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Analysis Of Per Capita Expenditures Of Suburbanizing Communities In Maine, New England Environmental Finance Center
Analysis Of Per Capita Expenditures Of Suburbanizing Communities In Maine, New England Environmental Finance Center
Economics and Finance
This study analyzes per capita expenditure trends among selected fast-growing Maine towns from 1970-2004. The ten communities studied are termed as “suburbanizing” towns. This term is used to describe towns that over the past 30-40 years have been in the process of transition from rural to suburban – in terms of their population and housing densities, their forms of government, and the services they provide, as well as other characteristics.1 Such towns are of particular interest because they have been absorbing a healthy percentage of the state’s population growth during this time period, often at the expense of Maine’s service …
Damage Localization In Ambient Vibration By Constructing Proportional Flexibility Matrix, Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou, B. F. Spencer
Damage Localization In Ambient Vibration By Constructing Proportional Flexibility Matrix, Zhongdong Duan, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou, B. F. Spencer
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Damage Localization Approaches based on Changes of Flexibilities Constitute an Important Technique for Damage Detection. However, the Unavailability of Flexibility Matrix with Output-Only Data Makes Flexibility-Based Approaches Not Really Applicable in the Very Important Cases of Ambient Vibrations. an Algorithm is Presented to Construct a Proportional Flexibility Matrix (PFM) from a Set of Arbitrarily Scaled Tested Modal Shapes and Modal Frequencies. the Constructed PFM is Just within a Scalar Multiplier to the Real Flexibility Matrix, and the Scalar Multiplier is Theoretically the First Modal Mass, Which is Undetermined Before the Mode is Properly Scaled. Instead of Real Flexibilities, the PFMs …
Individual Certification As An Engineering Manager?, Rafael Landaeta, Kawintorn Pothanun, William Peterson
Individual Certification As An Engineering Manager?, Rafael Landaeta, Kawintorn Pothanun, William Peterson
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications
Several of the discipline specific professional societies are offering or planning to offer certification of individuals as engineering managers. Does this have implications for Engineering Management programs at universities? Other stakeholders (faculty, students, employers, and graduates of engineering management programs) are impacted by certification as well. This paper attempts to look at the issue from several points of view. This paper is intended to provoke a dialog on the topic.