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Rethinking the Retail Experience - From Technology to Social Engagement
The expression “going shopping” suggests an activity that supports people's need to be social. Participating in the retail experience allows for that need to be fulfilled. Shopping provides movement in a community and ... -
Rethinking urban voids: in search of spaces for public in the dense urban context of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Looking at any growing city and its urban voids, a few uncomfortable questions inevitably arise: Where is the space for the urban people? Where is the space to breathe? Where is my/our space in the city? The preoccupation ... -
Returning children to the core of the town: challenging conventional daycare design
(2014)The migration of families and businesses out of the urban core has been as detrimental to American small towns as American cities. Architectural solutions to blighted small towns focus on economic revival, street design, ... -
Revision of Seychelles's future: An eco-tourism prototype
The non-gradual and rapid increase of the effects of global climate change on small islands all over the world is very critical. Sea level rising has serious impacts on small islands such as Seychelles, Maldives, and the ... -
Rhetoric Towards Female Political Candidates
This project explores how male candidates and males in general use sexist rhetoric to belittle female candidates. It also focuses on how these female candidates are framed and how they respond to such rhetoric. -
Riverscape metropark: Educating the public about the aquatic environment
Most of the buildings people encounter simply reside in their environment with no way of being able to tell its story. They are placed in a complex landscape to fulfill a role for humanity-a passive state of being at ... -
The Role of Schools in Washington, D.C. and Beijing in Producing High-Functioning Citizens of the Local Community
This study explores how primary teachers in Beijing and Washington, D.C. prepare students to become active citizens of their local communities. I sent a questionnaire to twenty English teachers in Beijing that contained ... -
Rust belt revitilization: retrofitting communities through transit oriented development
The American Railway system increased rapidly in the late and early 19th century altering the dynamics of surrounding cities and their role in urbanism. Railways, a product of the Industrial Revolution, fundamentally ... -
Sanctuary for the gadget freaks: re-conceptualization of urban spaces in the age of IoT
The increasing number of gadget ownership and people’s dependence on the Internet of things (IoT) in everyday life, encourages us to reassess the concepts of ‘Placemaking’ of the digital era. If historically considered, ... -
A search for identity: how to re-invent the post-industrial past to lead towards a vibrant future
The grand architecture of Wheeling, West Virginia has long been forgotten. Constructed in the late 19th century by wealthy factory owners, the Victorian and Gothic Revival buildings have remained abandoned ever since wealthy ... -
Seeing the Complex Person Within: Changing Caregiver Perceptions of Memory Care Residents
I spent 42 hours as a volunteer visitor with memory care assisted living at The Lutheran Home in Wauwatosa, WI. I took detailed notes on my observations and interactions with caregivers and staff. This led me to the ... -
Seeking public space: Architecture, democracy and citizenship in Turkey
Architecture is fundamentally a political activity. What makes living interesting is the environment that changes constantly, and politics is not only the essence of this alternating environment, but also it is the ... -
Seeking Sustainable Urban Renewal: an anthropological study of neighborhood change
Urban restructuring in Cincinnati has primarily been enacted as corporate-led gentrification, widening socio-economic disparities and displacing lower-income populations. One Cincinnati community is challenging this process ... -
Self-Efficacy Significantly Influences African American Adults' Multiple Health Behavior
This research looked at how context specific self-efficacy influenced African American adults' physical activity, television time, and fruit and vegetable consumption. -
Senior Design 498 - Universal Test Stand
Final report for Senior Design - ENT 498 - Universal Test Stand -
Senior Project X-Ray Plate Holder (The Wilds) Final Report
Our group is creating a robotic x-ray plate holder for The Wilds so that they can x-ray the legs of giraffes while they are standing and non-sedated. The Wilds reached out to Zane State College for this project due to ... -
Sensory Reduction
(2013-05-20)The purpose of the design project was to examine the methodologies involved in the development of a design solution to a given problem. Students worked in teams of five and worked with a client to consultatively identify ... -
Septic Tank Monitoring Device
Student Engineers have modified and updated a current septic tank control panel. This panel has more up-to-date components that gives homeowners and service providers more control over septic systems. The panel will operate ... -
SHAND-Y: A Smart Power Strip Connected to the IoT
The purpose of the project is to create a power strip that is capable of saving energy by turning off power to outlets connected to devices that are not in use. To do this, an Arduino Yun connects to a web page and sends ...