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Math Modeling and Sustainability (Math B295)

Instructor: Prof. Victor Donnay

Course Description:

In this course, we will use mathematics to study issues of sustainability. Is it possible to meet all of our energy needs using renewable energy? How much energy does a typical person in the United States use per year – for transportation, food production, home heating and cooling? What is the carbon footprint associated with this energy use? How much energy can be produced by solar panels and wind turbines (per square meter of installation) and so how many square miles of land would need to be devoted to solar and wind farms?  By how much can we reduce energy use via conservation or new technologies? Are these approaches cost effective? What do we mean by “cost effective”?

Praxis Component: During the semester, students will work in teams to analyze a real world sustainability issue of interest to a community partner.

Hemlata Sharma, Mathematics, BMC ’22

Introduction to Predictive Analytics 

Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Spohrer 

Field site: KnowClick 

Field Supervisors Derek Burton and Ben Yurchak

Course Description:  

This course will help in gaining a fundamental understanding of the science of predictive analytics in the context of improving online businesses. In this course the hands-on experience with KnowClick will cover up the necessary key concepts of synthesizing an explanatory hypothesis while navigating through raw data. 

Praxis Presentation:

PIS(Spring 2021)

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Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART 316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Course Description:

Students in the Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar, now in its 4th year, typically do their fieldwork in Philadelphia museums or in BMC Special Collections. This year, they are all worked with the Communications and Marketing Department of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, at the invitation of the museum. The seminar provided students a forum in which to ground, frame, and discuss their internship work with the museum. Students worked in three work teams with seven AAM staff members, who visited the seminar on Zoom at the start of the semester, to orient students to the projects and at the end of the semester to reflect on the experience and provide feedback.

The Learning Goals:

  • To connect theories of Museum Studies and scholarship in History of Art with professional museum practice
  • To gain knowledge about some of the fundamentals of Museum Studies—including the history of museums, the role of museum in society, current trends in museums, museum ethics and about the variety of museum professions

One important outcome of the seminar is the development of a new partnership between the Asian Art Museum and Bryn Mawr College. Two students in the class will continue working with the museum through summer internships.

Hazel Iashmolkina, Psychology, BMC ’22

Sexuality Education and Health Advocacy in Social Service

Faculty Advisor: Nell Anderson

Field Site: YES! (Your Empowered Sexuality)

Field Supervisor: Isy Abraham-Raveson

My course has shifted a lot throughout the semester in terms of its direction and content, but it mostly focused on sexuality and health education in social context. I have contributed to YES’s efforts in educating communities on sex- and health-related topics, studied sex-ed by reading the Theory and Practice textbook, reflected on both my academic readings and fieldwork experiences in a journal, and developed an overall understanding of sexuality and health education in social context.

Praxis Presentation:

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Haverford Township Solar Project

Modeling Solar Panel Finances for Non-Profit Organizations

A Praxis Project in Prof. Donnay’s Praxis II Course on Math Modeling and Sustainability

Student Team: Laila Ali, Shriya Fruitwala, Ruth Mullin and Hemlata Sharma

Community Partner: Haverford Township

Field Supervisor: Dr. Joy Baxter

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch a recording of the students’ Praxis presentation in class on May 11, 2021. The students’ Field Supervisor attended the presentation.

 

Executive Summary of Praxis Project:

Executive Summary_Haverford Township Solar

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Peyton Moriarty, History, BMC ’21

Student in Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Field Supervisor: Yael Eytan

Fieldwork Description:

This semester, Anna Shuff and I worked remotely as Metrics Interns under Yael Eytan, the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. “Metrics” centers on the data surrounding the ways in which the public engages with the museum; our contributions largely involved examination of visitor engagement through social media and testimonials. Our primary project was to gather visitor digital engagement data, to be compiled into a new statistics ‘dashboard’ that reports on online interactions with the museum. Not only does this consolidate the museum’s most essential and relevant data, but it will be a valuable resource for the rest of the museum’s employees, who will not require familiarity with the data methods in order to absorb the dashboard’s contents at a glance. Our other major project for the semester was to gather positive testimonials about the museum. Anna and I canvassed a variety of sites that gave feedback about the museum experience. This included review sites, like TripAdvisor and Google Reviews, press releases, as well as surveys that the museum had run with its visitors and members. These quotes, emphasizing the museum as a site for education, peaceful contemplation, and fun for the family, will be used in future advertisements.

 

Praxis Presentation:

Praxis-Final-Project-Moriarty

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Maeve Donnelly, History & History of Art, BMC ’21

Student in Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Field Supervisor: Clothilde Schmidt O’Hare

Fieldwork Description:

For my fieldwork at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum I worked in the Marketing and Digital Engagement Department. The marketing and digital engagement department of the SFAAM works to promote the museum and its exhibitions through social media campaigns. They analyse the public’s interaction with social media and how these reactions interact with the museum and provide insight on what is popular at the museum and what might need more promotion or attention. Our main project was creating an Instagram campaign, detailing one of the new exhibits at the museum, my specific exhibition being Memento: Jayashree Chakravarty and Lam Tung Pang. Through this internship I was able to see the museum through the eyes of the consumer/ visitor and promote the museum to the public, taking into consideration both the interaction of the viewer and the attributes of the museum from the inside. I learned that there is more to marketing and digital engagement than just social media posts and was able to see the interaction between the marketing and digital engagement department and various other departments throughout the museum.

