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University Devils is a Founders Lab Thesis group looking to find a way for post-secondary institutions to increase the number of and diversity of incoming applications through the utilization of gaming and gaming approaches in the recruitment process while staying low-cost. This propelling question guided the group through their work. The team’s work primarily focused on recruitment efforts at Arizona State University, but the concept can be modified and applied at other post-secondary institutions. The initial research showed that Arizona State University’s recruitment focused on visiting the high schools of prospective students and providing campus tours to interested students. A proposed alternative solution to aid in recruitment efforts through the utilization of gaming was to create an online multiplayer game that prospective students could play from their own homes. The basic premise of the game is that one player is selected to be “the Professor” while the other players are part of “the Students.” To complete the game, The Students must complete a set of tasks while the Professor applies various obstacles to prevent the Students from winning. When a Student completes their objectives, they win and the game ends. The game was created using Unity. The group has completed a proof-of-concept of the proposed game and worked to advertise and market the game to students via social media. The team’s efforts have gained traction and the group continues to work to gain traction and bring the idea to more prospective students.
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This thesis presents the development of two balance control systems, which utilize actively controlled steering and a control moment gyroscope to stabilize the bicycle at high and low speeds. These systems may also be used to introduce disturbances, which can be useful for studying human reactions. The effectiveness of the steering balance control system is verified through testing with a PID controller in an outdoor environment. Also presented is the development of a force sensitive bicycle seat which provides feedback used to estimate the pose of the rider on the bicycle. The relationship between seat force distribution is demonstrated with a motion capture experiment. A corresponding software system is developed for balance control and sensor integration, with inputs from the rider, the internal balance and steering controller, and a remote operator.
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Class instructors at Arizona State University monitor students’ attendance for classes in which attendance is either mandatory or encouraged. Class monitoring can be done using traditional systems such as sign sheets and roll calls. From my initial observations while attending a class which utilized a sign sheet for class attendance monitoring, I thought the process took long and was inefficient. As a result, I created an automated system that would replace the traditional systems and improve the class monitoring process. Thus, this study aims to determine whether the automated system reduced the time it takes to monitor class attendance, and whether it was efficient.
To examine the above question, the automated system was deployed to 2 classes at Arizona State University. Additionally, surveys were distributed to 2 instructors and 33 students and they were asked to respond to questions relating to class attendance and the monitoring systems which were being used alternatively with the newly-created automated system. Analysis of the responses demonstrated that use of an automated system reduced the time it takes students to mark their presence, and thus increase the time used for other class activities. The results also indicate that the design of the automated system affects the overall time it takes to monitor attendance. On this basis, it is recommended that instructors utilize an automated system to monitor class attendance. Further research is needed to study the time it takes instructors to set up different monitoring systems in order to ascertain that an automated system reduces the overall time it takes to monitor attendance compared to other traditionally used systems.
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