SD EPSCoR News

Impacts of Prairie Management on Insect Biodiversity — 31p — Emma Nelson, William Davis, Diane Roeder Insects are effective bioindicators of ecosystem health because of the diversity of habitats and ecological roles they inhabit. Insect […]

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes — 30p — Lida Najmi Due to their enhanced properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are increasingly used in various industrial sectors. Specifically, the thermal conductivity […]

Iterative Knowledge Distillation: Teacher-Student LLM Framework for Response Generation and Adaptive Training — 29p — Nagraj Naidu, Laxmi Manasa Gorugant Efficient knowledge transfer between large language models (LLMs) remains a critical challenge in machine learning due […]

The Investigation of Black Carbon in Freshwater Ecotoxicology — 28p — McKinnely Mull,  Paula Mazzer, Hannah Hamontree, Patrick Hatcher Black carbon refers to a family of compounds that are produced by the partial combustion of […]

Immunoaffinity Purification of Acinetobacter baumannii Antigen(s) That Potentially Induce Multiple Sclerosis — 27p — Kelsey Morrison, Cane Schmitt, Dr. Chun Wu Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease disorder in which the body’s immune system […]

Effects of Sleep Hygiene Education on Adults Ages 50-80 — 26p — Natalie Moose-Elkin, Olivia Schaefers and Kalla Bertram This study is investigating how to improve sleep in older adults aged 50-80, as well as […]

Investigating the Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning on 500-Yard Swimming Performance — 25p — Meesha Montgomery, Hailey Scholten PURPOSE: Swimming is a globally popular sport, with races often decided by mere hundredths of a second, making […]

Characterizing Historical Piano Wire — 24p — Mallory Moats, Arian Sheets Piano wire, or string, plays a key role in the musical sound of a piano. However, these wires are also apt to break, meaning […]

Melatonin Exerts Protective Effects in RPE-1 Cells via Wnt — 23p — Devin Messer, Abigail Goebel, Abigail Renner The Wnt Signaling pathway is a critical biochemical pathway that plays pivotal roles in cell growth, differentiation, […]

Processing, and Characterization of Alginate Tubes — 91p — Logan Merriam, Logan Merriam, Laura Brunmaier, Arushi Thatola, Izzy Grinager, Abigail Flanegan, Kara Huse, Travis Walker Alginate is a naturally occurring polysaccharide derived from brown algae, […]