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Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 29, February 18, 1986

Central Florida Future

How Gramm-Rudman affects students; Discoveries: Laser studies contribute to Star Wars; Budget cuts could mean no Pell grant for 300,000; Officials label students 'materialistic'; News: Song and dance (with photos); Study: college women more intellectual than men; Some schools weary of dependence on SDI funding; Opinion: Orange County serves tourists but neglects locals; How do you like it?; New art doesn't make grade; Stetson steals victory away from Knights; IFC hits the football field to aid athlete; Controversy aids Stetson in defeat of UCF; Miller back in Orlando; Rifle teams shoots for NCAA tourney; Sports: Cardinale breaks record; The Main …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 28, February 13, 1986

Central Florida Future

Parking woes will continue; No stopping, no standing (photo of soda machines); UCF hackers win world recognition; Federal cuts creating tight belts; Students reaching out for $100,000; News: More road improvements coming-Fuller (with photo of Henry Fuller); College bosses discuss education; Sororities award honors at banquet; More high-tech business coming; Opinion: Christmas is just around the corner again for hounds; New hope for Senate budget; Wrestlers grapple with rival Stetson on Friday; Athletic budget leans towards football program; Sports: Rudd to play Canadian football (with photo); Soccer club has a UCF connection; Ladies run by Stetson (with photo); Soccer teams …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 27, February 11, 1986

Central Florida Future

Copy service 'really rotten'; 'An Actor's Nightmare' (with photo captioned "A scene from last week's 'Studio E' production by students in the Black Box Theatre."); University to team with Rollins, Valencia in first-ever forum; Discoveries: 'THOR' could save millions of dollars for military; News: More expressway coming in 1987; Graham creates scholarship to honor Challenger crew; Discussion this month will focus on fate of shuttle program; What will they think of next? (with photo captioned "Now you too can reserve your own tree."); Opinion: U.S. should force Marcos to resign for people's sake; Big fun with international news; Sports: Sports …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 26, February 6, 1986

Central Florida Future

BOR says 'yes' to doubling of dorm spaces; Florida not alone; other states increase their tuition; New policy for handling student grievances being finalized (with diagram "The new grievance procedure"); Spring Fever? (photo); News: Credit Union wants new home; Evening stroll (photo); Many think tougher standards will keep minorities out of school; CLAST reminder; Opinion: State of the Union message resembled a used car pitch; Engineers suffer from complex; Sports: Baseball is back; Road woes continue for Ladies (with photo); Knights surprise Howard, 73-70). Also includes the entertainment and feature supplement "Confetti": Molly Ringwald; Hacker's rebirth: welcome back to life …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 25, February 4, 1986

Central Florida Future

Administrators: little being done about lines; Work to start on road widening (with photo of "Widening University Boulevard"); Darus crowned as Miss UCF (with photo); Senate oks student scholarship measure; Strummin' my six-string (photo); News: Students confined to dorms in measles outbreak at Florida State University; News clips: Ash Wednesday; Chief Searcher; Reconsideration; Opinion: Media handling of shuttle tragedy was necessary evil; Keep this in mind...; Battling to defend our dirt; Letters: Senator takes pride in service; Situation won't improve without help; Zips run past UCF; Sports: Knights smoke Camels (with photo); The main event; Wrestlers have unique stats; Ladies …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 24, January 30, 1986

Central Florida Future

Special edition. A Remembrance (full page mourning the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger); News: New BOR chairman makes inspection; Miss UCF pageant worth more than $3000; Big family gathers to mourn our departed heroes; News clips: Happy Birthday (bookstore celebrating its fifth birthday); Chili Cook-Off; In the Race; Design Contest; Angel Flight; Pro Peace; 'Up With People' bringing message of hope to UCF; Opinion: Continue to search for answers (with photo); Farewell to Challenger...; ...but new challenge remains, to forge ahead despite loss; "Sweetness" finally gets his ring; Sports: Cucci leads by example; Knights' Patz has a unique hobby; …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 26, January 29, 1986, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Regents approve privately financed dorms; CREOL gets $291,000 grant: UCF at hub of laser research; Fun at the fog races equals more scholarships for UCF.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 23, January 28, 1986

