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Writing Arguments In Stem, Jason Peters, Jennifer Bates, Erin Martin-Elston, Sadie Johann, Rebekah Maples, Anne Regan, Morgan White Jan 2022

Writing Arguments In Stem, Jason Peters, Jennifer Bates, Erin Martin-Elston, Sadie Johann, Rebekah Maples, Anne Regan, Morgan White

OER Course Materials

A team of faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, curated the contents to support instructors teaching first-year courses in critical thinking and communication.


Cal Poly Construction Management Summer Bootcamp 2022, Mason A. Heinse Jan 2022

Cal Poly Construction Management Summer Bootcamp 2022, Mason A. Heinse

Construction Management

The purpose of this paper is to outline the intent and key objectives of the Cal Poly Construction Management Summer Bootcamp. This project was developed through collaboration with Cal Poly Construction Management faculty and other contributors to create a multi-scope project with the objective of creating a summer bootcamp. The camp was proposed to assist the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education and the Central Coast Homebuilders Association with promoting skilled trades education in high schools. Local high schools currently implement the Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA) curriculum, which has proven difficult for students to enroll in or complete. …


Documentary Review: Broken Trust- Ending Athlete Abuse, Caitlin Williams Dec 2021

Documentary Review: Broken Trust- Ending Athlete Abuse, Caitlin Williams

Feminist Pedagogy

This media review summarizes and provides general implications about the documentary, Broken Trust: Ending Athlete Abuse, in the feminist classroom. This review uses film examples to argue for both the documentary's accomplishments and limitations As a film that features multiple stories from a variety of athletes and coaches in different sport fields, it is not only an alternative, visual learning tool for students, but also a potential vehicle to pursue justice and sexual abuse prevention aims.


“Sometimes I Have To Announce My Feminism And I Don’T Mind Doing That”: Instructor Self-Disclosure Of Feminism In The Classroom, Elaina Ross, Kristopher D. Copeland Dec 2021

“Sometimes I Have To Announce My Feminism And I Don’T Mind Doing That”: Instructor Self-Disclosure Of Feminism In The Classroom, Elaina Ross, Kristopher D. Copeland

Feminist Pedagogy

An instructor’s self-disclosure is an important source of connectedness for students. The goal of this article was to describe how college instructors self-disclosed and discussed feminism. Qualitative interviews with 19 participants yielded findings that indicated a variety of communicative strategies utilized by instructors to self-disclose feminist beliefs, such as verbally stating one was a feminist to nonverbally communicating messages connected to course content. Further, an instructor’s feminist beliefs shaped the pedagogy implemented to discuss feminism in the classroom. Findings suggest self-disclosure of feminist beliefs were valuable in the classroom. Additionally, specific communication strategies to employ to self-disclose feminism in the …


Using Wikipedia To Teach Queer Politics, Royal G. Cravens Dec 2021

Using Wikipedia To Teach Queer Politics, Royal G. Cravens

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


Building Dialogue In Feminist Classrooms: Building A Feminist Vocabulary, Sera Mathew, Barbara Barrow Dec 2021

Building Dialogue In Feminist Classrooms: Building A Feminist Vocabulary, Sera Mathew, Barbara Barrow

Feminist Pedagogy

The authors of these two teaching activities share tools and strategies for supporting equitable dialogue for classrooms discussing feminist ideas. In Part One of this Original Teaching Activity, we described how feminist vocabulary lists helped our students begin class from a place of equity with a shared set of terms and concepts.


Remapping A Feminist Classroom: Talking Circles And The Space For Agency, Amy Dunham Strand Ph.D. Dec 2021

Remapping A Feminist Classroom: Talking Circles And The Space For Agency, Amy Dunham Strand Ph.D.

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


Editors’ Introduction: Welcome To The Inaugural Issue Of Feminist Pedagogy, Emily Davis Ryalls, Rachel E. Silverman Dec 2021

Editors’ Introduction: Welcome To The Inaugural Issue Of Feminist Pedagogy, Emily Davis Ryalls, Rachel E. Silverman

Feminist Pedagogy

No abstract provided.


'Stretched Thin' 'Cristina' & 'Self Portrait', Willa Westneat, Jett Witlin, Ariella Cohen Dec 2021

'Stretched Thin' 'Cristina' & 'Self Portrait', Willa Westneat, Jett Witlin, Ariella Cohen

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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Full Issue Dec 2021

Full Issue

.RAW Journal of Art and Design

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Aged 539 Graduate Internship Report - Grace Davis High School, Tammy L. Burris Dec 2021

Aged 539 Graduate Internship Report - Grace Davis High School, Tammy L. Burris

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship and project report includes documentation required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Grace Davis High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The supporting material includes and overview of he Grace Davis Agriculture program.


