Alexander Spivey

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- Specializes in Discord and Reddit based marketing
- Assist in bringing in multiple Graduate students per year through promotions

Abstract with age causing natural disabilities in mobility and cognitive decline, the population of the elderly, especially those with disabilities is growing, thus raising the need for independence in the home. This paper presents a simulation study of a chef robot system. The system of robot-ouille is designed with inclusivity and disability in consideration, - while giving users customizable options, such as the delivery of ingredients for meals, to include a wide range of disabilities to work with. An optional connection to a meal delivery service such as Hello Fresh allows users to choose their meals based on the shown ingredients and nutrition facts in case of a restrictive diet. The size of the robot is of importance so as not to hinder mobility around the system and ensure the robot can fit in homes of various sizes and can fit on stoves of many sizes. Typically, assistive robots for cooking are built for a single specialty. In contrast, the proposed system is designed that would allow widespread usage. The goal is to ensure people with paraplegia and other differently-abled users the ability to make their meals confidently while remaining independent, practicing fine motor control through use, adopting healthier gastronomy, and remaining aware of important upcoming events within the cooking scene and IRL calendar. A key feature of our design is the interface that instills trust in the system between the user and the robot and allows interaction. Within the simulation, the users can interact with the systems interface through four means: a touch screen application interface, verbal/auditory-based communication, and visual and vibration cues to ensure preciseness in the cooking process. Keywords cooking, robot, assistive technology, differently-abled independence, assistive meal prep, Webots

It's rare, but I got involved with an internship that turned out to be a scam. I am sharing my story about how I got tangled up with an unprofessional employer with the hope that I can teach others the warning signs and how to avoid jobs or internships that don’t provide what they promise.

Many students around the world face some type of disability that hinders their studying and testing capabilities in a classroom enviroment.To deal with this concurring issue, I implemented an experiment to test and see if the repetition of one classical song (“Fur Elise”) caused students to test better when it was played throughout the lesson and their end-of-subject test. There has always been a division in the auditory science community over whether music was beneficial or not to studying and attention retainer. Most studies only tested younger age groups or students with major disabilities. By testing this in a high school environment, this now applies can give a rough estimate that can conclude all high schools populations and gives the general public an idea of how music affects high-school students. This experiment was divided into two groups, the testing on AP vs on-level students. With each course, (AP and non-AP) there are 2 classes, a control one without music and a test one with music. After only one trial, due to time constraints and scheduling errors, the data concluded that music had no effect on AP students testing/memory capabilities. However, on-level students displayed an increase of 10% on their test, showcasing that music had a positive effect on memory retainment and recall, at least when it focuses on short-term memory retainment. Keywords: Music, High-School, On-level vs AP, Memory Retainment, Testing