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Analyzing Landslide Susceptibility in Monterey County, California Using MaxEnt
- Robert BeckerEnviornmental Science and ManagmentUndergraduate Student
- David GwenziEnviornmental Science and ManagmentFaculty
Landslides are a destructive geological process that can destroy infrastructure, homes, and cause human fatalities. Over recent years there have been many damaging landslides along the California coast. Analyzing areas of high landslide risk potential can allow for preventative measures before the economic hardship of a massive repair or worst case scenario loss of life. This study aims to address the need of accurate predictive maps of landslide vulnerability in the Monterey County, CA. Weight of evidence based on prior landslides and selected triggering factors will be modeled within the MaxEnt software package to create landslide susceptibility maps.
Analyzing Resistance in Carbon Nanotube Networks
- Tanner HoovenPhysicsUndergraduate Student
- Joshua MaldanadoPhysicsUndergraduate Student
- Gynell HigbyPhysicsUndergraduate Student
- Benjamin KafinPhysics & ChemistryUndergraduate Student
- Carla QuinteroPhysicsGraduate Student
- Ruth SaundersPhysicsFaculty
To inform the applicability of carbon nanotube networks for use as field-effect transistors or as biosensors, we have run computer simulations in order to characterize the electrical properties of these networks, and specifically, how the resistance of these networks changes with the metallicity, or the percentage of metallic to semiconducting carbon nanotubes. When running simulations over networks with varying metallicities, we find a trend where the resistance increases to a peak value then decreases.
Analyzing Trace Levels of Iron in Seawater: Expanding the Measurable Concentration Range
Brooke Stafford, Geology Undergraduate Student
- ElijahVestalGeologyUndergraduate Student
- ClaireTillChemistryFaculty
Seawater samples are to be measured for the iron concentration content. We measured standard samples to better understand what concentration ranges we could measure. We are currently working on optimizing the method to measure higher concentrations.
Analyzing Variation in Taphonomic Processes within Artificial Substrates
- Carolyn HinsonAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
This study aims increase understanding of the taphonomic processes associated with the decomposition of nonhuman mammalian remains (as a proxy for human remains) in human altered substrates. Most prior taphonomic research has been restricted to regional studies focusing on the decomposition in environments outside of direct human interaction. This study will focus on temperature, weight, and organic matter fluctuations between the various artificial substrates in the beginning and termination of the decomposition process in order to better understand the effects substrates have on taphonomic processes.
Ancient Costa Rican Incense Burners
- Ava HonigschmidtAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
Ceramics and incense are used in cultures all around the world for ritual purposes. In Costa Rica, Potosi Variety ceramics used hollow jaguar and crocodile effigies to diffuse incense smoke as an offering. Potosi Variety vessels have not been subject to much research within the field of archaeology; throughout my project, I will be studying these vessels through experimental archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. In my recreation, I will be using similar materials, methods of ceramic shaping that are or have been used in Costa Rica, and photos of Potosi Variety vessels to inform my process. My methodology will then be compared and contrasted with other possible methods of production.
Angels Camp and The Rhetorical Power of Jumping Bullfrogs
- Todd LoughranEnglishUndergraduate Student
My hometown of Angels Camp is a bit bullfrog crazy because the town has various statues, paintings, and plaques of bullfrogs all over the town. There is even an annual fair where people from all over the world compete to see how far their bullfrog can jump. My project would explore the use of the bullfrog as an important rhetorical artifact in Angels Camp as the reason the town has prospered very well. This will be done by taking a look at the history between the town and the bullfrog from the creation of the town, approving the bullfrog as a rhetorical artifact in 1928, and its continuous success today.
Annual Day of Caring - Leadership and Service
- Sophie ZindaCRGS and the Center for Service Learning and Academic InternshipsUndergraduate Student
Day of Caring provided me with an awesome opportunity to practice leadership in working for social change and serving the community around us. I was able to work to provide opportunities for a large number of students to give a Saturday in September to working in one of 16 different local organizations that are working hard to serve the Humboldt Community. Every year students provide wonderful feedback about their experience and it was one more opportunity to put what we learn about communities and service into action.
ANTH 352 Experimental Archaeology - Experiments in Ancient Technologies
- Barbara KlessigAnthropologyFaculty
This presentation looks at the many ways that archaeologists and students in ANTH 352 - Experimental Archaeology try to gain a better understanding of past technologies by recreating those technologies. Students research, design and implement experimental projects that help them to understand how peoples of the past used the environment and materials available to them. Projects include the creation of lithic tools, re-creating ancient ceramics and make-up, experimenting with wattle and daub construction, and ancient textile production technology.
Anthropogenic feeding of California ground squirrels in an urban state park
Vanessa Ramirez, Wildlife Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & SciencesCalifornia ground squirrels are an abundant wildlife species at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area in San Francisco, where they are regularly fed by park visitors. The goal of this study was to provide the park with useful information about the ecology of their resident ground squirrel population including their activity patterns, the types of human foods in their diets, and potential impacts of access to anthropogenic food sources. Understanding how these squirrels interact with visitors and how these interactions influence their behavior and body condition is important for management of both park visitors and wildlife.
Application of the Predicted Repetitions-to-Failure Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale for the NFL 225-lb Bench Press Test
- Anthony RattoKinesiologyGraduate Student
A rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale is a numerical representation of an individual’s perceptual response to training and is a viable method of measuring exertion during training (Borg 1982). Recently, versions of previously used RPE scales have been developed and are being used specifically for measuring repetitions-in-reserve (RIR), or repetitions-to-failure (RTF) in resistance exercise. The purpose of this study was to assess how accurately division II NCAA football players could predict repetitions-to-failure during the bench press exercise using an absolute load of 225-lbs by comparing predicted repetitions-to-failure (RTF) with actual repetitions-to-failure.