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Challenge and Promise of E-democracy
No full textGriffith Business School, School of Government and International RelationsFull Tex
Paul E. Griffith Interview for the Veterans\u27 Voices Project
No full textPaul E. Griffith was drafted into the Army on May 23, 1965. He served with the 2nd Battalion 13th Artillery, the 23rd GP Artillery, and 2nd Field Force. Griffith served at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, Fort Benning in Georgia, and in Vietnam. He was awarded 2 Bronze Stars, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He left the Army as a Captain on June 25, 1969.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/veterans_voices/1014/thumbnail.jp
Interview of William Jess Griffith by Charles E. Corbató
No full textDr. Arthur Wohlers: Professor of Education (p. 4)
-- Dr. Marion Conrad: Professor of Education (p. 4)
-- John Herrick: Head of the Campus Planning Office (pp. 4-5, 8)
-- Edward “Ned” Moulton: Vice President (pp. 6, 15, 22)
-- Jean Hansford: campus improvements for handicapped access (p. 9)
-- Novice Fawcett: President (p. 27)
-- Harold Enarson: President (pp. 27-28)
-- Ed Jennings: President (pp. 27-28)Dr. William J. Griffith, born and raised in Ohio, was the first member of his family to attend college. After graduating in 1950 from Bowling Green State University, he began to teach mathematics and sciences at the secondary level at a small rural school. At age 25 he was appointed Superintendent of that school. After three years there, he was named Superintendent at a larger public school in Forest, Ohio. During his six years there he completed his master’s at Bowling Green, but then decided to enroll in Graduate School at Ohio State to earn his doctorate. He became a Graduate Research Associate in the Administration and Facilities Unit in the Bureau of Educational Research and Service of the College of Education. That office specialized in assisting public schools with various facilities related problems. His dissertation, supervised by Professors Arthur Wohlers and Marion Conrad, had to do with forecasting public school enrollment.
Upon graduation Griffith accepted a faculty appointment in the College of Education, but after two years he moved in 1964 to central administration as a staff member in the Campus Planning Office. Under the direction of John Herrick, who was Head of Campus Planning, he worked to develop plans for building projects. Griffith developed a “program of requirements” which specified what was to be in the building – what kind of rooms and spaces, how they were equipped, what their functions were, etc. Starting in 1958, Herrick had initiated a campus master plan, one that was completed in 1962. He was very careful to solicit faculty and community comment in multiple public hearings.
In 1967 Griffith succeeded the retiring John Herrick as Director of Campus Planning. His transition to his new campus-wide responsibilities was eased by his staff of twelve who represented diverse skills, including specialists in urban planning, campus mapping, graphics, data processing, and computer programming. A major task was to revise the Master Plan adopted under John Herrick in 1962. Among the innovations started under Griffith were the development of master plans for each of the University’s regional campuses, the completion of geodetic mapping of the campus, development of a campus signage system, and starting the program for modifying campus facilities for use by people with physical impairments.
At the time there were no federal or state mandates regarding physical impairment, but Griffith obtained two federal grants, one for more than a million dollars, that provided money for curb ramps, restroom modification. Some additional monies came from the Board of Regents, but later most of the funds came from the standard building budget. In time every building on campus became handicapped-accessible. “I think that was one of the major things that we did.”
Another major innovation was the creation of the University District Organization, which in partnership with Battelle and Chemical Abstracts, worked to develop a planning process for the area around campus. Griffith’s authority did not extend to Don Scott Field, which had its own separate Master Plan, although he believed that the University Airport staff had made considerable efforts to address the complaints of neighbors near the airport.
Dr. Griffith was very much involved in the development of the Master Plan for the West Campus. He cites various reasons why West Campus never developed as a suitable teaching environment. Once President Ed Jennings decided in 1981 to bring West Campus students back to the main campus, the Campus Planning Office had to develop plans to accommodate them amid a scarcity of classroom space. Many buildings had to be transformed in a process that took several years.
