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Defect Detectability Improvement For Conventional Friction Stir Welds, Chris Hill

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Chargersat-2 Mission Overview, Brittani Searcy, Matt Rodencal

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Design And Development Of A Microgravity Stowage System Specific For Deep Space Exploration, Taylor Stokes

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Analyzing Hexavalent Chromium (Cr Vi)-Free Paint Systems For Sls, Maria Emma Torres

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Engineering Experience Through The Cansat Competition - An Opportunity For Student Development Of An Aerospace System, Trey Mcferrin

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Friction Stir Weld Application And Tooling Design For The Mpcv Stage Adapter, John Alcorn

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Ultrashort Pulse Mode-Locked Lasers For Near-Earth Object Deflection, Grant Bergstue, Luke Burgess, Spencer Cole

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Method And Implementation Of Absolute Near Cylindrical Wavefront Testing, Ayshah Alatawi

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Lunabotics: A Student Competition For Exploring The Challenges Of Regolith Harvesting In Extraterrestrial Environments, Ethan Hopping, Roberto Dextre

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Archaeological Remote Sensing: Exploring The Past From Space, Kel Markert

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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2013 Student Launch Initiative Project With Dielectrophoresis, Amit Patel, Jacob Cranford

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Bacteriorhodopsin-Based Sensors, Craig Friedrich, Donald Lueking, Mark Griep

Michigan Tech Patents

A sensor comprising a membrane containing bacteriorhodopsin. In one embodiment, the sensor comprises a layer of purple membrane between a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrodes are connected to a circuit such that a signal is produced when a charge is transferred across the membrane. In another embodiment, the sensor comprises a field effect transistor with a layer of purple membrane deposited on the gate. The layer of purple membrane may be further functionalized by adding fluorophores to the layer of purple membrane. The fluorophores may be deposited adjacent to the layer of purple membrane, or the fluorophores …

The Santa Clara, 2013-10-03, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Fluid Motion ‐ Exhibit, Library, Said Shakerin

SOECS Exhibitions

This report provides complete documentation of activities leading to Fluid Motion, an exhibit held in Pacific’s Library, and Art with Fluid Mechanics, a related presentation given to Armchair Traveler Program at Delta College.

Exhibit: Fluid Motion, July 15‐October 15, 2013

Presentation: Art with Fluid Mechanics, October 15, 2013

About 40 still images displaying beauty and complexity of fluid motion were obtained, with permission, from scientists and artists from several countries for the exhibit and presentation. Due to space limitation, only sixteen images were shown in the Exhibit plus a scan of a page from Aramco World magazine (sand dune) and …

Impulse, South Dakota State University

Impulse (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Publication)

College
[Page] 2 Jerome J. Lohr For the College of Engineering, no one has left a larger impact than this 1958 alumnus.
[Page] 6 Architecture, Mathematics, Engineering Construction began in August of a 60,000-square-foot building that will complete an ambitious time of facility improvements within the college.
Students
8 Brian & Jim Lawburgh These identical twins from Hendricks, Minn., also share common interests when working in the biofuels research laboratory at Crothers Engineering Hall.
[Page] 10 Extracurricular engineers Engineers turn up in the darnest of places, like band practice (Austin VanderWal), theater (Brian Schulte), dance class (Alyssa Clemen), Hobo Day …

Research: South Dakota State University, Fall 2013, Chrisite Delfanian, Eric Landwehr

State of Discovery South Dakota State University's Research Magazine

CONTENTS:

Breaking Waves: Study of breaking waves relevant for lake shorelines [Page] 2
Poetic imagery rooted in research [Page] 3
Virus genome may hold key to better PRRS vaccine [Page] 4
Consumer survey examines savings behaviors, goals [Page] 4
Soybean meal may decrease fish production costs [Page] 5
Alternative fuel sources add value to SD products [Page] 6
International collaboration helps meet global demand for wheat [Page] 7
Commercialization requires big thinking [Page] 9
Young scientist develops software for cancer detection, image transmission [Page] 10
Nursing research to improve rural health care [Page] 11
New vaccine-delivery system targets influenza, cancer …

The Bridge Newsletter Winter 2013, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

The Bridge Newsletter

-Roof turned into teaching tool
-Prakash recognized
-Alumna of the Year
-Super Miners

The Santa Clara, 2013-09-26, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Sound And The Moving Image:Critical Characteristics For Spectator Response, Kara Rader, Rafeeq I. Roberts, Matt Egizii, Jeffery Allen

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

The prevailing wisdom in the film and video production industries is that audio information outweighs visual information when it comes to spectator responses, but there are few empirical studies to support this claim. In previous research, four critical characteristics of sound have been identified: (1) Music, (2) visual/sound contradictions (defined as sound that is inconsistent with audience expectations based on visual information), (3) multi-channel sound, and (4) sound quality. Building on our previous research into music and film, we have found that many researchers have looked into the question of how music affects emotions (Eschrich et al., 2008; Have, 2008; …

Role Of Programmed Proteolysis During Meiosis, Vincent Matthews, G. Valentin Borner Ph.D.

