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Meeting Engineering Program Objectives Through Service Learning Opportunities In Developing Countries, Jeffrey M. Plumblee, Lansford Bell, Leidy E. Klotz Feb 2011

Meeting Engineering Program Objectives Through Service Learning Opportunities In Developing Countries, Jeffrey M. Plumblee, Lansford Bell, Leidy E. Klotz

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The civil engineering profession, in an adaptive reaction to emerging roles for civil engineers, is recognizing the need for new engineers to possess a more robust skill set than just the typical design background. This paper describes the efforts of Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries (CEDC) to fulfill the more nontraditional and often unaddressed “learning outcomes” noted by ASCE’s Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century as important prerequisites for licensure. The learning outcomes are addressed through ongoing international service learning projects in Cange, Haiti. The paper focuses on the following four outcomes and their fulfillment methods: leadership, …


The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 2 2011-01-28, Clemson University Jan 2011

The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 2 2011-01-28, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.


Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 January 26, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Jan 2011

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2011 January 26, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

Minutes: Meeting of the Clemson University Board of Trustees. Banquet Rooms I & II, Hilton Hotel, Columbia, South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.


The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 1 2011-01-21, Clemson University Jan 2011

The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 1 2011-01-21, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2011

No abstract provided.


The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 1 2011-01-21, Clemson University Jan 2011

The Tiger Vol. 105 Issue 1 2011-01-21, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.


North Carolina Vs Clemson (10/22/2011), Clemson University Jan 2011

North Carolina Vs Clemson (10/22/2011), Clemson University

Football Programs

North Carolina vs Clemson (10/22/2011)


Clemson Football Media Guide - 2011, Clemson University Jan 2011

Clemson Football Media Guide - 2011, Clemson University

Football Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2011, Clemson University Controller's Office Jan 2011

Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2011, Clemson University Controller's Office

Supplemental Schedules

No abstract provided.


Why Should A Library Invest In You? Or, How To Succeed With Short-Term Library And Archival Fellowship Grants, Susanna Ashton Jan 2011

Why Should A Library Invest In You? Or, How To Succeed With Short-Term Library And Archival Fellowship Grants, Susanna Ashton

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Short term library fellowships are quite likely the single most common kind of national research grant given out to scholars in the humanities. The Massachusetts Historical Society alone gives out twenty short- term library fellowships. Almost ev-ery major private university and scholarly library (including the Huntington, New-berry, Yale’s Beinecke, Harvard’s Houghton, and the New- York Historical Society), many public universities (such as the University of Texas, Austin), many major pub-lic libraries (such as the Boston Public Library and the New York Public Library), and many small specialized research libraries administrate these types of grants.


Clemson Football Media Guide Supplement - 2011, Clemson University Jan 2011

Clemson Football Media Guide Supplement - 2011, Clemson University

Football Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Hydrodynamic Stability Of The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta): Effects Of Four-Limbed Rowing Versus Forelimb Flapping In Rigid-Bodied Tetrapods. , Gabriel Rivera, Angela R.V. Rivera, Richard W. Blob Jan 2011

Hydrodynamic Stability Of The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta): Effects Of Four-Limbed Rowing Versus Forelimb Flapping In Rigid-Bodied Tetrapods. , Gabriel Rivera, Angela R.V. Rivera, Richard W. Blob

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Hydrodynamic stability is the ability to resist recoil motions of the body produced by destabilizing forces. Previous studies have suggested that recoil motions can decrease locomotor performance, efficiency and sensory perception and that swimming animals might utilize kinematic strategies or possess morphological adaptations that reduce recoil motions and produce more stable trajectories. We used high-speed video to assess hydrodynamic stability during rectilinear swimming in the freshwater painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). Parameters of vertical stability (heave and pitch) were non-cyclic and variable, whereas measures of lateral stability (sideslip and yaw) showed repeatable cyclic patterns. In addition, because freshwater and marine turtles …


60th Yearbook Of The Literacy Research Association, Kathy Headley, Susan King Fullerton, Pamela M. Stecker, Victoria R. Gillis, C. C. Bates Jan 2011

60th Yearbook Of The Literacy Research Association, Kathy Headley, Susan King Fullerton, Pamela M. Stecker, Victoria R. Gillis, C. C. Bates

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No abstract provided.


Beyond The Laboratory And Lens: New Metaphors For Literary Research, David Reinking Jan 2011

Beyond The Laboratory And Lens: New Metaphors For Literary Research, David Reinking

Publications

No abstract provided.


Taps (2011), Clemson University Jan 2011

Taps (2011), Clemson University

Yearbooks

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Faculty Manual, 2011-2012, Clemson University Jan 2011

Faculty Manual, 2011-2012, Clemson University

Faculty Manuals

No abstract provided.


Center For Career And Professional Development Annual Report, 2010-2011, Clemson University Jan 2011

Center For Career And Professional Development Annual Report, 2010-2011, Clemson University

Annual Report

Our annual reports provide an overview of the services, events, and programs provided to undergraduate, graduate students, and first-year alumni. Our data reporting cycle runs from August 15 – August 14 to follow the academic year.


Adventures In The Enormous: A 1.8 Million Clone Bac Library For The 21.7 Gb Genome Of Loblolly Pine, Zenaida Magbanua, Seval Ozkan, Benjamin Bartlett, Philippe Chouvarine, Christopher Saski, Aaron Siston, Richard Cronn, C Dana Nelson, Daniel Peterson Jan 2011

Adventures In The Enormous: A 1.8 Million Clone Bac Library For The 21.7 Gb Genome Of Loblolly Pine, Zenaida Magbanua, Seval Ozkan, Benjamin Bartlett, Philippe Chouvarine, Christopher Saski, Aaron Siston, Richard Cronn, C Dana Nelson, Daniel Peterson

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Loblolly pine (LP; Pinus taeda L.) is the most economically important tree in the U.S. and a cornerstone species in southeastern forests. However, genomics research on LP and other conifers has lagged behind studies on flowering plants due, in part, to the large size of conifer genomes. As a means to accelerate conifer genome research, we constructed a BAC library for the LP genotype 7-56. The LP BAC library consists of 1,824,768 individually-archived clones making it the largest single BAC library constructed to date, has a mean insert size of 96 kb, and affords 7.6X coverage of the 21.7 Gb …


Exploring The Potential Of Inkjet Printing For The Fabrication Of Tissue Test Systems, Vidya Seshadri Jan 2011

Exploring The Potential Of Inkjet Printing For The Fabrication Of Tissue Test Systems, Vidya Seshadri

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Animal models and two-dimensional assays involved in drug testing, vaccine development and basic scientific discovery are not an accurate representation of the human body; hence there is a need to develop new bench top methodologies which are better suited to yield information about in vivo behavior. There is a paucity of reliable in vitro-derived information regarding the reasons for the cause and progression of diseases. These concerns have lead to the development of three-dimensional systems which can facilitate improved understanding of disease etiology and also can bridge the path to the clinic.
The long term goal, beyond the scope of …


Biodegradation Kinetics For 1,2-Dichloroethane And Ethylene Dibromide In Anaerobic Enrichment Cultures Grown On Each Compound, Rong Yu Jan 2011

Biodegradation Kinetics For 1,2-Dichloroethane And Ethylene Dibromide In Anaerobic Enrichment Cultures Grown On Each Compound, Rong Yu

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1,2-Dichloroethane (DCA) and ethylene dibromide (EDB) are among the top 15 chlorinated aliphatic compounds on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Priority List of Hazardous Substances. Co-contamination of groundwater with EDB and 1,2-DCA resulted mainly from environmental releases of leaded gasoline; these compounds were added as lead scavengers. A microcosm study by Henderson et al. with soil and groundwater from a site contaminated with leaded gasoline demonstrated anaerobic biodegradation of EDB at a higher rate, and to a greater extent, than 1,2-DCA. Both compounds were transformed mainly by dihaloelimination to ethene. The objectives of this study were to …


