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Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 11/29/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

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Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/15/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

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Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 11/15/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

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Teaching Consolidation: Case Study Of Preloading With Vertical Drains, Robb Moss, Judd King, Gregg Fiegel

Civil and Environmental Engineering

This paper describes a ground improvement case study where preloading and prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) were used to accelerate foundation settlements. The case study is used in a classroom setting with the learning objective of introducing engineering students to methods for estimating settlement of shallow foundations on compressible soils. The project site was developed for a corporate retail chain planning to open a new facility in San Luis Obispo, California. Up to 2.5 meters of fill were needed across much of the site to raise foundations and improvements above the flood elevation. Loads from the fill and the structure were …

Site Response Analysis Considering Strain Compatible Site Period, Hoss Hayati, Robb E.S. Moss

Civil and Environmental Engineering

In practice it is common to estimate site effects using a single proxy, or single variable such as 30 m shear wave velocity (V_S30) or site period. Many studies have investigated merits of proposed proxies with contradicting recommendations. Yet, most studies indicate the single proxy approach is less than ideal, resulting in large uncertainty. To provide a better understanding of components that drive site response, we performed a parameterized study on 19 shallow soil profiles with V_S ranging from 150 m/s to 400 m/s. We propagated 74 input motions through each soil column using one-dimensional equivalent-linear …

Site Response Analysis Considering Strain Compatible Site Period, Hoss Hayati, Robb E.S. Moss

Civil and Environmental Engineering

In practice it is common to estimate site effects using a single proxy, or single variable such as 30 m shear wave velocity (V_S30) or site period. Many studies have investigated merits of proposed proxies with contradicting recommendations. Yet, most studies indicate the single proxy approach is less than ideal, resulting in large uncertainty. To provide a better understanding of components that drive site response, we performed a parameterized study on 19 shallow soil profiles with V_S ranging from 150 m/s to 400 m/s. We propagated 74 input motions through each soil column using one-dimensional equivalent-linear …

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 11/8/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/8/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

For meeting minutes, see http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/senateminutes/1251/

Dharma And Darwin, Steven Marx

English

No abstract provided.

Creating A Comparative Map Of Relative Power For Dc Arc Flash Methodologies, Andre Azares

Master's Theses

Although arc flash has been a concern amongst the electrical industry for many years, it is only relatively recently that standards by the IEEE have been established on calculating the amount of energy behind an arc flash event. However, these standards only apply to AC systems, where extensive testing and research have been performed. Although the NFPA has provided recommendations on how to calculate the incident energy for DC arc flash events, these have not become the defining standard like those seen for AC. One equation outlined in the NFPA70E, the Maximum Power Method, does provide engineers with a formula …

As-821-16 Resolution On Procedures For Online Student Evaluation Of Instruction, Faculty Affairs Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Sets official procedure for online student evaluation of instruction.

Encouraging Development Of Mobile Applications As A Service To The Community, Vanessa Marie Forney

Master's Theses

The convenience of mobile applications combined with the efficiency and effectiveness provided by technology has contributed to an increased interest in mobile applications. Local groups and non-profit organizations often utilize outdated, manual processes and don’t have the resources or time to look into improving these systems. For Cal Poly students and other members of the community, this means there is an opportunity to apply technical skills and school projects to address these inefficiencies. This work explores whether a better system can be developed to provide the functionality of the existing system and enhance the experience of users through technology, data …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 11/1/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

A Novel Assessment Tool For Quantitative Evaluation Of Science Literature Search Performance: Application To First-Year And Senior Undergraduate Biology Majors, Jason M. Blank, Karen Mcgaughey, Elena Keeling, Kristen L. Thorp, Conor C. Shannon, Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino

Library Scholarship

Expertise in searching and evaluating scientific literature is a requisite skill of trained scientists and science students, yet information literacy instruction varies greatly among institutions and programs. To ensure that science students acquire information literacy skills, robust methods of assessment are needed. Here, we describe a novel tool for longitudinal, crossover assessment of literature-searching skills in science students and apply it to a cross-sectional assessment of literature-searching performance in 145 first-year and 43 senior biology majors. Subjects were given an open-ended prompt requiring them to find multiple sources of information addressing a particular scientific topic. A blinded scorer used a …

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 11/1/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

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Review: Interspecies Ethics By Cynthia Willett, Thomas E. Randall

