Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Caffey, Stephen"
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Kanakri, Shireen M (2014-05-06)In recent years, research has shown that the educational environment has a profound effect on learning and performance among students, especially those with autism. Many design solutions that target autistic populations ...
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Seal, Joshua Brent (2017-04-19)The goal of this work is the development of a new tool within Autodesk Maya for the creation of animatics. A brief history and survey of pre-visualization techniques and methods is provided, and the functionality and ...
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Ostadalimakhmalbaf, Mohammadreza (2018-07-30)Hispanic workers play a central role in the United States (US) construction industry, but they still lag behind other population groups in obtaining bachelor’s degrees. To grow the number of Hispanic construction managers, ...
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Yousif, Shermeen Ahmed Yousif (2019-05-24)As the number of design candidates in generative and design optimization systems is often excessive and overwhelming, with similar and redundant shapes of design candidates evolving, there is a need for an articulation ...
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Davis, Charles Barrett (2012-02-14)In this work, I propose a digital painting process to create virtual paintings that can be created with paint layers. The process enables the artists to manipulate the look of the painting by placing lights in the ...
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Bednarz, Megan Reneé (2012-07-16)A review of the history of video game design reveals an emphasis on themes of competition, survival, and combat. Game designers are now increasingly exploring other themes, including ethics, morality, and religious or ...
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Baradaran Mohajeri, Shima (2013-12-09)This dissertation connects the cultural theory of space with specific aesthetic and architectural practices in the history of modernism that are entangled with the past and present of Iran, its artifacts, and its politics. ...
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Chu Yew Yee, Sharon Lynn (2015-05-28)Psychological research, especially by Paul Torrance, has shown that the child’s engagement in creative activities tends to drop precipitously at around the 3rd- to 4th-grade period (8 to 11 years old). This phenomenon, ...
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Zolan, Chandler Judson (2023-05-01)This thesis experimentally addresses the optimization problem that exists between urban security and quality of life in contemporary public space architecture, within the field of defensive architecture. This thesis examines ...
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House, Daniel Ray (2018-05-25)A novel taxonomy for character progression in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG’s) was developed into three main functions: the identification, classification, and nomenclature of character progression ...
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Cleveland, Trisha Anne (2015-08-09)Fabric and costume is an integral part of film media and increasingly so in computer graphics. There exists a growing interest in the creation of period films. To stay true to historical accuracy, creating believable, ...
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Wadhwani, Aishwarya (2018-08-04)Traditionally in construction, procurement of products and/or services has been conducted via a sealed bidding format, termed in the United States as a hard bid. With changing technology and time, newer methods are being ...
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Sherow, Ernestene (2015-05-13)This dissertation addresses violence against women and femicide through an autoethnography and arts-based research agenda. Many cases of violence against women go unreported each year. Women often withstand violence until ...
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Andreason, Scot Philip (2013-07-29)This paper explores the surface properties of skin and eyes and their importance in the acceptance and success of a digital human face, specifically in relation to the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley hypothesis states ...
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Alawadhi, Mohammad S A A M (2022-07-28)This research finds that virtual buildings that are automatically generated using parametric building information modeling (BIM) can provide high-quality training data for teaching an artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize ...
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Iisaka, Maki (2019-06-03)This dissertation examines the nature of the relationship between symbolism and embodied experience in the work of the Japanese architect Seiichi Shirai, with a special emphasis on the institutional and commercial buildings ...
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Park, Hannah (2022-04-20)Under the emergency situations such as floods and fires, or indoor navigation when the local landmarks and GPS is no longer available, the acquisition of comprehensive environmental representation became particularly ...
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Venkatraj, Varusha (2022-04-18)Nearly half of the global annual energy supply is consumed by buildings in their construction, operation, and maintenance, indicating an enormous potential to minimize the carbon footprint. During its life cycle, a building ...
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Westwater, James Andrew (2017-05-02)This study focuses on the affective role of the built space of artistic production––the studio, the writing room, the rehearsal space, and the city––to examine, through the lens of architecture, mechanisms of artistic ...
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Sharma, Suruchi (2013-08-01)This study develops an approach to developing surface shading for computer-generated 3D head models that adapts aesthetics from the post-impressionist portrait painting style of Vincent Van Gogh. This research is an attempt ...