Cloning, Expression Analysis, And Transformation Vector Construction Of Dam Homologs In Peach And Poplar, Yuhui Xie Jan 2011

Cloning, Expression Analysis, And Transformation Vector Construction Of Dam Homologs In Peach And Poplar, Yuhui Xie

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Genetic fine mapping and sequencing of the EVG locus in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] identified six tandem arrayed Dormancy-Associated MADS-box (DAM) genes as candidates for regulating growth cessation and terminal bud formation in the non-dormant evergrowing (evg) mutant. Since the mutant is lacking expression of six genes in the mapped locus, further functional analysis is needed to narrow the list of gene candidates for the non-dormant evg phenotype. Here I report three sets of experiments designed to functionally test DAM genes in peach and their homologs in a model tree, hybrid poplar.
First I constructed overexpression and knockdown vectors …


Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2010 December 8, Clemson University Board Of Trustees Dec 2010

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2010 December 8, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

Minutes: Teleconference of the Clemson University Board of Trustees. CU-ICAR Partnership Offices, Greenville, SC. 10:00 a.m.


Profile Of The Newsletter Editorial Board Dec 2010

Profile Of The Newsletter Editorial Board

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Synthesis, Stabilization, And Characterization Of Metal Nanoparticles, Gregory White Ii Dec 2010

Synthesis, Stabilization, And Characterization Of Metal Nanoparticles, Gregory White Ii

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Wet chemical synthesis techniques offer the ability to control various nanoparticle characteristics including size, shape, dispersibility in both aqueous and organic solvents, and tailored surface chemistries appropriate for different applications. Large quantities of stabilizing ligands or surfactants are often required during synthesis to achieve these nanoparticle characteristics. Unfortunately, excess reaction byproducts, surfactants, and ligands remaining in solution after nanoparticle synthesis can impede application, and therefore post-synthesis purification must be employed. A liquid-liquid solvent/anti-solvent pair (typically ethanol/toluene or ethanol/hexane for gold nanoparticles, GNPs) can be used to both purify and size-selectively fractionate hydrophobically modified nanoparticles. Alternatively, carbon dioxide may be used …


The Future Of Editing: A Textual Analysis Of Three Wikipedia Articles, Lara Tellis Dec 2010

The Future Of Editing: A Textual Analysis Of Three Wikipedia Articles, Lara Tellis

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This thesis is a case study analyzing the revisions made to three Wikipedia articles, 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' '2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team,' and 'Murder of Annie Le,' in September, 2009. After tracking and coding the revisions made to each of these three articles using categories developed by Sam Dragga and Gwendolyn Gong and Lester Faigley and Stephen Witte, I describe the types of changes made to Wikipedia articles, the differences in changes made to articles at different levels on Wikipedia's quality scale, and the features that make online editing distinct from print editing.


Optimizing The Mechanical Properties Of Partially Yttria Stabilized Zirconia With Alumina Additions, Ramanaganapathy Kandaswamy Dec 2010

Optimizing The Mechanical Properties Of Partially Yttria Stabilized Zirconia With Alumina Additions, Ramanaganapathy Kandaswamy

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Zirconia is one of the extensively studied solid oxide ceramics with respect to its use in various industrial applications like electrolyte in fuel cells, sensors, refractories and exhaust chamber in automobile industry. It can be found from the literature 1-4 that are contradictory results on the mechanical properties when alumina is added. There are several factors like microstructure, phase composition and method of processing that affects the mechanical properties of the material. The focus of this research is to examine how hardness, tensile strength and other properties varies with alumina content and deduce the optimal amount of alumina that is …


Effect Of Ultrasonic Vibration On The Mass Transfer Coefficient In A Sieve Plate Scrubber, Dinora Monroy Melendez Dec 2010

Effect Of Ultrasonic Vibration On The Mass Transfer Coefficient In A Sieve Plate Scrubber, Dinora Monroy Melendez

