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August 18, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Aug 2004

August 18, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


August 18, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Aug 2004

August 18, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


Modeling And Simulation Research And Instruction At The U.S. Air Force Academy, Russell M. Cummings, Scott A. Morton, Keith Bergeron Aug 2004

Modeling And Simulation Research And Instruction At The U.S. Air Force Academy, Russell M. Cummings, Scott A. Morton, Keith Bergeron

Aerospace Engineering

Modeling and simulation has become a driving force within the engineering and science communities as the cost of, and time for, experimentation continues to rise. Some areas of study, such as chemistry and biology, may not even have the ability to fully evaluate certain processes experimentally, making modeling and simulation even more important. The situation has led many areas of research to the necessity of modeling and simulating various processes using computers. In addition, the rise in computational capabilities (the supercomputers of a decade ago are outmoded by the PC clusters of today), has led to a paradigm shift from …


Design Of Zebra Mussel Control Measures For Hydro-Electric Power Projects, G. Inci, C. J. Miller, N. Yesiller Aug 2004

Design Of Zebra Mussel Control Measures For Hydro-Electric Power Projects, G. Inci, C. J. Miller, N. Yesiller

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is a biofouling organism that lives generally in freshwater ecosystems. Zebra mussel infestation has occurred at various freshwater structures and systems including raw water intakes, industrial and domestic distribution pipelines, and hydropower facilities at its native regions as well as distant locations. A study was conducted to perform risk assessment and to develop preventive measures for zebra mussel infestation at a planned hydroelectric power plant (Alpaslan II HEPP) in southeast Turkey. Zebra mussel is native to Anatolia region and existing hydropower facilities have significantly been affected by mussel infestation. The risk assessment was conducted by …


The Impact Of Health Information And Demographic Changes On Aggregate Meat Demand, Christiane Schroeter, Ken Foster Aug 2004

The Impact Of Health Information And Demographic Changes On Aggregate Meat Demand, Christiane Schroeter, Ken Foster

Agribusiness

Over the past few decades, U.S. meat consumption patterns have changed. Figure 1 shows the U.S. per-capita meat consumption from 1970-1999. Consumers have increased their total meat consumption by 9.3% from 1970 to 1999, however, the composition of the meat consumption changed as well. While beef consumption has consistently decreased since 1985 - that of poultry and fish have increased. Per capita pork consumption has not changed on average from the 1970’s to the 1990’s.


Killing Animals That Don't Fit In: Moral Dimensions Of Habitat Restoration, Jo-Anne Shelton Aug 2004

Killing Animals That Don't Fit In: Moral Dimensions Of Habitat Restoration, Jo-Anne Shelton

Between the Species

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Examination Of Technologies For Student-Generated Work In A Peer-Led, Peer-Review Instructional Environment, Brian P. Coppola, Alan L. Kiste Aug 2004

Examination Of Technologies For Student-Generated Work In A Peer-Led, Peer-Review Instructional Environment, Brian P. Coppola, Alan L. Kiste

Chemistry and Biochemistry

There is a growing literature demonstrating the effectiveness of using computer environments to assist students’ in visualizing science and mathematics concepts. However, with many of these computerized learning environments, students do not have the option of manipulating the environment. Instead, they are presented with pre-made visualizations. Enabling students to display their understanding through multiple representational forms is more interesting. In our peer-led, peer-review environment, students generate a complex, literature-based, multimedia text on which their final examination is based. However, there are great time and personnel costs in this design. Collaborating with SRI Inc., we are addressing these demands via the …


July 21, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jul 2004

July 21, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


July 21, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jul 2004

July 21, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


Deriving In Situ Phytoplankton Absorption For Bio-Optical Productivity Models In Turbid Waters, Christina Orrico, Matthew J. Oliver, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, Mark A. Moline Jul 2004

Deriving In Situ Phytoplankton Absorption For Bio-Optical Productivity Models In Turbid Waters, Christina Orrico, Matthew J. Oliver, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, Mark A. Moline

Biological Sciences

As part of Hyperspectral Coupled Ocean Dynamics Experiment, a high-resolution hydrographic and bio-optical data set was collected from two cabled profilers at the Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory (LEO). Upwelling-and downwelling-favorable winds and a buoyant plume from the Hudson River induced large changes in hydrographic and optical structure of the water column. An absorption inversion model estimated the relative abundance of phytoplankton, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and detritus, as well as the spectral exponential slopes of CDOM and detritus from in situ WET Labs nine-wavelength absorption/attenuation meter (ac-9) absorption data. Derived optical weights were proportional to the parameter concentrations and allowed …


Cal Poly Names New Dean For Orfalea College Of Business, Public Affairs Office Jul 2004

Cal Poly Names New Dean For Orfalea College Of Business, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Mean-Field Theory Of Collective Transport With Phase Slips, Karl Saunders, J. M. Schwarz, M. Christina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton Jul 2004

Mean-Field Theory Of Collective Transport With Phase Slips, Karl Saunders, J. M. Schwarz, M. Christina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton

Physics

The driven transport of plastic systems in various disordered backgrounds is studied within mean field theory. Plasticity is modeled using nonconvex interparticle potentials that allow for phase slips. This theory most naturally describes sliding charge density waves; other applications include flow of colloidal particles or driven magnetic flux vortices in disordered backgrounds. The phase diagrams exhibit generic phases and phase boundaries, though the shapes of the phase boundaries depend on the shape of the disorder potential. The phases are distinguished by their velocity and coherence: the moving phase generically has finite coherence, while pinned states can be coherent or incoherent. …


Cal Poly University Center For Teacher Education Is Now College Of Education, Public Affairs Office Jul 2004

Cal Poly University Center For Teacher Education Is Now College Of Education, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Mentoring A New Generation Of Faculty Jul 2004

Mentoring A New Generation Of Faculty

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


A Theoretical Analysis Of Long-Term Bisphosphonate Effects On Trabecular Bone Volume And Microdamage, Jeffry S. Nyman, Oscar C. Yeh, Scott J. Hazelwood, R. Bruce Martin Jul 2004

A Theoretical Analysis Of Long-Term Bisphosphonate Effects On Trabecular Bone Volume And Microdamage, Jeffry S. Nyman, Oscar C. Yeh, Scott J. Hazelwood, R. Bruce Martin

Biomedical Engineering

Bisphosphonates increase bone mass and reduce fracture risk, but their anti-resorptive action may lead to increases in fatigue microdamage. To investigate how bisphosphonate effects influence changes in bone volume and microdamage in the long term, a strain-adaptive model of bone remodeling and microdamage balance was developed for a continuum-level volume of postmenopausal trabecular bone by invoking Frost's mechanostat hypothesis. Both disuse and fatigue microdamage were assumed to stimulate the activation frequency of basic multicellular units (BMUs) such that bone remodeling served to remove excess bone mass and microdamage. Bisphosphonate effects were simulated as follows: low, intermediate, high, or complete suppression …


June 23, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jun 2004

June 23, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


June 23, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Jun 2004

June 23, 2004 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.


Interactive Demonstrations And Laboratories Using Shape Memory Alloys, Wendy C. Crone, Eric J. Voss, Katherine C. Chen Jun 2004

Interactive Demonstrations And Laboratories Using Shape Memory Alloys, Wendy C. Crone, Eric J. Voss, Katherine C. Chen

Materials Engineering

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) constitute a unique class of materials that undergo a reversible phase transformation allowing the material to display dramatic stress-induced and temperature-induced deformations that are recoverable. Nickel titanium (NiTi) is a shape memory alloy used in a wide variety of biomedical, aerospace, automotive and other applications. The austenite-martensite phase transformation that occurs in these alloys with changes in temperature or applied stress is responsible for the unique properties of this material. The unusual behavior of SMAs provides an exciting way to engage students and can be incorporated into a variety of courses under topics such as phase …


Cal Poly Announces President's Service Award Winners, Public Affairs Office Jun 2004

Cal Poly Announces President's Service Award Winners, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Mustang Daily, June 3, 2004 Jun 2004

Mustang Daily, June 3, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.


Cal Poly 2003 Annual Report Jun 2004

Cal Poly 2003 Annual Report

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.


As-616-04 Resolution On Proposal To Rename The University Center For Teacher Education To The College Of Education, Robert Detweiler And Bonnie Konopak Jun 2004

As-616-04 Resolution On Proposal To Rename The University Center For Teacher Education To The College Of Education, Robert Detweiler And Bonnie Konopak

Academic Senate Resolutions

Endorses name change to College of Education.


Watercolors In The Coastal Zone: What Can We See?, Oscar Schofield, Robert A. Arnone, W. Paul Bissett, Tommy D. Dickey, Curtis O. Davis, Zoe Finkel, Matthew Oliver, Mark A. Moline Jun 2004

Watercolors In The Coastal Zone: What Can We See?, Oscar Schofield, Robert A. Arnone, W. Paul Bissett, Tommy D. Dickey, Curtis O. Davis, Zoe Finkel, Matthew Oliver, Mark A. Moline

Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.


The New Age Of Hyperspectral Oceanography, Grace Chang, Kevin Mahoney, Amanda Briggs-Whitmire, David Kohler, Curtis Mobley, Marlon Lewis, Mark A. Moline, Emmanuel Boss, Minsu Kim, William Philpot, Tommy Dickey Jun 2004

The New Age Of Hyperspectral Oceanography, Grace Chang, Kevin Mahoney, Amanda Briggs-Whitmire, David Kohler, Curtis Mobley, Marlon Lewis, Mark A. Moline, Emmanuel Boss, Minsu Kim, William Philpot, Tommy Dickey

Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.


Diploid And Polyploid Cytotype Distribution In Melampodium Cinereum And M. Leucanthum (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), Tod F. Stuessy, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, David J. Keil Jun 2004

Diploid And Polyploid Cytotype Distribution In Melampodium Cinereum And M. Leucanthum (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), Tod F. Stuessy, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, David J. Keil

Biological Sciences

Previous chromosomal studies within Melampodium (Asteraceae, Heliantheae) of Mexico and Central America have documented chromosome numbers n = 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 25 ± 1, 27, 30, and 33. Some species also have been shown to exhibit infra-and interpopulational polyploidy. The presence of cytotype mixtures is especially pronounced in the white-rayed complex, which occurs in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. This group includes M. cinereum (n = 10 and 20), M. leucanthum (n = 10 and 20), and M. argophyllum (n = 30). Cytotype distribution has been newly analyzed in 415 plants from 152 populations …


Academic Senate - Agenda, 6/1/2004, Academic Senate Jun 2004

Academic Senate - Agenda, 6/1/2004, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Mustang Daily, May 27, 2004 May 2004

Mustang Daily, May 27, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.


Academic Senate - Agenda, 5/25/2004, Academic Senate May 2004

Academic Senate - Agenda, 5/25/2004, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.


Mustang Daily, May 24, 2004 May 2004

Mustang Daily, May 24, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.


Cal Poly Architecture Students Showcase Thesis Designsin “Evolution Destination” Exhibition May 28, Public Affairs Office May 2004

Cal Poly Architecture Students Showcase Thesis Designsin “Evolution Destination” Exhibition May 28, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.