Central Florida Future

UCF ranks 2nd on skills test (with chart captioned "passing CLAST: Percentage of students who passed"); Police here nabbed more crooks in 1985; News: New food outlet will be a real 'wild pizza'; Money for satellite (UCF's chapter of IEEE awarded money for satellite project); Artist earns showing a NY gallery (with example of Gaudnek's art); Students try TV weight loss; News clips: Student Travel; Health Education; Free Info; Growth Seminar; Helping Kids; Grant awarded for research; Athletics going to the races; Opinion: Senate should do students a favor and dissolve itself; Super Bowl falls short with finish; Letters: Lasley …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 22, January 23, 1986

Central Florida Future

Touch-tone registration implemented for summer; A new look (The Central Florida Future now available in new distribution boxes covering the campus); BOR stalls funding plan for student union at UCF; News: Students working for better advisement; 'Anarchists' work to abolish SGs; More parking (photo of a bicycle rack captioned "Officials announced the opening of a new parking lot in front of the Administration Building this week..."); AIDS seminar at UCF; News clips: Forced to Resign; Condemned; Opinion: A 'Grim' fairy tale for UCF students in search of Vahalla and gold; They want to wear our money on their backs; Letters: …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 21, January 21, 1986

Central Florida Future

Registration streamlined; Red hot (photo of the Alpha-Omega Players); More classes opened to meet student demand (with diagram); IRS may soon make students pay taxes on financial aid; News: Classes for credit now offered by UCF/Brevard; Activist Abbie (photo of Abbie Hoffman); Over 400 participate in NCDC; Get healthy with student groups; News clips: Disks Ready; From All Over; Big Share; Opinion: Realization of King's dream will free us (Tribute to martin Luther King Jr.); 'Free at last, free at last!'; Martin Luther King Jr. Not with our eyes, but our hearts; Super Bowl Sunday, Lady Knights hot; Discoveries: Snow …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 20, January 16, 1986

Central Florida Future

Graham in Orlando to fight child abuse (with photo captioned "Moe Thomas of Parents Anonymous in Brevard County displays a FLA-LOVE sticker while Gov. Graham and Ellen Hoffenberg look on."); Tribute to King (classes canceled in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday); New law could cut financial aid by up to 60 percent; Students get chance to race this week; Spring job prospects for technical graduates on a downslide-report; Money and books go unclaimed; Growing park; Classroom cameras; Uninsured Greeks; Against teaching; Heated Pool Open; Grades and Aid; Student Protest; Newsline; Military flexing will only provoke irrational reaction …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 24, January 15, 1986, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Belt-tightening does it: Sports picture looks brighter; Faculty Senate eyes own position; DOD grant holds project for UCF 9 more months; Women's Club plans big with next fundraiser; SEEDCO's Orr is speaker for M.L. King Day.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 19, January 14, 1986

Central Florida Future

Registration blues a matter of money; New scholars' house on lake 'first of its kind'; Oh those lines... (photo of students Adding/Dropping classes in the Student Center Auditorium); Yippie founder Hoffman in Orlando; News: Student protest nuclear arms race; $1 million facility will have athletes' services (with photo captioned "The athletic complex under construction."); Colbourn reorganizes administration; Fee committee meeting; News clips: UCF TV; Drug Workshop; Personal Plates; Leftover Money; Newsline; Opinion: Promises of Alafaya relief don't move traffic, wrestlers deserve support; The demands of being an editor, a Dolfan's lament; Letters: Student praises Brevard SG, Wittekind's style doesn't make …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 18, January 9, 1986

Central Florida Future

Alafaya project gets ok (with diagram illustrating the segment of the road that will be widened); Police have suspect in rape case; Culture seminar set for Tuesday; Senate meets today; Twice the news, same price; News: University planning new dormitories: Regents' ok needed before construction begins (with diagram illustrating where three new dorms will be built titled "More campus housing"); New apartment-type housing complex will be located near Lake Claire; Center offering help; Students don't know about campus activities; Torrential Tuesday (photo); News clips: Up and running; Cracking Down; Deadline Extended; Easy Registration; Newsline; Opinion: UCF for Add/Drop charity gains …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 17, January 7, 1986

Central Florida Future

Officials ok fall dorm lottery; DOT hearing tonight; Students fight high book prices; News: Speed limit on campus takes a hike; Police plan more light; Arachnid art (photo); Professor here wants to clean up; News clips: Director Resigns; New PC Lab; New RAs Sought; Financial Aid; Cross-Culture; Miffed Model; Anti-Star Wars; Newsline; Resolutions important to our future; Opinion: New Year brings nothing but the same old problems; Letters: Apology demanded from Oliver, Oliver's comment reflects bad attitude; Discoveries: Explosion=MC2: The science behind the bomb (with diagram titled "How fission occurs"); Sports: Lady Knights win third straight (with photo); Wrestlers grapple …

