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1/22/2020: Course Change Form BUSN 132
No full textBUSN 134 - Personal Financial Management is the combination of two existing 2-credit courses (BUSN 131-Personal Finance I and BUSN 132-Personal Finance II) into a 4-credit course.
BUSN 131 will be deleted at the end of the 2019-2020 academic term.
BUSN 132 will be deleted after the fall 2020 term, to allow students who took BUSN 131 the opportunity to take BUSN 132 during the summer 2020 and fall 2020 terms
2/26/2020: Course Change Form BUSN 331
No full textThe addition of ECON 201 as a prerequisite would prepare students to connect macroeconomics and microeconomics topics with the financial concepts such as financial markets/instruments and interest/discount rate that are presented in-depth in the financial management course
Capstone Design Projects: Theory Meets Practice
No full textThis paper describes one example of an adjustable gooseneck trailer hitch assembly that was assigned as a senior capstone design project course at Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, USA to carry out their work from concept to testing phases of a real prototype – in short, following “Theory meets practice” concept. Typically at most other engineering colleges, students complete their capstone projects in one year, while at Kettering University, the students complete their capstone courses in one academic term that lasts only about 11 weeks. Using math and advanced Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools for analysis is expected. Three different groups of students enrolled in three separate courses over 3 academic terms developed two different trailer hitch devices. The first gooseneck hitch system briefly described here was the effort of a group of four students of the capstone course. They designed a manually adjustable device. However, due to time constraints, their fabricated device ended up being a rigid frame. These students carried out all the different tasks of the project more or less equitably. The second trailer hitch system described in this paper was the effort of a single student of the capstone course who designed and fabricated a compliant (adjustable) hitch system. However, due to time constraints, detailed finite element analysis (FEA) or testing of the device could not be done. A third group of two students enrolled in Applied Finite Element Analysis course in another academic term chose the compliant hitch design carried by the single student for their final class project, and attempted analysis by MatLab and FEA. Preliminary results obtained for both of these gooseneck trailer hitch systems are presented and discussed briefly in the paper. Majority of the capstone course projects carried out at Kettering University represent uniqueness in terms of completing them in one academic term
Wheat Germ Acid Phosphatase Activity in High Percentages of Organic Solvents
No full textWhile enzymes canonically operate in aqueous environments, several have been shown to also function in non-aqueous solvents and/or solvent mixes. Phosphatases, for example, have been previously shown to hydrolyze phosphates in mixtures containing modest amounts of certain organic solvents. Here, detecting the fluorescent dephosphorylation product naphthol AS-MX with fluorescence spectroscopy (ex: 388 nm, em: 512 nm) has shown commercial wheat germ acid phosphatase to be active in high amounts (up to ~70% by volume) of 1,4-dioxane, 1,2- dimethoxyethane, 2-methoxyethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and acetonitrile when the aqueous component was comprised of Tris buffer (pH 7). These solvent mixtures were also physically characterized to better understand differences in both relative naphthol AS-MX fluorescence and wheat germ acid phosphatase activity across the different solvent mixtures investigated. These results suggest that phosphatase activity can be detected with less water that previously published
September 18, 2020: Campus Update 6
Get PDFThe COVID-19 Response Team and University leadership continue to closely monitor the local, state and national situation in consultation with health experts and in accordance with government guidelines. If conditions change, the University will alter plans to ensure the safety of the campus community. Fall Term 2020 classes begin on October 5. As the University’s COVID-19 Response Team continues to finalize details for the fall, please carefully review these updates
October 2, 2020: Covid-19 Campus Update
Get PDFIt is that time. We are excited and ready to welcome everyone to campus for Fall Term 2020 on October 5 (Monday). But with that comes an important reminder that all students, faculty and staf are expected to demonstrate personal responsibility and compliance to outlined guidelines to keep our campus community safe. Our success is dependent on all of our actions.
This means we wear masks, observe social guidelines and distancing, self-monitor for symptoms, and behave on and of campus in ways that limit the exposure and spread of the coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Response Team and University leadership will continue to closely monitor the local, state and national situation in consultation with health experts and in accordance with government guidelines. If conditions change, the University will alter and communicate plans to ensure the safety of our community. Please carefully review the latest updates below
October 23, 2020: Covid-19 Campus Update
Get PDFThe COVID-19 Response Team continues to work with the Genesee County Public Health Department and with the Of ice of the President to adapt to the situation as it evolves and provide our community with the most current information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The University is fully committed to the health and safety of its entire community, and will continue to closely monitor this situation and any others that impact our campus. In addition to providing updates on a regular basis, the team meets regularly to review, evaluate and address immediate and future issues related to the pandemic. Members of the team include student, faculty and staf representatives and are listed here on the University’s website
Experimental Performance Evaluation of a Hyper-Branched Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Li-Air Batteries
Get PDFA hyper-branched polymer (HBP) electrolyte is synthesized for rechargeable lithium-air (Li-air) battery cell and experimentally evaluated its performance in actual battery cell environment. Several real-world battery cells were fabricated with synthesized HBP electrolyte, pure lithium metal as anode and an oxygen permeable air cathode to evaluate reproducibility of the rechargeable Li-air battery cell. The effect of various conditions such as various HBP based electrolytes, discharge current −0.1~0.5 mA, cathode preparation processes and carbon contents on the battery cell performance were experimentally evaluated using the fabricated battery cells under dry air condition. Detailed HBP electrolyte synthesis procedures and experimental performance evaluation of Li-air battery cell for various conditions are presented. The experimental results showed that different conditions and processes significantly affect the Li-air battery performance. Upon taking into account the effect of different conditions and processes, optimized HBP electrolyte materials, cathode process and conditions were determined. Several Li-air battery cells were fabricated with optimized conditions and optimized battery cell materials to determine the reproducibility and performance consistency. Experimental results showed that over 55–65 h of discharge occurred over 2.5 V terminal cell voltage with all three optimized Li-air battery cells. It implied that the optimized Li-air battery cells were reproducible and were able to hold charge over 2.5 V for more than 2 days. Experimental results of the Li-air battery cell with further refined optimized materials revealed that the battery cell can discharge more than 10 days (i.e., more than 250 h) at or above 2.0 V. The experimental results also showed that the Li-air battery discharge time got shorter as the discharge-charge cycle increases due to increase in internal resistances of battery cell materials. The experimental results confirmed that the lithium-air battery cell can be reproduced without loss of performance and can hold charge more than 10 days at or over 2.0 V. The investigation results obtained may usher a pathway to manufacture a long-life rechargeable Li-air battery cell in the near future