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Second Reaction: Simplicity Does Not Mean Plain, Julie Stepp

First Opinions, Second Reactions

No abstract provided.

First Opinion: Little Owl’S Journey Of Self-Discovery, Carolyn Hunt

First Opinions, Second Reactions

No abstract provided.

Second Reaction: Cosmic Questions For Curious Children, Kristen Bowman

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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Second Reaction: Giant Squid As An Invitation To Imagine And Explore, Judi Anderson

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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First Opinion: A Deep-Ocean Odyssey Envisioning Giant Squid Through Multimodal Nonfiction Poetry, Stephanie F. Reid, E. Sybil Durand

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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Poetry In Nature, Jill P. May

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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Front Matter

First Opinions, Second Reactions

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High Points, Low Points, Turning Points: Life Stories Of Cambodian American Youth, Allyssa Mccabe, Khanh Dinh

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Qualitative methods such as McAdam's Life Story Interview offer a rich means of exploring how culture affects an individual's development. Such a method has seldom been used with Asian Americans. In the present study, 20 Cambodian American teenagers aged 15-18 (half female, half male) narrated the high, low, and turning points of their lives. Those narratives were transcribed and coded with respect to the predominant emotional valence and context of those key events. Half of high point narratives were painful events that the narrator had recast in a positive light, a hallmark of resilience and of a tendency to redeem …

Epics: Children's Educational Demonstrations, Aaron P. Kreuter, Ruby A. Wellen, Alexander D. Falkenberg, Jamie M. Arabshahi

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Approaches To Integrating Service Learning In The Public Health Administration Course, Sandra Liu, Ali Bianco

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Landscape Of Local Epidemic Preparedness: Communication & Social Media, Priyanka Brunese

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

The purpose of the project was to understand the landscape of epidemic preparedness in our community, to bring relevant stakeholders to co-design effective channels to manage trust, fear, and accurate communication during epidemics in the age of digital communication and share local and promote inter-agency collaboration at local and national levels.

This qualitative and explorative project was part of a year-long Emerging Leaders in Science & Society Fellowship, sponsored by the American Association of Advancement of Science. Through a SWOT analysis by engaging with a variety of local experts from Purdue University, Greater Lafayette and surrounding counties, the theme of …

Latinas Literature Project, Cecilia Tenorio, Sandra Usuga, Esther Teixeira

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Presenting a Poster.

Food Insecurity Rudimentary Education For Local Youth, Nam-Anh Nguyen, Quynh Nguyen, Ellisa Defur, Daniel Lin, Jennifer Mansfield, Jane Krause

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Pharmacy Practice And Research: The Development Of A University Collaboration In Colombia, Ellen Schellhase

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Co-Teaching: Academic English Learning With Interactive Support, Kyongson Park

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

This presentation is a report on an ELL teacher’s mainstream class observations, co-teaching experiences with a local language arts teacher, and surveying with students for a semester. As Short and Echevarria (2016) state, “academic language is a second language for all students” (p. 2) and every student is an academic English learner. This study examines how teachers find the gap between theory and practice by taking on multiple roles in classrooms and providing diverse support (Gottlieb, 2015). This leads to enhanced academic language learning which could meet the academic standards. The implemented project focused on creating an autobiographical book with …

Global Education And Professional Development Of Minority Youth, Jennifer Sdunzik, Rocio Leon, Annagul Yaryyeva

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

“Global Education and Professional Development of Minority Youth" was developed to establish connections between the Purdue student body and the Frankfort community. By engaging high school students in workshops that focus on identities, students are encouraged to identify and market the talents they contribute to an increasingly globalized world. Students participate in workshops to develop their professional skills and articulate their transnational social location. The workshops were designed to empower our participants to embrace their sense of social value and responsibility in their communities with the perspective of a global citizen.

Smart Travel, Apoorva Sulakhe

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

The purpose of this poster is to further explore the idea of a “SMART” travel app. To design an app that is self-monitoring, that could analyze data and present the best travel options for customers in terms of available providers, price and time. Not only should the app be beneficial to customers but it should also be beneficial to providers. Through a series of analysis, questionnaires and eye tracking experiments our team was able to design an app that will provide customers with the information needed to make a well-informed decision on how to travel from point A to B, …

Creating A Play Area For Shoe4africa Pediatric Hospital: A Purdue University College Of Pharmacy Service Learning Project, Katie Curtis, Karolina M. Grzesiak

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Hundreds of children walk through the doors of Shoe4Africa Pediatric Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya everyday. They face many obstacles varying from acute illnesses to cancer and burn wounds or even dealing with the stress of a sick family member. According to the Child Life Council Evidence-Based Practice Statement on therapeutic play in pediatric health care, “Research provides evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic play in reducing psychological and physiological stress for children facing medical challenges.” Shoe4Africa had a need for an outdoor playground where children can nourish their mental and phyical wellbeing. A $1,500 service learning grant was obtained by …

Water Supply In Developing Countries, Jason K. Hawes, Ernest R. Blatchley Iii, Audrey Caprio, Andrew T. Kanach

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Safety And Service-Learning: Engaging Pharmacy Students To Make Safer Communities, Patricia Darbishire, Chelsea Anderson

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Poster Abstract

Objective:

To evaluate student perceptions of a service-learning experience for potential implementation in the curriculum.

