Submarine Volcanism Website
Develop a website devoted to the study of submarine volcanism for OCG 131, Volcanoes & the Environment. This site focuses on the evolution of submarine volcanoes & uses the active submarine volcano, Kick’em Jenny, as a typical example.Visit the website!
Faculty: Dr. Steven Carey, Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Finees Mendez, Anna Franco
How Prozac Works Animation
Create an animation to show how Prozac alleviates depression. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Josh Sisson
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Animation of an Enzyme Cytochrome
Create an animation to give students an ‘inside view’ of the workings of the enzyme cytochrome P-450 2C9.Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Roberta King
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Josh Sisson
Problem Sets Linked to a Random Number
Provide students with problem sets linked to a random number generator, enabling students to work as many variations on a problem as needed to master it using perl & javascript.
Faculty: Dr. John Burkett
Department: Economics
Students: (Information Not Available)
Growth Factors Bind Animation
This animation describes how growth factors bind to a membrane-bound receptor and triggers a cascade of downstream transduction processes. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Steve Huang
See MoreNarrated Movie on Transporter Proteins
Create a narrated movie that takes the viewer from the human silhouette down subsequent levels of detail to the transporter proteins which are the molecular targets of most diuretic drugs. The movie shows the flow processes within the kidney including such aspects as filtration, reabsorption, & excretion in the nephron. It also shows the molecular sequence of ion transport in different sections of the nephron. Diuretic agents act by blocking certain transporters in each section, decreasing the reabsorption of sodium & altering the reabsorption of other ions. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Roberta King
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Steven Barbera
Natural Resources Science Website
Create a website to complement the NRS 100 course material. Enrich the learning experience by providing various media such as videos, audio wavs, & PowerPoint slides to go along with the course. As the semesters progress, update the content & utilize new interactive technologies to enhance the site.
Faculty: Dr. Thomas Husband
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Ravid Te, Monique Monivanh
Visualize Primitive Cells
Help the viewer visualize different primitive cells for the most common cubic structures. These primitive cell types include the simple cubic (SC), the body-centered cubic (BCC), the face-centered cubic (FCC), & the diamond primitive cell types. Each cell type includes a description to learn more about each cell structure.
Faculty: Dr. Shmuel Mardix
Department: Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering
Students: Josh Sisson
PSC 303 Political Science Website
Create a website to complement the NRS 100 course material. Enrich the learning experience by providing various media such as videos, audio wavs, & PowerPoint slides to go along with the course. As the semesters progress, update the content & utilize new interactive technologies to enhance the site.
Faculty: Dr. Gerry Tyler
Department: Political Science
Students: Diana Ventura, Sandy Reichman
Thera Expedition
Make a website to share information about the Thera Expedition to a wide audience. The website presents an overview of the background information involved with the expedition. It’s also an online journal for the scientists to publish their day to day activities, findings, & pictures. The Thera site was built using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Maya, XML, & RSS.
Faculty: Dr. Steven Carey, Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Nate Haskins, Kristina Golubiewski
Hercules Underwater ROV
Create interactive tours to allow users to learn about some of the technology utilized on the R/V Endeavor. Made with Autocad, Solidworks, Maya, Swift 3D, & Macromedia Flash.
Faculty: Dr. Dwight Coleman, Maryann Scholl
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Greg Kiernan
The Endeavor Expeditions Website
The Endeavor Expeditions website was built so the public can learn about the expeditions of the Research Vessel, Endeavor. It was developed to support several expeditions in the Black Sea, Mediterranean, & the Sea of Crete that took place between April & June 2006. It contains a database of recent expeditions along with information & pictures for each of the expeditions.
Faculty: Dr. Dwight Coleman, Maryann Scholl
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Kristina Golubiewski, Nate Haskins
Endeavor Technology Animation
Create a short animation to show what the island of Santorini looked like before the massive eruption & subduction of the island’s central area. Highlight the different technologies that the crew would be using to study the island’s underwater geological formations. The Endeavor technology animation was entered in to the 2006 URI Visualizations where it won 1st Place in the Animation category & the Fred Joyal Best in Show Award.
