Goodbye Bioethanol! Time For Affordable Biogasoline and Biodiesel!

While bioethanol continues to possibly replace a significant portion of gasoline and diesel as transportation...

Water From Oil: Can We Help Restore Iraq's Marshes?

Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into...

What makes British and American choirs sound so different?

The goal of this project is to travel to Cambridge University and observe selected College Choirs. I'll...

How much fertilizer do we really need?

We live in exciting times where commercial farmers are discovering the hope of healthy soils and they are...

Physical Activity Interventions for Youth with Autism

Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other Developmental Disabilities (DD) have a higher risk of...

Understanding Teamwork Using Computer Games

In this technological age, computer applications are easy to access and widely used in a variety of settings...

Environmental Justice in North Charleston Communities

The seven neighborhoods associated with the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities in N. Charleston were...

A Comparative Case Study in Marriage Equality

This research project will study same-sex marriage in Ireland, England and Northern Ireland. As a result...

Fresco Painting at the University of South Carolina: Medium of the Past, Art of Today

Fresco painting is one of the few mediums that can be traced back to ancient civilizations. It...

No but seriously now, how much fertilizer do we really need?

This is a follow-up project to our first experiment.com project "How much fertilizer do we really need...

Incarceration's Grasp: Can the Men’s Reentry Initiative Help Released Prisoners Avoid Relapse into Criminal Behavior?

About 95% of all state prisoners will be released back into the community. In South Carolina, the Men’s...

A Novel Acoustic Emission Based Approach for Structural Health Monitoring

Engineering structures have a damage monitoring system for safe and reliable performance. This project proposes...

Can storytelling improve bilingual children's literacy skills?

This project will use Storybird storytelling technology to allow upper elementary English as a Second Language...

Assessing barriers to meaningful use of electronic health records in South Carolina's small rural practices

We are studying the challenges small practices in rural areas encounter with using Electronic Health Records...

There's an App for That! Developing an Accessible Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App

In today’s technological society a person’s entire life can be managed on their smartphone, so why not their...

"Hog Meat en Rabbit en Fish en Such as Dat": Pre- and Post-Emancipation Foodways in the South Carolina Lowcountry

Archaeologists and historians of slavery know that the foodways of slaves -- their diet, dishes, and social...

A novel Helmholtz potential approach to predicting acoustic guided waves generated by fatigue crack

An aging structure needs to be investigated periodically to prevent catastrophic failure. Crack development...

The Dogs of Chernobyl Research Initiative

The Chernobyl disaster site has hundreds of feral dogs that are in need of care. A team of students from...

The Potential of Compost and Compost Tea on Athletic Turfgrass

For my Masters in Environmental Science, I am using compost and compost tea on athletic field turfgrass...

Early-Stage Drug Discovery for Chagas' Disease

An estimated 6 – 7 million people in Latin America and 300,000 U.S. citizens are infected with the protozoan...

How does social power affect the way potential sex partners are perceived?

This project examines how social power affects our perceptions of potential sex partners. The goal is to...

How do Aedes mosquito genetics affect their habitat choice?

Mosquito habitat expansion has allowed for their reintroduction in the South. There is an increasing rate...

How much of recyclable materials are we throwing into the trash at the University of South Carolina Beaufort?

The University of South Carolina Beaufort only supports paper recycling for waste generated by a 2,100 student...

Can Chlorella algae be used as soil amendment to improve crop production?

Food insecurity is a severe global problem in both developed and developing nations. Soil degradation due...

Target-based drug discovery for coronavirus disease 2019

Therapeutics in any modality to combat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections...