UTK Undergraduates Present Summer Research at ORNL Poster Session

Since 1946, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has supported academic education by offering opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postgraduates to conduct research at its unique state-of-the-art facilities. Research presented at the 2011 poster session was conducted through the following programs:

DOE Community College Institute
Department of Homeland Security
DOE faculty and Student Teams
Higher Education Research Experience
Nuclear Engineering Student Laboratory Synthesis
Research Alliance in Math and Science
DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
Volkswagen

Thirty-three students from the University of Tennessee, listed below, participated in the poster session. Many have shared their posters or abstracts here for your convenience. For more information on future research opportunities at ORNL, please visit http://see.orau.org/.

Meredith Boehm Project: Redesigning the FLUXNET Web Site to Enhance the User Experience Mentor: Robert Cook	Austin Bow Project: Exploration of 3D Ditigal Image System in High Rate Tensile Tests Mentor: Donald Erdman
Christopher Bowland Project: Preparation and Characterization of Polyethylene Fiber for Catbon Fiber Production Mentor: Amit Naskar	Braden Brown Project: Multi-pellet Thermal Calculation Mentor: Matthew Blackston
Wes Brummette Project: Conceptual Design of an ORNL Biomass Farm Central Operations Area Mentor: Erin Web	Emily Buckman Project: Computer-Aided Analysis of Nanoparticle Aggregates in TEM Photomicrographs Mentor: Teresa Baron
John Buerhaus Project: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Civilian, Coalition, and Enemy deaths in Afghanistan Mentor: Richard Medina	Chelsea Burnham Project: Radium-228 Separation and Thorium-229 Production Mentor: Rose Boll
Richard Logan Colbert Project: Support of D&D Operations in the ORNL Central Campus Mentor: Tom Conley	Dominic DePaoli Project: Simulink Cruise Control Model Mentor: David Smith
Evan Downing Project: Multivariate Visualizations Using Protovis Graphical Toolkit Mentor: David Resseguie	Nora Dunkirk Project: ORNL Investments in Laboratory Directed Research and Development Mentor: Jessy Labbe
Cole Gentry Project: Application of Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuels for Transuranic Waste Recycling Mentor: Jess Gehin	Nathan George Project: Uranium-Based Fully Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated Particle Fuel in Light Water Reactors Mentor: K. Terrani
Davis Hu Project: The Effect of Substituent Side Chain Length and Solvent Induced Transformations Mentor: Ilia Ivanov	Timothy Jackson Project: Photon-based Methods for Non-Destructive Assay of Spent Nuclear Fuel Mentor: Cathy Romano
Matthew Jones Project: Interaction of 2, 4, 6 - Trinitrotoluene with Organic Material, Clay Minerals, and Organic Material-Clay Mentor: Melanie Mayes	Andrew Kaminsky Project: Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of a Proposed SNS Second Target Station Mentor: Ashraf Abdou
Cary Kuliasha Project: The Effect of Creep and Compressive Deformation on the Transport Properties of Bismuth Telluride Mentor: Edgar Lara-Curzio	Aaron Mishtal Project: Automated Generation of Honey Tokens to Curtail Damage from Insider Threats Mentor: Craig Shue
James Mulkey Jr. Project: Design and Construction of Neutron Spin Flipper Mentor: Yoon Kang	Phillip Pardue Project: Continuing Applied Research for Condition Based Maintenance of the Light Armored Vehicle Mentor: Cyrus Smith
Aaron Phillippe Project: Validation of the AMP Code Mentor: Kevin Clarno	Susan Reid Project: The Effects of Cmaping Pressure on Fuel Cell Performance Mentor: Todd Toops
Robert Rogers Project: Analysis of Inertial Measurement Units for Use in Mobile Gait Project Mentor: John Mueller	Katherine Rush Project: Expression, Purification and Solubility Optimization of the Hg(II) - specific Transcriptional Regulator MerR Mentor: Alex Johs
Elizabeth Sherrill Project: Semi-Automated Data Extraction and Analysis for Medical Data Mentor: Barbara Beckerman	Curtis Taylor Project: Using Domain Name System to Thwart Automated Client-Based Attacks Mentor: Craig Shue
Allison Toth Project: Summer Seminar Series Mentor: Alna Zhernosek	Spenser Walsh Project: Reactor Production of 63Ni via Neutron Capture on Highly Enriched 62Ni Mentor: Rose Boll
Michael Wilson Project: Load Measurement Using Strain Gages in High-Rate Tensile Testing Mentor: Donald Erdman	Stephen Wood Project: Shock Driven Fluid Structure Interaction for Civil Design Mentor: Ralf Deiterding
Tim Younkin Project:Emission Spectroscopy of RF Helicon Heated Plasmas Mentor: Ted Biewer