Focus Groups Of Travel Agents Regarding A New Concept In Tour Operation: "Sears Tours", Ady Milman

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

The purpose of the focus group sessions was to identify major areas of concern among experienced travel agents both in Orlando and New York. In particular, the discussions focused on the travel agents' experiences with the sale of tour packages and their relationships with tour operators. The methodology used by the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies was to start each discussion by introducing broad issues of tour packaging, and incrementaly narrow down to major concerns of day-to-day operations, as well as what would be the "ideal" tour operator the travel agents would like to work with. The next …

A Microsequenced Prolog Inference Engine, Jeffrey J. Ferguson

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Prolog is a symbolic logic language presently emerging among numerous expert system designs. The architecture for a microsequenced Prolog machine (UPM) capable of providing the basic language features to a host computer is proposed. The Prolog machine functions are portioned into three processor components – Input/Output, Memory, and Central (CPU), where the design of the Central Processor is emphasized. Detailed discussion outlines the CPU facilities used to implement the forward-chaining and backtracking functions for the UPM. The UPM features are compared to the PLM-1, a microsequenced Prolog inference engine under development at University of California, Berkley. An emulation of the …

Utilization Of Expert Systems In The Work Place: Performing Project Software Cost Estimation On Training Systems, Henry A. Marshall

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This research report investigates the use of an expert system to aid project engineers at the Naval Training Systems Center in making decisions concerning the requirements of the computer systems used in simulators. For a prototype system domain, the author chose an expert system that would generate a software development cost estimate. This system questions the user about the features and options required on the training system. The expert system then analyzes the information to generate a “lines of code” estimate. A selected model will combine various factors to generate s value answer for the user. The capabilities and features …

An Experimental Study Of A Single-Phase Natural Convection In A Cylindrical, Vertical Channel, S. Ali A. Hashemi

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Presented in this paper is the first known experimental assessment of a single-phase natural convection in a cylindrical, vertical channel subjected to non-uniform or uniform heat flux. This work was conducted at the University of Central Florida in the College of Engineering.

The results of this experimental study were compared with theory. The experimental values of Nusselt numbers (Nu = hD/K) in the entrance and fully-developed regions were somewhat lower and higher, respectively, when compared with theory.

Noise In Interferometric Sensors, Mark Phillips

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

A noise analysis is conducted on an interferometric sensor employed in the study of underwater acoustic noise. Primary emphasis is placed on finding the output Signal to Noise Ratio of the sensor.

Once the initial problem of the type of noise is established, the analysis proceeds along fairly classical lines. Field equations establish the signal reaching the director. Linear filter analysis establishes the nature of the spectrum after passing through a lowpass filter. Finally, second moment theory is used to derive expressions for the output Signal to Noise Ratio.

It is noted that the random ocean noise introduced to the …

Interactive Micro-Computer Software For The Production Of Engineering Drawings, Brian R. Garvey

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This project has developed a microcomputer-based interactive Graphics Software System for the production of engineering drawings. The drawings, stored in a digital format, can be recalled and updated much faster than by using conventional drawing methods. This allows for increased production and a standardized drawing format.

The system was designed to be easy to use so that with little training, a user can create, edit, plot, and save drawings for later retrieval. In addition, an open architecture was used in the design of the drawing database and program command structure so that the system can be easily expanded upon as …

An Inexpensive, Portable Data-Acquisition System, Ali I. Navvab

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Recognizing the need for an inexpensive data acquisition system, it was decided to investigate the use of the Hewlett-Packard Interface-Loop concept.

The equipment necessary to acquire, store, and display voltage/time measurements was purchased. This report discusses the integration, application, and operation of this equipment. It was found that such a system would perform satisfactorily under limited conditions but, as might be anticipated, was severely limited in frequency response. It is recommended that the system be upgraded to multi-channel capability.

