Past Sr Seminar Projects

After perusing the mini-library of past Senior Seminar projects, I noticed that about 50% of the topics were on trend with what was happening during those years, about 35% of them seemed to just be philosophical and the remaining 15% is what really intrigued me. This 15% of topics and papers were somewhat of a forecasting train of thought which was interested to see what students were proposing at the time and to know what of that has actually come to fruition present day. An example of this was a student from 2007 that wrote a paper called "A Proposal for the Greenroof". Greenroofs which weren't very popular back in 2007 are now becoming a popular architectural trend for multiple reasons such as energy efficiency and for sustainable local farming efforts.

The paper that I found to be the most interesting for me was one written in 2009 called "Raw Technology." This was a paper on how the changes in the Japanese economy has been affecting, and therefore been changing the forms of sushi. He discussed how modern Japanese people had taken a great interest in less oily fish such as the bluefin and with this spark of interest, have managed to almost deplete the wild stocks of tuna. This is of interest to me because of my background in Aquaculture research and my interest in marine conservancy. It was interesting to see his paper pointing out how so many issues that you think have nothing to do with tuna end up having the greatest effects on their survival.