Past Research Projects Funded by the NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium and EPSCoR Program

Faculty Research

Bingen, Jan – Native IMAGE/NASA: Promoting Earth Science Research Opportunities on The Winnebago Reservation

Dasgupta, Prithviraj (Raj) - Multi-Agent Swarmed Space Exploration System

Video - demonstration of prototype software

Duda, Gintaras – Prompt Muon and Neutrinoflux from High Energy Cosmic Ray Showers and Backgrounds at Neutrino Telescopes

At present there are three origins for high energy neutrinos which might be observed in neutrino telescopes: 1) conventional atmospheric neutrinos which arise in cosmic ray showers through the decay of particles such as pions and kaons, 2) prompt atmospheric neutrinos which arise from the decay of charmed particles in cosmic ray showers, and 3) extra-galactic or astrophysical neutrinos, which are of chief interest. Of the three, only conventional neutrinos have been experimentally detected (in the sub GeV-TeV energy range), and their flux is known only to 15-20%. At energies of interest to neutrino telescopes, typically 1-100 TeV, the prompt neutrino flux is the major source of this uncertainty. Thus theoretical calculations of the flux of atmospheric neutrinos (prompt in particular) are crucial. Several calculations of the prompt neutrino flux have been performed; however, estimates are highly uncertain and differ by at least two orders of magnitude. This work proposes to improve the calculations of the prompt neutrino flux through numerical simulations incorporating for the first time an angular dependence to the flux. This angular dependence will be used to separate the fluxes of prompt and conventional cosmic ray products in under-water or under-ice neutrino telescopes in order to more completely understand the atmospheric neutrino background.

Jones, Erick – GEN2 RFID Technology: Inventory Control Aboard the ISS?

The travel grant awarded to the UNL IMSE is to allow students to learn, present, and acquire understanding of RFID technologies in transportation areas. This grant supports the travel of three students to the national Institute of Industrial Engineers conferences which provides research and practitioners knowledge in engineering for such industries as healthcare, logistics, and aerospace. The goal is for these students to present research in RFID and intelligent transportation and to attain education and understanding in other related areas.

Rasmussen, Natalie – Variability in Inbred Strains on Mice

Vasudevan, Raghavan & Gogos, George – Effect of Non-Luminous Flame Radiation During Methanol Droplet Combustion

Zhang, Zhaoyan, Su, Zhenbi, & Gogos, George – Experimental Investigating of a Novel Blast Wave Mitigation Device

 

Student Research

Anit, Jennifer – Hands-On Experiments: Improving Chemistry for Non-Science Majors

Balmat, Jennifer – Quarternary Landscape Evolution and the Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Site on Northwestern Nebraska, USA

Bell, Ross – Multi-Agent Swarmed Space Exploration System (MASSES)

Campbell, John – NASA Satellite Inventory for Water Resource Development

Cleveland, Alica – Influence of Estrogen Receptor α on Ptgs2 Expression in the Apc Min mouse

Davis, Natalie – Cataloging indigenous Plants of the Winnebago Indian Reservation, Winnebago, Nebraska

Kane, Jennifer – One-Dimensional Necklace of Metal Nanoparticles that Exhibits Coulomb Blockade at Room Temperature

Kirkegaard, Keian – Design, Construction, and Testing of a Portable Anechoic Chamber

Lehman, Amy – Miniature In Vivo Robot for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

May, Tiffany – Creation of a GPS Workshop at Northeast Community College

McClean, Amy – Sustainability of Small Aircraft Transportation System

Miller, David – Intelligent Tool for Emergency Surgical Treatment During Payload-Critical Missions

Myers, Sara – Gait Adaptations in Persons Experiencing Claudication

Packard, Ann – Carbohydrate Absorption Through the oral Mucosa

Parker, Tamara – Utilizing Technology to Promote and Preserve Native American Culture on the Winnebago Reservation

Polly, Benjamin – Characterizing Bone Fragility by Nanoindentation

Price, Jameca – Community Diabetes Health Practices Survey Tool

Reifenberger, George – Model Independent Form Factors for Spin Independent Neutralinonucleon Scattering

Rounds, Luisa – Blood Conservation: A Literature Review of Bloodless Interventions

Rust, Renae – Effect of Contests on Timing of Adjustment of Offspring Number and Size

Ryland, Kimberly – Design and Development of a Novel Infant Surgical Table for 4-DIF Patient Manipulation

Sharma, Shuchi – Degradation of Magnesium Fluoride AR Coating in Simulated Low Earth Orbit Conditions Using Electron Cyclotron Resonance System

Steele, Mark – In-Situ and Remote Sensing for Non-Destructive Estimation of Leaf Chlorophyll and Anthocyanin Contents in Grape Leaves

Turner, Ryan - Utilizing Technology to Promote and Preserve Native American Culture on the Winnebago Reservation

Widhelm, Todd – The Parmotrema Perforatum Group: A New Look at and Old Problem in Linchen Taxonomy

Wood, Nathan – Kinematic Design, Analysis, and Simulations of In Vivo Robot for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery