Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, 2012, History

In September 1942, the Church Federation of Dayton and Montgomery County (Church Federation) was established. It created a Commission on War Services that coordinated social services to the thousands of military personnel and migrant war workers who flooded into wartime Dayton. Strategically, Dayton supported the nation's defense through the presence of two Army airfields and many vital industrial facilities. Beginning on October 1, 1942, the War Relocation Authority (WRA) permitted those of Japanese descent to leave the internment camps on indefinite leave, and resettle outside of the West Coast exclusion zones. The WRA supported this program by opening field offices across the nation including the Cincinnati office which opened in March 1943. The Cincinnati office served a multistate district that included Dayton, Ohio. In the spring of 1943, the first Japanese resettlers arrived in Dayton. Initially, the Church Federation drew upon the resources of the Commission on War Services to assist the resettlers. By May 1944, the steady flow of resettlers led the Church Federation to create a Committee on Resettlement. This study explores the Church Federation's role as it assisted over 150 Japanese resettlers to Dayton, and in doing so, it will assess the relationship between the Church Federation and the WRA's Cincinnati field office.

Committee: Edward Haas PhD (Committee Chair); John Sherman PhD (Committee Member); Kathryn Meyer PhD (Committee Member); Jonathan Winkler PhD (Committee Member); Carol Herringer PhD (Other); Andrew Hsu PhD (Other) Subjects: American History; Asian American Studies

Master of Arts, The Ohio State University, 1968, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects:

Master of Social Work, The Ohio State University, 1963, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects:

Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, 1954, Sociology

Committee: Frank F. Miles (Advisor) Subjects: Sociology

Master of Science (MS), Bowling Green State University, 1956, Communication Studies

Committee: Melvin Hyman (Advisor) Subjects: Communication; Secondary Education

Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, 1954, Sociology

Committee: Frank F. Miles (Advisor) Subjects: Sociology

Master of Science in Renewable and Clean Energy Engineering (MSRCE), Wright State University, 2020, Renewable and Clean Energy

At the present time, using wind and solar energy for producing electricity in the United States is becoming cost competitive. According to Lazard's 2019 [36] levelized cost of energy (LCOE) analysis of a number of energy sources used for producing electricity in the United States, wind and solar are cheaper than natural gas and coal. While capital, maintenance, operation, and fuel costs are included in LCOE numbers, energy source intermittency is not. Intermittency is an important issue with wind and solar energy sources, but not with natural gas or coal energy sources. Combining wind and solar energy sources into one electrical generating station, is one means by which the intermittency of the electricity provided by wind alone and solar alone can be reduced. The combination of wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels into a wind-solar farm can produce electricity over a greater fraction of the day or year than wind or solar alone. Predicting the energy output of different combinations of wind turbines and solar panels in a wind-solar farm is an objective of this work. While yearly electricity production rates are an important and necessary part of this work, this quantity does not provide a means to compare the wind-solar farms to each other, to a pure wind farm, to a pure solar farm, or to meeting a given electrical demand by purchasing all electricity from the local electrical grid. An economic analysis has to be performed to do this. This is the ultimate objective of this work. The economic analysis done in this work determines the net present cost of providing a specified electricity demand by a wind-solar farm with grid backup. Including grid purchased electricity to meet demand that cannot be met by the wind-solar farm is essential in this economic analysis. This sets the net present cost of providing all the electricity demand by grid purchased electricity as the cost that must be beat by a wind-solar farm with grid backup. Using grid (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: James Menart Ph.D. (Advisor); Rory Roberts Ph.D. (Committee Member); Mitch Wolff Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Alternative Energy; Engineering; Environmental Education; Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Sustainability; Systems Design

MDES, University of Cincinnati, 2020, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design

