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Low-Fidelity Method For Rapid Aerostructural Optimisation And Design-Space Exploration Of Planar Wings, Jeffrey D. Taylor, Doug F. Hunsaker

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student Publications and Presentations

During early phases of wing design, analytic and low-fidelity methods are often used to identify promising design concepts. In many cases, solutions obtained using these methods provide intuition about the design space that is not easily obtained using higher-fidelity methods. This is especially true for aerostructural design. However, many analytic and low-fidelity aerostructural solutions are limited in application to wings with specific planforms and weight distributions. Here, a numerical method for minimising induced drag with structural constraints is presented that uses approximations that apply to unswept planar wings with arbitrary planforms and weight distributions. The method is applied to the …

Mental Illness Among Adolescents: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For Parents Of Adolescents With Mental Illness, Brandon Turner

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

An evidence based practice guide for parents who require assistance with their adolescent that is struggling with mental illness.

Every Student Is A Writer: Building Confidence Through Tutoring Sessions, Sandra Edwards

Tutor's Column

Students often feel inadequate as a writer when entering a tutoring session. Tutors can instill confidence in the student by praising what they are doing well. They can also let the student express their ideas in the session, then the tutor and student can build off of those ideas together. Overall, the tutor can help the student see themselves as a writer rather than someone who writes, which will give the student conviction beyond the sphere of the classroom.

Detection Of European Aspen (Populus Tremula L.) Based On An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Approach In Boreal Forests, Anton Kuzmin, Lauri Korhonen, Sonja Kivinen, Pekka Hurskainen, Pasi Korpelainen, Topi Tanhuanpää, Matti Maltamo, Petteri Vihervaara, Timo Kumpula

Aspen Bibliography

European aspen (Populus tremula L.) is a keystone species for biodiversity of boreal forests. Large-diameter aspens maintain the diversity of hundreds of species, many of which are threatened in Fennoscandia. Due to a low economic value and relatively sparse and scattered occurrence of aspen in boreal forests, there is a lack of information of the spatial and temporal distribution of aspen, which hampers efficient planning and implementation of sustainable forest management practices and conservation efforts. Our objective was to assess identification of European aspen at the individual tree level in a southern boreal forest using high-resolution photogrammetric point cloud …

Supporting Those With Mental Health Diagnoses: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For Social Work Practitioners, Kimberlie Lassen-Johnson

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

An evidence-based practice guide that explores 5 ways for the general public to support those with mental health and mental health diagnoses. These 5 topics consist of getting to know people with mental health diagnoses, practicing wise mind, re-evaluating your values, establishing boundaries, and challenging your negative thinking.

Covering The Basics: The Importance Of A Good Layout And Strong Thesis, Adam Robinson

Tutor's Column

Thesis writing is key to tutoring. A strong thesis performs numerous functions: covering smaller concerns, teaching writers how to structure their paper, and giving a strong layout. Using a focus on thesis teaching makes the tutoring session easier and more efficient for both the tutor and client too.

Trauma-Informed Practice In K-12 Schools: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide For School Administrators, Emily A. Ross

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Guide Series

This guide will assist K-12 school administrators in implementing better trauma-informed practices in their schools. School administrators consist of leaders and decision-makers in a school system. Specifically, this information is directed toward principals, vice principals, and any other key personnel. Of course, administrators should direct trauma-informed practices with the guidance of school counselors who have the proper training regarding trauma-informed interventions. School counselors’ efforts to promote positive mental health outcomes and social emotional learning will be significantly more impactful with the support of school administrators. The following recommendations are not all inclusive but will lay the groundwork for implementing trauma-informed …

Make Listening Visible, Carson Brown

Tutor's Column

Online tutoring can make it hard to feel like tutors are engaging with students and actually helping them. Writing consultants can avoid feeling this way by showing the student they are actively listening. This paper will highlight some of the ways one can demonstrate active listening through backchanneling, gaze, and rephrasing student’s words. Improving active listening skills is a great way to foster engagement from the student and have more fulfilling sessions.

Let Me Write That Down: Tutoring Session Notes, Emma Lundgreen

Tutor's Column

This essay reviews the importance of tutor session notes. It examines different note-taking styles, the purpose behind each, and how those factors are correlated. It also investigates session notes as organizational narratives, wherein the appointment is recorded for the benefit of students, tutors, and administrators.

