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Third place: a qualitative examination of socialization and community building in CCRCs
Author(s):Ellis, Jared Paul
Date Issued:2020
Format:born digital; masters theses
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) continue to be a popular option for senior living. Social activity is invariably tied to improved health trajectories and decreased loneliness but is often challenging for ...
Bacterial culture components activating colorimetric transition in polydiacetylene nanofiber composites
Author(s):Bhattacharjee, Abhishek
Date Issued:2020
Format:born digital; masters theses
Polydiacetylene (PDA) demonstrates colorimetric transition behaviors due to conformational changes in π conjugated backbone of PDA macromolecules at external stimuli of bacteria, suggesting potential applications in ...
Mechanical and antimicrobial performance analysis of a shark skin bio-mimicked fabric swatch via 3D printing
Author(s):Purandare, Saloni Prasanna
Date Issued:2020
Format:born digital; masters theses
Biomimicry is a long-practiced concept concerned with development of products with nature as the source of inspiration. Bio mimicked textiles is a branch of textiles wherein textile products are developed to replicate ...
Custom Paralympic shooting jacket: a single-case product development project
Author(s):Hobbs, Kayna
Date Issued:2020
Format:born digital; masters theses
The goal of this research was to develop a custom regulation jacket for a Paralympic Shooting athlete. A six-step design process was implemented to understand the design needs of a Paralympic shooting athlete in their ...
If I customize it, I will keep it longer? Segmenting mass customization consumers through the sustainability lens
Author(s):Shaver, Jessica R.
Date Issued:2021
Format:born digital; masters theses
Mass customization (MC) refers to the manufacture of customized products on a mass basis at prices similar to mass-produced (MP) goods (Davis, 1996). Mass customized apparel (MCA) products can better address consumer needs ...
Meaning of gaze behaviors in individuals' perception and interpretation of commercial interior environments: an experimental phenomenology approach involving eye-tracking
Author(s):Kwon, Jain; Kim, Ju Yeon
Date Issued:2021-08-16
Format:born digital; articles
A critical question in interior design is how multisensory information is integrated into occupant perception and interpretation of the environmental contexts and meanings. Although there have been efforts to identify and ...
Study of mechanical and antimicrobial properties of biomimetic shark skin fabrics with different denticle size via 3D printing technology
Author(s):Wen, Jiayi
Date Issued:2022
Format:born digital; masters theses
Previous studies have shown that biomimetic shark skin fabrics can reduce water drag and increase swimming speed. It was also known that the smaller the denticle was, the higher water drag reduction was. In nature, the ...
Body and the senses in spatial experience: the implications of kinesthetic and synesthetic perceptions for design thinking
Author(s):Kwon, Jain; Iedema, Alyssa
Date Issued:2022-04-07
Format:born digital; articles
Human perception has long been a critical subject of design thinking. While various studies have stressed the link between thinking and acting, particularly in spatial experience, the term "design thinking" seems to ...