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From Fixed To Growth: How A Mindset Transforms Student Learning, Andrew Fabo Jan 2024

From Fixed To Growth: How A Mindset Transforms Student Learning, Andrew Fabo

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Placing labels onto young learners, such as “smart” and “gifted,” impacts their brain growth and mental health tremendously; rarely in a positive manner. This way of thinking, formed by separating students into “accelerated” and “normal” categories, can instill what is known as a fixed mindset of learning. Believing that there is no room to grow, or being afraid to make mistakes, largely due to the impact of these labels, learners quickly become less likely to attempt more challenging tasks; as well as persevere through difficult obstacles. Through extensive research within the Akron-Summit County Public Library, The University of Akron’s Bierce …


Needs Assessment – National Repository For Nsf Agep Deliverables, Christie Sahley, Megan Sapp-Nelson, Donna Ferullo, Linda Mason, Hanzi Xie Jan 2024

Needs Assessment – National Repository For Nsf Agep Deliverables, Christie Sahley, Megan Sapp-Nelson, Donna Ferullo, Linda Mason, Hanzi Xie

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This white paper proposes the establishment of a National Repository for NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Deliverables to address the critical need for preserving and sharing a wide array of materials generated from the AGEP program. Recognizing the challenges of ephemeral storage solutions and the absence of a unified collection mechanism, the paper underscores the repository's role in promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) research. It emphasizes the importance of accommodating diverse data types, enhancing discoverability, and ensuring long-term access to educational materials, policy documents, and research outcomes. Through a comprehensive approach, the proposed repository …


Critical Race Digital Literacy Rubric For Assessing Mis/Disinformation Literacy Instruction Lesson Plans, Melissa Chomintra Jan 2024

Critical Race Digital Literacy Rubric For Assessing Mis/Disinformation Literacy Instruction Lesson Plans, Melissa Chomintra

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

While librarians have been at the forefront of the fight against fake news, misinformation, and disinformation, offering invaluable guidance and tools through information literacy instruction, there is a noteworthy gap in the adoption of pedagogical approaches rooted in critical theory within mis/disinformation literacy lesson plans. This suggests there may not be well-defined or standardized frameworks for incorporating these theories into library instruction. The enclosed article explores Critical Race Digital Literacy (CRDL) as a pedagogical approach to mis/disinformation literacy education by proposing a rubric for assessing mis/disinformation lesson plans. The rubric is grounded in the principles of critical race theory, emphasizing …


Business Archives As A Tool For Academic Business Researchers, Annette Bochenek, Ilana Stonebraker Jan 2024

Business Archives As A Tool For Academic Business Researchers, Annette Bochenek, Ilana Stonebraker

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This paper examines the structure and collections in business archives in order to create a list of suggestions to better prepare researchers seeking historical business data prior to 1970. Four business archivists were chosen for interviews from a variety of industries. The article shares seven tips gained from the interviews, including getting to know what is housed or not housed in the business archive, looking for archives with museum arms, and considering the importance of legal permission as part of the process for utilizing business archives. The authors also explore how business librarians can better support the work of business …


Tracking Information In The Field: An Assessment Of The Information Needs And Services Of A Field Station Library, Thom Gerrish, Scott Martin Jan 2024

Tracking Information In The Field: An Assessment Of The Information Needs And Services Of A Field Station Library, Thom Gerrish, Scott Martin

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This project examines field station libraries, an undescribed type of library associated with terrestrial and marine field stations. Field stations typically support ecology, geology, and related disciplines with housing, laboratories, and research facilities, which may include various levels of library support. In summer 2022, researchers, instructors, and staff at the University of Michigan Biological Station were interviewed about the library resources and services they use while working and teaching at the field station. Library resources were used throughout teaching and research activities, with one-shot instruction and in-person reference support as the primary contact points between the library and the field …


Popular Stem Related Career Choices For Middle School Students, Damilola B. Ayokanmi, Paul Asunda Jan 2024

Popular Stem Related Career Choices For Middle School Students, Damilola B. Ayokanmi, Paul Asunda

Indiana STEM Education Conference

In order to build and sustain student interest in STEM disciplines, it is important to first ascertain the existing trends in their career choices including factors influencing them. Middle school is a pivotal time for both boys and girls as they start forming identities and career choices and can begin to select both elective courses and extra-curricular activities, based on interests (Webb & Rosson, 2013), and yet, these early years are given low priority in integrated STEM education discussions. This study was guided by the following research question, “What are the popular career choices selected by middle school students …


Integrated Stem Education And Students' 21st Century Skills, Jung Han, Yunjin Lim, Woongbin Park, Kyongson Park Jan 2024