Faculty: Dr. Steven Carey, Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Steven Barbera
Bleomycin Animation
Bleomycin is a popular DNA-reactive anticancer agent. Use Maya 6.5 & Final Cut Pro to create the Bleomycin Animation. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Kevin McConeghy
CAREERS Research Project
Video tape classroom instruction for the CAREERS research project. The tape is then edited & meta-data attached by either the STAs and/or CAREERS team. The meta-data attaches tags for archival & retrieval of video clips.
Faculty: Dr. Betty Young, Dr. Kathleen Gugliemi, Coordinator Sally Beauman
Department: Education
Students: Heather Gosack, Andrew Leveilee, Nicholas Counts
Costa Rica Video
In Summer 06, 9 URI students traveled to Costa Rica to study mammal bio-diversity at the Hilda Coffee Farm & the surrounding rain forests. DPRC resources were made available to support them (HDV digital video cameras, a professional videographer, & AVID video editing workstations for post production). Watch the video!
Faculty: Dr. Thomas P Husband
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Steven Barbera
Project Web Health Initiative
Create videos as part of the Project Web Health Initiative using a combination of video & Power Point animation. Videos were shot using 2 Sony Z1U HD camcorders & edited in Final Cut Pro. Power Point slides were edited in with Final Cut Pro. A voice over was recorded & combined for the finished product.
Faculty: Dr. Geoffry Greene
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Nick Counts, Jeff Caetano
Yellowstone National Park Video
In Summer 06, a team of faculty & students from URI’s Department of Geosciences went on a learning trip to Utah & Yellowstone National Park. DPRC resources were made available to support them (HDV digital video cameras, a professional videographer, & AVID video editing workstations for post production).
Faculty: Dr. Don Hermes, Dr. Dan Murray, et. al
Department: Geosciences
Students: Steven Barbera
Math DL Flash Forum
Create a video tour of the Math DL Flash Forum website. Record professors Barbara Kaskosz & Doug Ensley of Shippensburg University as they describe the important areas of the website. Capture screen video for the website using Camtasia. Combine the videos then convert the movie to .flv using Flash 8.
Faculty: Dr. Barbara Kaskosz
Department: Mathematics
Students: Kristina Golubiewski
Digital Forensics Courses.
Videotape edited lectures, produce Camtasia videos based on the lectures, compress the video, & develop a website containing all of the media produced for the digital forensics courses.
Faculty: Dr. Victor Faye-Wolfe
Department: Computer Science & Statistics
Students: Charlotte Bender, Brittnee Morgan
Histones Animation
Zolinza is a new kind of anticancer drug based on heritable epigenetic modification of gene function. Epigenetic processes modulate when genes are expressed or repressed, without changes in the DNA sequence. Histones are proteins that play a role in the regulation of transcription by helping to condense the genetic material DNA into its compact form. Animate histone deacetylation. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Nate Haskins
Arylamines Animation
Arylamines belong to an important class of environmental carcinogens which are implicated in the etiology of many human cancers. This animation shows the rotating views of the external B-type (B), base-displaced stacked (S), minor groove wedge (W)-conformers. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Nate Haskins
Permethrin as a Tick Repellent
Create videos to demonstrate the effectiveness of permethrin as a tick repellent. The three videos illustrate proper techniques to apply the spray/soak kit to your clothing as well as a lab video showing the reaction of deer ticks to permethrin treated clothing. Videos were shot using two Sony Z1U HD camcorders & edited in the DPRC using our AVID Media Composer Adrenaline System. Voice over narration was then recorded into the AVID system through the Mackie sound mixer. The videos are now used by the URI Tick Encounter Resource Center. Spray | Soak | Results
Faculty: Dr. Tom Mather
Department: Tick Research Laboratory
Students: Nick Counts, Kristina Golubiewski, Jeff Caetano
Academic Roadmap
Make a website to help students make the most of their education & find an exciting career. They can choose “Academic Programs” if they already know what program interests them. They can choose “Careers” if they are interested in a specific career. The roadmap allows them to explore that career & find out which academic program can help them get there.
Faculty: Dr. Deborah Grossman-Garber
Department: CELS & Department of Student Learning & Outcomes Assessment
Students: Kerry Barnard, Kristina Golubiewski, Nate Haskins, Milad Afdasta, Ravid Te
Aspirin Polarity Change Animation
This simple animation illustrates how an acidic molecule like aspirin can change its polarity depending on the environment. Aspirin, which is non-ionized in the strongly acidic stomach environment (pH ~2), can be readily absorbed across the membrane.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Josh Sisson
G Protein Receptor Animation
This animation describes what takes place with a G protein receptor. G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) are proteins embedded in the surface of cells.
Faculty: Dr. Jef Bratberg
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Nelson Caetano
Philadelphia Chromosome Animation
The animation begins by introducing the Philadelphia Chromosome, the result of a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22, more specifically the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) of chromosome 22 is fused with part of the Abelson (ABL) gene on chromosome 9.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Nelson Caetano
Film Micro-Organisms
Film micro-organisms through a microscope, then cut these video clips into a DVD quiz to be used in Dr. Forrester’s class.
Faculty: Linda Forrester
Department: Biology – (The S.M.I.L.E. Program)
Students: Nick Counts
Lava Flow Eruptions
Creation of a web-based exercise about lava flow eruptions for use in introductory geoscience courses.
Faculty: Dr. Steven Carey
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Kristina Golubeiwski
Jellyfish Models
Create jellyfish models by importing video footage/hand schematics depicting jellyfish movement into Maya 8. Maya 8’s fluid effects & force fields utilizing Navier-Stokes Equations were used to place model jellyfish into 2D & 3D water environments. The models enable examination of the movement & feeding behavior of different types of jellyfish.
Faculty: Dr. Candace Oviatt & NBC/Facility Operations Coordinator Eric Klos
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography – MERL
Students: Will Roman, Stephen Suvajian
Endeavor Expeditions Website
Perform ongoing maintenance of the Endeavor Expeditions site to keep it up to date with the ongoing cruises of the R/V Endeavor. Update the site to the new URI web template.
Faculty: Maryann Scholl
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography – Office of Marine Programs
Students: Jared Conley
Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay
The Narragansett Bay project includes 3D animation, video, & a website about the cultural landscape of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The 3D models will include artifacts, a cannon, & sailing vessels. Several artifacts will be scanned using a Roland Picza 3D Laser Scanner & RapidForm which is made available by URI’s Industrial & Systems Engineering Department.
Faculty: Dr. Rod Mather
Department: History
Students: Greg Kiernan, Kristina Golubiewski, Nick Counts
Poverty Point Website
Make a website featuring the Poverty Point site, create interactive media for the website using Flash 8, 3D scan artifacts into Maya 8, & Rapid Prototype print 3D models. Video footage was captured in Romania in the summer of 2007, during an archaeological dig by Kristina Golubiewski. The video footage will be used to visualize archaeological methods. A short documentary will give students a feel for what a low budget field experience is like.
Faculty: Dr. Kristine Bovy
Department: Anthropology
Students: Kristina Golubiewski
Blood & Red Cell Volume animation
There’s a new nursing theory on the importance of blood & red cell volume at the time of birth. Make a video/animated representation of this theory to help students understand the importance of delayed cord clamping at the time of birth. It can be used in courses on theory development, quantitative research & nursing practice in the maternal-child health specialty.
Faculty: Dr. Judith Mercer
Department: Nursing
Students: Information not available
Endangered Species Videos
Produce a few short (10 – 15 min) mini-documentaries on local folks working with endangered species that Dr. McKinney can use for his class.
Faculty: Dr. Richard McKinney
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: David Podger
URI Chinese Program
Help make video clips & put them on URI’s Chinese website so new students can get to know the URI Chinese Program & Chinese Summer Program.
