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Katie Pitts

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Student Research Contributes to Advancement in Genetics

By Katie Pitts
July 27, 2011 02:24 PM
Right here on campus, statistics students are getting the chance to make an impact not only in their own field, but also in medicine and perhaps in the lives of people everywhere.
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Chem/Physics Professors Collaborate, Maximizing Research and Enjoyment

By Katie Pitts
July 29, 2010 12:49 PM
Though scientific research is a serious thing, full of deadlines, proposals, and intricate experiments, it can be fun as well. This has been true of Paul Farnsworth and Ross Spencer’s collaboration on the flow of plasma ions into a mass spectrometer, through which the two professors have developed a great friendship.
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So Long Silicon—Physics Professors Develop New MEMS Process

By Katie Pitts
July 07, 2010 12:45 PM
Silicon’s status as the sole material for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is quickly being threatened by a team of students. Working with Robert Davis and Richard Vanfleet, faculty members in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the team is discovering and publishing new methods for constructing these tiny machines.
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Williams Publishes Findings on Teaching and Telling

By Katie Pitts
June 10, 2010 11:54 AM
At the front of the class, demonstrations are given and tough problems are solved—but this time it’s the students that are doing the explaining. Steven Williams, a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics Education, has published research on how these classrooms still incorporate traditional teaching methods.
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Making Noise: Top Quality Acoustics Research at BYU

By Katie Pitts
May 24, 2010 12:43 PM
Spy planes, rockets, exploding balloons, fighter jets, Gatling guns, horns, and gongs. The Acoustics Research Group (ARG) at BYU has all the elements of a Hollywood blockbuster — only better, because it is all real.
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Acoustics Research Group Applies Findings to Computers

By Katie Pitts
March 08, 2010 12:41 PM
Cooling fans are vital to keep computers functioning — but who wouldn’t love to get rid of the noise? Scott Sommerfeldt, dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has found both enjoyment and success in researching the applications of active noise control to this area of computer technology.
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Stats Professor Brings Understanding Through Prediction Models

By Katie Pitts
February 23, 2010 01:09 PM
You can take the long, hard, and expensive way, or use statistics. That may seem contrary to most students struggling through their first stats class, but statisticians actually work within many disciplines, applying their predictions in order to save time and money.
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