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Authority Control In Digital Commons: Why Bother?, Laura Edwards

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Authority control provided by Digital Commons is basic. Other than author names, Digital Commons does not provide much in the way of authority control for other fields, such as faculty advisor/mentor names or department names. Standardizing name fields has several benefits, not least of which is the increased precision of reports that institutions can create to highlight the impact of faculty mentorship activities as well as the scholarship output of departmental entities on campus. Institutions that want to ensure the consistency of names across submissions to their Digital Commons repository, especially for self-submitted submissions, must develop their own methods for …

Championing The Meaningful Use Of Technology Via Coaction Learning Lab, Aj Kelton, Samantha Becker

Emerging Learning Design Conference

General

Learning Experience Design: Keeping The Learner At The Heart Of The Design, Andrea Flores, Patricia Vanderbilt

Emerging Learning Design Conference

Workshop

The Design Librarian: Graphic Design As An Essential Skill, Sarah-Anne Kennedy

Conference Papers

Developing the Library Workforce

Emerging and future skills required in the Library workforce.

The Design Librarian -graphic design as an essential skill.

In 2017 the Library carried out an audit of Library signage. In line with graphic design best practice, institute guidelines, the Official Languages Act 2003, branding and design guidelines were developed. Design guidelines for people with a disability were also incorporated. A team was established to look after all signage design, marketing, and social media. Over the last year, the team has developed a cohesive Library visual identity that promotes our services and resources across a range of …

Investigation On Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of Fa/Ggbs -Based Geopolymer After Exposure At Elevated Temperature, Apriany Saludung, Yuko Ogawa, Kenji Kawai

Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers: Versatile Materials Offering High Performance and Low Emissions

Fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast -furnace slag (GGBS) are industrial wastes and have been widely utilized as construction material due to the environmental impacts. The use of these by-products is not only for the sustainable construction but also for reducing the emission of CO₂ due to the use of Portland cement. This study presents the microstructure and mechanical properties of geopolymer paste made from different ratios of low -calcium FA and GGBS after exposure at elevated temperature (500- 950^oC). Compressive strength tests for both heated and unheated cylindrical specimens (using 50 mm x 100 mm …

2018 Update - Hornbeck Collection -- Historical Land Use In California

Support for the Hornbeck Collection Project

2018 - A May 15, 2018 presentation before the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Dr. Ruben Mendoza providing an update regarding the Hornbeck Collection – Historical Land Use In California.

Free Peer-Reviewed Automotive Textbook, Sean Boyle

Faculty Research Flash Talk

One long-term project I’m working on in the Automotive Technology department is a free peer-reviewed automotive textbook. The website automotivetextbook.com plans to offer current, relevant, and highly technical material for any school or self-learner to use in place of expensive textbooks. Much of the material is being created by students in the Automotive Technology program using our vast fleet of vehicles and service equipment. Students will also benefit by receiving authorship on their individual chapters, which allows their projects to “live on” and be used to help other students learn automotive technology

Finding Future Aviators, Matthew J. Romero, Steven Goetz

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The aviation industry needs a labor supply sufficient to sustain growth, which is predicted to outpace the supply of new pilots. The North American airline industry will need approximately 5,746 pilots per year through 2036, but the flight training industry has only averaged only 1,394 new qualified pilots annually over the past decade (FAA, 2017). The increase in the number of commercial aircraft and the limited output of qualified pilots 15 means the commercial aviation industry is in the middle of a growing labor shortage (Higgins et al, 2014), which means we need to attract and train more new pilots …

The Flipped Aviation Maintenance Classroom: Using Video-Based Instruction As A Demonstration Tool In Metals Processing Lab Work, Donald R. Morris, Matthew J. Romero

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Flipped learning changes the way students receive class-related information to engage them in learning activities rather than act as passive observers (Lage, Platt, & Treglia, 2000). When viewed outside normal class times, video-based instruction (VBI) delivers information that prepares students for lab activities. This research compared the performance of students in a traditional lab to those in a modified lab that used VBI to deliver demonstration in a metals processing course in an aviation maintenance technology curriculum. Conducted over a two-year period, this study examined the differences in the performance in two different sections of the same lab-intensive metals processing …

What Is The Best Method Of Preservation For Long Term Storage And Usage Of Anatomical Cadavers?, Anthony Fleege

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Looking at the 3 most popular methods of cadaver preparation, which is the best method as it relates to ease, cost, and long term usage in a medical school environment. After investigating all modern methods, which is the 7 preferred method that can be implemented at SIU and promoted at other facilities as well?

