{"id":1451,"date":"2010-05-14T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2014-12-08T19:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T19:00:53","slug":"a-summer-of-investigation-and-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2010\/05\/14\/a-summer-of-investigation-and-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer of investigation and discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"urgosummer10\"Research isn’t all test tubes and laboratories. This summer at Augsburg, students will create music, study Medieval history, compare Minnesota theatres, and even attempt to determine if a BMI can be established for dogs. For the 2010 URGO summer research projects, students will spend 200 or 400 hours conducting research with faculty from Augsburg and other institutions. Many will present their findings in May 2011 at Zyzzogeton, Augsburg’s year-end festival of academic and artistic achievement.<\/p>\n

Saido Abdirashid, David Crowe <\/strong><\/p>\n

Test the hypothesis that the ability of neural networks to encode information in a sequence of states is a general property of randomly-associating neural networks<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Anthony, John Zobitz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short and long-term responses of ecosystem carbon uptake to environmental effects<\/p>\n

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Steve Bergquist, Dave Hansen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air and Nostoc growth and metabolism<\/p>\n

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Alex Bischoff, Mary Horozaniecki<\/strong><\/p>\n

Create three caprices for string quartet that develop essential skill sets for learning musicians<\/p>\n

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Brandon Bukowski, Jennifer-Bankers-Fulbright<\/strong><\/p>\n

Human airway biology pertaining to asthma, allergies, and the inflammatory response<\/p>\n

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Kimberly Carlson, Arlin Gyberg and Vivian Feng<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effect of electromagnetic stimulation (a novel biostimulation technique) on the growth trend of an algae species in a home-designed photobioreactor with optimal energy efficiency<\/p>\n

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Matthew Charboneau, Michael Lansing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore and compare Catholic and Protestant temperance movements in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century in Minnesota<\/p>\n

Leah Childers, Henry Yoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore the brain correlates associated with a class of disorders called externalizing (EXT)<\/p>\n

Alycia Dahlen, Christina Erickson<\/strong><\/p>\n

The impact of the Ramsey County-St. Paul Public Health Wakanheza project on family home day care providers in Ramsey County<\/p>\n

Andrew Fox, Phil Adamo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Create an on-line companion volume of primary sources to Joseph Lynch and Phillip Adamo, The Medieval Church: A Brief History<\/em>, 2nd edition (forthcoming)<\/p>\n

Lucia Gayoso, Robert Cowgill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Write a full script adapting Argentinean writer Adolfo Bioy Casare’s short story El Perurio de La Nieve<\/em> (The Perjury of the Snow)<\/p>\n

Samantha Gerhardson, Dr. Paul Mueller and Abi Ottenberg (Mayo Clinic, Rochester)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Identify the sources for patients’ hesitation and resistance for using Latitude to improve care plan and overall implant effectiveness and report noncompliance data for patients diagnosed with heart failure<\/p>\n

Walker Glasoe, Dave Hansen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examine rate of nucleation of sulfuric acid particles and find more reliable data on the nucleation of ammonium sulfate particles and what role they play in atmospheric nucleation<\/p>\n

Jacob Grothjan, Ralph Butkowski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assess the “Biological Condition” of a restored section of Rice Creek in Anoka County, Minnesota<\/p>\n

Justin Ingebretson, Matt Beckman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Determine if dopaminergic neurons control motor behavior in Daphnia magna<\/p>\n

Rebekah Iverson, Jacqui deVries and Dal Liddle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigate the lives, careers, and work of female contributors (such as Ella D’arcy, Evelyn Sharp, and George Egerton) to the influential late-Victorian publication The Yellow Book<\/em><\/p>\n

Walker Krepps, Henry Yoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigate the ongoing brain activity in participants at rest (i.e., resting EEG)<\/p>\n

Marcos Lester McSweeney, Ralph Butkowski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Characterize the physical habitat along Rice Creek in a mile-long, restored section and collect insects as they emerge from the water to enter their flying, adult life stage<\/p>\n

Katrina Lutze, Sarah Myers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compare numerous Minnesota theatres in order to establish their equivalence (in terms of certain artistic elements) and to investigate points of nonequivalence<\/p>\n

Erica Malloy, Susan Boecher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research and produce three wearable art pieces that examine the intersection between two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork and the confluence of craft, couture, and costume in regards to fashion and fiber<\/p>\n

Camille McAloney, Dr. Jamie Modiano and Dr. Anindya Bagchi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Determine if polymorphisms in the introns of the TERT gene vary by breed in dogs<\/p>\n

Aidan Nancarrow, Phil Adamo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research the environmental history of medieval Siena and the relationship between medieval Sienese society and its natural environment<\/p>\n

Alexander Pinaire, Matt Beckman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Model the movement of individual Daphnia magna (water flea)<\/p>\n

Maggie Pint, Bill Capman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Determine possibility of creating a body mass index (BMI) for dogs<\/p>\n

Katie Radford, Pete Ralston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Understand how relational aggression influences the members of Girl Scout troops<\/p>\n

Ali Rapp, Kristen Chamberlain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examine the disconnect between acceptable sexuality represented in popular media in the U.S. as opposed to acceptable sexuality for Japanese individuals<\/p>\n

Becky Shaheen, Sonja Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Study traditions of classical Art Song composition and identify specific techniques used in composition<\/p>\n

Jacob Slattery, Merilee Klemp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compare the Baroque oboe to the modern oboe with respect to construction, performance, and reed-making and to learn to play the instrument<\/p>\n

Whitney Walter, Anthony Clapp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examine aspects of accountability of activity and hanges in body composition<\/p>\n

Kathleen Watson, Sarah Myers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore questions of Jewish American identify and its potential extinction through playwriting and dramaturgy<\/p>\n

Kate Woolever, Tara Sweeney<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigate how the incorporation of the nonverbal language of art in English Language Learner classrooms affects students and student-teacher relationships<\/p>\n

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