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Summer Community of Scholars (RCEU and HCR) Project Proposals

Proposals from 2018 2018

Assessing the Effects of Storm Depth on TDS Height Interpretation in Tornado Intensity Estimation, Kevin Knupp

Sentiment inSitu - Automated Sentiment Analysis in the Native Language, Candice L. Lanius

Design Nano Catalysts for Light Alkanes ODH, Yu Lei

Investigation of the Onset Cavitation in Additively Manufactured Venturis, David Lineberry

Characterizing Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Adult LEW.1WR1. Rats, Sharifa T. Love-Rutledge

Characterizing Production Changes in INS-1 Exosomes from after Exposure to an Immune-Stimulating Trigger, Sharifa T. Love-Rutledge

Genetic Modification of Multiple Related Loci, Roy Magnuson

Seamless Genetic Modifications, Roy Magnuson

"This Project Aims To Create New Musical Composition Arrangements and Promote Pian Ensemble Music Based on Diverse Repertoire from around the World", Ka Man Ng

Is Out of Sight Out of Mind? The Use of Environmental DNA as a Tool for the Discovery and Monitoring of Rare Groundwater Organisms, Matthew L. Niemiller

Computationally Efficient Deep-Learning Algorithms for Computer Vision, David Pan

Graph Databases for Systems Engineering Application, Leonard Petnga

User Experience Study on Social Media Habits, Joy Robinson

Biochemical Sensors Based on Metallic Nanoparticles, Seyed Sadeghi

"In 2017, the Controversy over Public Monuments Celebrating Confederate Soldiers from the Civil War has Reached a Boiling Point with Outrage Leading to Action in many Cities Across the South", John H. Saunders

" The Student will Help Me with My Research for the Upcoming Book" The Dark Side of Social Media: Psychological, Managerial, and Societal Perspectives", Pavica Sheldon

Super-Massive Black Holes and Their Hot Gas Environment, Ming Sun

Metabolomics to Quantify Neurological Modify Metabolites in the Plasmid and Urine of a Mouse Model of Tyrosinemia Type 1, Bernhard Vogler

Sandwiching of Caffeine Anticancer Agents in Aqueous Solution, Bernhard Vogler

Field Data Collection and Analysis Cool-Season Tornadic QLCSs in the Tennesee, Ryan Wade

"The New Evaluation and User Experience (VUE) Lab Seeks a Student to Evaluate Technology that can Conduct Mobile Testing", Ryan Weber

Functionalized Glass-Based Substrate with Silanes, Jeffrey J. Weimer

"The Faculty Member has Initiated Ongoing Collaboration with UAH Athlerics, Primarily in IRB Approved Research Studies Involving the Hockey Team", Paul N. Whitehead

Development of Novel Adsorptive Media for Water Pollution Control, Tingting Wu

Innovative Catalytic Ozonation for Water Treatment and Reuse, Tingting Wu

Development of a Desktop Ceramic 3D Printer for Hall Effect Thruster Fabrication, Kunning G. Xu

"The Objective of our Project is to Analyze the Characteristics of Banks that are Likely to Restate Their Financial Statements and Develop a Model to Help Outsiders Predict Accounting Misstatements of the Banking Industry", Jing Zhang

3-D Printed Concrete Structures: From Materials, Design, to Digital Fabrication, Hongyu Zhou

Mechanical Metamaterials: Geometry, Composition, and Mechanical Properties, Hongyu Zhou

Proposals from 2017 2017

"Collaborate with Art and Theatre Faculty to Conceptualize and Produce Projections for UAH's Fall 2017 Theater Production of Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom", Vinny Argentina

Optical Observations of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, Michael S. Briggs

In Silico Identification of Oropouche Virus Protease-Binding Structures, Kendall G. Byler

Radar Characterization of Precursors to Cyclic Mesocyclogenesis in Supercell Storms, Lawrence Carey

"Our Research Program Endeavors to Develop the Technologies Required for Fusion Propulsion Enabling Rapid, Human Piloted Trips to Mars", Jason Cassibry

