Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)
Submissions from 2014
Clemson Biological Sciences 6th Annual Student Symposium, Clemson University
Recovering A Liquid-Lignin Phase From Paper Mill Black Liquors, Julian Velez, Adam Klett, and Mark C. Thies
Development of multimodal membrane adsorbers for antibody purification using atom transfer radical polymerization, Juan Wang and Scott M. Husson
Submissions from 2013
How Clean is a Restaurant Menu? A Study of Bacterial Transfer to and from Restaurant Menus , Ibtehal Alsallaiy, Paul Dawson, and Inyee Han
Context Beliefs' Effect on Content Knolwedge of Rural Environmental Science Teachers , Daniel M. Alston and Brandi L. Kamp
Manual Precedence Mapping and Application of a Novel Precedence Relationship Learning Technique to Real-World Automotive Assembly Line Balancing , Kavit R. Antani, Bryan Pearce, Laine Mears Dr., Mary Beth Kurz Dr., and Maria Mayorga Dr.
Situational Awareness System for Power Grids , Karthikeyan Balasubramaniam and Neville Watson
Transforming the South Carolina Botanical Garden , Amy Hackney Blackwell and Patrick McMillan
Official and Viral Apologia: Participatory Culture and the Penn State Scandal, Brandon Boatwright
Numerical study of a regularization model for incompressible flow with deconvolution-based adaptive nonlinear filtering , Abigail Bowers and Leo Rebholz
Congruent Numbers, Elliptic Curves, and a Million Dollar Problem , Jim Brown and Rodney Keaton
Study of Form , Tanna Burchinal
Option valuation of timberland under price uncertainty, Wallace A. Campbell
The Effect of CO₂ Abatement Policies on TFP Growth , Serife Elif Can-Sener
The Effects of Income Adequacy on Job Search Behaviors: A Test of Moderated Mediation , Janelle H. Cheung and Robert R. Sinclair
The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Plan Premiums and Drug Formularies in Medicare Part D, Anna Chorniy, Daniel P. Miller, and Tilan Tang
Fate and Behavior of Titanium Dioxide in Aquatic Ecosystems , Jason Coral
Visualizing Uncertainty in Predicted Hurricane Tracks, J. Cox, D. House, and M. Lindell
Fatty Alcohol Treatments Control Rootstock Re-growth in Grafted Watermelon, Shawna Daley and Richard Hassell
Door Accessibility: Contemplating the Americans with Disabilities Act at Clemson University, Brian Duffy
Effect of Sliding Contact on the Structure of Cu-X Nanolaminates, D. Ross Economy, Emilio Jiminez, Bobak Ranjbaran, Brad M. Schultz, and Marian S. Kennedy
The Usability of Commercial BCI Devices: A Comparison for Researchers and Experimenters , Joshua I. Ekandem and Juan E. Gilbert Dr.
Demonstration of the Aging Effects of Sorbed Plutonium Complexes on Savannah River Site Sediments, Hilary P. Emerson
Antimicrobial effects of natural tenderizing enzymes on different strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes on Beef , Hanan Eshamah, Inyee Han, Hesham Naas, James Rieck, and Paul Dawson
Habitat mediated raccoon response to an artificial increase in coyote activity, Cady Etheredge, Greg Yarrow, Patrick Gerard, and Jamie Dozier
Studio Acoustics: A Study on Clemson University's Design Studio Environment, Katrina Fumagali and Elise Little
Non-parametric Frontier Estimation of Health Care Efficiency Among OECD Countries, 1993-2006 , Richard Gearhart
The synthesis, characterization and targeting ability of nano-scale enrichment polymer layers, J. Giammarco, B. Zdyrko, K. Richardson, V. Singh, A. Agarwal, L. Kimerling, J. Hu, and I. Luzinov
Collective rotation of nanorods in thin films, Yu Gu, Ruslan Burtovyy, Jake Townsend, Zhaoxi Chen, Fei Peng, Igor Luzinov, and Konstantin G. Kornev
Fostering Leadership Capacity in Three South Carolina High Schools: An Exploratory Study, Hattie Hammonds, Hans W. Klar Dr., and Kristin S. Huggins Dr.
In vitro patient-specific study of the Norwood procedure, Tianqi Hang
Fighting for shelter: Are aggressive Caribbean spiny lobsters the best den competitors?, Katherine Heldt and Michael Childress
A Computational Approach for the Rational Design of Bimetallic Clusters for Ethanol Formation from Syn-gas, Ming He, James McAliley, and David A. Bruce
Teaching Tools Used To Incorporate AACN Essentials Into Healthcare Genetics Course For Undergraduate, Annamalar Jeyasehar and Julia Eggert Dr.