Faculty: Hong Qian
Department: Languages
Students: (Information Not Available)
Invasive Species Topics
Develop video casts on invasive species topics for NRS 445/5452. Record lectures given in class for posting on Sakai & URI podcast site. Learn how to offer this student assignment model to your students next semester!
Faculty: Dr. Laura Meyerson
Department: Natural Resources Sciences
Students: Kenneth Chappell
New Inner Space Center
Use the new Inner Space Center & connected facilities to train students on using the facility & the associated field equipment. Edited video footage will be used in the classroom.
Faculty: Dr. Dwight Coleman
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Timothy Burbank
Magma Animation
Develop an animation that illustrates how magma is generated by melting of rocks in the earth & how it moves to the surface to be erupted at volcanoes.
Faculty: Dr. Steven Carey
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Jared Conley, Steve Bar
Showcase the Excellence in K-8 Science Instruction
Project Overview: Make a cinema quality movie to showcase the excellence in K-8 science instruction in 8 southern Rhode Island school districts & the university pre-service & in-service professional development program that supports them.
Faculty: Dr. Furong Xu
Department: NFS EPSCoR & GEMS-Net School of Education
Students: Justin Murphy
Restoration Plan for a Wetland
NRS students worked with a Gaudet Middle School teacher, Mr. Richard Taylor, to develop a restoration plan for a wetland that was impacted by the invasive species, Phragmites. STAs worked with the NRS students to produce 5 short videos about the restoration plan.
Faculty: national research conference competition
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Kenneth Chappell
National Research Conference Competition
Develop 2 posters for national research conference competition for BS & MS students who are co-authors on these presentations–needed by March 19th
Faculty: Dr. Marlene Dufault
Department: Nursing
Students: Rachel Mossberg, Nicholas Counts
Inner Space Center
Develop an online database accessible through a web portal to host the various video & data about the ocean exploration projects. The video & data will then be available to faculty teaching courses in oceanography, engineering, biology, & history.
Faculty: Dr. Dwight Coleman
Department: Graduate School of Oceanography
Students: Nate Haskins, Jared Conley
Video of Belize, Central America
URI students filmed a large amount of video footage in Belize, Central America, during a summer 2010 Study Abroad course. The filming locations consist of tropical rainforest, large caves, Maya festivals, documenting a team of volunteer doctors & nurses working in remote villages, & coral reef habitats.
Faculty: Roy Bergstrom
Department: Film/Media
Students: Justin Murphy
Video of a Presentation
One 50-min video of a presentation needs to be edited & then copied to DVDs for distribution to benefactors. Also make available via web.
Faculty: Dr. Scott McWilliams
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci
3D Center at URI
We just received a Champlin Foundations’ grant on “3D Center at URI.” This grant will help create a facility where students & faculty can create models, animate, view in 3D & print them for closer inspection. Students will team up with faculty to create teaching animations. To set up the facility we will need to develop a dedicated website, research 3D items, & deal with a wide range initial logistics.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Ch
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Nathan Haskins
Excellence in K-8 Science Instruction
The Guiding Education in Math & Science Network is developing a documentary to demonstrate the excellence in K-8 science instruction occurring in 8 RI districts. It will inform on the importance of a strong partnership between the university & local school districts & showcase best practice strategies implemented systemically through EDC457 science methods & continued science professional development sessions
Faculty: Sally Beauman, Sara Sweetman
Department: NFS EPSCoR & GEMS-Net School of Education
Students: Justin Murphy
Basic Kinetic Laws of Physics
Animate basic kinetic laws of physics e.g. friction, gravity, & centrifugal force. A final review in the form of a 3D animation created with Maya. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Leonard Kahn
Department: Physics
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci
Anti-Cancer Drug Gleevec
A 3D animation on resistance of the powerful anti-cancer drug Gleevec. Show how Gleevec binds to the ATP binding site of the wide type kinase enzyme and how mutation of single amino acid in the active site alters the drug binding affinity, leading to resistance.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Lena Kim
Anti-Cancer Drug Iressa
A 3D animation on the resistance of the powerful anti-cancer drug Iressa. Shows how Iressa binds to the ATP binding site in the wide type kinase enzyme; how the binding geometry of Iressa in the active site is aided by amino acids & water molecule; how single amino acid mutation induces resistance. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Sean Gilman
How Luciferases Light Up
A 3D animation that describes how luciferases light up at the molecular lever & how color changes, depending on the chemical nature of amino acids in the active site of the enzyme. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Seun Sulaimon, Stephen Norris
Molecule Shapes in 3D
Research and develop protocols to project animations & molecule shapes in 3D on a 3D TV & 3D projector.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Stephen Norris
3D printers Comparison
3D animation comparing 3D printers at URI (powder based, ABS) will be created. The animation will show the process behind how each machine produces 3D parts, as well as examples of parts printed on each machine.
