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A Proposal For Standard Reporting Of Extensive Modular Green Roof Hydraulic Performance Parameters, Nigel B. Kaye, William D. Martin Iii

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Protecting Critical I Infrastructure Along Eroding Streams Using Bioengineering Techhniques And Stream Restoration Methoodolo, William Rector

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Assessment Of The Nchrp Abutment Scour Prediction Equations With Laboratory And Field Data, Stephen T. Benedict

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Water Budget Of A Surficial Aquifer In The Lower Coastal Plain: Ace Basin, Sc, Rachael L.A. Kassabian, Timothy J. Callahan, Saundra Upchurch

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

A Guidance Manual For Assessing Scour Potential Using The South Carolina Bridge-Scour Envelope Curves, Stephen T. Benedict, Andral W. Caldwell, Toby D. Feaster

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Evaluating The Role Of Evapotranspirative Processes For Stormwater Management In Coastal South Carolina Watersheds With Shallow Groundwater, Daniel R. Hitchcock, Anand D. Jayakaran, Thomas H. Epps, Jessica A. Palazzolo

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Monitoring Water Quality Changes In A Forested Freshwater Wetland Threatened By Salinity, Anand Jayakaran, T M. Williams, W H. Conner, D R. Hitchcock, B Song, A T. Chow, E M. Smith

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Staff Senate Minutes, 2014 October 14, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Improving Tennis Player Performance Using System Development Interpretations Methodology, Dotan Shvorin, Kevin Taaffe

Publications

This research demonstrates a unique analytical approach to improving a player's performance in the game of tennis. We introduce a system development interpretations (SDI) methodology for associating player characteristics and factors in a hierarchical structure. We then show how this tool is applied in a human performance environment such as tennis. This approach was developed as a multi-disciplinary quality tool for process improvement that identifies factor dependencies and depicts their impact on the resulting player performance. From the implementation of the SDI methodology, the research was able to define the tennis player's difficulties and it has allowed the researchers to …

Benchmarking Professional Development Practices Across Youth-Serving Organizations: Implications For Extension, Barry A. Garst, Sarah Baughman, Nancy Franz

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Examining traditional and contemporary professional development practices of youth-serving organizations can inform practices across Extension, particularly in light of the barriers that have been noted for effectively developing the professional competencies of Extension educators. With professional development systems changing quickly, particularly through online education and blended learning opportunities, benchmarks need to guide new research around best practices in professional development. Although many program providers have not established benchmarks for professional development, a few cases exist. This article examines the current state of professional development practices of youth-serving organizations and offers recommendations for improving Extension professional development practices.

Synthetic Data Generation For The Internet Of Things, Jason Anderson, K. E. Kennedy, Linh B. Ngo, Andre Luckow, Amy Apon

Publications

The concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly moving from a vision to being pervasive in our everyday lives. This can be observed in the integration of connected sensors from a multitude of devices such as mobile phones, healthcare equipment, and vehicles. There is a need for the development of infrastructure support and analytical tools to handle IoT data, which are naturally big and complex. But, research on IoT data can be constrained by concerns about the release of privately owned data. In this paper, we present the design and implementation results of a synthetic IoT data generation framework. …

Rational Design Of Small-Molecule Stabilizers Of Spermine Synthase Dimer By Virtual Screening And Free Energy-Based Approach, Zhe Zhang, Virginie Martiny, David Lagorce, Yoshihiko Ikeguchi, Emil Alexov, Maria A. Miteva

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Snyder-Robinson Syndrome (SRS) is a rare mental retardation disorder which is caused by the malfunctioning of an enzyme, the spermine synthase (SMS), which functions as a homo-dimer. The malfunctioning of SMS in SRS patients is associated with several identified missense mutations that occur away from the active site. This investigation deals with a particular SRS-causing mutation, the G56S mutation, which was shown computationally and experimentally to destabilize the SMS homo-dimer and thus to abolish SMS enzymatic activity. As a proof-of-concept, we explore the possibility to restore the enzymatic activity of the malfunctioning SMS mutant G56S by stabilizing the dimer through …

Technology As A Service: Using An Institutional Repository To Educate Faculty On Author’S Rights, Copyright, And Sharing Research Openly And Effectively, Andrew Wesolek

Presentations

In October of 2013, Clemson University launched its TigerPrints institutional repository. This IR is a key component in a suite of services designed to capture the scholarly output of the University and make it openly available to the world while supporting the online and open access publication of unique Clemson scholarship. This presentation will explore the fundamentals of institutional repositories, and the ways that they can be used as tools to educate researchers on copyright, author’s rights, and the benefits of openly sharing their research.

