8,113 research outputs found

    Essay piece by Stephen L. Diamond, legislative counsel for U.S. senator Susan

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    Essay piece by Stephen L. Diamond, legislative counsel for U.S. senator Susan M. Collins, in which Diamond defends Collins\u27 record on campaign finance reform

    Lecture: Author Susan Orlean

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    Shaker Library and the Shaker Schools Foundation present Susan Orlean, SHHS grad and author of The Library Book, who will speak about her love of libraries and the impact of books on her life. Susan Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1973, where she was editor in chief of the school’s yearbook, The Gristmill. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976. She has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York

    3D characterisation of tool wear whilst diamond turning silicon

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    Nanometrically smooth infrared silicon optics can be manufactured by the diamond turning process. Due to its relatively low density, silicon is an ideal optical material for weight sensitive infrared (IR) applications. However, rapid diamond tool edge degradation and the effect on the achieved surface have prevented significant exploitation. With the aim of developing a process model to optimise the diamond turning of silicon optics, a series of experimental trials were devised using two ultra-precision diamond turning machines. Single crystal silicon specimens (1 1 1) were repeatedly machined using diamond tools of the same specification until the onset of surface brittle fracture. Two cutting fluids were tested. The cutting forces were monitored and the wear morphology of the tool edge was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The most significant result showed the performance of one particular tool was consistently superior when compared with other diamond tools of the same specification. This remarkable tool performance resulted in doubling the cutting distance exhibited by the other diamond tools. Another significant result was associated with coolant type. In all cases, tool life was prolonged by as much as 300% by using a specific fluid type. Further testing led to the development of a novel method for assessing the progression of diamond tool wear. In this technique, the diamond tools gradual recession profile is measured by performing a series of plunging cuts. Tool shape changes used in conjunction with flank wear SEM measurements enable the calculation of the volumetric tool wear rate.Wea

    Bromley, Susan. Traditional diamond pattern gloves made by Susan Bromley, Conche, Newfoundland.

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    Traditional diamond pattern gloves made by Susan Bromley, Conche, Newfoundland

    Bromley, Susan. Double-knit traditional diamond pattern socks made by Susan Bromley, Conche, Newfoundland.

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    Double-knit traditional diamond pattern socks made by Susan Bromley, Conche, Newfoundland

    BLACK/TIME/LINES/WHITE/TIME/LINES

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    The output is a wall mounted artwork consisting of two wooden panels, each measuring 100cm x 100cm x 6cm, covered in vertical woven strips. The strips are long and narrow, woven on two warps using wool, linen, cotton, mohair, acrylic, chenille, silk, and polyester thread. The research challenges conventional understandings of tapestry and its historical associations, and explores its significance as an action in the 21st century. Mowatt invests the act of weaving itself to test the limits of weaving and its relations to painting, drawing, performance and installation art. The output was a large-scale work that consists, unusually, of multiple, discontinuous, woven elements, constructed using an innovative self-taught technique that uses a continuous weft thread woven on the absolute minimum of warp threads (two). The methodology employed challenges customary associations of tapestry with luxury and expense, to instead present it as an ongoing process of material use and re-use. The work was accepted for several tapestry exhibitions, all juried and international: Artapestry 4 (2015), which showed at four international venues, the Royal Scottish Academy (2016), Cordis International Tapestry Prize (2016), Karpit 3 (2017), and A Considered Place (2019), at Drum Castle. The output won the Cordis International Tapestry Prize in 2016, which is the biggest international prize for this artform

    Tracing time -- Tracing threads

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    Tracing time – Tracing threads is a collection of enamelled jewellery, comprised of three neckpieces and eight brooches. The output was inspired by Elizabethan blackwork, a 16th–17th century embroidery technique that used a black thread made from an iron-based dye. This work was produced for an exhibition, Heat Exchange II – Artists Exchanging Energy (September 2015 – July 2016) which toured four international venues in the UK and Germany. The output was subsequently exhibited at Schmuck –Munich Jewellery Week 2017, the annual International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades at the International Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany (8 – 14 March 2017). It was also exhibited in an internationally selected group exhibition, Nexus: Meetings at the Edge m(September – November 2018), which toured in Wales

    Susan Carsch Diamond Family Collection 2001

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    The collection contains family trees of the Carsch, Albersheim, Aberle, and Lipmann families from the mid 17th to late 20th century, including birth, death, and marriage dates and locations.digitize

    Citizen piece on the Harvey Prager controversy. The author, Susan Clark Abbot

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    Citizen piece on the Harvey Prager controversy. The author, Susan Clark Abbott, is executive director of the Hospice of Maine in Portland, and takes exception with the judicial system and the media for implying that caring for the terminally ill is similar to a prison sentence

    Sustainability Awareness Week 2021: Climate Anxiety with Dr. Susan Clayton

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    Five current FIT students and recent graduates will join Daniel Benkendorf and climate anxiety scholar, Dr. Susan Clayton.In this session, Daniel Benkendorf (Psychology) will discuss the issue of climate anxiety with Dr. Susan Clayton, a psychologist who is both an internationally-recognized scholar on this topic and who is also a lead author on the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A panel of current FIT students and recent graduates will join Benkendorf and Clayton as they define and explore the features and peculiarities of climate anxiety and consider ways to ameliorate it.Sustainability is a key component of FIT’s mission and is embedded in the college’s curriculum and operations. During virtual Sustainability Awareness Week, we invite our community to learn about recent innovations from leaders in the industry, FIT students, faculty, staff, and alumni; experience FIT’s efforts to make a positive impact on the earth; and discover new ways to live with a smaller footprint
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