Apache Science Team, Denise L. Jameson Dec 2021

Apache Science Team, Denise L. Jameson

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

Sanger High school has the unique opportunity to offer a wide array of classes and pathways for students to take so that they can meet their educational goals of graduation the move on to higher education or starting a career right out of high school. Students have all these opportunities and benefits to have a strong start out of high school, but ultimately students are unaware of what jobs are related to those choices or pathways that they have decided to take part in. Apache Science Team allows for students to experience and learn about many different careers and opportunities …


Aged 539 Graduate Internship Report - Grace M. Davis Agriculture Department, Joshua S. Aguilar Dec 2021

Aged 539 Graduate Internship Report - Grace M. Davis Agriculture Department, Joshua S. Aguilar

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship and project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The supporting material includes information to receive state and local funding, outlines the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Grace M. Davis High School, the agriculture program, and the community.


Lorentz Violations And The Casimir Effect, Samuel G. Christensen Dec 2021

Lorentz Violations And The Casimir Effect, Samuel G. Christensen

Physics

The background and calculation for the corrections to the Casimir Energy stored on parallel conducting plates due to minimal violations of Lorentz invariance are presented as a test of the Standard Model. A direction-dependent photon dispersion relation using operators of dimension 4 and higher is used in the calculation of the spacetime anisotropy correction terms to the Casimir energy. The calculation includes discussion of Riemann zeta function regularization and its equivalence to Euler-Maclaurin sum-integral formulas in a Casimir effect calculation. The two plate geometry result is mapped onto a one plate and sphere geometry to cater to modern precision tests …


Checkerbot, Sean P. Whitty Dec 2021

Checkerbot, Sean P. Whitty

Electrical Engineering

This product is able to play a game of checkers against the customer at three different preset difficulties. It can process the board on its turn, and displays its next turn to its opponent by updating the board state via the LEDs. It consists of a laptop screen display, and a computer chip with the programmed ability to process the checkers board and decide its next move. It provides the customer with an opponent that can be modified in difficulty so it can provide however much of a challenge as the customer desires, as well as allowing for a 2 …


Khruangbin On Tour, Meghan Eileen Connolly Dec 2021

Khruangbin On Tour, Meghan Eileen Connolly

Graphic Communication

My senior project, Khruangbin On Tour, creates the opportunity to ideate and promote Khruangbin’s, a three-person band, tour through branding and merchandise. The goal is to create visuals, such as a poster or t-shirt design, to complement their songs and the band as a whole through the use of color palettes, typography, objects and illustrations. The music’s feeling and aesthetic should be reflected in the visual aspects as it represents the artist overall and speaks to the audience.


Wilde House Paper Brand Update, Claire Butler Dec 2021

Wilde House Paper Brand Update, Claire Butler

Graphic Communication

For this project, I will be working with the team at Wilde House Paper to expand current brand assets and create an updated guide and collection of brand collateral. The goal of my project is to help the team at Wilde House Paper have a straightforward structure for their content and have these updated and organized design pieces at their fingertips. I am creating a comprehensive brand guide, organizing and updating a drive of assets, and expanding our collection of social media and email templates as my deliverables.


Millipyde: A Cross-Platform Python Framework For Transparent Gpu Acceleration, James B. Asbury Dec 2021

Millipyde: A Cross-Platform Python Framework For Transparent Gpu Acceleration, James B. Asbury

Master's Theses

The prevalence of general-purpose GPU computing continues to grow and tackle a wider variety of problems that benefit from GPU-acceleration. This acceleration often suffers from a high barrier to entry, however, due to the complexity of software tools that closely map to the underlying GPU hardware, the fast-changing landscape of GPU environments, and the fragmentation of tools and languages that only support specific platforms. Because of this, new solutions will continue to be needed to make GPGPU acceleration more accessible to the developers that can benefit from it. AMD’s new cross-platform development ecosystem ROCm provides promise for developing applications and …


Optimizing A Virtual Human Platform For Depression/Suicide Ideation Identification For The American Soldier, Christina M. Monahan Dec 2021

Optimizing A Virtual Human Platform For Depression/Suicide Ideation Identification For The American Soldier, Christina M. Monahan

Master's Theses

Suicide surpassed homicide to be the second leading cause of death among people 10-24 years old in the United States \cite{1}. This statistic is alarming especially when combined with the more than eight distinctly different types of clinical depression among society today \cite{2}. To further complicate this health crisis, let’s consider the current worldwide isolating pandemic often referred to as COVID-19 that has spanned 12 months. It is more important than ever to consider how we can get ahead of the crisis by identifying the symptoms as they set in and more importantly ahead of the decision to commit suicide. …


Medial And Lateral Tibiofemoral Contact Forces For Individuals With High Body Mass Index In Gait And Cycling Training, Reymil Fernandez Dec 2021

Medial And Lateral Tibiofemoral Contact Forces For Individuals With High Body Mass Index In Gait And Cycling Training, Reymil Fernandez

Master's Theses

The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease characterized by the degradation of articular cartilage, is correlated with the rise in obesity. The rising rates of obesity in children and adults highlight the need for identifying a sustainable physical activity that promotes fitness while mitigating initiation and progression of osteoarthritis. The objective of this study was to determine an effective rehabilitation and lifelong fitness sustainment exercise regimen that minimize risk of osteoarthritis in individuals with high body mass index (BMI). The aim was to examine knee medial and lateral contact forces in gait and cycling training. Gait at self-selected …


Website Rebrand – Minoggie Kennels Island Acres, Kelsey R. Deuth Dec 2021

Website Rebrand – Minoggie Kennels Island Acres, Kelsey R. Deuth

Graphic Communication

The final deliverable of my senior project is a cohesive, current, live site that follows brand guidelines I’ve laid out for the client, Minoggie Kennels. My design choices provide an aesthetically pleasing site that allows for intuitive navigation. The new hosting service, Squarespace, will increase usability and allow the owners to easily make updates they see fit.