2014 Annual Accountability Report, Clemson University

Accountability Reports

Clemson University's 2013-2014 Annual Accountability Report submitted to the South Carolina Budget and Control Board.

Energy Consumption Reduction Strategies For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Connected Vehicle Technology In An Urban Environment, Parth Bhavsar, Yiming He, Mashrur Chowdhury, Ryan Fries, Andrew Shealy

Publications

Automobile manufacturers have introduced plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to reduce fossil fuel consumption. This paper details three optimization strategies that can be utilized to further minimize energy consumption of PHEVs through an information exchange between PHEVs and infrastructure agents supported by the connected vehicle technology (CVT). While an earlier research by the authors focused on a freeway scenario, this study developed strategies for an urban scenario in which frequent ‘stop-and-go’ conditions exist. Three strategies were considered in this study based on different types of information availability using CVT; only signal timing information was available in Strategy One, only headway …

Test Prep Display, Maggie Mason Smith

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Development And Evaluation Of Carbon-Based Quantum Dots For Carbon Dioxide Photoconversion, Sushant Sahu

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World energy consumption has increasingly grown over the past several decades.Because of its potential in photochemical energy conversion, photocatalysis has been the subject of much recent research. Recently, carbon or graphene-based quantum dots have attracted growing attention in solar energy conversion applications, because of its unique optoelectronic properties, broad-band optical absorption, bright fluorescence emissions, favorable photoinduced electron transfer properties, reliable chemical inertness and stability, cost-effectiveness, and non-toxicity. While nanosized wide band gap semiconductor-based systems were largely at the center of attention in such studies, carbon-based quantum dots have recently emerged as a new class of semiconductor like photoactive materials, due …

Journal Of South Carolina Water Resources Volume 1, Issue 1

Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

Welcome to the first edition of the Journal of South Carolina Water Resources. We are pleased to offer this resource to academics, practitioners and policymakers in South Carolina and the region. The introductory issue of this journal corresponds closely to the October, biennial meeting of the South Carolina Water Resources Conference. The 2014 conference theme is Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges. With this in mind, the articles chosen for the inaugural edition relate to the critical idea of water planning and management aimed at ensuring the sustainability of this critical natural resource.

Clemson Commencement Program, August 2014, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

South Carolina's Climate Report Card: Understanding South Carolina's Climate Trends And Variability, Hope Mizzell, Mark Malsick, Ivetta Abramyan

Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

This study provides an overview of South Carolina’s climatic trends and variability over the last century. Most studies nationally have focused on large-scale temperature and precipitation trends, but examination of regional and local trends are needed to monitor the significance of the state’s climate signal and advance our understanding of the complex physical controls on the region’s climate. The behavior of several climatic elements since the 1900s were evaluated for 66 sites in South Carolina and bordering states to determine the variability of the system on annual, seasonal and decadal scales, including the use of threshold approaches to assess climate …

2014 Summary Report On Institutional Effectiveness, Clemson University

Institutional Effectiveness Reports

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Effect Of Patellar Component Thickness On Patellar Kinematics And Patellofemoral Joint Function Following Total Knee Replacement, Xin Xie

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Nowadays, instances of anterior knee pain and patellar fracture are more and more widely considered as significant complications following total knee replacement (TKR). The inability to freely flex/extend the knee after surgery has a critical influence on patients’ daily activities, which is one of the most common mechanical indications for TKR revisions. An overtly thick or thin patellar component selected intraoperatively in TKR surgery may cause postoperative complications, including excessive quadriceps tendon force, patellofemoral joint reaction force, and joint pain in TKR patients during knee joint motion.

The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of varying …

Homomorphic Encryption And The Approximate Gcd Problem, Nathanael Black

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With the advent of cloud computing, everyone from Fortune 500 businesses to personal consumers to the US government is storing massive amounts of sensitive data in service centers that may not be trustworthy. It is of vital importance to leverage the benefits of storing data in the cloud while simultaneously ensuring the privacy of the data. Homomorphic encryption allows one to securely delegate the processing of private data. As such, it has managed to hit the sweet spot of academic interest and industry demand. Though the concept was proposed in the 1970s, no cryptosystem realizing this goal existed until Craig …

