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Polyponics-- Living Lab, Alex Hill, Dylan Robertson, Erik Hoffnagle, Erik Pinuelas

Baker/Koob Endowments Awarded Projects

Aquaponics is a rapidly expanding field that requires research and development in engineering, biology, horticulture, architecture and business. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo lacks an adequate facility that can support the growing interest amongst the student population and faculty. A small flagship system has been constructed on campus, but the current layout is too small to support the growth potential for interdisciplinary collaboration. The funds that are being requested would be applied towards expanding the current operation and fostering interdepartmental relationships that will allow for aquaponics at Cal Poly to thrive. The aquaponic’s club constituents will serve as the designers, …

Improving Connectivity Between Members And Alumni Of Alpha Pi Mu, Ben Patrick Buell, Shannon Elizabeth O'Keefe

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The purpose of this project was to solve the problems of a lack of connectivity between the current members and alumni of Alpha Pi Mu, as well as the lack of incentives for prospective members to join the club. These problems were solved by creating a website that allowed current members to be able to view the complete work experiences of alumni and provided a way to reach out to those alumni directly to network with them. The agile project management system was used to develop the website and helped to successfully complete all of our design requirements listed in …

Inland Vet Supply Employee Training Manual, Jessica Crawford

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of this senior project was to create an informative manual that would aid new employees in learning proper store protocols at Inland Vet Supply. The project included the creation of the manual based on the wants of the employer, Tammy Horal, as well as the needs of the store itself. The manual was written in a way that could be easily understood, and quickly referred to. The intended goal for the manual was to improve the ease of learning, and to reduce the amount of confusion when teaching new employees store procedures. It is with hope that once …

Kennedy Library Update, May 2015, Robert E. Kennedy Library

Library Publications and Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly History Professor Honored By Historical Society Of Southern California, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly's 'Take It Slo' A Capella Ensemble To Perform Twice May 31, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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Global Research On Ultramafic (Serpentine) Ecosystems (8th International Conference On Serpentine Ecology In Sabah, Malaysia): A Summary And Synthesis, Antony Van Der Ent, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert Boyd, Guillaume Echevarria, Rimi Repin, Dick Williams

Biological Sciences

Since 1991, researchers from approximately 45 nations have participated in eight International Conferences on Serpentine Ecology (ICSE). The Conferences are coordinated by the International Serpentine Ecology Society (ISES), a formal research society whose members study geological, pedological, biological and applied aspects of ultramafic (serpentine) ecosystems worldwide. These conferences have provided an international forum to discuss and synthesise multidisciplinary research, and have provided opportunities for scientists in distinct fields and from different regions of the world to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary research. The 8th ICSE was hosted by Sabah Parks in Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, and attracted the largest …

Teacher Internship Report- Kerman High School, Elizabeth A. Basham

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Kerman High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The internship included the development of a comprehensive program plan for Kerman High School. The comprehensive program plan for Kerman High School includes information about the Kerman FFA Chapter, an outline the goals and objectives of the program, program of activities, along with an overview of Kerman High School, the agriculture program and community.

Teacher Internship Report - Livingston High School, Stefanie Marie Kuhr

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Livingston High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The internship included the development of a comprehensive program plan for Livingston High School. The plan includes information to receive state/local funding, outline the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Livingston High School, the agriculture program and community.

Graduate Internship Report - Indio High School, Cesar R. Lopez Barreras

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Indio High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The curriculum and supporting documents created during the internship validate the science curriculum taught within the Agriculture Department. All curricula was written and aligned to both the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core Standards as well as keeping the California Career Technical Education Standards in mind. Part 1 of this project involves an in-depth …

Graduate Internship Report-Chowchilla Union High School, Terra A. (Plumley) Raggio

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship report includes all documents needed to validate that the Chowchilla Union High School Agriculture Department meets the quality criteria for secondary - level programs of instruction in agriculture. All of the documents are also used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review processes. Included in the report is also an updated Program Plan as well as the new developments of the Chowchilla FFA Electronic Newsletter and Chowchilla FFA Website. All other documentation includes department goals and objectives as well as an overview of budgets, community support, and career pathway development.

