UMD Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Student Works

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    The Hidden History of Bagley Nature Area
    (1996) Temple, Virginia
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    Music Culture in the Omaha Tribe of North America and the Saami of Northern Scandinavia: An Analysis of the Similarities and Possible Cultural Connections Between Vuolle and Be-thae wa-an
    (2010-04) Wirtanen, Trevor
    Within both the Saami of northern Scandinavian and the Native American tribe known as the Omaha, there exists a rich and complex musical culture. This essay analyzes the intricacies and aural similarities of the aforementioned cultures and strives to determine the causation of their distinct musical parallels- specifically between the be-thae wa-an of the Omaha and the vuolle of the southern Saami.
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    The Nest as Art
    (2011) Bennett, Jennifer
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    The Effect of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Small Open Economics: Implications for the Korea - US (KORUS) FTA
    (2012) Lee, Sungkook; Tadesse, Bedassa
    Given that the KORUS / Korea-EU agreement has not been long put into effect and Korea-China agreement is not ratified, in order to extrapolate the effect of the KORUS FTA on Korea, the study explores simulation of economic effects of free trade agreements between Korea and advanced economies in the recent past. Combining results from previous research, the study draws economic effects and implications of KORUS FTA on Korea. In general, the Korean economy will achieve a quantitative economic expansion to a greater or lesser degree through KORUS FTA. We can find similar results on the research of KOREU and Korean-China FTA. FTA between a relative smaller open economy and a bigger market economy will give a driving force of economic growth on the functioning of the relatively small and open economies.
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    Generation of Pseudoprimes
    (2012) Stewart, Danielle
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    Emotional Labor in China: Relationships with Burnout, Job Satisfaction, and Perceived Group Membership as Predictors
    (2013) Zhang, Yuyan; Luong, Alexandra
    With the prevalence of service jobs, researchers have begun to pay attention to emotional labor in the workplace. Emotional labor refers to spontaneous manipulation of one’s feelings or/and expressions, in order to induce expected reaction of others (e.g. customers) or meet the organizational norms (Hochschild, 1983). Employees in service jobs commonly use emotional labor through two different strategies: surface acting and deep acting. Surface acting means the manipulation of the appeared expression; in contrast, deep acting refers to the adjustment of the internal feeling. In current study, we investigated the relationship between different acting strategies and burnout as well as job satisfaction. We also examined whether employees’ perceptions of customers’ social economic status and in-out group membership would affect their use of emotional labor strategies. Participants were employees from a jewelry store in China who completed surveys and interviews. Results showed that surface acting was positively correlated with emotional exhaustion, while deep acting was positively correlated with personal accomplishment. Employees used more deep acting if they perceived their customers as in-group members, indicating group membership as a predictor of deep acting. No correlation was found between acting strategies and depersonalization, job satisfaction, or perceived social economic status of customers. Several themes emerged from the interview responses. First, employees reported using emotional labor commonly at work and took it as a duty or a shaped habit. Second, whether employees were successful at selling influenced their emotions toward customers. Third, despite that some employees stated emotions should be left at home or with more intimate relationships, faking or hiding their emotions at work tended to put them in a worse mood and more stressed. Different ways of emotion management were mentioned, including diverting attention, self-persuasion, etc.
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    Evaluation of MCT1 Inhibitors for Pancreatic Cancer
    (2013) Lueth, Erica; Mereddy, Venkatram
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    On-Line Measurement of Moisture Content of Iron Ore Slurries
    (2013) Gao, Feng; Davis, Richard A
    This report presents a method of measuring moisture content in iron ore slurries using the application of microwave. The composition of iron ore slurries consists of magnetite, hematite, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, siderite, alumina, silica, and water. When being placed in an electromagnetic field, interactions will happen between the slurry components and the field. Permittivity is the main parameter to describe these interactions. Since water has the largest dielectric constant compared with other materials, the water content of the material can be estimated from measured permittivity values. For each species, attenuation and microwave phase shift are two intermediate functions related to permittivity, temperature and bed depth when a microwave is passing through particles on conveyor belt. According to theory, a linear model is expected between the materials’ moisture content and the ratio of attenuation and phase shift.
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    Structure – Function Studies of Annexin A2 & A5
    (2014) Schramel, Stephanie
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    Universal Cradle
    (2014) LaMere, Allan; AlGeddawy, Tarek
    This report outlines the work completed on the Universal Cradle undergraduate research project conducted at the University of Minnesota – Duluth under the guidance of Dr. Tarek AlGeddawy. In summary, a carrying cradle was designed for integration with Dr. AlGeddawy’s Changeable Learning Factory (CLF) project. This cradle was designed to fit on pallets in a conveyor-loop assembly (Figure 1), and built to hold a variety of geometrically-variable parts as they make their way through the assembly system. The design process involved research, experimental testing, and physical prototyping. This report outlines the purpose of the project, the design constraints involved, the research concerning existing literature, the initial design concept, the experiments conducted and the physical model built to create a universal pallet tailored for integration with Dr. AlGeddawy’s work.
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    Synthesis and Characterization of C60_aza_BODIPY
    (2014) Hoover, Brittany
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    The Effects of Core Stabilization Training in Collegiate Ballet Dancers
    (2014) Baker, Rachel; Fountaine, Charles
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    Investigate Methods to Increase the Usefulness of Stereolithography 3D Printed Objects by Adding Carbon Nanotubes to Photo-Curable Resins
    (2014) Wagner, Karl S.
    This paper aims to inform the reader about the aspects of compositing carbon nanotubes in photo curable resin that is commonly used in stereo lithography 3D printers. The focus is to increase the strength of the resin to allow for a greater range of objects to be printed with SLA printers. The paper will look at the different types of carbon nanotubes that can be used, what weight percent of nanotubes in resin will most likely work best in a printing environment based on surface hardness and cure time, and comparative destructive testing. It was shown with a small sample size that the carbon nanotubes composite had lower strength but greater toughness over pure neat resin.