Browsing Undergraduate Student Research by Title

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    • Bringing sloyd into the American English Language Arts classroom: Explanations and possibilities 

      Rust, Lauren (Wichita State University, 2019-05)
      This research focuses on the history, principles, and methods of sloyd, a handicraft education system used predominantly in the Nordic countries. Through my study abroad in Finland in 2018, I had first-hand experience ...

    • Bystander intervention and technology-facilitated sexual violence: A qualitative analysis of college students on Facebook 

      Munzinger-DeFrain, Ava; Johnston, Breanna (Wichita State University, 2021-04-09)
      Sexual violence is a prevalent issue in college populations, which extends to their online communities. Behaviors that use technology to enable sexual violence are referred to as technology-facilitated sexual violence, or ...

    • Characterization of recombinant hFSH glycosylation 

      Rose, Emily; White, William K. (Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)
      Human FSH stimulates ovarian follicle development in females and regulates testicular Sertoli cell function in males. Our laboratory has identified two major hFSH forms differing in glycosylation and binding affinity to ...

    • Charge stabilization in a closely spaced ferrocene-boron dipyrrin-fullerene triad 

      Wijesinghe, Channa A.; El-Khouly, Mohamed E.; Blakemore, James D.; Zandler, Melvin E.; Fukuzumi, Shunichi; D'Souza, Francis (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010-05-21)
      New molecular triads composed of closely spaced ferrocene-boron dipyrrin-fullerene, 1 and triphenylamine-boron dipyrrin-fullerene, 2 are synthesized, and photoinduced electron transfer leading to charge stabilization is ...

    • Chesh Kafo: Constructing a language 

      Green, Joshua (Wichita State University, 2018-04-06)
      Constructing a language from a prompt: When constructing a language for a film or book, it is essential to begin with a concept which we can build upon. Here, Dr. Mythili Menon provided a short science fiction prompt. From ...

    • Color, relevance and eccentricity influence detection performance of changes in driving scenes 

      Usama, Khondoker (Wichita State University, 2014-04-08)
      Background: The ability to detect sudden onset of events while driving is critical for driving safety. This study explored how factors such as color, relevance to driving and eccentricity of changes influence the detection ...

    • Colorful fiction: exploration the space between the abstraction and recognition 

      Stone, Tim (Wichita State University, 2011-04-05)
      I manipulate what we see as everyday objects and places such as urban architecture, and landscape into a colorful fiction. The word fiction literally means “imaginative narration”. With my brushwork I marry chaotic mark ...

    • Comparative analysis of commercial and military jet engines in the last 50 years 

      Cupertino, Pedro; Raza, A.V.M. (Wichita State University, 2021)
      Books and documents explain the operation and characteristics of jet engines without showing how they have evolved over the past 50 years. For each decade, there are also differences between the jet engines produced ...

    • Comparison of amorphous iridium water-oxidation electrocatalysts prepared from soluble precursors 

      Blakemore, James D.; Schley, Nathan D.; Kushner-Lenhoff, Maxwell N.; Winter, Andrew M.; D'Souza, Francis; Crabtree, Robert H.; Brudvig, Gary W. (American Chemical Society, 2012-07-16)
      Electrodeposition of iridium oxide layers from soluble precursors provides a route to active thin-layer electrocatalysts for use on water-oxidizing anodes. Certain organometallic half-sandwich aqua complexes of iridium ...

    • Concussion testing app: Sway construct validity 

      Carter, Victoria; Britton, Robert J.; VanRavenhorst-Bell, Heidi A. (Wichita State University, 2021)
      Fast and reliable concussion testing is critical for those that are injured. The digital app Sway could give medical professionals and sports officials more accessible means of quick concussion testing. Sway is an app that ...

    • COVID-19 Controversy: An investigation of vaccination rates in Sedgwick county, Kansas 

      Sims, Hallie; Dao, Mai (Wichita State University, 2022)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably challenged our healthcare system in terms of both prevention and treatment. There have been different response programs to battle the pandemic and protect citizens’ health, among which ...

    • Covid-19 drug design for dummies 

      Miller, Matthew J.; Stoner, Wayne (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Scientific research is an essential part of modern society, but it often feels overly complex and hard to understand. Additionally, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage on, there is a great need for society to be ...

    • Creep of ribbons in honeycomb 

      Coleman, Jonathan (Wichita State University, 2021-04-09)
      Honeycomb cores are a low-density man-made cellular material often used in the aerospace industry to make lightweight, stiff sandwich structures. Although core is manufactured in the form of flat sheets, the numerous walls ...

    • Dawn 

      Harris, Brain (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      https://photos.app.goo.gl/keZxPfBNwrjNqVFM6 I have attached a video link to my composition "Dawn" performed by the Wichita State Concert Chorale, conducted by myself.

    • Defining the interface between palladin and actin using crosslinking mass spectrometry 

      Liu, David (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Palladin was discovered in 2000 and has been shown to play a significant role in actin growth, also known as polymerization, which is a key mechanism in cancer metastasis. A single immunoglobulin domain (Ig3) of palladin ...

    • Democracy, development, capitalism and the ecological footprint: an analysis of indicators, a global perspective 

      Cunningham, Baylee (Wichita State University, 2011-04-05)
      This research will address and examine the role of democracy, development and capitalism in global ecological resource consumption. I will explore these three characteristics to determine whether or not any can be considered ...

    • The Democratic peace theory: a case study of the Lebanon-Israeli wars of 1982 

      Sibbai, Tatiana (Wichita State University, 2010-04-23)
      The Democratic Peace Theory states that no two democratic nation states will go to war with one another. I use the two wars between perceived democratic states, Lebanon and Israel, as a case study to determine whether these ...

    • A detailed study of the nano-porous membranes with applications in the enhanced detection of cardiovascular biomarker proteins 

      Feikert, Paige (Wichita State University, 2011-04-05)
      Nanomaterial is widely used to design ultra-sensitive molecular biosensors. The objective of our study is to identify the role of nanoporous alumina membranes in achieving nano confinement of protein biomolecules towards ...

    • Detection of anthrax protective antigen using a nanoporous impedemetric biosensors 

      Pichetsurnthorn, Pie; Andra, Kiran K. (Wichita State University, 2012-04-03)
      In response to the 2001 bioterrorist attacks involving anthrax, precautionary methods of containment, such as early detection, have been explored in order to better prepare for similar incidences. This project proposes a ...

    • Detection of malicious DoH traffic using autoencoders 

      Srinivasan, Sriram (Wichita State University, 2022-04-15)
      Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet, translating domain names to IP addresses of Internet servers hosting information user wants to find online. DNS is unencrypted, revealing user’s browsing habits ...