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Firebird
(2025-04-01) Allen, Justin D.
Firebird, Justin’s most recent work, confronts the fallibility of memory and the deeply human behaviors caused by the loss of a loved one. In this case, the work finds an entry point to talk about these themes through the loss of Justin’s dad to melanoma in 2009. The work examines how the ripple of his dad’s life continues to reach out in curious and unexpected ways. Using an unlikely entry point (the scientific study of the cosmos) and a playful sense of humor, Justin begins to unravel what happens to the mind and body when it encounters such heavy loss. From this central point, the work expands in many directions and asks questions such as: What stories are we supposed to tell about our loved ones who have passed? What is the role of our loved ones' possessions after they've gone? Why does loss feel so different to every person? What does it mean to carry on a "legacy"?
The Lake Freighter (2025-04-30)
(2025-04-30) University of Minnesota Duluth. The Lake Freighter (U.S.S. News)
The Final Victims of the Great War A Comparative Analysis of Soldier Suicides of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and Their Male Siblings
(2025) Muhumed, Nejma; Neuville, Marek
World War I was a highly traumatic war for everyone involved. Many soldiers would later suffer poor mental health, taking their own lives. Using a sample of World War I soldiers who committed suicide, we searched for their brothers who served in the same war. Comparing their life histories, we were able to determine any significant differences.
Application of Active Knit Actuators to Climate Adaptive Building Shells
(2025-05-01) Perez, Wincy Gerard; Liu, Xin-Ting; Srivastava, Malini; Holschuh, Brad
Climate-adaptive building shells (CABS) utilize smart materials in order to respond to the changing, outside environment and reduce the loads used to cool/heat the building. In this research, nitinol, or shape memory alloy, is explored as a potential material for the CABS concept as it possesses the unique quality to remember its “austenite” form through heating. Various sizes of nitinol samples were developed in order to observe the tensions produced by the ambient heating as well as qualitative changes. Noted behaviors were then translated into a parametric model that resembles the basic shape and behaviors of a nitinol knit assembly.
Minnesota Crookston Hockey Heads on the Road to Bethel Friday and Saturday
(University of Minnesota Crookston, 2022-10-31) Smith, Shawn D.