SQWAD Capstone Project

My project consisted of creating an app for my workplace (a gym in Downtown Boise). The app helps managers and employees keep track of job duties, manage time clocks, better communicate with a messaging feature, and see everyone’s scheduled days. When a user logs in, they can create a team, join a team with an access code, or simply login if they are an existing user. With an emphasis in User Experience Design, I was able to use my newly obtained knowledge and skills to create this app mockup. Although this app is simply a mockup, when pitched to my boss and coworkers, I received very positive feedback

Data Analytics Methods in Preventing Smuggling Drugs

For the final requirements of (MS) of Data Analytics, we have to work on a capstone project as a graduate student. In the capstone project, we have to implement the data mining techniques we have learned during the program. This capstone project focuses on illicit drugs smuggling, where drugs have a massive negative effect on the countries and individuals. Data mining techniques have been applied to the drug smuggling dataset that has been captured worldwide. The data mining approach used in this capstone project is an unsupervised approach focusing on clustering. Three types of clustering models have been used: k-means, medoid means, hierarchal clustering, and the three models have similar results

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Projec

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project

The study of visitor use in museums, zoos, and aquariums is an important aspect of understanding visitor engagement and evaluating the function of the institution. Here, visitor demographics such as age, group size, and number of children were assessed to see their influence on time spent and number of stops visitors made while visiting the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado. This study evaluated differences in time spent and number of stops made among different gardens by observing visitors and mapping their paths and activities through each zone. The results show that older visitors and larger groups spent more time and made more stops than younger visitors and smaller groups. Spatially, visitors made many more stops within the first zones of the main gardens, and the physically separated children’s garden. These results show how different visitors use the gardens and how features hold visitor attention, allowing better informed decisions to improve visitor engagement. For example, children were frequently observed in focal groups in the Mordecai Children’s garden, but not in the main garden. This suggests that changes can be made to the main gardens, like added interactive activities throughout, would increase the engagement and improve the experience of groups with children. Finally, this study highlights the need for the framework used to be tailored to botanic gardens because of the unique structural differences, like the ability to enjoy the gardens without stopping, from other institutions like museums, zoos, and aquariums where visitors generally stop to appreciate what is being displayed

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Projec

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project

Chapter 1. A Combination of Methods is Needed to Accurately Detect Burmese Pythons in Southern Florida Chapter 2. The Invasive Burmese Python’s (Python bivittatus) Distribution and Density in South Florida Chapter 3. The Use of Tongue-flicking may be a Good Indicator to Predict Feeding Behaviors for the Vipers at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Chapter 4. Rattlesnake Roundups: Could Educational Roundups be the new Future for the Town of Sweetwater, Texas

MS ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY CAPSTONE PROJECT

This project is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Science in Environmental Biology at Regis University. Chapter 1 is a literature review that discusses the management implications of designing bird habitat on anthropogenic structures. Chapter 2 is a grant proposal to explore niche dominance by anthropophilic bird species in Denver, CO. Chapter 3 is a journal manuscript discussing how musth impacts captive bull Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) behavior at Denver Zoo. Finally, Chapter 4 is a stakeholder analysis for Northern Bobwhite recovery at Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Area, White County, Tennessee

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Project

MS Environmental Biology Capstone Projec