Journal of Undergraduate Research

Office of Science
US Department of Energy
Volume VIII, 2008

Front Section (pdf)

A Message from the Under Secretary for Science

Journal Editors

Technical Review Board

A Note from the Editor:
MENTORSHIP: THE EDUCATION-RESEARCH CONTINUUM

About the Cover

Selected Student Papers

Extension of the Inverse Adding-Doubling Method to the Measurement of Wavelength-Dependent Absorption andScattering Coefficients of Biological Samples
Marcus S. Allegood and Justin S. Baba

Analysis of X-Ray Spectra Emitted from the VENUS ECRIon Source
Janilee Benitez, Daniela Leitner

Hydrogen Production by the Cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum: Effects of Initial Nitrate Concentration, Light Intensity, and Inhibition of Photosystem II by DCMU
Blaine Carter and Michael Huesemann

Characterizing Surface Layers in Nitinol using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Rebecca Christopfel and Apurva Mehta

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Yb3+-Doped Optical Fibers
Robert Citron and A.J. Kropft

Zirconium Oxide Nanostructures Prepared by Anodic Oxidation
Ying Yi Dang, M.S. Bhuiyan, and M. Parans Paranthaman

Simulation of Neutron Backgrounds from the ILC Extraction Line Beam Dump
Siva Darbha, Lewis Keller, and Takashi Maruyama

Characterization of a Mobile Oscillatory Fatigue Operator for Wind Turbine Blade Testing
Pearl E. Donohoo and Jason Cotrell

Large Scale Production, Purifi cation, and 65Cu Solid State NMR of Azurin
Amy Gao and Robert W. Heck

Ultraviolet Induced Motion of a Fluorescent Dust Cloud in an Argon Direct Current Glow Discharge Plasma
Michael George Hvasta and Andrew Zwicker

Plateauing Cosmic Ray Detectors to Achieve Optimum Operating Voltage
Elissa N. Knoff and Robert S. Peterson

Studies of a Free Electron Laser Driven by a Laser-Plasma Accelerator
Andrea Montgomery, Carl Schroeder, and William Fawley

Inkjet Printing of Nickel and Silver Metal Solar Cell Contacts
Robert Pasquarelli, Calvin Curtis, and Maikel Van Hest

The Surface-Mediated Unfolding Kinetics of Globular Proteins is Dependent on Molecular Weight and Temperature
Alexander N. Patananan and Steven C. Goheen

Expression, Purification, and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering of DNA Replication and Repair Proteins from the Hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus
Stephanie M. Patterson, J. Robert Hatherill, Michal Hammel, Greg L. Hura, John A. Tainer, and Steven M. Yannone

Roughness Analysis of Variously Polished Niobium Surfaces
Guilhem Ribeill and Charles Reece

Reviving and Upgrading of the eP Device
Idaykis Rodriguez and Douglas W. Higinbotham

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Emissions under FTP and US06 Cycles at High, Ambient, and Low Temperatures
Matthew R. Seidman and Tony Markel

Flocking-Based Document Clustering on the Graphics Processing Unit
Jesse St. Charles, Robert M. Patton, Thomas E. Potok, and Xiaohui Cui

Measurements of High-Field THz Induced Photocurrents in Semiconductors
Michael Wiczer and Aaron Lindenberg

Stratigraphic Control on CCl4 and CHCl3 Concentrations in the 200 West Area, Hanford Site
Kelsey Winsor and George V. Last

Student Abstracts

Biology p151
Chemistry p163
Computer Science p175
Engineering p187
Environmental Science p207
General Sciences p219
Material Sciences p220
Medical and Health Sciences p230
Nuclear Sciences p235
Physics p239
Science Policy p259
Waste Management p261

Participating National Laboratories

Ames Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Fermi Accelerator Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Index of Authors
Index of Schools

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