Explore the journey of Digital Knowledge Center fellows through their personal reflections and documentation of their fellowship projects.
Most Recent Fellows Posts
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Baseball Podcasting: Fellowship Wrap-Up – Blog Post #8
The Podcast As I probably could have predicted, I was unable to finish Episode 2 by the end of the semester. That is okay, I did start editing and it … Read more
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Bionicle Display Project Part 15 – Move Along
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Bionicle Display Project Part 14 – One Final Effort
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06 Almost There
The last couple of weeks have seen multiple rounds of iteration over my code and a few realizations on how a better structure could have been had from the beginning. … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Another Presentation and Recording Episode 2! – Blog Post #7
Podcasting once Again Michael Murphy has been tracked down! Huzzah! We recorded Episode 2 on Friday, April 18 in the recording booth in the basement of the HCC. It was … Read more
Posts By Fellows
Spring 2025
Andrew’s Performance Art Video Essay Posts
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Andrew’s Video Essay Wrapped
Well, here we are. This project stared in May on a whim and prayer thanks to this one show I saw in D.C., and now I am putting together an … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay (The Lost Post)
Over the shuffle of my birthday, Thanksgiving, and the whole world, I forgot to update with one important post. The State of the Video will be the next post directly … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay: A New Turn
Sadly, I do have to start this post differently than the other ones. This project is an inherently political project. This project stems from both love and hatred for the … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay (I have lost track of time)
The creative block is here. I really talk about “blocks” in creativity when it comes to reading or writing. I cannot finish a book or I cannot finish writing a … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #3
It has genuinely been a while since I talked about this project and where I am at with this project. A note to any students reading this: October is one … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #2
Okay, I have to go back in time to talk about this moment. It’s April 2024. I am feeling generally horrible. Five months before this, I was told I would … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #1
Hi all. Writing blog posts on the internet is a new experience for me, so I will try my best to make this a cool and casual experience for both … Read more
Drew’s Baseball Podcast Posts
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Baseball Podcasting: Fellowship Wrap-Up – Blog Post #8
The Podcast As I probably could have predicted, I was unable to finish Episode 2 by the end of the semester. That is okay, I did start editing and it … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Another Presentation and Recording Episode 2! – Blog Post #7
Podcasting once Again Michael Murphy has been tracked down! Huzzah! We recorded Episode 2 on Friday, April 18 in the recording booth in the basement of the HCC. It was … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Website Visual Touchups – Blog Post #6
More Content The first thing I looked at on the Website is where I can add more content. An obvious spot was the main page, where I had one really … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Publishing the First Episode & Conference Time! – Blog Post #5
Website Buildout I have figured out how to make the top menu look the way I want it to, and link directly to the StoryMap! It now has that, and … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Refining the Product – Blog Post #4
Building out Resources I spent a lot of last week working on midterms for classes, so I wound up having to do both weeks worth of tasks over Spring Break. … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Teaching a College Class! – Blog Post #3
Editing the First Episode Issues have been resolved! It turns out a combination of needing to clear out space on my computer because the hard drive was full (it would … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: Jumping in! – Blog Post #2
Next Steps More Clear After starting the foundation of this podcast series, the next steps clear as to what I need to do. This includes recording the first episode, which … Read more
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Baseball Podcasting: So It Begins – Blog Post #1
The Beginning of an Idea Hi, My name is Drew Meisenheimer and I am a senior here at Mary Washington. Before I begin this phase of what has so far … Read more
Hayden’s Electronic Display Posts
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Bionicle Display Project Part 15 – Move Along
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Bionicle Display Project Part 14 – One Final Effort
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Bionicle Display Project Part 13 – Try Me!
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Bionicle Display Project Part 12 – You Can No Longer Hide in Shadow
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Bionicle Display Project Part 11 – Cross-wired Freak
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Bionicle Display Project Part 10 – Arise
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Bionicle Display Project Part 9 – Lift Certified
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Bionicle Display Project Part 8 – Screwed
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Bionicle Display Project Part 7 – Painting a Portrait
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Bionicle Display Project Part 6 – Eureka
Sean’s Electronic Music Visualization Posts
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06 Almost There
The last couple of weeks have seen multiple rounds of iteration over my code and a few realizations on how a better structure could have been had from the beginning. … Read more
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05 Backtracking
In my previous blog post I explained how I was changing my code to show 3d visuals, that is no longer the case. My idea for how I wanted everything … Read more
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04 A New Dimension
In order to prepare for working with 3d objects (my plan for representing the planets), I wanted to familiarize myself with the tools in p5.js that enable 3d. As it … Read more
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03 New Idea ≈ Old Idea
What I found: While looking back on some old projects, I dug up something wonderful. It is a simple idea, creating music from the ratios found among the orbital periods … Read more
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02 Noodles and Doodles
I have been doing two things: Re-familiarizing myself with p5.js by duplicating and editing sketches from The Nature of Code, and, following my curiosities with musical systems. First, the code. … Read more
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01 Beginning: Creating and Visualizing Electronic Music
Good morning, good day, or good evening. This is my first post for this project and I would just like to do a few introductions: what I intend to create, … Read more
Fall 2024
Evelyne’s Light Project Posts
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Evelynestallation Blog Post 8- Final Post!
Dear reader, thank you for accompanying me on the journey from initial concepts to a finished lighting project in the HCC! I hope that you learned a lot and that … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post 7
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written! However, if you’ve been on campus, you might have seen the lights up and running in the HCC. In blog post 6, … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post 6!
Hello, friends! This was a huge week for the project- Cartland and I installed the lights on Saturday, October 19! We completely changed the plan while doing the installation because … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #5!
Hey everyone! Thanks for reading today’s blog post! For the past two weeks, I’ve looked at several big questions that will dictate the course of this entire project. The first … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #4!
It’s been such a busy few weeks that I haven’t made it into the DKC! However, I do have more fun code! This one is a variation of the code … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #3!
Guess what- the sparkle lights came in this week! I tested the 5 volt LED strip with both the ESP8266 chip and the hard-coded Arduino Uno. The 5 volt strip … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #2!
Hello! Thank you for taking a look at my second blog post! For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been planning how to test various types of lights and connectors to … Read more
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #1!
Hello, everyone! My name is Evelyne Breed. I’m a UMW student and sparkly things enthusiast. Thank you so much for taking a look at my very first blog post! I’m … Read more
Andrew’s Performace Art Video Essay Posts
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Andrew’s Video Essay Wrapped
Well, here we are. This project stared in May on a whim and prayer thanks to this one show I saw in D.C., and now I am putting together an … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay (The Lost Post)
Over the shuffle of my birthday, Thanksgiving, and the whole world, I forgot to update with one important post. The State of the Video will be the next post directly … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay: A New Turn
Sadly, I do have to start this post differently than the other ones. This project is an inherently political project. This project stems from both love and hatred for the … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay (I have lost track of time)
The creative block is here. I really talk about “blocks” in creativity when it comes to reading or writing. I cannot finish a book or I cannot finish writing a … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #3
It has genuinely been a while since I talked about this project and where I am at with this project. A note to any students reading this: October is one … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #2
Okay, I have to go back in time to talk about this moment. It’s April 2024. I am feeling generally horrible. Five months before this, I was told I would … Read more
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Andrew’s Video Essay #1
Hi all. Writing blog posts on the internet is a new experience for me, so I will try my best to make this a cool and casual experience for both … Read more
Stephen’s Enzyme Modeling Project Posts
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Final Statements: 3D Molecular Representations
I first wanted to say thanks to those who have taken time to read the blog, and I hope you learned a a thing or two. This will be my … Read more
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BCR-ABL Part 2: 3D Molecular Representations
In my last post I went over how I edited my BCR-ABL model in Fusion360 but here I will discuss the printing process. I have now returned to using the … Read more
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BCR-ABL: 3D Molecular Representations
Hey everyone, this will be a short post today with another planned to go live by the end of the week. I left off giving a sneak peek into the … Read more
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Significant Progress: 3D Molecular Representations
Where we left off… Hello again to those reading the blog. It has been a complete struggle with the multi extruder going from issues galore to straight up malfunctioning. Point … Read more
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Shifting Goals: 3D Molecular Representations
Hello everyone, this is my fourth blog post that outlines updates on my 3D molecular representations project. This one might be shorter than previous posts, but there are a few … Read more
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Third Steps: 3D Molecular Representations
Good evening, everyone, I am back once again with another update on my “3D Molecular Representations” project. Since my last post I have been working in CAD and trying my … Read more
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Second Steps: 3D Molecular Representations
3D Printing The Issue… The Simplest: The Wipe Tower The issue is PrusaSlicer, the software I use, does not “allow” soluble material to be printed with a wipe tower. This … Read more
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First Steps: 3D Molecular Representations
Good morning everyone, this is my first of many posts in which I will be learning how to utilize CAD software in order to edit 3D molecular structures for 3D-printing. … Read more
Spring 2024
Boone’s Flume Project Posts
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Final Post!
