Cathryn Jones' In-Course Honors Projects
Artist statement:
I am a ceramicist, painter, drawer, and photographer, but I don’t want to shut myself in a box. I have been told by professor and peers that I can pursue any avenue of the arts I want. I am an artist, a creative, an empath, a planner, a dreamer. I want to make others view my art and instantly feel and know those attributes. I put everything I am into my artwork so that onlookers get a sense of who I am. Every teacher, family member, and friend who has inspired me has poured into my work ethic. My artistic process is one filled with intention. Nothing is done by accident even though, at times, it may feel that way. Every mark I make on the page, every brushstroke made on the canvas has a purpose.
Artist Bio:
Toledo, Ohio native, Cathryn Jones, is a well-rounded artist. She first became interested in pursuing art as a career early in high school. She is currently a rising Junior at the illustrious HBCU, Central State University, majoring in studio art. There, she is learning new techniques and honing her skills on the daily. Her work has been exhibited in the student art gallery show on campus earlier this year. She is working to be in more shows in the future and is continuing to grow in her craft.
In this video, Cathryn describes the process she follows to create her works.
Juan Cuello Galvez's Honor's Thesis
Juan Cuello Galvez wrote a thesis titled "Integrated Phytoremediation and Bio-Energy Solutions for Sargassum Mitigation at Punta Cana, Republic" for his In-Course Honors Project. The abstract is:
Over the last twelve years, expanding invasions of brown pelagic macroalgae (Sargassum) have continued to significantly impact tourism, economies, and fishing industries along the eastern coastal cities of Caribbean island nations, including the Punta Cana region of the Dominican Republic. Cap Cana and Cabeza de Toro are two areas in Punta Cana that have large influxes of Sargassum blooms during the months of June to October, but they reduce during November to May. An increasing problem is that algal blooms intensified by climate change and agricultural runoff are invading beaches on the eastern coasts of the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, and the USA. Current methods for the removal of Sargassum biomass from beaches are both time-consuming and inefficient for mitigating the ever-growing seaweed invasion. An integrated mitigation approach needs to be implemented to reduce the damaging impact of Sargassum on Punta Cana’s tourism and fishing industries. In this honor’s thesis, an integrated approach is being proposed for mitigating invasive pelagic Sargassum blooms using (1) phytoremediation systems near golf courses along Punta Cana’s coastline. (2) the deployment of floating aquatic plant booms; (3) intake suction-pumped extraction of Sargassum for conversion to biofuel; and (4) historic satellite monitoring of Sargassum.