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Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Mn1-xFexNiSi1-yAly intermetallic alloys
No full textJeffrey Paryz, PhysicsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Arjun Pathak, Physics
Materials responding strongly to minor variations of external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, or magnetic field could revolutionize many of the energy technologies, including refrigeration, actuation, and sensing. Magnetocaloric compounds that are constituted of abundant and non-toxic elements are especially appealing to realize the commercialization of magnetic refrigeration technology. During the EURO program, I was involved in synthesis techniques for bulk magnetocaloric materials, focusing on synthesis and obtaining training for materials\u27 characterization with different techniques. We focused on magnetocaloric materials that have phase transitions around room temperature. In this presentation, I discuss synthesis techniques, materials\u27 properties optimization, and characterization. As an example, I present the phase transition, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the Mn1-xFexNiSi1-yAly compound.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-physgeosci/1013/thumbnail.jp
Archaeology and Book Layout Design
No full textEmily Cendrowski, AnthropologyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Susan Maguire, Anthropology, Professor Lisa Marie Anselmi, Anthropology
During fall 2020, Emily Cendrowski and I received Early Undergraduate Research Opportunity [EURO] awards to design a manuscript layout for an edited volume on New York State Archaeology with Buffalo State professors Susan Maguire, Ph.D. and Lisa Marie Anselmi, Ph.D. Using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, we worked together to create a template for layouts for each chapter of the book. Specifically, the layout process involved inserting and formatting the final text and images, which will subsequently be reviewed and revised in Adobe Photoshop prior to publication. Through creative problem-solving, it was possible to attempt a variety of possibilities to explore which would be the most visually appealing and professional in appearance. This project gave us both the opportunity to better understand the fields of anthropology and book publishing.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1002/thumbnail.jp
Thomas Carr
No full textInjustice in the Justice System: Using Ancient Philosophy as a Tool for Criminal Justice Reform
Thomas Carr, Philosophy and Criminal JusticeFaculty Mentor: Professor Leigh Duffy, Philosophy
Thomas is an Honors College student who graduated in December 2020 with a dual major in Philosophy and Criminal Justice. His academic interests include Philosophy of Law, Ethics, and Criminal Justice Policy. He explored the intersection of these areas in two separate SRCC projects in addition to his USRF 2021 research project. He plans to attend Michigan State University College of Law in Fall 2021 to earn his J.D., and hopes to pursue a career in Public Policy. During his fellowship, Thomas read extensively on the theory of justice in Plato’s Republic as well as contemporary criminal justice literature. He also interviewed individuals working in the criminal justice system, including several attorneys and a judge, and identified specific issues of injustice that our system faces. Thomas argued that these issues are demonstrative of Platonic injustice. He offered suggestions on reform initiatives and policy changes that should be pursued to alleviate these injustices in a philosophy paper that he presented in the fall and hopes to publish in an undergraduate philosophy journal.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-usrfp/1003/thumbnail.jp
Recast the Class
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Recast the Class
This project outlines how to incorporate education into the classroom. Through the personal reflection of the author’s formal academic and professional experiences, it is determined that creativity is an integral part of education. In this inward reflection, the need to incorporate creativity into the classroom is presented. The project also highlights the significance of speaking with students, parents, and educators to gain insight into their perspectives regarding the classroom. Also highlighted in this project are classroom design, curriculum design, and ways to teach in differentiated classrooms. The classroom is a microcosm of the school and is the epicenter of student learning
Meaning Making: The Impact of COVID-19 on Residential Graduate Assistants
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way that individuals have lived their lives. For most individuals, there has never been an experience in their lifetime that involved a global pandemic. For students in higher education, education was disrupted and altered to maintain health and safety of the public. Students enrolled in a graduate program who serve as graduate assistants have faced many challenges as a result of working towards finding creative ways to engage students virtually, while staying engaged in their full-time virtual coursework. The intention of this study is to examine the impact that COVID-19 has had on these students, and how graduate students and assistants are finding meaning through the experience of learning and working through a pandemic.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/graduate_student_research_prof/1001/thumbnail.jp
Vehicle Dash Cameras with Artificial Intelligence
No full textMatthew Stranz, CIS494: Research in Computer Information SystemsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Sarbani Banerjee, Computer Information Systems
The purpose of this research project is to create a vehicle dash camera that assists the user, police, and insurance company in easy license plate recognition and number retrieval in an event of an accident and/or hit and run. Presently, personal vehicle dash cameras are very limited and only record data. Since accidents are very chaotic, it can be difficult extracting the required information. To implement these specific aspects, the vehicle license plate will be detected by YOLOv4, a real-time object recognition system and machine learning model. Following detection, the number within the license plate will be filtered through OpenCV real-time computer vision and printed with Tesseract OCR optical character recognition engine. Currently, this is a software capability that is only found in government, police, drone, and stationary security cameras. Supporting software for this research will be with Google Collaboratory, Jupyter Notebook, Anaconda (Miniconda for Raspberry Pi), Nvidia CUDA Toolkit 10.1, and Git. Additionally, the hardware that would be needed is a Nvidia GPU, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, a storage device micro SD card, Arducam day and night vision camera, Raspberry Pi 7 touch screen display, USB to USB Type-C with 15W car charger, and a housing unit that would incorporate the hardware along with a mounting for the windshield or the mirror. The final goal is to have all license plate numbers be enlarged and printed above the license plate, and all detections be saved onto the storage device.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-compeng/1004/thumbnail.jp
Small Island Developing States and the Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Climate Aid Commitments
No full textElizabeth Rakowski, International RelationsFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Mehwish Sarwari, Political Science and Public Administration
