Tag: STEM
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Sustainable 3D Printing Filaments: an In-Depth Comparison
in Fall 2026Introduction 3D Printing is an additive manufacturing technique that is used for precise prototyping and production of small-scale products. There are many types of 3D printing techniques, but the most common are material jetting, material extrusion, and powder bed/vat fusion [1]. Material jetting is a type of additive manufacturing that sprays material through a nozzle…
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Advancing First Responder Preparedness through Digital Twin and XR-Based Indoor Drone Training
in Fall 2026EXECUTIVE SUMMARY First responders often work in hazardous and unpredictable environments, where traditional training can be costly, risky, and difficult to repeat. To address this challenge, we developed an immersive simulation environment that allows users to operate a drone inside a realistic virtual building during an emergency scenario. This project presents an immersive training approach…
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Potential Dietary Drivers of Colorectal Cancer Among Alaska Native People: Traditional Food Preservation, Processed Meat, and Evidence Gaps
in Fall 2026Abstract Alaska Native people experience disproportionately high colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, with substantial variation across tribal health regions. This review examines colorectal cancer variation across Alaska and its potential dietary drivers including food-preservation practices and the increased consumption of commercially processed meats that may contribute to these rates. Alaska CRC rates vary significantly across…
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From the Four Humors to the Two Femurs: How the Medical Renaissance Shaped Modern Medicine
in Fall 2022From the Four Humors to the Two Femurs: How the Medical Renaissance Shaped Modern Medicine From Greek physician Hippocrates’s initial theory of the four humors regulating the immune system and emotions in the human mind to physician-anatomist Vesalius’s early illustration of the human body, society has revolutionized the field of medicine to a great…
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in Education: An Unseen Injustice
in Fall 2022Introduction At least one in twenty women suffer from a condition known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder. This is a very severe, debilitating disorder that makes functioning impossible for one to two weeks every month (Thakrar et al., 2021, p.1). Being acknowledged as an actual disorder only recently, PMDD was introduced to the Diagnostic and Statistical…
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A Mathematical Model for Antibiotic Effectiveness in Bacterium Colonies
in Fall 2022SOME FIGURES AND GRAPHS DID NOT TRANSFER. SEE ATTACHED PDF FOR DETAILS. ——- A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR ANTIBIOTIC EFFECTIVENESS IN BACTERIAL COLONIES Piseth Koy References: 1.0 TEXTBOOK: STEWART, James., DAY, Troy. (2019). Biocalculus: Calculus Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences. NEW YORK: CENGAGE LEARNING. Textbook References: S. Imre et al., “Validation of an HPLC Method…
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Environmental and Social Concerns in Fashion Textile Production
in Fall 2022Environmental and Social Concerns in Fashion Textile Production The outfit you are wearing today is likely made of a variety of textiles, such as polyester, cotton, wool, and leather. Each of these garments has gone through extensive design and production processes, eventually arriving in your closet. Leaps and bounds have been…
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Hydrogen-Terminating the Surface of Diamond Via Thermal Hydrogenation
in Fall 2023Introduction: Diamonds are one of the more extraordinary materials on our planet. Its tightly packed carbon structure is responsible for making it the hardest material on Earth. This makes it an excellent cutting material, yet diamond has many other intrinsic properties. Diamond has a very large bandgap of 5.47 eV, making it a wide bandgap…
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Evaluating the effects of relocation versus in situ incubation on the hatching success of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in North Carolina
in Fall 2025The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), the world’s smallest and critically endangered sea turtle species, has experienced significant declines in nesting populations. Most nesting occurs along the western Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Veracruz, Mexico, with historical concentrations in Rancho Nuevo. However, bycatch in the 1980s diminished the population, leading to conservation efforts…
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On Death and Disease: How Physicians’ Perspectives Compare Across Specialties Through Written Work
in Fall 2025“If the weight of mortality does not grow lighter, does it at least get more familiar?” Paul Kalanithi, neurosurgeon and author, asks this of his readers in the face of his own terminal illness (183). It is a question loaded with the impossible task of response. No answer seems to both succinctly and precisely convey…