Smart And Secure Computing, Weon S. Chung, Jun Kim

Faculty Research Flash Talk

This presentation has two purposes. The first purpose is how to increase our research performance even with very limited manpower and resource. We introduce student-oriented research with the KSA (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities) approach and a research group called Smart and Secure Computing Research Group (SSCRG) in order to make the participating students feel secure for preparing for their industry internship or future professional careers. We focus on two emerging technologies – full stack technology and blockchain. The full stack technology needs students to understand different facets of developing and deploying client-server web applications and mobile apps. The students have …

Indoor Ecotherapy And Dementia, Robert C. Rados, Jun Kim

Faculty Research Flash Talk

To investigate the potential benefits of “indoor ecotherapy,” this study analyzed the influence of memory care residents with limited access to the outdoors viewing a video of nature photos with classical music. Residents were measured before and after viewing the video using a “tranquility scale,” along with memory care staff observations of each resident (before and after) as part of the analysis. Tranquility levels reported by residents were higher after the intervention than before the intervention. Tranquility levels among residents perceived by staff members was higher after the intervention. The findings suggest that Health Care Management and Recreational Therapy collaboration …

Blockchain Technology And Iot Security, Andy Wang

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Soon we will be riding on autonomous vehicles connected and communicated locally and globally. As more and more devices are connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), security and privacy become significant concerns regarding how these devices are discovered and interacted with each other in a fully autonomous and distributed manner. One distributed denial of services (DDoS) attack, for instance, to one connected autonomous car running within a fleet network could cause remarkable loss of life and property. Conventional security and privacy approaches do not work well for IoT because of its decentralized topology and constrained computing resources on embedded …

Something Completely New: The Studio At Siu, Shannon S. Mcdonald

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The fall 2017 Masters Comprehensive Studio had the design challenge of integrating an elevated solar powered automated transit network, designed by the engineering students at San Jose State University (SJSU), into downtown San Jose CA connecting the North and South Campuses of SJSU. The studio was sponsored by Mr. Ron Swenson of INIST. In 2010, Ron co-founded INIST, The International Institute of Sustainable Transportation along with Professor Buff Furman of SJSU. The students integrated this new movement technology into their passively designed buildings and resilient urban planning strategies. Due to the climate of San Jose, active HVAC systems would not …

Millennials, Health Care Management And Mortuary Science, Robert C. Rados, Anthony Fleege, Abel Salazar

Faculty Research Flash Talk

This research focuses on conducting survey research to gather current information from millennials, representatives of hospice, mortuary science academics, and funeral home directors to determine current alignment regarding end of life practices and attitudes toward death and dying. Analysis of findings will be used to enhance the development of Health Care Management and Mortuary Science practice to promote awareness of common concerns for appropriate support for dying persons and their families.

Can Medical Marijuana Be A Solution To The Opioid Crisis?, Jessica Cataldo, Sandra Collins, Kevin S. Collins, Rick C. Mckinnies, Jane Nichols, Thomas A. Shaw

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Opioid addiction and related deaths have reached a critical level across the United States. Often used as pain relief for multiple medical issues, opi- 5 oids are continually prescribed and solutions to the reduction of such need further exploration. As a possible reduction of opioid prescriptions, which often lead to abuse, our study seeks to determine if Medical Marijuana can be a potential means by which to reduce opioid prescriptions and use. A comparative study of select states will be conducted to determine if there are differences among groups based on medical vs recreational legislation. Our research will initially focus …

