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Hierarchical Off-Road Path Planning And Its Validation Using A Scaled Autonomous Car', Angshuman Goswami

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In the last few years. while a lot of research effort has been spent on autonomous vehicle navigation, primarily focused on on-road vehicles, off-road path planning still presents new challenges. Path planning for an autonomous ground vehicle over a large horizon in an unstructured environment when high-resolution a-priori information is available, is still very much an open problem due to the computations involved. Localization and control of an autonomous vehicle and how the control algorithms interact with the path planner is a complex task. The first part of this research details the development of a path decision support tool for …

Culinary Nutrition Camp; Healthy Lifestyles Cooking Like A Chef (Hlclc) Program: Implementation And Evaluation, Shannon Lynn Monnier Evers

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Healthy Lifestyles Cooking Like a Chef (HLCLC) is a culinary nutrition curriculum based on social cognitive theory. The aim for the HLCLC program is to inspire kitchen confidence and to improve cooking skills and nutrition knowledge, thereby encouraging positive cooking and food choice behaviors. HLCLC aims to expose adolescents to a wide variety of healthy ingredients, teach cooking skills, apply nutrition information, and practice safe food handling. The program objectives are (1) Increase knowledge of healthy food choices through discussion and exposure, (2) Present healthy versions of familiar foods that are inexpensive, tasty, and easy and quick to prepare, (3) …

The Effect Of Hydrostatic Pressure On Neuronal Cell Morphology In Vitro, Kallie Etten

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and subsequent rises in intracranial pressure (ICP) are associated with high mortality and has a number of physical and behavorial consequences to which the specific causes are unknown. We hypothesized that exposure of neuronal cells to elevated pressure can cause neurite retraction and / or apoptosis. Loss of communication between neurons due to these cellular-level events may play a part in complications seen in TBI patients, such as neurodegenerative diseases, increased anxiety, fear, depression, cognitive problems, as well as motor and visual deficits. In the present study, the effect of elevated hydrostatic pressure was evaluated at …

Quantification Of The Spatial Distribution Of Radionuclides In Field Lysimeters With A Collimated High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectrometer, Bryan James Erdmann

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The objective of this work is to quantify the one-dimensional spatial distribution of radionuclides in field lysimeters from the Radionuclide Field Lysimeter Experiment (RadFLEX) facility at the Savannah River Nationals Laboratory (SRNL). The lysimeters, containing ¹³⁷Cs, ⁶⁰Co, ¹³³Ba and ¹⁵²Eu incorporated either into solid wasteforms (Portland cement and reducing grout) or introduced into soil via a filter paper wasteform, were weathered for three to four years. The initial contaminant activities range from 4.0 to 9.0 MBq for the cementitious wasteforms and 0.25 to 0.47 MBq for the filter paper wasteform. An analytical method was developed to …

Resistance Against Futility In The Name Of Convenience, Dalia Karina Delanuez

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While utilizing plastics, my primary motivation as an artist is to understand how this material can disassociate the body from its natural environment and its subsequent effects. In my work, I speak of three spaces that are not distinct but that overlap each other. I analyzed my interaction with plastics as an intermediate space. This space of transition and domestic use is explained through sculpture in several modalities. My first sculpture is a fragmented installation. My second is a video projection of my body within a sculptural surface and a filmed documentation. My third sculpture is participatory and includes a …

The Human Journey As Work In Progress, Kymberly Day

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Sampling gesture, form, and monumentality from Classical figure sculpture, art history becomes an avenue for exploring tropes of the parallels between man and animal. Raw construction and shipping materials comprise these figures, interrupting conventions of display, archive, transport, and institution. Species are spliced and integrated into the human figure in each of the compositions. Traditionally, the animal is used as metaphor for different human conditions, emotions, and behaviors; our relationships to animals is one that stands the test of time in art. The animal becomes an extension of the figure's human-ness, while also acting as mere prop for the figure. …