Infinite Billiard Tables and Involutive Surfaces , Chris Johnson and Martin Schmoll
Internships: An Academic Requirement?, Katie Johnson and Nicole Miller
Improving the Usability and Security of Digital Authentication, Kevin Juang, Joel Greenstein, Marlena Fraune, and Sanjay Ranganayakulu
Spectral Transformations of Novae in Andromeda Galaxy, Amanpreet Kaur and Dieter H. Hartmann
External Experiences and Student Motivation: Do student experiences outside the classroom really matter? , Adam N. Kim
Low-temperature growth of multiple-stack ZnO nanoflower/nanorod structures for flexible and transparent electronics , Do Yeob Kim, Jae Young Kim, Young-Jun Park, Hyuk Chang, John Ballato, and Sung-O Kim
Implantable Wireless Dual-analyte Biosensor for Trauma Patient Monitoring and Management, Christian N. Kotanen and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
A Downtown Revitalization Study for Woodruff, South Carolina, Alyson Leslie and Annemarie Jacques
Cultivating America's working lands: a study of the sociocultural value of family farms, Katherine Lloyd
Developing a College State of Mind at The Greenville Early College , Erin Lyons
Quarters A at the Old Charleston Navy Yard: A Historic Interior Furnishing and Interpretive Plan, Wendy Madill, Charlotte Causey, Amy Elizabeth Uebel, Mary Margaret Schley, and Julia Tew
Measuring the federal wage premium: a nonparametric approach , Eric Makela
CIAS-DM: A Model-Based, Human-Centered Architectural Modeling Method + Tool, J. Manganelli, Keith Green Dr., Johnell Brooks Dr., Greg Mocko Dr., Ian Walker Dr., and Stan Healey Dr.
Application of Simplex-Centroid Design Methodologies to Optimize the Proportions of Ternary Cementitious Blends in High Performance Concretes, Sujay Math and Prasad Rangaraju
Caesar: A Response Retrieval System for Conversational Agents , Jerome L. McClendon, Naja A. Mack, and Larry F. Hodges
Reading Experiences, Digital Literacy, and Electronic Textbooks, Chelsie Messenger
Ubiquitous Libidinal Infrastructures of Urbanism , Lauren Mitchell
The Effects of a Political Culture of Fear on Libyan Student’s Perceptions of Leadership, Amin Mohamed and Russ Marion
Exploring Supply Chains from a Technical Debt Perspective, J. Yates Monteith and John D. McGregor
Exploring mHealth as a New Route to Bridging the Nursing Theory-Practice Gap , Scott Emory Moore, Bonnie Holaday, Nancy Meehan, and Paula Watt
Alternative Narratives in Westernized Religion, Joel Murray
Biological and Chemical Mechanisms for 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) Degradation , Jolanta B. Niedzwiecka, Kevin T. Finneran, and Clint Arnett
Genome-wide association study in collies identifies a novel locus for dermatomyositis, Rooksana E. Noorai and Leigh Anne Clark
Predicting The Reaction Dynamics And The Kinetics Of Fullerene Collisions Using Molecular Dynamics And Density Functional Tight Binding Methods , Dulma E. Nugawela and Steve J. Stuart
Access to Higher Education and the College Choice of Rural Low-Income Students , Chinasa A. Ordu
Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Their Application as a Reinforcing Material for Polylactic Acid , Jose Luis Orellana and Christopher L. Kitchens
EXPLORING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE MODELING FOR HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS , Vivek K. Pallipuram
Predicting Team v. Individual Surgical Flow Disruption Recovery in Cardiothoracic Operating Rooms , Gary Palmer II and A. Joy Rivera-Rodriguez
Multitemporal floristic and phenological (flowering) analysis of the shores of Lake Issaqueena, South Carolina , R. P. Pamplin, E. A. Mikhailova, C. J. Post, P. D. McMillan, and J. L. Sharpe
Reservoir-Based Dielectrophoresis (rDEP) for concentration and separation of cells/particles., Saurin H. Patel
Development of integrated management practices for the control of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera), Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, and Patricia A. Layton
Glenoid Loading and Stability of the Inlay versus Onlay Shoulder Implant Systems, Breanne T. Przestrzelski
Thermoelectric phenomenon: An overview, selection criterion and challenges, Pooja Puneet
Documenting 1,000 Years of History: Historic Preservation Fieldwork of Molana Abbe, Rebecca Quandt
Understanding Young Children's Attitudes and Dispositions Toward Informational Text , M. Deanna Ramey and Heather McCrea Andrews
Living high on the hog or down in the dumps: How fatty acid synthesis helps African trypanosomes survive in host environments. , Sunayan S. Ray, Ciara Anderson McKnight, and Kimberly Paul
Finite Element Modeling of Concrete Based on Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT), Arash Razmjoo and Amir Poursaee
Looking, Seeing, Knowing: Documenting the Doctoral Experience through Photomethods, Kenyae L. Reese
Decision Support System for Assembly Line Planning, Rahul Sharan Renu and Gregory Mocko Dr.