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Jeff Reinker, Stephen Norris
“Green Eating Project”
“Green Eating Project”: Teach students about sustainability & food consumption through PowerPoint modules. Modules will be administered via SAKAI in addition to the corresponding stage-tailored messages that will be administered to students.
Faculty: Dr. Geoff Greene
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Tim Burbank, Alex Poster
cross the bipolar membrane
Develop a 3D game demonstrating how proteins cross the bipolar membrane using a simple single pass protein such as integrin, as well as a more complex protein such as rhodopsin. The membrane contained both phospholipids and cholesterol, and showed the movement of molecules in the fluid bilayer.
Faculty: Joanna Norris
Department: Biological Sciences
Students: Stephen Norris
3D Cisplatin Model
Convert the 2D model of the anti-cancer drug, cisplatin, into a 3D model. It’s to be viewed using 3D projection and 3D glasses. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Stephen Norris
Environmental Health of the Chafee Social Center
STAs produced 3D animations for a documentary titled ”Sick Building”. The 56-minute film looks closely at the environmental health of the Chafee Social Center. The film explores a range of issues, including the PCB shutdown of 2000 and the 4 Asbestos abatements, from 1990-2011.
Faculty: Kendall Moore
Department: Journalism
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci
Greenhouse Effect
Animate and narrate the physical processes responsible for the greenhouse effect. Show how infrared radiation emitted from Earth excites CO2 molecules. The CO2 molecules re-emit radiation, exciting other CO2 molecules, circulating through the atmosphere. Eventually the radiation escapes into space.
Faculty: Dr. James Opaluch
Department: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci
Nonviolence Training in Nepal
Film videos of varying length of the Alternative Spring Break Nonviolence Training in Nepal. This project will be used for informational and promotional purposes, as well as in PSY478.
Faculty: Paul Bueno de Mesquita
Department: Psychology/Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci
Geodetic Survey Locations
Produce 2 short (3-5 mins each), web-delivered instructional videos on (1) RTK surveying backbone geodetic survey locations in coastal National parks, & (2) installation of a permanent, stable, backbone monument. Watch the video!
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Faculty: Dr. Peter V. August
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Shelby Southworth
STA Website Redesign
Convert STA example pages from Dreamweaver to the new WordPress website to avoid pointing to old pages/bad info.
Faculty: Mary Jane Palm
Department: Media & Technology Service
Students: Jared Conley
Straights of Gibraltar
The 3D animation will illustrate how the water from the Atlantic Ocean & the Mediterranean Sea interact at the Straights of Gibraltar.
Faculty: Dr. Robert Thompson
Department: Marine Affairs
Students: Jared Conley, James Chung, Timothy Tierney
International Nonviolence Summer Institute
Videotape relevant training sessions at the International Nonviolence Summer Institute to be used as online training materials for PSY478 and international participants. Learn about the institute!
Faculty: Dr. Paul Bueno de Mesquita
Department: Psychology
Students: Bob Klein, Zachary Harrington, Marco Petrarca, Jeremy Vessella
Prescription Drug Abuse
Use Maya and After Effects to create animations illustrating how prescription drugs can be knowingly or unknowingly abused (e.g. drugs to treat ADD). This project was made in collaboration with the East Greenwich police department. Watch the animation!
