Undergraduate Research University of Central Florida

1. Undergraduate Research University of Central Florida Kimberly Schneider, Ph.D. Director, Office of Undergraduate Research

3. Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) • Mission: • Strengthen and enrich the undergraduate research climate at UCF • www.OUR.ucf.edu

4. What is Research at UCF? • Inquiring to discover NEW information • Slight Differences Between Disciplines*: • Sciences  Test predictions from hypotheses to generate NEWinformation • Humanities  Synthesis of knowledge to create NEW ideas • Fine Arts  Creation of NEW works and techniques from existing models *This is not an inclusive list

6. Opportunities Office of Undergraduate Research • Workshops (500 attendees) • Summer Research Academy • Travel Awards(55 students) • Student Research Grants(23 students) • Engagement in Undergraduate Research Symposium (73 faculty from 14 institutions) • Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (310 students presenting 226 posters) • Undergraduate Research Journal (19 manuscripts submitted, 8 published)

7. Opportunities • Workshops (500 attendees) • Summer Research Academy • Travel Awards(55 students) • Florida, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Colorado, California, Oregon, Montana, Georgia, Delaware, North Carolina, Oklahoma, CROATIA

8. Opportunities • Workshops (500 attendees) • Summer Research Academy • Travel Awards(55 students) • Student Research Grants(23 students) • Shelter Environment for Homeless Fathers Caring for Children • Assessing Community Attitudes Abut Cultural Heritage Tourism in Red Bays, Andros Island, Bahamas • Study of the Effect of Tactile Stimulus in Inducing Behavior and Color Plasticity in a Sedentary Grasshopper • Current & Past Meanings of the Music of Capoeira

9. Opportunities • Workshops (500 attendees) • Summer Research Academy • Travel Awards(55 students) • Student Research Grants(23 students) • Engagement in Undergraduate Research Symposium (73 faculty from 14 institutions) • Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (310 students presenting 226 posters) • Undergraduate Research Journal (19 manuscripts submitted, 8 published)

10. Opportunities • Undergraduate Research Journal (19 manuscripts submitted, 8 published) • Self-silencing in Response to Sexist Behavior: Exploring Women’s Willingness to Confront Sexism • Consumers’ Willingness to Pay and to Patronize According to Major Restaurant Attributes • Ex-votos from the Church Sao Larozo and the Votive Healing Process • Characterization of Cytokeratin 8 in Cancer

11. New in the Office of Undergraduate Research • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) • Learning Environment and Academic Research Network • National Science Foundation Sponsored

12. Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE) • www.showcase.ucf.edu • Poster- or display-based forum • Research/creative projects (all disciplines) • April 1, 2011, 1:30-5 PM, please stop by! • Pegasus Ballroom • $13,000 awarded in scholarships

13. 2010 Showcase Winners • Aaron Godwin- Invasive Marine Mussels • Interdisciplinary Studies and Music • Keon Vereen – Flow Boiling • Aerospace Engineering • Amelia Carey- Religion and Domestic Violence • Sociology and Psychology

14. Understanding the Potential Impact of an Invasive Marine Mussel A Field Study Examining the Growth and Survival of Mytella charruana Aaron Godwin Dr. Kimberly Schneider

15. Research as an Undergraduate • Summer Research Academy (OUR) – 2008 • Research with Dept. of Biology August 2008 – May 2010 • National Presentations and Recognition • Why should research be supported and encouraged for Undergraduates?

16. NCUR 2010

17. What is an invasive species? • National Invasive Species Information Center • “a species that is non-native (alien) to an ecosystem where their introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm”

18. What are Mytella charruana? • Native habitat • Coastal areas of Central and South America • Method of Introduction • Ballast water • Invasive range • East coast of FL to Southern parts of SC • Why should we study this species?

20. M. charruana Research at UCF • Lab studies • Thermal tolerances • Salinity tolerances • Field study component • Growth rates and survival • Data correlation with field observations • Experimental Design • Collect, label and cage • Monthly data collection

21. 6 Month Growth of M. charruana

22. 6 Month Average Growth

23. 6 Month Survival

24. Results • GROWTH • Mussels experienced the highest growth rates (~1.00-5.00mm) during late Spring through the early Summer (April – July) • Different size classes experienced different growth rates, with Medium size classes experiencing the highest growth rates

27. Results • SURVIVAL • Over the 15 month study, all individuals died, with the highest mortality occurring between December 2009 and February 2010 (Fig. 3). • The average survival rate per month was 77%.

