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Light Of Christmases Past, Larry Burgess Dec 2020

Light Of Christmases Past, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Forget the ghost of Christmas past. UD Magazine's photographer takes you back with some of his favorite photos of student houses decked for the holidays.


2020-12-18 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee Dec 2020

2020-12-18 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.


‘Double-Planet’ Event Dec. 21 To Resemble ‘Christmas Star’, Melanie Zebrowski Dec 2020

‘Double-Planet’ Event Dec. 21 To Resemble ‘Christmas Star’, Melanie Zebrowski

Marian Library Blog Archive

On Monday night, when Jupiter and Saturn and their moons align, they'll form a bright light reminiscent of the one depicted in Nativity scenes from around the world.


Gifts, Eric F. Spina Dec 2020

Gifts, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

When I opened Dr. Kim Bigelow's email, I felt as though I unwrapped an early Christmas gift. It brought me that much joy.


Mortgage Discrimination And District Manipulation: Deterrents To Minority Mobility, Megan M. Rice Dec 2020

Mortgage Discrimination And District Manipulation: Deterrents To Minority Mobility, Megan M. Rice

Honors Theses

This paper explores the relationship between gerrymandering and home loan discrimination. Gerrymandering, the process of manipulating district plans for political gain, and discrimination in mortgage lending are both illegal; and yet, they still occur in today’s society. By using individual loan application data from the HMDA’s website, a series of regressions will be run using applicant characteristics to measure loan discrimination at the state level. Once a state level model has been constructed, a measure of gerrymandering called the Efficiency Gap will be added into the regression in order to explore the relationship between home loan discrimination and gerrymandering. Regression …


Industry 4.0 In The Retail Sector: Sustainability Of Food Retail With A Focus On Food Insecurity In Dayton, Oh, Katrina Alexis Coleman Dec 2020

Industry 4.0 In The Retail Sector: Sustainability Of Food Retail With A Focus On Food Insecurity In Dayton, Oh, Katrina Alexis Coleman

Honors Theses

In recent years, large scale agricultural and food processing industries have experienced a great worldwide digital transformation. The advent of Industry 4.0, which has become popular in Europe, has helped many industries optimize their operations. Relatively new is the idea that food processing industries and other stakeholders in the food distribution supply chain cannot only optimize their processes but also, track and provide timely customer service. This has technical and managerial challenges that might limit the potential benefits of industry 4.0 in the efficient distribution of fresh food produce. For example, food retailers have to meet the increasing customer desire …


Designing And Implementing A Peer-To-Peer Led Behavioral And Energy Reduction Program For Low-Income Neighborhoods, Jenn Hoody Dec 2020

Designing And Implementing A Peer-To-Peer Led Behavioral And Energy Reduction Program For Low-Income Neighborhoods, Jenn Hoody

Honors Theses

Reduction in energy consumption from fossil fuels is a necessary step toward combating climate change as more and more studies are revealing the catastrophic outcomes if the current trends do not change. Residential programs generally managed by energy utilities promoting energy cost savings and reduced consumption are being enacted to decrease the greenhouse emissions. However, thus far, little to no measures have been taken to extend the reach of such programs to low-income communities. Reducing household energy consumption would be particularly beneficial for these communities as it would lower utility bills for low-income households who spend a substantially greater portion …


Upper Extremity Motion Assessments In Virtual Reality Environments, Lanna Nicole Klausing Dec 2020

Upper Extremity Motion Assessments In Virtual Reality Environments, Lanna Nicole Klausing

Honors Theses

Traditional upper extremity rehabilitation techniques often utilize tedious and repetitive reaching motions. Fully immersive virtual reality (VR), involving a VR headset, is a technology with the potential to have non-gaming uses and applications, specifically as an upper extremity rehabilitation tool. This study was designed with the long-term goal of evaluating immersive VR as an upper extremity rehabilitation tool. The purpose of this research is to quantify different movement deficits that may arise due to MS or Parkinson’s, and to understand how the motions of patients with MS or Parkinson’s may differ from healthy controls. This thesis documents the first step …


