314 research outputs found
Dr. Wade Downey - Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Wade Downey, Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, and his student lab group study the ability of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) to mediate new reactivity or increase the efficiency of known reactions. The most likely downstream application of this new chemistry is in the fields of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and herbicides. In 2018 he co-authored two articles, along with his students, in both the Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron Letters
David Downey
No full textDave is an award winning safety leader and the founder of Downey Aviation Services.
Dave’s aerospace experience includes civil certification, flight operations and safety/risk management. He is a published author and international public speaker on aviation and leadership.
Mr. Downey most recent role was as President, North America, at Aerosafe Risk Management. Prior to that role he was a Vice President at Bell Helicopter where he was responsible for Systems Engineering, Engineering Operations, Flight Test Operations, Flight Safety, the Bell Organization Delegation Authorization and the Product Safety Board. He streamlined processes and developed leadership training.
Prior to joining Bell, Mr. Downey was a member of the FAA Senior Executive Service where he served as the Manager, FAA Rotorcraft Directorate in Fort Worth, Texas. He provided strategic direction on all aspects of rotorcraft and tilt-rotor policy/certification. In this position he was also responsible for all FAA experimental flight test policy, training and administration. He was a Team Leader on the FAA Safer Skies Commercial Aviation safety program. As Co-Chair of the International Helicopter Safety Team, Dave achieved a 33% reduction in the number of U. S. fatal helicopter accidents. He has FAA engineering and manufacturing experience with engines, propellers, APUs, UAVs and airplanes. He has also worked closely with the NTSB and international Aviation Authorities such as TCCA, EASA, CAAC and ICAO.
Dave began his career as a U. S. Army Pilot. He has military experience as an instructor pilot, instrument flight examiner, maintenance test pilot, and experimental test pilot. He served as an Exchange Officer to the United Kingdom as a Senior Test Pilot. His aviation experience includes over 4000 hours of fixed and rotary wing accident-free flying on 125 different models. He holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot rating as well as: single/multi engine land/seaplane and helicopter commercial pilot, and CFI ground.
Dave graduated from the University of Tennessee Space Institute with an MS and earned his BS from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He also graduated from the US Navy Test Pilot School. Dave is the 2010 Society of Experimental Test Pilots Tony LaVier Flight Safety Award for life time achievement in Flight Safety.https://commons.erau.edu/lep-images/1000/thumbnail.jp
Workplace hostility: defining and measuring the occurrence of hostility in the workforce
No full textObjectives: The purpose of this study was to define a comprehensive construct, workplace hostility, encompassing sub-areas of harmful workplace behaviors. Key characteristics include: perception of the target, persistence, intentionality, nonphysical
nature, and organizational affiliation.
Participants: Pilot study participants (N=42, students and N=35, workers) were small
convenience samples. Main study participants (N=393, 70% female) were working individuals and almost 50% reported 1 to 5 years in their current jobs.
Methods: The two pilot studies collected surveys face-to-face. The main study used online surveys.
Results: Based on the pilot studies, items from the Workplace Hostility Inventory (WHI)
were judged as a reasonable set. Results from the main study suggested three
subscales related to perceptions of being subjected to hostility: interference with work, denigration, and exclusion. Supervisors produced greater distress on all factors, but only exclusion predicted a desire to leave the organization. Distress was greater when the perpetrator was a woman or a group. After controlling for feelings toward coworkers and supervisors, WHI was not related to job satisfaction.
Conclusions: The WHI was found to be an inclusive construct, representing numerous
concepts. The WHI is comprehensive and global, encompassing the previous overlap in
existing research
20-year review of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board's operating capacity investments
No full textauthors: Jess Downey, Dr. Emily Jane Davis, Dr. Rich Margerum.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Experimental study of thin film sensor networks for wind turbine blade damage detection
No full textDamage detection of wind turbine blades is difficult due to their complex geometry and large size, for which large deployment of sensing systems is typically not economical. A solution is to develop and deploy dedicated sensor networks fabricated from inexpensive materials and electronics. The authors have recently developed a novel skin-type strain gauge for measuring strain over very large surfaces. The skin, a type of large-area electronics, is constituted from a network of soft elastomeric capacitors. The sensing system is analogous to a biological skin, where local strain can be monitored over a global area. In this paper, we propose the utilization of a dense network of soft elastomeric capacitors to detect, localize, and quantify damage on wind turbine blades. We also leverage mature off the shelf technologies, in particular resistive strain gauges, to augment such dense sensor network with high accuracy data at key locations, therefore constituting a hybrid dense sensor network. The proposed hybrid dense sensor network is installed inside a wind turbine blade 1:25 scale model, and tested in a wind tunnel to simulate an operational environment. Results demonstrate the ability of the hybrid dense sensor network to detect, localize, and quantify damage.</p
Biosynthesis of flavonoids in grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) / Mark Downey.
