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An intense, few-cycle source in the long-wave infrared
Get PDFFor the last several decades, the wavelength range accessible for strong-field, few-cycle studies has remained limited to the visible, near infrared and mid-wave infrared regimes. In particular, sources in the long-wave infrared have been lacking. We report the development of a 1 kHz, few-cycle laser source with up to a 9 μm central wavelength and gigawatt peak powers. When focused, this source can ionize gas targets, which we demonstrate here through the ionization of atomic xenon at wavelengths ranging from 5 μm to 9 μm. This opens up new opportunities for fundamental atomic and molecular physics, enabling experimental tests of strong-field ionization theories in the extreme long-wavelength, few-cycle limit and the direct excitation of vibrational transitions in organic molecules
Community Visioning for Marysville, Kansas: A three-part study comprised of a housing conditions inventory, city-wide brownfield redevelopment concepts, and ideas for transforming the Union Pacific Depot site into a regional destination
Get PDFThe Marysville Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center and the City of Marysville collaborated with Kansas State University’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning (LARCP) and K-State’s Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) for the spring and fall semesters in 2019. The intent of the collaboration was threefold: to document housing assets in the community, generate a set of strategic urban design ideas, and develop site planning alternatives for the Union Pacific Depot brownfield site. The effort was co-led by Associate Professor Blake Belanger and Assistant Professor Susmita Rishi. Professor Rishi and her students conducted a housing conditions inventory as part of PLAN650 Housing and Development Programs in the spring semester of 2019. She directed a different group of students to develop a set of urban design strategies in the fall semester of 2019 in PLAN640 Urban Design and Development Seminar. Also, during fall 2019, Professor Belanger led a group of students in LAR442 Site Research and Design Studio to develop design alternatives for the historic Union Pacific Train Depot site and adjacent parcels. Students shared their findings of PLAN640 and LAR442 in a public exhibit and open house on November 6, 2019.
The agreement was mutually beneficial. Marysville leaders and decision-makers received fresh ideas, and students had the opportunity to work with external collaborators on a community engagement project.
The City of Marysville funded the housing inventory during Phase 1 of the project and K-State TAB funded Phase 2 through an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Community Technical Assistance Grant (SCTAG) from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). In addition to the student work, Sustainable Strategies DC prepared a Resource Roadmap and TAB provided a summary of the November 6, 2019 public open house. In total, the contributors included 2 professors, 57 students, and 2 professionals
The Geography Of Metaphors: Traveling, Learning, And The Writing Process
Get PDFVicki SherbertWriting takes practice, much like any other activity in life. Usually, I’m more than willing to jump into any opportunity to write, letting my thoughts fall onto the page. The whole idea for my honors project, originally, centered on curating a collection of different examples of writing to use in my future secondary English classroom. Spoiler alert: that didn’t end up happening because life had other plans. What my honors project has become is an exercise in reflective writing. I adopted an informal tone, as I wanted my writing to reflect my thoughts as they occur in my head; what is on the page is no one’s voice but my own, as imperfect as it may be. Through my reflection, I have tried to synthesize my experience during my semester abroad by interspersing writing I produced while I was living in Ireland with writing from the months following my return to the States. Ultimately, I wanted my honors project to be an exploration into my psyche and what I have learned that will continue to affect me as I go through life, not an excuse for a wayward project gone awry. With that in mind, here it is: my qualitative dive into introspection
Bibliotherapy in the Elementary Classroom: Using Literature to Navigate Trauma
Get PDFSuzanne PorathThe positive impacts of reading come together in a litany of benefits one cannot ignore: reduce stress levels, improve analytical thinking, enhance memory, expands intelligence, bolster vocabulary, strengthen writing skills, and many more. But what about the advantages on an individual’s overall mental wellness that may come from reading? Officially defined by the American Library Association in 1966, bibliotherapy is the use of books in the purpose of healing, flowing in the vein of creative arts therapy. Bibliotherapy uses an individual's relationship or connection to the content of a book to help address trauma, hardships, or mental disorders. Using books in bibliotherapy can open up a Children are not immune to traumatic life events. From divorce to loss of a loved one, young individuals may have difficulty navigating the breadth of emotions saddled with such negative instances. Bibliotherapy is yet another benefit of reading that may set students up for success academically, socially, emotionally, and developmentally. This literary review outlines the history of bibliotherapy, scholarly articles delineating the implementation of bibliotherapy at an elementary level, as well as my conclusive thoughts on using literature to comprehend life events and their inevitable impact. By exploring these academic avenues, I hope to be able to create a better sense of understanding how I may use bibliotherapy in my own classroom to teach and help students who have experienced hardships in their young lives, applying this information beyond my written work and in my professional career as an elementary educator