Stem Career Cluster Engineering And Technology Education Pathway In Georgia: Perceptions Of Georgia Engineering And Technology Education High School Teachers And Ctae Administrators As Measured By The Characteristics Of Engineering And Technology Education Survey, Mark Vanburen Crenshaw

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This study examined the perceptions held by Georgia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Education (ETE) high school pathway teachers and Georgia’s Career, Technical and Agriculture Education (CTAE) administrators regarding the ETE pathway and its effect on implementation within their district and schools. It provides strategies for ETE teaching methods, curriculum content, STEM integration, and how to improve the ETE pathway program of study. Current teaching and curricular trends were examined in ETE as well as the role ETE should play as related to STEM education. The study, using the Characteristics of Engineering and Technology …

Applied Statistics In Environmental Monitoring: Case Studies And Analysis For The Michigan Bald Eagle Biosentinel Program, Katherine Leith

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The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is an extensively researched tertiary predator. Its life history and the impact of various stressors on its reproductive outcomes have been documented in many studies, and over many years. Furthermore, the bald eagle population recovery in Michigan has been closely monitored since the 1960s, as it has continued to recover from a contaminant-induced bottleneck. Because of its position at the top of the aquatic food web and the large body of ethological knowledge, the bald eagle has become a sentinel species for the Michigan aquatic ecosystem. In April 1999, the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualtity, …

An Experimental Investigation Towards Improvement Of Thermoelectric Properties Of Strontium Titanate Ceramics, Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi

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The direct energy conversion between heat and electricity based on thermoelectric effects is a topic of long-standing interest in condensed matter materials science. Experimental and theoretical investigations in order to understand the mechanisms involved and to improve the materials properties and conversion efficiency have been ongoing for more than half a century. While significant achievements have been accomplished in improving the properties of conventional heavy element based materials (such as Bi$_2$Te$_3$ and PbTe) as well as the discovery of new materials systems for the close-to-room temperature and intermediate temperatures, high-temperature applications of thermoelectrics is still limited to one materials system, …

Understanding Public Perceptions About Beach Nesting Shorebirds And Habitat Management On Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Marla Hamilton

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Coastline habitats along the eastern seaboard of North America serve as prime locations for beachfront development and consumptive and non-consumptive recreational opportunities. Many of these areas are also globally important nesting and wintering areas for threatened and endangered shorebirds (primarily species belonging to the order Charadriiformes). Across the span of their hemispheric ranges, shorebirds face significant threats due to increases habitat loss, human disturbance, and illegal hunting practices. With coastline use increasing human-wildlife interactions, positive public input and interaction is needed to mitigate negative consequences to wildlife. Although many techniques have been employed to discourage beach users from practicing recreational …

Fourth Moment Approximation Of Instrinsic Mode Lifetimes In Solids, Yang Gao

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A new method (second moment approximation method) of calculating mode lifetimes of materials has been proposed by Dickel and Daw [14, 15]. The method was tested on an anharmonic lattice model, and it shows consistency with results from using traditional method (molecular dy-namics with Green-Kubo [2]) at high temperatures, but deviates at low temperatures. Based on this method, we developed the fourth moment approximation method, and tested it on various models from 1D anharmonic chain to the FCC cube with Lennard-Jones potential. Calculations showed that the fourth moment approximation method provides a fast and reliable scheme to calculate mode lifetimes …

The Influences Of Engineering Student Motivation On Short-Term Tasks And Long-Term Goals, Adam N. Kirn

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This dissertation describes a sequential explanatory mixed methods study seeking to understand how engineering students’ long-term motivations influence present actions. Although academic performance is the most common indicator of student success, it does not take into account underlying motivations needed for students to effectively apply their intellectual resources. The first phase of the quantitatively examines the salient features of student motivation (e.g. ex-pectancy, value, and future time perspective) related to students’ long-term goals and short-term tasks. The second phase quantitatively examines what correlations, if any, exist between three factors of students’ moti-vation (expectancy of success in an engineering major, perceptions …

Modeling Supply Chain Acquisitions, Mariah S. Magagnotti

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Companies that are considering an acquisition are generally concerned with combining businesses successfully. Acquisitions are strategic decisions, aimed at increasing the current operations as well as posi-tioning themselves for future success. The aim of this dissertation research reflects that ambition: providing decision support models and methodologies for making network design decisions that enable successful current and future supply chain operations. These businesses operate in an uncertain world, where de-cisions regarding supply chain network design must be made despite the possibility of unforeseen future events that may disrupt or damage the supply chain. In an effort to aid decision makers in …