Effect Of Airfoil-Preserved Undulations On Wing Performance And Wingtip Vortex, Faith A. Loughnane Dec 2020

Effect Of Airfoil-Preserved Undulations On Wing Performance And Wingtip Vortex, Faith A. Loughnane

Honors Theses

The effect of undulation placement (leading edge, trailing edge, leading and trailing edge) on the wing performance and the wingtip vortex was investigated. Experiments were performed at the University of Dayton Low Speed Wind Tunnel (UD-LSWT) on undulated wings where the NACA 0012 airfoil cross-section is preserved along the wingspan. Sensitivity studies were done on the undulation wavelength along the span (λ/c 0.31, 0.21 and 0.15) and undulation placement (leading edge, trailing edge, and both leading and trailing edge). The leading edge undulations delayed stall until higher angles of attack, however, the maximum aerodynamic efficiency was reduced. The trailing edge …


The Tolerance Of Shewanella Woodyi For Electric Potentials And Heavy Metals As Biofilms, Christopher Thomas Mortensen Dec 2020

The Tolerance Of Shewanella Woodyi For Electric Potentials And Heavy Metals As Biofilms, Christopher Thomas Mortensen

Honors Theses

Shewanella woodyi is a bioluminescent marine organism that is known to be metal tolerant and modulate the intensity of its luminescence with electrochemical potential. The viability of S. woodyi as a bioreporter for the toxic heavy metal zinc, copper, and silver was analyzed. Biofilms of S. woodyi was grown on marine broth agar plates and then exposed to various concentrations of each metal ion to evaluate biofilm response to the metal ions that were generated from an operating short circuited electrode containing either Zn, Cu, or Ag metal. The ability of the bacteria to tolerate the heavy metals and continue …


Multi-Modal Data Analysis And Fusion For Classification In 2d/3d Sensing, Jonathan P. Schierl Dec 2020

Multi-Modal Data Analysis And Fusion For Classification In 2d/3d Sensing, Jonathan P. Schierl

Honors Theses

This research would develop a method of more accurately detecting objects using machine learning. There is plenty of current research and algorithms to tackle this problem. Our approach would use a dataset gathered with 2-Dimensional Infrared Imagery as well as 3-Dimensional LiDAR Data. We would develop a deep learning network with the ability to “learn” using both of these datasets. This proposed fusion network will perform better than either of the individual networks.


Blog: Our Neighborhood History: Rogge Street, Bridget Garnai, Heidi Gauder Dec 2020

Blog: Our Neighborhood History: Rogge Street, Bridget Garnai, Heidi Gauder

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

What was life like in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Dayton campus before students began living in the houses? This question is what we wanted students to imagine and answer when we created an AVIATE opportunity this semester. Beginning with houses at Wyoming and Brown streets and working south, students are researching house addresses from 1920, looking up the residents, and then pinning that information to a Google MyMap.


For Whom The Bell Doesn't Toll, Jerry Zezima Dec 2020

For Whom The Bell Doesn't Toll, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My greatest fear as a homeowner, aside from undertaking a do-it-yourself plumbing project and being swept away in the resulting flood, is being arrested at gunpoint for breaking into my own house.


Christmas Truce?, Vicki Austin Dec 2020

Christmas Truce?, Vicki Austin

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

My husband and mother appear to have reached a holiday truce. White flags wave. The drums of war pause.


All I Want For Christmas Is The New Vaccine!, Jase Graves Dec 2020

All I Want For Christmas Is The New Vaccine!, Jase Graves

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Now that we are well into the month of December, my three teenage daughters have provided me with their extensive Christmas lists — both electronic and hard copies — in triplicate. Full of the typical objects of adolescent desires like designer clothing, electronics, jewelry and luxury vehicles, their lists read like the inventory of Elon Musk’s next yard sale.


Mary In The News: Dec. 15, 2020, Michael Duricy Dec 2020

Mary In The News: Dec. 15, 2020, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.