Locker Room Talk: Dialogic Navigations Of The Discursive Arena Of Campus Sexual Assault, Sarah Beach

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This creative Master's thesis project records a set of experiences of a graduate teaching assistant's engagement with student, faculty, and staff activists in sexual assault on a Southeastern university campus during the academic years of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. Using literature, interviews, dialogic engagement, and participant observation, I document, discuss, and analyze discursive norms and campus interventions, specifically in the context of campus rape culture. I outline my philosophical commitments, relate my experiences meeting with members of the university community, and offer my findings and reflections in a thematic report. The implications make a strong case for the importance of dialogic …

Accounting For Soil Inorganic Carbon In The Ecosystem Services Framework For United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Garth Raymond Groshans

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Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) is currently not included in the list of key soil properties related to ecosystem services (e.g., provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services). Soil inorganic carbon is a dynamic key soil property used in soil classification, taxonomy and fertility, therefore its inclusion in the framework of ecosystem services is important. With soils rapidly changing due to human use and climate change, the soil ecosystem services framework should not include only soil organic carbon (SOC), but SIC as well since it is of global importance to soil fertility and the long-term carbon cycle, especially in semiarid and arid …

Characterization Of Surface Modified Orthopedic Implants For Their Antimicrobial Properties, Shayesteh Beladi Behbahani

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Contamination of combat trauma wounds with environmental residues can lead to bacterial infection of orthopedic fractures, which causes delay and difficulties in patient treatment. The reported infection rate of the improvised explosive devices (IED) injuries is 91%, and biofilm formation on orthopedic implants can lead to chronic infection with a rate of 40% in fracture wounds. Designing orthopedic implants that can self-regulate local infection and biofilm formation is beneficial for these patients. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and biodegradable chitosan with local antibiotic (vancomycin) elution were deposited on the stainless steel and titanium implant samples (coupons) to reduce biofilm formation and bacterial infection. …

Structural Evolution And Fatigue Performance Of Laser Welded 30mnvs6/Sae 045 Xlf Joints, Robert Trahern Houliston

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Characterization of microstructural evolution and fatigue performance of laser welded joints was studied between microalloyed 30MnVS6 and high strength low alloy SAE 045 XLF steels. These steel grades were selected for potential application in a prototype automatic gearbox to be utilized within automotive manufacturing. Parameters were varied using an Nd:YAG laser welding system which included laser power (1,670 – 1,730 W), workpiece speed (1,700 – 1,800 mm/min), and laser beam focal position (-0.05 – 0.05 mm). Based on the parameters selected, the welds were produced using an energy transfer of between 305 and 325 J/mm0.5·s0.5. A 3-level factorial design of …

Checking In, Kurt Blythe

NASIG Newsletter

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The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 9 2017-11-13, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 8 2017-11-06, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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Updating Base Student Cost, 2017 November, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, Ellen Weeks Saltzman

Publications

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From Silence To Condemnation: Institutional Responses To “Travel Ban” Executive Order 13769, Andrew S. Pyle, Darren Linvill, S. Paul Gennett

Publications

On January 27, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order that attempted to bar citizens and refugees from seven countries from entering the U.S. for a certain time period. One of the contexts most directly affected by this order was higher education. This study examined college and university communicative responses to the order from a public relations perspective. We qualitatively determined a range of responses from U.S. universities then quantitatively determined variables of particular colleges and universities that had a correlation to the nature of the responses. Responses were then assessed using public relations best practices. The data …

Lgbt+ Films & Award Winners Display, Maggie Mason Smith

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Co-Measure: Developing An Assessment For Student Collaboration In Steam Activities, Danielle Herro, Cassie F. Quigley, Jessica Andrews, Girlie Delacruz

Publications

Background

The shortage of skilled workers choosing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers in the USA and worldwide has fueled a movement towards STEAM, in which the “A” addresses the arts and humanities. STEAM education has been proposed as a way to offer relevant problems to solve while drawing on creative and collaborative skills to increase interest and engagement in these fields. Despite the interest in increasing STEAM globally, research on the efficacy of instructional approaches, including ways to assess collaborative problem solving (CPS), is lacking.

