All posts by Jessie Sampson

About Jessie Sampson

Hello! My name is Jessie Sampson and I'm working towards a B.S. in Information Management Systems, I currently have a B.S. in Public Relations from Kansas State University. I live in Seward Nebraska, a town outside of Lincoln, and I work for the State of Nebraska as a Highway Programs Specialist for the Department of Transportation where I coordinate various strategic communications, public involvement and legislative projects. I have two sons Gram, 6, and Liam, 3, and have been married to my husband for almost 10 years. We have had a great summer going to Royals games, swimming, playing t-ball, and just got back from vacation in Colorado where we visited Colorado Springs, Canon City, Boulder and Estes Park.

Electric Vehicles and Charging: How Rapidly will the U.S. Adapt?

The U.S. is rapidly embracing the change from gas and diesel powered vehicles to electric vehicles or EVs.  Impacts such as the current administrations aggressive goals to reduce pollution, address climate change, and use more renewable energy resources through recently passed legislation pushes this change and it has been evident that vehicle manufacturers are increasingly … Continue reading Electric Vehicles and Charging: How Rapidly will the U.S. Adapt?

Visualizing and Planning

Included as my blog image is the flow chart I will use to help plan the layout of my research.  My hypothesis is that EV’s and EV charging will expand dramatically in interesting and innovative ways in the near future as technology and the political environment has changed to favor a more environmentally friendly transportation … Continue reading Visualizing and Planning

Finalizing Proposal Research – Week 13 Blog Post

I started to put together an outline of my Proposal Paper concerning Electric Vehicles and innovations in charging options and found a few gaps in information that I have collected throughout the class one gap was the Biden administrations impact on Electronic Vehicles so I did the following searches and found additional sources: Database: JOR … Continue reading Finalizing Proposal Research – Week 13 Blog Post

Electronic Vehicle Charging Source Search – How many results and how useful?

My research topic is innovations in electric vehicle charging options.  The searches for this week’s exercise did add to the list of credible sources for my research project. Document a subject search: What database did you use? JSTOR What source, identified with a full APA citation, led you to a subject term to use? Union … Continue reading Electronic Vehicle Charging Source Search – How many results and how useful?

Week 11 – Advanced Searches for EV Charging Innovations

Search 1 – Database: FHSU Library Search: “Electric Vehicle Charging” Search Results: 89,949 Results, the search was too broad but I did find a good resource to see tax and other impacts of EV charging. Cited Source: Sioshansi, Ramteen. “OR Forum–modeling the impacts of electricity tariffs on plug-in hybrid electric vehicle charging, costs, and emissions.” … Continue reading Week 11 – Advanced Searches for EV Charging Innovations

Week 9 Blog Post – Innovation in Electronic Vehicles and Charging Options

Your initial research idea and your current research idea. If there are changes, tell us how they are different and why. What led you to change your focus? My original research idea was around electronic vehicles and I’m keeping that general idea, but I want to research now more about charging options for electronic vehicles.  … Continue reading Week 9 Blog Post – Innovation in Electronic Vehicles and Charging Options