Student as Creator ~ Teaching Towards Discovery by Ailsa Sun

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23suna18 — 2024-02-21 00:30:48 UTC

1. Please start your post in the appropriate category by clicking the little plus sign below the category title.

2. In the subject of the post, please include a short title for your project, and your name!

3. A picture / video of your project

4. In the text box, please include a 100-word blurb introducing your work, as well as a couple sentences about yourself :)

If you have any questions, please email evelynthorne@berkeley.edu or 23suna18@berkeley.edu! We're so excited to see your work.

Posted by panelist Pat Steenland ~ Bears in History

23suna18 — 2024-02-21 01:18:41 UTC

In 1942, months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 was issued, allowing the Secretary of War and xenophobic military commanders to prescribe military areas which vested them the power to exclude any and all people, specifically 120,000 Japanese Americans and have them sent to internment camps. Over two-thirds of them were U.S. citizens and many of them were children.

Spread around the Berkeley campus are three life-size art installations representing these three figures and their contributions to the Berkeley community. Below, you can learn more about each of their lives via Adobe Spark projects which conducted primary source research.

This project is brought to you by the students in CWR4B "Images of History".

https://www.bearsinhistory.org/

Posted by panelist Pat Steenland ~ Erased: An Exploration of Queer Japanese Americans’ Experience During the Internment Period

23suna18 — 2024-02-21 01:21:46 UTC

In his Library Prize-winning project, “Erased: An Exploration of Queer Japanese Americans’ Experience During the Internment Period,” Ryan Gottschalk provides a sensitive, nuanced reading of firsthand accounts, revealing clues into the presence of LGBTQ+ prisoners in the concentration camps. Through that work, along with the close examination of other sources, including records held by The Bancroft Library, Gottschalk adds brushstrokes to the harrowing portrait of Japanese American life during World War II, raising visibility, challenging assumptions, and pulling to the surface themes from the past that linger today.

To learn more, read this article featuring Gottschalk's work!

https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/news/erased

Posted by panelist Pat Steenland ~ Blooming Minds and Desert Flowers

23suna18 — 2024-02-21 01:35:21 UTC

UC Berkeley student Neesha Chockalingam investigates the frequently overlooked experiences of teenagers in Japanese internment camps. Through oral histories, poems, and journal entries, Chockalingam uncovers how interned teenagers overcame ever-present and systemic challenges faced in internment. This project is the culmination of their research and reflection on resilience in the desert.

Learn more here! https://express.adobe.com/page/fkuAAzv654qHT/

ALULA - Space Technologies and Rocketry

23suna18 — 2024-02-21 22:52:36 UTC

Our first-ever flyable liquid-powered rocket is currently in the testing and optimization phase! Our airframe and recovery teams have completed their preliminary designs and are working to physically test their conceptual component assemblies on the ground, validating our analysis of in-flight structural dynamics. On the propulsion front, we’re working on scaling our hotfire-tested LOX/ethanol development engine into the flight vehicle space and energy requirements envelope(integrated hotfire tests ahead!). The avionics team is shifting focus from propulsion ground support build-out to flight module design, including Printed Circuit Board component/stack optimization, onboard harnessing and power distribution.

As we continue to integrate subscale projects between each subsystem, we’re working hard to maintain thrust and flight simulation accuracy to reflect the predicted physics of launch.

Caldera - Space Technologies and Rocketry

23suna18 — 2024-02-21 22:53:41 UTC

The inaugural launch of our Stage Separation rocket (SSEP) took place in September 2022, marking a significant milestone in our research and development efforts. This pioneering endeavor, affectionately named "Pinkbeary," served as a proof-of-concept project to assess the efficacy of a two-stage airframe design and a spring-actuated separation mechanism, which is triggered by the detonation of pyro bolts. Notably, this endeavor showcased novel recovery methods and airframe architectures, firmly establishing UC Berkeley's prominence in the field of successful staging rocket launches. The SSEP achieved an impressive apogee of approximately 2,377 feet.

Building upon this initial triumph, our team is currently immersed in the second iteration of our stage separation project series (SSEP2 - Caldera), which will feature a stage separation rocket competing on the international stage. Anticipated to reach a projected apogee of 10,000 feet, this forthcoming mission will incorporate enhanced structures, advanced recovery techniques, and an exciting new glider payload. To ensure meticulous planning and evaluation, we are preparing to conduct a critical design review for the rocket in the near future.

In parallel, our dedicated team is diligently working on a reflight of the Pinkbeary project to rigorously test the competition staging mechanism. This eagerly awaited flight is scheduled for September 3rd, 2023. We invite you to stay tuned for updates leading up to the launch, as we embark on this thrilling chapter of our scientific exploration.

[Minsook Kim, Korean program] Discovering heritage and culture through field learning (#2 BAMPFA)

2024-02-22 18:23:41 UTC

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CtpHKauvLXHcfNpwsRucP-HAcVbOjffr/view?usp=sharing

This student is also from the same K1BX class (elementary Korean for heritage speakers (K1BX). He features a different field trip to BAMPFA. He shares what he observed in the BAMPFA. Especially, he mentioned that a painting he saw in the TV show was at the BAMPFA and it was his favorite piece in the exhibition and why he liked it.

