Vol. 4 (2020)

2020 Award Winners

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*WINNER* Ovipositional Preference of Silverleaf Whitefly on Benchmark Acylsugar Tomato Breeding Lines

Squash Bug Ovipositional Preference within Cucurbita pepo

Determining Optimal Nutrient Value through Leaf Tissue Analysis on Tomato

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Alumni Perceptions of Improvements Needed in the TN Tech School of Agriculture

Prior 4-H and FFA Involvement on TN Tech SOA Enrollment

*WINNER* Nutrient Retention in a Reconnected Riparian Forested Wetland

*WINNER* Improved taxonomic identification techniques for cutaneous microbiota of salamanders

*WINNER* Spatial and temporal variation of uptake and retention rates of nitrogen and phosphorus in west Tennessee agricultural wetland

Freshwater Insect Mediated Transfer Of Polychorinated Biphenyls To Riparian Consumers

Allelopathic effects of cyanotoxin Microcystin-LR in greater duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid

Testing the Febrile Response of Snakes Inoculated With Ophidiomyces Ophiodiicola (O.o), the Causative Agent of Snake Fungal Disease

Evaluating How Hydrology Influences Nutrient Retention In Restored Floodplain Wetlands

*WINNER* Cleavage of tert-Butoxycarbonyl (BOC) Groups from Indoles and Other Heterocycles Using an Addition-Elimination Strategy with 3-Methoxypropylamine.

*WINNER* Research and Development of High Protein Beer

An Automated Approach to In-Syringe Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction

Structural Basis Of ASK1-MKK4-JNK3 Complex

Improving Thiol Specific Labeling Efficiency on Sites with Low Solvent Accessibility by Solid Phase Labelling (SSL)

Emergent Liquid State Asthma Medication: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization

Synthesis of 2,3-butanedione ethyl-thiosemicarbazone

Geochemical Fingerprinting of Natural Waters in Middle Tennessee

Synthesis and NMR Characterization of New Thiosemicarbazones

Mechanisms of Thiosemicarbazones inhibition of Human topoisomerase IIalpha

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Rhenium(I) Complexes as Potential Photoactivated Anticancer Agents

Rapid presumptive test kit that differentiates between hemp and marijuana using thin layer chromatography

Quinidine and quinine based double salt ionic liquids

Using Color Changing Candles to Decrease the Hazards and Increase the Accessibility of the Rainbow Flame Test

Adding solid handling to liquid state thioridazine drugs

Diving in with ICP-Mass Spectrometry

Reaction optimization using Design of Experiment (DOE) at the NMR scale

In Vivo Incorporation of 19F-Tryptophan into JNK3 for NMR Spectroscopy

A rapid liquid-liquid extraction based presumptive test that differentiates between hemp and marijuana​

*WINNER* Detecting Illegitimate Use of Legitimate Credentials

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*WINNER* Caribbean Delphinidae Click Classifications

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*WINNER* Lake Storage Observation by Citizen and Satellite

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*WINNER* Use of Adversarial Machine Learning for Avoiding Occupancy Detection from Smart Meter

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Towards Standardization of IoT Message Exchange for Intrusion Data Sharing in Heterogeneous Environments

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Assessing Modality Selection Heuristics to Improve Multimodal Deep Learning for Malware Detection

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Presenting Students with Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Protection Against Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

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Propagation of Insecure Coding in Configuration Scripts

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NLP Disaster Tweets Classification

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Identifying Transmission and Risk Factors for COVID-19

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Dark Vendor Profilng

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Detecting Bias in News Article Content with Machine Learning

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Analyzing CNN Based Behavioural Malware Detection Techniques on Cloud IaaS

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Use Case of Counterfactual Examples: Data Augmentation

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Stock Return Prediction Algorithm

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SNAPSKETCH: Graph Representation Approach for Anomaly Detection in Graph Stream

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Fuzzing to Identify Undiscovered Bugs in Scientific Software

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Youtube for software security?: Youtube Videos Provide Pointers for Microservice Security

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Detecting Domain Generating Algorithm based Malicious Domains using Bigram and Word2Vec Model

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Bringing Sanity to March Madness

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*WINNER* Rocking and Rolling Downhill: Boulder Distribution Patterns on a Martian Terraced Fan, Xanthe Terra

Analyzing Mudstone Geometries with X-Ray Diffraction in the Mississippian Fort Payne Formation, Tennessee

Reconstructing the Late Mississippian Paleoclimate: Stratigraphy and XRD Analysis of the Pennington Formation, Sparta, Tennessee

Watershed Comparison of the Effects of Land Use on Water Quality

Potential preservation of skin and intervertebral discs in a juvenile dinosaur (Edmontosaurus)

*WINNER* Background Music and Reading Comprehension: Musical Training Predicts Reading Comprehension Scores

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Mindfulness mediation and gender effects on anxiety and self-efficacy

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*WINNER* Chemical Engineering Laboratory Curriculum Redesign Through Application of an Inquiry-guided Laboratory Manual

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*WINNER* SMARTS - STEM, Multiculturalism, and the Arts: A framework for the integration of cultural inclusivity in educational outreach utilizing the Renaissance Foundry Model

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The Effectiveness of Video Modeling in Teaching Individuals with Developmental Disabilities to Engage in Leisure Activities: A Review of Literature

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Using Fanghanel’s (2007) Framework to Explore the Micro, Meso, and Macro Factors Influencing Undergraduate Student Mentoring Programs

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Content Analysis of International STEM Education Research Journals

