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1998 Ursinus College Academic Convocation Program, Ursinus College

Academic Convocation Programs

This Ursinus College Academic Convocation program lists speakers and events for the opening of the 1998 academic year.

September 2, 1998 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

September 2, 1998, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The Subsystemless Satellite - A New Design Paradigm For The Next Generation Of Small Satellites, Bill Jackson, Jim Campbell

Small Satellite Conference

Traditional satellite design techniques appear to break down for very small spacecraft weighing less than about 50 lbs. In order to break this barrier, it is necessary to implement a new satellite design paradigm - that of the "subsystemless" satellite. In such a satellite, the design process emphasizes the identification and specification of functional requirements per the usual systems engineering procedures. However, the identified requirements are never allocated to subsystems. Instead, the various spacecraft functions are implemented directly without regard to traditional spacecraft subsystem boundaries. The result is a highly integrated design which is compact, lightweight, and highly efficient. This …

A Low-Cost Modular Nanosatellite Based On Commercial Technology, Craig Underwood, Mike Crawford, Jeff Ward

Small Satellite Conference

This paper presents the design of the University of Surrey's SNAP-1 nanosatellite which is planned for launch in 1999. The satellite is modular in design and is based entirely on "commercial-off-the-shelf' (COTS) technologies. The objective of the "SNAP" Programme is to provide a very low cost orbital test vehicle for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and to provide practical education and training for engineers in the techniques and rigours a spacecraft design and construction.

Autonomous, Agile, Micro-Satellites And Supporting Technologies For Use In Low-Earth Orbit Missions, A.G. Ledebuhr, J.F. Kordas, L.C. Ng, M.S. Jones, O. Edwards, J.C. Whitehead, R.J. Gaughan, M.D. Dittman

Small Satellite Conference

This paper summarizes the work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the development, integration and testing of the critical enabling technologies needed for the realization of agile micro-satellites (or MicroSats). Our objective is to develop autonomous, agile MicroSats weighing between 20 to 40 kilograms, with at least 300 m/s of Δv, that are capable of performing precision maneuvers in space, including satellite rendezvous, inspection, proximity operations, docking, and servicing missions. The MicroSat carries on-board a host of light-weight sensors and actuators, inertial navigation instruments, and advanced avionics. The avionics architecture is based on the CompactPCI bus and PowerPC processor …

Miniature Sensor Technology Integration (Msti) -3 Pointing Error Analysis And Compensation, Howard Taylor, Lesley Rahman, Todd Probert

Small Satellite Conference

MSTI-3, an advanced technology demonstration satellite, was launched on May 16, 1996, to collect data in the short wave infrared (SWIR) and medium wave infrared (MWIR) bands. MSTI-3's mission was to survey the Earth: collecting data to support analysis of ground features, such as terrain and bodies of water; and atmospheric features, such as clouds and aurora. In April 1997, MSTI-3 analysts computed a pointing offset of approximately 50 miles. This paper summarizes the detailed fault analysis implemented by the operations team, including steps taken to isolate the cause of the pointing error to the payload mirror gimbal roll encoder …

The Snoe Spacecraft: Integration, Test, Launch, Operation, And On-Orbit Performance, Stanley Solomon, Scott Bailey, Charles Barth, Randal Davis, John Donnelly, Timothy Holden, Michelle Kelley, Richard Kohnert, Michael Mcgrath, Aimee Merkel, Heather Reed, Sean Ryan, Mark Salada, Stephen Steg, Gail Tate, James Westfall, Jason Westphal, Peter Withnell

Small Satellite Conference

The Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) was launched on 26 February 1998. Its objectives are to measure nitric oxide density in the lower thermosphere, to analyze the solar and auroral fluxes that create it and cause its variation, and to demonstrate the feasibility of low-cost, University-based missions that include a high degree of student participation. The SNOE spacecraft and instruments were designed and built at the University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (CU/LASP). It travels in a 580 x 550 km, sunsynchronous orbit with a 10:30 AM ascending node. It spins at 5 rpm with the spin …

The Frat Volume 95 Number 04 July, August & September 1998, The National Fraternal Society Of The Deaf (Nfsd)

1991-2000

The Frat was the official member publication of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (NFSD). First established in 1902, the publication ran for just over a century, until its closure in 2006.---NFSD was an insurance business established in 1901. Its purposes were to provide insurance to mainly Deaf members, to serve as an advocate for the Deaf, and to provide community service and recreational opportunities through divisional activities. The existing insurance coverage was transferred to the Catholic Order of Foresters in 2005. The NFSD disbanded in 2007.---The Frat's main purpose was to keep members apprised of the activities of …

The Connection, Fall 1998, Lindenwood University

The Connection (1989-2017)

Lindenwood University alumni magazine.

