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Analysis of Image Classification Deep Learning Algorithm
Get PDFThis study explores the use of TensorFlow 2 and Python for image classification problems. Image categorization is an important area in computer vision, with several real-world applications such as object identification/recognition, medical imaging, and autonomous driving. This work studies TensorFlow 2 and its image categorization capabilities. We also demonstrate how to construct an image classification model using Python and TensorFlow 2. This analysis of image classification neural network problems with the use of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) on the German and the Chinese traffic sign datasets is an engineering task. Ultimately, this work provides step-by-step guidance for creating an image classification model using TensorFlow 2 and Python, while also showcasing its potential to tackle image classification issues across various domains
Breaking Barriers: A Women's Retreat Center for Access, Agency, and Advocacy
Get PDFIt is frightening being a woman in today?s society, as our rights are continuously
threatened. The lack of access to healthcare and the prevalence of domestic
violence, abuse, and trafficking makes it crucial to create a safe and supportive
environment for women. The proposed solution focuses on the establishment of
a secure center for women that provides the adequate care and attention they
deserve. With this site being on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the facility can
offer safe and legal abortion procedures in federal waters while not breaking any
state laws. The main goal of Her Way Forward is to provide women with essential
healthcare services, including primary care, mental health services, and specialized
services for pregnant women, all within one centralized location.
This thesis involves a possible solution for the problems that women face. For my
research, I will review literature on the topics of both healthcare and domestic
violence while exploring centers worldwide that provide women protection and
healthcare. Providing women with the healthcare they need and deserve will be my primary goal in designing a center for them
Anchored Leaf: Veteran Mental Health Rehabilitation Center
Get PDFAnchored Leaf is a mental health rehabilitation center that is designed around the condition of veterans struggling with
mental health. The design is projected to emphasize the connection between the ?human? element and architecture.
Elements of the design that will take place will incorporate and hopefully seek to the visualizer of the message and story
it is trying to project. Using elements such as spatial planning and adding in the 5 human senses to help bring back or
stabilize the mental fortitude of the center?s residents. Anchored Leaf is a new and creative way to express design through
architecture as well as the emotion and noise it can make without speaking.
The site located in Virginia. The site was chosen specifically for the fact that the state of Virginia has born the
some of the most Medal of Honor recipients than any state. The history and emotion that this site invokes staples in the
true meaning behind Anchored Leaf. Being surrounded by the mountainous regions and beautiful scenery will help
bring back that nature feeling towards its residents.
The focus of this thesis is to help the veterans that have given the most sacrifice to this country the help they need
and deserve. It is design centered around having a center that is looked at as a place of healing, communication, and
understanding. The common misconception is that veterans who have mental disorders have been exposed to trauma
over various deployments. Trauma can happen anywhere at any time in any situation. The mind is fragile and should be
treated as such but treated with respect and care
Interactive Museum Design for Non-Traditional Art Forms: Le Mus?e des Arts de la P?tisserie et de la Boulangerie
Get PDFArt is our connection and expression of culture, history, and innovation.
Paintings and sculptures showcase these works in museums and galleries across the
globe, but what about other art forms that have an impact on our daily lives, such as
baking? Baking is an artisanal practice that requires technical skill, and an appealing
design to draw people to buy their products. Similar to any form of art, technique,
design, and mastery are all requirements for any good bake. Specifically in France,
baking upholds these connections and expressions in everyday habits and familial
traditions. So why are there no cultural centers, galleries, or museums articulating
this component of history and culture?
In this thesis we look at design to answer these questions, by creating a formula
to show non-traditional art forms. French-baking is the beta-test to address which
strategies are needed to create such a method. This thesis will use history, academic
settings, circulation, as well as sustainable techniques to create a measurable design.
