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Reducing Plastic Waste With 5d Printing, Michael Dattolo, Jonathan Harris, Walter Zesk

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

3D printers are generating mass amounts of plastic waste from printing supportive structures, correcting print orientation errors, and failed prints. The most used 3D printing material, PLA, is made of the same plastic material and cannot be reused nor recycled. As a result, it ends up in landfills and oceans. The purpose of this project is to find an alternative support material that generates less waste. Two potential solutions were explored to reduce the use of PLA plastic. One solution was a 3D printer that would use wax as a support material, since wax is easy to use, affordable, and …

Girlz Nite - Pop Music Festival Website, Haley Argo

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The objective of this project, introduced in Advanced Content Management, was to construct a website for an original festival or event. Girlz Nite is a website representing a fictional pop music festival. Initially the theme and brand were created. Then wireframes and prototypes were built in Adobe XD. We then recreated the Adobe XD prototype using HTML, CSS, and some JavaScript. The final and most challenging task was to turn this prototype into an efficient and functioning WordPress site. This was done by transferring the content and creating an original theme for the WordPress site. The site's theme was coded …

#Influenced Festival Website, Emma Jones

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

In the Advanced Content Management course, students were prompted to design, code, and develop an original concept for a festival and website. #INFLUENCED was developed as an exclusive festival website marketed towards aspiring influencers who want to meet social media stars. The event would be held in Manhattan, New York, a trendy location relevant to influencers and the festival concept. Nine different influencers were chosen to feature at the event and on the website Design choices were made to appeal to the target audience, women in the women in the 17-24 demographic who are interested in content creation and the …

Château De Shea - Wine Packaging, Shea Lambert

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

For this project, students were asked to conceptualize, design, and brand a hypothetical beverage company. The project parameters included creating a visual code for three brand-standard products and a secondary package. Additionally, adaptive graphics and packaging were developed for a limited-edition collection. The decision to brand a wine company was made out of the desire to design a label that consisted of both modern and vintage elegant qualities. To achieve those qualities, a custom C was drawn using floral elements for the logo symbol, which was then paired with a script typeface that shared similar curves and typographic elements. Shimmery …

Bear Mountain Vodka Beverage Adaptive Branding, Jaiden Mali

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The objective of this project was to create and design a brand based on a beverage of my choosing. This project also included creating an example of visual coding for a minimum of three products. Additionally, to the project included designing a brand-standard secondary package, as well as developing adaptive graphics & packaging for a limited edition collection. In creating a strong brand concept and graphics that demonstrate cohesive packaging, visual coding, and strong brand recognition, a vodka brand called Bear Mountain Vodka was created. This brand is both minimalistic and higher-end. Handcrafted elements of the project were achieved through …

Bloom Magazine, Samara Aguiar De Melo Alves

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Created as part of Editorial & Publication Design Fall ’22 semester, Bloom Minizine is an eight-page magazine designed for anyone with a passion for graphic design. This mini-magazine features an article, an interview, a creative/artistic piece, and a Johnson & Wales advertisement. With an emphasis on the design process, Bloom was inspired by fashion magazines and collage design. Using industry-standard design software, photography skills, typographic hierarchy, and digital imaging, each spread was laid out and arranged based on a personal design aesthetic. The primary illustration in the featured article is a collage inspired by a song and manipulated using vector-based …

Handheld Retro Gaming System, Alex Barre, James Bonneau, Rachel Wang

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Tetris is a puzzle game that was developed by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. It has been remastered in many different ways over the past 39 years, which led students to develop their own version on a custom-built handheld retro gaming system.This work was a collaboration between three senior electronics engineering students as a team. One student focused on the Tetris software development, the second worked on data storage management, and the third worked on graphics development and a 3D printed enclosure. This work was a one year/two semester project. Each team member worked on weekly tasks to …

Thirsty Burst Beverage Packaging, Matthew Scheetz

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The objective of this project was to conceptualize, design, and brand a hypothetical beverage company. The project's parameters included designing a visual coding for three brand-standard products, a brand secondary package, well-developed adaptive graphics, and packaging from a limited-edition collection. The brand Thirsty Burst was designed to present an 80s style but with modern-day elements. While developing the brand, it was important that it remain professional but creative, with fun elements to separate them from the other brands. To make Thirsty Burst stand out, a die cut of a water explosion, consistent with the brand, was applied. Along with creating …