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The air pollution technique of wet scrubbers for fumes, mists and suspended dusts as part of a polluted gas stream has been study as well as used for industries for many decades. The sieve tray is the simplest type of these scrubbers. A laboratory-scale single-stage, sieve tray countercurrent wet scrubber has been designed to study the effect of ultrasonic vibrations on the rate of mass transfer. A 20 kHz ultrasound frequency was chosen for a high performance cavitation to enhance the mass transport between the gas and liquid phases. Various perforation diameters and weir heights were employed in order to …


Chemical Composition And Antioxidant Properties Of Maya Nut (Brosimum Alicastrum), Hatice Kubra Tokpunar Dec 2010

Chemical Composition And Antioxidant Properties Of Maya Nut (Brosimum Alicastrum), Hatice Kubra Tokpunar

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ABSTRACT
Maya nut was investigated in term of its moisture, ash content, antioxidant activities, phenolic components by high pressure liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector (HPLC-UV) and fatty acid composition by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The results showed that Maya nut was mainly composed of 55.06% linoleic acid (C18:2 n6), 27.2% palmitic acid (C16:0), 6.26% stearic acid (C18:0), 9.9% linolenic acid (C18:3 n3), and 3.36% Cis-11-Eicosenoic (C20:1). Maya nut possesses a higher content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) (linoleic and linolenic acid), but lower content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) than canola oil and olive oil. The antioxidant capacities and total phenolic …


Complex Decision Support For Older Adults: Effects Of Information Visualization On Decision Performance, Margaux Price Dec 2010

Complex Decision Support For Older Adults: Effects Of Information Visualization On Decision Performance, Margaux Price

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Older adults are faced with complex decision tasks that impose high working memory demands. A representative task is choosing a prescription drug plan from a multitude of options that must be evaluated along many factors. The combined effect of the quantity of complex information, and reduced working memory capacity puts older adults at a disadvantage. However, research with younger adults suggests that the working memory burden of decision tasks can be reduced using well-designed, graphical decision aids (i.e., environmental supports). The current study examined the use of environmental supports to support complex decision-making for older adults. Two experiments were conducted; …


A Synthetic Analysis Of Integrated Data Fusion: Combining Hydrologic And Geophysical Data Collected During A Tracer Test To Estimate Aquifer Flow And Transport Parameters, Dylan Fowler Dec 2010

A Synthetic Analysis Of Integrated Data Fusion: Combining Hydrologic And Geophysical Data Collected During A Tracer Test To Estimate Aquifer Flow And Transport Parameters, Dylan Fowler

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Integrated data fusion (IDF), also known as coupled inversion, is becoming a more widely used method for estimating hydrologic parameters from geophysical data. IDF is being used in this research as an approach to inversion that couples mathematical models of groundwater flow, solute transport, and electrical resistivity for the direct estimation of hydraulic conductivity, porosity, and dispersivity from transient resistivity data collected during a tracer test. In this work, synthetic field resistivity data are generated using only a single current electrode pair and many potential electrodes. This data is then used within the IDF framework to a) estimate hydraulic conductivity …


The Dependence Of Electrical Resistivity, Saturation And Saturation Exponent On Multi-Phase Flow Instability, Zuolin Liu Dec 2010

The Dependence Of Electrical Resistivity, Saturation And Saturation Exponent On Multi-Phase Flow Instability, Zuolin Liu

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Multiphase flow channeling in oil reservoirs during water floods reduces oil recovery. Electrical methods may be used to monitor reservoirs and detect the onset of channeling, but the dependence of electrical resistivity on reservoir flow conditions is complex. The present study is directed toward understanding how the parameters of Archie's law, a commonly assumed relationship between electrical resistivity and water saturation in a porous medium, depends on multiphase flow instability leading to flow channeling. In this research a series of 34 flow experiments were conducted in a thin, two-dimensional tank (55cm x 55cm x 3.75cm) packed with 2mm glass beads …