Integrated Stem Education And Students' 21st Century Skills, Jung Han, Yunjin Lim, Woongbin Park, Kyongson Park

Indiana STEM Education Conference

This research investigates the impact of integrated STEM education on students' 21st century competencies, aiming to enhance science and engineering design teaching within a local design-based context. Specifically, the project targets high school students in a rural area and utilizes local contexts, including local rural knowledge and indigenous science knowledge, to facilitate STEM learning. The collaborative effort involves partnering high school environmental science and Technology and Engineering Educators, leveraging their diverse content expertise to teach students collaboratively as a science-technology and engineering teacher pair. Furthermore, university faculty members and industry partners provided support to create a STEM community of practice. …


Implementing Integrated Stem Forensic And Soil Sciences Lab Activities To Promote Interest In Stem Careers, Mariah K. Stollar Awan, Caroline J. Rakowski Jan 2024

Implementing Integrated Stem Forensic And Soil Sciences Lab Activities To Promote Interest In Stem Careers, Mariah K. Stollar Awan, Caroline J. Rakowski

Indiana STEM Education Conference

We implemented forensic and soil science integrated STEM lab activities with 11 middle school youth at a 4-H day camp at Purdue University. STEM perceived knowledge increased overall for participants. However, the pre- and post-assessments did not show a statistically significant difference. More students also indicated STEM career interest after participating. Because this study was exploratory and had a small sample size, more research on these integrated STEM lab activities should be conducted with larger samples.


Development And Evaluation Of A Loop Thermosiphon Heat Exchanger As Passive Replacement To Secondary Loop For Low Gwp Heat Pumps, Matthew Nicholas Robinson, Scott Goedeke, Taylor Maxwell, Devin Pellicone, Morton Blatt, Sara Beaini Jan 2024

Development And Evaluation Of A Loop Thermosiphon Heat Exchanger As Passive Replacement To Secondary Loop For Low Gwp Heat Pumps, Matthew Nicholas Robinson, Scott Goedeke, Taylor Maxwell, Devin Pellicone, Morton Blatt, Sara Beaini

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Cil Simulation Of A Co2 Booster Rack Commercial Refrigeration System, Daqing Li, Don R. Wiesmann, Suresh Shivashankar Jan 2024

Cil Simulation Of A Co2 Booster Rack Commercial Refrigeration System, Daqing Li, Don R. Wiesmann, Suresh Shivashankar

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Machine Learning Based Prediction Of Airflow Maldistribution In A-Type Heat Exchangers, Brian O'Malley, James Tancabel, Vikrant Aute Jan 2024

Machine Learning Based Prediction Of Airflow Maldistribution In A-Type Heat Exchangers, Brian O'Malley, James Tancabel, Vikrant Aute

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Comparison And Evaluation Of Injector Structures For Air Conditioning Systems In Electric Cars, Joerg Aurich, Rico Baumgart Jan 2024

Comparison And Evaluation Of Injector Structures For Air Conditioning Systems In Electric Cars, Joerg Aurich, Rico Baumgart

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Leak Detection Technologies For Low Global Warming Potential (Gwp), Flammable Refrigerants, Viktor Reshniak, Hongbin Sun, Praveen Cheekatamarla, Vishaldeep Sharma, Samuel Yana Motta Jan 2024

Evaluation Of Leak Detection Technologies For Low Global Warming Potential (Gwp), Flammable Refrigerants, Viktor Reshniak, Hongbin Sun, Praveen Cheekatamarla, Vishaldeep Sharma, Samuel Yana Motta

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Experimental Analysis Of Local Condensation And Evaporation Heat Transfer Of Zeotropic Mixture In A Plate Heat Exchanger, Afnan Hasan, Akio Miyara Jan 2024

Experimental Analysis Of Local Condensation And Evaporation Heat Transfer Of Zeotropic Mixture In A Plate Heat Exchanger, Afnan Hasan, Akio Miyara

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Low-Gwp Working Fluid Mixtures Screening For Industrial High Temperature Heat Pumps With Supply Temperature >200 °C, Jan Spale, Andreas J. Hoess, Ian H. Bell, Davide Ziviani Jan 2024

Low-Gwp Working Fluid Mixtures Screening For Industrial High Temperature Heat Pumps With Supply Temperature >200 °C, Jan Spale, Andreas J. Hoess, Ian H. Bell, Davide Ziviani

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Improving Heat Pump System Performance Using A Novel Frost/Defrost Model, Imran Alam, Nicholas Tobin, Andy Leonard, Mihail Spasov, Mayank Khichar Jan 2024

