IUPUI Research Day 2011

 

Recent Submissions

  • Rubchinsky, L.L.; Park, C.; Worth, R.M. (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Recent studies indicate that patterns of oscillatory synchronous activity in Basal Ganglia (BG) may be relevant to BG physiology and disorders, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Oscillations in BG, in particular, in ...
  • Cai, Hongyuan; Zheng, Jiang Yu (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Omni-directional video records complete visual information along a route. Though replaying an omni-video presents reality, it requires significant amount of memory and communication bandwidth. This work extracts distinct ...
  • Lai, Xianyin; Fang, Meixian; Fears, Sharry; Mitra, Somenath; Ringham, Heather; Witzmann, Frank A. (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    “Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess unique electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties, with potential applications in the electronics, catalysts, polymer composites, aerospace, and other industries. CNTs are also being ...
  • Redelman, Carly; Hudson, Scott (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    The Purdue School of Science Biology Department at IUPUI is a diverse department representing many different biological disciplines, including regenerative, developmental and cellular biology, biochemistry, immunology, ...
  • Dovzhenok, Andrei; Rubchinsky, Leonid (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Even though much is known about the biophysics, anatomy and physiology of basal ganglia networks, the cellular and network basis of parkinsonian tremor remains an open question. Multiple experimental data suggest that the ...
  • Pike, Lynn (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    To use photography to better understand the following concerning the "guests" at a churchbased soup kitchen in Indianapolis. One year was spent exploring how to use researcherproduced photos of soup kitchen "guests":*to ...
  • Mello, William J.; Quiero -Tajalli, Irene (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Working class movements for social justice, such as Argentina’s Piqueteiro movement and Brazil’s Landless Peasant Movement (MST) have become permanent aspects of Latin American society. One of the most significant aspects ...
  • Petrache, Horia (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    In our Biomembrane Physics laboratory in the Physics Department at IUPUI, we use a number of experimental methods to determine the physical properties of biological membranes. These methods include X-ray scattering, NMR ...
  • Pfeifer, David (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    This poster will have images of recent volumes published by the critical editions being edited by the Institute for American Thought. Information will tell how long the critical editions have been in existence, how much ...
  • Nalim, M. Razi (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Wave Rotor Combustor Aerothermodynamic Design and Model Validation based on Initial Testing. Tests of combustion in a wave-rotor constant-volume combustor (WRCVC) provided a demonstration of the potential of pressure-gain ...
  • McGuire, Lisa (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    poThe Indiana University School of Social Work (IUSSW) has continued a partnership with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) since 2001, providing Master/Bachelor's level education and pre-service training for ...
  • Mushi-Brunt, Christina; Virgil, Kisha; Agbonhese, Joy (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Despite large-scale, nationwide health promotion efforts, researchers continue to report socioeconomic and racial disparities in the prevalence of chronic disease, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and ...
  • El-Mounayri, Hazim; Witzmann, Frank; Agarwal, Mangilal; Naumann, Christoph; Rizkalla, Maher; Decca, Ricardo (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute (INDI) has been recognized and sponsored as a center under the IUPUI Signature Centers Initiative (SCI). INDI is a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to micro/nanoscale systems ...
  • Olaopa, Michael; Chikaraishi, Dona M.; Snider, Paige; Zhou, Hong-Ming; Conway, Simon J. (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur in approximately one percent of births every year (American Heart Association, 2008). This makes it the most frequently occurring congenital defect in humans. My research is aimed at ...
  • Martinez Mier, EA; Stelzner, SM; Soto-Rojas, EA (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    The Binational/Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center (BiCCHEC) fosters multidisciplinary research collaborations that address the biological, cultural, historical, legal, behavioral and demographic issues that impact ...
  • Miranda, Jose H. (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Eyes are one of the most important sensors for human beings to know the world. Unfortunately, people who are blind are detached from this capability. The focus of this research is to design a device containing an imaging ...
  • Nguyen, Anne; Shekhar, Anantha; Flockhart, David (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    The Indiana Biobank (IB) was established in July 2010 as a conduit in the new era of personalized medicine to serve the needs of the Indiana research communities and to make an impact on Hoosier health. The overall objective ...
  • MacDorman, Karl F.; Ho, Chin-Chang; Lu, Amy S.; Mitchell, Wade J.; Patel, Himalaya; Srinivas, Preethi; Schermerhorn, Paul W.; Scheutz, Matthias (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    Humanoid robots and computer-generated humans can elicit responses that people usually direct toward each other. As a result these humanlike entities may stand in for human actors during experiment-driven research in the ...
  • McDaniel, Anna M.; Carlini, Beatriz H.; Stratton, Renée M.; Cerutti, Barbara; Monahan, Patrick O.; Stump, Timothy E.; Kauffman, Ross M.; Zbikowski, Susan M. (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    This study is part of a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of interactive voice response (IVR) technology for enhancing existing quitline services (Free & Clear’s Quit for Life® program) to prevent smoking ...
  • March, Keith; Murphy, Michael; Petrache, Irina; Evans-Molina, Carmella; Traktuev, Dmitry; Johnstone, Brian; Clauss, Matthias; Hong, Soonjun; Gangaraju, Rajashekhar; Saadatzadeh, M. Reza; Schweitzer, Kelly; Rosen, Elliot; Farag, Sherif; Du, Yansheng; Chen, Peng-Sheng (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08)
    The mission of the Vascular and Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Therapy Center (VC-CAST) is the discovery and clinical translation of therapies involving transplantation of adult stem cells into patients with debilitating diseases. ...

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