Soft Skills: The Importance Of Empathy In An Online Writing Center Appointment, Halli Bleak

Tutor's Column

Writing center tutors must practice being empathetic with the students they work with. Students tend to feel their writing is a representation of their worth. As tutors, especially in the online setting, we must find ways to connect with students as collaborators, learners, and fellow writers. This requires that we remember that the student and their wellbeing are more important than the writing. This also means that we should focus on the writer and their development over the expectations we or their professors may hold. Empathy is an important soft skill that we must practice, develop, and put to use …

Scaffolding In Online Tutoring: Addressing The Issue Of Productivity, Nathan Franson

Tutor's Column

The expanding online tutoring format poses unique challenges when attempting to maximize communication and productivity in a 20–25-minute writing center session. Relatively recent literature has revealed that discontented students have reported in feedback surveys that their sessions felt unhelpful or fruitless. This situation has been termed: "non-productive non-directivity,” and it may be attributed to an over-reliance on open-ended questions. It is of interest to determine whether this is truly helping students in online settings. While tutoring roles have not changed, the impersonal nature of an online session requires a more perceptive approach to tutoring: recognizing that a student may need …

Pick Your Poison: Fall Down A Flight Of Stairs Or Have Your Qualifications Questioned, Aubrey Hampton

Tutor's Column

In the writing center, self-confidence is essential. Students respect and trust the advice of a tutor who can exhibit confidence in themselves. Self-confidence in tutoring can be derived from personal experience as well as from observations of the methods of other fellow tutors. Peer observations provide an opportunity for tutors to learn additional skills, and to gain confidence in themselves.

Independence And Interdependence In The Writing Center, Candace Heki

Tutor's Column

The writing center should be a space where we, as tutors, promote both independence and interdependence. We should strive to help students improve their skills, so they have the confidence to move forward with their paper and future papers on their own. We should also encourage interdependence through collaboration with the writing center. Students can benefit from their tutor offering unique perspectives and a place where the writer can talk through their ideas. Tutors need to be available to meet students’ individual needs by offering a balance between our focuses on self-sufficiency and collaboration.

The Empathetic Tutor, Kristina Carter

Tutor's Column

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, writing center tutoring moved online, and fewer social interactions occurred. This issue led to researching how to empathize with people, and specifically students in a virtual setting. Many people have emphasized the importance of focusing on the student and their individual needs. There has also been a shift in the focus of being a compassionate listener and ally to students. This essay compiles research from various academic journals, websites that list essential job skills, and news articles on empathy. This paper also researches standard methods used to implement empathy and how this looks in the …

Praise As A Learned Behaviour, Rebekah Jensen

Tutor's Column

Writing Centers should teach tutors how to praise to create a better experience for students and tutors alike. Tutors are often encouraged to give praise in their comments and conversations with students, but are rarely instructed on how to do so effectively. This article examines the purpose of praise in tutoring, why it is important for tutors to learn how to praise, and what strategies may be used to teach praise to tutors.

The Utah Statesman, April 26th, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Atmospheric Refraction Corrections In Ground-To-Satellite Optical Time Transfer, Benjamin K. Stuhl

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

Free-space optical time and frequency transfer techniques can synchronize fixed ground stations at the femtosecond level, over distances of tens of kilometers. However, optical time transfer will be required to span intercontinental distances in order to truly unlock the performance of optical frequency standards and support an eventual redefinition of the SI second. Fiber dispersion and Sagnac uncertainty severely limit the performance of long-range optical time transfer over fiber networks, so satellite-based free-space time transfer is a promising solution. In pursuit of ground-to-space optical time transfer, previous work has considered a number of systematic shifts and concluded that all of …

Improving Skills In Computer Methods: Introductory Toolkit To Python For Undergraduate Physics Majors, Erin O'Donnell, Melissa Rasmussen

Physics Capstone Projects

The computer-based curriculum for undergraduate physics students before 2019 struggled to stay current and applicable. When the course was created in the early 2000s, MathCad was used daily by many physicists. As computer’s and their computational abilities have grown exponentially, so have programming languages and applications. Now in the late 2010s/early 2020s, Excel, Python, and Mathematica are some of the most common computer appliques. To address this, we created toolkits to give undergraduate physicists the experience for future classes, careers, and graduate school. This paper focuses on the process for creating the Python toolkit and overall class setup. Run on …

