Browsing Undergraduate Student Research by Title

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    • Saving senior smiles 

      Runyan, Mayci; Hess, Jaiden; Randolph, Delanie; Armstrong, Michelle (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Purpose: Saving Senior Smiles is to educate caregivers and nursing staff on the benefits of oral health for the older adult population. The project Saving Senior Smiles (SSS) is to assist in meeting the Healthy People ...

    • Scale implications for confidence elicitation 

      Schultz, Tara (Wichita State University, 2008-04-25)
      Confidence judgments are important in applications such as medical diagnosis and eyewitness identification, where we are interested in a person's certainty of making the correct choice. A common finding in confidence ...

    • Security analysis of unmanned aerial vehicles 

      Spachek, Jonathan; Aguida, Mohamed Anis; Hasan, Monowar (Wichita State University, 2022)
      Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) find increased use in many military and commercial applications such as remote weapons, surveillance, good delivery, filmmaking, and agriculture, among others. With the proliferation of ...

    • Selections from J.S. Bach's violin partita no. 1 in B minor, performed on marimba 

      Karnes, Benjamin (Wichita State University, 2013-04-09)
      This performance will feature three movements of J.S. Bach's Violin Partita No 1 in B minor, that the performer has adapted for marimba, an instrument, which has its origins in traditional African and Latin American music. ...

    • Sensor fusion for parameter estimation of an aircraft in the approach phase 

      Johnson, Noah; Chandrasekaran, Balaji K. (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Landing and takeoff are the two most critical and dangerous phases of flight. In recent years the aircraft industry has seen a stark increase in automated systems taking over both of these phases of flight, but more ...

    • Set the world on FYRE: Response of arthropods to grassland fires 

      Fleming, Thomas; Morphew, Alexandra; Jameson, Mary Liz (Wichita State University, 2022)
      There is increasing effort by environmentalists to restore natural grasslands. However, most of this effort focuses solely on plants instead of other key factors that impact plants (such as animals that act as pollinators ...

    • Signs and wonders: evangelist symbols and the development of early Christian orthodoxy 

      Harries, Ruth (Wichita State University, 2008-04-25)
      The early development of evangelist symbols is a subject that raises interesting points about the maturation of Christian iconography in the late antique and early medieval periods. Regarding this topic, it is important ...

    • Single satellite orbit design for hurricane monitoring 

      Sterzing, Alex; Dutta, Atri (Wichita State University, 2021)
      Every year, numerous tropical storms form within the Gulf of Mexico. While the majority of these storms are harmless, there is a small contingent which become hurricanes and pose a serious threat to the Gulf Coast region ...

    • Six-month size variation in maize starch with different glycerin concentrations 

      Havel, Siofra (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Starch granule analysis allows archaeologists to identify botanic resources utilized by ancient peoples, informing about past foodways and subsistence strategies. As a relatively new archaeometric technique, not many ...

    • Sixth-sense device to detect surrounding environment using ultrasonic rangefinder 

      Morningstar, Nickolas; Clam, Mason (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Obliviousness to unfamiliar or hazardous environments create problems for people’s safety. It is stated that in the night alone, an average of 39 percent of people in OECD countries feel unsafe. General knowledge of one’s ...

    • Smart wireless, flexible hybrid electronic for fall risk monitoring 

      Nguyen, Tommy (Wichita State University, 2021-04-09)
      Falls give a serious public health issue among the elderly (people aged 65 years or older) since they not only cause significant inquires and even mortality, but also result in enormous costs for healthcare services. In ...

    • Spirituality/Religiousness and the general well-being of older adults 

      McCoy, Susan P. (Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)
      Spirituality is an important resource for older adults in terms of an intra-psychic means of coping and adaptation with issues of daily life, loss, and death. However, little is known about impact of spirituality/religiousness ...

    • Sports playing to improve visual functions 

      Ha, Kelly (Wichita State University, 2015-04-07)
      Visual and motor skills are essential for our daily tasks, including driving and playing sports. Previous research (e.g. Paul et al., 2011) has mainly focused on the relationship between visual functions and performance ...

    • Static MRI measurement and analysis of the healthy levator muscle in ths soft palate 

      Mostrom, Gabi (Wichita State University, 2018-04-06)
      Cleft palate deformity is one of the most common birth defects in the US and 25% of cleft palate repair surgeries fail for unknown reasons. Computational modeling of muscles in the soft palate would allow for better insight ...

    • Structure and fragmentation behavior of metal-cationized phosphopeptides 

      Young, Sarah M.; Molesworth, Samuel P.; Dain, Ryan P.; Oomens, Jos; Steill, Jeffrey D.; Groenewold, Gary S.; Van Stipdonk, Michael J. (Wichita State University, 2009-05-01)
      In this study the metal-binding tendency and fragmentation patterns of phosphoserine and a series of model phosphopeptides was investigated. The goal was to elucidate the fragmentation patterns for the phosphopeptides, and ...

    • Structure-guided design and synthesis of SARS-COV-2 3CL protease inhibitors 

      Howard, Dennis (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      There is a need for a diversified portfolio of direct-acting antivirals that can be used in the treatment and management of SARS-CoV-2 infections to complement the use of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. The research ...

    • Students’ use of an objective protocol to measure swallowing: accuracy and implications 

      Bragg, Cliff (Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)
      Inter-rater reliability remains disappointingly low when clinicians evaluate filmed evaluations of persons with swallowing disorders. To address this concern, investigators have developed two protocols - one which measures ...

    • Study of biocompatibility and biomechanical properties of composite scaffolds for bone repair 

      Nagaraj, Sushrutha (Wichita State University, 2016-04-05)
      Bone repair is interrupted or stalled in nonunion fractures or bone void formation due to removal of bone tumor. The use of bone cements to anchor the free spaces between the bones to restore bone volume and promote bone ...

    • Studying misinformation surrounding COVID-19 in Hispanic communities 

      Mata, Rory (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      This study will investigate the effects of COVID-19 misinformation spread in Hispanic communities in Wichita, KS. The pandemic saw a rise in the spread of false information through social media, which is well documented ...

    • Studying misinformation surrounding COVID-19 in Hispanic communities 

      Mata, Rory; Menon, Mythili (Wichita State University, 2022)
      The pandemic saw a rise in the spread of false information through social media. Although many studies have examined misinformation spread in English, relatively fewer studies have examined the spread of misinformation in ...