• The immigrants who built Kansas: One spike at a time 

  Masias, Jenny (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  The prevalent link in the position of Latino neighborhoods in cities throughout Kansas is the railroad. Whether it is Newton, Wichita, Topeka, Emporia or even larger cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, the proximity of ...

• Organ motion prediction in MR-guided radiotherapy 

  Mirzapourrezaei, Seyedali; Mazur, Thomas R.; Sharp, Gregory (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that around 15,000 cancer cases will be newly diagnosed in the state of Kansas in 2019, from which around 4500 will be lung and abdominal cancers. Radiotherapy is ...

• GuideCall: a system for remote video call assistance for blind and visually impaired people 

  Ravindran, Naveen Mukundan; Cheraghi, Seyed Ali (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  Blind or Visually Impaired (BVI) individuals often face many challenges when performing many daily tasks or while exploring new places that are not very accessible. Getting assistance from strangers is not always desirable ...

• Economic development and job creation by applying optimization methods for scheduling problem in job shops 

  Kianpour, Parsa (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  The manufacturing sector earned one of the top spots in 2017 Kansas economy adding over 1,000 jobs. This developing direction is predicted to continue with 0.5% growth in 2019. Within the manufacturing sector, aviation is ...

• Non-invasive detection of intracranial fluid volume shifts using wearable headband 

  Griffith, Jacob L.; Eckerman, Brandon; Loflin, Benjamin; Bhandari, Subash; Becker, Ryan A.; Mohammed, Noor (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  Pathological increases in cerebral blood or cerebrospinal fluid volume have been linked to neurological complications and even death in patients who have had hemorrhagic strokes, traumatic brain injury, or have undergone ...

• Innovative genetic approach may give crops resistance to charcoal rot disease 

  Forster, Heather (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  Macrophomina phaseolina, causative agent of the plant disease charcoal rot, impacts over 500 plant species, causing devastating crop failures worldwide. In Kansas, it is the biggest cause of soybean crop loss, and disease ...

• Produced water treatment for agricultural use in Kansas oil, and gas production fields 

  Ali, Sattar (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes used by oil and gas companies in the State of Kansas and the Midwest region generate a large amount of water (up to 90%) as byproduct. Water or steam injection into oil reservoirs is ...

• Modeling and evaluating the effect of data aggregation interval on smart power distribution system 

  Chakraborty, Suvagata (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  The modernization of the power grid is expected to enable retail consumers to be active participants via data sharing information between the consumers and the operator. This initiative allows two-way communication by means ...

• Cardiac failure detection using a wearable patch sensor in a point-of-care setting 

  Alruwaili, Fayez H.; Bhandari, Subash (Wichita State University, 2019-02-26)

  The importance of ventricular stroke volume (SV) for the detection of cardiac failure has been well established in the clinical field. The focus of this study was to develop a simple to use sensor that could be applied ...

• Physician assistant students supporting the integration of oral health now (passion) 

  Gliem, Brett (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Oral health is a vital component of preventive medicine. Routine oral health care is associated with decreases in both systemic infection and heart disease. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends children, ...

• Proposed method for clean water by addressing nitrogen contribution to surface water contamination 

  Jurak, Emil; Jurak, Sarah (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Kansas has serious issues as the result of bio-waste generated by livestock feedlots. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has documented the situation as early as 2004. Action on these issues has languished due to a ...

• Retrofit winglets for wind turbines 

  Matheswaran, Vijay (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Wind power is becoming increasingly important as a source of renewable energy. This is even more so in Kansas, which has the second-largest wind resources in the country. In 2016, 29.6% of the state's energy came from wind. ...

• Safeguarding patients data for reasonable health care cost 

  Gampa, Srikanth (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Health care providers including hospitals are required by law to publicly release their patient data, removing explicitly identifiable attributes, such as name, social security number, and address. The release of this data ...

• Comparison of tongue muscle performance in singers and non-singers 

  Cossell, Alexus; Caldwell, Brianna; Amick, Ryan Zackary (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Healthy tongue muscle performance is necessary for performing daily tasks such as speaking, swallowing, and maintaining upper airway patency. With age, tongue muscle performance begins to decline and leads to an increased ...

• Quantifying potential therapeutic benefit of spatiotemporal dose modulation for cancer treatment 

  Adibi, Ali (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  It is estimated to have 14,400 new cancer cases in Kansas in 2017 and radiotherapy remains one of the main modalities to treat them. The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver sufficient radiation dose to the tumor region to ...

• The great debate of college achievement: which nonacademic factors contribute most to college readiness and success? 

  Barbour, Randy J. (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Today, graduating from high school, enrolling in college, and obtaining a bachelor's degree are the primary means of increasing one's cultural capital and subsequent upward social mobility. In fact, many scholars explain ...

• Linguistic discrimination against Latino residents of Garden City, Kansas 

  Colcher, Drew (Wichita State University, 2018-02-20)

  Previous studies laud the cultural integration of immigrant and established Latino communities in Garden City, Kansas, but substantial anecdotal evidence and a well-documented history of discrimination suggest that some ...

• Improving transit in Wichita: Marrying the old and the new 

  Umeri, Mercy (Wichita State University, 2017-03-07)

  The transportation system in Wichita has served a diverse customer base over the years with its traditional system of large buses on fixed routes and smaller buses for specialized transportation (such as for the physically ...

• Determining an effective treatment plan for breast cancer: A multi-criteria decision model and algorithm 

  Hasan, Mostafa (Wichita State University, 2017-03-07)

  Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women. For 2017, the American Cancer Society estimates that 255,180 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and 40,610 will die. Selection of ...

• Cubesat platform for research, education and business in Kansas 

  Tummala, Akshay Reddy; Sreesawet, Suwat (Wichita State University, 2017-03-07)

  A CubeSat is a miniaturized satellite weighing 1-10 kg, has a short lifecycle, uses commercial-off- the-shelf components, and is carried as a secondary payload. CubeSats provide low-cost access to space for scientific ...

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