Mechanisms of light energy harvesting in dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers

Since their earliest synthesis, much interest has arisen in the use of dendritic and structurally allied forms of polymer for light energy harvesting, especially as organic adjuncts for solar energy devices. With the facility to accommodate a proliferation of antenna chromophores, such materials can capture and channel light energy with a high degree of efficiency, each polymer unit potentially delivering the energy of one photon-or more, when optical nonlinearity is involved. To ensure the highest efficiency of operation, it is essential to understand the processes responsible for photon capture and channelling of the resulting electronic excitation. Highlighting the latest theoretical advances, this paper reviews the principal mechanisms, which prove to involve a complex interplay of structural, spectroscopic and electrodynamic properties. Designing materials with the capacity to capture and control light energy facilitates applications that now extend from solar energy to medical photonics. © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland

Understanding children’s varying needs through an ecological lens while utilizing a team approach and data driven interventions to ensure academic success and positive mental health outcomes for all children in school

This project represents my training, personal philosophies and a reflection upon keystone cases throughout my internship. Broadly, this project represents my competency and journey to becoming a skilled school psychologist. An ecological framework emphasizes various systems of influence that dynamically interact and affect a person's ability and personality. By utilizing an ecological framework, while fulfilling the role of a school psychologist, one can create an accurate picture of a student including their strengths and weaknesses. Within a team approach, many individuals who help create a child's system of influence can work together to meet the needs of a child in an effective way. Throughout my internship, I utilized these key frameworks in order to meet the needs of students. I worked with students whose needs ranged from students with significant behavior and mental health impairments that impede their learning, to a student who despite motivation and willingness to work was struggling to learn how to read. I reflect upon implementing data based interventions within a school system with limited monetary and personnel resources. Recommendations for future training, and recommendations for further experience for myself are included.Project (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Psychology, 201

Understanding children’s varying needs through an ecological lens while utilizing a team approach and data driven interventions to ensure academic success and positive mental health outcomes for all children in school

This project represents my training, personal philosophies and a reflection upon keystone cases throughout my internship. Broadly, this project represents my competency and journey to becoming a skilled school psychologist. An ecological framework emphasizes various systems of influence that dynamically interact and affect a person\u27s ability and personality. By utilizing an ecological framework, while fulfilling the role of a school psychologist, one can create an accurate picture of a student including their strengths and weaknesses. Within a team approach, many individuals who help create a child\u27s system of influence can work together to meet the needs of a child in an effective way. Throughout my internship, I utilized these key frameworks in order to meet the needs of students. I worked with students whose needs ranged from students with significant behavior and mental health impairments that impede their learning, to a student who despite motivation and willingness to work was struggling to learn how to read. I reflect upon implementing data based interventions within a school system with limited monetary and personnel resources. Recommendations for future training, and recommendations for further experience for myself are included