{"id":8932,"date":"2014-05-27T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2014-05-27T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:22:30","slug":"great-minds-thinking-alike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8932","title":{"rendered":"Great minds thinking alike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/greatminds-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"greatminds\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/greatminds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/greatminds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/greatminds.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Researchers at TCNJ are taking on some of the world\u2019s most pressing issues\u2014obesity, epilepsy, social media and its effect on our kids\u2014but the women and men with the PhDs, the hours of logged lab work and the growing stacks of scholarly publications aren\u2019t always doing it alone or even always initiating the research. Every day, TCNJ students are developing theories and projects on their own and in collaboration with faculty members. Working alongside each other, these students and faculty members are examining everything from real-world applications in the sciences and humanities to theoretical approaches to tackling issues in engineering and the arts. They\u2019re trying to deduce what happened in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, for example, and developing a new arts curriculum that teaches schoolchildren about ecology through lessons on overlooked contemporary artists and works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeveloping a concept is as different from classroom work as night and day,\u201d says Tim Pfenninger, a finance major who collaborated with two professors on a case study of Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s disastrous quality-control problems, which have plagued the company since 2009. \u201cJust the raw amount of time you spend together. It\u2019s a real collaboration. You go back and forth. You ask each other, \u2018Should we go down this route?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes those journeys lead to new discoveries or ways of thinking that could one day affect a whole lot of people well beyond Ewing, N.J. Here\u2019s a look at just a few of those student-faculty research teams and the projects that have brought them together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on any of the images below to see their stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8897\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TREADMILL-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Running For Their Lives\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running For Their Lives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8902\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/PHYSICS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A Force to be Reckoned With\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Force to be Reckoned With<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8905\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140320_tcnj_b_073-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sounding the Alarm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Sounding the Alarm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8915\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140402_tcnj_a_07_fx-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Off The Wall\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Off The Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8920\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kids_running-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Room To Grow\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Room To Grow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8911\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8909\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC7085-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Making It Possible\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Making It Possible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TCNJ students and faculty are teaming up to research, innovate and tackle real-world 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