Biofuels have received considerable attention as a more sustainable solution for heating
applications. Used vegetable oil, normally considered a waste product, has been suggested as a
possible candidate. Herein we perform ...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa can attach to surfaces and form aggregates known as biofilms. It has
been previously found that P. aeruginosa cultivated in space form thicker and structurally
different biofilms than those grown ...
Mutations to gene regulatory networks drive evolutionary adaptation, but mutations
can also occur without phenotypic change. These neutral mutations instead lead to
developmental systems drift, evolutionary divergence ...
Dockless bike-sharing services are burgeoning in popularity because of its ubiquitous access,
convenience, and lower costs compared to docked bike-sharing schemes, yet it retains the flaw that
pierces all commercial ...
Influenza A presents a significant concern for public health as it is the cause of
seasonal outbreaks and global pandemics. The influenza A proteins, matrix protein 1 (M1)
and matrix protein 2 (M2), have been shown to ...
One important challenge in green chemistry is the development of safe and
sustainable catalytic systems for molecular transformations that do not rely on precious
metals. In this vein, I explore how one can expand the ...
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have been increasingly used for a variety of purposes. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most widely-used ENM to date. AgNPs undergo many transformations while in solution and in biologically ...
There have been many successful installations in the recent past of sensor based projects to
assess and communicate the availability of different spaces. One example of this is the growing
use of ultrasonic sensors and ...
Continuous body composition analysis provides valuable information to better monitor and
manage the well-being of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), a chronic disease that
primarily affects people of old age. ...
This paper investigates the distribution of Appalachian and Southern speech markers in an
Eastern Ohio College Community and the sociolinguistic implications of the distribution. I
combine a qualitative approach that ...
For our final engineering project, we wanted to explore a quality assurance
problem related to networking. We successfully built a heat-map that intuitively
displays the strength of wireless signals. The project has two ...
As we silently read words on a page, we use an "inner speech" that includes rhythm and
inflections as if we are reading aloud. We also use an inner speech when perfonning non-reading
tasks such as remembering verbal ...
I worked remotely for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for my semester-long senior
engineering design project, designing a parking lot storage solution for sample tubes on a
fetch rover as part of JPL’s Mars Sample ...
Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) uses electromagnetic radiation in the
infrared and near infrared spectrum to image the blood flow and metabolic activity of the brain in
real-time. Multiple light sources and ...
Robotics is revolutionizing the effectiveness and capabilities of limb prostheses. They vary
widely in their level of sophistication, with the myoelectric kind at the highest level. These
prostheses use EMG signals to ...
DNA replication is an essential process for the survival of all organisms. Errors
can occur during the process that leads to replication stress, which can promote genomic
instability, a hallmark of cancer. The Brown lab ...
Iron(0) tricarbonyl diene complexes have long been established as effective
stereodirecting groups due to their planar chirality and the steric bulk of the iron
fragment. If initial diastereoselective complexation can ...
Herein is presented a general methodology for the synthesis of cyclopentenes
bearing two consecutive, diastereoselectively generated stereocenters by RhII-catalyzed
C-H insertion using a planar chiral N-oxazolidinoyl ...
Radiation commonly refers to the photons or subatomic particles that are expelled from
atomic nuclei during decay or fission. It is an unavoidable fact of daily life; the body is
bombarded with radiation every minute. ...