Method:

A new 3-week intensive elective course was piloted in the Spring of 2017 at Purdue University College of Pharmacy. Seven third professional year students were included in the pilot and were divided into three groups. Each group of 2-3 students was assigned to one of 3 predetermined community partner sites. Students were taught how to perform a needs assessment and then designed a project targeted to improve safety at their site. Students completed a pre-post questionnaire that assessed their perceptions of the …

Implementation Of A Low-Cost Unna Boot Alternative As Adjunctive Treatment For Kaposi Sarcoma, Alexander Robert Mills, Edith Tonui, Sonak Pastakia, Rakhi Karwa, Phelix Were

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

There are 6 million people living with HIV; 70% reside in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Furthermore, 1.1 million deaths occur due to opportunistic infections (OIs) that can be minimized with antiretroviral therapy. In Kenya, Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an especially debilitating OI that presents with dermatologic lesions; magnifying the stigma that patients with HIV face physically and psychosocially. Dermatology research is underway to determine the effectiveness of an unna boot (medicated, layered compression dressing) to speed the healing of these lesions with anecdotal success. Commercially available unna boot products are too expensive and not readily available in SSA. Clinicians from Purdue …

Expansion Of Pharmacy Students’ Involvement In Global Health And International Clinical Rotations, Alice C. Chang, Monica L. Miller, Ellen M. Schellhase

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Service Learning Course Has Purdue Students Design Curricula To Teach Indiana Elementary Students About Food Waste, Rebecca Busse

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Making Music To Enhance Mental Health In Eldoret, Kenya, Michael Peters, Ethan Wahle, Ellen Schellhase

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

After attending this session, participants will be appreciate the power of music and witness the level of engagement that street youth in a resource-limited country have as they unite behind a common goal. Street youth in Eldoret, Kenya are at a high risk of experiencing psychological conditions like Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with contributing factors including homelessness, an unstable family structure, and exposure to alcoholism and drug abuse in parent figures. Music therapy has shown benefits in children to alleviate and manage some of the symptoms of emotional disturbances. The goal was to create a sustainable music program in Eldoret, Kenya …

Utilizing Gis To Locate Endangered Gravel Hill Prairies Of The Wabash River Valley, Ryan W.R. Schroeder

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

The Gravel Hill Prairies (GHP’s) of the Wabash River Valley are an endangered ecosystem in the state of Indiana and provide optimal growing conditions for a number of state endangered plants. Currently only four remnants are known to exist near Lafayette, IN, found by a previous study conducted in 1980 by Post, Bacone, and Aldrich (Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1984, vol. 94: 457-464). These unique ecosystems have been found to occur almost exclusively on soils classified as Rodman Gravelly Loams and Strawn-Rodman complexes which occur predominantly along the outwash terraces of the Wabash River and its tributaries. …

Ipfw Collaboration With Blackford County Concerned Citizens, Sherrie M. Steiner

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

This presentation describes a collaboration between IPFW and Blackford County Concerned Citizens (BCCC) that spans multiple courses over a two year timeframe. BCCC is concerned about improving public health. Residents have higher rates of colon, thyroid and bladder cancers than other counties in the state of Indiana. BCCC has been investigating possible pollution in soil, water and now air in relation to the industrial history in the county. Students helped map the industrial history, and assisted BCCC with testing water and soil for industrial contaminants. Students are now assisting with testing moss samples as a surrogate for air contaminants in …

Epics Global Service Learning Pedagogy Explored For Construction Engineering Education, Brandon Fulk, Seyedali Ghahari, Makrand Hastak

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

EPICS is a service-learning design program in which teams of students partner with local and global community organizations to address human, community, and environmental needs. EPICS is an academic program in which teams of Purdue students partner with local not-for-profit community organizations to provide technology solutions. Team Ecuador is a division of the non-profit EPICS program at Purdue University. Since 2012 Team Ecuador has been partnered with FEVI, a non-governmental organization, to develop education infrastructure in Lumbisi. The current focus of Team Ecuador is to design, fundraise, and construct and Education Center for the community of Lumbisi. We are working …

Nandi Clean Kitchen Study, Oliver S. Schroeder, Mina Mohsenian

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Stochastic Estimation Of Field Management Zones Using Multi-Year Yield Data And A Hidden Markov Random Field, Alex Layton, James V. Krogmeier, Aaron Ault, Dennis Buckmaster

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

Modern precision agriculture equipment enables treating different areas of a field differently, i.e., site specific management. This results in the concept of management zones, which are a compromise between treating a field uniformly and treating every plant individually.

This work presents an algorithm for inferring the management zones for a field based on yield data from multiple years. The algorithm uses a hidden Markov random field model (HMRF) to find regions of the field which likely correspond to the same underlying yield distribution (i.e., “management zones”). These regions are assumed to be the same for each year, but their distributions …

Purdue’S Biowall, Purdue Ect Team

ECT Fact Sheets Archive

Mechanical ventilation, energy recovery ventilation, and infiltration (air that leaks into a building) are commonly used to introduce fresh air. These are all valid approaches, but a living plant-based filter is an innovative complement to these traditional technologies. A Biowall has the potential to improve indoor air quality while reducing the quantity of air needed for ventilation, creating the potential for energy savings. Figure 1 shows a Biowall prototype being evaluated in the ReNEWW House, a research home located near the Purdue University campus (http://www.renewwhouse.com/).