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The Academic Minute: Cars And Government Regulations, University Of Dayton

News Releases

History Professor John Heitmann explores how Americans re-shaped the car as it re-shaped them on the popular radio program The Academic Minute.

169th Commencement, Fall

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Ud In The News Dec. 1-14, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton faculty expertise spread worldwide the first half of December via The Conversation, an international news outlet that features articles by academics, CTV in Canada, Medium.com, Eyewire and the Detroit Free Press.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich Reappoints Vice President For Research John Leland To State Committee, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Ohio Gov. John Kasich reappointed John Leland, University of Dayton vice president for research, to the Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee for a one-year term.

Researcher Receives Second Patent For Device To Provide Relief From Glaucoma, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Khalid Lafdi, University of Dayton Wright Brothers Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials, was named on a second patent for a medical drainage device mainly for glaucoma patients that also could be used for drainage in the ears, brain or chest or to provide access to larger veins or arteries.

First Public Appearance, R. Mark Zeitzmann

Marian Library Blog Archive

The Mary of the Americas/Mary APParitions Project received its first public appearance at the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science 2018.

Performance Analysis Of Feature Selection Techniques For Support Vector Machine And Its Application For Lung Nodule Detection, Barath Narayanan, Russell C. Hardie, Temesguen Messay Kebede

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Lung cancer typically exhibits its presence with the formation of pulmonary nodules. Computer Aided Detection (CAD) of such nodules in CT scans would be of valuable help in lung cancer screening. Typical CAD system is comprised of a candidate detector and a feature-based classifier. In this research, we study and explore the performance of Support Vector Machine (SVM) based on a large set of features. We study the performance of SVM as a function of the number of features. Our results indicate that SVM is more robust and computationally faster with a large set of features and less prone to …

All Smiles, Rose Rucoba

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Creative storytelling is a passion for Christian Cubacub, a junior computer engineering major who runs his own video business.

Lessons Learned: 1989-1980, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Wit and wisdom from alumni from the Classes of 1989-1980.

Lessons Learned: 1999-1990, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Wit and wisdom from alumni from the Classes of 1999-1990

Lessons Learned: 2009-2000, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Wit and wisdom from alumni from the Classes of 2009-2000

Lessons Learned: Golden Flyers, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Wit and wisdom from the art director of the University of Dayton Magazine on the eve of his retirement.

Lessons Learned: 1999-1990, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Wit and wisdom from alumni from the Classes of 1999-1990

Applications Of Passive Solar Energy And Reclaimed Heat From Livestock Manure Decomposition, Naomi Elizabeth Schalle

Honors Theses

One energy intensive part of raising livestock in colder climates is keeping water warm and easily accessible to the animals in the winter. The objective of this project is to increase the sustainability of livestock farms by developing and implementing an energy conservation measure to decrease electric energy usage on the heating of water for livestock in the winter. One thing farmers have in excess is manure, an abundant and renewable resource for the farmers. This project will capitalize on that excess to encourage a creative use of resources often seen as waste, through implementing aspects of sustainability and conservation …

University Of Dayton Magazine, Winter 2018-19, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Alumni Publications

The University of Dayton Magazine is published quarterly by the Office of University Marketing and Communications for alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, trustees and other friends of UD. Articles in this issue include "Funkadelic Dayton," "Dan Curran: Grateful for the Gift of Life," "Restoring the Christmas Spirit," and "Lessons Learned: Reflections on a Life Acquired in and out of the Classroom," along with regular features (President's Commentary, Conversation Pieces, Letters, Commentary, View Finder, Where are you Reading?, Sports, Class Notes, Perceptions, Parting Words, and Connections).

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 68, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

Features:

• Pope St. Paul VI's proclamation at the Second Vatican Council declaring Mary to be Mother of the Church
• Innovative projects of the Marian Library in its 75th-anniversary year
• Recap of October 18 concert by the Marian Consort, an internationally renowned early-music vocal ensemble
• Editor's column on Marian Antiphons
• Story behind the Marian Library's Guadalcanal Rosary
• Archivist describes the wax Nativity "Of Fragile Beauty" undergoing conservation with the support of two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Leadership In Building Communities: Roosevelt Neighborhood, Fitz Center For Leadership In Community, University Of Dayton

Dayton Neighborhood Studies

No abstract provided.

