2019 Projects - Graduate Student Showcase
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Goat value chains development in India: a visual showcase
Goat rearing is a major livelihood activity for the resource poor farmers in India who happen to be among the poorest agricultural communities and also largely women. However, the sector faces numerous challenges in the ... -
If objects could speak, what would they say, and how would they say it?
Is it really strange to think that objects speak? Take a moment to think about this very closely; they might not be speaking to you in a verbal form, but they are surely communicating messages to you in way only you can ... -
Rising from the dead: who are the monsters and why?
The purpose of this poster is to compare the role of monsters that initially appeared in 19th-century novels as they are reimagined in a contemporary work. The focus will be Jekyll and Hyde (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll ... -
Tumblr porn ban: power imbalances of corporate personhood, The
In late 2018, Tumblr announced updates to its Community Guidelines that banned all adult content from the platform. The microblogging platform had historically been an online queer space, known for being an online venue ... -
Sustainable development of polymers for a circular plastics economy
Over the past five years, the Chen research group has made significant strides in the development of infinitely recyclable plastic materials (polymers). Virgin-quality plastic is regenerated with every chemical recycle, ... -
Engaging reality: examining how location-aware mixed reality mobile apps and games influence sense of place for a more engaged citizenry
Growing concerns regarding declining community and civic engagement as a result of increased access to new technologies calls for research seeking to understand ways that purposeful design could have a reverse impact. ... -
Assessing maize crop water stress using an aerodynamic temperature approach
This study evaluates two methods for determining maize crop water stress index (CWSI) using a surface energy balance coupled with an aerodynamic temperature approach. Data were collected on an irrigated maize field, at a ... -
Automated market trends detection with machine learning
The goal of the project is to create an automated process for detecting growing technologies in the IT sphere using open data. The process consists of 3 main steps. First, online media texts are collected. A model is trained ... -
Does maternal stress drive offspring dispersal in an asocial mammal?
Stress is a physiological state experienced by all living organisms which can be passed across generations. The purpose of my study is to understand the consequences of maternal nutritional stress on daughter dispersal ... -
Graduate Student Showcase, 2019: celebrating research and creativity: program and abstracts
This is the program and abstracts of the 2019 Graduate Student Showcase, held on November 12, 2019 in the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University.