Faculty Senate Agenda, April 26, 2021, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Monthly Report – April 1, 2021
• Committee on Committees Annual Report
• Calendar Committee Annual Report
• Recruitment and Retention Annual Report
• Review Code Status | Faculty Code Rewrite
• Faculty Development, Diversity and Equity Resolution
• Faculty Senate President Elect
• Concluding Remarks, Passing of the Gavel
• College Caucus to Elect FSEC Members

Podredumbre Del Cuello De La Cebolla Por Botrytis, Claudia Nischwitz, Christine Dhiman, Dan Drost, Celina Wille

All Current Publications

La podredumbre del cuello de la cebolla por Botrytis es una enfermedad causada por los hongos Botrytis aclada y B. allii. Estos hongos pueden encontrarse en el suelo o transmitirse por semillas y pueden estar presentes en cualquier región donde se cultiven cebollas o ajos. La Botrytis puede producir esporas en el tejido de las hojas y ser dispersada por el viento para infectar bulbos dañados. Las cebollas y el ajo que están infectados parecen estar empapados de agua en la región del cuello y cambian a un color marrón a como el hongo crece y se propaga hacia la …

Piojos En Los Humanos, Erin W. Hodgson, Celina Wille

All Current Publications

Las infestaciones de piojos en humanos, llamadas pediculosis, son muy comunes en todo el mundo. Los piojos pueden transmitir enfermedades y son insectos parásitos en humanos, mascotas y ganado. Los piojos pertenecen al orden Phthiraptera y generalmente se dividen en dos grupos según las piezas bucales y las preferencias alimentarias. Los piojos masticadores (Mallophaga) tienen mandíbulas bien desarrolladas y comen piel, plumas y pelaje de aves y mamíferos.

Southwest Utah Turfgrass Management Calendar, Kelly Kopp, Candace Schaible, Mark Nelson, Steven J. Price

All Current Publications

This is a calendar for turfgrass management for southwest Utah and includes guidelines for seeding, overseeding, sodding, fertilization, mowing, aeration, weed control, and irrigation.

Revision: Overcoming A Paralyzing Fear, Kennan Thompson

Tutor's Column

Revision is a difficult task to undertake. In many cases, it is a fear that paralyzes students. There are many benefits to revision that students may not understand. This may be one reason why it is so intimidating for students to revise a paper. Tutors should help students recognize that revision allows them to see where they can improve content organization, notice grammatical errors, and be more confident in their writing. Tutors should also give students specific tips to make the revision process easier.

Utah State University Commencement, 2021 – Uintah Basin Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

2021 Commencement Ceremony for the Uintah Basin Campus of Utah State University.

Orpheus In The Underworld, Dallas Heaton, Usu Opera

All Music Department Programs

Spring 2021 broadcast production of Offenbach's "Orphée aux enters" in English translation.

Utah State University Commencement, 2021 – Eastern Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

2021 Commencement Ceremony for the Eastern Campus of Utah State University.

Utah State University Commencement, 2021 - Eastern Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

2021 Commencement Ceremony for the Eastern Campus of Utah State University.

Utah State University Commencement, 2021 – Blanding Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

2021 Commencement Ceremony for the Blanding Campus of Utah State University.

Prescribed Fire Alters Structure And Composition Of A Mid-Atlantic Oak Forest Up To Eight Years After Burning, Cody L. Dems, Alan H. Taylor, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Jesse K. Kreye, Margot W. Kaye

Aspen Bibliography

Background

Prescribed fire in Eastern deciduous forests has been understudied relative to other regions in the United States. In Pennsylvania, USA, prescribed fire use has increased more than five-fold since 2009, yet forest response has not been extensively studied. Due to variations in forest composition and the feedback between vegetation and fire, Pennsylvania deciduous forests may burn and respond differently than forests across the eastern US. We measured changes in forest structure and composition up to eight years after prescribed fire in a hardwood forest of the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania.

Results

Within …

Earth Day In A Year Of Reckoning., Rachel Robinson-Greene

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Last year’s Earth Day, April 22nd, 2020 was unique. The United States, the country where the now international holiday originated, had realized it was in the midst of a pandemic just a little more than a month earlier. Lockdowns and closures meant less travel and less pollution. We all got a chance to see a glimmer of what might happen if we in the West reduced our consumption, even if only for a short period of time. Carbon emissions were dramatically reduced. Animals roamed the landscape. We were provided with a poignant visual representation of exactly what we have done …