"Current Treatment Guidelines Affirm the Importance of Regular Physical Activity in Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)., Ryan T. Connors

Precision Metrology with a Femtosecond Laser, Lingze Duan

The Expanding Horizons through Research Program, Rita Ferguson

Angle Scanning Spectropolarimetry, Don A. Gregory

Climate Data for Resilient Development in the U.S., Robert Griffin

3D Visualization for FAA Part 77 Obstruction Evaluation, Kat Haessler

Developing Hybrid Tools to Analyze Agricultural Drought in the Southeast, Cameron Handyside

Wireless Smart Kart Engineering Project, Dennis Hite

Impact of Urban Geometry on Outdoor Thermal Comfort, Leiqiu Hu

"Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) are very brief (sub-ms) and Extremely Intense Pulses of Gamma-rays Emitted by Thunderstorms and Generally Only Observed by Space Based Instruments", Peter Jenke

"Insect Flight has Garnered a lot of Attention from both the Engineering and Biology Communities in the Recent Decades, Often Driven by an Interest in Bioinspired or Bio-mimicked Design of Small Unmanned Ariel Vehicles, Called Micro-air Vehicles (MAVs)", Chang-kwon Kang

"Monarch Butterflies Migrate up to 4,500 km Across North America every Year to Escape the Cold Winter", Chang-kwon Kang

A Statistical Analysis of the Causes of Thunderstorm-Generated Wind Damage and Casualties, Kevin Knupp

A Test of the Principle of Critical Point Universality in Chemistry, Joshua R. Lang

Computational Study on Advanced Materials for Organic Radical Battery Cathodes, Eunseok Lee

Design Nano Catalysts at the Atomic Level, Yu Lei

Work-Family Balance and Success in Academia: Are We There Yet, Sophia Marinova, Wafa Hakim Orman, and Dianhan Zheng

Smart Button- A Wearable System for Assessing Mobility, Aleksander Milenkovic

"My Lab Participates in the Natural Products Research Group at UAH Searching for Potential New Drugs from Plants", Debra M. Moriarity

Inkjet Printing of Composite Electrodes for Battery Applications, George J. Nelson

"The RCEU Study Proposed Here Seeks to Biochemically Characterized the Family I Archaeal Inorganic Pyrophosphatase from Various Pathogenic Organisms (IPPase)", Joseph D. Ng

"This Project Aims to Create New Musical Compositions Arrangements and Promote Piano Ensemble Music Based on Diverse Repertoire from Around the World", Ka Man M. Ng

Deep-Learning Algorithms for Computer Vision on Mobile and Embedded Systems, David Pan

Friends, Firewalls and Passwords: Does Social Media Effect Cybersecurity Behavior, Ravi Patnayakuni

Planar Antennas for Wireless Energy Harvesting Applications, Maria Z. A. Pour

What Type of Pressure is Worse for Math Anxiety and Math Performance - Accuracy or Time Pressure, Jodi Price

Advanced Optical Metrology with a Smart Device Camera, Patrick J. Reardon

From Rags to Riches, From Waste to Valuables: Towards a Sustainable Fuel Additive, Carmen Scholz

Tracking Privateers or Impressed Sailors in the Early American Republic, Christine E. Sears

Cherokee Traditional Medicine: Natural Products from Nyssa sylvatica, William N. Setzer

Evaluation of Volatile Metabolites in a Plant Symbiosis: Does the "smell" of Plant Stress Affect Symbiotic Fungal Growth, William N. Setzer

Natural Products as New Treatment Option for Trichmomoniasis, William N. Setzer

Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships: Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices of Sesquiterpenoids, William N. Setzer

"Studies have Revealed that Women Routinely Compare Themselves with the Encountered Mass-Mediated Thin Ideals ", Pavica Sheldon

"The Project will be Part of a Larger On-Going Study Describing the Reproductive Schedule of Several Species of Cyprinid ("Carp"-Like) Fishes in the Flint River East of Huntsville", Bruce Stallsmith

