The Faculty Research and Creative Activities Awards encourage excellence among faculty engaged in scholarly research, scientific inquiry, inventive technology, and original artistic activity. This competitive program offers grants for project-related expenses.
Each year, the FRACAA winners are asked to present on their projects at the Research and Creative Activities Poster Day. Some of the projects have data that is still very preliminary, and have chosen not to share their poster beyond the Poster Day. Others are waiting to publish their work and have embargoed their material for a year or two or even longer.
If you are author of any of the posters or presentations below and would like to change the availability, or have something to share from a previous FRACAA award, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu
Posters from 2020
Alternating Connectivity in Random Graphs, Patrick Bennett, Ryan Cushman, and Andrzej Dudek
Winged Messenger: A short film of a multi-media flute performance, Martha Councell-Vargas
The Effect of Hearing Loss and Its Treatment on Fall Risk Indicators, Robin Criter
Textile Patterns & Techniques Transformed by Painting Processes, Cat Crotchett
Examining the Cultural Acceptability of a Child Injury Prevention Program, Amy Damashek, Barbara Morrongiello, and Felicia Diaz
EEG and Skeletal Muscle Oxygenation Responses to a Time to Exhaustion Test on a Cycle Ergometer, Rachel Dykstra, Mara-Paige Rincher, Salvador Robles-Soriano, Michael G. Miller, and Nicholas Hanson
Development System for Intelligent Surgical Box-Trainer Research, Janos Grantner
Immigration, Race, and Religion in a Midwest City: Burmese Christian Refugees in Battle Creek, Chien-Juh Gu
3D Hybrid Metal Printer Sample Product Testing, Pavel Ikonomov
Inactivation of the Catalytic Domain of the UNC-82 Kinase in Striated Muscle in the Nematode C. elegans Causes Dominant Wasting and Death Without Perturbing Muscle Cell Structure or Function, Matthew Kornas, Mohamed Abohajar, Wenceslao Martinez, NaTasha Schiller, and Pamela Hoppe
Is Niagara Falls Fake?, Daniel Macfarlane
Livestock Theft in Jamaica, Christine Moser
Competencies of Certified Nonprofit Professionals, Daniela C. Schroeter and Vickie Edwards
Cellulose-Based Membrane Separator for High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs), Akshit Vaidya, Jie Xiong, Jian Yang, Guanyi Wang, and Qingliu Wu
Agricultural Permanence in Large Asian Cities: A Case Study of Nanjing, China, Gregory Veeck, Charles Emerson, and Erik S. Breidinger
Application of an α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist in the Adult Mammalian Retina Causes Retinal Pigment Epithelium Mediated Neurogenesis and Regeneration in a Murine Glaucoma Model, Sarah E. Webster, N. C. Sklar, M. K. Webster, David M. Linn Jr., and Cindy L. Linn
"The Better Angels of Our Nature": A Western Brass Quintet Recording Project, Robert White
Sculpture Based on Impressiong from China, Patrick Wilson
Posters from 2019
A Comparison of x86 Computer Architecture Simulators, Ayaz Akram and Lina Sawalha
Decade Zero: Works for Instruments & Electronics, Christopher Biggs
No Dark in Sight: Light and the Night it Transforms, Bill Davis
Engineering the Band Gap of New Materials for Optoelectronics, Steve M. Durbin, Robert Makin, Krystal York, N. Senabulya, J. Mathis, R. Clarke, N. Feldberg, P. Miska, L. Williams, C. Jones, E. Kioupakis, T. D. Veal, and R. Reeves
Molecular Phylogenetics and Diversification of South American Darters (Characiformes: Crenuchidae), Kimberly Foster, Nathan K. Lujan, Rebecca M. Everts, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, and Devin D. Bloom
3d Printed Lab on Chips for In Vitro Studies, Muralidhar K. Ghantasala, Piyush Pokharna, Prabhjot Singh, and Elena Rozhkova