[Minsook Kim, Korean program] Discovering heritage and culture through field learning (#1 East Asian Library on campus)

2024-02-22 18:56:19 UTC

Having experienced the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of AI, students desire hands-on learning and a sense of community. In response, elementary Korean for heritage speakers (K1BX) implemented field trips as chances to apply language skills about primary resources in a context while fostering a sense of belonging through shared experiences. This digital storytelling was created to showcase both linguistic progress and inquiries and observations during the field trip. Students also shared their digital projects with families and other fellow Korean-heritage students on campus to expand their outreach efforts. In this video, she features the field trip to East Asian library instead. She expressed that she did not know how many Korean historical treasures we have in the library on campus. Especially, she felt grateful to learn Korean at Cal after seeing the first Korean textbook used at UC Berkeley in 1953 during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

See more details of this project at

https://teaching.berkeley.edu/discovery-project-experiential-field-learning-language-courses-community-outreach

[Minsook Kim, Korean program] Promoting student interaction and community through Blogging

2024-02-22 19:26:09 UTC

https://jshin1462.wixsite.com/mysite/season

During the pandemic, my intermediate Korean for heritage speakers course (K10BX, Fall 2020) incorporated blogging for active sharing of their personal experiences to promote student interaction in the online setting. The primary goal was to cultivate a sense of community among students while enhancing their language skills. Students showcased each lesson's content as personal narratives according to the specific instruction for each lesson. Given that the intermediate textbook delves into various aspects of life in Korea such as travel, fashion, housing, and transportation, blogging served as an ideal platform for students to share their personal experiences and online research as heritage learners. Students were encouraged to envision themselves living in Korea through hypothetical scenarios. For instance, in the context of housing, students were tasked with locating an apartment in Seoul and presenting the listing along with their reasons for selecting a particular option.

2024-02-22 19:26:30 UTC

Monument to Extraction was a physical and virtual multimedia history and art project created by students in Art 160/City Planning 190: Ghosts and Visions, Using Physical Installations and Augmented Reality to Tell History and Imagine Futures, taught by Susan Moffat. The project includes a website with 1)student storytelling on California environmental and labor history; 2)links to a downloadable audio walking tour of a series of 8 art installations at the Albany Bulb landfill that use "borrowed landscapes" to tell history; 3) a standalone podcast of the audio of the tour; 4)clickable links within each story demonstrating the augmented reality element of the tour; and 5) a virtual 360-degree tour that can be done without visiting the site.

2024-02-22 19:31:21 UTC

As one part of a year-long multidisciplinary arts and curriculum initiative called A Year on Angel Island, students were recognized with prizes for the videos and essays they created about immigration for courses affiliated with the project. This page links to those projects. The full Angel Island Project can be seen at futurehistories.berkeley.edu/angel-island/.

2024-02-22 19:36:53 UTC

A Day on Angel Island was a day of performances and installations addressing immigration and incarceration that was created by students for an audience of the California Preservation Foundation annual conference. The audience was led on a performative tour of the Angel Island Immigration Station detention barracks, where immigrants, many from Asia, were detained under the Chinese Exclusion Act and other racist laws. The maps and photos on this website explain how the performances conveyed the history that had happened at the site. This project was part of A Year on Angel Island and the performances were created by the Angel Island Townsend Working Group and Theater 203. More info at futurehistories.berkeley.edu/angel-island.

2024-02-22 19:42:02 UTC

Students in Siteworks: Understanding Place through Design and Performance--Landscape Architecture 154/Theater 114-- created a site-specific performance exploring the relationship of humans and nature at the Albany Bulb, a former landfill known for guerrilla art. This video documents that performance. The course was taught by Erika Chong Shuch, Ghigo DiTommaso and Susan Moffat. A diary of the way the performance was created over the course of the semester is available here: https://albanybulbsiteworks.wordpress.com/

2024-02-22 19:46:23 UTC

Students in the Buzz Studio, a City and Regional Planning Course, created a walking tour of the Fruitvale district highlighting the role of pollinators in human and natural history. Working with community partner Peralta Hacienda Historic Park, they did research and led visitors from the Fruitvale BART station to the historic park and its gardens.

Oral History of Yuriko Kamiya: A Year in Infamy

2024-02-23 00:15:53 UTC

"Oral History of Yuriko Kaimiya" aims to shed light on the experiences of families during World War II Japanese American internment. Through Yuriko Kamiya's life, the project utilizes documentary-style oral history, curated photographs, and personal narratives to explore the impacts of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Japanese Americans. It provides a nuanced understanding of the year-long transitional period leading to three-year permanent detention and the lasting effects on Japanese American individuals and communities.

The project was created by Miya Rosenthal for CWR4B "Images of History" during Fall 2022. The project received the Immigration Research Creative Prize awarded by UC Berkeley Arts + Design Initiative/Future Histories Lab, and has been presented at the Oral History Association's 2023 conference.

Exploring the map collection at the Earth Sciences & Map Library - Posted by Karen Pfeffer

2024-02-23 16:31:06 UTC

Starting last semester our student team at the Earth Sciences & Map Library have been curating displays exploring the variety of maps in our collection based on different themes. In this latest display, each student shares a current map that they love and the theme is inspired by Valentine's Day. Linked is the virtual exhibit but you can view these maps in person in the atrium of McCone Hall.

Parabolic Mirror-Powered Satellite System - Liam McHugh

23suna18 — 2024-02-23 17:17:36 UTC

Eureka-2; Liquid Bi-propellant Rocket Engine by Space Enterprises at Berkeley

23suna18 — 2024-02-23 17:20:42 UTC

Co-founded in October 2016, Space Enterprise at Berkeley is a student run liquid-fuel rocket team dedicated to achieving spaceflight and developing rocket technologies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Despite being relatively young, SEB is one of the most ambitious college rocket teams in the world working towards achieving spaceflight with a liquid-fueled rocket. Working toward this dream, SEB launched multiple test-bed rockets and gained a wide array of technical knowledge and skill in rocket subsystems such as composite airframe manufacturing, in-flight data acquisition, and propulsion.

As a successor to the first liquid bipropellant rocket designed and built by Space Enterprise at Berkeley, Eureka-2 is planned to fly soon at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch site in Southern California. Stay tuned for more videos, and learn more here! https://www.berkeleyse.org/eureka-2