No full textBibliography: p. 227-253.xvii, 254 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), photos (col.) ; 30 cm.This project sought to examine the spatial and temporal distribution, as well as the composition, of the flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and flavonols in winegrapes throughout berry development. In addition, the author sought to explore how modifying bunch exposure to light would impact upon flavonoid biosynthesis in the grape berry by comparing the flavonoid composition of shaded and exposed grapes. The expression of key genes in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway was also investigated to understand how the pathway is regulated during berry development.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture and Wine, Discipline of Wine and Horticulture, 200
‘How can the governance of communities that care interventions be enhanced by understandings of community development?’: a case study in rural Australia
No full textThis
is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for
publication in Community Development Journal following peer review. The version
of record: Heather Downey, Guinever Threlkeld, ‘How can the governance of
communities that care interventions be enhanced by understandings of community
development?’: a case study in rural Australia, Community Development Journal,
Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2021, Pages 487–505, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsaa012</a
Keynote Address: Bringing the Pieces Together
No full textDave is an award winning safety leader and the founder of Downey Aviation Services. Dave’s aerospace experience includes civil certification, flight operations and safety/risk management. He is a published author and international public speaker on aviation and leadership. Mr. Downey most recent role was as President, North America, at Aerosafe Risk Management. Prior to that role he was a Vice President at Bell Helicopter where he was responsible for Systems Engineering, Engineering Operations, Flight Test Operations, Flight Safety, the Bell Organization Delegation Authorization and the Product Safety Board. He streamlined processes and developed leadership training. Prior to joining Bell, Mr. Downey was a member of the FAA Senior Executive Service where he served as the Manager, FAA Rotorcraft Directorate in Fort Worth, Texas. He provided strategic direction on all aspects of rotorcraft and tilt-rotor policy/certification. In this position he was also responsible for all FAA experimental flight test policy, training and administration. He was a Team Leader on the FAA Safer Skies Commercial Aviation safety program. As Co-Chair of the International Helicopter Safety Team, Dave achieved a 33% reduction in the number of U. S. fatal helicopter accidents. He has FAA engineering and manufacturing experience with engines, propellers, APUs, UAVs and airplanes. He has also worked closely with the NTSB and international Aviation Authorities such as TCCA, EASA, CAAC and ICAO. Dave began his career as a U. S. Army Pilot. He has military experience as an instructor pilot, instrument flight examiner, maintenance test pilot, and experimental test pilot. He served as an Exchange Officer to the United Kingdom as a Senior Test Pilot. His aviation experience includes over 4000 hours of fixed and rotary wing accident-free flying on 125 different models. He holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot rating as well as: single/multi engine land/seaplane and helicopter commercial pilot, and CFI ground. Dave graduated from the University of Tennessee Space Institute with an MS and earned his BS from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He also graduated from the US Navy Test Pilot School. Dave is the 2010 Society of Experimental Test Pilots Tony LaVier Flight Safety Award for life time achievement in Flight Safety
State of California, [Civilian Exclusion Order No. 6], Los Angeles County, Lawndale and Downey city areas
No full textBroadside instructs Japanese American residents in Los Angeles County, Lawndale and Downey areas, state of California, that they will be excluded from the area by April 14, 1942 and to prepare for evacuation by that date to a Civil Control Office in the area. Residents failing to comply with the Civil Exclusion Order would be subject to criminal penalties and immediately apprehended and interned. Also instructs "responsible family members" to report to the Civil Control Office on April 8 for further instruction.The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942
<em>Public Library Collections in the Balance: Censorship, Inclusivity, and Truth</em> by Jennifer Downey
No full textPublic Library Collections in the Balance: Censorship, Inclusivity and Truth, by Jennifer Downey, focuses tightly on issues of self-censorship in collection development, as well as community challenges. It features constant reminders of the First Amendment and Library Bill of Rights as guides for appropriate policy and institutional framework, particularly in collection development. The author also presents some unique and multi-faceted challenges and examples of situations of censorship, to aid librarians involved in collection development and policy making.</jats:p
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