Exploring Patterns and Drivers of Acoustic Diversity During the Dawn Chorus, Sharon Gill, Nate Fuller, Kathleen M. Baker, and Maarten J. Vonhof
Design of a Portable Biogas Purification and Storage System, Anikumar Kosna and Bade Shrestha
Compound Defects in High Temperature Superconductors, P. Niraula, E. Bokari, S. Iqbal, K. Waters, M. Smylie, U. Welp, W. K. Kwok, A. Kayani, and Lisa M. Paulius
Climate Change and Invisible Suffering: Transgenerational Impacts of Traumatic Maternal Experiences of Extreme Drought, Bilinda Straight, Charles E. Hilton, Georgiana Onicescu, Belinda Needham, Amy Naugle, Olungah C. Owuor, Yuqian Shen, Stephanie M. Haft, Saman Leseela, Daniel L. Leseela, Celina Jeska, and Caronline Sisina Kelempu
Increasing Self-Regulation for ADL Independence: Feasibility Study and Co-Regulation Curriculum Description, Michelle A. Suarez, Ben Atchison, Elsie Bush, and Marion R. Spear
Insulation Design Optimization of Distribution Transformers, Juan M. Villaneueva Ramirez, Yazid AlKraimeen, and Pablo Gomez
Posters from 2018
Process and Outcome of a Counseling Group for African American Parents, Carla Adkison-Johnson
Energy Harvesting Power for the Smart White Cane, Pnina Ari-Gur
Nightingales and Bombers: Reframing the Sacred and Profane, Karen Bondarchuk
Giving Pattern Dimension: A Study in Encaustic Painting, Cat Crotchett
Climate Change Litigation, Policy and Governance, Denise Keele
Exploring Perspectives on the Transition to Proof in Collegiate Mathematics, Mariana Levin
Mapping Mrs. Dolloway, Adriane Little
A Plant-Derived Zinc-Finger Protein Increases Light Tolerance and Cell Growth in Cyanobacteria, Yan Lu
Virtual Reality Power Chair Simulator for Human Operator Modeling and Tremor Filtering, Rick Meyer
The Activation of CO by B2(NHCR)2: HOMO-LUMO Swap Without Photoinduction, Yirong Mo
Compound Defects in High Temperature Superconductors, Lisa Paulius
Estimation of Lipid Vesicles and Lipoprotein Aggregate Size for Correlation with Critical Properties, James Springstead
The School Connection Program: Strengths, Challenges, and Next Steps, Luchara Wallace
Forms of Bilingualism and Play Across Linguistic Boundaries in Dual Language Classrooms, Kristina Wirtz
Posters from 2017
An Interactive Web-based Tool for Fatigue Analysis and Life Prediction, Daniel Kujawski
Effects of a Historical Story on Student Understanding of NOS and Mendelian Genetics, Cody T. Williams and David W. Rudge
Posters from 2015
Time-Dependent Photoionization Modeling of Gaseous Nebulae, Manuel Bautista, Ehab ElHoussieny, Javier Garcia, and T. R. Kallman
The Effects of Light Exposure on Flight Crew Alertness Levels, Lori Brown
Coal, Snow and Million Dollar Homes: Rural Economic Development via Global Industries in British Columbia, Paul Ciccantell
Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate and Target Diabetes Education, Amy Curtis
On Quantitative Extensions of Ramsey Theory, Andrzej Dudek
Opportunity, Motivation, Exchange, & Member Benefit in Timebank Organizations, Brian Gogan and Leah Omilion-Hodges
(un)Fixing the Eye: William Kentridge and the Making of Post-apartheid South Africa, Andrew Hennlich
Multi-Target Spacecraft Trajectory Design, Jennifer Hudson
Measuring Boron Erosion using Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Electric Propulsion Applications, Kristina Lemmer
The Development of a Workplace Resilience Instrument, Larry Mallak
Toward Off-Grid Production and Processing of Algae for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Remediation, John B. Miller
Coalescence Percussion Duo – ALTERNATIONS, Judy Moonert
Bayesian Network Detection of Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities, Diana Prieto and Milton Rene Soto Ferrari
Comparison of Therapeutic Showering and Usual Care During Labor, Mary Ann Stark
Geochemical Investigation of the Origin of the Back Forty Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit in Menominee County, Michigan, Joyashish Thakurta and Anthony Boxleiter
