that of Carol Gilligan, who argues that across many realms, women have a uniquely different voice than …


The "Immortal" Boilermaker: Exploring The Forgotten History Of Harry Guyer Leslie, Elizabeth Hudson Jul 2012

The "Immortal" Boilermaker: Exploring The Forgotten History Of Harry Guyer Leslie, Elizabeth Hudson

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

As Purdue University grows, the school’s rich history is sometimes neglected in lieu of developments in present-day interests and needs. Often, the only remaining evidence of community events and distinguished, local individuals are memorials, archive collections, and rarely seen documents. Many communities have access to such documents; however, as the available access to these collections slowly becomes unrecognized, so does the history and remembrance of the individuals and events. The purpose of this research was to determine the source of a small, tarnished trophy in Orlando Itin’s sports memorabilia collection in Bruno’s Pizza Restaurant. This trophy stands as one of …


Is Distant Pollution Contaminating Local Air? Analyzing The Origins Of Atmospheric Aerosols, David Geng Jul 2012

Is Distant Pollution Contaminating Local Air? Analyzing The Origins Of Atmospheric Aerosols, David Geng

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Understanding the origin of aerosols in the atmosphere is important because of visual pollution, climate impacts, and deleterious health effects due to the inhalation of fine particles. This research analyzed aerosols characterized by their chloride, sulfate, and nitrate content as a function of size over a 3-month period. Due to wind patterns over coal-burning power plants, a higher concentration of local sulfate pollution was expected. Aerosols were harvested on the Purdue University campus using a high-volume air sampler with glass fiber filters and a five-stage impactor that separates the aerosols into five sizes. The filters were extracted in water to …


Characterizing Fractures And Deformation Bands: Implications For Long-Term Co2 Storage Within The Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone, Brenton M. Chentnik Jul 2012

Characterizing Fractures And Deformation Bands: Implications For Long-Term Co2 Storage Within The Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone, Brenton M. Chentnik

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Multiple approaches are under development to mitigate the release of potentially harmful human-generated CO2 into the atmosphere. Geologic carbon sequestration is one such process by which CO2 that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere is liquefied, injected, and stored in the pore space of a subsurface reservoir. The Cambrian Mount Simon Sandstone (MSs) is a targeted reservoir for CO2 sequestration in the Illinois Basin. The goals of this research are to analyze a set of subsurface samples related to ongoing CO2 sequestration demonstrations in the Illinois Basin. These samples contain evidence of small-scale fractures and deformation bands in the …


Contact Mechanics: Modeling The Interaction Between Surfaces With Nanoscale Asperities For Mems Via Online Simulations In Nanohub, Petros Charalambides Jul 2012

Contact Mechanics: Modeling The Interaction Between Surfaces With Nanoscale Asperities For Mems Via Online Simulations In Nanohub, Petros Charalambides

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Physics-based simulations are playing an increasingly important role in materials and device engineering, providing information that can help engineers understand current technology and optimize designs. We describe a model and simulation tool for the characterization of the interaction between surfaces with nanoscale asperities relevant in nano and micro-electromechanical systems (N/MEMS) whose operation involves periodic contacts. A mesoscale contact model was developed to characterize the interaction and adhesion between two surfaces in terms of surface topography and fundamental materials properties. The model computed the long-range van der Waals attractive forces and repulsive interactions originating from the contact between solid surface asperities. …