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Facebook and U.S. presidential elections
(2021-12-16)
This paper discusses the role of the social networking site Facebook in each of the four presidential elections since its membership was opened to anyone above the age of 13. It discusses Facebook’s origins as a site, how ...
Emergence and complexity: Designing a fire station for informal settlements
(2021-05-03)
Though South African apartheid has been over for almost thirty years, the effects of systemic discrimination and government corruption have continued into the present, as hundreds of thousands of people live in informal ...
AIChE Student Design Competition: Fixed bed continuous catalytic reformer
(2021-04-16)
For the AIChE student design competition, a study estimate for a fixed bed continuous catalytic reformer was completed for a small toppings refinery in Kurdistan. The goal of the design was to upgrade the heavier naphtha ...
Evaluating risk-taking behaviors in Lycosidae: Are the nutritional benefits of sugar water worth the risk of predation?
(2021-04-21)
The risk-taking tendencies and addiction in small vertebrates are often used to understand the processes of larger vertebrates, such as humans. I set out to find whether certain risk-taking behaviors characteristic of ...
Design of the Orlando West Fire Station: From apartheid to saam
(2021-05-03)
The apartheid, or time of severe discrimination and segregation within South Africa, had lasting effects on the country's people today. Segregation is still present in the form of informal settlements where running water, ...
Critical design review: Speedfest Orange Team
(2021-04-24)
A task was given to create a small, hand launchable, jet propelled hotliner to compete in the 30N class. The aircraft must not only demonstrate specific speed and efficiency characteristics, but it also must be easy and ...