Transportation design and transportation planning have been working independently from each other in the past century. Designers have focused on developing vehicles, and planners have focused on developing infrastructure, both in a stable paradigm of roads for cars. By 2040, autonomous vehicles (AVs), hyper-connectivity and a shared economy will drastically change the current transportation paradigm (Corwin, Jameson, Pankratz, et al., 2016). These factors will increase the complexities of cities and infrastructure by introducing new types of vehicles, requiring designers to incorporate methodologies from the planning field to meet the needs of the population, and planners to consider new types of vehicles in their methodologies. Further, the corridor between Cincinnati and Dayton is projected to grow in population and employment by over 20% in 2040 (2040 OKI Regional Transportation Plan, 2012), and the current transportation infrastructure plan for 2040 by the OKI (Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Regional Council) will not accommodate the projected needs of the region. This thesis project proposes the conceptual configuration of a mass transit system between Cincinnati and Dayton in 2040 based on integrating transportation design and transportation planning methodologies. Preliminary results from this proposal show that the careful coordination of design and planning methodologies, applied in a student mobility system project are very effective. This thesis' main area of impact is Design Education, with impacts in Planning education, by promoting collaborative future mobility studios with integrated methodologies to propose relevant solutions. Future areas of impact include the Workplace, where professional designers and planners trained under the new mobility paradigm can integrate both methodologies, and can then shape the Built environment referring to the proposal's implementation, making better arguments in a field where a large-scale stakeholder involvement proc (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Juan Antonio Islas Munoz M.A. (Committee Chair); Na Chen Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Design

Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, 2019, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Lead (Pb) is a human-health concern, especially with regard to exposures of children. Lead contaminated drinking water is a primary route of exposure for children; however, water sampling for Pb is voluntary in schools with a public water supply. This study examined Pb in tap water from public schools around Dayton, OH. Schools were selected to span a range of ages (construction year) and community socioeconomic status. Of the 28 schools contacted, seven responded "affirmatively" to sampling, two responded "negatively", and 19 did not respond. None of the schools that were sampled had Pb concentrations exceeding the U.S. EPA guidelines for supplemental action, which is greater than or equal to 10% of plumbing fixtures exceeding 15 µg/L. Only four of 100 fixtures sampled had Pb exceeding 20 µg/L, the concentration recommended for fixture removal in schools. As expected, increased Pb levels were associated with warmer water temperatures. Water from sink faucets had greater Pb levels than water from drinking fountains, and Pb concentrations were greater in initial water sample draws versus samples collected after a 5-minute flush. To combat the leaching of Pb into school tap water, older lead and brass containing fixtures should be replaced, and changes in physicochemical parameters should be monitored to identify risks of Pb exposure.

Committee: Chad R. Hammerschmidt Ph.D. (Advisor); Silvia E. Newell Ph.D. (Committee Member); Stacey Hundley Ph.D. (Committee Member); Mark J. McCarthy Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Environmental Health; Environmental Science

Master of Arts, Miami University, 2019, History

The case of Dayton's “Fair-Share” Metropolitan Housing Plan (1969–1981) presents a challenge to several traditional narratives of (sub)urban postwar U.S. history. Planners in Greater Dayton successfully integrated the region's affordable housing stock while encouraging the Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) to inaugurate a new era of fair housing in the wake of the failure of George Romney's Open Communities program. The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission did so with the help of willing business elites and federal administrators, and also by adopting conservative suburban rhetoric to serve the end of metropolitan open housing. This narrative examines why business elites and the suburbs came to support the construction affordable housing outside of the city, and why fair share fair housing was adopted by H.U.D. This thesis challenges the assertion that fair housing inherently conflicts with community development. It also traces the history of metropolitan-wide fair housing to its proper origins: Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Plan was successful on its own terms, in that it increased the affordability of suburban housing. But racial integration did not follow economic integration, as planners had assumed. This was due in large part to retrenchment in fair housing on the part of the federal government and local business elites. More specifically, the economic hollowing-out of Dayton played a role in the failure of the plan to racially integrate the suburbs—a heretofore unexplored explanation for continued metropolitan segregation in small cities of the Midwest during the decades following the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Committee: Steven Conn (Advisor); Nishani Frazier (Committee Member); Damon Scott (Committee Member) Subjects: American History; History

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Ohio University, 2019, Business Administration