Multi-Computer Communication With Crossbar Switches, Teh-Cheng Song

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes the design and implementation of a MC6809 multi-computer communication system, which includes a hardware communication controller, with emphasis on the system's software development. A communication program written in 6809 assembly language has been developed to interface each user and the controller. The communication program acts as a postman, sending and taking messages for each user via the interrupt-driven sending and receiving software. A message is transmitted over a crossbar switched path, which is 8 bits wide, to increase the transmission rate and decrease dedicated CPU time. Every time MC6809 microcomputer in the system can send or receive …

Comparison Of Apodization Geometries For Bidirectional Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers Based On Efficient Track Modelling, Armando J. Vigil

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Apodization, or spatial overlap weighting, is a common tap weighting technique for Surface Acoustic Wave filter transducers. The two most common apodization strategies are beam centered and slant centered overlap weighting. Two lesser known apodization geometries are beam spread overlap weighting and generalized distance weighting.

A wide variety of SAW transducer weighting techniques are described. Analysis is focussed on the four apodization geometries listed above. An efficient track based modelling system is developed in order to accurately solve for the acoustic radiation profiles, apodization loss and frequency dependent acoustic conductance. This modelling system becomes the foundation for a set of …

The Application Of Systolic Architectures In Vlsi Design, Steven V. Manno

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuit technology has offered the opportunity to design algorithms and data structures for direct implementation in integrated circuits. In order to take full advantage of this opportunity, the designer must understand the geometric limitations of the technology. Because the interconnections between components in a VLSI circuit are costly in both chip area and performance, the designer must consider the complexity of the data paths between components when selecting algorithms and architecture.

Systolic architectures offer a way to implement massively parallel special-purpose systems in VLSI circuits while minimizing costly interconnections between processing components. In a systolic …

Apodization Of Surface Acoustic Wave Three Phase Unidirectional Transducers, Benjamin P. Abbott

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents an introduction to surface acoustic wave (SAW unidirectional transducer (UDT) apodization. An unbalanced apodization structure is described. The structure is shown to suffer from an unbalanced capacitive effects, significant apodization losses and passband ripple. A balanced UDT structure is developed for the purpose of improving performance and minimizing undesirable effects associated with the unbalanced structure.

Each apodization structure is analyzed and compared using a typical impulse response of a SAW transducer. The analysis is accomplished using SAWCAD2, a unidirectional Surface Acoustic Wave Computer Aided Design FORTRAN-77 program developed at the University of Central Florida. Having shown the …

Simulating The Thermal Behavior An Earth-Stationed Satellite Terminal, Anthony M. Jacobi

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Lumped parameter modeling using finite differencing, form the basis for a C language simulation of a thermal system. The study of the earth-stationed satellite terminal includes an introduction to the system, derivation of the governing equation, development of a simulation, and a comparison of the results to empirical data.

The analysis is undertaken with emphasis on the worst-case thermal environment, and with determination of the cooling loads and transient response as primary goals. Comparing the predicted cooling loads to empirical data, and previous analyses, indicates an accurate simulation has been constructed. The computer models are offered as an alternative method …

The Application Of Expert Systems To Automated Storage And Retrieval, Robert E. Mcdonald

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This report discusses the major functions, decisions, and strategies of automated storage and retrieval systems (AR/RS). The report surveys the essential features of expert systems and discusses how they can be applied in automated warehousing environments. A blackboard expert system architecture was examined and found to be a flexible and responsive control system for automated warehousing applications. A simple AR/RS expert system was constructed using an expert system software package. A warehousing simulation was performed which compared the expert system’s performance to a typical AR/RS control system. The expert system produced increased efficiency of operation because of the intelligent rules …

On-Line Microprocessor Control Of Optical Disc Recorders And Players, Howard Luebcke

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this paper is to document the work performed in the development of the software required to operate a video disc player and recorder in the on-line mode using a portable computer. Applications of video disc systems are discussed as are future improvements to the developed system.

This paper also includes a description of the hardware, functional requirements and design of the software, and the end result of the development of the software in the form of program listings.

Electromagnetic Scattering From Stacked Gratings, Pok K. Kwan

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The theory of scattering matrices and microwave network analysis are employed to solve the problem of scattering from cascaded infinite periodic gratings. The total reflection and transmission coefficients are calculated as functions of angle of incidence, wire spacing for each grating, grating separation, wire thickness, and number of gratings that comprise the cascaded structure. Moreover, the problem of stacking dielectric slabs with periodic gratings is formulated and solved. In all cases, the Secant Corrector Spectral Iteration approach is used as a numerical method for calculating the desired currents and fields.

Finally, calculated values of the reflection and transmission coefficients are …