Does foreign direct investment (FDI) influence climate aid to small island developing states (SIDS)? Small island states such as Fiji have experienced negative consequences as a result of climate change. While SIDS have been vocal in highlighting the detrimental effects of climate change, research shows that action on this issue is needed by both developing and developed states before significant change can occur. Literature shows that developed economies have shown variation in adopting initiatives to address climate change. This paper argues that one mechanism that developing states use to motivate developed economies to respond to climate change is economic interdependence. When smaller, less powerful island states secure FDI from developed economies, they are able to incentivize developed states to provide climate aid. Investors from developed states, such as the United States, remain keen to protect their economic interests in SIDS and are aware of the potential environmental consequences their investments may have. In turn, they provide climate aid in response to these potential concerns. For the reasons stated here, I hypothesize that an increase in foreign direct investment results in an increase in climate aid contributions. Focusing on all SIDS during the period of 1992-2008, a quantitative test is conducted to examine the relationship between U.S. FDI and climate aid commitments. Results show a significant association between U.S. FDI and climate aid, suggesting that the more FDI present in a SID, the more climate aid it receives.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1000/thumbnail.jp
Ashly Canute
No full textThe Life and Times of George W. Jonson, Buffalo Lawyer and Abolitionist
Ashly Canute, HistoryFaculty Mentor: Professor Lisa Berglund, English
Ashly is a senior majoring in History with a minor in Literary Studies. After completing her baccalaureate degree, she hopes to further research her principal interest in medieval history at the graduate level.
During her fellowship, Ashly transcribed and created a scholarly edition based on the journals of George W. Jonson (1801- 1880), a Buffalo abolitionist and lawyer. Transcribing a portion of Jonson’s diary revealed details about his rich political activism, and digitizing some of his entries gives access to a valuable primary source for future researchers. This edition will be presented to the Buffalo History Museum for their collection on Jonson.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-usrfp/1002/thumbnail.jp
More than a Museum: Museums\u27 Past, Current, and Future Involvement with Racial Issues
Get PDFThe year 2020 has been universally acknowledged as an extraordinary point in activist history. The Black Lives Matter organization has spearheaded a new wave of activism comparable to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 70s. By evaluating how cultural learning centers such as museums have presented racial history in the past, an effective plan can be made on how museums should interpret this present-day history. Museums should not only recognize #BlackLivesMatter as an important part of history in an academic sense, but they should also actively promote positive racial change in the communities they serve. Research shows that museums play a large role in forming the public’s view on past racial events. This study will explore how racial topics are presented in conventional museums such as typical history or art centers, as well as those which specialize in civil and human rights. By pairing this information with how museums are currently interacting with activists, there are both good and bad practices in the museum industry. It has become common practice to focus more on the traumatic violence that is part of African American history, rather than the triumphs that followed these hardships. By allowing racial groups to take an authoritative position on how their own histories are portrayed, museums can promote healing, understanding, and powerful lasting relationships through an authentic interpretation
Implementation of Project-based Learning to Entrepreneurship at International Preparatory in Buffalo: Its Effect on Learners’ Desire to Become Entrepreneurs and Impact on the Practice of 21st Century Skills
Get PDFTo extract the evidence of the effect of project-based learning in the teaching of entrepreneurship at International Preparatory in the City of Buffalo, the researcher will work with two groups of students. One group of students hereinafter called Group A will be exposed to the course of entrepreneurship using the project-based learning golden standards and teaching practices recommended by the Buck Institute of Education and the second group, hereinafter called Group B will not include project-based learning as a teaching strategy. Of special interest is the notable effect on the students’ desire to want to open and operate a business as an entrepreneur. In addition, the paper seeks to identify ways in which the students in Group A apply 21st Century skills of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication as an integral part of using project-based learning. The paper will consist of a literature review to find out what the experts in the field have proven through research and experience in regard to the use of project-based learning as a strategy for the teaching of entrepreneurship. Curriculum content will be designed to cover a period of one semester, three units, namely, entrepreneurship, principles of marketing and sales. This content will be presented using project based learning from the beginning of the semester during which the students in Group A will be asked to work on the challenging question of what good or service they want to create or provide for sale to potential customers. Students in this group will proceed during the first few weeks of the semester with a sustained inquiry until they come up with the product or service they will create or obtain from an established supplier. Implementation of project-based learning to the teaching of entrepreneurship will consist of providing students the opportunities to identify their product or service and move forward to the selection of effective modes of packaging, promotion, advertising, sale and distribution of the product or service. The students will also create a written business plan which will outline how their business will be organized and operated. The students will then be directed to work on their final presentations which will be revised, improved, and critiqued for continuous improvement. The research design will continue with a comparative statistical analysis of the two groups: Group A and Group B. Group A will be the group that will be using project-based learning in the teaching and learning about entrepreneurship, while Group B will be the group that will be doing the course without project-based learning. The purpose of studying the two groups is to establish whether there is a connection between the desire to want to become entrepreneurs when project based learning is implemented to the course content and to observe the 21st Century skills as the learners work on creating or providing a good or a service to customers. Finally, the research design will allow for data to be gathered from the students of Group A to conclude which aspect of the curriculum content they found to be most helpful. The purpose for doing this is to establish which segment helped the students the most and to establish the need for emphasis on that segment for future experiments of this nature