Improving Heat Pump System Performance Using A Novel Frost/Defrost Model, Imran Alam, Nicholas Tobin, Andy Leonard, Mihail Spasov, Mayank Khichar

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Air- And Water- Coupling For Adsorption Chillers For Off-Grid Food Storage, Kristian Lockyear, Roland Crystal, Anurag Agarwal, Srinivas Garimella Jan 2024

Comparison Of Air- And Water- Coupling For Adsorption Chillers For Off-Grid Food Storage, Kristian Lockyear, Roland Crystal, Anurag Agarwal, Srinivas Garimella

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Toward Virtual Product Development Of The Heat Recovery Vrf Heat Pump System Using An Object-Oriented, Open Platform Language, Noma Park, Jin-Min Cho, Han-Won Park, Hoon-Bong Lee, Min-Jae Kwon, Man-Soo Park, Saikee Oh Jan 2024

Toward Virtual Product Development Of The Heat Recovery Vrf Heat Pump System Using An Object-Oriented, Open Platform Language, Noma Park, Jin-Min Cho, Han-Won Park, Hoon-Bong Lee, Min-Jae Kwon, Man-Soo Park, Saikee Oh

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Performance Evaluation Of Drain Heat Recovery Heat Exchangers For Heat Pump Water Heaters, Easwaran Krishnan, Muneeshwaran Murugan, Joe Rendall, Kashif Nawaz, Jamieson Brechtl Jan 2024

Performance Evaluation Of Drain Heat Recovery Heat Exchangers For Heat Pump Water Heaters, Easwaran Krishnan, Muneeshwaran Murugan, Joe Rendall, Kashif Nawaz, Jamieson Brechtl

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Experimental Assessment Of The Effect Of Refrigerant Charge Levels On Variable-Speed Heat Pump Performances, Philani Gift Hlanze, Jie Cai, Donghun Kim Jan 2024

Experimental Assessment Of The Effect Of Refrigerant Charge Levels On Variable-Speed Heat Pump Performances, Philani Gift Hlanze, Jie Cai, Donghun Kim

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Experimental Analysis And Simulation Of Coils In An Air-To-Water Heat Pump Operating At Full And Part Load Conditions, Suraj Krishnamurti, Ignacio Ortega, Jaime Sieres, Vikrant Aute Jan 2024

Experimental Analysis And Simulation Of Coils In An Air-To-Water Heat Pump Operating At Full And Part Load Conditions, Suraj Krishnamurti, Ignacio Ortega, Jaime Sieres, Vikrant Aute

International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference

No abstract provided.


Realigning And Revitalizing Study Abroad Programs In A Post-Pandemic World, Jinhua Li, Wei Hong Jan 2024

Realigning And Revitalizing Study Abroad Programs In A Post-Pandemic World, Jinhua Li, Wei Hong

School of Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Principles And Procedures For Revising The Hierarchical Taxonomy Of Psychopathology, Miriam K. Forbes, Whitney R. Ringwald, Timothy Allen, David C. Cicero, Lee Anna Clark, Colin G. Deyoung, Nicholas Eaton, Roman Kotov, Robert F. Krueger, Robert D. Latzman, Elizabeth A. Martin, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Camilo J. Ruggero, Irwin D. Waldman, Cassandra Brandes, Eiko I. Fried, Vina M. Goghari, Benjamin Hankin, Sarah Sperry, Kasey Stanton, Awais Aftab, Donald R. Lynam, Michael Roche, Aidan G.C. Wright Jan 2024

Principles And Procedures For Revising The Hierarchical Taxonomy Of Psychopathology, Miriam K. Forbes, Whitney R. Ringwald, Timothy Allen, David C. Cicero, Lee Anna Clark, Colin G. Deyoung, Nicholas Eaton, Roman Kotov, Robert F. Krueger, Robert D. Latzman, Elizabeth A. Martin, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Camilo J. Ruggero, Irwin D. Waldman, Cassandra Brandes, Eiko I. Fried, Vina M. Goghari, Benjamin Hankin, Sarah Sperry, Kasey Stanton, Awais Aftab, Donald R. Lynam, Michael Roche, Aidan G.C. Wright

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications

Quantitative, empirical approaches to establishing the structure of psychopathology hold promise to improve on traditional psychiatric classification systems. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a framework that summarizes the substantial and growing body of quantitative evidence on the structure of psychopathology. To achieve its aims, HiTOP must incorporate emerging research in a systematic, ongoing fashion. In this article, we describe the historical context and grounding of the principles and procedures for revising the HiTOP framework. Informed by strengths and shortcomings of previous classification systems, the proposed revisions protocol is a formalized system focused around three pillars: (a) prioritizing systematic …