Praxis Presentation:

PraxisBlog Maeve Donnelly_red

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Lucia Wang, History of Art, BMC ’22

Student in Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Field Supervisor: Clothilde Schmidt O’Hare

Fieldwork Description:

This spring semester, I work as an intern at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s Marketing & Communications department. During this internship, I initiate a comparative analysis between the Freer Gallery and Mutter Museum, predominately concentrating on digital audience engagement, plans after re-opening, and advertising campaigns for new exhibitions. With the assistance of Zac, I interviewed the Digital Audience Analyst at the Freer Gallery. He provided me a deeper insight into their current programs that vastly enriched my analysis. I also support Mira in creating video content for 4 virtual programs by gathering about 40 object assets in DAMS.

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch Lucia’s presentation.

 

Christina Altman, Art History and Fine Arts Major, BMC ’22

Student in Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Field Supervisor: Clothilde O’Hare and Alisa Wong

Fieldwork Description:

I worked at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco as a remote intern for Marketing and Digital Engagement. During this internship, I was tasked with creating content for the museum’s social media sites, updating website pages, and took part in meetings and workshops with members of the Marketing and Communications department. In particular, I was in charge of creating a series of Instagram Stories for one of the museum’s newer exhibitions After Hope: Videos of Resistance. I also wrote copies and suggested images for three Instagram posts for holidays in May. I updated the Yelp page, monitoring reviews and questions, and suggested new images for both the Yelp page and the museum’s new social media header on their home website. With the rest of my team, we also updated the Welcome Email for the email newsletter. I learned through this internship how important collaboration is within Marketing and Communications, as well as clearly defined messages for digital engagement. To demonstrate this, I made a zine to explain my projects.

Praxis Presentation (Zine):

Christina Altman Internship Zine Final_red

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Anna Shuff, Literatures in English, BMC ’22

Student in Museum Studies Fieldwork Seminar (HART316)

Instructors: Prof. Monique Scott & Prof. Sylvia Houghteling

Field Site: The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Field Supervisor: Yael Eytan

Fieldwork Description:

The Museum Studies Fieldwork course aims to give students firsthand experience in museum work, an integral part of museum studies. This year, the course was carried out in conjunction with the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, where the students undertook internships with the museum’s Marketing and Communications department. My internship focused on metrics, collecting and organizing important museum data and statistics.

Praxis Presentation:

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BMC Electric Bus Project

Evaluating the Addition of Electric Buses in Bryn Mawr College

A Praxis Project in Prof. Donnay’s Praxis II Course on Math Modeling and Sustainability

Student Team: Nhi Nguyen, Hayley Shi and Alice Yang

Field Site: Bryn Mawr College

Field Supervisor: Steve Green

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch a recording of the students’ Praxis presentation to Kim Cassidy, President of Bryn Mawr College, and other members of the Bi-Co community on May 20, 2021.

 

Executive Summary of Praxis Project:

Evaluating the Additional of Electric Buses in Bryn Mawr College

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Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects in the Philadelphia School District

A Praxis Project in Prof. Donnay’s Praxis II Course on Math Modeling and Sustainability

Student Team: Rubia Fernandes, Golda Glasser, Amirah Hewitt and Pelagia Majoni

Community Partners: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia Water Department

Field Supervisor: Ellen Schultz (Fairmount Water Works)

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch a recording of the students’ Praxis presentation in class on May 14, 2021. The students’ Field Supervisor attended the presentation.

 

Executive Summary of Praxis Project:

Executive Summary

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Abington Township Climate Action Project

Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Abington Township Municipal Buildings

A Praxis Project in Prof. Donnay’s Praxis II Course on Math Modeling and Sustainability

Student Team: Clara Tazelaar, Julia Billera, Miranda Kong and Vimbai Mawoneke

Community Partner: Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council

Field Supervisors: Cakky Braun-Evans and Mark Connolly

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch a recording of the students’ Praxis presentation in class on May 14, 2021. The students’ Field Supervisors attended the presentation.

 

Executive Summary of Praxis Project:

Final Executive Summary

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Sunrise Berwyn Project

Making the Switch: A Renewable Transition Project

A Praxis Project in Prof. Donnay’s Praxis II Course on Math Modeling and Sustainability

Student Team: Ada Marcovitz, Joan Ndichu, Shaylin Chaney-Williams, Katherine Hahn

Community Partner: Sunrise Berwyn

Field Supervisors: Lilly Shui, Clara Steege and Aishi Debroy

Praxis Presentation:

Please click here or on the image below to watch a recording of the students’ Praxis presentation in class on May 11, 2021. The students’ Field Supervisors attended the presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Summary of Praxis Project:

Executive Summary_Sunrise Berwyn Project

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