Beverly Ann Kitchen Essentials - Branding & Packaging Project, Alexandra Buckley

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Home sweet home! The purpose of this project was to conceptualize a brand, design graphic elements and templates within the Adobe suite, and to hand-construct packaging for four kitchen products. This included a hand-pulled chopper, produce spray, dish scrubber, and utensil set. The main objective was to target a market that appreciated high-end, quality kitchen products with a sense of luxury. This entailed a clean, professional, and minimalistic approach. The process began with logo development, which was inspired by researching other brands, such as Burberry or Zara, and examining the design elements used in their marketing. To separate personal aesthetics …

Rethinking Process To Design A Compelling Editorial Publication, Erik Furtado

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

During the Fall semester of 2022, Symbiotic Creations competed in the Future Food All-Star’s competition and mentorship program with the main goal to create a probiotic snack made from 100% culinary by-products. Our three objectives were to create a hydrocolloid structure within the gummies (properly thickened gummy), use only vegan products, and provide a probiotic benefit to the final product. Most products in the market rely on animal-based thickeners like gelatin. Initially, we experimented with agar agar, tapioca powder, and cornstarch but none of these starches actually formed the hydrocolloid structure. After many trials, we succeeded in forming the hydrocolloid …

Minimal Resource Candy Crush, Rachel Wang

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

With the development and popularity of mobile-phone apps and games, matching games, like Jewel and Candy Crush, have become increasingly popular over the years. This research design project challenged students to design and implement a Candy Crush-style game using minimal resources, with only a microcontroller and Windows as a visual aid, no smartphone or tablet allowed. This work was an individual design project for electronics engineering students in a Microcontrollers class, with an applied “divide and conquer” approach. Students first identified all hardware and software requirements before identifying which could be implemented. They then designed and implemented all essential hardware …

Dirtbag Minizine, Katie Parrish

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

As a part of the editorial design and layout course, students were tasked with developing and executing the brand and deliverables for a mini-magazine or ‘minizine’. The objective of this project was to have a cohesive multi-page mini zine that contained the primary elements of a magazine publication, as well as successful layouts for each article and advertisement. The layout was designed using Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop were used to create, manipulate, and edit the images. What resulted from explorations of other magazine layouts as inspiration was a mini zine with a clear aesthetic and unique …

Human Rockets, Logan Daubel

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The objective of this handcrafted design project was to design and construct an accordion book and a cohesive package that could contain the book. The book needed to have a cover, back cover and eight pages with content that incorporated design elements and principles, as well as a historical design influence and typography/hand lettering. Key aspects from the Design Theory and Practice course were revisited, such as research, inspiration, design process, elements and principles, typography, prototyping, and refinement. To build this project, collage techniques learned in the beginning of the semester were used. In-depth research on each of the rockets’ …

The Three Sisters, Erika Morais, Alyssa Audino, Evander Gomes, Tabitha Booher, Farrah Phelps, Stela Carneiro, Isabella Nolan

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

This project was a collaborative opportunity between our design team and a team from the culinary program, Growing For The Menu. Our teams worked together to establish a vision and aesthetic surrounding the dishes served at their pop-up event. The culinary team supplied three delicious dishes all within the theme of The Three Sisters. This theme was derived from the longstanding farming method of planting different veggies that can seamlessly grow together in harmony. The three vegetables featured in this instance were beans, corn, and squash. Aesthetically, we decided to opt for a more autumnal, rustic feel as it was …

Teensy Ducklings, Megan Doyle

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The purpose of this project was to create and design packaging for 4 different products: lotion, wipes, pacifiers, and an outfit. Teensy Ducklings is a brand that focuses on making baby products that are ethical yet affordable for mothers and their babies. The idea for the name is based off baby ducks who look up to their mothers while growing up. The overall goal was to create a cute and friendly cohesive packaging system for these products to exist in.

Wayfinding & Environmental Graphics, Scott Singer

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Wayfinding and environmental graphics are very important in today’s world. These graphics use color, icons, typography, and additional design elements to help people navigate through a space. The objective of this project was to create a set of wayfinding signs that would be utilized in the John J. Bowen Center of Science and Innovation, at Johnson & Wales University. The wayfinding throughout the building was and is very limited. Students would get lost, or needed help to locate the bathroom, copy rooms, and even classrooms. During the design process, it was important to keep in mind that many people enter …

Heartpaws - A Company Focused On Connecting Pets With Their New Fur-Ever Families, Alyssa Audino

