Education and its associated resources continue to be unequally administered and delivered in the United States. All stakeholders in the education of the nation‘s children—parents, teachers, unions, school administrators, ...

Labels simplify our world by reducing complex ideas into simple phrases. Research suggests that labels even alter our visual perception to the point that we think images carrying common labels look similar to each other ...

The Construction Industry impacts the environment worldwide and will affect the future of following generations. A complex network of stakeholders ranging from government agencies to investors, designers, contractors and ...

Large complex construction projects such as building an interstate highway, a dam, a chemical plant, an off-shore oil rig and a waste-to-energy plant often include unpredictable geological conditions, labor supplies, ...

We perform four psychophysical studies to investigate the perceptual effect of factors in the rendering and simulation stages of physically based animation production. Our study provides helpful insights in how to improve ...

The thesis discusses the characteristics of natural light that are visible inside concrete buildings designed in the late twentieth century. The study addresses three major objectives. First is to identify the characteristics ...

The increased prevalence of whistleblowing in sport has precipitated the need to understand the antecedent conditions that underpin whistleblowing intentions. The act of whistleblowing centers on reporting an illegal (or ...