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- Advanced Adaptive Torque Control of Hydrokinetic Turbines.
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- Ramirez, Juan, VanZwieten, James H.
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Diversifying US energy production to include renewables has been a popular topic of discussion in recent years. In-stream hydrokinetic energy, electricity production from moving currents without the use of dams, has potential for significant power production with technically feasible US electricity production estimated at 14 GW from rivers, 50 GW from tides, and 19 GW from ocean currents; which is equivalent to approximately 17% of 2011 US power production. This work focuses on improving the...
Show moreDiversifying US energy production to include renewables has been a popular topic of discussion in recent years. In-stream hydrokinetic energy, electricity production from moving currents without the use of dams, has potential for significant power production with technically feasible US electricity production estimated at 14 GW from rivers, 50 GW from tides, and 19 GW from ocean currents; which is equivalent to approximately 17% of 2011 US power production. This work focuses on improving the power production from in-stream hydrokinetic turbines using adaptive torque control, and quantifies increased energy production by comparisons with standard fixed-gain torque control. This research uses numerical modeling to acquire power production estimates under simulated conditions. With these results we can quantify potential energy gains for three representative in-stream hydrokinetic rotor designs.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005035
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Exploring cation-π interactions in a sophomore Organic Chemistry Laboratory experiment.
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- Horowitz, Andrew, Rucco, Dominic, St. Germain, Elijah, Lepore, Salvatore D., Rezler, Evonne
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An Organic Chemistry Lab experiment is being developed and adapted from work recently published by Maity and Lepore [1] investigating the cyclization of substituted β-alkynyl hydrazines to yield azaproline derivatives. The mechanism of this reaction is putatively driven by cation-π interaction of alkynyl hydrazine with a tetrabutylammonium ion. This experiment will present students with a cutting-edge research concept to explore the role of tetrabutylammonium in the cyclization of substituted...
Show moreAn Organic Chemistry Lab experiment is being developed and adapted from work recently published by Maity and Lepore [1] investigating the cyclization of substituted β-alkynyl hydrazines to yield azaproline derivatives. The mechanism of this reaction is putatively driven by cation-π interaction of alkynyl hydrazine with a tetrabutylammonium ion. This experiment will present students with a cutting-edge research concept to explore the role of tetrabutylammonium in the cyclization of substituted β-alkynyl hydrazines. Reaction kinetics will be probed by thin-layer chromatography and azaproline derivative product(s) will be characterized by IR spectroscopy. Ultimately, our goal is to implement a modern research-based, cost-effective, and safe bioorganic experiment into Florida Atlantic University’s undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory curriculum.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005024
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Feasibility of an Undergraduate Leadership Studies Program at Florida Atlantic University.
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- Tepper, Ella, Woody, Kayla, Wemyss, Max, Burke, Katie Gale, Floyd, Deborah L.
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The objective of this research is to explore the feasibility for an undergraduate Leadership minor to be established at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Insight will be sought through focus groups and phone interviews to explore what degree of interest there is for a Leadership Studies Program here at FAU and to learn what practices work best at other institutions that have established Leadership Studies programs. We will gain this information by asking students what they believe are three...
Show moreThe objective of this research is to explore the feasibility for an undergraduate Leadership minor to be established at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Insight will be sought through focus groups and phone interviews to explore what degree of interest there is for a Leadership Studies Program here at FAU and to learn what practices work best at other institutions that have established Leadership Studies programs. We will gain this information by asking students what they believe are three skills and attributes of an effective leader, how the new Introduction to Leadership course (LDR 2010) has assisted students in their leadership pursuits, and what their level of interest is for having a program. We will speak with individuals at institutions to gauge what is working for their Leadership programs. With this data, we seek to showcase the desire (or not) for establishing a Leadership Studies Program at FAU.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005038
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- GT Supercar Mechanical Research.
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- Francis, Liam
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At FAU High School students are designing, fabricating, testing, and analyzing an GT-EV Electric Supercar alongside FAU’s undergraduates. In the field of engineering, it is paramount that undergraduates know more than just theory; students are being pressed more and more to have experience in fabrication and design application in the real world. Teaching our future leaders skills applicable to the real world and how to apply these skills in the workplace is an equally important objective of...
Show moreAt FAU High School students are designing, fabricating, testing, and analyzing an GT-EV Electric Supercar alongside FAU’s undergraduates. In the field of engineering, it is paramount that undergraduates know more than just theory; students are being pressed more and more to have experience in fabrication and design application in the real world. Teaching our future leaders skills applicable to the real world and how to apply these skills in the workplace is an equally important objective of this project. We wish to answer the question of whether or not electric cars are a viable means of transportation from various perspectives such as the consumer, environmental, and business standpoints by analyzing the characteristics of electric cars and their future capabilities. Students will not only participate in research conducted by undergraduate participating students, but also conduct their own research, fabricate their own theories, and benefit the future of STEM.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005015
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Mario Vargas Llosa and The Feast of the Goat: Heteroglossic Trauma.
