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  Research exercise: Child Abuse and the Internet

  Clare E. Gilligan, Mark D. Mehall, Amanda M. Pipik, Jessica K. Rutkousky, Alyssa C. Smith

  This poster presentation delves into the different aspects of child abuse, the psychological effects of child abuse and how abuse is perpetuated through the use of the internet. With the ever advancing technologies available in our society today, children are constantly being exposed to images and messages of a sexual content. This poses a significant problem because with the anonymity of the internet it becomes impossible to see the person behind the username. Our focus will be how both the child and the predator become involved through the internet by means of chat rooms, blogs, social media etc. We will examine the factors that lead children to participate in these internet interactions such as neglect in the home, low self-esteem and sexual exploration. We will also assess the factors that lead the predator to seek sexual relationships with children such as continuing the sexual abuse cycle and/or mental issues. By allowing children to have access to the internet, parents maybe putting their children at risk for sexual abuse. We suggest that parents restrict and monitor their children's activity on the internet. We also believe there should be stricter internet regulations countrywide in order to prevent predators from producing sexually explicit content children may potentially access.

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  Research exercise: Climate-Glacier Relationship of Retreating Alaskan Glaciers

  Elliott M. Mazur

  Portage, Whittier, Eklutna, as well as many other well-known 'tourism glaciers' in the vicinity of Anchorage, Alaska are known to have retreated in the past 20 years. This begs the question, 'what of the other lesser-known glaciers? Do they follow the same patterns and minimal glacier models?' Glaciers such as Byron, Leonard, Matanuska, Raven and Spencer may fit a minimal model. Information on Byron and Leonard is sparse, as both have become hanging glaciers. Other glaciers, such as Raven, are small enough to be deemed insignificant, yet may have information to give. Consequently our objective is to study at least five Alaskan glaciers and determine wide-ranging variability to changing regional climate. To do this we obtained field geo-location data and characterized glaciers based on the satellite imagery and climate reevaluation. Our results show that the glaciers in the region are retreating irrespective of their aspects, location and altitudinal variability. Moreover, our presentation establishes the strong climate-glacier relationship and defines retreating snowline patterns over the last few decades.

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  Research exercise: Comparing US Counter-insurgency Actions in the Philippines in 1950s and Vietnam in 1960s: Why did One Succeed and One Fail?

  Robert M. Emmett

  This topic is one of interest because in both the Philippines and Vietnam the United States gave assistance to the local government in fighting a communist insurgency. In addition, many of the key American counter-insurgency commanders involved in the Philippines later went on to play key roles in the counter-insurgency strategy in Vietnam. My research is going to look into the specific reasons why counter-insurgency was effective in the Philippines but later failed to be effective in Vietnam despite the similarity of the insurgencies and the same counter-insurgent command structure.

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  Research exercise: Contrasting Historic and Modern Day Slavery

  Timothy J. Kraft

  Slavery has been a part of almost every human civilization in world history. Historical examples date back to Egyptian cultures and Roman Cultures on up to Early America. Many believe that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation but that is simply not the case. There upwards of 27 million or more people enslaved in our modern time. While there are indeed similarities to historical examples of slavery, there are actually many forms of slavery that contradict what most people are taught in their history classes. Certainly comparing plantation slavery to modern day sex slavery would be one prime example of the differences. This presentation will take examples like that and others to raise awareness of new types of slavery that exist around the globe.

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  Research exercise: Exploring the Sinc-Collocation Method for Solving the Integro-Differential Equation

  Han Li

  In this project we study the Sinc approximation method to solve a family of integral differential equations. First we will apply the Sinc-collocation method to solve the second order Fredholm integro-differential equation. Numerical results and examples demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of this method. Secondly, various types of integro-differential equations are solved by Sinc-collocation technique and the numerical results are compared, to explore the stability of this method.

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  Research exercise: Exposing Nike: Team Sweat

  Christine D. Cirillo, Lindsay M. Mudd, Margaret R. Wolpert

  Team Sweat is a committed campaign of Nike consumers, investors and workers who are fighting to expose the injustices within the Nike corporation. Nike's overseas manufacturing exploits workers in sweatshops and utilizes slave labor. The sweatshop workers are paid $1.25 per day and are subject to forced overtime, starvation wages and extreme poverty living conditions. Team Sweat is striving to create public awareness of the truth behind the Nike swoosh and are working to ensure a livable wage for all Nike workers around the world.

