Browse Exhibits (41 total)

In the fall of 2022, we worked with Wes Del Elementary school to expand to a rural community and added the addition of Spanish students referred by Adam Ballart to come to read the Henry Gets Moving book in Spanish after the students read the book in English. This was the first time we were able to do this. Starting in the fall of 2022-spring of 2023, the computer science students and I have been meeting monthly on the development of the Henry Gets Moving.org website. The students have made a great deal of progress thus far, getting the website started, and working on the administrative side as well so it can be maintained once they graduate. The website includes both exercises and healthy recipes, a games tab, a way to track exercise and more. We have been asked to return to Pleasant View Elementary School in April of 2023. 

This immersive learning project breaks from a traditional siloed teacher education approach to establish a more coordinated and collaborative experience for prospective mathematics teachers. Specifically, this project seeks to coordinate MATH 393 (Math Department in CSH) and EDJH 385 (Educational Studies Department in Teachers College) in partnership with Northside Middle School within Muncie Community Schools.

Interior Design students learn knowledge of sustainable principles in the classroom. This project introduced building energy assessment tools to analyze and evaluate energy consumption and interior materials as they explore materials and finishes available to interior designers and ways that they can be combined into construction assemblies. By applying this knowledge in the community, students had better opportunities to measure building energy and to apply better interior materials as future interior designers.

Students in an introductory game design course collaborated with Minnetrista to create original games. These games are based on the themes and mission of Minnetrista. Our main contact at Minnetrista was George Buss, Vice President of Visitor Experience. The faculty mentor was Paul Gestwicki, Professor of Computer Science. Students involved in the project include Jared Bowman, Ethan Crump, Lyle Dotson, Andrew Dudelston, Andrew Everage-Scheible, Ryland Fields, justyn Fox, Victoria Granger, Heather Hackney, Micah Harker, Jeffrey Harmon, Adam Howard, Jadi Miller, Joseph Moon, Weslee Nelson, Tommy Nguyen, Brian Raymond, Kristen Rebuck, Wendall Roberts, Corey Sistrunk, Robin Walma, Kc Weaver, Brooke Wright, and Connor Yeager.

Partnering with local schools, the Computer Science for Muncie (and Surrounding) Schools (CS4MS+) project team researched, developed, curated, and delivered instructional resources which incorporate Computer Science (CS) into educational offerings, with a focus on the Indiana CS academic standards, and worked to advance teachers’ understanding of CS and/or interact with their students as a teaching assistant. Although CS student-focused, an interdisciplinary project team was sought, with another project focus being to expose underrepresented minorities and females to CS. When Indiana introduced CS into their academic standards, CS4MS+ was created to support local teachers in this endeavor.

The Conservation Tales team is developing two books about Corals and Coral Reef Ecosystems, with versions in both English and Spanish. The team is also creating a short documentary video about coral reef restoration.

Sociology Capstone students conducted focus groups, interviews, and surveys with court leadership, the support team, and program participants in order to obtain data documenting the courts' success in meeting the 10 Key Components.  This year serves as a baseline and two additional cycles of data will be gathered before the courts' final reaccreditation review in 2025.

During fall 2022, SP305 (Spanish Grammar for Heritage Speakers) students and Isabel Vazquez-Rowe (graduate student in Creative Writing), and Diana Martínez (a former SP305 student) partnered with Warsaw Community Schools (WCS) and developed mentoring partnerships with their heritage students of Spanish. Under the direction of Professor Chin-Sook Pak, the group aimed to promote maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language and to support Hispanic youths in their pathway to college. 

iMADE projects are a direct application of a regionaly specific “design-through-production” process deploying digital design and fabrication techniques, enabling students, in concert with established industry partners in the region, to prototype and assemble customized full-scale design solutions in conjunction with community partnerships. Working with donations of time, equipment, and materials from industry partners (Midwest Metals, Ecovantage, the Indiana DNR, and more), students innovated and realized built work for established community partners such as Minnetrista, MadJax, and the City of Muncie. 

The Youth Opportunity Center's (YOC) fund accounting system is inefficient, requiring additional funds that should be reallocated for youth services. Thorough research was done to develop a root cause, the technical and operational feasibility, risks analysis, and system requirements. These, along with a Multiple Criterion Decision Analysis (MCDA) chart, were used to determine the optimal solution. The optimal solution is ninety-percent cheaper than the current software in use. It provides a friendly user interface, efficiency within the processes, and ease of paying bills with a direct connection to their bank account. Saving ninety percent of the cost of their accounting system will allow for funds to be used for other programs within the YOC. The programs that will be directly benefited are community-based counseling and evaluation, residential programs, and detention programs. Overall, the optimal solution will benefit the troubled youth and families of Muncie, Indiana.

We are working with the 8twelve Coalition to produce marketing and communications materials for the coalition as well as its community partners, including the Boys and Girls Club, Rosebud Cafe, Muncie Public Libraries (specifically the Maring-Hunt location), Southview Elementary, and the Ross Community Center.

We use the word "home" in a variety of ways, including the American Dream of being a "homeowner".  This is usually in connection with owning a house.  However, a rental apartment can also be a "home".  Students in PMGT 400 Housing & Society are working with the Multifamily Matters radio show to create a podcast...sharing background information, industry issues, and industry solutions. Their goal is to create a more positive perception of the apartment industry, as a great place to live and a great place to work.

A group of undergraduate Ball State students in a year-long immersive learning class (HSC 301/302) sought to understand people's attitudes, knowledge, and level of support for harm reduction strategies for substance use disorders in Muncie, Indiana.

We have been working with Orchard Software in Carmel, IN to help protect sensitive medical records within their company. The company’s problem is they do not need industry standards for protecting sensitive medical data. We are approaching the project by helping implement a new system that will flag, protect and save sensitive data within Orchard Software. We have found that protecting sensitive medical data is important within any business because it not only involves the employees, but clients as well. We have been working closely with them the past two semesters to find the best possible solution for them.

This project will create a new sensory hub for children with autism in two public schools. These sensory hubs help students with autism recover from sensory stressors and enables them to return to the classroom. Students enrolled in IDES 320, Furniture Design, will design the hubs and create pieces to improve the physical and behavioral aspects of the classrooms. The Sensory Wellbeing Hub will help students recover from sensory stressors and then return to the daily activities in the classroom, ready to learn.

This past year on the project, from summer 2022 to spring 2023, we have been working on the development of the design of The Alley House, a net zero energy, high performance, sustainable, affordable two-family dwelling for the Near Eastside of Indianapolis. Construction began in October 2022 and students have been a part of this process working with sub-contractors, detailing elements like the stair screen and rail details, built-ins, and building all components of the kitchen cabinetry as well as the media wall and work space. Making decisions on everything from the insulation in the wall cavity to the paint color on the cladding has been an intense process, especially as we meet our goals of high performance, sustainability, and affordability

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