High-growth industrial clusters can be engines of economic growth through the development of human capital, knowledge spillovers, and early-stage investment. For the past 50 years, Stanford University has been a catalyst in developing Silicon Valley as a global center for technology innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ohio University now has the opportunity to leverage the Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) and Russ Research Center (RRC) to play a similar role in producing an industrial cluster centered around emerging technologies in aerospace and defense in the greater Dayton, Ohio area. A significant gift from noted alumni Fritz and Dolores Russ provided Ohio University with the RRC in Southwest Ohio, and Ohio University's usage of this facility could result in significant financial and social return on investment for the University and the State of Ohio. This work looks to explore the structures and components of industrial clusters, the economy of the greater Dayton region and Ohio University's potential role in the Dayton ecosystem through the RRC. The overall objective is to provide decisionmakers at Ohio University with a comprehensive foundation to facilitate discussion surrounding utilization of the RRC. In 1994, Fritz and Dolores Russ (Ohio '42) presented plans to donate property in Beavercreek, Ohio to Ohio University when current tenants' leases expired. As part of this $124 million gift, which remains the largest donation to any public or private engineering school in the country, Ohio University named the College of Engineering and Technology after the Russ family (Keller, 1996). When Fritz and Dolores passed away in 2006 and 2008, respectively, Ohio University took ownership of the property and renamed it the “Russ Research Center.” In addition to the gift, the Russ family's professional legacy carries significant weight. After working at WPAFB, Fritz and Dolores Russ founded a leading electronic and automation corporation called Syste (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Paul Benedict MBA (Advisor); Raymond Frost PhD (Advisor) Subjects: Economic Theory; Economics; Geography

Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, 2017, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Henry Kinsey family was among the first to settle in the Dayton, Ohio, region in the early 19th century. Henry, and his wife Eva, were buried near what is known as the deer keeper's lodge, a small building where the deer keeper lived, on the modern-day Dayton Veterans Affairs hospital grounds. In the time since they have been buried, the location of their gravesites has been lost. The main purpose of this thesis is to locate and map their graves using multiple geophysical methods. A secondary purpose is to compare the effectiveness of each geophysical method. Three geophysical methods were used in this work: magnetics, electromagnetics, and ground penetrating radar. The magnetics survey was conducted using two Geometrics 857 proton precession magnetometers in a gradiometer configuration. The results of the magnetic survey show that there is a large magnetic anomaly running through the center of the survey area, likely an old utilities pipe. The data also show a significant anomaly coinciding with a surface artifact site, which is most likely the structure that stood next to the Kinsey family graves. The electromagnetics survey was conducted using a GSSI EMP-400 Profiler which utilized three frequencies simultaneously: 5kHz, 9kHz, and 15kHz. The electromagnetic data revealed a large anomaly through the center of the survey area, similar to the magnetics survey results. The data also showed a slight anomaly under the artifact site, although without the strength and clarity of the magnetics survey. The ground penetrating radar survey used a GSSI SIR-3000 system with a 400 MHz bistatic antenna. This survey yielded the best results, showing the extent of the artifact site in the subsurface. A small 3D survey was conducted over a unique anomaly that is a potential grave location. The GPR data would have shown even more, however, there are numerous trees within the survey area and their roots severely inferred with the GPR data. Based upon the data c (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Ernest Hauser Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Doyle Watts Ph.D. (Committee Member); David Dominic Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Geology; Geophysics

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, 2017, Aerospace Engineering

Cost-effective air-travel is something everyone wishes for when it comes to booking flights. The continued and projected increase in commercial air travel advocates for energy efficient airplanes, reduced carbon footprint, and a strong need to accommodate more airplanes into airports. All of these needs are directly affected by the magnitudes of drag these aircraft experience and the nature of their wingtip vortex. A large portion of the aerodynamic drag results from the airflow rolling from the higher pressure side of the wing to the lower pressure side, causing the wingtip vortices. The generation of this particular drag is inevitable however, a more fundamental understanding of the phenomenon could result in applications whose benefits extend much beyond the relatively minuscule benefits of commonly-used winglets. Maximizing airport efficiency calls for shorter intervals between takeoffs and landings. Wingtip vortices can be hazardous for following aircraft that may fly directly through the high-velocity swirls causing upsets at vulnerably low speeds and altitudes. The vortex system in the near wake is typically more complex since strong vortices tend to continue developing throughout the near wake region. Several chord lengths distance downstream of a wing, the so-called fully rolled up wing wake evolves into a combination of a discrete wingtip vortex pair and a free shear layer. Lift induced drag is generated as a byproduct of downwash induced by the wingtip vortices. The parasite drag results from a combination of form/pressure drag and the upper and lower surface boundary layers. These parasite effects amalgamate to create the free shear layer in the wake. While the wingtip vortices embody a large portion of the total drag at lifting angles, flow properties in the free shear layer also reveal their contribution to the aerodynamic efficiency of the aircraft. Since aircraft rarely cruise at maximum aerodynamic efficiency, a better understanding of the balanc (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Aaron Altman (Advisor); Markus Rumpfkeil (Committee Member); Jose Camberos (Committee Member); Wiebke Diestelkamp (Committee Member) Subjects: Aerospace Engineering; Fluid Dynamics

