Archived Journal of Undergraduate Research

An online interdisciplinary publication of Minnesota State University, Mankato


Volume 1 (2001)    Volume 2 (2002)    Volume 3 (2003)    Volume 4 (2004)    Volume 5 (2005)


Volume 5 (2005)

Articles

An Ethnographic Study Of The Communication Practices Of A Recovering Alcoholic During The First Month Of Sobriety
Author: Lianna Erickson
Dept: Speech Communications

Appyling Early Existential Critiques To Contemporary Themes In American Culture
Authors: Erik S. Berquist and Derek J. Skillings
Dept: Philosophy and Open Studies

Bird Keeping And Lung Cancer
Authors: Andrew Tackmann, Jonathan Hellman and Jamie Johnson
Dept: Mathematics and Statistics

Campus Paper Waste
Author: Joshua E. Randall
Dept: Speech Communication

Communication Apprehension And Its Relationship To Gender And College Year
Authors: Jodi Frantz, Amber Marlow and Jennifer Wathen
Dept: Huntington College

Comparative Analysis Of Urban Design And Criminal Behavior: A Study Of New Urbanism And Defensible Space As They Pertain To Crime
Author: Afton Enger
Dept: Urban And Regional Studies

Designing An Articulation-Agreement Database For The College Of Science And Engineering And Technology Advising Center
Authors: Stephanie Fasen, Susan Hendley, Tim Pham and Danish Zaman.
Depts: Electrical And Computer Engineering And Technology, English, Computer And Information Sciences and Computer And Information Sciences

Disraeli, Gladstone, And The Reform Act Of 1867
Author: Justin Vossen
Dept: History

Effects Of Brownian Motion On The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Authors: Eric Ehler and Aaron Hanson
Dept: Physics

Gendered Construction Of The Female Identity
Author: Julie L. Lemley
Dept: English And Speech Communications

Identification Of Soybean Lipoxygenase Products By Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Gc-Ms)
Author: Rehan Ahmad Malik
Dept: Biochemistry

Martin Luther Stands In History As A Leader Of The Protestant Reformation
Author: Nickie Kranz
Dept: English

Moving On
Authors: Marissa Hansen - For The Love Of God
Jake Hjelmtveit - 8:01 p.m.
Eric Hoffheiser - View From Ubehebe Peak
Eric Hoffheiser- How To Get Rid Of Sorrow
Dept: English

Popular Agitation And British Parliamentary Reform, 1866-1867
Author: Michael D. Snell-Feikema
Dept: History

Risk Factors Of Suicidal Phenomenon: Prevention And Intervention
Author: Lisa M. Meyer
Dept: Open Studies: Counseling, Alcohol And Drug Studies, And Sociology

Search For The Causative Organism Of Waterfowl Deaths At Lake Onalaska
Author: Derek Skillings
Dept: Open Studies

The Differences Between The Public And Private School Systems In Cuenca, Ecuador
Author: Rachel Goodloe
Dept: French And Spanish Education

The Divisions Of The Works Progress Administration (WPA) And Their Various Influence On Various Art Forms
Author: Kari Appel
Dept: Theatre And Dance

The Effects Of Minimalism/Indeterminacy On The Merce Cunningham And John Cage Collaboration
Author: Janelle M. Morrison
Dept: Dance And Music Education

Where Have All The Women Gone: Trafficking On Women, A Global Problem
Author: Kristeen L. Giese
Dept: Sociology

Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard And The Unspeakable
Author: Joseph C Mohrfeld
Dept: Philosophy

Editorial Staff

Volume 4 (2004)

Articles

A Burkian Pentadic Analysis of MSU Riot Narratives
Author: Joseph Mohrfeld
Dept: Speech Communications
Faculty Mentor: James Dimock

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SMALL-SCALE BIODIESEL PRODUCTION: Implementation of Ethyl Ester Production in a Job Shop Setting
Authors: Scott Haase, Benjamin Craig
Dept: Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Faculty Mentor: Ann Goebel

Comparison Of Optimization Techniques In Large Scale Transportation Problems
Author: Tapojit Kumar
Dept: Computer and Information Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Susan M. Schilling

Comparison of sequence alignment algorithms
Author: Tejas Gandhi
Dept: Computer Science
Faculty Mentors: Christophe Veltsos, Timothy Secott

Correlation Between Health And Stress
Author: Hang Wu
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Edison Perdomo

Distinguishing Observed Inattentive Behaviors In The College Classroom As They Correlate To Brain Wave Activity Utilizing A Wireless Electroencephalograph
Authors: Christopher J. Aura and Matthew R. Stanton
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Edison Perdomo

Effects Of Race On Attractiveness Ratings And Individual's Physical Attractiveness Stereotype
Author: Aaron Karst
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Edison Perdomo