A Participatory Design Process for Developing a Tool to Visualize Classroom Engagement , Tania Roy, Melva T. James, Arindam Gupta, Shelby S. Darnell, and Shaundra Daily
Crystal Growth and Study of Unusual Magnetic Anomalies of a Low-Dimensional Iron(III) Oxy-Arsenates:, Liurukara D. Sanjeewa, Vasile O. Garlea, Pramod Kumar, Dino Sulejmanovic, and Shiou-Jyh Hwu
The Effect of Magnetically Induced Colloidal Arrangements on the Biomedical Applications of Magnetite, Steven Saville, Roland Stone, Ben Qi, Robert Woodward, Mike House, Tim St. Pierre, and O. Thompson Meffo
Characterization of Phytophthora cinnamomi from ornamental crops in South Carolina, Simon Schreier
Design and Performance of a Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetland Treatment System for Simulated Bangladesh Groundwater , Jeff Schwindaman
The invasive "kudzu bug," Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) as an agricultural and nuisance pest, N. J. Seiter, J. K. Greene, F. Reay-Jones, E. P. Benson, and P. A. Zungoli
HEAT ISLAND EFFECT: THE UNKNOWN REPERCUSSIONS, Tanner Sharpe and Miguel Yon Mol
The pathways and performance of undergraduate engineering transfer students, Erin Shealy, Catherine Brawner, Catherine Mobley, and Richard Layton
Systems to Facilitate Adult Stem Cell Seeding and Conditioning of Aortic Heart Valve Scaffolds, Lee Sierad, Richard Pascal, Agneta Simionescu Dr., and Dan Simionescu Dr.
Application of Elastomeric Polymers for Bladder Regeneration , Srikanth Sivaraman, Jessica Myers, Nicholas Amoroso, William Wagner, Shilpa Sant, and Jiro Nagatomi
Mediated Competition, Comparison, and Connections: How Mobile Interactive Fitness Technologies Alter the Cycling Experience , William R. Smith
Swallow Predation of Fly Pests Around Cattle: Climate Change Asychrony? , Claire Stuyck, Ron Johnson, and William Bridges
Planning bicycle infrastructure based on quickest route method, Olena Tokmylenko
Joint Location and Dispatching Decisions for Emergency Medical Service Systems, Hector H. Toro Diaz, Maria E. Mayorga, and Laura McLay
Clemson GRADS - Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium Program, Clemson University
Group testing models with unknown link function, Dewei Wang, Karunarathna B. Kulasekera, Colin M. Gallagher, and Christopher S. McMahan
Robust Geotechnical Design – A New Design Perspective, Lei Wang, C. Hsein Juang, and Sez Atamturktur
EEGnet: A Web Platform for Collaborative EEG Research, Chad G. Waters, Brian C. Dean, and Jonathan J. Halford MD
Effect of Aging on the Reversibility of Pu(IV) Sorption to Goethite, Jennifer C. Wong, Mavrik Zavarin, James D.C. Begg, Annie B. Kersting, and Brian A. Powell
Sustainable Biofuel Supply Chain Planning and Management under Uncertainty, Fei Xie and Yongxi Huang
Sinusoidal spacers for mitigating concentration polarization in reverse osmosis , Peng Xie and David A. Ladner
The Biggest Bang for the Buck: Valuation of Various Components of a Regional Promotion Campaign by Participating Restaurants , Ran Xie, Olga Isengildina-Massa, and Carlos E. Carpio
Large-scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation with Forward Flux Sampling on Hadoop, Pengfei Xuan, Yueli Zheng, Sapna Sarupria, and Amy Apon
Collegiate Fan Allegiance and Twitter's Role Using the Revised Psychological Continuum Model (PCM): A Case Study of Clemson Men's Basketball Fan, Sukjoon Yoon, Sheila J. Backman, Jimmy Sanderson Dr., Bryan E. Denham Dr., and Gregory Ram Dr.
Continuous measurement of methane production before and after feeding in continuous cultures fed bermudagrass, K. M. Young, J. R. Burgess, C. T. McDonald, and T. C. Jenkins
Securitization, Credit Derivatives and Bank Failure , Danielle Zanzalari
Magnetophoretic Particle & Cell Manipulation In Ferrofluid Flows Using Two Magnets, Jian Zeng