Proceedings of Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day

2022 Award Winners

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*WINNER* Expanding Water Line Infrastructure to Rural Residents of Putnam County, Tennessee

*WINNER* Industry Leaders' Perceived Critical Thinking Dispositions of Early-Career Employees

Tennessee AFNR Teachers' Perceived Level of Competence in Teaching Food Chemistry

Evaluation of Diatomaceous Earth and Kaolin Clay as Repellents on Periodical Cicada (Magicicada spp.) Adults (Brood X) in Screen Cages

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Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes of AGRN 1110 Students on GM (Genetically Modified) Crops: A Survey

*WINNER* Examining Snapping Shrimp Morphology Using Geometric Morphometrics in a Phylogenetic Framework

*WINNER* Anatomical diversity of evolutionarily convergent egg mimics in passion flowers (Passiflora L.)

Pollen tubes and reproductive success of Physaria globosa

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Assessing phylogenetic placement of an undocumented red-burrowing crayfish in the Tennessee River

Riparian Wetland Nitrate Retention is Influenced by both Floodwater Nitrate Concentration and Inundation Time

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Examination of Stylar Movement Among Floral Morphs in Passiflora incarnata L.

A Comparison of the Bacteria on the Skin of Pantheropis obsoletus

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Phylogenetic and Geometric Morphometric Approach to Understanding Morphological Adaptations of the Major Chela in the Alpheus brevirostris Species Group

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Development and Application of an eDNA Assay to Delineate the Distribution of the Imperiled Striated Darter (Etheostoma striatulum, Page and Braasch 1977) in the Duck River, Tennessee

*WINNER* Metal Ion Removal from Aqueous Solutions using NQSA SC and TSC Chelating Resins

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*WINNER* Geochemical Fingerprinting of Natural Waters in Tennessee

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*WINNER* Water Remediation Utilizing ISA, TSC, and SC

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*WINNER* Synthesis of a novel Terpenoid and optimization of its preparation for yield and environmental impact using Design of Experiment (DOE)

Computational Design and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Novel Inhibitors of Dihydrofolate Reductase in Three Bacterial Species

Derivatization Methods for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) by Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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Cross-Species Molecular Docking of Ferredoxin into Photosystem I of T. Elongatus and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

A Novel Interaction between Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1) and c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK)

Comparison of RAMAN Microscopy and ASAP Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Selected Fountain Pen Inks

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Progress Toward the Production of Capsaicin Analogs

Incorporation of Fluorinated-Tryptophan into c-Jun N-terminal Kinase 3

Abiotic Generation of Floating Iron (Fe) Hydroxide Film with Rainbow Reflection: A Preliminary Hypothesis Testing Study

Student Response to Supermarket Micro-column Chromatography Experiment

Utilizing 1H-NMR spectroscopy to measure the octanol-water partition coefficient of hydantoin compounds

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Synthesis and NMR Characterization of Metal Complexes of Butanedione-Monoxime Thiosemicarbazones

Characterization of Binding-Induced Conformational Changes of Arrestin-3 Using 19F-NMR

Detection of cadmium and lead via modified glassy carbon electrode: A study in reproducibility

Computational Design and Docking of Hamigeromycin B Natural Product Derivatives in 26 Human Kinases

Molecular Modeling of Gas Hydrates

Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Thermochemistry of Deprotonated Benzonitrile Isomers

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Synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant terpene derivatives for use as topoisomerase inhibitors

Optimization of Annealing Temperature in Polymerase Chain Reaction on Constructing a Arrestin Variant (Arr3T137W)

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Women in STEM

Deep Eutectic Solvents: Effect of Pre-treatment of Biomass to Enzymatic Digestion

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Thin-layer chromatography presumptive test kit to qualify Cannabis plant material

Development of a Law Enforcement Field Test for Identification of Opioid Surrogates Utilizing Thin Layer Chromatography

Synthesis of Structural Colorants via Silane Functionalization of Reactive Pigments

Diffusion behavior of liquid state aliphatic phenothiazine compounds

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Development of Field Test for Identification of Cocaine with TLC

Hair Analysis: an Investigation into its Scientific Validity

Of Rosin materials towards pharmaceutical and environmental purposes

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Synthesis and NMR Characterization of Mixed Oxime Thiosemicarbazones and their Metal Complexes

The development of an isoform-specific JNK3 inhibitor

Creating 3D-Printed Anisotropic Media for Use in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

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Synthesis of 5-fluoroisatin and 7-fluoroisatin Thiosemicarbazone Ligands

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Constructing a Single Tryptophan Arrestin-3 Variant A3V9W by site-direct mutagenesis

*WINNER* Diagnostic Prediction using Clinical text analysis

*WINNER* Estimating the Condition of Streams & Rivers: An approach using supervised learning methodologies

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*WINNER* Using Graph-based Knowledge Discovery to Detect Anomalous Patterns in Crime Data