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Teachers’ Views on Flexible Seating in 2nd Grade

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*WINNER* Is There a Relationship Between BMI and Blood Pressure

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*WINNER* Modeling a Photocatalytic Reactor: Water Contaminant Degradation, Energy Production, and the Radiation Field

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*WINNER* Rheological and Turbidimetric Characterization of Early-phase Wound Gels

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*WINNER* Optimization of Mass Transport within Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell Catalyst Layer via Pore Formers

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Effect of Interfacial Mass Transport Losses at the Ultrathin Film Catalyst Layer to Diffusion Layer of a PEMFC at Sub-zero Conditions

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Nano-sized Lithium Aluminum Layered Double Hydroxides in Lithium Ion Extraction

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The Role of Strong Hydrogen Bonds in Humic Acid

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The Role of the Area Averaging Approach to Derive Macroscopic Scaled Transport Equations for Hydrogel Capillaries

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Molecular Dynamics Study of Structural and Flow properties of Polyelectrolyte-Grafted Nanoparticles in a Solution

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Mathematical Modeling of Biomass Pyrolysis Using Discrete Element Method

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Advanced Oxidation of Acetaminophen for Waste Water Treatment: Testing a New Approach for Degradation by Photocatalytic Methods Via Tio2 Films

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Recombinant Production of Fibrinogen for Wound Healing

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Photocatalytic Methods for Contaminant Degradation and Hydrogen Production in Waste Water Using Solar/UV Radiation

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*WINNER* Data Collection towards Understanding Stormwater Management and Flooding Issues in the Town of Gainesboro, Jackson County, TN

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*WINNER* Unsaturated soil model effects on the propagation of the saturated zone in levees during flooding

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Early Age Properties of Zeolite Cementitious Materials

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*WINNER* Layered DD Coil: An Improved Coil Structure For Wireless Power Transfer

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*WINNER* Adaptive Step Size Incremental Conductance Based Maximum Power Point Tracking

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EVs Grid Integration Performance Evaluation and Congestion Prevention

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Securing Automotive Networks with Vehicle-Agnostic Technologies

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Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Wheelchair for Physically Challenged People

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*WINNER* Mechanical Characterization of Low-Cost Metal Material Extrusion

Investigation of mechanical, thermal and structural properties of continuous fiber-reinforced additively manufactured thermoplastic polymer composites

*WINNER* Wind farm yaw control: Why positive yaw angles can enhance the production, while negative angles lead to an overall loss of power?

*WINNER* Simulation and Optimization of Wind Turbine Geometries

Improving Lift Characteristics of Supercritical Airfoil via Upper Airfoil Section Modification

Biodiesel yield based on the different oil composition and mixture ratio

*WINNER* Making the Way to Marriage: Language and Love in Shakespeare's Plays

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*WINNER* Richard III’s Bestial Masculinity and the Rhetoric of Animality in Thomas More's History of Richard III and The True Tragedie of Richard the Third

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Machiavellian Mischief: Gender Distinctions Between Machiavels in Heywood's The Second Part of King Edward IV

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Victims of Gender Politics: A Comparison of Jane Shore in The Second Part of King Edward IV and Margaret Thatcher

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A Moral Interpretation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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*WINNER* Determination of microplastic content in western Tennessee lakes

*WINNER* Evaluation of microplastic load in a waste water treatment plant

Investigation of Raman Spectrometry in Molecules Associated with Human Decomposition

A Proposal for the Abatement of Illegal Dumping in Warren County Waterways

*WINNER* The Effects of Soviet Occupation on East German Children’s Literature

Struwwelpeter's use of imagery to subvert Germany's idea of proper pedagogy

Der Stuwwelpeter and the Entertainment Industry’s Promotion of Violence in Media for Children

Transformations of Fairy Tales from the Italian Original to Versions by The Brothers Grimm and Walt Disney

*WINNER* Historical and Sociological Impacts of the Duck River on Maury County, Tennessee Communities

Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Discrimination of African-American Soldiers During World War II

*WINNER* Association between a Healthy and Balanced Nutritional Intake in Relation to Self-Care and Depression

Nature's Beneficial Effects on Individuals

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Current Professional Opinions on the Use of Child Restraint

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Benefits Of Plant-Based Diet And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

Physical and digital play: impact on children's development

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Chronically Ill Caregivers’ Perspectives on Parenting

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Exploring Energy Systems and Supplementation of Beta-Alanine in Athletic Populations

The Use of Immunological Markers Measured from Cell Culture and Blood Serum to Gauge the Antiinflammatory Effect and Therapeutic Application of Food

In what ways does a siblings cancer diagnosis affect college students

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Effects of Education in Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle in Children

The Impact of Food Insecurity on College Students

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Exploring Eating, Lifestyle And Sleeping Patterns That Affects College Athletes

Herbal Supplements

Literature Review: Correlation Between Parental Divorce and Success in College

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*WINNER* MesoAmerican Nephropathy: A Growing Problem in Central America

Lotus; Flower or New Birthing Process?

*WINNER* Development of a sCMOS Position-Sensitive UCN Detector

Control Improvements on the UCNtau Magnetic Mapper

Comparing the Period-Luminosity Relationship to Distance for the RR Lyrae Star EZ Lyr

Beta-Decay Spectroscopy of 96-99Kr

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The TTU Penning Ion Source

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Visualizing the Morphology of Solar Flares in the AIA 131A Channel

Optimizing a Python-based Neutron Spin Dynamics Simulation Code