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Plans For The Planet, Melanie Fields, Patty Meinking, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

On Earth Day April 22, library staff and faculty explored ways to care for the planet, conserve resources and reduce waste.

Inspiring The 10 Under 10, Nicole L. Craw

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

We asked University of Dayton’s 2022 10 Under 10 honorees to share who has inspired them most in their careers, lives.

Engaged. Generous. Selfless., Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

"Tonight, we pay tribute to you — our very own visionaries and dreamers. People who believe in the transformative power of a University of Dayton education. Those who believe we can change the world, one graduate at a time," University of Dayton President Eric F. Spina told John Stuart Society honorees at an induction dinner.

Racing To Equality: A Critique Of Female Exclusion In Motorsports, Luke Colegrove

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

I wrote this article as an assignment for my ENG 198 class. We were originally assigned to establish a research-supported argument on the subject of gender, choosing the direction we wanted to take. As a fan of all types of motorsports, I noticed a lack of competition among males and females on the professional level. There are numerous examples of talented women in the sport, and I believed their voices needed to be heard. This inspired me to develop this piece of writing. After multiple drafts, peer reviews, and personal critiques by my professor, I was able to create an …

Addressing Stem Gender Disparity, Liesl Carter

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

I had written this piece under my English 198 class theme of gender. I wanted to explore why there is a continued gender gap in STEM. I had researched and analyzed articles that worked to explain this concept. I then conducted personal research in the form of a survey and interview to apply my findings to personal life experiences particularly at the University of Dayton. My overall writing process included research and analysis written into numerous drafts which were reviewed by both peers and my professor.

Brothers: Their Unexpected Effects On Women's Careers, Victoria L. Brey

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

I began this essay by researching the effects brothers have on women's careers, which was a topic of personal interest to me since I have two brothers. Upon finding that women with brothers are at a career disadvantage compared to women without brothers, I investigated why brothers cause a disadvantage by studying more scholarly articles about how parents raise boys and girls differently. Then I conducted personal research about the impacts parental sex-typing has on children with same-sex versus mixed-sex siblings to analyze the extent to which people from my generation were raised according to traditional gender norms that could …

Ud Researchers Design New Approach To Operating Systems Courses With $300k Nsf Grant, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

With a National Science Foundation grant, two University of Dayton researchers designed new approaches for operating systems courses that engage students in active learning.

Have A Marvelous Finals Week, University Of Dayton. University Libraries

University Libraries Blog Archive

Students can power through the end of the semester at Roesch Library.

Microscopic Nuclei Classification, Segmentation, And Detection With Improved Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (Dcnn), Md Zahangir Alom, Vijayan K. Asari, Anil Parwani, Tarek M. Taha

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Background Nuclei classification, segmentation, and detection from pathological images are challenging tasks due to cellular heterogeneity in the Whole Slide Images (WSI). Methods In this work, we propose advanced DCNN models for nuclei classification, segmentation, and detection tasks. The Densely Connected Neural Network (DCNN) and Densely Connected Recurrent Convolutional Network (DCRN) models are applied for the nuclei classification tasks. The Recurrent Residual U-Net (R2U-Net) and the R2UNet-based regression model named the University of Dayton Net (UD-Net) are applied for nuclei segmentation and detection tasks respectively. The experiments are conducted on publicly available datasets, including Routine Colon Cancer (RCC) classification and …

Take A Break With Melinda Warthman '94, Shannon Shelton Miller

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Melinda Michael Warthman ’94, University of Dayton's Clery compliance and records administrator, might have the most familiar name on campus. Her messages always create a buzz with the students.

Recent Grads Report Great Success, Shawn Robinson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

97% of new University of Dayton alumni are serving, learning, working in their chosen profession.

Flyer Time: 8:38 P.M., Recplex, Meredith Robinson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

As spring approaches, University of Dayton students are hitting the gym.

Research Distinction, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

University of Dayton continues to reach high rankings in research across the nation.

University Of Dayton To Award Honorary Doctorate To Lori Beer '89, Jpmorgan Chase & Co. Cio, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton will award an honorary doctorate of science at the May commencement ceremony to Lori Beer, a 1989 University of Dayton computer science graduate who now is the global chief information officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ud In The News April 1-8, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Conversation and Catholic News Service tapped faculty expertise on sexual assault and Black nuns, respectively, and UD's giving day was featured.

Stang, Leslie Freidberger

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I drive a sensible car, a Honda, which is perfect for my sensible life. But while at a stoplight, a car slammed into my Honda and knocked the sensible right out of me.

Flyer Love Is Boundless, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Flyer Nation, it's time to show an outpouring of love for University of Dayton students during our annual 24-hour One Day, One Dayton celebration!