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  Research exercise: Facade Improvement Program - City of Dayton

  Ciarilis Colon, Alexander Ghilani, Kyle M. Hulthen, Morgan T. Mcnary

  Our team is working with the City of Dayton on the current project of improving four facades by providing design assistance in the areas of eligibility. In doing so, The University of Dayton Project Management Team is working with Ms. Amy Walbridge, a Project Administrator for the City of Dayton, to improve storefronts by implementing new signs, lighting, awnings, and landscape architecture. The project includes four unique buildings that are in need of ideas for storefront improvements. In collaboration with the local business owners, the team came to find that they don''''t have the resources or time to improve their storefronts. Over a three month time period the team will design two mock ups for each building including cut sheets, specifications, and cost estimates. There will be two mockups for each of the buildings because the University of Dayton Project Management Team will design one mock up that meets exact or close to what the store owners want and one mock up that includes the store owner''''s thoughts plus some of the teams own thoughts. Specifications will describe in detail what all goes into each mock up; lighting, awnings, signage, etc. and where things get placed along the storefront. The last thing, cost estimates, will list every new addition to the store and will tell us the budget needed overall to complete the project. During this process once the team has met with Amy and storeowners to discuss what is desired, eight perspective drawings will be implemented. With these eight drawings, an evaluation survey will be done to a selected group of random individuals. This survey will tell the team the top desired choice of appeal and prove to business owners that an improvement should be made. With these improvements, we hope that it encourages other restorations within the downtown area as well. The last step in the given time period is creating and delivering a final presentation for Ms. Walbridge. The team will present their final designs on each property, and the process that the team utilized, in order to put forth the desired needs to improve the facades.

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  Research exercise: Faculty Student Services Training: The Fourth Pillar of Faculty Life

  Frances M. Angerer, Curtis R. Nash

  There are three pillars of faculty life: research, teaching, and service. Faculty members are thus assessed in these three areas. If a faculty member is weak in one or more of these aspects, there are often seminars and training sessions to build skills. However, a fourth, pervasive pillar of faculty life often goes unmeasured and undeveloped. Students often come to faculty as gatekeepers of student services and resources. Faculty are trained as academic resources but not as student affairs professionals. Specifically, faculty of the Kettering College Physician Assistant (PA) Program have not been trained to have adequate knowledge of the services and resources offered to PA students. Kettering College is a Seventh Day Adventist higher education institution, which has offered a variety of allied health degrees since 1967. The PA program runs 27 months and offers a Master's degree. Each year, 40-45 students are accepted into the program. The program features intensive course work and out-of-class clinical work. Kettering College offers a wide variety of resources and services to students including: counseling, academic support, residential services, recreational opportunities, health and wellness programs, disability assistance, and student conduct. While student resources and services are plentiful, PA faculty are often at a loss to help students navigate the assistance that they need. In order to address this situation the presenters have created a training session and student services guidebook. Every summer, Kettering College PA faculty attend a week long (re)orientation. At this time, faculty will be introduced to the services offered to students and will receive training on when and how to refer students to the appropriate resource. Additionally, a guidebook will be given to faculty to use as a resource. The guidebook will provide information and protocols to aid faculty members as they liaison between students and student services.

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  Research exercise: Human Trafficking and Ohio

  Jonathan A. Kratz, Graham Lang, Jeff T. Nandor

  Human Trafficking is a widespread problem throughout the United States and across the globe, known by many as the modern-day slave trade. Many Americans are unaware of this issue and believe that after the Emancipation Proclamation slavery ceased to exist in the US. This, unfortunately, is not the fact, as there are more slaves today than at the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Along with this, Ohio specifically has become a large hub of the human trafficking process; Toledo is the fourth largest site for minor sex trafficking in the continental United States, ranking only behind Miami, Las Vegas, and Portland. Our project will examine the business of trafficking in persons in Ohio, as well as Ohio's role in international and national slave-trading. We will cover the basic processes involved in the acquisition, movement, and exploitation of slaves, as well as some current significant statistics on trafficking on local, national, and international levels.

