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Malawi: Kaseye Road Project, Solution Testing, Jackie Jarosz, Claire Wilson

ETHOS Technical Reports

The Kaseye Road Project was designed to be a 5-year undertaking. The project outlined in this report describes the work completed in year 2. The goal of year 2 was to design and implement a number of test sections in the existing ditches along the road using various materials. These test sections will then be monitored during the rainy season to determine which solution will work the best for the implementation of the entire road. There were 3 objectives of the test sections, each focusing on one of the following: stop road erosion, slow the water down, keep the water …

Chapter 6: How Can We Move Away From Social Injustices? A Catholic, Marianist Perspective, Joseph M. Day

Myth and Reality: Reflections on Our Travels through West Africa

A reflection on the 2018-19 Global Education Seminars in West Africa.

Finding Your ‘Point B’, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Maggie Ward, a senior political science major from Chicago, was the student speaker Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the University of Dayton’s 2019 academic convocation, welcoming first-year students and new faculty.

Chapter 7: Perspectives On West Africa: Reminiscences Of The Global Education Seminar In Ghana And Togo, Sharon Davis Gratto

Myth and Reality: Reflections on Our Travels through West Africa

A reflection on the 2018-19 Global Education Seminars in West Africa.

Chapter 8: Africa’S Gifts To The World, Julius A. Amin

Myth and Reality: Reflections on Our Travels through West Africa

A reflection on the 2018-19 Global Education Seminars in West Africa.

Student Voices: Prospects And Challenges Of Global Consciousness, Maya Smith-Custer

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

In this session, student leaders discussed global engagement and consciousness and how they have promoted it within UD campus organizations and the larger community. They concluded by making specific recommendations on what needs to be done to enhance global consciousness on campus and the larger Dayton community.

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis And Structure Prediction Of Novel Newt Proteins, Abijeet Singh Mehta, Agustin Luz-Madrigal, Jian-Liang Li, Panagiotis A. Tsonis, Amit Singh

Biology Faculty Publications

Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) possess amazing capabilities to regenerate their organs and other tissues. Previously, using a de novo assembly of the newt transcriptome combined with proteomic validation, our group identified a novel family of five protein members expressed in adult tissues during regeneration in Notophthalmus viridescens. The presence of a putative signal peptide suggests that all these proteins are secretory in nature. Here we employed iterative threading assembly refinement (I-TASSER) server to generate three-dimensional structure of these novel Newt proteins and predicted their function. Our data suggests that these proteins could act as ion transporters, and be involved …

Computational And Experimental Approach To Understanding The Structural Interplay Of Self-Assembled End-Terminated Alkanethiolates On Gold Surfaces, Juganta K. Roy, Erick S. Vasquez, Henry P. Pinto, Swati Kumari, Keisha B. Walters, Jerzy Leszcynski

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Applications of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on surfaces are prevalent in modern technologies and drives the need for a better understanding of the surface domain architecture of SAMs. To explore structural interaction at the interface between gold surfaces and a hydroxyl-terminated alkanethiol, 11-hydroxy-1-undecanethiol, (C11TH) we have employed a combined computational and experimental approach. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out on the thiol–gold interface using both the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) and van der Waals (optB86b) density functionals. Our ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations revealed that the interface consists of four different distinguished phases, each with different C11TH orientations. Experiments involved …

Alumni Voices: Celebrating Global Engagement, Justin Forzano, Kwyn Townsend Riley, Matt Joseph, Christine Vehar Jutte

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

This session brought together UD alumni who had a wide array of global experiences while here on campus as students; they spoke on how those experiences impacted their lives and careers.

Proceedings Of The 2019 Berry Summer Thesis Institute, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Proceedings of the Berry Summer Thesis Institute (2013-Present)

Thanks to a gift from the Berry Family Foundation and the Berry family, the University Honors Program launched the Berry Summer Thesis Institute in 2012. The institute introduces students in the University Honors Program to intensive research, scholarship opportunities and professional development. Each student pursues a 12-week summer thesis research project under the guidance of a UD faculty mentor. This contains the product of the students' research.

Conclusion: The Forward March Of Global Consciousness, Julius A. Amin

Proceedings: 2019 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

The 2019 Global Voices Symposium lived up to its hype. It was educational, informative, and enriching. It attracted onto the University of Dayton campus people from out of the state of Ohio and the larger Dayton community. Speakers were passionate about their topics and captivated the audience. All were engaged.

The Global Voices Symposium is built on the excitement that global awareness brings on college campuses and the larger community. Following this year’s symposium, people began asking what we have in store for next year—and that was revealing. The Global Voices Symposium is rapidly becoming a part of campus culture, …

Oregon, Usa: Test Kitchen And Iso Stove Testing Compliance, Gunaseharan Murugan

ETHOS Technical Reports

Community development is to take care of the community and paying attention towards the development of the people in the community. People in the community are filled with different skills. When it comes to the World, Earth, our Planet it must be only motive to save people and save our Nature mother from Extinction. Similarly, the community in Western Coast, Aprovecho Research Center located in Cottage grove, OR whose main vision and mission to save world from the innocent people. The people who use cookstove have no idea how they are polluting the place they live. Aprovechian’s work to make …

University Sets Another Record In Sponsored Research, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton achieved another year of record research with more than $170 million in sponsored research performed in fiscal year 2019. This is a nearly 7 percent increase over last year's record of $159.8 million.

Ruff At Roesch: Student Staffer Training 4 Paws Pup, Matt Mckinley

University Libraries Blog Archive

With a library student worker as her companion, Nutella, a golden retriever puppy, is training to become a service animal with 4 Paws for Ability, a nonprofit based in Xenia, Ohio.

