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Data Verification with Natural Language Processing
No full textThis presentation focuses on training data for supervised machine learning and natural language processing. An example of the machine learning model is shown which is built through python.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships_2021/1005/thumbnail.jp
Exploring Engineering at Yakima Products
No full textAn overview of my summer at Yakima and the many projects that I got to lead and work on. These touched on various areas of design and engineering, and taught me many things, like 3D modeling in Solidworks and leadership and communication skills. It also influenced my career aspirations for the future and I\u27m glad to have had this experience.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships_2021/1002/thumbnail.jp
Designing and Assembling an Artificial Tendon Attachment Mechanism for the Quadruped Robot
No full textOn a biomimetic quadruped robot, the attachment for the strings (which function as artificial tendons) was slipping, so this presentation details the way I fixed that problem. This includes learning Solidworks, 3D printing, and the engineering design process to collaboratively create a working method. While the focus of the presentation is the string attachment project, it also goes through a side project I did to learn solidworks and talks about an international conference on biomimetics and soft robotics.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships_2021/1001/thumbnail.jp
Medusa in The Fields of Elysium
No full textThis portrait portrays Medusa after her murder, as living on in the fabled Fields of Elysium in the underworld; Elysium is the resting place for heros of myth. The artist interprets Medusa as a champion for women, and not a monster as she is often depicted.
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvashttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/quinn_soleia_exhibit/1000/thumbnail.jp
Along the River
No full textWhile sitting next to the Columbia River and below the St. Johns bridge, I couldn\u27t help but notice how crowded the riverfront was across from me. I was looking at the railroad, a few buildings, cranes, and other work equipment right in front of Forest Park and the busy highway. Portland\u27s riverfront has always been an area for industry and a lucrative location for company growth and convenience. I often wonder what the riverfront would look like if there was no or limited development around it. The river would surely be less polluted and there would be more space for wildlife and human recreation. Our economy has a way of pushing convenience over beauty, the quick way of doing things over a slower more natural process. Where developing on the shore of the Columbia River may be financially opportunistic and timeefficient to build upon, the long-term consequences of this development has been devastating for the surrounding environment. While these long-term consequences is something that affects us all, BIPOC communities are disproportionately affected.
Theme: The Economic Environment: Where do you see economics (disparities and access to resources) in your natural and/or built environment?
Medium: Digital Photographyhttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1013/thumbnail.jp
Find the mountain
No full textI was driving with some friends on the one sunny day this week, and I captured this photo because I thought the mountain and the downtown buildings looked so beautiful. Looking back at the photo, the mountain\u27s view is almost completely covered by buildings, showing an excellent metaphor for economics and industrialization versus nature and the natural environment. It\u27s a great metaphor for access. Mount Saint Helens and the clean, natural environment it has is not very accessible if you don\u27t have proper transportation as well as time. Because of these factors you might be stuck in the city and unable to reach these clean places. It\u27s also a good metaphor for the more we build and industrialize and consume, the more we take from the natural environment, completely covering and destroying acres of natural resources and land. When I look at this photo, I like to imagine how more beautiful it would be back when there was no Portland and it would be a picture of beautiful open land, and a full sky.
Theme: The Economic Environment: Where do you see economics (disparities and access to resources) in your natural and/or built environment?
Medium: Digital Photographyhttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1010/thumbnail.jp
A Case for a Polyphonic Anthropology: Giving Voice to Experiences of Women of Color
Get PDFDiscourses in theological anthropology ought to begin by centering the human condition in all its multiple expressions. Experiences of marginalized women of color do not always make it to the forefront of such discourses. What does it mean to be a woman of color in God’s imagination? How can we speak of the human person as a rainbow reality of diverse narratives and experiences? This work attempts to address these questions by appropriating a critical hermeneutic that allows for a polyphonic discourse on what it means to be human. In doing this, this work articulates arguments for a polyphonic anthropology. It critiques the traditional understanding of human as imago Dei. It opens up a new horizon for conceiving of the human person through the multiple experiences of humans, especially women of color, who, traditionally, have not always been acknowledged to be truly human in a world defined by narratives of erasure
A Return to Symbiosis: the use of artificially applied endophytes to increase yield in hybrid poplar 717
No full textEndophytes, bacteria and fungi that live within plants, have recently been found to supply hosts with nutrients and pathogen-resistance, which increases yield in plants living under poor conditions. As such, Intrinsyx Bio has developed an easy-application treatment of beneficial endophytes ( Apollo beads ), designed specifically for commercially grown poplar trees. The apollo beads were applied to hybrid poplars growing in the Willamette valley to see what effect they had on growth in a field setting. If successful, endophyte treatments could decrease fertilizer needs and environmental impact of commercially grown poplar while increasing yield and drought resistance. Our trial yielded no change in average biomass within the first year, but this may have been due to uncontrolled variables.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships_2021/1012/thumbnail.jp
Standing Strong
No full textSurvival in the natural environment is challenging, especially since there is no protection and vulnerability. What makes survival in the natural environment possible is adapting and staying strong- resilience. Gordon’s Fireplace Shop, located on NE 33rd Ave and Broadway, closed its doors in 2016 after 60 years of business in the neighborhood (www.oregonlive.com). This building symbolizes resilience. Several years have passed since it permanently closed, and over those years, the windows were smashed, there are artworks with positive and negative comments, and it stands 24/7 in the PNW weather. It has been abandoned and forgotten by many people. Many cars drive on the busy I-84 freeway, passing it and drivers ignoring its existence. Regardless, the building remains standing and will continue until someone lends a hand and restores it.
Theme: Nature and Survival: How is the natural environment a place of survival? How do you see resilience and survival in the outdoors?
Medium: Digital Photographyhttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1014/thumbnail.jp
“It’s a Together Process”: A Grounded Theory Study of Equity Leadership and Professional Learning
Get PDFProfessional development is a main strategy that schools use to change educator practice (Darling-Hammond et al., 2017; Desimone, 2009), which has increasingly become a focus because of community pressure to ensure educational equity (Ahebee, 2020; Graves, 2020; Miller, 2022; Vegas & Winthrop, 2020). Yet there is little consensus about how to pursue professional development related to equity practice, especially outside of administrator leadership (Bottiani et al., 2018; Ishimaru & Galloway, 2014; Kezar et al., 2021; Theoharis, 2007; 2010). Teacher leaders, equity directors, and educators in the non-profit space are uniquely positioned to provide new insight into professional development for equity. This qualitative study utilized grounded theory (Charmaz, 2014) and included intensive interviews, document analysis, and a community circle with nine participants (Boyes-Watson & Pranis, 2020; Charmaz, 2014). Analysis utilized in vivo and process coding methods throughout four phases of analysis (Charmaz, 2014; Saldaña, 2016). Findings include that emotional discomfort with the content of equity learning emerges in many forms. Skilled equity leaders expect, plan for, and prepare learners for emotional discomfort and transformative learning in their professional development by using strategies such as story sharing and slowing down to build trust, and using social and emotional learning for adults. They also create custom frameworks for practice for their schools that combine approaches to equity, including culturally responsive teaching, anti-racism, restorative practice, trauma informed care, and social and emotional learning. A proposed framework for professional development for equity integrates best practice in professional development with attention to emotions and transformative learning