During the widespread campus disruptions in the spring of 1970, relatively little damage was done to the physical plant. Several small fires were started in wastebaskets, and there were some broken windows. One positive outcome of the riots was they helped persuade some people of the need to make the central campus a pedestrian zone free of significant automobile traffic. Some streets were closed, and key card access gates were installed in several locations. The major complaint involved closing a section of Neil Avenue to public access which had been used until then by between 5,000 to 7,000 cars daily. The City Traffic Department complained loud and long.
The controversial decision to construct the two massive Towers, Lincoln and Morrill, on the banks of the Olentangy River, had been opposed by Griffith and the Office of Campus Planning. But the genuine need for student housing was compelling, and Griffith and his Office were overruled. The initial plan called for 96 students per floor, but this proved unworkable, and the dormitories proved unpopular. Eventually over half of the space was converted to administrative use even though it had never been designed for that. The Campus Planning Office was there for two years from 1971 to 1973.
Even more controversial was the decision to tear down University Hall, the oldest building on campus. Engineering studies were done and the building was deemed unsafe, plus various modifications made since 1871 meant that it was not really the original building. So the decision was made to tear it down and replace it with one that looked on the outside like the original. Many alumni complained of this decision.
At various times over his sixteen-year tenure, Griffith reported to several different senior administrators. These included the Provost, Jack Corbally, Vice President, Ned Moulton, and fiscal officers Dick Zimmerman, Bill Vandament, and Weldon Ihrig. His own support staff was remarkably stable, only two or three left.
Griffith and his staff played a major role in discussions with the state of Ohio over construction of the Olentangy Freeway through the campus in the late 1970’s. His recommendation was accepted that the university should donate the land to the state in exchange for the state building the road and necessary railroad underpass to the West Campus. Thus, the state assumed all costs in building Woody Hayes Drive.
Another major recommendation of Griffith was to develop a new formula for allocating facility costs for laboratory space, which, because of higher utility use for power, gas, and water, had much higher maintenance costs. This new statistical method was accepted by federal auditors, and resulted in a saving of millions of dollars for the university.
Griffith retired from full-time service in 1983, but continued to work on a part-time basis until 1992. He was in charge of the development of the memorial for Jesse Owens. He also was a consultant for several other universities. His final comment praised the major contributions of three university Presidents, Novice Fawcett, Harold Enarson, and Edward Jennings. All three were the “right people” for their own times and challenges.
Major Themes
Contributions of William Griffith during 16 years as Head of Campus Planning
Creation of the University District Organization for extra-campus planning
Making the campus accessible to handicapped people
Construction of West Campus, and Lincoln and Morrill Towers
Controversial decisions to rebuild University Hall, and restrict auto traffic on central campus
Development of Master Plans for each of the four Regional Campuse
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Towards the Facilitation of Academic Staff Active Engagement in e-Teaching Transformation in Higher Education Institutions : Building an eActive model for three Saudi Arabian universities to facilitate effective academic staff engagement and continuous innovation in e‐Teaching
No full textTechnological innovations have great impacts on higher education. In recent years, higher educational institutes have been replacing, or supplementing, the traditional face-to-face course delivery with electronically-mediated teaching in their programs (Garrison & Kanuka, 2004; Stoltenkamp, Kies, & Njenga, 2007). While the use of electronically-mediated teaching is increasing in higher education, the institutions have been facing complexities and challenges in academic staff engagement. This study used an action research approach to develop a model to motivate staff to be engaged in e-Teaching environments. The researcher role was a consultant in an e-Learning training centre in Saudi Arabia. This centre helps universities in Saudi Arabia to engage their staff in e-Teaching. While working collaboratively with a team from that centre and by reviewing the literature, the researcher has proposed a model to engage staff in e-Teaching for three female Saudi Arabian universities according to the preference of a sample from the same universities.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Predictors for Successul E-Government Adoption in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: The Deployment of an Empiraical Evaluation Based on Citizen- Centric Perspectives
