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Bioinspired Design Instruction Methods: A Quality Improvement Study, Rebecca Demarco, Mikayla Dutkiewicz

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

This quality improvement study investigates how functional decomposition instruction influences the quality, quantity, variety, and novelty of bioinspired engineering design solutions among undergraduate students. The study aims to validate the effectiveness of functional decomposition for enhancing engineering education. This study is inspired by the belief that bioinspired design principles can make a system more resilient and innovative when used in conjunction with functional decomposition. Despite the widespread application of bioinspired design, the advantages of specifically using functional decomposition have not fully been explored. By conducting a controlled experiment with undergraduate participants from the College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, …

Bifurcation Analysis For Complex Systems Resilience, Rogelio Gracia Otalvaro, Bryan C. Watson

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

As technology advances, systems are growing in complexity and interactivity. This complexity in systems can become a problem when operating and understanding them. Resilience Engineering studies system behavior in the face of impacts. However, existing methods to measure resilience are limited by the non-linear and dynamic characteristics of contemporary systems. Bifurcation analysis can present a different perspective into Resilience Engineering by examining mathematically how systems behave under changing situations. The hypothesis of this work is: if Bifurcation analysis is performed to a nonlinear system, then it is possible to get information on the resilient properties of the system. The paper …

Beyond Gravity: Exploring The Use Of Augmented Reality Devices For Enhanced Astronaut Performance, Karis Cooks, Michelle Aros

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Astronauts are beginning to use Augmented Reality to enhance their daily tasks through the use of mobile devices, headsets, and glasses. This study reports on a comparative analysis between the XREAL Air AR Smart Glasses, the Meta Quest 3, and a smart tablet, for a variety of tasks involving video streaming and viewing of complex schematics. While all three devices allow users to view a virtual screen along with their physical environment, it is not known how they compare in user preference, comfort, and readability. The study places considerable emphasis on conducting usability tests tailored to astronaut performance (i.e. observing …

Attitude Control Testbed In Vacuum, Justin Hartland, Dylan Ballback, Ryan Taylor, Isaac Stitt, Jacob Salazar, Anuhya Suhas

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

The orbital industry is actively growing with a rapid increase in spacecraft injected into orbit each year. Many testbeds exist which make it possible to simulate various aspects of an orbital environment for the purpose of testing these spacecrafts. To simulate spacecraft rotation about three spatial axes in microgravity, many engineers use gyroscopes. However, the rings in these gyroscope systems inherently exert frictional forces on each other and do not account for gravity, which decreases their micro-gravity simulation accuracy. The objective of the Attitude Control Testbed in Vacuum (ACTIV) project is to design a gyroscope that uses electric motors housed …

Assessing Vulnerability To Heat Stress Trends In The Southeast United States, Desiree Knight, Shawn M. Milrad

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

The 4th National Climate Assessment identified extreme heat as a pressing threat to human health in the Southeast U.S. Adverse health impacts are exacerbated throughout the region by climate change, an older and rapidly growing population, and dramatic urbanization. Furthermore, extreme heat disproportionately affects disadvantaged groups, lower-income individuals, and workers in industries that require outdoor labor (e.g., agriculture). This disparity is particularly evident in densely populated metropolitan areas. For human health applications, wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) has been shown to be the most representative heat stress metric for human health impacts. Using WBGT and relative (percentile-based) thresholds for extremes, …

Artificially Intelligent Route Building Unsupervised Drone, Jose Castelblanco, Conor Metz, Maddox Morrison

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

In the rapidly evolving landscape of drone technology, its application in surveillance, security, and rescue operations has the potential to yield groundbreaking solutions that help societal advancement. AIRBUD (Artificially Intelligent Route Building Unsupervised Drone) presents a quadcopter design, incorporating a CubeOrangePlus flight controller, an onboard Jetson Orin Nano computer, and a ZedX mini camera that contributes to that advancement. The overarching objective of AIRBUD is to autonomously achieve control objectives, including identifying, tracking, and path predicting the trajectory of a ball in flight. Live image information captured by the camera is processed in real-time on the onboard computer, facilitating automatic …

Antimicrobial Profile Of Oral Biofilms: Insights And Implications, Jaden Mcbride, Ashley Lunt

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Oral biofilms, comprising diverse microbial communities residing on oral surfaces, play a pivotal role in oral health and disease. Understanding the antimicrobial profile of these biofilms is crucial for developing effective strategies to combat oral infections and maintain oral hygiene. Here we report the antimicrobial profile of Micrococcus lutens, a bacteria found as part of the mouth microflora. We tested using a comprehensive microtiter inhibition assay the antibacterial profile using a total of 12 antibacterial agents. Prelimary results indicate that bacteria are susceptible to four agents in a free-living form; however, biofilms (or bacterial communities) are resistant to all …

Analysis Of Health Promoting Lifestyle And Associated Factors Among Collegiate Aviation Pilots, Bill Deng Pan

