Silence and Sensemaking: The Effects of Newcomer Status on Ostracism

Ostracism involves being ignored and rejected by an individual or group, typically without explanation. Being accepted and valued by others is a fundamental human motivation (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). Consequently, ostracism is often a debilitating experience. This experiment was designed to test how a situational variable, namely being a newcomer to a group, can influence recovery from ostracism. Participants were included or ostracized during an online ball-tossing game. They were also led to believe that other participants playing the game were new as well, or that they were joining a group whose members had played before. I hypothesized that being a newcomer would decrease the effects of ostracism over time by providing an explanation for mistreatment. Participants that believed they were newcomers to an existing group were indeed quicker to recover from ostracism's harmful effects than were individuals that did not have this explanation for their ostracism

On the ADI method for the Sylvester Equation and the optimal-H2\mathcal{H}_2 points

The ADI iteration is closely related to the rational Krylov projection methods for constructing low rank approximations to the solution of Sylvester equation. In this paper we show that the ADI and rational Krylov approximations are in fact equivalent when a special choice of shifts are employed in both methods. We will call these shifts pseudo H2-optimal shifts. These shifts are also optimal in the sense that for the Lyapunov equation, they yield a residual which is orthogonal to the rational Krylov projection subspace. Via several examples, we show that the pseudo H2-optimal shifts consistently yield nearly optimal low rank approximations to the solutions of the Lyapunov equations

The Calculation of Chemical and Ionization Equilibrium in a Conventional Shock Tube Scientific Report No. 12

Calculating chemical and ionization equilibrium of plasma in conventional shock tub

Quarantining and Dining

Quarantining and Dining captures and reflects the many ways in which comfort is provided through food. The project content was collected through food culture research, interviews, and observation and then mediated through Instagram. The Instagram feed has a designed aesthetic architecture and branding system that makes it distinct and identifiable. The Instagram account name can be found @Quarantininganddining. Although the project is rooted in Midwestern food culture, the perspectives provided are from across the United States, as well as from numerous occupations in order to express a diverse range of perspectives. The Instagram account encourages interaction and an exchange of ideas