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2004 Virginia Tech Symposium for Undergraduate Research in Engineering |
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The 2004 pilot symposium for undergraduate research in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech will occur on Thursday, October 14, in Owens Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech. The event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (CEUT), and the following three departments: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ranalli, Joseph, Design and Optimization of a Two-Color Pyrometer (Sponsor: Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State University).
Keim, Kaitlin, Effects of Cavities on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition on the Shuttle Orbiter
(Sponsor: NASA-Langley).
Borka, Sara Pechtel, Heat Transfer in a Rib-Turbulated Passageways for Gas Turbine Applications (Sponsor: Professor Karen Thole, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Anderson, Amy, e-Textile Carpet via an Integration of Agent-Based Simulation into 3D Studio MAX
(Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Le, Steven, and Penn Markham, iDB: A Searchable Inline Database of Scientific Equipment in the College of Engineering (Sponsor: College of Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Krishnamurthy, Siddhartha, High-Performance Numerical Computation Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) (Sponsors: Professor Mark T. Jones, Configurable Computing Laboratory, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech; and Dr. Roland W. Lawrence, Electromagnetics Research Branch, NASA Langley Research Center).
Simmers, Eddie, Impendance Based Correction of Corrosion (Sponsor: Professor Daniel J. Inman, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Akinli, Cengiz, A Distributed Ranging and Relative Attitude Determination Sensor for Spacecraft Proximity Operations (Sponsor: Virginia Space Grant Consortium).
Schwartz, Kyle, Results for Natural Hearing Restoration for Encapsulating Helmets
(Sponsor: Professor Jamie Carneal, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory, Virginia Tech).
Somers, Marc, Middle Man Algorithm for Power Savings of a Hard Drive
(Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Goodwin, James, Swarm Intelligence, Distributed Control, and Game Theory with Multiple Autonomous Robots (Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Chorzempa, Michael, Key Management in Sensor Networks (Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Weaver, Christopher, Utilization of a Fermenter to Support Enhanced Biological Phosophrous Removal (EBPR) with Dairy Wastewater (Sponsor: Professor Nancy Love, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Betz, Robin, New River Valley Regional Water Distribution Study: Technical Feasibility
(Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Wallenfelsz, Joseph GFRP Bar Transverse Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Effects on Concrete Cover (Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Ng, Tracy Reducing the Annual Occurrence of Eye Injuries: Determination of Significant Parameters and Eye Injury Risk Functions for Projectile Impacts (Sponsor: Professor Stefan Duma, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Davis, Frances Development of a Hand Movement Device for Children with Cerebral Palsy (Sponsor: Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University).
Blaszak, Tom BASIC: Biological Agent Sensing Integrated Circuit
(Sponsor: Departments of Veterinary Medicine, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry, Virginia Tech).
Ash, Joseph, Various Approaches to Braided Asymmetric Neurovascular Stent Design
(Sponsor: Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo).
Campbell, Ian, Sterotactic Device for Radiosurgical Irradiation of Small Animals
with the Leksell Gamma Knife (Sponsor: Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center).
Campbell, Ian, Development of a Perfusion Test Stand with Absolute Measurement Capabilities (Sponsor: Professor Elaine Scott, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Dames, Enoch, Growth Factor-Induced Gene Expression of Human Adult Ligament Cells in vitro
(Sponsor: National Institutes of Health).
Laney, Doug, Monitoring Femoral Component Insertion in Total Hip Arthroplasty
(Sponsor: Los Alamos National Laboratory).
Dickerson, Thomas, Using VBA to Automate Geospatial Data Processing and Preparation
for CGIT's Stormwater Mapping and Modeling Project (Sponsor: Center for Geospatial Technology, Virginia Tech).
Prince, Emily, VDOT and VMS Maintenance Performance Evaluation (Sponsor: Professor Jesus de la Garza Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Ikuma, Kaoru, Evaluating Bacterial Immobilization in Alginate for Use in a Biosensor (Sponsor: Professor Nancy Love, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Anderson, Chris, The Effect of Oxidative Environments on the Electrical Characteristics
of Pd/SiC Diodes (Sponsor: Professor Kathleen Meehan, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Antonov, Lyudmil, PurpleView: Research Paper Review System (Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Bachetti, Edwin, But Where's the Spec: Learning Through Collaborative Development and Discovery
(Sponsor: Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech).
Belcher, Justin, Design and Implementation of a Notification System
(Sponsor: Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech).
Chung, James, Detecting Network Intrusion on Mobile Device by Monitoring Power Consumption
(Sponsor: Professor Nathaniel Davis, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Henderson, Kevin, Network for Pervasive Computing (Sponsor: Professor Scott Midkiff, Advanced Networking Laboratory, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Nkei, Bertrand, Cascading Failure in Complex Systems (Sponsor: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy).
Roney, Matthew, Lossless Audio Coding: Not Losing Any Bits Here (Sponsor: Professor Amy Bell, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Riabtsev, Alexei, Power Security for Mobil Computers
(Sponsor: Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Beal, Colin, Scintillator Detection Characteristics and Efficiency (Sponsor: Professor Marvin Blecher, Physics Department, Virginia Tech).
Chen, Rui, Computational and Experimental Studies of the Virginia Tech Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (Sponsor: Virginia Space Grant Consortium).
Muecke, Karl, JOUSTER (Sponsor: Professor Charles Reinholtz, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Murray, Tiffany, Investigation of the Three-Dimensional Behavior of a Plasma Torch Plume in Combination with an Aeroramp and Fuel Injector in a Supersonic Crossflow
(Sponsors: Professors Walter O'Brien, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech; and Joseph Schetz, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech).
Saint Raymond, Marc, Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Pedagogically Sound Toy
(Sponsor: Professor Jan Helge Bohn, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
Simmers, Eddie, Increasing Electrical Power Generation for a Piezoelectric Power Harvester (Sponsor: Professor Daniel J. Inman, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech).
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