Building Field-Based Ecophysiological Genome-to-Phenome Prediction
Get PDFFeeding the estimated global population of 9 billion persons by 2050 will require a doubling of the food supply. However, the annual yield
rates of gain for major grain crops is only one-quarter to one half of that which is necessary to reach this target. Remedying this deficit necessitates
drastic improvements in the ability to predict crop field behavior based on its genetics and the growth environment. This is critical both for breeding
programs and for efficient management in farmers’ fields after new varieties are released. This project aims to increase the capacity of Kansas and
Oklahoma to conduct research on quantitative prediction methodologies using wheat as a model crop plan
Dr. Susan Gustavson Maxwell, Bassoon, Faculty Artist Recital
No full textMarch 27, 2019
7:30pm
All Faiths Chapel
J. S. Bach - Partita for solo flute: I. Allemande, II. Corrente, III. Sarabande, IV. Bourree Anglaise
Paul Jeanjean - Prelude et Scherzo
Alyssa Morris - Up and Away, the Story of a Balloon: I. Inhale/Exhale, II. Life on a String, III. Letting Go
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quintette, Opus 16: I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo, II. Andante cantabile, III. Rondo: Allegro ma non tropp
Environmental & architectural phenomenology. Cumulative Index (Volumes 1-30, 1990-2019)
Get PDFThis index includes all EAP entries except reference items listed in “citations received.” Entries have been identified in the following order: volume number, issue number, and page(s). Thus 3,2:10, for example, refers to volume 3, issue 2, page 10. Volume numbers by years are as follows: vol. 1—1990; vol. 2—1991; vol. 3—1992; vol. 4—1993; vol. 5—1994; vol. 6—1995; vol. 7—1996; vol. 8—1997; vol. 9—1998; vol. 10—1999; vol. 11—2000; vol. 12—2001; vol. 13—2002; vol. 14—2003; vol. 15—2004; vol. 16—2005; vol. 17—2006; vol. 18—2007; vol. 19—2008; vol. 20—2009; vol. 21—2010; vol. 22—2011; vol. 23—2012; vol. 24—2013; vol. 25—2014; vol. 26—2015; vol. 27—2016; vol. 28—2017; vol. 29—2018; vol. 30—2019. The index categories are: feature essays; thematic issues, book and film reviews; book notes; bibliographies; course outlines; poetry; noteworthy readings; graduate theses; web sites; news from readers; conferences; organizations; refereed journals; book series; other publications; obituaries; topics
A coincidence velocity map imaging spectrometer for ions and high-energy electrons to study inner-shell photoionization of gas-phase molecules
Get PDFWe report on the design and performance of a double-sided coincidence velocity map imaging spectrometer optimized for electron-ion and ion-ion coincidence experiments studying inner-shell photoionization of gas-phase molecules with soft X-ray synchrotron radiation. The apparatus employs two microchannel plate detectors equipped with delay-line anodes for coincident, time- and position-resolved detection of photoelectrons and Auger electrons with kinetic energies up to 300 eV on one side of the spectrometer and photoions up to 25 eV per unit charge on the opposite side. We demonstrate its capabilities by measuring valence photoelectrons and ion spectra of neon and nitrogen and by studying channel-resolved photoelectron and Auger spectra along with fragment-ion momentum correlations for chlorine 2p inner-shell ionization of cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethene
All-optical reconstruction of k-dependent transition dipole moment by solid harmonic spectra from ultrashort laser pulses
Get PDFBand structure and transition dipole moment play important roles in high-order harmonic generation from solid materials. In this work we provide a new all-optical technique to reconstruct the momentum-dependent transition dipole moment using the harmonic spectrum from MgO crystal driven by an ultrashort mid-infrared laser pulse. Under the influence of the ultrashort laser pulse, the emitted photon energy and the crystal momentum form a one-to-one match, in the same way between the intensity of the harmonic above the minimum bandgap and the square of the amplitude of the transition dipole moment, resulting in a realization of directly probing the transition dipole moment. Our all-optical method paves a way to image the two-dimensional transition dipole moment of crystals with the inversion symmetry
High harmonic generation spectroscopy via orbital angular momentum
Get PDFWe present an experimental technique using orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a fundamental laser field to drive high harmonic generation (HHG). The mixing of beams with different OAM allows us to generate two laser foci tightly spaced which generate harmonics that interfere in the far field. Thus, this technique is an OAM based in situ HHG interferometric spectroscopic method. With this tool, we measure the phase and amplitude of the angle dependent multiorbital HHG emission in molecular nitrogen