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Item Open Access The development and implementation of agrivoltaic systems internationally(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2025) Collignon, Anne, C., author; Scott, Ryan, advisor; Olofsson, Kristin, committee memberAgrivoltaics was first developed in the 1980s and first began being used around 2004 with the purpose of combining agricultural activity and solar energy generation. Between 2015 and 2024, the world witnessed an increase in the development of renewable energy sources like solar energy, as well as an increase in the need to solve land use disputes, preserve the health and soil quality of thousands of acres of land, diversify revenue sources, and in some cases increase crop yields and ecological benefits to land within agriculture (Ballard et al., 2023). Agrivoltaics has been studied extensively in terms of technical aspects, and is helpful for increased crop yield, reduced water evaporation and soil preservation, lower temperatures, diversified income and off-set prosecution costs. The purpose of this study is to analyze agrivoltaic development within specific countries of the world and identify factors related to governmental and structural aspects that affect implementation. In order to do this, I analyzed agriculture data as well as renewable energy and solar energy development, overlaying them and looking for areas where there is both high crop productivity and high solar energy generation. Within this analysis, three countries were chosen as case studies for analysis: Germany, Thailand, and Chile. Research was done on government and structural policy to explain why and how agricultural and solar development occurred, and how agrivoltaics has or has not developed as another form of renewable energy. Eleven factors affecting implementation of agrivoltaics were identified, including factors relating to investment and government financial support, electricity generation and forms of renewable energy, and various aspects of agricultural structure and climate change effects. Many of the factors affecting these countries and worldwide vary according to governmental structure and geographic and regional location, and there is still much to be studied and understood about the benefits and viability of implementation of agrivoltaics.Item Open Access Twelve-tone technique and procedural poetics(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2025) Ferry, Mae, author; Steensen, Sasha, advisor; Cooperman, Matthew, committee memberPoetry and music have a deeply connected history, beginning with the Ancient Greek performance tradition and continuing with poets such as Susan Howe reading to an experimental jazz soundtrack. In contemporary poetry, these musical influences are often subsumed by the teaching and art of poetry to the point of roteness; rhythm is barely considered, despite its ubiquity, and poetry as an audible performance is further and further distanced from the public ear. To combat this contemporary distance between music and poetry, the author conducted the following poetic experiment: can music be used as a generative source for poetry?Item Open Access Little blue(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019) Friar, Keiko, authorThis work is an undergraduate student honors thesis project, "Little Blue," a children's first chapter book (aimed at ages 9-11 years old) offering affirmations of worthiness. Purpose is to reach and affirm the experiences of children and readers with marginalized identities, since matrices of oppression manifest in everyday messaging that they are less than, invalid or unworthy in some way. "Little Blue" acts as a tool to get the conversation started on mental and emotional health at a young age.