"By August of 2016, Women Constituted 15.93% of Active Duty Personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces: Approximately 164,941 in Enlisted Ranks and 39,610 as Officers (Department of Defense 2016)", Christina Steidl

Metabolomics to Identify Neurological Modifying Metabolites in the Plasma and Urine of a Mouse Model of Tyrosinemia Type I, Bernhard Vogler, Gordon Macgregor, and Beth Barnby

Water Pollutants Analysis: Method Development to Identify Concetrations of Emerging Water Pollutants, Bernhard Vogler and Tingting Wu

Field Data Collection and Analysis of Tornadic Enviroment Enhancement by Topography Along the Sand Mountain Plateau, Ryan Wade

Functionalizing Glass-Based Substrates with Silanes, Jeffrey J. Weimer

The Uncertainty Budget to Fit Force-Distance Curves from Atomic Force Microscopy, Jeffrey J. Weimer

Electric Field Forcing of Low-Pressure Rocket Injector Flame, Kunning G. Xu

Climate Data Informed Conditional Assessment for Critical Infrastructures, Hongyu Zhou

High Performance Building Material for Structural and Energy Efficiency, Hongyu Zhou

Proposals from 2016 2016

"This Nursing Honor's Thesis Research Project Aims to Understand the Barriers and Facillitators to Providing Skin-to-Skin Care during Cesarean Birth from the Perspective of Healthcare Providers, Ellise D. Adams

Rotary Vegetation System and its Role in Reducing the Level of Air Pollutants, Azita Amiri

What do New Satellites tell us about Landslides Around the World? Geospatial Data Analysis to Support Landslide Decision Making in SERVIR Regions, Eric R. Anderson

"Work with a Faculty Member as a 3D Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) Generalist on the Production of an Animation Short Film", Vinny Argentina

A Test of the Principle of Critical Point Universiality in Chemistry, James K. Baird

Solubility and Viscosity of Organic-Seawater-Surfactant Solution, Miachel R. Banish

"This Study will Analyze the Relatively New Phenomenon of Traditional News Outlets Reporting on Content from Social Media though a Qualitative Content Analysis of Social Media Tweets Discussion Threads as Covered By Tradtional Media Outlets", Calhoun Bell

Development of an Intimate Partner Violence Screening Competency Validation for Nurses in a Hospital Setting, Ann Bianchi

An Initio Investigation of Molecular Orbital Effects in DNA Intercalation, Kendall G. Byler

Characterization of Polarimetric Radar Signatures in Supercells, Lawrence Casey

Sparks: The Power of Electrostatics, Themis Chronos

Function of the Tryptophanase Operon in Bacterial Colonization of Fruit Fly's Intestine, Luis R. Cruz-Vera

"Summertime is the Time for Leisure Activities, Family Time, Vacations and Getting Some Much Needed Rest and Relaxation", Monica Dillihunt

"My Area of Expertise is Interpersonal/Human Communication", Eletra Gilchrist-Petty

ISS-based STEM Research Examples for the Earth Sciences, Robert Griffin

Wireless Smart Kart Engineering Project, Dennis Hite

Evalution of Gait and Balance in Community Dwelling Older Adults, Amy Hunter

"Butterfly Flight is Characterized by Unsteady Flow arpund Flapping Wings with Large Vortical Structures", Chang-kwon Kang

"Monarch Butterflies Migrate up to 4,500km across North America every Year to Escape the Cold Winter", Chang-kwon Kang

"Insect Flight has Garnered a lot of Attention from both the Engineering and Biology Communities in the recent Decades, Often Driven by and Interest in Bioinspired or Bio-Mimicked Design of a Small Unmanned Ariel Vehicles, Called Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs)", Chanh-kwon Kang

Gender Equality and Carbon Emissions: A Quantitative Cross-National Investigation, Kyle Knight

Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Mesovortices Produced by a Midwestern Quasi-Linear Convective System, Kevin Knupp

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