Histological Evaluation Of The Cryo-Destruction Of The Zona Glomerulosa (Outermost Layer) Of The Adrenal Cortex
Authors: Huda Ahmed and Jonida Pone
Dept: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Penny Knoblich

Investigating Changing Moral Boundaries Through Tattooing
Author: Nikolas L. Proehl
Dept: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Tom Schmid

Losing Innocence
Author: Amanda Nigon
Dept: English
Faculty Mentor: Richard Robbins

Nisin Resistance Of Bacillus Cerus: Preparation Of Nisin
Author:Peter Weber
Dept: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Dorothy Wrigley

Performance Sculpture-- An Exploratory Collaboration Between Sculpture And Dance
Authors:Cesia G. Kearns
Dept: Art
Faculty Mentors: Thomas Bliese and James Johnson

Political Attitudes Towards The Bush Administration By Ethnic And Racial Groups
Authors:Amber Elzen, Mai Inoue and Julianna Koomen
Dept: Ethnic Studies
Faculty Mentor: Yueh-Ting Lee

Spatial Intelligence And the Ability to Comprehend And Execute Textual/Graphical Instructions
Author:Anthony Wacholtz
Dept: Technical Communication
Faculty Mentor: David Engen

The Innate Immune Response In Eisenia Fetida To Microbial Challenges
Author:Aaron Schindler
Dept: Biological Science
Faculty Mentor: Dorothy Wrigley

William Blake: The Misunderstood Artist Of The 19th Century
Author:Jeannie Campe
Dept: English/French
Faculty Mentor: Mary Susan Johnston

Wireless Location Determination: Using Existing 802.11 Wireless Networks To Determine A User's Location
Author:Travis Calvert
Dept: Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Case

Editorial Staff

Volume 3 (2003)

Articles

Boredom Proneness and its Relation to Repetitive Behavior
Author: Jessica M Wurdak
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Edison Perdomo

Chromosome Counts for Packera paupercula Variety Gypsophila
Author: Chad Larson
Dept: Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Alison Mahoney

Consolidating democracy or stopping at polyarchy? An evaluation of the Chamorro administration in Nicaragua (1990-1997)
Author: Roland D. McKay
Dept: Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Thomas Schierholz

Effects of Popular Music on Memorization Tasks
Authors: Kristin Sandberg and Sarah Harmon
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Rosemary Krawczyk

Health Risks Caused By Wireless Technologies
Authors: DurreShahwar ZafarAhmed and Qurrat-ul-Ain ZafarAhmed
Dept: Management
Faculty Mentor: Rakesh Kawatra

Inferences in Log-Rate Models
Authors: Herbert C. Heien and William A. Baumann
Dept: Mathematics/Statistics
Faculty Mentor: Mezbahur Rahman

Possible Psychological Effects of Ultrasound Scanning on Women
Author: Hang Wu
Dept: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Lee S. Tesdell

RAD CAR: Restructuring of the chassis and body
Authors: Chris Hadfield and Dale LaRue
Dept: Automotive Engineering Technology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bruce Jones

The Effects of Room Color on Stress Perception: Red Versus Green Environments
Author: Teresa M. Kutchma
Dept: Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Edison Perdomo

Using Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Behavior
Authors: Gretchen Walker and Amy Posner
Dept: Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services
Faculty Mentor: James B. Wise

Editorial Staff

Volume 2 (2002)

Articles

Project Close at Hand: Addressing Homelessness through Community Engagement
Author: Kristin Wibben
Dept: Urban and Regional Studies
Faculty Mentor: Janet Cherrington

Wireless Data Logger
Author: Eric Holland
Dept: Electrical & Computer Engineering & Technology
Faculty Mentor: William Hudson

Editorial Staff

Volume 1 (2001)

Articles

A Rhetorical Analysis of the Rethinking AIDS Website
Author: Jennifer Dettmann
Dept: Speech Communication
Faculty Mentor: Daniel Cronn-Mills

MSU Students’ Use of the MSU Web Site
Author: Kristin Ruder
Dept: English
Faculty Mentor: Roland Nord

MSU Xtreme: Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Entry into the “Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2001”
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Authors: Scott Betcher, Allen Caldwell, Nathan Lindeman, Brian Mandelkow, Dave Maniak, Randy Rohlf, James Skuya, Dennis Swanson, Aaron Wolff (Senior Team Members); Mark Brandl, Dan Dobesh, Ryan Erickson, Jeff Gillen, Jan Smith, Jason Wilkie (Underclass Team Members); Dr. Bruce Jones, Kirk Ready (Faculty Advisors); Jesse [W.] Olson (Assistant Advisor).
Dept: Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Kirk S. Ready

Production of Complex/Compounds Sentences in the Spontaneous Speech of Typically Developing Children and Children with Williams Syndrome
Author: Maureen Boyle
Dept: Speech, Hearing and Rehabilitation Services
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Hargrove

Editorial Staff

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