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J. Michael Duncan honored with emeritus status
No full textJ. Michael Duncan of Blacksburg, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, " Distinguished Professor Emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting June 4
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Virginia Tech's Michael Duncan receives civil engineering award
No full textJ. Michael Duncan, Virginia Tech University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is the 2010 recipient of the G. Brooks Earnest Award and Lecture from the American Society of Civil Engineers' Cleveland Section. </p
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Handwritten note by Judge Michael J. Roche
No full textNote by United States District Judge Michael J. Roche: "Filed July 2, 1943 In the above-entitled cause it appearing upon the face of the petition that petitioner is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, and it further appearing that she has not exhausted her administrative remedies under the provisions of Executive Order No. 9102 (7 Fed. Reg. 2165) and the regulations promulgated thereunder, IT IS THEREFORE ordered that the petition for a write of habeas corpus be, and the same is, hereby denied, dated: July 2, 1943." Note is written on the back of a document titled "Statement of Oswald Garrison Villard on Chinese Exclusion before the H. R. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization on May 20, 1943."The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States
Author Commentary: Mobile Music Technology: From Innovation to Ubiquitous Use
No full textThis author commentary chapter accompanies the re-publication of my co-authored 2006 paper ‘Mobile Music Technology: Report on an Emerging Community’ - one of 30 papers selected from 1,200 NIME papers to be included in the book ‘A NIME Reader: Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression, published by Springer and edited by Alexander Refsum Jensenius and Michael J. Lyons
The energy-water nexus in Texas
Full text linkAshlynn Stillwell, Carey King, Michael Webber, and Ian Duncan are with UT Austin; Amy Hardberger is with Environmental Defense FundUnderstanding the nexus between energy and water – water used for energy and energy used
for water – has become increasing important in a changing world. As growing populations demand more
energy supplies and water resources, research aims to analyze the interconnectedness of these two resources.
Our study sought to quantify the energy-water relationship in Texas, specifically the relationship between
electricity generation and water resources as it pertains to policy and society. We examined the water
requirements for various types of electricity generating facilities, for typical systems both nationwide and
in Texas. We also addressed the energy requirements of water supply and wastewater treatment systems,
comparing national averages with Texas-specific values. Analysis of available data for Texas reveals that
approximately 595,000 megaliters of water annually – enough water for over three million people for a
year – are consumed by cooling the state’s thermoelectric power plants while generating approximately
400 terawatt-hours of electricity. At the same time, each year Texas uses an estimated 2.1 to 2.7 terawatthours
of electricity for water systems and 1.8 to 2.0 terawatt-hours for wastewater systems – enough
electricity for about 100,000 people for a year. In preparing our analysis, it became clear that substantially
more site-specific data are necessary for a full understanding of the nature of the energy-water nexus and
the sustainability of economic growth in Texas. We recommend that Texas increase efforts to collect
accurate data on the withdrawal and consumption of cooling and process water at power plants, as well as
data on electricity consumption for public water supply and wastewater treatment plants and distribution
systems. The overarching conclusion of our work is that increased efficiency advances the sustainable use
of both energy and water. Improving water efficiency will reduce power demand, and improving energy
efficiency will reduce water demand. Greater efficiency in usage of either energy or water will help stretch
our finite supplies of both, as well as reduce costs to water and power consumers.Mechanical Engineerin
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