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

The schedule and expectations required of collegiate aviation flight students can make it difficult for them to practice a health-promoting lifestyle. There are currently many discussions in the aviation industry about pilots’ mental health, fatigue, and stress management. It is important to analyze these factors in a Part 141 collegiate environment, which for many pilots, is where they begin their pilot careers. A non-experimental survey methodology will be used to assess Part 141 collegiate aviation students’ health promoting lifestyle/behaviors across six areas: health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and stress management. The research team will utilize the …

An Exploration Of Prototyping Strategies And Frameworks Through A Systematic Literature Review, Benjamin Wierzbanowski

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Prototyping is an integral component of the engineering design process, serving as a bridge between conceptualization and realization. This systematic literature review examines existing published literature to understand how the broader engineering design community approaches the prototyping process through defined and formalized strategies and frameworks. To achieve this, we conducted a comprehensive search, identifying 402 unique papers across 11 esteemed journals using crafted search strings. Applying inclusion criteria, we refined the selection to 94 papers that demonstrated relevancy to prototyping strategies and practices. Currently, we are in the process of the second phase of our inclusion criteria, further refining the …

Airbus Financial Analysis - We Make It Fly, Jane Lam

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

The primary objective of this project is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Airbus SE's (NBB: EADS Y) recent financial performance, with a specific focus on its business activities. Located in the Netherlands, Airbus was founded by Anthony Fokker in 1912 and went public on July 10, 2000. In our study, we will look at financial figures to make sense of alignment with business activities. After a disastrous period of the pandemic, Airbus rebounded in the financial year 2022, with a net income of 4.2 billion Euros, surpassing its pre-pandemic level of 3 billion Euros in 2018.

We will carry …

Advanced Laser Mining Array, Jacob R. Romeo

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

The Advanced LASER Mining Array (ALMA) is used for researching mining techniques that cover the entire surface area of the object you are trying to mine. The apparatus uses motors and wedge prisms to demonstrate a helical mining technique with a low-powered LASER. The motors rotate the wedges with the second one being 0.5 deg/s slower than the first at all times. This allows for a larger surface area to be covered with a smaller beam diameter with equal amounts of intensity using the helix shape. Testing was done by using multiple wedge prisms with different beam deviations to find …

A Novel Approach To Modular Ramjet Inlets, Emily Bendeck, Dylan Nagowski, Joseph Deleo, Nicolai Nandlal

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Ramjet inlets are the main form of diffusion in supersonic engines. Meanwhile additive manufacturing is becoming to play a big role in the aerospace industry calling for both to be intertwined. This projects aims to test both a conventionally manufactured ramjet inlet and multiple additively ones to test flow separation and shockwave formation. The test section will also be modular to allow for easy swapping out of test objects and for future supersonic research.

A New Biological Inspired Resource Allocation Algorithm For Distributed Multi Agent Systems With Limited Knowledge, Julia Gorthey

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Resource allocation in scenarios involving uncertainty, limited information, and potential threats can pose significant challenges and difficulties. Swarm intelligence, characterized by the cooperative dynamics of individuals, could enhance community resilience. This is particularly true for scenarios that involve the allocation of finite resources. This study examines a new biologically inspired distributed resource allocation algorithm, drawing inspiration from snapping shrimp colonies. Operating within environments with uncertainty and resource limitations, snapping shrimp colonies exhibit distributed resource allocation when they allocate a limited number of defenders to protect the nest. The hypothesis of the paper is if inspiration is drawn from the snapping …

Managing Spatial Affinity For Edge Application Development And Deployment, Myungjin Lee, Brianna Marie Barrow, Ramana Kompella

Defensive Publications Series

Current approaches for associating edge devices with the correct application instance as edge devices are on the move often require changing end device configuration/policy, which can be inefficient and burdensome. In order to address such issues, techniques proposed herein provide a library of tools, including an affinity manager, to enable scalable edge application development, deployment and management. The affinity manager facilitates communication between service instances and edge devices by registering service instances and providing edge device with information on the service instances. When an edge device moves to a new area, the proposed techniques leverage a local area translation function …

Intelligent Provisioning Of Digital Experience Monitoring Agents Based On Observed Network Service Flows, Jay Kuhne, Peter Clayton-Luce, Steve Holl

Defensive Publications Series

Current network observability discovery and design of network monitoring tools for a network operator is often dependent upon the analysis of a network configuration and anecdotal input from the operator indicating their perceived service-level assurance needs. Specifically, the placement of monitoring agents within a network for such designs is fairly subjective and may not be reflective of the actual usage patterns and utilization of the network for traffic initiated by end-users or applications. This proposal leverages actual network behavior in order to generate recommendations for agent placement, as well as to optimize agent placement and, optionally, to auto-deploy an agent …

Aluminum Sheet Battery Enclosure, Axel Arthur Foerderreuther, Abraham Ursch

Defensive Publications Series

Described herein is a battery enclosure built using aluminum sheet parts and an assembly process that includes two-sided joining methods. In certain aspects, high strength 6xxx series aluminum alloy sheets may be used to build the battery enclosure. Components of the battery enclosure can include, but are not limited to, a lid, a frame, a tub, and an underride protection plate. In certain aspects, the aluminum sheet parts are assembled such that the frame is built into and around the tub of the battery enclosure using an assembly sequence that includes two-sided joining methods, such as self-piercing riveting (SPR) or …

Process For The Preparation Of 2-Fluoro Aceto-Phenone

Defensive Publications Series

Process for the preparation of 2-fluoroacetophenone by using di-isopropyl malonate.

