CURE Examples
Discipline
Core Competencies
- Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 37 matches
- Developing and using models 14 matches
- Planning and carrying out investigations 35 matches
- Analyzing and interpreting data 50 matches
- Using mathematics and computational thinking 23 matches
- Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 17 matches
Nature of Research
State
Target Audience
Results 71 - 80 of 86 matches
Probe the Effect of Physical Graphene Hole Morphology on its Acidity
Michael Groves, California State University-Fullerton
The purpose of this activity is to create and submit a job to a scheduler on a high-performance computing resource and conclude if the job relaxed to below a given threshold. We will also test how changing the requested resources affects the time to complete the job.
Core Competencies: Using mathematics and computational thinking
Nature of Research: Basic Research
State: California
Target Audience: Major
Soil microbiome - Nematode - Plant interactions.
FESEHA ABEBE-AKELE, Elizabeth City State University
Nematodes graze/forage on bacteria, fungi, and plant tissue. Determining the species abundance of nematodes in soil and mapping their interactions with microorganisms and plants is important to diagnose soil fertility and potential of crop damage from plant parasitic nematodes. Sampling different types of soil and characterizing the microbial and nematode species will allow students to learn the ecological as well as molecular aspects of research in soil-bacteria-nematode and plant interactions.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Planning and carrying out investigations
State: North Carolina
Target Audience: Major, Upper Division
Synthesis and Analysis of Carbohydrate-based hydrogels
Rebecca Connor, Dickinson College
This CURE has been developed for first-year general chemistry students with a strong background in chemistry who have elected to take an accelerated one-semester general chemistry course. In this CURE, students will have the opportunity to study controlled drug release from carbohydrate-based hydrogels or protein purification using carbohydrate based hydrogels. After learning some basic lab skills and developing their ability to read the primary literature, the students will use what they have learned to design a new synthesis of a carbohydrate-based hydrogel. They will evaluate their hydrogels for mechanical properties and ability to absorb and release model drugs. After their first set of experiments, the class will meet in a "group-meeting" and they will present and discuss their in-progress data. The students will then propose their next set of experiments and perform them. They will write a formal report at the end of the semester detailing their methods used, results generated, and a comparison of their results to the published literature.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Planning and carrying out investigations, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Basic Research, Wet Lab/Bench Research
State: Pennsylvania
Target Audience: Introductory
CURE Duration: A full term
Secondary Data Analysis to Explore Health Equity in a Psychological Framework
Anna Lee, North Carolina A & T State University
This class will provide students with the opportunity to conduct a research project to examine psycho-social factors related to health equity in North Carolina communities. Students will work in small groups to pose a novel question, analyze data using a publicly available dataset. and report findings. Over arching course goals are to write a complete APA formatted research report, to conduct a secondary data analysis, and to present findings.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Basic Research
State: North Carolina
Target Audience: Non-major, Major
CURE Duration: A full term
Genetic Engineering of Zebrafish to Investigate Tumorigenicity of Cancer Mutations
Terry Shackleford, St. Marys University
Core Competencies: Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Developing and using models, Planning and carrying out investigations, Analyzing and interpreting data
Nature of Research: Basic Research
State: Texas
Target Audience: Major
CURE Duration: A full term
Understanding Noncovalent Interactions and Binding through PRRSM
Amanda Hargrove, Duke University
This CURE was designed to increase instruction on noncovalent interactions and intermolecular forces, provide laboratory experiences in biochemistry and chemical biology, and deliver a more consistent chemistry research experience to undergraduates at Duke University while staying within the existing curriculum. First, the concept of noncovalent interactions is visualized in an applied setting by examining 3D structures of small molecule:RNA interactions through a portable virtual reality (VR) environment. Next, using knowledge gained in the Hargrove lab regarding small molecule:RNA interactions along with the literature examples, teams of students evaluate known small molecule:RNA interactions, pose original scientific questions, and design a hypothesis-driven experiment that can be readily tested with commercially available materials using a standard fluorimeter or plate reader. These experiments directly contribute to research that examines patterns in the recognition of RNA structure by small molecules, and the students are able to assess their contribution to this ongoing interdisciplinary project.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Using mathematics and computational thinking, Planning and carrying out investigations, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Basic Research, Wet Lab/Bench Research
State: North Carolina
Target Audience: Major, Upper Division
CURE Duration: Half a term
Polymer/Materials Structure-Property Relationship Investigations for General Chemistry Students
Zuleikha Kurji, Saint Marys College of California
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Planning and carrying out investigations, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Wet Lab/Bench Research, Applied Research
State: California
Target Audience: Introductory, Non-major, Major
CURE Duration: A few class periods, Half a term
Emerging Contaminants in Arizona
Frank Marfai, Phoenix College
Core Competencies: Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Analyzing and interpreting data, Using mathematics and computational thinking, Developing and using models
Nature of Research: Basic Research, Applied Research
State: Arizona
Target Audience: Introductory, Upper Division, Non-major, Major
CURE Duration: Multiple terms, A full term
Going from big genomics data, to useful data, to experiments in diabetes
Talitha Van der Meulen, University of California-Davis
In diabetes, blood glucose levels are too high and people with diabetes suffer from severe side-effects that include cardiovascular disease, renal failure and blindness. Our lab is interested in studying the different cell types in the pancreatic islet that together regulate blood glucose levels. Our ultimate goal is to understand how human islet cells function and change in health and diabetes and then use this knowledge to contribute to a cure for or treatment of diabetes. In this CURE, students will become familiar with using so-called "omics" data and translating the data into a testable experiment that they will perform. The experiments will be done in the context of diabetes research that is ongoing in the Huising lab at UC Davis. Currently, we have large sets of information about gene expression at the mRNA level in healthy alpha, beta, and delta cells of the mouse pancreatic islet. Students will use bioinformatics techniques to process these sets and compare expression among these cell types during the first half of the course. For the second half, they will use this comparison to select a gene whose expression they will verify at the protein level in mouse pancreatic islets using fluorescent staining of tissue slices, followed by imaging and image-quantification. This process is a first step towards our ultimate goal of studying human islet cells. Once we have tools verified in mouse tissue, we can then apply these to human tissues. Therefore, we ask students to present their validation to the Huising lab.
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Using mathematics and computational thinking
Nature of Research: Basic Research, Informatics/Computational Research, Wet Lab/Bench Research
State: California
CURE Duration: A full term
Introduction to GIS using CURE
Elizabeth Bollen, Adams State University; Chayan Lahiri, Adams State University
Geographic information systems (GIS) are used in many capacities across every discipline to help communities, governments, and businesses make informed decisions. This Introduction to GIS CURE course aims to assist local ranches by locating sampling sites for watershed analyses. Students in this GIS course will develop skills manipulating data by learning GIS software. The students themselves are tasked with identifying sampling site criteria for the broader study, which will assist other student researchers in locating scientifically viable, safe, and accessible sampling sites for watershed sample collection. Students in this course will also use knowledge gained in prior classes to make and defend decisions. Written reports, figure drafting, and group discussions will help students learn how to clearly and effectively communicate their findings and results. The knowledge and skills students' gain in this course will be used in future classes and are highly sought after by employers.
Core Competencies: Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Analyzing and interpreting data, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Applied Research, Informatics/Computational Research
State: Colorado
Target Audience: Major, Non-major, Introductory
CURE Duration: Multiple terms, A full term