University Awarded $1.3m For Choose Ohio First Scholarships, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton was awarded more than $1.3 million for Choose Ohio First scholarships to recruit and graduate students studying the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Energy Efficiency Analysis In Residential Buildings Using Machine Learning Techniques, Vibhu Sharma

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Publications

Residential buildings account for a significant portion of global energy consumption, emphasizing the pressing need to optimize their energy efficiency. This paper proposes a novel approach utilizing advanced machine learning algorithms to accurately predict energy performance in residential buildings. Leveraging a dataset sourced from the UCI Machine Learning Repository, comprising diverse building shapes simulated in Ecotect with varying glazing areas, distributions, and orientations, our study aims to forecast critical real-valued responses pertaining to energy efficiency. Through meticulous preprocessing and feature engineering, coupled with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques such as Autogluon, PyCaret FLAML, and AutoSKLearn, our research demonstrates promising results, highlighting …

Describe A Service Opportunity That Stuck With You..., Allison George

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

As a second year civil and environmental engineering major, I see so much value and importance in introducing young girls to STEM programs. I have spent a few Saturday mornings working with one of my other organizations, the Society of Women Engineers or SWE to bring STEM knowledge and innovation skills to local Girl Scout troops. The programs have varied in content, but one thing has remained constant, the girls are absolutely captivated by STEM, and you can see the gears turning as they think about what science and engineering really are.

Towards Improved Inertial Navigation By Reducing Errors Using Deep Learning Methodology, Hua Chen, Tarek M. Taha, Vamsy P. Chodavarapu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Autonomous vehicles make use of an Inertial Navigation System (INS) as part of vehicular sensor fusion in many situations including GPS-denied environments such as dense urban places, multi-level parking structures, and areas with thick tree-coverage. The INS unit incorporates an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) to process the linear acceleration and angular velocity data to obtain orientation, position, and velocity information using mechanization equations. In this work, we describe a novel deep-learning-based methodology, using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), to reduce errors from MEMS IMU sensors. We develop a CNN-based approach that can learn from the responses of a particular inertial sensor …

Program: The Sound Of Music, University Of Dayton, Teejai Dorsey

Dance and Theater Programs

Music by RICHARD RODGERS

Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE

Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp

Music and Lyrics for "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good" by Richard Rodgers

April 8-9, 2022

Boll Theatre in Kennedy Union

Co-produced by the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program and the Department of Music

Set in 1938 amidst the rise of nationalism, The Sound of Music is a story of being true to one’s authentic self in the face of social and religious division. Maria is a novitiate who struggles with the constriction …

Few-Shot Object Detection Via Baby Learning, Anh-Khoa Nguyen Vu, Nhat-Duy Nguyen, Khanh-Duy Nguyen, Vinh-Tiep Nguyen, Thanh Duc Ngo, Thanh-Toan Do, Tam Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Few-shot learning is proposed to overcome the problem of scarce training data in novel classes. Recently, few-shot learning has been well adopted in various computer vision tasks such as object recognition and object detection. However, the state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods have less attention to effectively reuse the information from previous stages. In this paper, we propose a new framework of few-shot learning for object detection. In particular, we adopt Baby Learning mechanism along with the multiple receptive fields to effectively utilize the former knowledge in novel domain. The propoed framework imitates the learning process of a baby through visual cues. The …

Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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College Students’ Opinions On Climate Change: Do Political Views Matter?, Aileen Hull

Honors Theses

Climate change is an ever-impending crisis and the politics surrounding the issue are as contentious as ever, especially in the United States where the political culture is extremely polarized. The polarization of the political parties in the United States makes any environmental policy extremely difficult to pass. Meanwhile, the new generation of young people entering the workforce, voting scene, and public eye are bringing new demands to current climate debates. Youth make up a large share of environmental activism participants and opinion polls show climate change is on the minds of many young people. However, there is a lack of …

Labor Trends In Nuclear Energy And Developmental Obstacles In Nuclear Energy, Ryan D. Greensfelder

Honors Theses

The idiosyncrasies that exist in the United States independent system operator’s structure poses many unique challenges to wholesale energy markets. The array of energy production solutions is one of these challenges to understanding energy markets. Numerous tools have been used to measure the quantitative complexity of energy markets. Few tools and indices exist to track macroeconomic fluctuations in US employment and wage for United States relative to the cost of energy delivery. In modelling the derived labor demand for energy employment, we should be better able to explain markets and allow for predictions in fluctuations in the labor market. This …

Ud In The News March 25-April 1, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The Conversation, America magazine, CBS News, The Washington Post, Popular Science, Catholic News Service and a radio station in South Korea highlight the list of media outlets seeking UD faculty expertise. UD President Eric F. Spina wrote in the Dayton Daily News about President Emeritus Bro. Ray Fitz, S.M., and his life's work as a catalyst for social justice.