Faculty: Jayne Pawasauskas and Kelly Matson
Department: Pharmacy
Students: Ian Weininger
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Designer Foods
This project produced innovative approaches to using technology to advance student learning. STA students developed an interactive website that was created to evaluate undergraduate student eating behaviors. Students also built interactive 3D animations.
Faculty: Dr. Geoffrey Greene
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Zachary Harrington, Marco Petrarca, Jeremy Vessella
RI Water Quality Status
Students in HPR 326 worked in groups of 3 or 4 to create short videos (3-4 minutes), presentations and print materials to inform a lake-side community group in Rhode Island about the water quality status of their lake. Watch the videos! 1 | 2 | 3 Learn how to offer this student assignment model to your students next semester!
Faculty: Dr. Jose Amador
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Steven Matthews
Branding Animation
Use storyboard to create ITS (Information Technology Services) branding animation for an HD video.
Faculty: Mary Jane Palm
Department: Media & Technology Services
Students: Jeffrey Ferrucci, Tim Tierny
Great Lakes Passive Sampling Project
Create an instructional video that shows volunteers how to set up samplers for the Great Lakes Passive Sampling project, an environmental monitoring campaign run by the Lohmann Lab at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. The video will be posted on the Lohmann Lab website for recruiting, training, and awareness purposes.
Faculty: Judith Swift
Department: Honors Program
Students: Christian Renzi, Kyle Sidlik, Brian Shott
New England Cottontail
Completed two videos on the habitats, distribution, conservation, and genetics of the New England cottontail rabbit. Watch the video!
Learn about the New England Cottontail Rabbit!
Faculty: Dr. Tom Husband
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Matthew Bessette, Jeffrey Ferrara, Zachary Harrington, Bob Klein, Marco Petrarca, Christian Renzi, Jeremy Vessella
Cape Verde Video
Produce a short video documenting shared cultural experiences in Rhode Island and Cape Verde.
Faculty: Earl Smith
Department: Africana Studies
Students: Bob Klein, Ryan Gilman, Jeffrey Ferrara
Obesity Program
STAs worked with pediatricians, nutritionists, and community groups to produce several videos designed to enable adolescents and their families to make more informed decisions concerning a healthier diet and active lifestyle.
Faculty: Furong Xu
Department: Kinesiology
Students: Bob Klein, Ryan Gilman, Jeffrey Ferrara
Summer Freedom Fighter
Record series of two person interviews for Summer Freedom Fighter 50th Anniversary. Interviewees: Gloria Clark, Thomas Gardner, John Pratt, John Shetterly, David Trimble, Norman Zalkind. Watch the Interviews!
Faculty: Rob Widell, Melvin Wade
Department: History
Students: Aiden Ettlinger, Christian Renzi, Brian Shott, Kyle Sidlik
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George Washington Video
Edit existing video footage at the birthplace of George Washington in Virginia.
Faculty: Dr. Rod Mather
Department: History
Students: Christian Renzi
URI Watershed Watch
NRS students will be documenting their field experiences & lab techniques. Students/URI Watershed Watch volunteers will submit data to a database. Assist with pre/post-production filming tasks & create online data entry capabilities.
Faculty: Linda Green, Arthur Gold, Elizabeth Herron
Department: Natural Resources Science
Students: Matthew Bessette, Christian Renzi, Jeremy Vessella
Teaching Labs
Videotape professor/experienced TA leading first lab of the week. Video will be used by future TAs to teach best practices in teaching labs. Video will also be used for review by ~880 students taking the course in the fall.
Faculty: Dr. Linda Forrester
Department: Biological Sciences
Students: Kyle Sidlik
Teacher Evaluation
Develop materials for teacher evaluation & demonstrating best practice teaching strategies aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards & current NSF research. Video, pre/post prod, web dev, & 3D modeling/animations.
Faculty: Dr. Sara Sweetman
Department: GEMS-Net Dir
Students: Matthew Bessette, Reid Boehm, Cody Richards, Kyle Sidlik, Jeremy Vessella
STEM Education
On location filming of science teachers to record & demonstrate best practices in STEM education.