Hey guys, this post will be the last one regarding my project. Before I start anything else, I’m extremely grateful for the DKC allowing me to do this. The experience … Read more
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Construction Update + Research Presentation
We have officially put the flume together! Which was super cool to see and very exciting. I think that I have been working on this project for so long that … Read more
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Big update!
I am happy to say that I was able to put the flume together today! The epoxy weld has a 72 hour curing time, so it will be a little … Read more
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Flume Inspiration!
Entering college, I was pretty unexperienced in the academic realm of physics and engineering. It was hard to know what I liked and what was out there without being familiar … Read more
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CUT DAY!
Yesterday afternoon, I was finally able to cut out the pieces of my flume, and prepare for assembly. It was slightly surreal for me to finally see these plans come … Read more
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It’s a date!!
We finally have a date to cut the plexiglass for the flume! The design that we have decided on is 72″ long, and 10″ wide. One of the unique things … Read more
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What’s a Flume?
Who am I? I’m Boone Fleenor, a sophomore here at Mary Washington studying Applied Physics and Mathematics, and I am a new DKC Fellow. A large portion of my education … Read more
AJ’s 3D Bagpipes Projects Posts
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Wrapping up!
Hello once more! It has been quite a bit since my last post! (not really because I just posted it, but it has been a while since I wrote it!!!!) Anyway, goofs aside, there is so much to update about. I can’t say that I have officially finished the 3D printed bagpipes yet, as I…
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Late post (I wrote this on 4/19/24 but the site was down so I did not post it LOL)
Hello!!!!!!!!! It has been 2 weeks of BIG PROGRESS! To begin, I printed off that top section of the middle piece of the bass drone, and it came out looking perfectly fine, which is what I expected. I still do not know what caused the error the first time, but I am currently reprinting the…
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Bass Drone Troubles (and Other Troubles)
HELLO! Time is flying!!! I have done a lot in the past few weeks, and not all of it has been sunshine and rainbows, unfortunately. Within the past 2-3 weeks, I printed off a second tenor drone (both top and bottom) and for some reason, the drone doesn’t sound correct. I’m not able to get…
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BIG UPDATE!
HELLO!!!! It has been quite a white since my last update. (Midterms hit like a truck!) While I was home on Spring break, at the beginning of March, I put an hour or two each day into finishing up my models. I finished off the tenor drone entirely, and then I focused on the bass…
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Tenor Drone (Nearly Complete)
Hello!!!!!!! I have lots to share, so buckle up! I’ve been focussing on the bell of the tenor drone. The bell is the space inside the top of the drone that acts as a resonating chamber, amplifying the sound. It is essential to ensure this part of the process is not overlooked, as the drones…
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Huzzah!!!! New printer!
Hello! I am writing to you from room 461 of the Jepson Science Center, wherein I have been calibrating and testing Rebecca’s Anycubic Mega X large-format printer for the past hour or so. I wasn’t able to print on it last week because someone ran away with the SD card that had the calibration gcode…
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Drone Tops (Nearly Done)
Hi there! It’s AJ again! Today, I spent a good amount of time finishing up, and refining, the beading and combing on both the Tenor and Bass tops. Hammering this out now is going to make the next few pieces 10x easier. (now that I know what I want them to look like, it can…
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Bass Drone Top
Hello again! Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on stretching out the tenor drone top model into the bass drone top. I figured this would be easy, because as I mentioned, I thought it was as simple as just stretching out the tenor drone top to the length of the bass drone top.…
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Tenor Top Update
Hello! I’ve been away for a little bit of time, with Thanksgiving break and all, but I am back! My first major update is that we had our first UMW Eagle Pipe Band practice in a while this past Wednesday, the 29th. I hadn’t shown off the tenor drone top to the other EPB members…
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Tenor Drone Top
This past Friday (11/3/23), I began printing the updated tenor drone top print, this time, in the correct size! I had a bagpipe competition in Richmond, VA early Saturday morning, but I let myself into the DKC and pulled it off the printer after nearly 13 hours of printing. The tree supports looked fantastic, as…