A Collection of On-Ice Arctic Measurements 1879-2013
Ice thickness measurements have been taken in the arctic through a variety of means for a long time in order to better understand the long-term changes to sea ice. This project is focused on...
View ArticleBeam Loss Analysis through Particle Tracking Simulation
Water soluble-polymers are commonly used to build detergents or other types of surfactants. These polymers are important because water soluble-polymers used in the development of surfactants have...
View ArticleSanta Rosa Island Restoration Study: Fog Fences vs. No Fences
Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, was grazed by cattle, sheep, pigs, elk, and deer for 154 years, degrading the island’s vegetation and causing erosion. In 1998, the livestock were...
View ArticleThe Search of Ancient Life Through the Use of Geologic Samples
The Astrobiogeochemistry Laboratory (abcLab) is interested in exploring molecular and mineralogical biosignatures in ancient and recent Earth samples to provide evidence of early signs of life....
View ArticleComputing Homology of Hypergraphs
In the modern age of data science, the necessity for efficient and insightful analytical tools that enable us to interpret large data structures inherently presents itself. With the increasing utility...
View ArticleDosi Xchange: A Modern Solution to a Laborious Easter Egg Hunt
In order for researchers at SLAC to develop their globally-recognized work on particle accelerators and such, they must adhere to the regulations outlined in the Occupational Radiation Protection...
View ArticleAbundance and community composition of invasive Intertidal Watersipora on the...
Invasive species can lead to serious ecological changes. The San Francisco Bay area is one of the most invaded areas in the world due to the commercial shipping industry and recreational water...
View ArticleGlycolic Acid Utilization in Two Species of Marine Bacteria
Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton are crucial for the cycling of organic matter in marine environments. Around 50% of organic carbon taken up by marine bacteria is converted into...
View ArticleLow Cost Timing System for High Precision Particle Detection
The project goal was to find a way to make a low-cost high precision timing system. High precision timing systems are already on the market, however, at a high cost. Various particle research projects...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Behavior of Sulfidic Colloids in the Presence of Metals
Riverton, Wyoming was host to a former uranium and vanadium ore processing plant, which operated from 1958 to 1963. The milling operations at the site contaminated the surface and shallow groundwater....
View ArticleAn Albino Mutant in Brassica rapa Maps to the PDX2 Locus on Chromosome 10
We have identified an albino mutant in the plant Brassica rapa. This recessive mutation could provide insights into the photosynthetic pathways of all plants. Previously the mutation was mapped to...
View ArticleSynthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Protein Detection and Sample...
Molecular Imprint Polymers (MIPs) constitute a unique class of chemically-synthesized antigen recognition materials. As microparticles and nanoparticles, they can act as synthetic antibodies with...
View ArticleMeasuring Length of Electron Bunches with Optics in LCLS-II
Since the launch of the LINAC Coherent Light Source (LCLS) in 2009, there have been over 1,000 publications enabling pioneering research across multiple fields. Advances include: harnessing the sun’s...
View ArticleA First Look at Sublimation Rates in Toss Island Region, Antarctica
70% of Earth’s fresh water is held in Antarctica ice sheet. If the sheet melts, it has the potential to raise global sea levels by 190 feet (Klekociuk and Wiennecke, 2016). As the climate changes, it...
View ArticleCichlid Size vs Flow Rate
Cichlids are a diverse group of fish that are known for their prenatal and postnatal care of their eggs and frys (baby fish). This unique characteristic creates a limitation on the amount of eggs a...
View ArticleUltra-fast X-ray Diffraction of Metastable Structures During Hydrogen...
Big discoveries can come from small element, and hydrogen is the simplest element in the universe, but its property has been intensely studied in recent years. Hydrogen has a notably complex phase...
View ArticleDeveloping Process Variables Necessary to Operate Simulacrum: The LCLS...
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a free electron laser that is located at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It fires 120 pulses per second, creating x-ray snapshots of materials at the...
View ArticleDistance and its Effect on Betta Aggression
Betta Splendens are typically known to act very aggressive towards one another, especially between two males. These acts of aggression are shown through flaring of ones fins, chasing and striking...
View ArticleRplidar A2 Accuracy
Traffic is not only a source of frustration but also a leading cause of death for people under 35 years of age. Recent research has focused on how driver assistance technology can be used to mitigate...
View ArticleComputer Science Standards Through Animation
In September of 2018, the State Board of Education approved California’s first-ever computer science standards. “As a forward-leaning state and home to Silicon Valley, California’s new standards will...
View ArticleFucus distichus: Investigating Humidity and Temperature Between Tides
Environmental elements such as changing rapidly changing temperature, prolonged periods of low to no water exposure, desiccation, predation and increased wave action can influence the diversity of...
View ArticleAssessing Climatological Impacts of Precipitation and Temperature at the NCAR...
The Marshall Field Site, located about ten miles southeast of Boulder, Colorado, is home to various precipitation and wind testing instruments to create data for the National Center for Atmospheric...
View ArticlePlanetary Protection Requirements for Robotic and Human Missions
Planetary Protection involves the development and implementation of policies and requirements to protect solar system bodies from forward and backward contamination during human or robotic space...
View ArticleExploring Delay Dispersal in US Airport Network
The modeling of delay diffusion in airport networks can potentially help develop strategies to prevent the spread of such delays and disruptions. With this goal, we used the publicly-available...
View ArticleTeaching Top-Down Approaches to the Engineering Design Process
One of the main focuses of metacognition is to have students think about their learning. By bringing the engineering design process with educational psychology together, it can lead to a society that...
View ArticleAssessing the Origin of Noise in the Precipitation Gauge Geonor T-200B
The Geonor T-200B is an all-weather precipitation gauge utilized by the Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) under the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the National Center...
View ArticleAn Albino Mutant in Brassica rapa Maps to the PDX2 Locus on Chromosome 10
We have identified an albino mutant in the plant Brassica rapa. This recessive mutation could provide insights into the photosynthetic pathways of all plants. Previously the mutation was mapped to...
View ArticleBiological Pathway Involvement in Melanoma Heterogeneity and Drug-induced...
Tumors develop resistance to numerous drug therapies, and this remains a major obstacle in treating many types of non-surgical cancers. Melanoma provides a good model system for studying drug...
View ArticleCosmic Ray Secondary Exposure Model for Low Background Detectors
Based on current observations of distant galaxies and galaxy clusters, it is estimated that 85% of the matter in the universe is actually dark matter. Dark matter is thought to exist due to observed...
View ArticlePNNL Dark Matter Bubble Chamber Simulation
Based on observations of interactions between objects on a cosmic scale, scientists have determined that a large percentage (85%) of the universe’s mass is not visible. Weakly Interacting Massive...
View ArticleVisualization using R to Support Scientific Research and Data Analysis
As technology continues to develop, scientists are gathering data at an accelerated pace. Yet in order for this data to be useful, scientists need to be able to make sense of these large quantities of...
View ArticleDripline: A Distributed Experiment Control System
Project 8 is a nuclear physics experiment which seeks to measure the mass of neutrinos. The experiment requires the use of various pieces of hardware which need to be controlled, and from this need, a...
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