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Creator:: Reinschmidt, Kurt W.
Abstract:: Legged robots, while advancing quickly, have far to go before they can recover from major disturbances safely and consistently. Reflected inertia, which affects how quickly the actuators can physically respond to an environmental disturbance, and delay, which describes the time necessary for the controller to sense, re-plan, and respond to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Loaded Inverted Pendulum Model Abstract approved: Jonathan Hurst Legged robots, while advancing

Creator:: Alexander, Jonathan M.
Abstract:: Distance estimation is a key process for movement and spatial cognition. However, this process is hindered when navigating virtual environments in virtual reality (VR) due to the movement being exclusively visually simulated. In order to contribute to the understanding of how this hinderance effects our ability to estimate distances in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Distance Estimation in Virtual Reality By Jonathan

Creator:: Baranski, Emily A.
Abstract:: The Women’s Development Army (WDA), an all-female workforce of unpaid Community Health Workers (CHW), is Ethiopia’s answer to improving rural health. Through the WDA, Ethiopia’s government says it is empowering women to spark change in their community by disseminating healthy behaviors and by advocating on their own behalf to health...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Garcia, Committee Member, representing Public Health

Creator:: Stoddard, Brett S.
Abstract:: Currently available soil moisture sensors have intrinsic limitations that limit their adoption by industry. Depending on the technology, these limitations may include high costs, battery requirements, precice manual installation, high cost, and/or constrictive legislation that regulates their use. A passive soil moisture sensing system based around RFID technology would allay...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , “Soil moisture sensors,” Soil Science, vol. 73, pp. 391–401, 1994. [5] D. Robinson, C. Campbell, J

Creator:: Rebarchik, Michael A.
Abstract:: Increased dependence on fossil fuels and concerns of anthropogenic climate change have led to increased interest in alternative energy sources. Liquid fuels derived from renewable raw materials have gained attention in recent years due to their similarity to petroleum-based fuels. Biofuels derived through hydrodeoxygenation have been found to be one...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: hydrodeoxygenation reaction net- work. (a) CH3COOH, (b) CH3COO, (c) CH3CO, (d) COOH, (e) CH3, (f) CO, (g) CO2, (h

Creator:: Shakibnia, Mohammed H.
Abstract:: This project explores how science fiction can be used to examine social justice issues in our contemporary world. I will explore two case studies from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series through a framework of race, empire, and orientalism. Walidah Imarisha’s notion of “visionary fiction” is utilized as...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: you to my friends Kan, Ahmed, Ali, Alex, Ariba, Jonathan, Aarushi, Sadia, and Sarra for their

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