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Summer Community of Scholars (RCEU and HCR) Project Proposals

Proposals from 2017 2017

"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 an interest in bioinspired or bio-mimicked design of small unmanned aerial 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

Design Nano Catalysts at the Atomic Level, Yu Lei

Develop a Thin Film Deposition Technique: Atomic Layer Deposition, Yu Lei

Learning, Memory and Cognitive Studies in Mouse Model of Tyrosinemia Type I, Gordon MacGregor

"Drosophila Mojavensis is a Cactophilic Fly composed of Four Geographically and Ecologically Distinct Host Populations, Luciano M. Matzkin

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

Synthesizing Ni-compounds for Homogenous Catalysis, Anusree Mukherjee

Practice, Protocols, and Performance: A Descriptive Study with Instrument Development, Pam O'Neal

Filing a Charge with EEOC is the First Step that a Worker Must Take to Initiate Litigation under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws., Wafa Orman

Selective Image Compression for Mobile Web Applications, David Pan

Green Antennas: Design, Simulation, and Measurement of Printed Microstrip Patch Antennas for RF Energy Harvesting Applications, Maria Z.A. Pour

Reducing Math Anxiety via Alternative Sequencing of Math Problems, Jodi Price

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

Determining Processing Impact on Reflectivity of Electroplated Nickel, Patrick J. Reardon

Freeform Polisher Performance Tests: Grinding, Polishing and CMM, Patrick J. Reardon

Optical Testing Methods for Ophthalmic Optics, Patrick J. Reardon

Detection of Biological Molecules using Metallic Nanoparticles, Seyed Sadeghi

The Impact of Metallic Nanoparticles on Lifetime of Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Seyed Sadeghi

Biobutanol- A Fuel Additive with more Bang for the Buck, Carmen Scholz

Multimedia Database Cataloging: Sailors and the Maritime World, Christine E. Sears

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

In-Silico Screening of Natural Products as Alphavirus Inhibitors, William N. Setzer

"Shonice will Particpate in a Project that Explores the Role of Social Media in Developing and Terminating Romantic Relationships", Pavica Sheldon

"The Project Will be Part of a Larger on-going Stufy Describing the Reproductive schedule of Several cyprinid ("carp"-like) fishes in the Flint River East of Hunstville", Bruce Stallsmith

Improving the Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Volatile Components Hyphenated by Gas Chromatography by using AMDIS Deconvolution Software and a Retention Index Database, Bernhard Vogler

To Identify Neurological Modifying Metabolites in the Plasma and Urine of a Mouse Model of Tyrosinemia Type I, Bernhard Vogler

Field Data Collection and Analysis of Nocturnal Mesoscale Convective System Initiation & Propagation Mechanisms, Ryan Wade

EPA National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People Prosperity and the Planet, Tingting Wu

Fate and Transformation of Emerging Chemical Contaminants in Advanced Water/ Waste Treatment, Tingting Wu

Electric Field Control of a Singing Rijke Tube Flame, Kunning G. Xu

Nanomaterial Synthesis in Microplasmas, Kunning G. Xu

"This RCEU Project Aims at Studying the Design (Modeling) Construction and Operation (Control) of Hydronically Activated Building Envelopes with both Structural and Thermally Active Functionalities with the Goal of Understanding the Mechanical and Physical Process Governing their Performances", Hongyu Zhou

Proposals from 2015 2015

"This Nursing Honors Thesis Research Project Aims to Describe the Process of Knowledge Acquirement by New Parents Related to Airway Clearance of the Newborn", Ellise D. Adams

Designing a Rotary Vegetation System, Azita Amiri

Landslide Monitoring and Mapping in Rwanda and Uganda, Eric R. Anderson

Interrupting Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy With an Effective Screening Program, Ann Bianchi

"Whle Lightning is one of the Most Energetic Natural Processes much Remains to be Learned about the Underlying Physics of Various Lightning Processes", Phillip M. Bitzer

Understanding the Ratio between Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes and Lightning, Michael S. Briggs

"Across the United States African American Male Students and Latino Male Students are Facing Challenges with Academic Achievement", Monica Dillihunt

"The Research will Focus on Nursing Students' Learning to Provide End-of-Life Care for Individuals and Families", Rita Ferguson

"Human Analysts are Limited in Number They Scan Imagery using Methodical Searches that are very Slow have a Finite Operational Lifespan and are Costly to Train", Sampson Gholston

Spectra of Single Bubble Sonoluminescence in Liquids, Don A. Gregory

Using Satellite Imagery to Map Agricultural Land Use at Lake Titicaca Peru Bolivia, Robert Griffin

Engagement of Undergraduate Student for Frontier Research: Trapping Light with Plasmonic Nanostructures for Sensors, Junpeng Guo

"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

"In Conjunction with the Alabama Bicentennial Commision, Alabama State Archives, Alabama Tourism Council and the Town of Mooresville Alabama, I will be Creating a Template for Small Towns Interested in Developing Historical and Cultural Resources as Part of Alabama's Upcoming Statewide Bicenntenial Celebration", John F. Kvach

"Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a Thin Film Deposition Technique Widely Used in Microelectric Industry, Including IBM, Intel, SamSung, etc., Yu Lei

"The Domestic Shale Gas and Tight Oil Boom in Recent Years not only Changes our Dependence on Imported Energy, but it also Potentially Increases the Availabilty of C1-C3 Lower Alkanes and Alkenes", Yu Lei

Compact and low-cost Optical Fiber LSPR Probe for Early Cancer Detection, Yongbin Lin

Learning, Memory and Cognitive Studies in a Mouse Model of Tyrosinemia Type I, Gordon MacGregor

The Role of GastroIntestinal Flora and Probiotics in Normal GI Physiology and Disease, Gordon MacGregor

Studying the Relationship between Energy Consumption and Poverty, Brinda Mahalingam

The Impact of Energy Efficency Measures on Consumer Utility Bills, Brinda Mahalingam

"In an Earlier Study (BONO et al., 20111 PNAS) My Lab has Examined the Gene Expression Changes Occuring in the Lower Reproductive Tract of the Female Drosophila Mojavensis (Cactophilic Fruit Flies) Immediately Following Copulation", Luciano M. Matzkin

The Cactophillic Drosophillia Mojavensis Feed on the Yeast and Bacteria that Grow in Necrotic Cactus Tissues, Luciano M. Matzkin