Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope
A showcase of presentations on Undergraduate Research in the Pecha Kucha style.
Presented in the Library East Commons Performance Space.
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Recent Submissions
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WREK Radio and You
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Correlations Between Company’s Investment in IT and Other Business Factors
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Hemodynamic Assessment of Bicuspid Aortic Valves as a Clinical Diagnostic Tool
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-18)Bicuspid Aortic Valves (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiac defect occurring in approximately 1-2% of the newborn population in the USA. This defect results from the presence of two leaflets, typically unequal-sized, ... -
Inducing a thermogenic response to cold shock in Escherichia coli
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-18)Microorganisms respond to environmental stress through several means for survival. This research project aims to engineer Escherichia coli cells to generate heat in response to a cold-shock. Altering a cell’s reaction to ... -
The Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope Fall 2010
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-18)Individuals suffering from Friedrich’s ataxia, a neuromuscular hereditary disease, have expansions of the DNA triplet repeat GAA/TTC in their genomic DNA. Preliminary investigations into the disease point to the ability ... -
Study of Shear Induced Blood Damage in a Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-18)Approximately 225,000 prosthetic heart valves are implanted each year worldwide, and about 50% of these are mechanical heart valves (MHVs). It is well established that present day MHVs are associated with a certain level ... -
RNA Secondary Structure Prediction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-18)Our task has been to calculate the probability of any two nucleotides pairing in an RNA molecule. When RNA goes into the cytoplasm of a cell, the RNA folds in on itself to a thermodynamically stable state, since unpaired ... -
A Year at Walden
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The Tower
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09)What is The Tower? How to submit, work for, and find The Tower across campus. -
Experimental Plasmatron Heat Flux Measuring Techniques Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09)Ground testing for hypersonic re-entry vehicles is an invaluable methodology to vehicle conception. The Von Karman Institute plasmatron is a facility that can duplicate the localized aerothermodynamic properties and ... -
Building the House: Physical Implementation of Wood Working
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09) -
What Would Thoreau Do?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09) -
Improvisation and Technical Innovation
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Molecular midwives: The solution to strand cyclization in the pre-RNA world
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09)In recent years, the RNA-world hypothesis has become the leading theory for the origins of life. Few researchers, though, believe RNA could have spontaneously appeared out of the primordial soup. Regardless of the speculation ... -
Woodshop as Soulcraft
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-09) -
Undergraduate Research at Georgia Tech
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-02-09) -
The Tower
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-02-09)The Tower is an interdisciplinary research journal for undergraduates of all majors offered at Georgia Tech. The goals of our publication are to: showcase undergraduate achievements in research, inspire academic inquiry, ... -
Seating Arrangement Optimization for Executive Round Table
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-02-09)The Executive Round Table is an intellectual forum where students, faculty, and industry executives come together to pose solutions to issues facing our community. Executive Round Table revolves around monthly dinner ... -
Conversations with a Killer Bacterium
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-02-09)Bacteria communicate with each other by releasing signal molecules into the environment that travel between cells. When the molecules accumulate, surface receptors detect the signals and trigger pathways that alter gene ... -
RoboCup: Robot Soccer!
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-02-09)The RoboCup Small Size Robotic Soccer League exists to drive research in robotics and artificial intelligence and the systems which compose those fields. In the Small Size League, teams of five fully autonomous robots play ...
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