Environmental Change and the Emergence of New Livestock Production Systems in Central Gansu Province, China, Gregory Veeck
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Influence Parasite Burden in the Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), Maarten Vonhof
Analysis of Vocational Education and Training in Ukraine Since the Soviet Era, Richard Zinser
Posters from 2014
Developing and Testing a Prototype of an Integrated Critical Care Information System (ICCIS), Kuriakose Athappilly
Explorations of Animal Consciousness, Karen Bondarchuk
Gran Danzon: A CD Recording of Flute Music from North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, Martha Councell-Vargas
Jack’s Place, Scott Cowan
Investigating Microbial Biodegradation of Ionic Liquids, Kathryn M. M. Docherty
New Geospatial Approaches in Paleoanthropology, Charles W. (Jay) W. Emerson
Partial Characterization of Two Overlapping Open Reading Frames in the Frog Virus 3 Genome, Karim Essani
Identification of Plague Cellular Targets, John R. R. Geiser
Understanding Signaling Behavior of Songbirds in Noisy Soundscapes, Sharon Gill
Energy Saving Improvements for Industrial Ovens, Claudia Hansford
Parallel Integration of Visual Inputs Evoking Discrete Motor Patterns Leading to coordinated Avoidance Behaviors, John Jellies
Asymmetric Reactions of N-heterocyclic Carbenes Using Green Chemistry Principles, James J. J. Kiddle
Accident Prediction Models for Partial Cloverleaf On-Ramp Loops, Valerian Kwigizile
Don’t Blame the Messenger! Political Advertising, Voter Attributions, and the 2012 Presidential Election, Karen M. Lancendorfer
The Role of Thylakoid Zinc-Finger Proteins in Photosynthesis, Yan Lu
Maize Prices and Unobservable Quality: Evidence from Aflatoxin Tests in Kenya, Christine Moser
Labor and Vulnerability Among Pastoralists in Northern Kenya, Bilinda Straight
Mechanisms of Nucleic Acid Binding by Rotavirus and PWI Motif Proteins, Blair R. R. Szymczyna
The Role of Reagent Gas-Phase Basicity During Supercharging of Proteins, Andre R. Venter
Evaluation of Thin Film Nanotube-Antibody Matrix Materials for Potential Integration into Immunodiagnostic Biosensors, Brian Young
Posters from 2013
HSV in Cervical Cancer, Bruce Bejcek
Language and Memory in Early Medieval Venice (700-1000), Luigi Andrea Berto
Morphometric Analysis of Acetabular Rim Shape Among Ancient Mongolian Pastoralists, Jacqueline T. Eng, Andrew Baker, Pingbo Tang, Shannon Thompson, and Jamie M. Gomez
Local Electric Fields in Proteins and at Interfaces Monitored via Two-Photon Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Ramakrishna Guda
Sweet Memories: Confectionary and History in Japan, Jon Holtzman
Distribution and Prevalence of Keystone Parasite in the Eastern United States, Steven L. Kohler, Elaine R. Cooper, and Michael J. Wiley
Preliminary Results of Two Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Margin Transects: Hypothesis Testing, Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose, Michelle Kominz
Mapping the Lake Michigan Tri-Modal Corridor, David Lemberg
Going with the International Flow--A Foreigner's Experience of Allowing Opportunities to Unfold, Debra Lindstrom
Levels of Fraction Understanding Among Prospective Elementary Teachers, Jane-Jane Lo and Theresa Grant
Molecularly Woven Materials from Metal-Organic Precursors, Gellert Mezei, Jaafar Hachem, Isurika R. Fernando, Natasha R. Wadhwa, and Neil C. Hughes
Electron Transfer in Electrophilic Aromatic Nitration and Nitrosation, Yirong Mo and Zhenhua Chen
Design and Evaluation of Sensors for the Detection of Toxic Organophosphorus and Organoarsenic Compounds, Sherine Obare
Making the New Europe: Czech Historical Writing from the 15th to 17th Centuries, James Palmitessa