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

Meiosis is the process which forms gametes and spores for reproduction in eukaryotic cells. During the pachytene phase of meiosis I, a protein structure, called the Synaptonemal Complex (SC), forms between homologous chromosomes and creates a scaffold for genetic recombination. In yeast, the Zip1 protein is a major structural component of the SC. At restrictive temperature for meiosis, ZIP1 is required for completion of meiotic divisions. At permissive temperature ZIP1 is required for proper chromosome segregation. We observed that chemical inhibition of the proteasome, with MG132, results in arrest at prophase of meiosis I. Based on these results, we questioned …

Design Optimization Of An Above-Knee Prosthesis With Energy Regeneration, Taylor Barto, Holly Warner, Rick Rarick, Dan Simon

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

Above-knee amputees who use a prosthetic leg typically have to compensate for its shortcomings with unnatural hip motions. This compensation eventually leads to adverse health issues such as arthritis. We propose an active prosthesis to improve performance. The motor in our prosthetic knee allows the patient to move his hip normally, thus reducing the possibility of ancillary health issues. To improve the efficiency of the prosthesis, we use the braking phase of the prosthesis to regenerate energy. By storing energy in a supercapacitor during braking, the prosthesis lasts longer between each charge than it would without regenerative braking. We are …

Adaptation Of Scenedesmus Dimorphus To Brackish Water, Dustin Bowden, Joanne M. Belovich

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

Microalgae is a promising biofuel feedstock for replacement of conventional transportation fuels. Microalgae does not require arable land for cultivation, and the biofuel production rate per acre of land is an order of magnitude greater than that needed for crop-based production methods. Though microalgae to biofuel processes are attractive, none have proven commercially successful due to the high costs of algae dewatering. Moreover, the scarcity of fresh water in many parts of the world prevents development of this process because of competition with drinking water supplies. Our lab has developed an efficient dewatering method using an inclined gravity settler. It …

Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (Upv) To Predict Properties And Performance Of Pervious Concrete, Jeremy Adato, Norbert Delatte

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

Pervious concrete is a type of porous portland cement concrete with interconnected voids. This material has been increasingly used to reduce the amount of stormwater runoff from paved areas. It has also been shown to improve the water quality near low volume and low speed pavements as well as in parking lots. Due to the low compressive strength of pervious concrete associated with the high void content, it currently is not used in highway structures except perhaps as an overlay for conventional concrete pavement. The large, open pore structure of this material allows water to pass through its structure, thereby …

Water Removal From Gas Flow Channels Of Fuel Cells, Jeffrey S. Allen

Michigan Tech Patents

An apparatus for water management in a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a fuel cell having a first porous electrode layer, a second porous electrode layer, a proton-conducting membrane positioned between the first electrode and second electrode layers, and a first and second bi-polar distribution plate, wherein the first bi-polar distribution plate is positioned on a top of the first electrode layer and defining a first gas flow channel, and wherein the second bi-polar distribution plate is positioned on a bottom of the second electrode layer and defining a second gas flow channel. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for …

Wetting And Reactive Air Brazing Of Bscf For Oxygen Separation Devices, Richard Ladouceur, Alan Meier, Ph.D.

2013 Undergraduate Research

The goals of this project are to develop a Reactive Air Brazing (RAB) alloy and process for joining Barium strontium cobalt ferrite (BSCF), and to develop a fundamental understanding of the wettability and microstructral development due to reaction kinetics in BSCF/Ag-Me_xO_y systems.

Flight Physician - August, 2013, Civil Aviation Medical Association

Browse all Civil Aviation Medical Association Newsletters

A seventeen page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Microelectronics Seminar Series | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

A seminar series is being held in the lab on the topic of microelectronics with application to Power Electronics. The seminar will be held over a period of four weeks before the fall semester starts.

A Prototype Decision Support Tool For Ballast Water Risk Management Using A Combination Of Hydrodynamic Models And Agent-Based Modelling, Fleming T. Hansen, Jesper H. Andersen, Michael Potthof, Thomas Uhrenholdt, Hong D. Vo, Olof Lindén

NSBWO

We report the development of a prototype Decision Support Tool (DST) for modelling the risks of spreading of non-indegenous invasive species via ballast water. The DST constitutes of two types of models: A 3D hydrodynamical model calculates the currents in the North Sea and Danish Straits, and an agent-based model estimates the dispersal of selected model organisms with the prevailing currents calculated by the 3D hydrodynamical model. The analysis is concluded by a post processing activity, where scenarios of dispersal are combined into an interim estimate of connectivity within the study area. The latter can be used as a tool …

Dr. Zeljko Pantic Joins Upel | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

UPEL is proud to announce that Dr. Zeljko Pantic will be joining the ECE Faculty this fall at Utah State University.Dr. Pantic completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University, and will be working in the area of Wireless Power Transfer at UPEL. Dr. Pantic will also be teaching the Introduction to Power Electronics (ECE 5930) this fall.

The Santa Clara, 2013-05-23, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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