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

HeartPaws was created as a new approach to pet adoption. The company would work with shelters across the nation to successfully connect these animals with their fur-ever homes. HeartPaws’ purpose is to create more visibility outside the immediate vicinity of the shelter, and with more people seeing them, the higher the chance of adoption. When establishing the branding attention to typography and color palette were integral. Focusing on softer, rounded letter forms, and warm inviting colors emphasized the friendly, loving nature of the brand. Utilizing browns & pinks not only fit the brand feel but are also common colors of …

Font Posters, An Exploration Of Typographic Classification And Anatomy, John White

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Typography, the incorporation of type, is one of the key components that can impact the success of a project. Despite this, typography is something people either shy away from or completely neglect within a project. Given the opportunity to demonstrate the importance of typography, two poster designs were created to show the anatomy of two distinctly different typefaces. For this project, in-depth research was pivotal in designing a set of posters that balanced the aesthetic appeal and legibility of a design. The selection of fonts set the tone for the entire project. Use of thumbnail sketches formed the foundation of …

Mlb Team Concept; Carolina Reapers, Joseph Faioli

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

This project focuses on the creation and branding of a potential MLB expansion team based out of North Carolina called the “Carolina Reapers”. Classic colors seen in other Carolina-based sports teams were used, such as the Carolina Panthers NFL team, or the University of North Carolina basketball team. The name of this team was created to play on the famously known pepper, the Carolina Reaper. Instead of focusing on the pepper, the focus goes to the name Reaper, with a skull logo as a main part of the brand identity. The brand standards include a letterhead, business card, envelope, team …

Indeed Service Redesign, Julia Schiels

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The purpose of this project was to re-brand an existing company that offers users a service. Indeed was chosen due to its outdated branding and potential for modernized design. Inspiration was taken from other employment websites, such as Handshake. For the new logo, the outdated corporate blue was replaced with a bright, yet clean, lime green. A simple checkmark was placed over the “I” was paired with a clean Sans Serif font. To improve the flow, the tagline was also slightly altered. The redesigned website was much more user friendly, featuring an easily scannable home page for new job postings. …

Infinity Guitars, Mathew Hartung

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Many experienced guitar players have encountered the recording process and the dread that comes with needing to pack their guitars every time they go to the studio. Each guitar produces a different tone and sound, which means that more guitars may be necessary to create the desired effect for a given song. The idea was to make a change; to create one guitar capable of sounding like every guitar by giving the electronic pickup (a hardwired component that receives and amplifies sound vibrations) the ability to be easily removed, swapped, and combined with other pickups. This modular component allows a …

Final Project Report For Bricks From Recyclables, Miranda Mittleman, Arvin Sarbah, Shane Scannell, Joshua Sharpe

Engineering Senior Design Reports

The Bricks from Recyclables team is dedicated to designing and constructing an eco-friendly concrete brick that incorporates plastic to tackle the issue of plastic waste in the environment. The sponsor, Samadhi Yoga Retreat, plans to use this innovative product as a building material on-site to recycle and repurpose plastic, thereby eliminating the impracticality of transporting plastic waste to a recycling center in the remote location.

The team conducted tests on four essential subsystems: shredder, mixer, mold, and brick. The shredder tests involved evaluating the shredder's capability and speed. The capability test demonstrated that the shredder could process both PET and …

The Impact Of Albuquerque’S Bus Rapid Transit System On Pedestrian Safety, Martina Mercure

Civil Engineering ETDs

This project will explore the impacts of several traffic safety countermeasures and roadway design changes on pedestrian safety along the Central Avenue corridor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The motivation behind this research is the communities concern for the increase in pedestrian fatalities in the US and specifically New Mexico. The research will have a specific focus on pedestrian safety, but we will also address traffic safety outcomes for motor vehicle users and bicyclists. The City of Albuquerque has taken note of the traffic safety issues on Central Avenue and has implemented or is in the process of implementing several countermeasures …

Alzheimers Disease Stages Are Classified Based On Biomarkers Found In Cerebrospinal Fluid Using Machine Learning Classifiers, Vivek K. Tiwari

Electrical Engineering Theses

The inability of the current techniques to identify patients in the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease, which can persist up to ten years before clinical symptoms appear, makes early detection of the condition difficult. Several studies have shown the potential of the cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers amyloid beta 1-42, T-tau, and P-tau in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Based on the levels of these cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, we employed machine learning models in this study to categorize various phases of Alzheimer's disease. The National Alzheimer's Coordination Centre database of 537 patients' electronic health records was examined, and the patients were …