Characteristics Of “Good” Flight Instructors: How Are Flight Instructors Different Than Other Educators, Steven Goetz, Matthew J. Romero, Michael F. Robertson

Faculty Research Flash Talk

A good educator can motivate students to succeed when others cannot. They bring intangible qualities to the teaching profession that promote greater achievement in their students. While there has been some research (Reed, 1989; Sutkin et al, 2008) regarding what some of those aspects are that make a “good” teacher, there is very little research related to what qualities makes a “good” flight instructor. It may be that the same qualities that make a good teacher are necessary for a good flight instructor, but flight instruction is more physically demanding and more stressful than classroom teaching and so there may …

Teaching Advanced Automotive Electronics With Open-Source Microcontrollers, Ralph Tate

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The emergence of the Maker community has prompted the development of affordable, open-source hardware and software such as the Arduino microcontroller development platform. The Arduino has been utilized at all levels of formal STEM education to introduce embedded control systems and code development. This flash talk will highlight our efforts to improve the electronics knowledge and skills of Automotive Technology students through the introduction of Arduino-based hardware and software exercises that progress from demonstrating basic circuit functions to emulating vehicle control modules and diagnostic scan tools.

Fatigue Awareness Of Collegiate Flight Students, Matthew J. Romero, Michael F. Robertson

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Issues related to fatigue are common across transportation industries, and the National Transportation Safety Board identified the need for fatigue education that raises awareness about sleep (Marcus & Rosekind, 2016). Although the impacts of fatigue in the airline industry are more acute, fatigue in the flight training industry also deserves investigation because many collegiate flight students will eventually become airline pilots. Replicating previous research focused on the fatigue-awareness of collegiate flight instructors (McDale & Ma, 2008), this study aims to evaluate the fatigue-awareness of students enrolled in a professional pilot program. As late adolescents, collegiate flight students are a unique …

The Relationship Between Student Chronotypes And Performance, Michael F. Robertson, Steven Goetz

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Each person experiences a day in a different way. We each have our chronotype, which is a personal pattern of circadian rhythms that influence our physiology and psychology (Pink, 2018). Everyone experiences physiological and psychological highs and lows throughout the day. Most individuals experience a peak in the morning and a physiological and psychological trough in the midafternoon. Chronobiologists have suggested that for most people, we should not attempt to do activities that require focus and attention to detail during these physiological and psychological troughs (Pink, 2018). Aviation students take a end of the course test, referred to a check …

Parental Desocialization In Sport, Julie Partridge

Faculty Research Flash Talk

This research is an exploration of the experiences of sport parents whose children have left the athlete role, and how that desocialization has been experienced by the parents. Numerous studies have examined the transition experiences of athletes themselves, but little attention has been given to how parents, many of whom have very strong identities tied into the sport parent role, cope with leaving that role either voluntarily or involuntarily. In the first phase of this research investigating the desocialization experience of sport parents, the researchers are conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with participants, which will later inform the creation of a …

Understanding Knowledge Collaboration: Interior Design And Health Care Management, Laura Morthland, Robert C. Rados

Faculty Research Flash Talk

This study explores the possible “gaps” of pedagogical experience for health care management and interior design professionals, for better understanding and application of evidence-based research regarding the benefits of healing environments, within the healthcare sector. A KAP (Knowledge, Attitude & Practice) survey focused on responses from current industry professionals in the fields of interior design and healthcare management is being conducted, to examine where breakdowns in communication, understanding and awareness may be occurring in practice - in an effort to address possible interventions of community building and knowledge collaboration at the undergraduate level.

