ICC Pretrial Proceeding: Avoiding Gridlock

Millions of people have extraordinary hopes for the new International Criminal Court ( ICC ), the world\u27s first permanent tribunal for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity

Good times

In this body of work, I set out to show an exaggerated display of the manipulation consumers face everyday Attaching stories to objects drastically increases their value. In benign settings, this might elevate a simple trinket into a family heirloom or drive a bidding war for a piece of gum chewed by a celebrity. On the adverse side, a story can play with our emotions to turn a desire into a need. In this way, fear-based stories are a particularly powerful motivator; they can drive people to the most extreme actions. When used as a tool, fear can persuade even without being noticed. This book explores how visual language, and especially the manipulation of text and image, preys on emotions and our drive to protect ourselves. These case studies and bodies of work break down the curation of text and image and critique it using contextual awareness of global issues. The critique seeks to bring a better awareness and understanding to consumers about how these manipulations work so they can make informed and rational decisions

Resolved Stellar Population Properties in Galaxies During the Peak Epoch of Star Formation

Using local properties of galaxies can help us to further understand the process of internal galaxy evolution. I aim to investigate these local properties using data from the GOODS-Herschel Survey and the CANDELS Survey. Using the relationship between global and local galaxy properties, evolution can be studied on a small, resolved scale for individual galaxies. To achieve this, spectral energy distributions (SEDs) per resolution element are fit for a sample of 362 galaxies from the GOODS-South field. SED fitting estimates physical galaxy properties such as star formation rate (SFR), stellar mass, stellar age, and dust extinction and resolved maps of galaxies are made. From these maps, the underlying substructure of galaxies can be observed. The galaxies are then classified using four different categories: core color, level of clumpiness, location of mass concentration, and type of star formation (SF). These classifications are then compared to the global galaxy properties to identify trends with redshift, total stellar mass, and global SFR. We find that most high redshift galaxies (1.5 \u3c z \u3c 3) have concentrated star formation and many have off-centered nuclei, suggesting there are more irregular morphologies present. We also find that most high mass galaxies have centrally located masses, red cores, and are the least clumpy, indicating that massive galaxies build up their stellar mass faster than lower mass galaxies

A Study of the stability of a hydraulic actuator system

One of the least desirable schemes for a linear electro-hydraulic motion control actuator is having a low backup structure stiffness coupled with a high flow gain of the spool valve. It has been demonstrated that this condition causes instability in the form of high frequency oscillations. This thesis examines how actuator parameters can be varied to add stability when a low backup structure stiffness and high flow gain are mandatory design criteria. The stability of the system is examined by developing the system characteristic equation and analyzing its poles in the complex frequency domain. In the complex frequency domain, the parameters are varied to determine when stability begins and ends for a given qualitative range of a specific variable. Taylor\u27s Theorem is used to expand the region around an unstable root to yield a sensitivity function for assessing parameter values that cause system instability. Combining the sensitivity equations for each parameter renders a function for predicting the instability of the system as various parameters are modified. The extent to which variable parameters aid or inhibit stability are discussed, as well as recommendations on the applicability of the parameters changes

Sociology of Sport: Art Analysis The Shadows Below

My painting represents a multitude of different aspects related to the sociological perspective of the issues pertaining to professional sport. These “easter eggs” throughout the painting are reflective of specific readings we discussed in Sociology of Sport class taught by Suzanne Stoelting. I chose these topics to highlight in the piece because I felt as though they had the most impact on me and how I see the world of professional sports in general. Themes such as the theoretical lens of critical and conflict theory, classism, and sexism are what I chose to focus on as they are what I believe to be the most prevalent issue in the sociology of sport