No full textThis research project engages with the growing debate on the factors that affect e-government adoption in developing countries. The objective is to clearly identify and understand the main factors that influence Jordanian citizens’ intention to use e-government. This research asks the question: “What role do social factors play in influencing citizens in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to adopt e-government?” The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a Middle Eastern country that is implementing e-government as a new technology in order to create a knowledge-based society. The change in interactions between Jordanian citizens and the government from traditional methods to interaction via the Web needs exploration in order to understand the social factors that could inhibit the deployment of e-government in the social community. Despite the growing importance of e-government in Jordan, little attention has been given to investigating the factors that may influence the adoption of e-government by one of its main stakeholders: citizens. It has been claimed that a lack of citizen-centricity is one of the weaknesses of e-government implementation in Jordan. This research project therefore proposes and uses a model for e-government adoption in order to identify relevant adoption factors. The model uses constructs of social factors identified in the literature, especially from the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). These factors are: trust in terms of security and privacy; trust in government; attitudes and beliefs; internet and computer skill confidence; website design; the digital divide; wasta (favouritism); word of mouth (WOM); resistance to change; relative advantage; compatibility; complexity; perceived usefulness; and perceived ease of use.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Development of Flexible Fibre Biofilm Reactors for Treatment of Milk Processing Wastewater
No full textFood processing industries use considerable amounts of fresh water for their industrial purposes. These industries generate large quantities of high strength organic wastewaters which are usually biodegradable and amenable to biological treatment systems. Numbers of biological methods are still in use for the treatment of food processing wastewaters, either anaerobic or aerobic systems. In this research, the performance using newly developed laboratory scale sequencing batch flexible fibre biofilm reactor (SB-FFBR), single stage flexible fibre biofilm reactor (SS-FFBR) and newly developed multiple stage flexible fibre biofilm reactors (MS-FFBR) for treatment of milk processing wastewater were experimentally investigated.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith School of EngineeringScience, Environment, Engineering and TechnologyFull Tex
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Synthesis of Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Applications in Sensing and Light Harvesting
No full textGraphene quantum dot (GQD) is a derivative of 2D material graphene. It normally refers to small fragments of graphene having lateral size below 100nm. Not only do GQDs inherit some of the wonder properties of bulk graphene, but they possess properties unique from bulk graphene due to the quantum confinement and edge effects. As an emerging material, GQDs presents a new open field for broad
investigations, from synthesis, explanation of properties to promising applications including sensing, bio-imaging, nanomedicine (e. g. drug delivery), energy conversion (e. g. photovoltaic devices and photocatalyst) optoelectronics, spintronics etc. This PhD project is dedicated to three correlated aspects of GQDs: 1) development of new methods for synthesis of GQDs; 2) mechanistic studies of the
photoluminescence (PL) possessed by GQDs, and; 3) the applications of GQDs in sensing and light harvesting.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith School of EngineeringScience, Environment, Engineering and TechnologyFull Tex
Farsh-e-Parandeh: Animated Mandalic Carpet Projection: Exploring the Links between Proto-Animation Techniques in Persian Traditional Arts and the Foundation of Animation and Cinema
No full textThis thesis probes associations between ancient Persian arts, which have a circular or
mandalic structure, and the various nineteenth-century optical toys that were vital stages
in bringing movement to cinema; and examines if the aesthetic links between them are
coincidental or may be the result of a discontinuous historical trajectory. Research
findings indicates that ancient items that have been found in archaeological digs from
Persia hold a significant clue and may be an important piece of the jigsaw of
understanding the antecedents of film and moving image—in particular, animation. This
thesis builds on an iconographic analysis of a selection of historical artefacts from
Persia and compares and contrasts them with the nineteenth century optical toys such as
the zoetrope and phenakistoscope. These theoretical and historical dimensions have
been incorporated into the creative practice exploring the above associations creatively
and affectively. Farsh-e-Parandeh (roughly translated as ‘Flying Carpet’ from Farsi), as
an animated aerial-projected installation —a moving-image version of a traditional
Persian carpet— reflects renowned philosopher Attar’s Conference of the Birds (AD
1177) as a reference point for mandalic structures of Persian and Sufi mystical stories.
Farsh-e-Parandeh challenges the notion of moving-image production history as a
necessarily linear projection. This installation instead constructs an immersive, holistic
engagement based on cyclic patterned arrangements that harken back to nineteenthcentury
moving image forms of early animations.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Film SchoolArts, Education and LawFull Tex
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