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  Research exercise: Human Trafficking and Service Learning: Considering the Impact of Awareness-Raising Events on its Implementors and Audience

  Marcy A. Prendergast, Concetta M. Reda

  The gross concept of human trafficking can come as serious shock to any person who is not usually exposed to the rhetoric around human rights issues. When thinking about awareness-raising, activists are challenged to create material that caters to varying levels of interest and understanding towards the issue. Given this challenge we ask: how does giving witness to awareness-raising events impact the attitude and awareness of an audience and how does the process of planning and implementing awareness-raising events impact the awareness and attitudes of implementers. This poster will answer these questions using information gained through service learning experiences, individual interviews, observation and analysis in order to help educate its audience about the effectiveness of service learning experiences and awareness-raising events when educating others on human trafficking.

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  Research exercise: Human Trafficking: Where and How to buy fair trade products in Ohio.

  Shaneika Bolt

  This poster project will define and explain human trafficking and fair trade. It will also outline how people can buy affordable fair trade products in the Ohio area.

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  Research exercise: Infant Cause and Effect Toy for Bombeck Family Learning Center

  Daniel J. Buck, Joel F. Visser, Paige N. Yaeger

  This project details the client meetings, design process, fabrication details, and test analysis of a toy designed to teach 3-16-month old infants the principle of cause and effect. This project was completed by a team of first year engineering students. After meeting with the client at the Bombeck Family Learning Center, the design team revised an original problem statement from "create a toy to teach cause and effect" to "create a product to teach cause and effect in a simple and clear way." Based on the problem statement, the team proposed several different designs, focusing on key aspects such as motion and noise. Drawing from these, the final design was a rectangular cuboid constructed out of clear, acrylic plastic. The design included a rubber edge guard and multiple interior channels containing freely-moving washers. The prototype design was tested according to varying criteria, including practical concerns (e.g. ease of cleaning), safety, and how well the infants understood the cause and effect demonstrated by the toy. Several factors influenced the testing of the toy and detailed results and observations were recorded.

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  Research exercise: Ingrid Photovoltaic Solar Panel System

  James A. Brewer, Chigozie C. Ezenagu, William J. Schwarze, Ying Xu

  This summary will outline the ideas and objectives of the project as stated in the proposal in further detail. In 2011, the Melink Corporation, located in Milford, Ohio, donated a solar Photovoltaic System(PV) to the University of Dayton(UD) for research and education purposes. Melink is a transformative clean energy industry which aims at better the global economy, security and environment. It popularizes the use of clean energy including the solar power. In addition, TMI Electric Company is contracted to build the foundation for the solar PV system. Other stakeholders involved in the installation are: UD Facilities, Bowser Morner, and KOESTER. The installation design must be approved by these stakeholders. The purpose of this project is to oversee installation of a solar PV system behind the RecPlex Center at the University of Dayton. Which will include, inventory of components, developing drawings, scheduling contactors, and monitoring the output of the system. The team will research information about the solar PV system, incorporate and apply the engineering management skills in order to insure the success of the PV system installation. The University of Dayton Project Management Team will fully prepare an inventory of parts needed, and provide professional engineering drawings, pictures, and information to UD facilities, and manage all stakeholders involved. Ultimately, the goal of this project is to manage the installation of the solar PV system behind the RecPlex Center at UD. When the project is completed, the system will serve as an educational device for students and faculty to learn about the advantages of renewable energy. It will also serve as an icon, proving that the University of Dayton is making an attempt to utilize renewable energy.

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  Research exercise: Journalists' Rights under State Shield Laws

  Megan M. Garrison, Evan F. Shaub

  Are student journalists protected by the reporter''''s privilege and state shield law in New York and Second Circuit Court of Appeals? Also: Do state laws protecting journalists from being forced to disclose confidential sources include writers using non-traditional media outlets? Is it time for a federal shield law?

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  Research exercise: Legal Implications of Publishing National Secrets

  Zachary T. McAuliffe, Michael J. Shuey

  Could the press be prosecuted for treason for publishing stories about national security? What are the legal ramifications that the press faces when obtaining and publishing national security information obtained illegally by a third party?