In addition, look into ways that question and express the cultural significance of
a subject: designing to showcase, preserve, increase awareness, and celebrate the
medium
Adaptive Thinking
Get PDFThe LEED Green Building Rating System was founded in 1993 and officially launched in 1998. Since then LEED?s goal has been to certify buildings that save money, improve efficiency, lower carbon emissions and create healthier places for people. LEED has done a very good job at producing the former. LEED certified buildings are very environmentally friendly, efficient, and save money day to day. Unfortunately when it comes to healthier places for people, the ball gets dropped. The WELL Building Standard bridges this gap. WELL buildings seek to improve the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep, comfort, and performance of its occupants. This is achieved by implementing programs and strategies designed to encourage healthy active lifestyles. The WELL Building Standard is fairly young having only been launched in October 2014. Not only does the WELL Building Standard address the wellbeing of the occupants within a building but it is designed to work harmoniously with the LEED Green Building Rating System. Being that the WELL Building Standard is so new, how easily is it implemented within a LEED Green Building design
Linguistic Spaces Within the Urban Fabric: Music, Story, and Collective Memory in New Orleans
Get PDFThe modern American city has been shaped by the aggressive
domination of circulation and efficiency leading to a continual decline in
urban public space. The potential of qualitative public space are often
unmet by modern design solutions. Architects and city planners have
deemed language as unnecessary, alternatively shifting their focus to
pragmatic, functionalist design concerns failing to offer participatory
and communicative spaces within the city. This being just as relevant
in cities deep-rooted in stories and narrative such as New Orleans,
Louisiana. Canal Street being a historically infamous street in heart of
Downtown New Orleans sits as a reflection of the failed built environment
that plagues the urban design of modern cities. Rows of palm trees,
luxurious hotels and shops distract from the fact that streetscape and
public spaces along Canal Street are unpleasant and dull. How can we
incorporate a cities linguistic history and narrative into the design of
public space? How do we construct cities around experience rather than
efficiency? A combination of historical research, narrative exploration
and case studies will be used to provide an opening between language
and urban design in order to establish a reimaginitive master plan for
Canal Street
In Touch with Prairie Living, July 2023
Get PDFJuly 2023 column for North Dakota and South Dakota newspapers
Life Continues in Prison
Get PDFThis study is to create a prison environment that is attuned to the users. To
design a prison that enhances the safety of interactions between staff and guards
with inmates as well as inmates with each other. I want to focus on a project
that changes the perception of prisons in the United States. This facility will be a
place that has a greater purpose than that of prisons today.
I want to reduce the daily stress of being employed at a prison, being
an inmate a prison and as a loved one of someone that is still secure. While
providing an environment to connect inmates with their lives outside of prison,
it will be a design that has not given up on humanity and human needs.
Through research of case studies of prisons across the world and writings
about Navajo justice and spirituality I plan to have a process driven thesis
project. By learning where previous case studies have succeeded in their prison
ideologies/ designs, I plan to expand these to envision a prison meant to fulfill
modern incarceration needs. From here, I plan to create a solution that will
serve the Navajo people, community of Gallup, New Mexico and surrounding
areas by offering them a safe and uplifting facility
Re-Imagining the RMS Titanic Through the Use of Architectural Fragmentation
Get PDFArchitecture often presents itself as a gateway to how we understand
the past, whether through monuments, museums, or installations.
There are many instances where architecture impacts how we
perceive major historic events with the idea to immortalize the
past. However, some instances are not as successful as others. My
question is: How does architecture influence how we understand
history? More specifically, how can architecture aid in thoughtfully
articulating a historic tragedy such as the sinking of the RMS Titanic?
Designing a museum to house the physical and linguistic fragments
of the sinking of the RMS Titanic means transforming many personal
stories into a collective cultural milieu as well as understanding
the connection between the structure and its site. Located at the
Titanic?s original destination known as Pier 59 in New York, the
site of the museum displays the thousands of artifacts that have
surfaced over the past century. This project aims to create an
environment that not only transforms how the sinking is perceived,
but to bring back a sense of empathetic storytelling that is
currently lacking at the other Titanic museums around the world
Tan Son Nhat Intl Airport: Re-Designing Passenger Travel Experience
Get PDFThink back to your last trip on a plane. Was
it a nightmare of horror, anxiety, and stress? While
aviation travel has brought unimaginable advancements
to our lives, it?s far from perfect. And if you?ve
ever been to an airport in Vietnam, you know it?s
a whole other level of ?extra.? You won?t be going
alone - your entire family, in-laws, and even distant
cousins will join you. It?s not just an issue of
architecture, but a cultural challenge that requires
attention.
That?s why this project aim to solve the problems
I?ve encountered countless times at this airport.
I?m redesigning the passenger experience, with
a vision that goes beyond just the passengers themselves.
It?s about expanding our thinking to include
everyone - from passenger to visitor - and creating
a new paradigm for airport travel that addresses the
unique challenges of Vietnam