Teacher Internship Report - Fort Bragg High School, Megan Anne Schmitt

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation/supporting documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level agriculture education programs. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Fort Bragg High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The internship included the development of a comprehensive program plan for Fort Bragg High School. The plan includes information to receive state/local funding, outline the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Fort Bragg High School, the agriculture program and community. The internship also included the development of the Agriculture Advisory Committee. This …

Aged 539 Teacher Internship Report Central High School, Jessica M. Fahey

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

The teacher internship report includes reflections and supporting documents related to the twelve quality criteria for Agriculture Education Programs in the State of California. The quality criteria evaluate the quality of an agriculture program in twelve areas and determine its eligibility for Agriculture Incentive Grant funds. This report was created for the Central High School Agriculture Program located in California's Central Valley.

Methodologies For Simplified Lifeline System Risk Assessments, Michael Germeraad

Master's Theses

Natural hazards are a growing risk across the globe. As regions have urbanized, single events impact greater proportions of the population, and the populations within those regions have become more dependent on infrastructure systems. Regional resilience has become closely tied to the performance of infrastructure. For a comprehensive risk assessment losses caused by lifeline outage must be considered alongside structural and nonstructural risks. Many well developed techniques quantify structural and nonstructural risk; however, there are insufficient procedures to determine the likelihood of lifeline outages. Including lifelines in seismic assessments will provide a comprehensive risk, improving a decision maker’s capacity to …

Shaina Levin, Voice Recital, Shaina Michele Levin

Music

Shaina Levin's Senior Vocal Recital. Performance and Program Notes in partial fulfillment of a Bachelors of Music degree at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.

Alexis Rubell's Senior Vocal Recital, Alexis Rubell

Music

No abstract provided.

Leah Ginsky, Mezzo Soprano Senior Recital, Leah Ginsky

Music

A senior vocal recital given by Mezzo Soprano Leah Ginsky and accompanied by Susan Azaret Davies. Selections include French, Italian, German, Spanish, and English arias and art songs.

Designing A Visual Brand For A Children’S Furniture Startup, Rachel Denoble

Graphic Communication

The purpose of this study was to design a visual brand for a children’s furniture startup company. The research from this study was applied to The Cardboard Guys, a company that makes furniture completely made out of corrugated cardboard. Designs were created for the company’s branding style guide, product assembly instructions, and Kickstarter campaign page. Each piece of this project was measured for success a little differently - the style guide was given feedback from a professional design firm, the assembly instructions were given to a group of kids and parents to test, and the Kickstarter campaign was both critiqued …

Cal Poly Electrical Distribution Coordination And Short Circuit Analysis, Alexander Gomez, Kaylynn Rothleder

Electrical Engineering

The purpose of this project is to maintain the California Polytechnic State University Electrical Distribution System by performing short circuit and protective device coordination studies for the Baker Science Building. When a short circuit arises in a system, there is no finite way in telling what protective device will be tripped, which can cause outages, arc flashes and electrical explosions. The best way in determining the outcomes of these occurrences are to perform precise simulated reports. To output these reports, design and analysis of the single line through a commercialized software, Power Tools for Windows (SKM) was used. To name …

Development Of A Tridimensional Measuring Application For Ipads, Michael Casebolt, Nicolas Kouatli, Jack Mullen

Computer Science and Software Engineering

In today’s fast-paced distribution centers workers and management alike are constantly searching for the quickest and most efficient way to package items for distribution. Even with the advancement of app-oriented solutions to a variety of problems across many industries there is a distinct unmet need in distribution environments for an application capable of increasing the efficiency and accuracy of packaging items. This senior project focused on the development and testing of an application utilizing the Structure Three Dimensional Sensor and a 4th generation iPad to scan an object or group of objects to be packaged and determine the overall dimensions …

Analysis Of Embryo Scoring And Comparison Of Clinic Performance In In-Vitro Fertilization, James W. Whistler

