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The Honors project is potentially the most valuable component of an Honors education. Typically Honors students choose to do their projects in their area of study, but some will pick a topic of interest unrelated to their major.
The Honors Program requires that the project be presented at a poster presentation event. Poster presentations are held each semester. Most students present during their senior year, but may do so earlier if their honors project has been completed.
This site presents project descriptions and selected posters for Honors projects completed since the Fall 2015 semester.
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Abstract
We inhabit the floor of an ocean of air, but we hardly think about the changes that occur within this medium day to day. This installation is a three-dimensional manifestation of the changes that occur in the atmosphere. The proposal is a map of barometric pressure and accumulated precipitation, visualized through a grid of paint dipped plastic panels.
Each panel represents the maximum barometric pressure of the week. A higher barometric pressure is embodied by a longer plastic panel as if the pressure of the air is elongating the plastic. A lower barometric pressure is embodied by a shorter plastic panel which creates voids within the installation intended to be occupied. Each panel is dipped in paint to the level of precipitation for the week.
The installation will visualize the connection between barometric pressure and precipitation as well as highlight annual trends. The observer can occupy and experience the subtle changes in the ocean of air.