VISUALIZATION 

 By Laura Johnson 

 Challenge 

 I worked in a pharmaceutical laboratory that had a new drug that made it to the market   place after many , many years in research , clinical trials and production testing .   We had   just moved into a newly built building and there was much excitement and   overwhelming demand to know about the product and building .   The company ’s   directors decided that it would be good to do an “ Open House ” with tours to inform the   public , interested journalists , professionals in the industry as well as many schools that   wanted to educate their students what a career in pharmaceuticals would be like . 

 I was tasked with heading up a team to prepare a tour of the research and development   laboratory .   The directors stressed that they wanted to get across what happens in the   laboratory and to explain and show what kind of science and cutting edge technology   we used .   This was a challenging task since the tours were short , with large groups   coming through .   The greatest part of challenge would be to convey the information so   that comprehension to all ages & levels of education was obtained but that those with   high and low understanding of science and technology were also engaged and not   bored . 

 Selection 

 I quickly came to realization that the visualization design tool would be a necessity in   our “ What Is ? ” challenge to tackle , as described above . Our team agreed that   visualization , which is the use of charts , photographs , diagrams , handouts , etc , would   be a powerful design tool to incorporate .   With tours being too short to adequately   convey the science and technology we used on a daily basis in the laboratory , as well   as the description of scientific terms , processes and how the instruments work , it would   be daunting to go without this tool . The use of visuals , along with auditory part of the   tour , would be able to adequately spread information to address all levels of   understanding . 

 Application 

 Our group decided upon highlighting 3 important functions within the laboratory and   allotted each tour guide 3 - 4 minutes to explain these topics and leave time to answer a   few questions so that we did not go over the 15 minute time limit .   We broke up into mini   groups of 2 to brainstorm each function and answer the “ What If ? ” of this challenge .    Each group obtained or created visuals along with description of terms used and came   back together to put complete a small handout . 

 Use of a cycle diagram gave way to quick understanding to all the overall processes   that happens with a drug upon entering to exiting our laboratory . A mind mapping visual   helped show what a R&D laboratory technologist does & the required skills needed to   do the job . Finally , a basic schematic and photograph of the most used instrument ,   labeled with terms , helped visualize the inside workings of the machine and what it does   to the drug . 

 Insight 

 Upon returning from our mini groups of 2 , we handed our information to the other mini   groups to critique and to add or edit any information .   This new insight helped give   another perspective to “ What Wows ? ” and how to revise to make it easy to comprehend   for those with low science understanding yet challenge those with higher understanding   as well as educate all the students who wanted to learn about careers . 

 The other group members helped by suggesting more colors in the visuals to have it   stand out and easy to identify .    We used different colored paper to separate the 3   topics .   We also used a visual of how a car uses gasoline as comparison alongside the   instrument schematic to better get across comprehension of how the machine worked .    We added supplementary reading , terms and links to websites for those who wanted   further reading . From start to finish , the visualization design tool gave a handout that   helped those follow along visually with our auditory part of the tour as well as showing   the real life instruments in the lab . 

 Approach 

 We had a follow up meeting to discuss .   With the time allotted near the end of the tour   for questions from the tour members , we were better able to understand what needed   better clarification or what needed more information due to interest .   The tour members   would point and follow along to the visuals as well as use it to ask questions at the end ,   which confirmed visualization was the tool for “ What Works ? ” with this challenge . 

 In addition , we agreed that a mini questionnaire added to the end of the handout , to be   hand in anonymously at the end of the tours , could help give insight to what worked or   did n’t work to help curate for future tours . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: Laura Johnson
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: VISUALIZATION 

 By Laura Johnson 

 Challenge 

 I worked in a pharmaceutical laboratory that had a new drug that made it to the market   place after many , many years in research , clinical trials and production testing .   We had   just moved into a newly built building and there was much excitement and   overwhelming demand to know about the product and building .   The company ’s   directors decided that it would be good to do an “ Open House ” with tours to inform the   public , interested journalists , professionals in the industry as well as many schools that   wanted to educate their students what a career in pharmaceuticals would be like . 

 I was tasked with heading up a team to prepare a tour of the research and development   laboratory .   The directors stressed that they wanted to get across what happens in the   laboratory and to explain and show what kind of science and cutting edge technology   we used .   This was a challenging task since the tours were short , with large groups   coming through .   The greatest part of challenge would be to convey the information so   that comprehension to all ages & levels of education was obtained but that those with   high and low understanding of science and technology were also engaged and not   bored . 

 Selection 

 I quickly came to realization that the visualization design tool would be a necessity in   our “ What Is ? ” challenge to tackle , as described above . Our team agreed that   visualization , which is the use of charts , photographs , diagrams , handouts , etc , would   be a powerful design tool to incorporate .   With tours being too short to adequately   convey the science and technology we used on a daily basis in the laboratory , as well   as the description of scientific terms , processes and how the instruments work , it would   be daunting to go without this tool . The use of visuals , along with auditory part of the   tour , would be able to adequately spread information to address all levels of   understanding . 

 Application 

 Our group decided upon highlighting 3 important functions within the laboratory and   allotted each tour guide 3 - 4 minutes to explain these topics and leave time to answer a   few questions so that we did not go over the 15 minute time limit .   We broke up into mini   groups of 2 to brainstorm each function and answer the “ What If ? ” of this challenge .    Each group obtained or created visuals along with description of terms used and came   back together to put complete a small handout . 

 Use of a cycle diagram gave way to quick understanding to all the overall processes   that happens with a drug upon entering to exiting our laboratory . A mind mapping visual   helped show what a R&D laboratory technologist does & the required skills needed to   do the job . Finally , a basic schematic and photograph of the most used instrument ,   labeled with terms , helped visualize the inside workings of the machine and what it does   to the drug . 

 Insight 

 Upon returning from our mini groups of 2 , we handed our information to the other mini   groups to critique and to add or edit any information .   This new insight helped give   another perspective to “ What Wows ? ” and how to revise to make it easy to comprehend   for those with low science understanding yet challenge those with higher understanding   as well as educate all the students who wanted to learn about careers . 

 The other group members helped by suggesting more colors in the visuals to have it   stand out and easy to identify .    We used different colored paper to separate the 3   topics .   We also used a visual of how a car uses gasoline as comparison alongside the   instrument schematic to better get across comprehension of how the machine worked .    We added supplementary reading , terms and links to websites for those who wanted   further reading . From start to finish , the visualization design tool gave a handout that   helped those follow along visually with our auditory part of the tour as well as showing   the real life instruments in the lab . 

 Approach 

 We had a follow up meeting to discuss .   With the time allotted near the end of the tour   for questions from the tour members , we were better able to understand what needed   better clarification or what needed more information due to interest .   The tour members   would point and follow along to the visuals as well as use it to ask questions at the end ,   which confirmed visualization was the tool for “ What Works ? ” with this challenge . 

 In addition , we agreed that a mini questionnaire added to the end of the handout , to be   hand in anonymously at the end of the tours , could help give insight to what worked or   did n’t work to help curate for future tours .
### Output: 