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Building A Competitive Platform For Cyber Security And Computer Science Technical Challenges, Zachariah Pelletier
Building A Competitive Platform For Cyber Security And Computer Science Technical Challenges, Zachariah Pelletier
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
To answer the question of whether creating a competitive environment drives students’ engagement while completing class objectives, two EMU Honors students designed and built a web application that creates such an environment. This system allows students to complete assignments that are weighted on a point system and compare scores on an anonymous “Leaderboard”. This system attempts to emulate a competition environment for objective-based learning and is designed to be used for Information Security lab assignments similar to a Security competition environment. Although the primary proof-of-concept labs for this project for this project are in the Computer Science and Information Security …
The Implementation Of A Novel Graphical Python Editor (Stremecoder) In A Rodent Discrimination Apparatus, Supraja Kalva
The Implementation Of A Novel Graphical Python Editor (Stremecoder) In A Rodent Discrimination Apparatus, Supraja Kalva
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
As the interest in neuroscience and the desire to perform behavioral tasks in a higher level of specificity and accuracy increases, the need to have tools and techniques to conduct experimentations in a low-cost automated manner is essential. Although such methods have been proposed previously by other researchers, they have presented their data and tools in a manner that would have been difficult to comprehend for non-programmers. In labs that do not have the accessibility to individuals who can understand the published procedures, it is very difficult for them to get started and manipulate the published procedures to their interests. …
Analysis Of The Role Of Sgs1p In Repair Of Double-Strand Dna Breaks In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Beth Wasserman
Analysis Of The Role Of Sgs1p In Repair Of Double-Strand Dna Breaks In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Beth Wasserman
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Mis-repair of DNA double-stranded breaks (DSB) can result in genomic rearrangements and cancer. Sgs1p is a helicase that unwinds DNA for DSB repair. To better understand its role in break repair, I analyzed the frequency of various types of DSB repairs in yeast cells with the mutation sgs1-FD. Given this mutation disrupts an interaction between Sgs1p and a critical protein, Rad51p, I hypothesized mutant cells would have more error-prone repair than high fidelity canonical BIR repair. Genome sequence and chromosome size were examined in sgs1-FD yeast cells that underwent DSB repair. No difference was found in the frequency of …
Building A Secure Web Application For Gamified Technical Labs, Kevin Higman
Building A Secure Web Application For Gamified Technical Labs, Kevin Higman
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
In order to improve upon existing online lab platforms, in an attempt to increase student motivation, gamification has been used to create a new gamified web application. Departmental research has shown gamification to provide significant improvement to student’s self-efficacy and motivation. Neuralabs, a web application created by two Eastern Michigan Honors Students, uses techniques often found in popular video games in order to create a more appealing learning experience. Building a public web application designed towards Cybersecurity students creates many technical security challenges. Neuralabs goal is to create a secure competitive learning experience where students can create and take labs …