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- Carreño Cabrejos, Pablo Francisco José
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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (1891-1961), the ruthless Dominican Republic ruler dominated his island’s politics for over thirty years. In his acclaimed 2000 novel, The Feast of the Goat, Nobel laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian who has written about Latin American dictators, creates Urania Cabral, a 49-year-old émigrée who at 14 left her nation after becoming Trujillo’s sexual victim. The novel, told from many perspectives, focuses on her return, the dictator’s last day, and the story of...
Show moreRafael Leónidas Trujillo (1891-1961), the ruthless Dominican Republic ruler dominated his island’s politics for over thirty years. In his acclaimed 2000 novel, The Feast of the Goat, Nobel laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian who has written about Latin American dictators, creates Urania Cabral, a 49-year-old émigrée who at 14 left her nation after becoming Trujillo’s sexual victim. The novel, told from many perspectives, focuses on her return, the dictator’s last day, and the story of the four conspirators waiting to ambush the presidential bullet-proof car on that fateful night of May 30th 1961. My study analyzes the complex narrative structures (Bakhtin’s heteroglossia) of the novel as masterful “rupturing” techniques. Through these, the reader pieces together the broken body politic of a traumatized nation as Urania reconstructs in painful detail how the impotent dictator digitally rapes her to ensure her body bears the mark of his brutal anger and frustration.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005005
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- New and Low-Cost Ways to Execute Biomedical Signal Processing.
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- Carvalho, Felipe, Shankar, Ravi
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The human body is constantly sending, processing, and receiving information about its health. This internal communication process is often times achieved through tiny electrical signals, called Biomedical Signals (Biosignals). In this project, we investigate new ways to process Biosignals using embedded systems and computer simulations. We work with Texas Instruments’ OMAP L-138 Digital Signal Processor and Code Composer Studio IDE to process and analyze the electrical behavior of the human...
Show moreThe human body is constantly sending, processing, and receiving information about its health. This internal communication process is often times achieved through tiny electrical signals, called Biomedical Signals (Biosignals). In this project, we investigate new ways to process Biosignals using embedded systems and computer simulations. We work with Texas Instruments’ OMAP L-138 Digital Signal Processor and Code Composer Studio IDE to process and analyze the electrical behavior of the human heart (ECG Biosignals). In addition to creating computer codes to process such signals, one expected outcome of this research project is a series of tutorials exploring Biomedical concepts and digital signal processing algorithms. Our goal is to make Biomedical Signal Processing widely accessible, hence our decision to design around low-cost hardware and software, and to make all documentation available online at http://smartsystems.eng.fau.edu/biomedical-signal-processing/.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005006
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Peer Led Team Learning into Organic Chemistry.
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- Deacon, Lisa, Rezler, Evonne, Haky, Jerome E., Sempertegui Plaza, Tito S.
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A web-based learning system for Organic Chemistry is being integrated into a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) environment to restructure the existing Organic Chemistry I discussion (OrgoBOND) sections to enhance student learning, improve overall grades, and lower the Organic Chemistry I DFW rates. Students taking Organic Chemistry I are required to participate in a section of OrgoBOND utilizing the web-based learning system in a smaller classroom than in previous discussion sessions. Student...
Show moreA web-based learning system for Organic Chemistry is being integrated into a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) environment to restructure the existing Organic Chemistry I discussion (OrgoBOND) sections to enhance student learning, improve overall grades, and lower the Organic Chemistry I DFW rates. Students taking Organic Chemistry I are required to participate in a section of OrgoBOND utilizing the web-based learning system in a smaller classroom than in previous discussion sessions. Student performance will be compared to that of students in future semesters participating in the same small PLTL setting, but with traditional recitation format. The advantages of introducing a web-based learning system into PLTL discussion sessions are (1) providing “hints,” (2) offering multiple attempts per question, and (3) instant grading and feedback. The computer assignments are unique to each student and reflect the topic recently reviewed in lecture. We will report on the preliminary results from data being collected on student performance, satisfaction levels, and retention rate changes.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005010
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The development of parvalbumin-positive neurons in ferret visual cortex.
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- Casciato, Dominick Joseph
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Experience plays a critical role in maturation of cortical circuits. In visual cortex, experience-dependent development has been linked to the maturation of inhibitory interneurons. Parvalbumin-containing (PV+) interneurons, a subtype of GABAergic interneurons, play an important role in cortical circuit function; however, it remains unknown how visual experience shapes their organization. We used immunohistochemistry to observe the organization of PV+ expression in visual cortex through...
Show moreExperience plays a critical role in maturation of cortical circuits. In visual cortex, experience-dependent development has been linked to the maturation of inhibitory interneurons. Parvalbumin-containing (PV+) interneurons, a subtype of GABAergic interneurons, play an important role in cortical circuit function; however, it remains unknown how visual experience shapes their organization. We used immunohistochemistry to observe the organization of PV+ expression in visual cortex through visual maturity. Before visual experience, PV+ cell bodies and processes are most pronounced in layer 5, less in layer 2/3, and generally lacking in layer 4. Within 3 days of the onset of visual experience, PV+ organization undergoes a major shift, with PV+ expression found throughout layers 2-6. We performed dark rearing which determined these morphological changes are due to visual experience. This rapid change in parvalbumin organization may play a role in functional changes associated with the onset of visual experience.
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- 2014
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005007
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)