Faculty: Dr. Sara Sweetman
Department: GEMS-Net Dir
Students: Kyle Sidlik
Coastal Zone Management
Create videos and visualizations of oceanographic processes, marine environments, and how they relate to human societies. Document students enrolled in an international seminar on integrated coastal zone management.
Faculty: Dr. Robert Thompson
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Reid Boehm, Deirdre Dwyer
Cancer Fighting Drugs
Produced videos of URI pharmacy students creating computer generated 3D models (e.g. cancer fighting drugs and the Zika virus) and reproducing them on a 3D printer. Watch the videos! 1 | 2 | 3
Faculty: Dr. Bongsup Cho
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Steven Mathews
Health Risk Screenings
Create/adapt existing database & web infrastructure to work with newly developed API (Application Programming Interface) designed to collect and manage data associated with initial health risk screenings.
Faculty: Dr. Geoff Greene
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Matthew Bessette, Cody Richards, Christian Renzi, Jeremy Vessella
Climate Change Video
Create three 3-5 minute videos for the classroom regarding nitrogen cycling in marshes & how it relates to climate change. Watch the video!
Faculty: Dr. Jason Kolbe
Department: Biological Sciences
Students: Reid Boehm, Kyle Sidlik
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Civil Rights Movement
Film 3 presentations given by one of the founders of the Black Panther Party, Mr. Bobby Seale. Students will review the videos to better understand the Black Panther Party’s role in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement.
Faculty: Earl Smith
Department: Africana Studies
Students: Reid Boehm, Kyle Sidlik, Christian Renzi
Nursing/Pharmacology Course
Develop an online version of the nursing/pharmacology course, BPS 333. The project involves website/database development, video pre-production/post-production, 2D & 3D animations, simulations, & Camtasia videos.
Faculty: Dr. Clinton Chichester
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Matthew Bessette, Cody Richards, Christian Renzi, Jeremy Vessella
Proper Citation
STA students will produce 4 videos demonstrating best practices regarding research methods and proper citation.
Faculty: Earl Smith
Department: Africana Studies
Students: Reid Boehm, James Chung
Human Trafficking Video
Produce a video on human trafficking. Students enrolled in Fall 2013-Spring 2015 GWS 370, GWS 401 courses will participate in the research and content acquisition for this project.
Faculty: Dr. Donna Hughes
Department: Gender & Women’s Studies
Students: Reid Boehm, Deirdre Dwyer
Music Application
Create a music application that allows URI music education students to assess their elementary school students’ understanding of pitch and rhythmic elements.
Faculty: Audrey Cardany
Department: Music
Students: Matthew Bessette, Jeffrey Martinez, Christian Moua, Cody Richards, Alex Syhabouth, Monirath Phay, & Jeremy Vessella
Survey of Student Engagement
Create videos in support of the National Survey of Student Engagement, institution wide assessment initiative. Watch the videos! 1 | 2
Faculty: Elaine Finan, Assistant Director, SLOAA
Department: Student Learning, Outcomes Assessment, & Accreditation
Students: Brian Shott, Jacob Klinger
Nursing Videos
Create an orientation video for students new to the Nursing Program.
Faculty: Sandra Basley and Kristine Springett
Department: Nursing
Students: Hans Stuting
Computer Science
Create several videos for in-person and online computer science courses.
Faculty: Dr. Fay Wolfe
Department: Computer Science
Students: Reid Boehm, Luke Cheever, Jeffrey Martinez, Johnny Nguyen, Prinyavong Phongsavan
Commercial Pattern Archive
Created several videos describing the history and contemporary value of the CoPa database.
Faculty: Joy Emery, Dr. Linda Welters
Department: Theatre and Textiles, Fashion Merch & Design
Students: Hans Stuting, Reid Boehm
Palliative Care Videos
Create several videos describing palliative care and the importance of palliative care within Rhode Island’s public Health system.