Smart Dog Door, Andrew Shetler, William Boissoneault, Jacob Stump, Benjamin Charlson Jan 2024

Smart Dog Door, Andrew Shetler, William Boissoneault, Jacob Stump, Benjamin Charlson

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

With modern life getting busier and more complex, many have turned to autonomous assistance for taking care of pets. The objective of this project is to design and prototype a device and application that will allow only certain dogs to enter and exit through a dog door while making the owners aware of their dog's activity. The dog door will utilize wireless communication from the dog to the door to control the status of the door’s lock and update the database that will send updates to the application. The application will keep track of when the dog enters and exits …


Hartville Potato Chips Proposal, Colton J. Zweifel, Augustine M. Holben, Ashlyn T. Pinkerton, Adam J. Weidmann, Nick S. Maricocchi, Madyson E. Miller Jan 2024

Hartville Potato Chips Proposal, Colton J. Zweifel, Augustine M. Holben, Ashlyn T. Pinkerton, Adam J. Weidmann, Nick S. Maricocchi, Madyson E. Miller

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

My Honors Research Team is assisting the small company called Hartville Potato Chips in their positioning and marketing in the business world. Our group looks to assess position where this company occupies in consumers' minds, how they can leverage their unique position, what companies they can partner with, what companies they partner with that are most successful, and where, financially, company is doing well. Our research will consist of interviews, second hand research, working with client, analyzing of financial materials, and focus groups. The goal overall is bring the company to a better spot in location of customers' heads.


Honors Project Hartville Potato Chips (Final) - College Of Business - Team 5 (Marketing Partnerchip), Isabela Schroeter, Justin Kriess, Trent Thomas, Devin Maddox, Irina Hacck, Jake Lubic Jan 2024

Honors Project Hartville Potato Chips (Final) - College Of Business - Team 5 (Marketing Partnerchip), Isabela Schroeter, Justin Kriess, Trent Thomas, Devin Maddox, Irina Hacck, Jake Lubic

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

TO EXPAND THE HARTVILLE POTATO CHIP COMPANY BRAND IN A WAY THAT WILL CREATE A UNIQUE POSITION IN THE MIND OF THE CONSUMER.


Nursing Students’ Comfort In The Nursing Program, Camella Bloom, Rebecca Karr, Makenzie Menard Jan 2024

Nursing Students’ Comfort In The Nursing Program, Camella Bloom, Rebecca Karr, Makenzie Menard

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This research project’s purpose is to investigate student nurses’ comfort levels within the nursing program. The project focuses on how interactions with RNs impact comfort levels of nursing students. These interactions take place within the student nurses’ clinical experiences or their experiences at their healthcare jobs. The sample was sophomore, junior, and senior-level undergraduate BSN students at The University of Akron, which is about 434 students. The number of participants that completed the survey was 57 nursing students. The independent variables were student level in the BSN program and current employment status in a patient care role. The dependent variable …


Midi Recorder And Learning Tool, Caden Dees, Saikishore Gowrishankar, Cameron Johnson, Benjamin Bolyard Jan 2024

Midi Recorder And Learning Tool, Caden Dees, Saikishore Gowrishankar, Cameron Johnson, Benjamin Bolyard

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The project's goal is to create a device that can record MIDI files from any standard 88-key piano as well as teach piano learners how to play songs.


A Review Of Transposable Elements In Crustaceans, Alexander Salem Jan 2024

A Review Of Transposable Elements In Crustaceans, Alexander Salem

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project centers around transposable elements (TEs), specifically those found in crustacean species. While transposable elements have been a growing area of interest in the scientific community for some time, the information surrounding the present state of TEs in the field of crustacean biology is limited. This project seeks to shed light on this area of study. It will focus on the relationship between TEs and crustacean evolution, and TE prevalence in crustaceans. TE studies will be categorized by these general themes as well as crustacean taxa. It will seek to answer the research question: What is known about the …


The Impact Of State Legislative Activity On Judicial Independence, Alec Haas Jan 2024

The Impact Of State Legislative Activity On Judicial Independence, Alec Haas

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The role of judicial officials to release independent decisions remains a vital component to the very existence of the judicial branch. However, due to disagreement over various individual court’s interpretation of their respective state constitution, numerous state legislatures have begun to introduce bills that significantly weaken state judiciaries. Many of these bills have statutes that lower the burden for judicial impeachment, remove jurisdiction over subject matter, change the election system for judicial officials, reduce the resources of the court, and introduce politics into seemingly non-partisan matters. Influenced by the passage of bills that weaponize state legislatures against the courts, this …