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  Research exercise: Legal Issues Confronting the News Media Concerning Politics, Murder and Undercover Reporting

  Megan P. Kennedy, Lindsay M. Mudd, Carson M. Smith

  What constitutes a "legally qualified" political candidate, "equal time," and "use" of broadcast facilities under the Federal Communication Commission provisions requiring equal access to the airways for political candidates? Also: Can murder defendants such as Troy Davis, Trayvon Martin, Casey Anthony and Jody Arias receive fair trials given the high-voltage national spotlight? How do courts define "massive, pervasive and prejudicial publicity" that would prevent a fair trial? Also: How can journalists avoid legal liabilities when going undercover to seek information in the public interest?

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  Research exercise: Libel Law Exceptions for the Press in 2nd & 7th Circuit Courts of Appeals

  Mariah L. Douglas, Lauren K. Glass

  Is the "prudent publisher test" from Curtis v. Butts -- specifically the urgency exception for the press in libel cases -- providing protection for journalists using Twitter and other social media? Also: How does the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals define the "opinion" exception to libel law?

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  Research exercise: Make It or Break It, You've Only Got Six Weeks: The Effectiveness of a College Readiness Program at For-Profit Colleges

  Ericka Bruce

  Colleges and universities attempt to fill the college readiness gap by offering developmental or remedial courses to enrolled underprepared students. One such remedial program, the Six Weeks to Success (SWTS) program at Delta Career Education Corporation, is designed to prepare low-scoring college students for the rigors of college level courses. Student data from five Delta Career Education colleges were obtained for Associate Degree students who enrolled between July 2011 and June 2012. An evaluation of the data from those who completed the program and those who did not was completed to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in student retention and Satisfactory Academic Progress (a combination of student Cumulative GPA and completion rate) between the two groups of students. This was used to determine how successful SWTS students are when compared to their counterparts who are not required to take the remediation program at all. First, student data were tracked to see how many quarters students remained enrolled and if they were meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress during their tenure. Second, data were analyzed to see if any trends were found in student major, demographic information, or location of the campus. Though results varied by campus, the Six Weeks to Success did have a positive effect on student retention and Satisfactory Academic Progress in most cases. Higher Education professionals designing remedial education programs for at-risk students may benefit from the results of this study.

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  Research exercise: Modern Day Slavery: A Contrast Between Historical Thoughts of Slavery and the Modern Reality

  Philip C. Interlichia, Wendy Onofre

  The nature of modern day slavery has changed drastically from the popular historical idea of large plantations and ships full of chained humans. Although modern day slavery is no less terrible than slavery in history books, facets of slavery and human trafficking have changed. In order to bring a stop to modern slavery we must be educated in what slavery and Human Trafficking look like today.

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  Research exercise: Ohio Laws to Combat Human Trafficking: Somewhat Flawed Despite Significant Strides Made

  Braden G. Ashe

  My presentation will detail how human trafficking is prosecuted in the Buckeye State following some recently implemented legislation, namely House Bill 262 and Senate Bill 235. Along with exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each bill, my poster will explain how their implementation is a victory in the constantly-evolving fight to combat trafficking. In order to do this, my presentation will shed light on how human trafficking was prosecuted in Ohio prior to the implementation of these statewide bills. The poster will explain the ill-pragmatism of the previously held human trafficking specification and why prosecutors typically chose to avoid pursuing it. In order to drive these points home with my audience, I will also provide human trafficking statistics in the state of Ohio to contextualize the scope and magnitude of the problem that this state struggles with. While I will convey very clearly that both sets of legislation are steps forward in the fight to abolish modern day slavery, I will also explain how both bills fail to address the cultural and systemic deficiencies that create an environment for vulnerable persons to be trafficked and re-trafficked. The heaviest emphasis will be placed on the patriarchal roots of American society and the redundant provision of ensuring trafficking among other crimes in the prosecution. Finally, I will explain the reason that the 90-day abeyance option was put into place and its intentions of protecting victims from re-trafficking. However, the audience must understand that victims of forced prostitution should never be prosecuted and I will suggest more empathetic alternatives to deal with the issues facing trafficked victims.