How Technology Will Change Our Fashion Sense And Forecast Our Vision Attentions, Yuli Liang, Seung-Hee Lee

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Recently, fashion and technology are becoming much more incorporated, looking towards more combination of digital innovations. For example, Amazon has innovated a device for consumers to take style-selfies by exploring their voice control platforms. The device is called as “the Echo Look,” Amazon’s virtual style consultant. Based on this device, we are in the process of fashion Artificial Intelligence (AI) research which aims at analyzing consumers’ acceptance and purchase intention so as to further predict how will consumers’ fashion sense being affected by new technologies. The other ongoing project is through an interdisciplinary collaboration team with Electrical and Biomedical Engineering …

A Digital Record-Keeping App For Aviation Technologies’ Students, Matthew Harrison, Karen Johnson

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Over recent years, the aviation industry has transitioned from using the traditional paper record-keeping system, known to aircraft operators as logbooks, for documenting maintenance actions on aircraft to using software/ digitally-based record-keeping systems for the same actions. These various software packages can be tailored for use in almost any type or size of aviation operation giving the company and its maintenance personnel near- limitless flexibility to meet their specific needs. As many options as there may be, finding a package that could be tailored for use in an educational setting is tedious and not cost beneficial. Students in the Department …

Environmental Plain Along The Mississippi River In The Northern Ozarks Region, Rolando Gonzalez-Torres

Faculty Research Flash Talk

Starting in the East St Louis area and moving southwards, the Illinois side of Mississippi River is formed by a low-meadow strip of around three miles wide up to the point where the Kaskaskia River reaches the Mississippi, in front of St Genevieve Missouri for about 55 miles of length. Then the low plain is on the West side of the Mississippi for about 20 miles before it returns to be on its east side again up to a point in front of Cape Girardeau Missouri. That first 55-mile strip zone is known as Mississippi Bluffs at Northern Ozarks due …

Shame, Kristiana M. Feeser

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The goal of this research was three-fold: to understand the effect of shame-inducing feedback on a novel motor behavior skill, to understand the effect of shame-inducing feedback on psychological perception of experience, and to use shame- and guilt-proneness to predict other psychological variables. Participants engaged in a novel motor behavior task in which they used a stylus to trace a moving light (rotary pursuit). Depending on experimental condition, their feedback was either shame inducing or neutral. Following 20 rounds, participants were given a survey. Factors evaluated in the survey included: performance on a rotary pursuit task, motivation, shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, fixing …

Kid Architecture, Jon D. Davey Phd Aia

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The kid architecture program was developed thirty years ago to introduce young people to the design of the built environment. The one-week camps structured for three different learning levels, grades 4th–6th, middle school and high school have been conducted in various locations internationally to include the Smithsonian, The National Building Museum Washington D.C., Canada and China. The camps have received national and regional awards for the broad breath of hands-on activities and implementation of technology. The ten objectives for kid architecture endeavor to develop an understanding of the following: • Why buildings look the way they do • Why building …

Recent Mentored Student Research In Communication Disorders And Sciences, Valerie E. Boyer Ph.D.

Faculty Research Flash Talk

How much therapy is necessary for functional speech improvement following a neurological injury? How does student externship impact vocal performance? How can we facilitate mutual knowledge and understanding of autism spectrum disorders among students studying law and communication disorders and sciences? How do related professionals identify and address auditory processing challenges? These are all questions that students in the communication disorders and sciences (CDS) program are asking and answering through faculty-mentorship. Faculty and student partnerships take a variety of forms in the CDS program including supervision of student thesis work, undergraduate research programs such as McNair Scholars program, and through …

Strong Survivors: Cancer-Rehabilitation Research And Service, Phil Anton

Faculty Research Flash Talk

The SIUC Department of Kinesiology/SIH Strong Survivors Program uses exercise as a therapeutic tool to help cancer survivors and caregivers get through the treatment and recovery period. Strong Survivors is a research-oriented program that collects data pertaining to cancer rehabilitation and survivorship, particularly related to the performance of activities of daily living. This data helps the program add additional evidence for the efficacy of exercise programs in this often underserved population. The program also provides an opportunity for SIUC students to obtain practical, hands-on exercise testing/training experience while building their resumes. As they work with program participants, students apply knowledge …

The Gut Microbiome: A Comparison Between Intestinal Bacterial Biodiversity And Fecal Matter Bacterial Biodiversity, Enrique Reyes

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

No abstract provided.