30. Results • ENVIRONMENT • Temperatures at our study sites ranged from 0°C – 32°C with average monthly temperatures ranging from 10.69 – 29.29°C (Fig. 2). • Salinities observed in the field were ranged from 0 – 22ppt. • STATISTICAL ANALYSIS • Analyzing growth data shows a three way interaction between size class, salinity, and water temperature (F=3.313, P=0.0386) • Analyzing survival data showed a two way interaction between salinity and water temperature (P=<0.0001).

31. What’s the big picture? • Better picture of M. charruana’s survival and growth patterns • Water temperature may have a significant effect on growth rates • Most growth in temperatures between 20 and 25°C. • Survival rates in the field support previous lab experiments (e.g. temperature and salinity lab trials) • M. charruana can survive in temperatures at and below 9°C for short periods of time (e.g. 5 – 10 days) but die after extended temperatures of between 6 and 9°C.

32. Conclusions • What does our data suggest? • Survival and persistence probable in normal field conditions for introduced environment • What’s next? • Further analysis to better understand life cycle within invaded habitats. • What have we learned? • Better understanding of biological limitations • Will assist with predicting future mortality events and the potential spread of the invasive species.

33. Questions?

34. Heat Flux and Pressure Dependent Experiments in Flow Boiling of R-134a Presenter: Keon Vereen Mentor: Dr. Ranganathan Kumar Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering University of Central Florida

35. Examples

36. Examples

37. Test Section Recovery Suva Tank R-134a Tank Experimental Loop Pressure Transducer Charge Valve FlowMeter Heat Exchanger LED Lighting One way Check Valve RGB B & W Camera Sync Stand Pressure Gauge Monitor Bypass Flow control Valve Pressure Transducer Streampix FlowMeter Chiller LabVIEW Evacuation Valve to Recovery system Pump HVAC Recovery Unit Power Supply

38. TLC/Foil ROI

39. Thermochromic Liquid Crystal (TLC)

40. Bubble Generation at 45psi Using Intermediate Flow-rate

41. Results Bubble Propagation • Bubble Size: 101um, 220um, 250um, 290um • Constant Heat Flux: q’’=315 kW/m^2 • Bubble Frequency: 110Hz

42. Future Research • Wider Pressure Range • 40psi-120psi • Use Three Flow-rates • 0.185GPM; 0.3GPM; 0.5GPM • Applying Various Heat Conditions • Calculate Critical Heat Flux (Burnout Point) • Calculate Heat Transfer Coefficient (Efficiency)

43. Any Comments or Suggestions?

44. Religious Affiliation and Religiosity: Variations on the Perceptions of Domestic Violence By: Amelia Carey Department of Sociology

45. Project Objective and Importance • To look at the relationship between religious variables and people’s perceptions of domestic violence. • The project is important in light of the fact that: • The rate of domestic violence is still around 27% of violent crimes in the U.S. • Nearly 3,000,000 men and women are affected by domestic violence each year.

46. What The Literature Says • Patriarchal social structure is suggested to be inherent in religious institutions (Stacey & Gerard, 1990). • These religious institutions are thought to justify gender roles that tend to assign a submissive role to women (Bartkowski, 1997) • Gender roles within religious communities have been found to support and prolong abuse and stay of the abused (Adelman, 2000).

47. Research Questions • Are individuals that belong to more conservative religious groups more likely to endorse myth-based statements about domestic violence? • Are individuals with a greater level of religiosity more likely to endorse myth-based statements about domestic violence?

48. Method • Perceptions of Homelessness and Domestic Violence Survey • Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing software • Random phone numbers called in Orange, Osceloa, and Seminole Counties • Participants were asked their perceptions of domestic violence and demographic questions

49. Measures • Domestic Violence Measure: • The measure for belief in myths about domestic violence was created using a scale. • Example: Agreement with “Some women who are abused want to be treated that way” would result in one point in the overall score.

50. Measures Cont’d • Religious Measures: • Religious Affiliation (Catholic, Protestant, etc.) • Membership • Importance of Religion • Frequency of Attendance