Results

This paper reports the development of a rubric, named Co-Measure, for researchers …

The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 7 2017-10-30, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 6 2017-10-09, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2017 October 6, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

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The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 5 2017-10-02, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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Fy2018 All Salaries $30-50,000, Clemson University

Salary Reports

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Fy2018 All Salaries Over $50,000, Clemson University

Salary Reports

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A Comparative Study On The Durability Of Geopolymer Mortars Produced With Ground Glass Fiber, Fly Ash, And Glass-Powder In Sodium Sulfate Solution, Hassan Rashidian-Dezfouli, Prasada Rao Rangaraju

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An experimental investigation was conducted to investigate the performance of geopolymers made with three different precursors consisting of fly ash, Ground Glass Fiber (GGF), and Glass-Powder (GLP) exposed to sodium sulfate solution. Precursors were activated using either sodium hydroxide solution or combinations of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate solution with varying levels of sodium and silica content. Among the mixtures with each of the three precursors, mortar mixtures with the highest compressive strength were selected to test their resistance against exposure to a 5% sodium sulfate solution. Changes in the weight and compressive strength of the specimens were monitored up …

Influence Of End Customer Exposure On Product Design Within An Epistemic Game Environment, Matthew R. Markovetz, Renee M. Clark, Zachari Swiecki, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Naomi C. Chesler, David W. Shaffer, Cheryl A. Bodnar

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Engineering product design requires both technical aptitude and an understanding of the non-technical requirements in the marketplace, economic or otherwise. Engineering education has long focused on the technical side of product design, but there is increasing demand for market-aware engineers in industry. Market-awareness and customer-focus are also associated with entrepreneurship, which has been given increased focus in engineering education. A common tool for gauging customer interest in industry is the focus group. Herein we examine the effect of customer voice as presented in a focus group for influencing engineering product design generated by students as part of the virtual internship …

An Investigation Of Information Sought By Caregivers Of Alzheimer’S Patients On Online Peer-Support Groups, Emma Scharett, Kapil Chalil Madathil, Snehal Lopes, Hunter Rogers, Sruthy Agnisarman, Shraddhaa Narasimha, Aparna Ashok, Cheryl Dye

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Alzheimer’s caregivers seek social support through online communities to deal with their issues. The research team conducted a content analysis of ALZConnected.org to investigate the characteristics of information searched by caregivers and responses received. Two-hundred fifty posts and related responses were randomly selected and analyzed using a classification tool derived from the analysis of 500 posts and related responses spanning a yearlong period. The Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIW C) generated an average tone rating of 25.94 for the posts and 52.69 for the responses. The findings highlighted the caregiver’s need for emotional support (59.6%), and confusion about Alzheimer’s …

Teaching Peace: A Plan For Effective Crisis Communication Instruction Intended Course, Andrew S. Pyle

Publications

Courses: This unit activity is intended for public relations (PR), crisis communication, or journalism courses.

Objectives: The purpose is to equip future PR professionals with critical thinking skills and experience to manage crises. Students demonstrate mastery in two ways: by crafting clear crisis response messages and materials in a narrow time frame, and by applying a crisis communication heuristic to manage a simulated crisis event.

The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 4 2017-09-25, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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Patterned Nanoparticle Assembly Methodology, Thomas M. Crawford, Longfei Ye, Tanner G. Pearson, O. Thompson Mefford, Yves Cordeau

Clemson Patents

Methods for forming a nanoparticle assembly are generally provided. The method can comprise applying a colloidal fluid to a surface of a magnetic media, wherein the colloidal fluid comprises magnetic nanoparticles, a surfactant, a trigger salt, and a carrier medium; and assembling the magnetic nanoparticles into a pattern through a magnetic force arising from the surface of the magnetic media.

The Tiger Vol. 112 Issue 3 2017-09-18, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2017

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