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Supply chain management is a complex field that deals with a variety of ever-changing factors, and artificial intelligence has the opportunity to create lots of value and drive efficiency if organizations can implement it effectively. This thesis examines the different types of AI based on functionality and capability and provides a brief overview of the history behind artificial intelligence. Different supply chain functions including demand forecasting, inventory management, route optimization, supply transparency, and safety and sustainability were analyzed before and after adding AI systems. After examining AI missteps and successes in recent years, a detailed roadmap was created to help decision-makers deal with the numerous complexities when implementing AI technology within a business to improve the supply chain.
ContributorsHildebrand, Ryan (Author) / Printezis, Antonios (Thesis director) / Pofahl, Geoffrey (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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Whether we like it or not, we all have questions. What is being human? We use different responses for the same questions, using tools like religion, science, art and magic to make sense of our little existence. Everyone sees it. Everyone feels it. Everyone knows it. So, what is it?
In this podcast, I will review the major players and theories involved in five areas of philosophy: existentialism, ethics, epistemology, aesthetics and metaphysics. Through subsequent interviews with community connections, ASU professors and students, we will discuss and highlight how philosophical principles are present in all areas of life, as well as how knowledge of these principles can provide a more informed perspective on the world around us.
ContributorsDeignan, Josephine (Author) / Phillips, Ben (Thesis director) / Watson, Jeffrey (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Applied Professional Studies (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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The thesis explores the avenues of machine learning principles in object detection using TensorFlow 2 Object Detection API Libraries for implementation. Integrating object detection capabilities into ESP-32 cameras can enhance functionality in the capstone dragster application and potential applications, such as autonomous robots. The research implements the TensorFlow 2 Object Detection API, a widely used framework for training and deploying object detection models. By leveraging the pre-trained models available in the API, the system can detect a wide range of objects with high accuracy and speed. Fine-tuning these models using a custom dataset allows us to enhance their performance in detecting specific objects of interest. Experiments to identify strengths and weaknesses of each model's implementation before and after training using similar images were evaluated The thesis also explores the potential limitations and challenges of deploying object detection on real-time ESP-32 cameras, such as limited computational resources, costs, and power constraints. The results obtained from the experiments demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing object detection on ESP-32 cameras using the TensorFlow2 Object Detection API. The system achieves satisfactory accuracy and real-time processing capabilities, making it suitable for various practical applications. Overall, this thesis provides a foundation for further advancements and optimizations in the integration of object detection capabilities into small, low-power devices such as ESP-32 cameras and a crossroad to explore its applicability for other image-capturing and processing devices in industrial, automotive, and defense sectors of industry.
ContributorsMani, Vinesh (Author) / Tsakalis, Konstantinos (Thesis director) / Jayasuriya, Suren (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Electrical Engineering Program (Contributor)
Created2024-05
Our Own Heart, Beating Higher and Higher: On the Possibility of Genuine Encounter Among Human Beings
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Because of the necessarily interwoven nature of existence and the human person’s formation in the image and likeness of God, one inherently has enough in common with any other in order to behold him/her properly. Such an interaction increases the beholder's proximity to both the beheld and God simultaneously; it enables one to briefly glimpse these pieces of reality as God Himself does. Such a claim falls primarily under Saint Thomas Aquinas’s foundation of creation (especially his fusion of Plato’s idea of participation and Aristotle’s concept of act and potency, resulting in his own contribution of esse and essence) and Saint Augustine’s concept of the human person. This remains true even under the pressing weight of liberalistic divisiveness and such potent objects as those raised by Muriel Rukeyser’s “Effort at Speech Between Two People,” Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame," and Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
ContributorsCartwright, Sophia (Author) / Kushner, Aaron (Thesis director) / Thurow, Aaron (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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Immediately following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for Ukrainian refugees, contrasting with its inaction during the 2015 Syrian crisis. This inconsistency revealed double standards in EU refugee policy. This thesis explores the EU's Othering in its responses to the Syrian and Ukrainian refugee situations, showing how the EU portrays migrants to affirm its identity. While the response to Syrians in 2015 depicted refugees as a threat to European Christian identity, the response to Ukrainians in 2022 showed more solidarity due to shared "Europeanness." Using the TPD as a lens, this thesis exposes the EU's selective refugee protection based on racialized Othering, where more "European" groups receive favorable treatment. Media narratives further emphasize the differences between Syrian and Ukrainian refugees. The thesis calls for the EU to prioritize human rights over restrictive identity notions.
