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Item Right here / over there(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2018) Rudolph, Kelsie; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Josh DeWeeseI am curious to find the places where all of humanity fundamentally overlaps, whether that is through feelings or objects or both. Through an elongated process of sensory observation, we can retain this knowledge for the long-term. Here there is more time and room to search for commonalities across cultural and social systems. Finding commonalities between myself and the people, places and objects I interact with is grounding. These experiences provide me with the emotionally loaded act of feeling. The objects within the exhibition are an abstract visualization of an inner presence experienced in my own search for commonalities between various cultural systems, human interaction, and material complexities.Item Experimental cinema and embodiment in nature-based video installations(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2017) Mullen, Catherine Mary; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Cindy StillwellNonfiction filmmakers have a variety of different approaches they can take to produce science and nature based documentaries. In my paper, I focus on a slow, experimental style of filming and editing. I stress that by using these techniques when it comes to films with the environment or animals as subject matter, filmmakers can stimulate the senses within the audience to garner a greater intellectual connection between viewer and film. I analyze 13 Lakes (2004) by James Benning and Landscape (for Manon) (1987) by Peter Hutton to illuminate specific slow, experimental techniques that also appear in my thesis film Birding Blind (2017), a three-channel video installation.Item Towards a phenomena-oriented architecture(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2010) Baggett, Neal Stuart; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christopher LivingstonArchitecture's focus on the visual faculty omits potential dialogue with the tactile, auditory and proprioceptive ones. We have become a culture encouraged to live in that visual sense. The question is if Architecture can begin to engage the body and the sense for the user to have a more robust and fulfilling experience. This thesis rekindles dialogue with all sense perceptions with an architecture that engages the varying aspects of the built environment: texture, relationship and scale.Item Using the penalty immersed boundary method to model the interaction between filiform hairs of crickets(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2011) Gordon, Eric Duane; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jeffrey HeysFluid-structure interactions are important in a wide range of applications and, due to their complexity, need extensive experimental and computational research. One such example comes from crickets, which have evolutionarily developed an excellent micro-air-flow sensory system. Understanding principles of the cricket' micro-air-flow sensor will help design and manufacture artificial sensors. This thesis focuses on improving and validating a Penalty Immersed Boundary (PIB) model of the cricket sensory system, which consists of hundreds of filiform hairs. Previous efforts by others have modeled the filiform hair as a rigid inverted pendulum. Advantages to the PIB approach over previous models include a flexible fluid solver (previous models used an idealized, analytical flow field), the filiform hairs are not required to be completely rigid, and, most importantly, the entire cerci and all the filiform hairs can be modeled. The first goal was to improve the precision and accuracy of modeling a single filiform hair by adjusting model parameters so that the model predictions more accurately fit experimental data. A second goal was to model a portion of a full cercus based on filiform hair data from a real cricket and use the model to determine the interactions occurring between multiple hairs and identify any evolutionary optimization of the cercal system.Item Pleasure and nutrient considerations in the household demand for food(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1989) DeVito, Aleja Jane Haynie; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jeffrey T. LaFrance; Bruce Beattie (co-chair)When considering consumer demand for food, there are two important components: pleasure and nutrient content. It has been recognized that households consume food for the pleasure obtained through taste, odor, and appearance of the food. With increasing awareness about proper nutrition and good health, a second element in consumer demand is added. This study was designed to answer the question: In what ways do pleasure and nutrient content affect consumer food demand? Since the components associated with pleasure and nutrient content of food are somewhat indistinguishable from utility, the assumption that they are linearly related to utility allows household production theory to be used. From household production theory, demand functions for food items and nutrient content can be deduced. Model variables include individual food quantities, prices associated with the food items, nutrients available, shadow prices associated with the nutrients, average age of the population, and expenditures on non-food items. Ideally, a full model which incorporates both pleasure and nutrient content should be compared to more simplified sub-models. The two sub-models developed in this study provide empirical evidence supporting the idea that both pleasure and nutrient content of food are important in household consumption. Since estimation of a full model was beyond the scope of this study, only the results of the two sub-models were obtained. The overall results of both models were strong in some areas and weak in others. Of the four demand properties discussed, the "pleasure" sub model did a reasonable job in terms of logical and significant cross-price, income, and average age effects. The strong points of the "nutrient" sub-model were represented in the own-price and income effects. The research presents evidence that effective food policy must take into account both nutrient and pleasure considerations in household food choice decisions. The results of this study represent an important first step in developing a comprehensive framework and reliable estimates of the household demand for food.Item Connections through natural perceptions(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2009) Schroeder, Stephanie Ann; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Zuzanna Karczewska; Tad Bradley (co-chair)I believe that through sensory connection to our natural surroundings we will reinvigorate a deeper connection with ourselves and to the environment. Architecture could become the medium to create that connection as well as the physical manifestation of our understanding of existence and of time, which facilitates this connection. This thesis seeks an understanding of self and place through our sensory connection to nature. In our modern world, we are presented with a growing amount of synthetic and manufactured surroundings that are designed to be perceived through sight, while sound, smell, taste and touch are considered secondary senses, and experiential quality is not inherent. Our society is moving farther away from a connection to nature and a connection to the earth. I believe that through sensory connection to our natural surroundings we will reinvigorate a deeper connection with ourselves and to the environment. This thesis is exploring how nature is the medium for a deeper connection and understanding of ourselves, who we are, and how we interact with the environment through sensory perception. Natural materials and practices are being replaced with synthetics, which lack the cyclical nature and life of natural materials. Machine-made products lack the ability to connect on a humanistic level due to their perpetual state of youth. "We are increasingly detaching ourselves from 'organic and functional periodicity' which is dictated by nature, and replacing it by 'mechanical periodicity' which is dictated by the schedule, the calendar, and the clock."³ These fabricated objects intensify the isolated state of man from the natural world through their constant neglect of the senses and disregard for the energies intrinsic in natural materials. It is my belief that to be able to live meaningful and impassioned lives, we must become more aware of fabricated surroundings, and return to natural environment from which we came. By refocusing on natural processes and materials in the built environment, man can reawaken the relationship we have with nature. I believe that through understanding our surrounding's impact, we can connect with not only ourselves, but the environment.