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Adaptive Scare Hall, Jeffrey Williams, Ryan Anderson

Electrical and Computer Engineering

We give a detailed overview of one way an adaptive scare hall can be implemented. We show the common problems with todays scare halls and how our method solves those problems. We then show the inner workings of our scare hall and materials needed. We finally show some data collection we obtained while running our scare hall.

Smart Carabiner, Jeffrey Lunt, Craig Manning

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Real-time measurement and notification of equipment strain

Model Rocket Data Logger, Brian Carrick

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Model rocketry is very popular among people of all ages, and has the opportunity to be fun, engaging and educational. By creating a system to store flight data and images allows a fun hobby to also become a learning experience.

Solar-Powered Backpack: Delivering Portable Solar Power, Courtney Richards

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The solar-powered backpack will provide portable power while exposed to sunlight or for the duration of battery life. This enables the user to provide power to electronic devices at any time.

Star Constellation Finder, David A. Ware

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The SCF is designed to help amateurs astronomers, small groups, boy scouts and others find star constellations in the sky. The user needs to be able to identify the North Star so that they can orient the SCF. The SCF uses the North Star as a point of reference to find other stars in the sky.

Texel Image Library, Seth Andrews

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The purpose of the project was to create a library for working with the texel image format.

Uav Cattle Tracker, Shaun Finlinson

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Every year cattle ranchers loose millions of dollars to preventable causes or curable illnesses.

The purpose of the UAV Cattle Tracker is to provide cattle ranchers daily cattle health and location monitoring for range cattle, improving overall food production efficiencies and increased profits.

Smart Laboratory Instrument Control Framework, Kevin Kennedy, Justin Jonas, Robbie Schaap

Electrical and Computer Engineering

A framework to simplify communication with laboratory instruments and facilitate powerful, automated testing scripts.

• Easier to use than traditional lab software like LabVIEW or MATLAB for instrumentation
• Compatible with any instrument from any vendor
• Works on Windows, Mac and Linux
• Easy to add new instruments
• Powerful object-oriented software architecture that is easy to learn

Lateral Control Of A Vehicle Platoon, Sam Mitchell, Kyle Hymas

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nationally, freeway congestion costs the economy over $1 trillion annually. Automated vehicles are part of a solution that will prevent future costly and time-wasting traffic jams. The standard lanekeeping control algorithms aren't effective in many adverse environments. Vehicle following is a part of the solution to this complex problem.

The project demonstrates a vehicle following system that will be used by the SATS Group at USU.

Visual Servo Robotic Hand (Vsrh), Ryan Lamoreaux, Amber Mcdougal, Quinn Thomson, Christopher Green

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Our goal with this project was to combine image processing and control systems to inspire future projects. We also wanted to get a better understanding of robotics and help make them more intuitive and less restrictive. Our VSRH mimics a user’s hand without having to physically control the VSRH.

Emergency Vital Signs Monitor, Derek Jensen

Electrical and Computer Engineering

According to the Center for Disease Control, every year there are over 120 million visits to the emergency department.

In 2010 alone, at least 55 milion of those visits required care from a trauma center.

As an EMT, it is expected that an initial assessment and transport decision is made within ten minutes of arriving on scene. They need the best information possible to make an informed decision.

Wheelchair Follower, Clint Fernelius, Jeanne Munk, Tyler Travis

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The wheelchair follower is an introductory project in using computer vision in autonomous following applications. It is designed to follow a leader in an orthogonal position. The leader is designated by wearing a badge which the system tracks using computer vision. It also uses various sensors to detect obstacles for safety.

Building Sustainable Faith Experience For Urban Youth, Stephen James Crawford

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Every generation of believers face obstacles in figuring out how to pass on the Christian faith to the next generation. The North American urban church is currently experiencing attrition rates that are startling to the researcher. It is critical that urban Christian believers not take for granted faith transmission will pass to their children similar to how they experience it from their parents. This project is designed to ask questions that will engage the urban Christian community in a productive dialogue to reverse the trend of youth who are rejecting faith at alarming rates. From the conversation, the researcher has …

An Assessment Of Middle School Teachers' Efforts To Integrate Technology Effectively, Plas Williams Jr

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study focused on a middle school that, according to the website of its district, should be classified as Target Tech, which is the highest level of technology integration on the Texas School Technology and Readiness (STaR) chart. The middle school has failed to meet this goal in 3 out of 4 focus areas. This mixed method project study investigated how teachers at the school currently use technology to support their teaching and student learning, situations under which teachers would use more technology, and specific technology trainings teachers have taken. The theoretical framework for this project study, diffusion of innovation, …