*WINNER* Data Mining for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

*WINNER* Vulnerabilities of Autonomous Vehicles: The Impact Self-driving Technology Has On Our Data and Safety

COVID-19 Occurance Prediction

An approach towards consumer power usage pattern using classification technique

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Data Clustering for Categorizing Normal and Unusual IoT Network Traffic to Identify Attacks

Joint Fault and Intrusion Detection For Industrial Internet of Things Sensing Environments

Data Profiling Phishing URLs to Find the Most Impactful Attributes

Predicting Functionality of Tanzanian Waterpoints

Predicting Board Game Ratings

AI in Cybersecurity

Predicting Winners of Big Brother Using Predictive Methods of Data Mining

Bayesian Belief Network for Heart Disease Prediction

Generating Explanations for Machine Learning Based Malware Detection Using SHAP

Predicting PGA Tournament Outcomes

SecCAN-FD:A Next Generation Secure CAN Protocol

Classifying Covid-19 X-Rays and exploring the relationships of associated data

The State of Adversarial Machine Learning and Its Relevance to Cybersecurity

Graph Neural Network for Human Trajectory Forecasting

Network Intrusion Detection and Attack Type Classification using Machine Learning

Activity Control: A Vision for "Active" Security Models for Smart Collaborative Systems

Early Stage Prediction of Diabetes Risk Using Machine Learning

Online Guard: Identifying the misinformation in social media and its impact on COVID-19 vaccination progress in different countries

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Detecting Cyber Attacks using the Matrix Profile

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Financial and Banking Sector Cyber Risks

Calculating Binary-Address Distance Between Functions: A New Approach to Rare Itemset Mining

Mining Vehicle CAN Logs for Relationships Between Message Sequences

Finding Patterns in The Music City

*WINNER* Microstructures in faulted sandstone near Spencer, Tennessee

*WINNER* A Method for Mapping Environmental Justice Factors by Watershed

Communicating Climate Change: Boundaries Between Scientists and Public Acceptance

Dissolution and Recrystallization of Disarticulated Crinoids in Fort Payne Formation (Mississippian), Tennessee

*WINNER* Examining the Relationship Between Identity and Shame Resilience

*WINNER* An investigation of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Adverse Childhood Experiences scale in college students

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*WINNER* Career decision-making in college students: A path analysis of early childhood attachment, gender, age, and socioeconomic status

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The Professional Role and Training of Counselors for Natural Disaster Response

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The effect of angry and sad facial expressions on the perception of warmth and competence: Interactions with gender and race

Comparing Parental Attachment Development and Attachment to God

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Exploring the TAS-20

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Warrior mentality and the related impact on Law Enforcement Officers' perceptions of mental health through the lens of critical race theory

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*WINNER* The Relationship of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Protective and Compensatory Experiences and Children's Flourishing

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Effects of Social, Professional, and Spiritual Support on Anger and Irritability Among Physical Abuse Survivors

Risk Factors, Instrumental Motivation, and Students' Fulfillment of Academic Expectations: A Moderation Analysis

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Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Perspectives of Mathematics Tasks during a Mathematical Letter Writing Exchange

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*WINNER* Is there a relationship between lower body power and speed?

*WINNER* Synthesis of near-infrared pigments for novel sensor applications

*WINNER* Role of Nanocellulose Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine: Preliminary Observations

*WINNER* Role of Intermediaries in the Degradation of Acetaminophen by Photocatalytic Methods: Preliminary Observations

*WINNER* Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells: Mass Transport Optimization of the Anode Catalyst Layer

The Electrical Potential in an Irregular Rectangular Domain: An Area-Averaging Approach

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Modelling of Fluid flow and Mass transfer in a Fiber Reactor using Computational Fluid Dynamics

A survey overviewing technological aspects of wastewater treatment facilities in the state of Tennessee - Preliminary Observations

Electrotherapeutic Assisted Wound Healing: Comparison of the Electrostatic Potential in Porous Gel or Healing Media in Cartesian and Cylindrical Geometries

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Optimization of Bacterial Cell Culturing by Multiphysics Modeling

Role of the Device Inclination on the Synthesis of Nanocomposite Gels

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A Renaissance Foundry Model Approach to Developing a Fundamental Understanding of Bio-fluid Mixing

Dynamic Behavior Patterns of Particle Size Distribution of Dissolved Organic Carbon

Understanding Hyperthermia Treatments in Cancer Tumor Applications: Fundamentals, Technology, and Preliminary Heat Transfer Modeling

Emerging Biopharmaceuticals in Wastewater: A Classification of Treatment Approaches Based on Photo, Electro and Electro-Photo Catalytic Methods

*WINNER* Flood risk education in the Trace Creek Watershed using HEC-RAS and ARCGIS story maps

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*WINNER* Microplastics Sampling and Identification in Wastewater Treatment Plants around Middle Tennessee

