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Electric Vehicle Grand Prix (evGP) Competition Team
No full textThe project team built and tested an electric racing go-kart for the national evGP Collegiate Competition. Despite the competition being cancelled, the team has built and tested a racing kart with over 18 HP, a top speed of over 55mph, and a full speed endurance of over 30 minutes.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1069/thumbnail.jp
Port of Portland - Deicing Collection System Force Main Modification
No full textThe purpose of the project is to produce a design that involves installing two automated flow control valves and new pipe onto an existing force main to solve depressurization and maintenance issues on Port of Portland\u27s deicing fluid collection system. Our solution involves an erosion control plan, dewatering plan, a piping and instrumentation diagram, Simulink model, AutoCAD model, mechanical spec sheet, and a civil spec sheet.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1067/thumbnail.jp
The Water In Which We Swim: The Influence of the Contemplative on Higher Education in American (Capitalist) Culture
Get PDFThe 20th century brought about the development of an increased climate of capitalist influence on every aspect of American life, including and especially on higher education. Simultaneously, as more and more purposes of higher education have come to reflect values of capitalist culture, a movement towards new ways of teaching and learning has begun to emerge in the academy. These new ways of teaching and learning value relationship, introspection, and inquiry based on critical reflection. Many of them have their roots in the contemplative traditions of Asia. Guided by the framework of Paulo Freire and Parker Palmer\u27s broad visions for the purpose of education, this multiple-case study, focused on six participants, explored the influence of traditionally trained Tibetan Buddhist teachers on American faculty members in American higher education. The study\u27s findings illustrate this influence in the form of three major themes: Care For (Even Love) Your Students; Think Critically; and There Is Value in Authentic Voices from Other Traditions. This study informs practice for stakeholders in teaching and learning in higher education
ASHRAE Sustainable Building Design
No full textThis project is part of an ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers) annual collegiate competition to design an energy efficient and waste conscious building. Based on provided designs from ASHRAE, the team was able to make architecture modifications and changes to the building\u27s major systems primarily including the HVAC (Heating, Ventalation, and Air Conditioning) system to achieve the goal of optimizing building sustainability while ensuring high functionality.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1088/thumbnail.jp
Anti-Virus Interference Design
No full textThe team created a malware loader that can effectively bypass signature-based anti-virus systems using a variety of different techniques. The intent of this project is to demonstrate the shortcomings of such systems.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1083/thumbnail.jp
Low-Cost Ventilator
No full textPre-hospital arrival is a critical time for many injured patients, especially those in respiratory distress, and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) that care for them. Through the utilization of affordable and accessible components, the team designed a low-cost ventilator that minimizes improper ventilation and allows EMS personnel to focus on multiple facets of patient care.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1082/thumbnail.jp
Community Vision - Project Letterboard
No full textA communication tool was designed for an individual whose only form of conversation is through a letterboard. This device converts user input into a digital format, acting as a Bluetooth keyboard for tablets, laptops, etc.. Having a digital output interface will lessen the need of a human aid to verbalize what is being said by the user, thus promoting a new level of independence for the user.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/egr_project/1081/thumbnail.jp
Providing Exceptional Care Without Exception: Improving Hospice Care Based on National Survey Results
No full textIdentified areas for performance improvement in both clinical performance and data collection using the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Measures of Excellence survey for Quarter 2. Discovered discrepancies in falls reporting and brainstormed methods to streamline the data collection process. Discussion of future performance improvement projects at Care Partners.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships/1008/thumbnail.jp
The Effect of Reward Context on Memory Integration
No full textWith the help of my mentors, I designed and created an experiment using PsychoPy (an open-source software program primarily used for psychology research) to test the effect of reward context on memory integration. Our prediction was that a higher reward and matching context would produce the highest inference accuracy. Upon completion, the experiment was conducted with a total of 21 participants and produced null results.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships/1002/thumbnail.jp
A Neuroeducation Model for an Inclusive School-wide Intervention System
Get PDFIn 2019, a career and technical education (CTE) school in the Pacific Northwest created and implemented a school-wide intervention system based on the principles of learning from the Neurosemantic Language Learning Theory (NsLLT), called the Neuroeducation Intervention System (NIS). The NIS focused on conceptual learning by providing inclusive, conceptual, language-based interventions to any student at the CTE school. This single case study investigated in what ways the NIS, a school-wide intervention system that focuses on conceptual learning, is effective. Institutional data were collected, and interviews were conducted to provide the data for this study. These measures, including staff perceptions, program completion (retention), industry certification (achievement measured by grades), and appropriate behavior (discipline referrals) were analyzed to show changes from with the implementation of the NIS. The results of the study indicated that even amidst a pandemic, the NIS was effective in maintaining or improving student success factors through student-centered instruction and language-based interventions. The implication of this study for high schools is that when teachers understand the role of conceptual learning and language-based interventions it is possible to create inclusive learning environments that improve student success with a limited number of staff on an intervention team. This research provides a contribution to the literature on tiered intervention systems by presenting an option for a neuroeducational basis for conceptual learning rather than behavior-based frameworks