Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Honors
Degree Name
General Beadle Honors Program
First Advisor
Austin O’Brien
Abstract
Efficiency, data integrity, and communication of results are imperative to any discipline of scientific research. Hindering these fundamental aspects results in crippled lab productivity, inability to verify results, delayed publishing of research, and frustration among lab members. Such is the case in the Dakota State University chemistry lab, where research is focused on molecular identification via mass spectrometry. Proprietary software provided alongside the mass spectrometer instrument is incapable of properly reporting desired analysis outputs. The lack of neat, thorough data reports necessitates tedious, frustrating manual data handling by lab scientists that hinders research and increases chances for data corruption. To mitigate this, I am developing an in-lab auxiliary program that aims to make up for the shortcomings of the current proprietary software. This thesis looks into the development of such a program, with heavy emphasis on software engineering practices.
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Sophia I., "Open-Source Software Development: Mass Spectrometry Data Management Program Prototype" (2022). Honors. 19.
https://scholar.dsu.edu/honors/19