John Gordon and Professor Linda Sullivan, Fine Arts and Communication The project Mi Buenos Aires Querido was a wonderful opportunity for me to begin my work on a professional level as a graphic designer and artist. The project explores cross cultural design as well as experiential communication and the marginalization of Latin America. I never […]
Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking
Todd Chilton and Professor Gary Barton, Visual Arts Intaglio printmaking is a process that carries with it a tradition of hazardous chemicals and solvents that is not only dangerous for artists and students, but also for the environment. As an artist, I am concerned with the negative effects of working with these substances. In our […]
African Band Music for Education
Darrell L Brown and Dr. S Gordon Jessop, Music The practice of using folk music in a classical music composition became a norm during the twentieth century. In a century when music of this genre was waining into the avante-guard, this technique was a change of pace in a different direction. Composers ranging from Bela […]
Velocity
Collin Bradford and Professor Peter Everett, Visual Arts As citizens of contemporary Western culture, we have inherited a set of ideas about the nature of human life. A large part of our understanding of the world is based in the ideas of the Modern era. Though the majority of the populace may be unaware of […]
Learning to Write a Large-scale Orchestra Piece
Nathan Bowen and Professor Murray Boren, Composer-in-Residence As a student composer, I have one basic goal in mind: get as much experience writing for as many different instruments as possible. In assessing what would be most beneficial to my growth as a young composer, it became clear that writing a long piece for a large […]
“A Spooky Evening” Chinese Film Project
Randy Astle and Dr. Darl Larsen, Theatre and Media Arts Chinese folklore has been a rich mine for artistic production for hundreds of years, and continues to be so today. For example, Chinese ghost stories, such as in the medieval compilation of dozens of ghost stories in the work Strange Tales of Liao Zhai, have […]
A Symbolic Study of Van Eyck’s Annunciation
David Amott and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History The Northern Renaissance artist who best understood iconography’s potential in painting was Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), whose Annunciation (1434) is a masterpiece of Netherlandish art and one of the most important paintings of the Northern Renaissance. Integrated into this work is symbolism that refers to the Trinity, […]
The Brain’s Response to Physical Activity Studied With fMRI
Ren Weidman and Dr. Travis Oliphant, Electrical and Computer Engineering In recent years the fields of medicine and physiological research have made many advancements as a result of application of technology. One example of this is the device known as the Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine (MRI). MRI machines use innovative methods based on principles of […]
FMRI Investigation of Brain Function While Reading Different Types of Literature
David A Thayer and Dr. Travis Oliphant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a new imaging technique that results in images showing what areas of the brain are active during different activities. In spite of the popularity of this new technology there are no commonly available or widely accepted programs for processing […]
The Developing Length of Electro-osmotic Flow
Joseph Scott Tenny and Dr. Daniel Maynes, Mechanical Enineering Introduction Recent advancements in technology have created the need for increased understanding of fluid flow in microtubes with a diameter of a 100μm or less. These types of flows can occur in many practical applications, one of which is a concept proposed for DNA analysis called […]
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