Interview 4 Questions

1. Based on your experience, what defines a successful display, or what makes a show successful?
2. What do you think are the most essential elements in a display?
3. What are the specific safety laws you have to follow?
4. How do you figure out which shells to fire at what time? Is there a script?
5. What can you tell me about choreography? Do all shows need to be choreographed?
6. How important is safety in terms of a show?
7. Which, do you think is more essential between safety and choreography? Why?
8. What are all the different mediums of shows? Which is the most common?
9. Where is the future of pyrotechnics going? Is it getting more popular with technology advances or is it becoming less popular?
10. Does the occasion of a display affect the power of it?
11. When you're thinking of an idea for a show, what do you have in mind?
12. Can you please explain the process of executing a show?
13. What is the role of clients in a display?
14. What about fire marshals?
15. How closely do the choreographers work with the actual crew team? Clients?
16. Do clients interfere a lot, or do they let you do your work?
17. Describe the best client to have, in your opinion.
18. When executing displays, what is your main priority: pleasing the client, pleasing the audience, or winning awards?
19. What are some problems that have occurred in any of your previous displays? Why did they happen and what did you and your crew do to fix them?
20. What is the most important aspect of a successful pyrotechnic display?

Interview 2 Questions

1. What was it about pyrotechnics that made you want to have a career in it?
2. How long have you worked in the pyrotechnic industry and who do you work for?
3. What kind of work do you do when it comes to creating displays?
4. What college did you go to, and what did you major in?
5. What classes or subjects should I study to get a better understanding of pyrotechnics?
6. Is this your ideal job, or would you want to do something else?
7. Has any of your work been accredited or awarded somehow?

Interview 1 Reflection

What is the most important thing I learned from this interview and why?

This interview was on of the main reasons i decided to change my topic from AI to nanotechnology and materials engineering. While I was talking to my interviewee, I realized that my previous topic wasn't as interesting as I thought it was. It was very confining, not as closely integrated with computer science as I thought, and I did not want to have to study it for a whole year. This was important because it made me realize what I really wanted to study.

5 Minute Presentation

Objective:
Students will learn the basics of nanotechnology and how it is used. They will also learn basic engineering terms.

Procedure:
1) Introduce myself and my topic.
2) Define nanotechnology and give some of its general uses.
3) Explain some applications of nano with regards to commercial uses and explain some simple engineering terms.
4) Conclude and ask questions.

Check for Understanding:
I will ask questions at the end to see if students understand. I will also ask questions during my explanations to see if anyone is lost.

Resources/Materials:
I will use a poster maybe the size of a normal 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper with drawings of nanomaterials and its commercial/industry uses.

Interview Check

Who are you interviewing and why?

I am planning on interviewing Dr. Daisy Tang, a professor in Cal Poly Pomona's Computer Science field. Seeing as she is teaching a class on Artificial intelligence, and is teaching in computer sciences, I believe she will be a valuable source and will know a lot about my topic.

What other questions do you want to ask at your interview?

Aside from the assigned questions, I want to ask Dr. Tang about expert systems, how they function, and why the topic seems to be growing at such a rapid rate.

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