Three Centuries Of Black Catholic Faith, Culture And Activism In New Orleans, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This paper provides an overview of three centuries of black Catholic faith, culture and activism in New Orleans. In particular, it looks at how Catholicism helped antebellum black New Orleanians to build and maintain family ties, how black Catholics as individuals and collectives used their material and spiritual resources to create a religious community, schools, and parishes, and how black Catholic New Orleanians used their faith in conjunction with their religious institutions to fight for social justice and civil rights from the era of Reconstruction through the 1960s.

Lessons Learned 2018-2010, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Alumni from the Classes of 2010 to 2018 shared their wit and wisdom in "Lessons Learned."

Sense Of Scents, Jenni Laidman

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

How odor is leading professor Julie Walsh-Messinger toward a deeper understanding of our mental health.

National Institute Names Engineering Students Innovation Fellows, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Stanford University Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) named four University of Dayton students to a global program that empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement through innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity.

The Academic Minute: Bragging And Modesty, University Of Dayton

News Releases

It turns out, modesty is still the best policy, University of Dayton researcher Erin O’Mara tells the audience of the popular radio program, The Academic Minute.

Chudd 2.0, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Dedicated in 1958, the University of Dayton's Chudd Auditorium originally boasted air-conditioning, tiered seating and widescreen motion picture facilities.

Campus Conversation: Utilizing Citation Impact Indicators, David Luftig

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

These are the (PDF) slides from a Campus Conversation session examining bibliometrics by demonstrating the functionality of Web of Science (InCItes), Scopus, and Google Scholar. This session was intended to assist researchers with contextualizing research and research publications through the use of bibliometrics. This session also examined the many perils of bibliometrics as well as alternative research metrics.

College Faculty In The News: November 9, 2018, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Professor Jana Bennett, Department of Religious Studies, discusses the place for religious tradition in the abstract world of online social media.

Arctic Ice Research, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton doctoral student Ming Gong '15 is more comfortable at the keyboard of a computer or piano than trekking across snow and ice in sub-freezing temperatures. But, during May and June, she spent 10 days at a field summer school in Utqiagvik, Alaska, where she learned how to collect physical data in the Arctic.

The Archives As Classroom: A Primary Source Mini-Course, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler, Heidi Gauder

Marian Library Faculty Publications

Archival and Primary Source Research (UDI 204) is a one-credit course at the University of Dayton designed to introduce students to the themes of historical empathy, visual literacy, privacy, and silences in the archives. This case study explores the pilot iteration of this mini-course, taught collaboratively with a team of six librarians and archivists. With the intention of furthering the goals of the University Libraries’ strategic plan, the course was developed to move beyond what can be accomplished during a one-shot instructional session in regard to primary source literacy. In addition to discussing the inherent challenges of developing and teaching …

Modeling Socio-Economic Determinants Of Traffic Fatalities, Amin Azimian, Deogratias Eustace

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

Over several decades, traffic growth has caused an increased number of traffic crashes, which are associated with economic losses and human sufferings. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [1] in 2016 there were a total of 34,247 fatal traffic crashes in the United States that resulted into 37,133 fatalities. Risk factors relating to the occurrence of fatal and injury severity of motor vehicle crashes have been extensively studied. Most studies [2-7] that have attempted to model the occurrences of traffic crashes and fatalities have been mainly confined to factors related to driver characteristics, roadway geometry characteristics, traffic characteristics, …

Community Means Everyone Week 2018: Screening And Discussion Of 'What Are You?', Ione Damasco

University Libraries Blog Archive

In this AVIATE event, part of Community Means Everyone Week, attendees will view the 2013 film "What Are You? Microaggressions & LGBTQ Identities," discuss their impressions of it, and explore the meaning of community at UD and beyond.

Mathematics Gift, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

High regard for a pair of University of Dayton mathematics professors + a generous donation in their honor = more opportunities for mathematics majors to attend conferences and organize student activities.