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Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
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
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Synthesis and characterization of Jatropha curcas oil based bionanocomposite coating film via green chemistry approach for radiative cooling application / Mohamed Abdul Cader Mohamed Haniffa
No full textBionanocomposite is a novel glass of advance material can prepare by green continues phase called matrix and nanomaterials. Non-isocyanate poly(hydroxyl urethane) (NIPHU) is a green chemistry approach which can be used as a continues matrix and to replace the toxic, mutagen, and carcinogenic diisocyantes and their end products from the environment. In this study, 5 membered cyclic carbonate of Jatropha curcas oil (CJCO) and its alkyd resin (CC-AR) were used to synthesis NIPHU with different diamines such as 1,3-diaminopropane (DM) and isophorone diamine (IPDA). CJCO and CC-AR were achieved through carbonation of epoxidized derivatives of JCO in the presence of tetrabutylammonium bromide under desired temperature (T) and pressure (P) of the pressure reactor. The optimization of the T and P were monitored by using FTIR and 1H-NMR spectroscopies. After epoxy conversion, CJCO and CC-AR with carbonate contents of 24.9 and 20.2 wt%, were obtained respectively. Hybrid ZnO nanoparticles were prepared via effective (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS) coating of ZnO. Corundum nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by aqueous precipitation and sintering techniques respectively. Acid hydrolysis, TEMPO-oxidation and rapid cooling treatments on cellulose have contributed to the fabrication of TARC-4 with a high number of carboxyl entities and admirable thermal stability. TARC-4 and APTMS-ZnO were characterize by TEM, FTIR, TGA-DTG and XPS respectively.
NIPHU films were characterized by spectroscopic techniques, differential scanning calorimetry, and a universal testing machine. Field emission scanning electron microscopy was used to analyze the morphology of the NIPHU film before and after the solvent treatment. The solvent effects were investigated with water, 30% ethanol, methyl ethyl ketone, 10% HCl, 10% NaCl, and 5% NaOH. CJCO was blended with different weight ratios of CC-AR to improve its characteristics. This study shows that the presence of CC-AR in CJCO-based NIPHU can improve the thermo-mechanical and chemical resistance performance of the NIPHU film but degreases the transparency. Acrylic polymer matrix was used to prepare the nanocomposite coating on polyurethane film substrate incorporate of APTMS-ZnO, corundum and commercial SiO2 nanoparticles to investigate their optimum weight ratio for better UV- and IR-absorption. FTIR and UV-visible spectroscopies were used for this purpose. Corundum (2wt%), 6 wt% and 2wt% of SiO2 with 2wt% of APTMS-ZnO embedded 50 m of nanocomposite coatings were prepared respectively and labelled as D50, F50 and E50. The samples, D50 and F50 exhibited 98.77% and 97.60% of UV-and IR-absorption while they lost their visible light transmittance compared to E50.
EJCO/NIPHU pre-polymer based hybrid bionanocomposite coatings were prepared incorporate of TARC-4 and APTMS-ZnO to investigate their radiative cooling spectra (UV-and IR-absorption). The structure, radiative spectra and thermo-mechanical properties were analyzed by FTIR, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA-DTG and pencil hardness tester. The sample NIPUB-10 have exhibited high onset T of 282 C with 8% of char content at 700 C and 392 C of melting T. Moreover, it has shown better absorptions under UV-visible, and mid FTIR-region from 8 m to 13 m compared to other tested samples. Therefore, it is believed that the sample NIPUB-10 exhibit uniform crosslinking and reinforcement network as well as better radiative cooling spectra
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
Transition to turbulence in a qblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction at M=15
No full textDirect numerical simulations are carried out for different forcing techniques to trigger transition during the interaction between an oblique shock-wave and a laminar boundary-layer at M = 1.5. Three forcing methods are used: a) forcing of oblique unstable modes, whose shape and behaviour are determined by the local linear stability theory, b) broadband free-stream acoustic disturbances, and c) a cold plasma flow control device. While the oblique-mode breakdown is dominant for low-amplitude forcing, long streaky structures drive the transition process in a high-amplitude disturbance environment. LES are also performed on the experimental setup by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) from Novosibirsk State University with cold plasma actuation. As well as the disturbance type, the effect of Reynolds number and forcing amplitude will be investigated
Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration, June 4, 1991
No full textA letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration arguing that John Y. Udaka is entitled to a redress payment.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
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