Joy Of Discovery, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Christian S. Hemsath stood behind a grand piano in the Sears Recital Hall, gracefully brushing his fingers across the keys while he talked about similar patterns he discovered in the seemingly opposite fields of math and music.

Rare Books, Podcast Spur Reflections On Revolutions, R. Mark Zeitzmann

University Libraries Blog Archive

In his 1951 Requiem for a Nun, William Faulkner said, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.' A student in the archives had the opportunity to learn what Faulkner meant.

Ud In The News July 26-Aug. 2, University Of Dayton

News Releases

CTV in Canada, Cheddar, Newsy and Spectrum News Ohio interviewed Dave Salisbury, director of the Center for Cybersecurity and Data Intelligence, about the Capital One breach. Aviation historian Janet Bednarek offered her expertise on airports to Popular Mechanics. Education Dive talked to Jason Reinoehl, vice president for strategic enrollment management, about our transparent fixed net- price tuition plan.

Fusion Of Interpolated Frames Superresolution In The Presence Of Atmospheric Optical Turbulence, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Barry K. Karch, Alexander J. Dapore, Douglas R. Droege, Joseph C. French

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

An extension of the fusion of interpolated frames superresolution (FIF SR) method to perform SR in the presence of atmospheric optical turbulence is presented. The goal of such processing is to improve the performance of imaging systems impacted by turbulence. We provide an optical transfer function analysis that illustrates regimes where significant degradation from both aliasing and turbulence may be present in imaging systems. This analysis demonstrates the potential need for simultaneous SR and turbulence mitigation (TM). While the FIF SR method was not originally proposed to address this joint restoration problem, we believe it is well suited for this …

A Brief History Of The University Libraries: Founding To 2019, Kathleen Tiller

Reports and Promotional Materials

The University of Dayton’s newly renovated Roesch Library might stir up fond memories of the good old days or present a whole new image of what a library has to offer. One thing for certain: The current library is vastly different from the one St. Mary’s Institute students used during the 1860s. In this essay, librarian emerita Kathleen Tiller shares a brief history of libraries on the University of Dayton campus.

Characteristics Of Marianist Universities, Association Of Marianist Universities

Documents of the Office for Mission and Rector

The historical and educational context for the Characteristics of Marianist Universities is both local and global. The Society of Mary (Marianists) was founded in France in 1817 by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. The first Marianists arrived in the United States in 1849. The reputation of the Marianists as educators in Europe led the first brothers in the United States to establish schools.

Today, the Marianist brothers and priests of the Province of the United States serve in communities and ministries from Honolulu to Puerto Rico and in Eastern Africa, India, Ireland and Mexico. In the United States, along with the …

Development Of A Methodology For Characterizing Reaction Kinetics, Rheology, And In-Situ Compaction Of Polyimide Prepregs During Cure, James Raymond Magato, Donald A. Klosterman

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

PMR-type polyimide prepregs are challenging to fabricate into high quality composites due to volatiles that are generated and must be removed in situ during processing. The current work was conducted to develop accurate, reliable, and practical characterization techniques of the prepreg rheology, volatile generation, and subsequent volatile removal from the prepreg during composite fabrication. Thermal analysis was used to characterize volatile generation, reaction rates, and rheology. A novel approach was used to measure the thickness of the prepreg in situ during vacuum bag/oven processing using a high-temperature LVDT. Experimental results are presented for the commercially available RM-1100 polyimide/carbon prepreg system, …

Ltc Newsletter, University Of Dayton. Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center

LTC Newsletter

Fall 2019

Archive Of Art: An Inventory Of Works Across Campus, Emily Cordonnier

University Libraries Blog Archive

Art and design major shares favorite works from her quest for facts.

Ecuador: Rainwater Catchment And Water Projects, Ryan Martini

ETHOS Technical Reports

The main function of this trip was to serve in a supporting role for various ongoing projects at Fundación Ingenieros en Acción (FIEA). FIEA is part of Engineers in Action (EIA) and oversees projects in Bolivia and Ecuador. The main office for the Ecuador branch is based in Quito. The projects being worked on this past summer were in the following communities: San Ramon, Agua Fria, Pasto Calle, Guangaje, and Manabi. Each project was at a different stage and required different resources and tasks to be completed. San Ramon involved two short trips to gather social and topographic data to …

Ud In The News July 19-26, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Bloomberg, City Lab, Al Jazeera English, Radio New Zealand, CTV in Canada, Skift, Chicago Catholic and Newsy are among the major regional, national and international outlets highlighting the research or expertise of our experts.

National Society Bestows Highest Award On School Of Engineering In Inaugural Diversity Recognition Program, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The American Society for Engineering Education has bestowed the highest award given in its inaugural ASEE Diversity Recognition Program on the University of Dayton School of Engineering. UD’s engineering school is one of just 28 nationwide and the only school in Ohio to achieve this status.

Pulling Your Weight — Or Double, Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

UD's Powerlifting Club is raising the stakes — and the weight — by competing in national competitions.

Ud In The News July 12-19, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Faculty shared their research and expertise with The Conversation, CNN.com, CTV in Canada, Al Jazeera English, Childhood Obesity News and Women's Agenda. Spectrum News in Ohio, central Florida and North Carolina featured an invention by engineering student Spencer Janning that's making life easier for a child with cerebral palsy.

Closing The Gender Gap In Ud Engineering, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

As dozens of high school girls from eight states built and tested a heart monitor and learned ways to improve the lives of villagers in developing countries during last week’s annual Women in Engineering summer camp on campus, Margie Pinnell reflected on ways the School of Engineering is exploding gender stereotypes.

Visitors From China, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Visitors in a strange land.