Potted Pals: A Coffee Table Book, Morgan E. Glazebrook Dec 2021

Potted Pals: A Coffee Table Book, Morgan E. Glazebrook

Graphic Communication

The purpose of this project for GrC 462 is to design and produce an image and information heavy coffee table book on the topic of houseplants. This book will not only include gorgeous photography sourced from the Internet and self shot by me, but all the information one could need to learn how to care for each plant presented in the book. Throughout the quarter, I documented my process and the steps I took in order to complete the entire project on time.


Central Coast Tennis Re-Brand, Jason Reinwald Dec 2021

Central Coast Tennis Re-Brand, Jason Reinwald

Graphic Communication

The goal of my GrC 462 senior project is the re-branding of a company called Central Coast Tennis. This includes the creation of a logo, and redesign of their website. This project will encompass the work it takes at re-branding a company along with documenting the progress along the way.


Creating Promotional Products For Flame Broiler Inc., David Lee Dec 2021

Creating Promotional Products For Flame Broiler Inc., David Lee

Graphic Communication

Throughout my time in Graphic Communication, the aspect of taking a product design from ideation to creation interested me the most. I have taken multiple classes that allowed me to do this, but with pre-determined parameters. Screen printing always caught my attention mainly because I wanted to make my own clothing. Though I learned how to execute the process, I never applied that knowledge into my own project. With my internship at Flame Broiler Inc. and my enrollment in GrC 462, a perfect opportunity presented itself. The marketing team at the company was open to any ideas and liked the …


Non-Fungible Tokens On The Blockchain, Talyssa Janae Cruz Dec 2021

Non-Fungible Tokens On The Blockchain, Talyssa Janae Cruz

Graphic Communication

The premise of this project is to see how rising artists would perform in this new method of sharing and selling art. With the skills learned in Graphic Communication, the deliverables would be a well-marketed artistic brand and cohesive art collection that will be launched on the Cardano blockchain. Whether the collection succeeds or not, it would be an excellent learning experience to see if the collection will sell. If it succeeds, the information and findings would be gathered to conclude if it is feasible for rising creators to put Non-fungible Tokens on the blockchain.


Designing A Brand Identity And Visual Marketing Collateral For Jaxxon Von Baxter, Benson P. Moore Dec 2021

Designing A Brand Identity And Visual Marketing Collateral For Jaxxon Von Baxter, Benson P. Moore

Graphic Communication

This project involves the creation of visual marketing collateral to be used for the album release and ensuing tour of a fictional musician named Jaxxon Von Baxter. Portrayed by Benson Moore in all imagery, this project explores techniques in creative photography, photo editing, illustration, and typography, among others. Ben would like to someday continue as a designer in the music industry and hopes this project will further him down this path.


Artisan Tea Project Re-Brand, Alyssa J. Tong Dec 2021

Artisan Tea Project Re-Brand, Alyssa J. Tong

Graphic Communication

Artisan Tea Project, a local cold brew tea pop-up in San Luis Obispo, aims to communicate the brand’s quality, simplicity, and creativity. The company is in need of design collateral that can best market the nuances of their product to target audiences, especially through digital means. The end result of the project is a fully re-branded company with a cohesive brand image that supports the company’s products, mission, and vision.


Corvette Pacifica Website Redesign, Kyra M. Smith Dec 2021

Corvette Pacifica Website Redesign, Kyra M. Smith

Graphic Communication

This project is meant to redesign the website for Corvette Pacifica by improving usability and overall experience in order to increase website traffic and revamp the company's branding. The end deliverables include high fidelity mockups for various pages of the website, as well as improved branding such as logos, fonts, and color schemes. The end goal is to have something that could potentially be coded into a fully working website in the near future.


Grandma Willow Crochet Rebranding, Kira R. Svinth Dec 2021

Grandma Willow Crochet Rebranding, Kira R. Svinth

Graphic Communication

This project is aimed at creating new branding for Grandma Willow Crochet, through means of design. End deliverables include a new logo with iterations, and a revamped visual identity. Through that, marketing collateral such as business cards and flyers were also created.


Point Of Tea Sales: Ordering Algorithmically Suggested Tea, Tate Yeung Dec 2021

Point Of Tea Sales: Ordering Algorithmically Suggested Tea, Tate Yeung

Graphic Communication

Teahouse customers have few opportunities to get suggestions about drinks and drink customizations. Point of Tea Sales (POTS) fills this opportunity by providing recommendations (algorithmic suggestions) based on customer’s preferences (manually provided by customer), customer’s reviews (of previous drink orders), and reviews of other customers with similar preferences. The scope of this senior project includes designing the 
user experience and user interface for the 
online ordering aspect of POTS.