Abetting Assimilation: Competing Narratives In Sister Inez Hilger’S Together With The Ainu: A Vanishing People, Mark Spangler

CSB and SJU Distinguished Thesis

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Cardiovascular Conditions After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparison Between The Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems And The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey, Shanti Pinto, Bhaskar Thakur, Raj Kumar, Amanda Rabinowitz, Ross Zafonte, William C Walker, Kan Ding, Simon Driver, Umesh Venkatesan, Gilbert Moralez, Kathleen Bell

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare the prevalence of self-reported cardiovascular conditions among individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) to a propensity-matched control cohort.

METHODS AND RESULTS: A cross-sectional study described self-reported cardiovascular conditions (hypertension, congestive heart failure [CHF], myocardial infarction [MI], and stroke) from participants who completed interviews between January 2015 and March 2020 in 2 harmonized large cohort studies, the TBI Model Systems and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Mixed-effect logistic regression models were used to compare the prevalence of cardiovascular conditions after 1:1 propensity-score matching based on age, sex, …

Marshall University Newsletter, May 7, 2024, Office Of Marshall University Communications

Marshall University Newsletter 2023-Current

No abstract provided.

Academic Senate - Minutes, 5/7/2024, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Long-Term Effects Of The Negative Stereotypes On Black Women, Ashley L. Mock

Counselor Education Capstones

Black women have historically faced unique experiences in the United States since the era of slavery. The capstone paper is focused on understanding the long-term effects of negative stereotypes when it comes to Black women. The research explores the complex elements surrounding the experiences of Black women, mainly focusing on historical contexts, prevalent stereotypes such as the strong Black woman schema, and the intersecting challenges of gendered racial discrimination. The research delves into the influence of family dynamics in shaping these stereotypes and examines how intersectionality influences Black women’s identity. Furthermore, the research investigates the complicated relationship between negative stereotypes …

Csusb Faculty Senate Resolution To Address Unprofessional, Unethical Recruitment, Selection And Appointment Practices Regarding Mpps On The Csusb Campus, Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

No abstract provided.

Self-Study Portfolio Evi Francey Kampouri Lagonik, Evi Francey Kampouri Lagonik

Master of Education in Teacher Leadership Portfolios

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, May 7, 2024, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2024

Volume 162, Issue 41

Chronic Stress-Induced Neuroinflammation: Relevance Of Rodent Models To Human Disease., Abigail G White, Elias Elias, Andrea Orozco, Shivon A Robinson, Melissa T Manners

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

The brain is the central organ of adaptation to stress because it perceives and determines threats that induce behavioral, physiological, and molecular responses. In humans, chronic stress manifests as an enduring consistent feeling of pressure and being overwhelmed for an extended duration. This can result in a persistent proinflammatory response in the peripheral and central nervous system (CNS), resulting in cellular, physiological, and behavioral effects. Compounding stressors may increase the risk of chronic-stress-induced inflammation, which can yield serious health consequences, including mental health disorders. This review summarizes the current knowledge surrounding the neuroinflammatory response in rodent models of chronic stress-a …

Causal Inference In Ethnographic Research: Refining Explanations With Abductive Logic, Strength Of Evidence Assessments, And Graphical Models, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, H. J. François Dengah Ii, Seth I. Sagstetter, Katya Xinyi Zhao

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

In their classic accounts, anthropological ethnographers developed causal arguments for how specific sociocultural structures and processes shaped human thought, behavior, and experience in particular settings. Despite this history, many contemporary ethnographers avoid establishing in their work direct causal relationships between key variables in the way that, for example, quantitative research relying on experimental or longitudinal data might. As a result, ethnographers in anthropology and other fields have not advanced understandings of how to derive causal explanations from their data, which contrasts with a vibrant “causal revolution” unfolding in the broader social and behavioral sciences. Given this gap in understanding, we …

Csusb Faculty Senate Resolution To Address Unprofessional, Unethical Recruitment, Selection And Appointment Practices Regarding Mpps On The Csusb Campus, Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting, 59th Senate Agenda Organizational Meeting 1 (5/7/2024), Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting, 59th Senate Agenda Organizational Meeting 2 (5/7/2024), Csusb Faculty Senate

CSUSB Faculty Senate records

No abstract provided.