University Of Utah V. University Of Massachusetts: An “Inappropriate” Reliance On Cahill, William P. Decotiis

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Board Of Officers - Vol. 45, No. 2 2015

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Domestic Applications Of Sharia And The Exercise Of Ordered Liberty, James A. Sonne

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Toward A Standard For A Failure To Accommodate Claim Under The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Andrew J. Obergfell

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Board Of Officers - Vol. 45, No. 3 2015

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Tributes To The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

The Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review is pleased to publish this Tribute to Judge Arthur L. Alarcón of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

TRIBUTE AUTHORS

Laurie L. Levenson
President Jimmy Carter
Justice Nora M. Manella
Judge Gregory W. Alarcón
Paula Mitchell
Judge Stephen Reinhardt
Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas
Judge Sandra R. Klein
Judge William C. Canby, Jr.
Judge Jerome Farris
Judge Alfred T. Goodwin
Judge Susan Graber
Judge Michael Hawkins
Judge Andrew Kleinfeld
Judge Dorothy Nelson
Judge Mary Schroeder
Judge Richard C. Tallman
Judge J. Clifford Wallace
Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw

The Roberts Court In 2013–14—Looking Beyond The Rhetoric, Evan Gerstmann

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Myopia: The Supreme Court's Blindness To Religious Liberty And Religious Equality Values In Town Of Greece V. Galloway, Alan Brownstein

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

It is difficult to analyze a Supreme Court decision that is as fundamentally misguided and unpersuasive as last term’s decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, the case upholding state-sponsored prayers before Town Board Meetings. In attempting to do so in this Article, I critically evaluate the Court’s repeated failures to adequately address the serious religious equality and religious liberty issues presented in this case. With regard to religious equality concerns, for example, the Court all but completely ignores the Town’s discrimination in favor of established organized churches and against minorities with too few adherents to organize a congregation …

Putting The Rabbit Back In The Hat: Noel Canning's Impact On Eighteen Months Of Nlrb Decisions And Future Presidential Appointments, Paul Kind

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Harris V. Quinn And The Contradictions Of Compelled Speech, Catherine L. Fisk, Margaux Poueymirou

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In Harris v. Quinn, the Supreme Court held that unionized homecare workers have a First Amendment right to refuse to pay their fair share of the cost of services that the union is statutorily required to provide. The Court thus transformed what had been a legislative debate about “right-to-work” laws, which about half of states have adopted, into a constitutional requirement for one narrow category of public sector employees. The problem with transforming this policy argument into a First Amendment requirement is that treating fair-share or agency-fee payments to a union as compelled speech raises First Amendment rights of …

Fixing Hollingsworth: Standing In Initiative Cases, Karl Manheim, John S. Caragozian, Donald Warner

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by the “Official Proponents” of California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Chief Justice Roberts’ majority opinion held that initiative sponsors lack Article III standing to defend their ballot measures even when state officials refuse to defend against constitutional challenges. As a result, Hollingsworth provides state officers with the ability to overrule laws that were intended to bypass the government establishment—in effect, an “executive veto” of popularly-enacted initiatives.

The Article examines this new “executive veto” in depth. It places Hollingsworth in context, discussing the initiative process …

Remodeling Federal Medical Malpractice Act: A Possible Improvement To The Affordable Care Act, Nancy Kubasek, Tiffany Durham

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

During the debates about healthcare reform, the Congressional Budget Office found that federal medical liability reform could drastically reduce federal budget deficits, yet political and legal scholars could not reach agreement about the best way for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide such reform. Instead, provisions were made to fund state level demonstration projects. The law that is considered one of the most successful models to date of conventional tort reform is the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of California. This Article exams that legislation and discusses how we might use what can be learned from …

A Hole In The Plastic Bag: Identifying And Closing The Loophole In The California Environmental Quality Act, Scott Menger

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Storming The Castle: Fernandez V. California And The Waning Warrant Requirement, Joshua Bornstein

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Forum By Coin Flip: A Random Allocation Model For Jurisdictional Overlap, Ori Aronson

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Deferring Clarity: Qualified Immunity Of Federal Officials From Suits Filed By American Citizens Alleging Torture, Chelsea Anne Perdue

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.