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The UW-Eau Claire Student Research Day is designed to give UW-Eau Claire students the opportunity to display the results of collaborative research conducted with faculty mentors as well as the results of independent research. The event highlights student research accomplishments and the important role faculty and academic staff play as mentors in the scholarly activity process. Student Research Day encourages dissemination of research results from all disciplines represented in the UW-Eau Claire academic community. Link: http://www.uwec.edu/ORSP/students/ResearchDay.htm
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Creating an Inclusive Syllabus to Engage International Students and Local Students
(2021-04)As study abroad programs increase in popularity, the population of foreign exchange students increases across universities around the world. The main topic of this research project is peer-scaffolding in Chinese-English ... -
Ion Know Which Nafion is Better
(2021-04)Part of the current theory to explain why using a Nafion film-modified platinum electrode allows for the observation of the redox behavior of lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate) is that Nafion solubilizes the ... -
Art & Design Adobe Tutorials : Tutorials for Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, and Premiere
(2021)The aim of this project was to research content and develop instructional videos for using Adobe software in photography and video classes that are more connected to course content than generic tutorials. Art & Design ... -
Examining Speech Assessment Tools for Bilingual Latinx Students : Combatting Misdiagnosis Within a Lingual Supremacy System
(2021)Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serve culturally and linguistically diverse clients across the lifespan. Therefore, the evaluation of a client’s speech cannot be carried out utilizing the same assessment materials. ... -
Modeling Diffusion in Accreting White Dwarf Stars : The Life of a Dead Star
(2021-04)A white dwarf star is a very small, very dense star. They are usually about the size of the Earth, but have about the same mass as the Sun. A single teaspoon of material from a white dwarf may weigh more than a large dump ... -
Vote : The 19th Amendment and the Chippewa Valley Faculty Mentors : Curating a Virtual Exhibit
(2021-04)The Chippewa Valley is filled with stories of women who fought for their right to vote in the early 1900s. Through diaries, newspapers, oral histories, and letters, our research team created a virtual exhibit. This exhibit ... -
Toward an Opinion Mining System in Software Engineering
(2021-04)Discussions of experienced software engineers in various social forums (e.g., Stack Overflow) become valuable information for other software engineers to perform software development activities. These discussions ... -
Petrography of the Suflide Ore Zones in the Lynne Zn-Cu-Pb Deposit, Oneida Co., Wisconsin
(2021-04)This study examines the sulfide mineralization of three of the ore zones within in the Lynne Zn-Cu-Pb deposit to determine how the mineralizing hydrothermal system formed and evolved over time. These sulfide mineral ores ... -
Role of a Conserved Disulfide on the Interactions Between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
(2021-04)Coronaviruses are large, enveloped, positive strand RNA viruses capable of infecting a large array of mammalian and avian species that possess densely glycosylated spike-shaped proteins on their surfaces giving them the ... -
Educating the Educators : Through the Peer-to-Peer Feedback (P2PFB) Exercise
(2021-04)Simulation is a series of structured activities that reflect potential situations one may encounter in education, practice, and research. These simulation activities allow students to develop and enhance their knowledge ... -
Japanese 302, What To Do? : An Evaluation of Curriculum Changes in Japanese 302 at UWEC
(2021-04)This student-faculty collaborative research project involves the examination of existing literature about various topics in foreign language acquisition including extensive and intensive reading, goal-setting, student ... -
What’s Worse : Lazy but Smart, or Stupid but Hardworking? Gender Differences in Mate Preferences and Aversions
(2021-04)It is well-documented globally that men more than women prioritize physical attractiveness while women more than men prioritize dominance and status. The current study builds on the authors’ previous research comparing ... -
Understanding Topography and Near-shore Gradients in Ozone at the Lake Michigan Shoreline
(2021-04)Surface ozone is generated by photochemical production in a stable atmosphere which can be affected by a multitude of factors. We are looking at the correlation between topography, lake breeze extent and ozone gradients ... -
Ethanol Exposure Alters Motor Abilities in Zebrafish Embryos
(2021-04)Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a condition that can affect the physical health and behavior of developing fetuses as a result of the pregnant mother’s consumption of alcohol. FAS is found in 0.2-1.5 infants out of 1,000. ... -
Progradation on Wisconsin Point Along the Superior Barrier Using Ground Penetrating Radar
(2021-04)The Duluth-Superior barrier, located on the western coast of Lake Superior, is the longest freshwater barrier system in the world. Little research has been conducted on the Wisconsin Point barrier. To better understand the ... -
Street Sign Namescapes : An Analysis Of Eau Claire, WI Street Names
(2021-04)There is little in our daily lives that seems more ordinary than streets and their names. We encounter and refer to them daily as we travel the landscape and repeat our addresses. Our addresses are part of who we are. We ... -
Methylene Chloride Exposure Alters Morphological Development in Zebrafish Larvae
(2021-04)The prevalence of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has strikingly increased in recent decades. Both genetic and environmental factors have been associated with neurodevelopmental changes causing ... -
Modeling Air Pollution Episodes at a Shoreline Lake Michigan Site
(2021-04)There are many atmospheric reactions that attribute to the levels of ozone in the troposphere. To better quantify ozone levels during a high ozone episode at a site, Chiwaukee Prairie, where our group sampled ozone via an ... -
Quantifying Agricultural Contributions to Surface Water Quality Impairment in the Lower Wisconsin River Watershed
(2021-04)Fertilizers, sediments, and animal wastes from agricultural activities causes a host of problems for aquatic ecosystems across space and time. Due to the severe threat posed by agricultural activities to our water bodies ... -
Body Regard as a Moderator of Pain Endurance and NSSI
(2021-04)People who engage in NSSI have been found to endure physical pain for larger quantities of time compared to those who do not self-injure, and this endurance has been associated with increased engagement in NSSI behavior. ...