Background The Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association is constructing a new environmental center, which will integrate an array of sustainability features as part of its pursuit of LEED Platinum status, with net-zero energy consumption. For more…
Background From the fall semester, in summary, we learned that: Grip force measurements from current devices, such as hand-held dynamometers, are poorly correlated with patients’ gripping performance during functional tasks, e.g. grabbing a can of…
Concept Video
In order to write and design a successful document, we had to take into consideration three major factors, with the first being the purpose, the second being the audience, and the third being the context. These three factors shaped the way in which…
Current methods of measuring impaired grip strength and coordination do not correlate with the ability to perform functional tasks. For example, the grip force measured with a hand-held dynamometer is not representative of one’s ability to perform…
Overview Greenlight is a daylight harvesting system my Information Systems team created (you can read more about it by following the link). The Android application I created is an extension of this — it allows you to view any information you normally…
Introduction Karl Marx’s “The Communist Manifesto”, published in 1848, is often cited as one of the most influential pieces of political literature to be written in the past couple of centuries. An analytical commentary on the problems inherent in…
The use of natural light in commercial settings is undervalued. Most large industrial parks and university campuses rely solely on artificial sources to provide light for their rooms. Artificial light at these locations is often emitted in excess of…
Intro A graft must be fixed to return the knee to an optimal stability. Although it would seem that graft strength is the most indicative property for ACL reconstruction stability, it is actually the strength of the graft fixation to the bone…
Contextual Interviews Each person in our group performed a contextual interview with a another student in the class. Each interview lasted approximately an hour. Each student was asked to work on and complete an assignment while we watched them…
Introduction Maintenaid is a software program that will be designed for maintenance workers. It will help them to: organize maintenance requests in a single database eliminate the need for paper request forms maintain organization of requests…