Library Fall Programming: Virtual And Vast, Katy Kelly Dec 2020

Library Fall Programming: Virtual And Vast, Katy Kelly

University Libraries Blog Archive

University Libraries faculty and staff offered seven asynchronous programs on a variety of topics, reaching over 5,200 students during the fall semester.


First Christmas, Hillary Ibarra Dec 2020

First Christmas, Hillary Ibarra

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

In December 2000, I joyfully anticipated my boyfriend Matthew's Christmas visit and was impatient to discover his gift for me. My father said Matthew had told him what it was and provided intriguing descriptions in the days leading up to Matthew's arrival.


Our Neighborhood History: Rogge Street, Bridget Garnai Retzloff, Heidi Gauder Dec 2020

Our Neighborhood History: Rogge Street, Bridget Garnai Retzloff, Heidi Gauder

University Libraries Blog Archive

In the 1920s, this one-block street in the north student neighborhood, just behind the House of Jacob synagogue on Wyoming Street, became an enclave for Jewish immigrants, many of them from the Russian empire.


Following God's Path, Gita Balakrishnan Dec 2020

Following God's Path, Gita Balakrishnan

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Tony Baird ’92 strives to give others a chance at success.


On The First Day Of Christmas, Teachers Got A Legal Headache Over Blurring The Line Between Church And State, Charles J. Russo Dec 2020

On The First Day Of Christmas, Teachers Got A Legal Headache Over Blurring The Line Between Church And State, Charles J. Russo

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Educators walk an fine line when it comes to marking religious holidays. But in so doing, are they missing an opportunity for teachable moments on faith issues? Professor Charles J. Russo weighs in.


Thinking Small Pays Off Big: Micro-Internships And The Pandemic, Zoe Hill Dec 2020

Thinking Small Pays Off Big: Micro-Internships And The Pandemic, Zoe Hill

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

No abstract provided.


Weekly Marian Features: Dec. 14, 2020, University Of Dayton Dec 2020

Weekly Marian Features: Dec. 14, 2020, University Of Dayton

Marian Library Blog Archive

This week's features highlight O Antiphons and other Advent selections from All About Mary.


Goodbye, Our Friend., Eric F. Spina Dec 2020

Goodbye, Our Friend., Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

My mind keeps coming back to the three degrees he earned: bachelor’s in physics and religion, master’s in theological studies, and doctoral in marketing. That certainly doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about John Mittelstaedt, but it underscores the most wondrous part of knowing him and the saddest part of losing him: he was a unique treasure.


Congratulations, Library Graduates, University Of Dayton. University Libraries Dec 2020

Congratulations, Library Graduates, University Of Dayton. University Libraries

University Libraries Blog Archive

Faculty and staff in the University Libraries extend abundant thanks and wish them bright futures of leadership and service.


Faculty Affairs Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2020-12-14, University Of Dayton. Faculty Affairs Committee Dec 2020

Faculty Affairs Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2020-12-14, University Of Dayton. Faculty Affairs Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.


The Third Week Of Advent: Coloring Activities, Ann Zlotnik Dec 2020

The Third Week Of Advent: Coloring Activities, Ann Zlotnik

Marian Library Blog Archive

Coloring pages and more are in store from the Marian Library.


Three Years On 3: A Conversation With Kristin Shelley, Kayla Harris Dec 2020

Three Years On 3: A Conversation With Kristin Shelley, Kayla Harris

Marian Library Blog Archive

Kayla Harris interviews a student staff member and teacher education major about her experiences working with the Marian Library archival collections.


The 'Aha' Moment, Eric F. Spina Dec 2020

The 'Aha' Moment, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Imagine a reusable, self-disinfecting N-95 mask that not only filters viruses but also kills pathogens.


Ud In The News Dec. 4-11, University Of Dayton Dec 2020

Ud In The News Dec. 4-11, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Newsweek published an online story that focuses on the University community's collective success in coping with the early spike in cases to bring it down and keep it down through the rest of the semester. The article describes the trajectory of the campus and our efforts, including the importance of our partnerships, the broad-based internal planning efforts and especially the role of the students in coming together in community and as peers to encourage safe behavior.