ContributorsHaas, Isabel (Author) / Wheatley, Abby (Thesis director) / Levin, Irina (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionExplores Arizona's proposed changes to the cottage food law, and political happenings surrounding such policies.
ContributorsKahn, Jillian (Author) / Magaña, Lisa (Thesis director) / Woodall, Gina (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership (Contributor)
Created2024-05
DescriptionA critical introduction and narrative exploration of the chimeric nature of mestizaje through the lens of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's Seven Theses of Monster Culture
ContributorsDuhamell Escobedo, Riqué (Author) / Bebout, Lee (Thesis director) / Viren, Sarah (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Social Transformation (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / School of Transborder Studies (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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In the developed world, we often take the positive correlation between openness to trade and development for granted. After all, the world has seen the greatest amount of economic growth ever in this relatively short period of time in which global markets have been very accessible. There can be many factors attributed to this perspective on the near-universal association between trade and wealth, such as its simple, intuitive reasoning, a historical drive for developed nations to seek out beneficial trade opportunities, or perhaps even a general lack of awareness when it comes to how such enterprising attitudes may impact those living in entirely different civilizations. Whatever the reasoning may be, the reality is that global trade or openness to it is not as cut and dry as many would like to believe, nor does trade openness come as freely as one might expect, as certain conditions are needed in order to foster access to well-developed markets. It has been observed recently that the cost of doing trade, so to speak, has been increasing globally as certain state and nonstate actors push against the free trade model developed by the United States after World War II. It is with this challenge in mind that we explore the recent changes in the balance of global power dynamics that have led to a decline in the openness of the globalized economy. Saying this, we are not advocating for an end to "globalization", rather, this paper is meant to observe multiple potential frustrations to the current economic global order and the resulting fallout of trade among the world’s top economies.
ContributorsAbraham-Lodmell, Spencer (Author) / Kozub, Nikolaus (Co-author) / Kozub, Alexander (Co-author) / Collins, Gregory (Thesis director) / Ripley, Charles (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This project offers a multi-perspective overview of why art matters in ecology. Combining the research of others with my own art and insight from within the academic system, I address the breadth of applications that art has in science education. The goal of this project is to show that creative engagement can foster a sustainable mindset, make science-learning more accessible, and encourage progress in social and environmental justice in an integrative, interdisciplinary way.
ContributorsSvitak, Lo (Author) / Barca, Lisa (Thesis director) / Chew, Matthew (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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The overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022 has left a lasting mark on the United
States as it entered a Post Roe era that has dramatically changed the course of reproductive
freedom, leaving much uncertainty throughout the country. With termination laws now at the
discretion of the states rather than the federal government, the fate of access to pregnancy
termination for medical indications is at stake. One area in healthcare where the overturning of
Roe v. Wade is expected to demonstrate a significant impact is within prenatal care for
individuals and couples at an increased risk of having a child affected by a genetic condition.
This study aims to understand the impact the Post Roe Era has had on the conversations
prenatal genetic counselors have with their patients considering termination in the southwest
of the United States across the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. The
complexities of prenatal genetic counselors’ experiences with Roe v. Wade will be described by
analyzing survey responses and informational interviews with practicing genetic counselors.
When Roe v. Wade was overturned, it changed how prenatal genetic counselors care for their
patients. The types of discussions providers have surrounding pregnancy termination now vary
widely across the fifty states.
ContributorsCasey, Allison (Author) / Hunt Brendish, Katherine (Thesis director) / Haskin, Jennifer (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
Created2024-05