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Approved Charges as amended for ASEC, LRP&EC & RABC 9-21-2017
No full textApproved Charges as amended for ASEC, LRP&EC & RABC 9-21-2017Academic Senat
Standing Committee Charges - Only ASEC & AAC charges approved on 9-6-2018
No full textStanding Committee Charges - Only ASEC & AAC charges approved on 9-6-2018Academic Senat
ASEC Nominees - Bios & Vision Statements for April 11, 2019 Election
No full textASEC Nominees - Bios & Vision Statements for April 11, 2019 ElectionAcademic Senat
ASEC: A new Sustainable Energy Centre in Western Australia
Get PDFThe Commonwealth Government announced on 9th April 2003 a grant of $5.5 million over four years from the Australian Greenhouse Office through its Renewable Remote Power Generation Program (RRPGP) to assist the establishment of an Industry Support Centre (ISC) for renewable energy at Murdoch University in Perth. The ISC will support the development of the Australian sustainable energy industry. A key element of this project will be to establish a Renewable Energy Systems and Standards Laboratory (RESLab) that will assist the development of standards and accreditation for renewable energy systems and provide a world class testing facility. The ISC and RESLab will form part of the Australian Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC) which is to be established as a joint venture of universities, industry and governments to provide services and research capacity to assist the development of the sustainable energy industry in Australia. ASEC will take over some of the activities of the former Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE) which will close on 31 December 2003. Some of the ACRE participants and some new members will form the initial consortium for ASEC.
ASEC will assist the development of the Australian sustainable energy industry through research and development, standards and testing, demonstration, education, training and policy development. While ASEC will be located in Western Australia, it will maintain and develop strong links to related organisations in Australia, New Zealand and overseas. ASEC will participate in joint projects and provide important services t o the whole sustainable energy industry in Australia. ASEC will become a major support base for the Australian sustainable energy industry to assist it to develop new products that meet national and international needs for clean energy supply and efficient energy use.
This paper outlines the objectives, key strategies and proposed portfolio of activities of ASEC
Policy B2.0 Proposed Revisions from the ASEC (April 11, 2019)
No full textPolicy B2.0 Proposed Revisions from the ASEC (April 11, 2019)Academic Senat
Autonomous Swarms for Extreme Conditions (ASEC)
No full textSwarms consist of numerous entities that work together to achieve an objective. There are twobroad schools of swarms, centralized and decentralized, which refers to the method of organizationemployed by the swarm. With the abundance and readiness of modern processing equipment, mostmodern swarms use a centralized model where control and instructions converge at one point, usually ata controller station. While practical, the centralized model opens the door for problems that can beavoided with some compromise by a decentralized system. However, one of the primary benefits ofusing a decentralized swarm model, security, is undermined by the inclusion of onboard centralprocessing units (CPUs). Our project, Autonomous Swarms for Extreme Conditions (ASEC) project aimedto demonstrate the feasibility of using a decentralized swarm with no central processing units.Specifically, we were tasked with:1. the design and fabrication of three rover-like swarm agents.2. creating a swarm agent that could withstand “extreme” conditions (defined later).3. producing these agents in a cost-efficient manner with a low-price final product.Decentralized swarms with no CPUs are often overlooked and overshadowed by their more commonCPU-based, centralized counterparts (CCCs); CCCs hold a clear advantage in the complexity of tasks theycan complete. Additionally, with modern encryption methods, they are secure to most common attacks.CCCs become ineffective when their cyber protection, communication, or required resources becomeunavailable. ASEC acts as a proof of concept for a rover-based, CPUless, decentralized swarm. To achievethese goals, the ASEC design group devised a solution that would require no CPU: taking inspiration frominsect behavior and utilizing analog electronics. The project yielded successful results but certain areas,namely swarm communication, underperformed.Our client, Dr. Borowczak, is a faculty member in Computer Science that specializes incybersecurity. Decentralized swarms are particularly valuable to him because they are much moreresilient to common attacks. Whereas an attack on the center of a centralized system can be devastating,a decentralized swarm can withstand individual attacks without compromising the rest of the system.The work performed by the ASEC team will aid Dr. Borowczak in understanding the challenges that facethe physical implementation of decentralized swarms (DS). The applications of such a swarm are quitenumerous. What is lost in processing capability by the non-inclusion of a CPU is gained in resilience. Withless sensitive electronics and simpler communication channels, DS can be deployed to areas withpunishing conditions such as space, irradiated environments, disaster zones, and conflict zones. Whileour specific design will not be implemented in any of these environments, the core principles of DS agentdesign can be carried over. Every component of the agents acts as a potential vector of attack andmanipulation; thus, the ASEC team was careful to weigh design choices with potential future impacts.</div
Toxicological Efficiency Evaluation of the ASEC Technology for Contaminated Mining Water Using Lemna minor
No full textThe Adiabatic Sonic Evaporation and Crystallization (ASEC) technology was developed as a disruptive zero-liquid discharge system to treat contaminated mining effluents. This study evaluates its ecotoxicological efficacy using Lemna minor, a freshwater macrophyte, as a sensitive bioindicator. Acute growth inhibition tests were conducted using OECD Guideline 221. Lemna minor was exposed for 7 days to untreated and treated effluents from the Tharsis mine and the Tinto River in southern Spain. The results revealed 100% inhibition of frond growth and biomass in untreated samples (pH < 2.6), indicating acute toxicity. In contrast, effluents treated with ASEC showed growth and biomass accumulation statistically indistinguishable from the control, confirming the system’s efficiency in reducing toxicity and restoring water quality. These findings support the environmental viability of ASEC technology for mine and port effluent treatment
CPS-ASEC data 1963-2022, income adjusted for top-coding
No full textThis dataset reflects the final cleaned CPS-ASEC dataset for years 1963-2022 for replication of Autor et al. (2008). This dataset does adjust for top-coded income variables in the CPS, and is used in Autor et al. (2008) barring Figure 1
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