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ContributorsWard, Geoffrey Harris (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-18
Description
The end of the nineteenth century was an exhilarating and revolutionary era for the flute. This period is the Second Golden Age of the flute, when players and teachers associated with the Paris Conservatory developed what would be considered the birth of the modern flute school. In addition, the founding in 1871 of the Société Nationale de Musique by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) and Romain Bussine (1830-1899) made possible the promotion of contemporary French composers. The founding of the Société des Instruments à Vent by Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) in 1879 also invigorated a new era of chamber music for wind instruments. Within this groundbreaking environment, Mélanie Hélène Bonis (pen name Mel Bonis) entered the Paris Conservatory in 1876, under the tutelage of César Franck (1822-1890). Many flutists are dismayed by the scarcity of repertoire for the instrument in the Romantic and post-Romantic traditions; they make up for this absence by borrowing the violin sonatas of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) and Franck. The flute and piano works of Mel Bonis help to fill this void with music composed originally for flute. Bonis was a prolific composer with over 300 works to her credit, but her works for flute and piano have not been researched or professionally recorded in the United States before the present study. Although virtually unknown today in the American flute community, Bonis's music received much acclaim from her contemporaries and deserves a prominent place in the flutist's repertoire. After a brief biographical introduction, this document examines Mel Bonis's musical style and describes in detail her six works for flute and piano while also offering performance suggestions.
ContributorsDaum, Jenna Elyse (Author) / Buck, Elizabeth (Thesis advisor) / Holbrook, Amy (Committee member) / Micklich, Albie (Committee member) / Schuring, Martin (Committee member) / Norton, Kay (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
Description
The wide adoption and continued advancement of information and communications technologies (ICT) have made it easier than ever for individuals and groups to stay connected over long distances. These advances have greatly contributed in dramatically changing the dynamics of the modern day workplace to the point where it is now commonplace to see large, distributed multidisciplinary teams working together on a daily basis. However, in this environment, motivating, understanding, and valuing the diverse contributions of individual workers in collaborative enterprises becomes challenging. To address these issues, this thesis presents the goals, design, and implementation of Taskville, a distributed workplace game played by teams on large, public displays. Taskville uses a city building metaphor to represent the completion of individual and group tasks within an organization. Promising results from two usability studies and two longitudinal studies at a multidisciplinary school demonstrate that Taskville supports personal reflection and improves team awareness through an engaging workplace activity.
ContributorsNikkila, Shawn (Author) / Sundaram, Hari (Thesis advisor) / Byrne, Daragh (Committee member) / Davulcu, Hasan (Committee member) / Olson, Loren (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
ContributorsMatthews, Eyona (Performer) / Yoo, Katie Jihye (Performer) / Roubison, Ryan (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-25
ContributorsHoeckley, Stephanie (Performer) / Lee, Juhyun (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-24
ContributorsMcClain, Katelyn (Performer) / Buringrud, Deanna (Contributor) / Lee, Juhyun (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-31
Description
The molecular modification of semiconductors has applications in energy
conversion and storage, including artificial photosynthesis. In nature, the active sites of
enzymes are typically earth-abundant metal centers and the protein provides a unique
three-dimensional environment for effecting catalytic transformations. Inspired by this
biological architecture, a synthetic methodology using surface-grafted polymers with
discrete chemical recognition sites for assembling human-engineered catalysts in three-dimensional
environments is presented. The use of polymeric coatings to interface cobalt-containing
catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuel production is introduced in
Chapter 1. The following three chapters demonstrate the versatility of this modular
approach to interface cobalt-containing catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuel
production. The catalyst-containing coatings are characterized through a suite of
spectroscopic techniques, including ellipsometry, grazing angle attenuated total reflection
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (GATR-FTIR) and x-ray photoelectron (XP)
spectroscopy. It is demonstrated that the polymeric interface can be varied to control the
surface chemistry and photoelectrochemical response of gallium phosphide (GaP) (100)
electrodes by using thin-film coatings comprising surface-immobilized pyridyl or
imidazole ligands to coordinate cobaloximes, known catalysts for hydrogen evolution.
The polymer grafting chemistry and subsequent cobaloxime attachment is applicable to
both the (111)A and (111)B crystal face of the gallium phosphide (GaP) semiconductor,
providing insights into the surface connectivity of the hard/soft matter interface and
demonstrating the applicability of the UV-induced immobilization of vinyl monomers to
a range of GaP crystal indices. Finally, thin-film polypyridine surface coatings provide a
molecular interface to assemble cobalt porphyrin catalysts for hydrogen evolution onto
GaP. In all constructs, photoelectrochemical measurements confirm the hybrid
photocathode uses solar energy to power reductive fuel-forming transformations in
aqueous solutions without the use of organic acids, sacrificial chemical reductants, or
electrochemical forward biasing.
conversion and storage, including artificial photosynthesis. In nature, the active sites of
enzymes are typically earth-abundant metal centers and the protein provides a unique
three-dimensional environment for effecting catalytic transformations. Inspired by this
biological architecture, a synthetic methodology using surface-grafted polymers with
discrete chemical recognition sites for assembling human-engineered catalysts in three-dimensional
environments is presented. The use of polymeric coatings to interface cobalt-containing
catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuel production is introduced in
Chapter 1. The following three chapters demonstrate the versatility of this modular
approach to interface cobalt-containing catalysts with semiconductors for solar fuel
production. The catalyst-containing coatings are characterized through a suite of
spectroscopic techniques, including ellipsometry, grazing angle attenuated total reflection
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (GATR-FTIR) and x-ray photoelectron (XP)
spectroscopy. It is demonstrated that the polymeric interface can be varied to control the
surface chemistry and photoelectrochemical response of gallium phosphide (GaP) (100)
electrodes by using thin-film coatings comprising surface-immobilized pyridyl or
imidazole ligands to coordinate cobaloximes, known catalysts for hydrogen evolution.
The polymer grafting chemistry and subsequent cobaloxime attachment is applicable to
both the (111)A and (111)B crystal face of the gallium phosphide (GaP) semiconductor,
providing insights into the surface connectivity of the hard/soft matter interface and
demonstrating the applicability of the UV-induced immobilization of vinyl monomers to
a range of GaP crystal indices. Finally, thin-film polypyridine surface coatings provide a
molecular interface to assemble cobalt porphyrin catalysts for hydrogen evolution onto
GaP. In all constructs, photoelectrochemical measurements confirm the hybrid
photocathode uses solar energy to power reductive fuel-forming transformations in
aqueous solutions without the use of organic acids, sacrificial chemical reductants, or
electrochemical forward biasing.
ContributorsBeiler, Anna Mary (Author) / Moore, Gary F. (Thesis advisor) / Moore, Thomas A. (Thesis advisor) / Redding, Kevin E. (Committee member) / Allen, James P. (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2018
ContributorsHur, Jiyoun (Performer) / Lee, Juhyun (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-01
ContributorsBolari, John (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-10-04
ContributorsOftedahl, Paul (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-09-29