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1983, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Education

Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, 2016, Civil Engineering (Engineering and Technology)

Over the past 20 years, there has been increased funding for bicycle facilities which has led to more miles of bicycle facilities. Consequently, there are more needs for understanding the people who use these facilities. Counts can be used to know how many people are using these facilities, but surveys are one of the better methods for a more in- depth understanding. Intercept surveys have been typically used in the past but there are limitations with this method. In order to improve upon this method, an initial interview was used in conjunction with the foot-in-the-door method and an online survey. The online survey included bicycle surveys along with a stated preference survey that analyzed the switching point time from one bicycle facility to another. The survey was conducted at Eastwood MetroPark in Dayton, Ohio and at Xenia Station in Xenia, Ohio in August of 2015. There were 780 initial interviews conducted. The bicyclists' purposes were mostly for recreation or exercising with some work commuters. There were 750 postcards distributed to participants for the online survey with a total response rate was 36.4% and 273 participants for the online survey. There was no significant difference found in the switching point time analysis. Overall the methods used were useful for recruiting participants for the online survey.

Committee: Benjamin Sperry (Advisor); Deborah McAvoy (Committee Member); Bhaven Naik (Committee Member); Gaurav Sinha (Committee Member) Subjects: Civil Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2016, City and Regional Planning

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, welcoming initiatives aimed specifically at attracting first generation immigrant entrepreneurs for their economic benefits are launching in shrinking cities of the Rust Belt in the Midwestern United States. However, with their narrow focus on economic benefits, these initiatives may be overlooking the spatial or community development impacts of immigrant entrepreneurship which have a strong effect on the reinvention and indeed resilience that cities are seeking to achieve by attracting immigrant entrepreneurs. The main objective of this research is to examine first generation immigrant entrepreneurship within the context of immigrant welcoming policies and plans. The five initiatives under investigation - Agenda 360 (Cincinnati), Welcome Dayton, Global Detroit, Immigrant Welcome Center of Indianapolis, and St. Louis Mosaic Project - are the longest standing consistent members of the Welcoming Economies Global Network and its predecessor organization known as the Global Great Lakes Initiative. These initiatives have the most established programming and longest track records of all member initiatives. This dissertation begins with a review of the academic literature related to the non-spatial and spatial impacts of immigrant entrepreneurship. It then presents Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analyses of each of the initiatives, a social justice framework analysis of the Welcome Dayton Plan, and an examination of eight existing indices of urban resilience. Findings include common strengths and opportunities such as peer-to-peer programs, ethnic chambers of commerce, and existing immigrant communities, as well as common weaknesses and threats such as small staff sizes, limited sources of funding, and a lack of evaluation metrics. The success of welcoming initiatives will be mitigated by external threats such as federal immigration policy, negative sentiment toward immigrants, and competing welcoming i (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Bernadette Hanlon (Advisor); Jack Nasar (Committee Member); Kareem Usher (Committee Member) Subjects: Urban Planning

Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr), Wright State University, 2014, Mechanical Engineering

Agriculture is a significant measure of an economy for a number of countries in the world. Currently, the agriculture sector relies heavily on conventional sources of energy for irrigation and other purposes. When, considering factors such as increasing costs of fossil fuels and extending new power lines, especially to remote locations where grid electricity is either inaccessible or expensive, a solar PV (photovoltaic) irrigation system can be an effective choice for irrigating farmland. Solar power eliminates the need to run electrical power lines to remote agriculture locations, which quickly turns the monetary equation in favor of solar irrigation over grid-powered irrigation. In addition, the cost of delivering fossil fuels to remote locations can be expensive. Solar power is ideal for agricultural irrigation, as most irrigation is required when the sun is shining brightly. Consequently, a PV powered irrigation system is a promising technology that could help meet the irrigation needs of remote agricultural. The two major goals of this research are to get an existing solar PV irrigation system working and to acquire experimental data using this system under various operating conditions. This research work is built upon a series of three senior design projects. These three senior design projects were to design and construct a solar irrigation system, an instrumentation system for this solar irrigation system, and a single axis solar translator. Specifically this thesis work entailed getting the instrumentation system to work properly, writing a LabVIEW program to automatically acquire data from installed sensors, integrating all three of these senior design projects into one PV irrigation system, getting the PV irrigation system installed on the roof of the Russ Engineering Building, and collecting a large amount of data on the system. All have been accomplished successfully. The PV irrigation system work presented in this thesis use two 224 watt PV modu (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: James Menart Ph.D. (Advisor); Rory Roberts Ph.D. (Committee Member); Zifeng Yang Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Alternative Energy; Energy; Engineering; Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science (M.S.), University of Dayton, 2014, Civil Engineering

