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DescriptionSafeBites is a gluten free, nut free and vegan bakery with the mission of providing effected students on ASU's campuses with baked goods they know that they can safely consume.
ContributorsReiser, William (Author) / Flister, Carly (Co-author) / Hoberman, Sadie (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Howell, Travis (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2025-05
DescriptionSafeBites is a vegan, gluten-free, nut-free bakery for students who live on ASU campus's and do not have easy access to safe, healthy baked good.
ContributorsFlister, Carly (Author) / Reiser, William (Co-author) / Hoberman, Sadie (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Howell, Travis (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / WPC Graduate Programs (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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This thesis explores new design possibilities for the streetwear brand, Lonely Ghost, by delving into the core aspects of loneliness. By defining loneliness and examining its causes, effects, and potential solutions, this study provides a deeper understanding of its impact as a global issue. Loneliness serves as a tool for humans, alerting us to dig deeper, connect more, and self reflect. Additionally, by analyzing the facets of fashion, this research highlights how clothing can serve as a tool to mitigate loneliness and its physical and mental effects. Fashion is a medium for storytelling, self expression, and connection.
ContributorsChmielewski, Ava (Author) / Ju, Yang Soon (Thesis director) / Kosak, Jessica (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / ASU FIDM (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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The perfect anti-cheat software for a first person shooter that balances protecting user privacy and effective cheat detection in a modern age where dishonest methods of gameplay are rampant within competitive games. By utilizing the inherent protections servers have against third party attacks, by removing the software off of the client, all of the detection methods are placed in an external area, where cheaters are determined by behavior that is tracked through statistical trackers placed in the game. By measuring multiple key features including Illegal Trace Time, Trigger Time, and Mouse Flick Speed. Each of these measured attributes relate to commonly used cheats in first person shooters, which is the target for this anti-cheat machine learning model. By gathering a wide range of statistics and figuring out the average player’s statistics, it would be possible to determine if a player is using external programs to gain an unfair advantage.
ContributorsKim, James (Author) / Kobayashi, Yoshihiro (Thesis director) / Baek, Jaejong (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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Arizona throws away $9.5 billion worth of food every year, ranking as the worst in the nation for food waste generation (Ardoin). The City of Phoenix has begun to address these alarming statistics by implementing small-scale diversion strategies such as food donation programs and nutrient recovery facilities. To achieve zero waste diversion goals by 2050, Phoenix has turned to a decentralized, community-driven strategy. The city’s approach over the next five years is crucial to increasing diversion strategies and identifying the best opportunities to redirect food away from the garbage. This thesis project aims to address the question: What are the key collaboration gaps in Phoenix’s food waste ecosystem?
ContributorsKaranjia, Neha (Author) / Dooley, Kevin (Thesis director) / Printezis, Antonios (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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Cognitive functioning is a hallmark deficit for people with Down syndrome (DS) affecting many aspects of daily living. Early intervention in children with DS is crucial to improve their quality of life as early as possible. The aim of this study is to determine if Assisted Cycling Therapy (ACT) has positive effects on cognitive functions in children with DS. Change in cognitive functioning is measured using tests for reaction time and problem solving over an eight week intervention. All eleven participants in the study were assigned to complete the ACT intervention, riding a stationary bicycle with mechanical motor assistance to maintain a cadence at least 35% greater than their voluntary cycling speed. The results of this study showed that information processing and problem solving improved following the eight week ACT intervention. The results of this study are discussed with respect to the upward regulation of neurotrophic factors involved in improved cognitive functioning within the prefrontal cortex following the ACT intervention.
ContributorsKraemer, Andrew (Author) / Ringenbach, Shannon (Thesis director) / Ofori, Edward (Committee member) / Rand, Miya (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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The following addresses the challenge of effectively connecting mentors with student-run ventures at Arizona State University (ASU). Based on observations and interviews conducted with project sponsor Dr. Byrne and other mentors, the existing informal, referral based approach is inefficient, meaning that potential mentorship opportunities were lost.
To streamline the process, a web platform was developed. This site enables ventures to create structured profiles highlighting concise value propositions and other key indicators, empowering mentors to proactively identify suitable ventures. The technical implementation utilized Next.js for the frontend, Firebase and Firestore for the authentication and storage, and TailwindUI for styling. The result is a user friendly and scalable minimal viable product.
ContributorsMulderink, Matthew (Author) / Osburn, Steven (Thesis director) / Byrne, Jared (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor) / Tech Entrepreneurship & Mgmt (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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Traditional forms of news distribution are rapidly dying out. Newspaper revenue continues to decline, while internet alternatives, accurate or otherwise, gain traction. One of the fastest growing forms of "new media" is the podcast. Everyone from comedians to organizations like National Public Radio is launching their own, and they are increasingly becoming legitimate sources of income when supplemented with advertising. Video podcasts have also exploded into the mainstream, generating millions of views on platforms like YouTube. However, it is rare to find a video podcast series with one journalist and a guest, and even less common for a show to be hosted by a college student. The "Tell it Like it is" video podcast is an attempt at bringing college journalists into the world of video podcasting. It examines the extent to which a single person can have a successful podcast while in college and what resources are necessary for the task. The following paper contains the history of podcasting, its growth in the 21st century, the inspiration for this project, an in-depth description and background of each episode, challenges, successes, future endeavors, and a conclusion. An accompanying website serves as the headquarters for the five-part video podcast series. The website also hosts additional information about the subjects and their careers. All episodes have been uploaded to YouTube.
ContributorsDowd, Kyle Christopher (Author) / Knudson, Syleste (Thesis director) / Sandoval, Mathew (Committee member) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Comm (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
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HandMeDowns is a student-led platform that aims to support student entrepreneurs and sustainability through the exchange of goods and addresses the safety concerns students face when selling and buying products on other websites or platforms. Our mission is to build a sustainable and safe platform that empowers students to reduce waste and exchange goods within their campus community.
ContributorsMcDaniel, Hasley (Author) / Dubey, Mika (Co-author) / Kostic, Nadia (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Lee, Christopher (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Comm (Contributor)
Created2025-05
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In 1996, I was born to two Filipino immigrants in El Paso, Texas. At the time, my father was in the process of completing his residency at the University of Texas, working strenuous 16-hour days almost every day as a fledgling resident physician. My mother was a full-time nurse then, working nightshifts to give her the freedom to tend to me during the day while my father was in training. Prior to their immigration to the United States under working visas in 1994, both of my parents came from families whose livelihood depended on agriculture. For my father, it was fishing, raising livestock, and tending to rice fields in a village called Siaton; for my mother, it was sugar cane processing and a family business of selling pigs in a town called Bogo. Despite facing many ups and downs along the way, these family occupations afforded my parents the opportunity to attend school from elementary to higher education. They eventually decided to pursue jobs in the health care industry so that they could immigrate to the United States, send money back to their loved ones in the Philippines, and provide a better life for the family they intended to start together.
ContributorsJumalon, Nikka Victoria (Author) / Shockley, Gordon (Thesis director) / White, Adrienne (Committee member) / School of Film, Dance and Theatre (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2020-05