Faculty: Dr. Amanda Chichester, Dr. Clinton Chichester
Department: College of Pharmacy
Students: Reid Boehm ,Matthew Meigs, Hans Stuting
Critical Thinking Site
Added new features to the critical thinking site, by adding new questions through the database and involved Patrick facilitating the instruction of the database to other STA students.
Faculty: Geoffrey Greene
Department: Nutrition & Food Sciences
Students: Patrick Feeney, Jeffrey Martinez, Johnny Nguyen, Jenna Bouchard
Rhino Terrain software
12 week internship focused on learning and working with Rhino and Rhino Terrain software to create 3D models of Little Compton, RI. The purpose of designing these models was to further study the impacts of climate change and sea level rise to assist in the greater development of a resiliency plan for the community.
Faculty: Angelo Simeoni
Department: Landscape Architecture
Students: Phillip Pasco, Meghan Donahoe
JMeter Use
STA’s were tasked to learn the functional tools of JMeter and to use JMeter in order to do load testing on URI’s websites to test various scenarios.
Faculty: Chi Shen
Department: Information Technology Services
Students: Johnny Nguyen, Jenna Bouchard, Heather Bruno
3D Models
Convert scientific datasets of upper Narragansett Bay into 3D models. The 3D models will serve as tools to visualize the potential effects of a 100 year storm surge. (Continuation of 2017)
Faculty: Austin Becker
Department: College of Environmental and Life Sciences
Students: Jenna Bouchard, James Chen, Philip Ng Kong, Johnny Nguyen, Jeffrey Martinez, Jason Vessella
Organic Medicinal Plant Farm
Post production editing footage filmed in Belize, CA. The footage is of an organic medicinal plant farm and the preparation and application of traditional medicines.
Faculty: Medicine Man
Department: College of Pharmacy
Students: Connor Steere
Eco Agents
Pre and post production video project. STA will create a video titled Eco Agents. The goal of the Eco Agents project is empowering families to take community level action to protect rainforests.
Faculty: Sara Sweetman, Roger Williams Zoo
Department: School of Education/ CEPS
Students: STA supervisor and STA Christian Amante
Human Rights Honors Course
Digital video group projects for human rights honors course
Faculty: Jessica Frazier
Department: CELS, Marine Affairs
Students: Sarah Angeloni, Christian Amante, Matthew Meigs, Ariel Wesly
Marine Affairs
Assist with production of videos for Marine Affairs senior capstone course.
Faculty: Austin Becker
Department: CELS, Marine Affairs
Students: Sarah Angeloni, Christian Amante, Matthew Meigs, Ariel Wesly
Build Your Avatar
Design a “build your avatar” Digital program that would help us assess the students understanding of what a scientist is/ could be.
Faculty: Sara Sweetman
Department: School of Education/ CEPS
Students: Jacob Silva
Online Course Development
Develop an online version of the nursing/pharmacology course, BPS 333. The project involves website/database development, video pre-production/post-production, 2D & 3D animations, simulations, & Camtasia videos.
Faculty: Dr. Clinton Chichester
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students: Matthew Bessette, Cody Richards, Christian Renzi, Jeremy Vessella
Digital Humanities Materials
Create videos and online materials for Africana Studies/Art and Art History/Nursing/Political Science courses.
Faculty: Earl Smith
Department: Africana Studies/Art and Art History/Nursing/Political Science
Shipwreck Modeling
Turn multi-angle still images of a shipwreck into a single composted image, and then transform the image into a 3D Model
Faculty: Dr. Ian Mather
Department: History
Students: Joshua Bromberg, Luke Cheever, Elliot Engelman, Johnny Nguyen, Lindsay Pisapio, Jason Vessella
Storm Surge Modeling
Build a 3D model of upper Narragansett bay and use the 3D models to visualize the potential effects of a 100 year storm surge
Faculty: Dr. Austin Becker
Department: College of Environmental and Life Sciences
Students: Joshua Bromberg, Luke Cheever, Phannarith Chuk, Elliot Engelman, Jeffrey Martinez, Johnny Nguyen, Prinyavong Phongsavan, Lindsay Pisapio, Jason Vessella