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Monolithic Integrated Active Semiconductor Optical Waveguides For 1xn Interconnect Switch., Patrick Wa, Xuesong Dong

UCF Patents

The present invention provides an active semiconductor optical switch for a 1xN interconnect switch having an input light channel, a plurality of output light channels, and a steering section coupled between the input and output channels. The steering section selectively directs an input light signal from the input light channel to an M number of the plurality of output light channels, where M ranges from one to the total number of output light channels of the plurality. The steering section includes transversely-spaced first and second elongate electrical contacts and an elongate slab waveguide extending therebetween. The slab waveguide is formed …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 33, May 22, 2002

Central Florida Future

Frankenstein themes are relevant to 21st century; Expanding child care healthcare services in Research Park; Creative School celebrates 25th anniversary; Solicitors bother students on campus.

Baseball Labor Negotiations: A Strike Or Lockout On The Horizon?, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Here it is not even Memorial Day the traditional first marker in the baseball pennant races and the talk of a baseball strike is already in the air. What a lovely thought as spring moves on towards summer. Last week the news came that Donald Fehr and other Player's Association executives have been telling players to prepare themselves for a possible strike.

Sexual Abuse Of Players In Junior Hockey, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

On Tuesday I was listening to the "Jim Rome Show" while driving into the campus and I heard a painful and astounding interview with Sheldon Kennedy. As some of you will remember Kennedy was the NHL player for the Boston Bruins who revealed in late 1996 that as a young boy and then young man he was subject to repeated sexual abuse by his hockey coach Graham James.

Formula One: Is Winning Always The Goal For All Competitors, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Which is more important, the team or the individual? A rather simple question which seemingly should have a simple and easy answer. Of course not all team sports are purely team sports. Some team sports are as much or more individual sports than team sports. The mix varies. Some team sports are only marginally so. This can confuse the issue.

University Of Central Florida Commencement, May 3 & 4, 2002, University Of Central Florida

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2002 - 2003, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2002 - 2003, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 17, April 26, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 31, April 24, 2002

Central Florida Future

Credit card theft strikes UCF; Eternal Knights Service remembers deceased students; Less Than Jake rocks Spring Fest.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 16, April 12, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

The U Conn Women And The State Of Women's Sport, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In the Final Four that concluded yesterday in San Antonio basketball with a retro look graced the hardwood court (or was it some synthetic composite) for the first time in years. Those who have watched the University of Connecticut glide with precision to their undefeated season and NCAA Championship have been treated to a brand of basketball emphasizing team play, sharp cuts and passes, and a group of women who play with great intensity and joy.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 15, March 29, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 26, March 20, 2002

Central Florida Future

Greeks form human ribbon to support organ donation; Help solve campus crime and get $500; Researcher creates an anthrax vaccine.

Spring Break, Spring Training, And March Madness In Many Forms, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is March Madness in America. Consider the many signs.

Contraction, Baseball, The Courts, The Commissioner, And The Sale Of The Red Sox, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It should be noted that the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Kathleen A. Blatz, signed the ruling in which the court refused to review a lower court decision preventing the contraction of the Minnesota Twins in Bud Selig's master plan for major league baseball.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 25, March 6, 2002

Central Florida Future

Students arrested for protesting in China; Who's hiring students in Central Florida; Commissioners reject student housing proposal in Oviedo.

The Learning Marketspace, March 1, 2002, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (7/99 - 2/03)

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 14, March 01, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Suggested Methodologies For Determining The Shgc Of Complex Fenestration Systems For Nfrc Ratings, Florida Solar Energy Center, Ross Mccluney

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Simple fenestration systems, for the purpose of this paper, are those whose solar heat gain and visible transmittance performances can be accurately simulated using the Window 4 or 5 programs developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Complex fenestrations are everything else, including obscure or "privacy" glazing, corrugated or otherwise complex patterned glazing, curved, bent, or domed glazing, fritted glazing, glass blocks, glass fiber reinforced plastic daylighting panels, and glazings with internal or attached shading systems of a variety of types. The latter include exterior awnings and overhangs, attached exterior shade screens and shutters (including roll-up shutters), between-the-panes shades, including …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 24, February 27, 2002

Central Florida Future

Landslide victory for Pena ticket; Knight's Krossing bans kegs parties; Students bid for dates with athletes.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 23, February 20, 2002

Central Florida Future

Student housing decision postponed; SGA candidates address issues during forum; UCF features African-American artists, guest speakers, comedians.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 13, February 15, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 22, February 13, 2002

Central Florida Future

Chizik leaves UCF; Campaigns begin for 2002-2003 SGA elections; Leadership Week unites students and community.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 21, February 6, 2002

Central Florida Future

Headless angel has police searching; 'Singled Out' debuts at Knights Krossing; Employees help police catch fugitive; Police searching for bike thief.

Sandspur, Vol 108, No 12, February 01, 2002, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Method And Apparatus For Decoupled Thermo-Photocatalytic Pollution Control, Nazim Muradov, Eric Martin, Ali Raissi

UCF Patents

A new method for design and scale-up of photocatalytic and thermocatalytic processes is disclosed. The method is based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique is applicable to photo-thermocatalytic reactor design and scale-up. At low irradiance levels, the method is based on the implementation of low pressure drop biopolymeric and synthetic polymeric support for titanium dioxide and other band-gap media. At high irradiance levels, the method utilizes multifunctional metal oxide aerogels and other media within a novel rotating fluidized particle bed reactor.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 18, January 16, 2002

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 17, January 9, 2002

Central Florida Future

Recreation and Wellness Center opens; Police chase kills innocent student; Student-produced commercial is a big catch for Icehouse; Center offers free services and activities for students and alumni.

New Architecture For Heterogeneous Real-Time Simulation, Mandar Anil Mathure

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates a new architecture for modeling and simulating complex distributed real-time systems. Modeling adequately a large distributed real time system may involve, due to its complexity, several different theoretical vehicles such as queuing theory, finite state machines, and others. Currently there are no software tools, which would offer combining such heterogeneous features into a single comprehensive simulation environment.

This study involves integrating 3 tools, SES/workbench, an offline simulator using queuing theory as its modeling discipline, ObjecTime as a real-time simulator based on finite state machines as its modeling discipline, and VxWorks real-time kernel used for free modeling in …