Master's Theses

Clinical Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) practices seek to make improvements in embryo quality and resultant procedural success rates. There is a significant variance in live birth rates among clinics nationwide. The goal of this thesis is make comparisons of embryo quality among clinics and understand these differences. This analysis focuses on the stage between egg retrieval and embryo transfer. Because the currently accepted embryo scoring methods are not directly proportional to performance, a new scoring methodology is proposed and applied. Data provided by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) consisting of 36,836 patient cycles from 40 anonymous clinics nationwide …

Teacher Internship Report - Arroyo Grande High School, Amie N. Mertz/Wadsworth

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Arroyo Grande High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The internship included the development of a comprehensive program plan for Arroyo Grande High School. The plan includes information to receive state/local funding, outline the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Arroyo Grande High School, the agriculture program and community.

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Cranial Molding For Treatment Of Positional Plagiocephaly Using Finite Element Analysis, Maziyar Keshtgar

Master's Theses

Since the advent of recommendations for placing infants in the supine position during sleep to reduce the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome, clinicians have noted an increase in the frequency of cranial asymmetry due to deformation of suture sections of the infants’ skulls as a result of constant concentrated stress in one area at the back of their head. This specific form of cranial deformation is known as positional plagiocephaly and its rate of occurrence has increased from 0.3% in 8.2% within the past 30 years.

Current treatments and methodologies for preventing and correcting positional plagiocephaly such as stretching …

Challenges In Transitioning From Waterfall To Scrum, Rini Iyju

Master's Theses

In today's fast-paced, fiercely competitive world; speed and flexibility are essential. Companies are increasingly realizing that the sequential approach to developing new product simply will not get the job done.

The goal of this thesis is to investigate critical issues and challenges that occur during the transition from a traditional software development methodology such as Waterfall to Scrum. During the last decade, Scrum has gained a vast success in software development due to its lightweight character and efficient way of handling the challenges of increased market speed, change and product complexity.

This thesis is based on a sequential exploratory mixed …

Eight Degree Of Freedom Vehicle Model With Pitch, Yaw, Tire Control And Sensor Inputs, Sean T. Hirtle

Master's Theses

This research focuses on the development of an eight degree of freedom vehicle model in the MATLAB computing language. Its purpose is to provide flexibility in the modeling and implementation of signal inputs and crash avoidance logic while maintaining accuracy in the physics of the vehicle’s motion. Firstly, the equations of motion for the bodies involved under a reasonable set of assumptions were developed. Next the model was translated to computer code. By writing the model in SimuLink with *.m files, the modularity of the code is enhanced. To validate the model, several well defined tests were simulated.

To establish …

Synthetic Aperture Radar: Rapid Detection Of Target Motion In Matlab, Daniel S. Kassen

Master's Theses

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has come into widespread use in several civilian and military applications. The focus of this paper is the military application of imaging point targets captured by an airborne SAR platform. Using the traditional SAR method of determining target motion by analyzing the difference between subsequent images takes a relatively large amount of processing resources. Using methods in this thesis, target motion can be estimated before even a single image is obtained, reducing the amount of time and power used by a significantly large amount. This thesis builds on work done by Brain Zaharri and David So. …

Experimental Investigation Of Drag Reduction By Trailing Edge Tabs On A Square Based Bluff Body In Ground Effect, Scott R. Sawyer

Master's Theses

This thesis presents an experimental investigation of drag reduction devices on a bluff body in ground effect. It has previously been shown that the addition of end-plate tabs to a rectangular based bluff body with an aspect ratio of 4 is effective in eliminating vortex shedding and reducing drag for low Reynolds number flows. In the present study a square based bluff body, both with and without tabs, will be tested under the same conditions, except this time operating within proximity to a ground plane in order to mimic the properties of bounded aerodynamics that would be present for a …

Graduate Internship In Agricultural Education Firebaugh High School, Stephanie Goeb

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship/project report includes validation documents required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture at Firebaugh High School. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Firebaugh High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The internship also included the development of a parent booster organization to support student involvement in the FFA at Firebaugh High School. The project includes a full set of by-laws that were written and adopted by the booster organization.

California Voters Show Strong Bipartisan Support For Government Transparency Reforms, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Leads Preparation For Next Generation Science Standards, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.