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  Research exercise: Preparing Medical Faculty to Teach End-of-Life Care

  Nancy P. Silverman

  This presentation will demonstrate the need and suggest activities for the professional development (PD) of medical school faculty who can embrace and role model end-of-life (EOL) care as integral to medicine. The concept of EOL care considers dying a normal process and aims to minimize the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual suffering of patient and family. It requires an empathetic and openly communicative physician as much as it does a knowledgeable one to be receptive to patient needs. Having focused upon the medical student, renewed efforts to educate the medical community should be directed toward the faculty charged with student learning. Although required for accreditation, curricular EOL learning is minimal within a majority of medical schools, minimizing student exposure to EOL learning and to the terminally ill patient. Faculty disinterest creates a hidden curriculum of negativity that impacts student attitudes. Creating faculty awareness of the problem and connecting the need for improvement becomes the impetus for faculty learning. Faculty PD will begin with a review of prevailing research on the gaps in EOL care and exit surveys of their schools' graduating students that reflect the faculty's impact on learning. Reflection on personal attitudes toward death and dying helps to reveal barriers that exist. Storytelling becomes a powerful way to illustrate issues and to objectify them for problem resolution. Vignettes, stories of personal experiences, death rounds, and small group discussion are a few of the modalities used to engage physicians in personal development. Opportunities that help physician faculty teach and role model excellent EOL care to future generations of physicians help to ensure the terminally ill experience a good death.

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  Research exercise: Presenting and Highlighting the Staggering and Shocking Statistics of Human Trafficking in the USA.

  Andres E. Acevedo, Tarebo Kurugu, Andrew G. Pecora

  This poster will offer information on the realities of human trafficking in the USA.The most powerful state in the world has now been a dwelling place for human trafficking. Not only is it a destination country but also an increasing source and transit country where the crime flourishes. The victims are being subjected to various forms of exploitation that is considered inhuman. Human trafficking in the United States is becoming a huge problem and very few are well informed about the real situation regarding this crime. This poster will serve the purpose of increasing awareness and catch the attention of people with the hard core facts of human trafficking in the USA.

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  Research exercise: Press Access to Information about Student-Athletes and Municipalities

  Connor J. Mabon, Christopher M. Moorman

  Are universities properly applying FERPA to journalists' requests for information about athletic programs and student-athletes? Are they withholding records, claiming they involve core educational and disciplinary records, when the documents should be open to the public? Also: Would implementation of an Ease of Access Test in Missouri and Florida, under their sunshine laws, allow journalists better access to municipal government information that is in the public interest?

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  Research exercise: Quantum Dot Formation Using Nano-patterned Planar InAs

  Daniel R. Esposito

  Quantum Dot Formation Using Nano-patterned Planar InAs D. R. Esposito, S. Elhamri Department of Physics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469 K. G. Eyink, J. Shoaf, V. Hart, L. Grazulis, K. Mahalingam, J. Hoelscher, M. Twyman, D. Tomich Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA Abstract We are working to control the size and uniformity of quantum dots for applications requiring the fine tuning of their energy band gaps. The critical quantum dot nuclei size is determined through a balance of surface and bulk free energies. These quantum dot nuclei are formed randomly over the surface in space and time. We are developing a process which uses planar InAs and nano-patterning to fabricate quantum dots on the surface. By nano-patterning samples, we can bypass the nucleation process and form volumes of material which are larger than the critical nuclei size. Subsequent annealing under high arsenic overpressure will ideally allow the material to reorganize into an equilibrium geometry without dislocations. Quantum dot formation under this method is primarily driven by the reduction of dislocations which contribute to the strain of the material. Our experiments have shown that quantum dots tend to form in the squares of the patterned grid as expected. While they tend to be more uniform than randomly nucleated dots, the annealing process also subjects them to coarsening and evaporation. We are now trying to hydrogen radical clean and anneal the samples at lower temperatures in order to reduce the effects of these processes, which increase size variation and decrease total volume respectively.

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  Research exercise: Research on Conflict in Darfur

  Kelcey E. Batzer, Lane R. Gibson, Teresa Gratacos Alfageme, Alexandra V. Luna, Lucia Mosquera, Madeleine J. Mullee, Kathryn R. Shockey, Sarah E. Spech, Steven J. Stefani, Michael R. Woomer

  These posters will illustrate research on the conflict in Darfur.