Several studies have determined the use of seat belts to be one of the major contributing factors in the reduction of fatalities and injury severities associated with motor vehicle crashes. Some studies have found that there is a relationship between drivers and their front passengers in terms of seat belts usage. The objective of this thesis study was to evaluate the seat belts usage rates in Dayton, Ohio based on vehicle type, gender, age, day of the week, time of observation, and person type driver or passenger. Data for this thesis was collected from thirteen sites in Greater Dayton, Ohio by direct observations at interchange ramps and intersections. The binary logistic regression model was used to investigate some independent variables of seat belt usage rates of drivers and their outboard (front seat) passengers in Dayton, Ohio, that is, the binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors that may play a role in relation to seat belt usage. The results from the binary logistic regression modeling show that the person type and vehicle type are significant factors affecting the likelihood of seat belt usage. There were no significant interactions identified between the factors studied. The odds of using seat belt by drivers are higher than the odds of using seat belt by their passengers. Also, the odds of occupants of passenger cars and sport utility vehicles to be belted are higher than the odds of using seat belt by pickup truck occupants. There is no statistically significant difference between van and pickup truck occupants in terms of their seat belt use. Moreover, the pickup truck and van occupants have the lowest seat belt usage rates. In order to increase seat belt usage rates, this study recommends for enforcement officials to pay more attention with pickup truck and van occupants when checking out unbelted vehicle occupants. This persistence will make them increase their seat belt usage, which eventually will increase their (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Deogratias Eustace Dr. (Advisor); Peter Hovey Dr. (Committee Member); Gary Shoup Mr. (Committee Member) Subjects: Civil Engineering; Engineering; Transportation

Specialist in Education (Ed.S.), University of Dayton, 2014, School Psychology

This study examined the impact of targeted recruitment strategies during School Psychology Awareness Week (SPAW) on the number of applicants who applied to the University of Dayton's (UD) School Psychology Program and whether the recruitment efforts yielded a more diverse applicant pool and incoming cohort to the program. Researchers presented to undergraduate psychology and education students (N = 195) at eight universities in Ohio, including two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Applicants' demographic information from the previous year was compared to applicant data from the current year. In addition, a comparison between the diversity of the program's cohort in 2012 to 2013 was made. Participants' interest in applying to a school psychology program was measured through the School Psychology Awareness Inventory (SPAI). Researchers also obtained suggestions and improvements for the SPAW presentation and the types of recruitment information students found beneficial through qualitative data analysis. While there were no statistically significant differences between the two applicant pools, the diversity ratio of cohort 2012 to cohort 2013 increased in variability in terms of age, ethnicity, and gender. There was an increase in the level of interest in school psychology among participants, who reported the presentation to be beneficial. Implications for school psychology graduate program recruitment strategies are discussed with regard to increasing the diversity in the field.

Committee: Susan Davies EdD (Advisor); Elana Bernstein PhD (Committee Member); Bobbie Fiori (Committee Member) Subjects: Education; Educational Psychology; Psychology

Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, 2014, International and Comparative Politics

In the new digital world connected by ICT the methods and availability of communication have not only transformed the way people interact, learn, and do business, it also has political implications. ICT, specifically Web2.0 social media, increase the reach of campaigns and assist in organizing and executing reform movements. The state of Bosnia-Herzegovina presents a unique test case as it is a post-conflict state moving toward democratic consolidation that emerged in 1995, when the World Wide Web was making inroads into daily life. The state is divided, politically and socially, into ethnic cleavages. ICT in BiH has not been a vector for major political reform like what was seen in the Arab Spring. It does however contribute to the long term mending of cleavages and building of civil society through its use by nongovernmental organizations. It also allows, through principles of the contact theory, for citizens to build inter-ethnic relationships.

Committee: Laura Luehrmann Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Donna Schlagheck Ph.D. (Committee Member); Vaughn Shannon Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: East European Studies; History; Information Technology; International Relations; Political Science; Slavic Studies; Sociology