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Investigation of Advanced Non-Circular Slip Surfaces for Slopes

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A Practical Approach for Using Advanced Soil Constitutive Models by the Use of Parameters from Mohr-Coulomb Model

*WINNER* Novel Conservative Reversible Logic Gate Logic Function Implementations with Minimal Garbage

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*WINNER* AI Based Optimization of Solid State Transformer Core for Modern Electric Vehicles Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm

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*WINNER* Towards Automated Machine Learning Detection of Academic Dishonesty in Computer-Based Testing

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A New Histogram-based Visualization Tool for Analyzing Anomaly Detection Algorithm Performance

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Modeling and Analysis of Equivalent Circuit of Metamaterial-based Wireless Power Transfer System

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Intelligent Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Areas of High Turbulence

An Efficient Method of Analyzing Conservative Reversible Logic Gates and Circuits

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*WINNER* Optimizing Lattice Infill Structures to Reduce Mass & Power Consumption for Popular 3D Printing Technologies

*WINNER* Investigation of the thermal properties of various short carbon fiber reinforced polymers in Fused Filament Fabrication process

*WINNER* Fatigue Analysis of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Components Manufactured by Fused Filament Fabrication

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Tensile and Fatigue Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials produced by Fused Filament Fabrication

Investigation of Optimum Quality Parameters of Low-cost Metal Material Extrusion using Machine Learning and Response Surface Methodology

*WINNER* Predicting unknown upstream events using Convolutional Neural Network

*WINNER* Vibration Analysis of a Concrete Slab Floor Using Piezoelectric Accelerometers

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Temperature Compensation for Electromechanical Impedance Signatures With Data-Driven Modeling

Analyzing the mechanical properties along the length of human Achilles tendon

Electrical Storage and Power Generation for Commercial Electric Aircraft

*WINNER* Is King Richard a True Machiavellian? Comparing The Prince to The True Tragedy of Richard The Third

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*WINNER* Fanny Hill: An Eighteenth Century Bisexual Woman

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Queer Storytelling in S-Town: An Analysis of the Use of Queerness in Podcast Production

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Identity and Experience: The Binaries of The Sonnets

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The Toiling Effects of Being Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past: A New Critics Analysis of The Great Gatsby

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The Never-ending Chase: Unrequited Love in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and The Merchant of Venice

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Adventure into the Forest: An Ecocritical Analysis of the Grimm Tales

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*WINNER* Solar Energy for Bridgestone Nature Reserve at Chestnut Mountain

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GIS Applications for Bridgestone Nature Reserve

The Feasibility of Wind Power for Bridgestone Nature Reserve at Chestnut Mountain

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Learning the Land: Private Woodland Workshop

Development of Forest Health Curriculum for Private Landowners

*WINNER* Industries of Vice: Alcohol, Tobacco, and COVID in Germany

Closing Time?: German Foodservice During a Pandemic

Safe Sex?: The German Sex Industry and the Pandemic

*WINNER* The European Question in America, 1861-1865

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Connecting Bootlegging and NASCAR

*WINNER* Ways Teachers Accommodate Children with Sensory Processing Disorder Needs in the Classroom

The Reuse of Raw Materials - What is Most Beneficial in Reducing Construction Waste?

The Correlation Between Eating Disorder Treatment and Dietary Regulation Through Diet Tracking Apps in College Students and Women

Ways in Which Identifying as LGBTQ+ Affects Mental Health

Intimate Partner Violence Impact on Children

Should Retailers Choose to Use Sustainable Packaging to Reduce their Carbon Footprint?

The Short-Term and Long-Term Health Effects of Breastmilk Versus Formula for Infants

Factors of the alleged increase in Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Leather and faux leather products: Impact on society

Can Shoes Become Shingles?

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Saving Our Earth: Slowing Down the Fast Fashion Industry

Today's Fast Fashion

Recycling strategies for Hyundai in Middle Tennessee

Impact of Divorce on Children

The Correlation Between Foster Care Placement and Children's Behaviors

Fathers' mental health outcomes resulting from a partner experiencing a miscarriage

Clothing Durability: Shein vs. Sustainability

Covid-19 and the effects of mental and physical health of school-aged children

Rethink how you Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

The correlation between adverse childhood experiences and children's behavior

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Parent Satisfaction Rates in Relation to Child Life Program Size

*WINNER* The Need for STEM workshops and clubs in Carter County Tennessee

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*WINNER* An Introduction to Wavelets and Multiresolution Analyses with an Application to Digital Signal Processing

Contrabassoon Restoration

*WINNER* Ketamine treatment for Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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*WINNER* Implementation of an ADHD Electronic Portal in Pediatric Primary Care

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The Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 and Promising Treatment Options

*WINNER* Designing a Laser Ablation Ion Source

Black Injustices in the Criminal Justice System