Between the Species

This paper provides a review of Cynthia Willett's book Interspecies Ethics. Willett aims to outline the beginnings of biosocial eros ethics – an ethical outline that sketches the potentiality of a cross-species cosmopolitan ideal of compassion (agape), derived through acknowledging and emphasizing the existence of spontaneous, playful interaction between social animals. Though this book is recommended for offering an innovative framework from which to explore the possibility of non-anthropocentric cross-species ethic, readers should be wary of expecting to find a fully-fledged moral program detailing how this would work.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/25/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 10/25/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

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Executive Committee - Meeting Minutes, 10/18/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 10/18/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Leveraging The Final Project To Improve Student Motivation In Introductory Digital Design Courses, Andrew Danowitz

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Student retention rates in engineering, especially among traditionally underrepresented groups, remain an obstacle to training a large, diverse engineering workforce. The NSF's Science and Engineering Indicators 2016 indicate that of students entering college with an intent to major in engineering, only 63% graduate with an engineering degree [1]. With research suggesting that misperceptions or a lack of knowledge about what work in a certain field is like can deter students from studying that discipline [2], [3], it is possible that providing a meaningful project experience at the introductory level could provide a strong positive impact on retention rates. This could …

The Making Of A Rain-Induced Roof Collapse And The Lessons Learned For Our Profession, M. E. Parolini, John Lawson

Architectural Engineering

Using a recent rain-induced roof collapse as a forensic case study, the authors will demonstrate a number of vital points of interest in the collaboration between structural engineers and other design disciplines. Citing a number of problems with the building’s design and the current code standards, this paper will investigate the avoidable events that led to a costly failure of the roof structure presented. As the practice of each construction design profession has become more specialized, communication among those professions on many overlapping design choices has eroded from common practice. This is true for one such area where multiple disciplines …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/11/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 10/11/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Resource Scarcity Drives Lethal Aggression Among Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers In Central California, Mark W. Allen, Robert Lawrence Bettinger, Brian F. Codding, Terry L. Jones, Al W. Schwitalla

Social Sciences

The origin of human violence and warfare is controversial, and some scholars contend that intergroup conflict was rare until the emergence of sedentary foraging and complex sociopolitical organization, whereas others assert that violence was common and of considerable antiquity among small-scale societies. Here we consider two alternative explanations for the evolution of human violence: (i) individuals resort to violence when benefits outweigh potential costs, which is likely in resource poor environments, or (ii) participation in violence increases when there is coercion from leaders in complex societies leading to group level benefits. To test these hypotheses, we …

Atomic Tiles: Manipulative Resources For Exploring Bonding And Molecular Structure, Alan L. Kiste, Rebecca G. Hooper, Gregory E. Scott, Seth Bush

Chemistry and Biochemistry

A simple manipulative resource, Atomic Tiles, is described for scaffolding the learning of Lewis structures without using algorithmic, rule-based methods of drawing. Students use Atomic Tiles to (1) create models of bonding that lead to drawing Lewis structures, (2) use the structures they create to infer patterns required for rational structures and common organic functional groups, (3) translate between Lewis structures and molecular models, and (4) use molecular models to identify isomers.

As-820-16 Resolution On Proposed New Degree Program For Master Of Science In Packaging Value Chain, Jay Singh

Academic Senate Resolutions

Proposes a Master of Science in Packaging Value Chain.

Large-Scale Outflows In Luminous Qsos Revisited: The Impact Of Beam Smearing On Agn Feedback Efficiencies, Bernd Husemann, Julia Scharwächter, Vardha N. Bennert, V. Manieri, Jong-Hak Woo, Darshan Kakkad

Physics

Context. Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is thought to play an important role in quenching star formation in galaxies. However, the efficiency with which AGN dissipate their radiative energy into the ambient medium remains strongly debated.

Aims. Enormous observational efforts have been made to constrain the energetics of AGN feedback by mapping the kinematics of the ionized gas on kpc scale. We study how the observed kinematics and inferred energetics are affected by beam smearing of a bright unresolved narrow-line region (NLR) due to seeing.

Methods. We re-analyse optical integral-field spectroscopy of a sample of twelve luminous unobscured quasi-stellar …

Food Science Education, Research, And Professional Development, Phillip S. Tong

Dairy Science

Food science knowledge and experience obtained through education, research, and professional development are the engines for innovative solutions that have historically solved key challenges in providing food for man since ancient times, and hold the key to meeting future needs of a growing global population. The systems in place that have been used to evolve our education programs conduct research and provide continuous learning opportunities that are essential to insuring a vibrant and widely available nutritious, safe, and wholesome food supply. This article provides an overview of the topics of the hierarchy related to food science education, research, and professional …

Executive Committee - Agenda 10/4/2016, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.