{"title":"Automated Detection and Characterization of Mesocyclones in X-band Radar Observations","authors":"Raychel E. Nelson","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1498","url":null,"abstract":"Purdue University is about 70 km from the nearest National Weather Service WSR-88D radar in Indianapolis, Indiana. When combined with the curvature of Earth and variations in atmospheric density, this distance corresponds to a beam height greater than 1 km above ground level, with little to no observation of the lower atmosphere over campus. This is a problem because the meteorological phenomena that pose the largest threats to life and property (e.g, tornadoes, microbursts) develop at these low altitudes.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87482202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interface Engineering to Kinetically Trap the Photovoltaic Crystal Phase of Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite","authors":"Yiyuan Zhang","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85521760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Justice in the Teacher Education Program Curriculum","authors":"J. Pirrello","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1506","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84767446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Out of the Box: An Inside Look at the JPUR Publication Process","authors":"E. Edwards","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1534","url":null,"abstract":"texts were collected from JPUR snapshots and articles from JPUR volume 10 (2020), articles from the Indiana Journal of Undergraduate Research (IUJUR) volume VI (2020), and oral presentations from the Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) spring 2020 FIGURE 2. Student authors receive support from a variety of stakeholders and involved campus groups to assist them in developing a final publication.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76446923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Asian and Asian American Communities: Persistent History, Collective Resistance, and Intersectional Solidarity","authors":"Serena Chang, Te-Yung Chang, Tiffany Nguyen, Nimisha Prasad","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1527","url":null,"abstract":"Th e impact of the COVID19 global pandemic to American communities extends beyond physical health problems to include political, economic, education, business, mental health, and social relation impacts. Th is essay, based on a summer and fall 2020 placebased research project collaboration between Purdue Honors College students and the Purdue Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center , examines impacts of the COVID19 pandemic to the Asian and Asian American communities. Th e research asks what the impacts of COVID19 are to Asian/American communities, how COVID19 antiAsian racism is unique or not unique, how the Asian American communities have collectively responded to the racism connected to the pandemic, and how Asian American communities displayed solidarity with other communities during this diffi cult time in public health and racial justice. Th e essay connects extensive media and archival research to detail COVID19 impacts in the areas of health and wellness, job security, and social/racial justice. Th e essay then documents the persistent history of stereotyping and racism to Asian/American communities particularly in the midst of larger changes in political, national security, or public health situations. Th e next part of the essay provides an analysis of the rising number of reporting centers utilizing diff erent platforms to counter the experience of racism. Finally, with the tragic deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd that sparked forms of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, the essay examines specifi c online and offl ine eff orts in regard to Asian and Asian American solidarity.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73935318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining Early Language and Communication Skills in Children at Elevated Risk for Developmental Delays","authors":"Taylor Watters","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1509","url":null,"abstract":"It is important to monitor early language development in children at risk for delays in order to create targeted interventions to best support children’s potential. Previous research demonstrates that children with family histories of developmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at elevated risk for language/communication difficulties. The present study expands our understanding of language concerns in toddlers at risk by examining whether early communication difficulties are present as a function of developmental/contextual risk.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74088901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clarisse Zigan, Carl Russell, Kirsten Wozniak, Kshaunish Soni
{"title":"A Review of Mobile Apps for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients","authors":"Clarisse Zigan, Carl Russell, Kirsten Wozniak, Kshaunish Soni","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1493","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81501697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to Recruitment of Racial Minorities into STEM","authors":"Kayla Reidenbach, N. Dadzie","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1499","url":null,"abstract":"Diverse populations are underserved by health care and underrepresented in STEM professions overall, specifically in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Minorities who are members and affiliates of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) only represent 8.3% of the over 200,000 members (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, “Profile of ASHA members and affiliates, year-end 2019,” 2020, www.asha.org). N. Dadzie and N. Gurevich, (2019) “Barriers to recruitment of racial minorities into communication disorders,” 2019, surveyed undergraduate students across several Indiana campuses and found that minority students are more likely than white students to prefer having their race/ethnicity represented in their chosen jobs. Dadzie and Gurevich found that the lack of diversity in the field perpetuates itself. Minority students who are underrepresented in a field are therefore less likely to select that field.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85739401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowing the World through Mathematics: The Interconnections between Social Justice and Mathematics for Preservice Mathematics Teachers","authors":"Gabrielle Gagnon","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1504","url":null,"abstract":"Recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and protests in response to racialized policing practices in the United States have highlighted the need for teachers to facilitate and engage students in explorations of social justice. A case study of 11 prospective mathematics teachers (PMTs) participating in Knowing the World through Mathematics (KWM), a three-credit quantitative reasoning course centered on social justice mathematics, was conducted to determine how KWM supports PMTs’ mathematics identity development. The 11 PMTs’ weekly reflection prompts, course assignments, and preand postcourse questionnaire responses were thematically analyzed, and prominent themes were identified about their beliefs of themselves in relation to the larger mathematics community. Prominent themes included PMTs’ sharing that KWM was eye-opening to both social justice issues and new uses of mathematics, their impartial perspectives of mathematics, and a renewed urgency for taking action to teach mathematics for social justice. Throughout KWM, PMTs engaged with social justice issues while utilizing mathematics as a tool or resource to uncover social injustices. Further, PMTs suggested that mathematics can be conceptualized using different methods, specifically through social justice topics, making mathematics relevant and interesting to all students. Results indicate that KWM, alongside other equityand social justice–focused courses, will continue to be a valuable experience for PMTs to build on in their future classrooms to further expand and spread awareness to students about the powerful connection between mathematics and social justice.","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78661351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Projected Versus Actual On-Campus Student Enrollment during the COVID-19 Pandemic for Fall 2020 at Purdue University: A Quantitative Analysis of Purdue Office of Enrollment Management Data","authors":"Max Bebekoski","doi":"10.7771/2158-4052.1497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30386,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86229320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}