Analysis Impact Of Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation On Job Satisfaction In Logistics Service Sector: An Intelligent Neutrosophic Model, Zenat Mohamed, Mahmoud M. Ismail, Amal F. Abd El-Gawad

Neutrosophic Systems with Applications

The success of every company relies heavily on the happiness of its workforce, and the logistics service sector is no exception. The capacity of logistics suppliers to satisfy the demands of their clients depends on the efficiency and efficacy of operations, which in turn is affected by the level of employee satisfaction. This paper aims to analyze the factors of employee satisfaction in the logistic service industry to achieve productivity and a satisfied workforce. This paper used the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology to handle various factors. The SWARA method is an MCDM method used to compute the importance of factors. …

Nematocidal And Bactericidal Activities Of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Mediated By Ficus Sycomorus Leaf Extract, Dina Elkobrosy, Abdulaziz A. Al-Askar, Hamada El-Gendi, Yiming Su, Rokaia Nabil, Ahmed Abdelkhalek, Said Behiry

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Nanoparticles effectively control most plant pathogens, although research has focused more on their antimicrobial than their nematocidal properties. This study synthesized silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) through a green biosynthesis method using an aqueous extract of Ficus sycomorus leaves (FS-Ag-NPs). The nanoparticles were characterized using SEM, TEM, EDX, zeta sizer, and FTIR. The TEM results showed that the synthesized NPs were nanoscale and had an average particle size of 33 ± 1 nm. The elemental silver signal at 3 keV confirmed the formation of Ag-NPs from an aqueous leaf extract of F. sycomorus. The FTIR analysis revealed the existence of several …

Book And Tablet Team (B.A.T.T.) Final Project Report, Andrew Deering, Jacob Avina, Estefania Hinojosa, Tyler Pettit

Engineering Senior Design Reports

The Book and Tablet Team (B.A.T.T.) looks to design a device that simplifies reading from a tablet to assist those with dexterity issues in their hands and arms. The team’s main objectives for this project are to design a device that may be used in a functional and useful fashion, construct said device, and finally test the device. This report will consist of an overview of our device and its five subsystems and an evaluation of the final design with respect to the project requirements. The five main subsystems are as follows: the mount, the stand, the tablet holder, the …

High Tg, Bio-Based Isosorbide Methacrylate Resin Systems For Vat Photopolymerization, Xi Chu, Jianwei Tu, Heather Berensmann, John J. La Scala, Giuseppe R Palmese

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

The use of isosorbide-derived polymers has garnered significant attention in recent decades as a high-performance, renewable material sourced from biomass. Of particular interest is isosorbide methacrylate, which possesses low viscosity (< 500 >cps), high thermal properties (Tg ≈ 220 °C), and high modulus (>4 GPa). These characteristics present a promising opportunity to replace BPA-derived methacrylate compounds in various applications. This investigation aims to synthesize and characterize isosorbide-based low-viscosity resin systems for 3D printing. The resin blends are composed of isosorbide methacrylate and two bio-renewable methacrylates, furfuryl methacrylate (FM) and bis-hydroxymethyl-furan methacrylate (BHMF-M), polymerized through a digital light processing (DLP) technique. …

Fixing The Maze: Redesigning The Ksu Johnson Library Map, Gabriella Cumberbatch, Alexa Cosgrove, Katia Alexis, Ipek Erbaz

Senior Design Project For Engineers

The purpose of this report is to research and implement new ways to redesign the KSU Johnson Library map and increase the amount of navigation signage. Through time studies and surveys, the team identified resources that take a long time to find. A second round of time studies and surveys was conducted to ensure that the new implementations, signages, and maps are effective. The team also suggests redesigning the floor plans to make them clearer and easier to understand. Team Scrappy concludes that the redesigned map and library signage have significantly improved the ease of navigation within the Johnson Library. …

Superfly Amphibian, Devonte Andrews, Ahmed Hamza, Kwesi Onumah, Eva Sanchez

Senior Design Project For Engineers

Following a Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) mission profile, this seaplane is designed to carry 19 passengers and 1 flight crew with a range of 200 nautical miles. The seaplane is equipped with two turbo-prop engines and is economically comparable to current seaplanes in terms of servicing and operating expenses. The aircraft is capable of operating in remote locations with limited infrastructure due to its STOL abilities, allowing for increased access to difficult-to-reach areas. The seaplane's design incorporates modern materials and technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, and comfort for passengers and crew. The aircraft's versatility and cost-effectiveness make it an …