The Global Response Of Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons To The January 1997 Magnetic Cloud, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, R. D. Belian, J. B. Blake, T. E. Cayton, J. F. Fennell, R. H.W. Friedel, M. M. Meier, R. S. Selesnick, Harlan E. Spence

Physics & Astronomy

In January 1997 a large fleet of NASA and US military satellites provided the most complete observations to date of the changes in >2 MeV electrons during a geomagnetic storm. Observations at geosynchronous orbit revealed a somewhat unusual two-peaked enhancement in relativistic electron fluxes [ Reeves et al., 1998]. In the heart of the radiation belts at L ≈ 4, however, there was a single enhancement followed by a gradual decay. Radial profiles from the POLAR and GPS satellites revealed three distinct phases. (1) In the acceleration phase electron fluxes increased simultaneously at L ≈ 4–6. (2) During the …

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 7, September 1998, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

An eight page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

The Faculty Notebook, September 1998, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Diversity And Dominant Species Of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) In Crop Rotation And Chemical Input Systems For The Northern Great Plains, Michael M. Ellsbury, Janine E. Powell, Frank Forcella, W. David Woodson, Sharon A. Clay, Walter E. Riedell

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Dominant carabid species present in crops and crop rotation sequences commonly used in the northern Great Plains were assessed as an initial step toward the management of carabids as natural control agents. Ground beetle populations were determined by pitfall trapping in 4 crop rotation treatments maintained under high, managed, and low levels of chemical fertilizer and pesticide inputs. Diversity and species richness among crops, rotations, and input levels were compared using 3 indices—the Shannon-Weaver Index, relative diversity, and the Hierarchical Richness Index (HRI). Four carabid species, Cyclotrachelus altemans (Casey), Poecilvs lucublandus Say, Harpalns pensylvanicus (DeGeer), and Bembidion quadrimaculatum L., comprising …

Attractors For Non-Compact Semigroups Via Energy Equations, Ioana Moise, Ricardo Rosa, Xiaoming Wang

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The energy-equation approach used to prove the existence of the global attractor by establishing the so-called asymptotic compactness property of the semigroup is considered, and a general formulation that can handle a number of weakly damped hyperbolic equations and parabolic equations on either bounded or unbounded spatial domains is presented. as examples, three specific and physically relevant problems are considered, namely the flows of a second-grade fluid, the flows of a Newtonian fluid in an infinite channel past an obstacle, and a weakly damped, forced Korteweg-de Vries equation on the whole line.

Diversity And Dominant Species Of Ground Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) In Crop Rotation And Chemical Input Systems For The Northern Great Plains, Michael M. Ellsbury, Janine E. Powell, Frank Forcella, W, David Woodson, Sharon A. Clay, Walter E. Riedell

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Dominant carabid species present in crops and crop rotation sequences commonly used in the northern Great Plains were assessed as an initial step toward the management of carabids as natural control agents. Ground beetle populations were determined by pitfall trapping in 4 crop rotation treatments maintained under high, managed, and low levels of chemical fertilizer and pesticide inputs. Diversity and species richness among crops, rotations, and input levels were compared using 3 indices—the Shannon-Weaver Index, relative diversity, and the Hierarchical Richness Index (HRI). Four carabid species, Cyclotrachelus altemans (Casey), Poecilvs lucublandus Say, Harpalns pensylvanicus (DeGeer), and Bembidion quadrimaculatum L., comprising …

Table Of Contents Volume Nine, Number Four, Fall 1998, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (ISSN: 1073-8673)

Contesting Legal Procedures Of Risk Management In Belgium: A Case Study, Tomke Lask

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Lask evaluates legal procedures for dealing with siting problems in Belgium in the context of an actual conflict, and discusses how citizens' dissatisfaction with governmental systems has resulted in increased involvement in environmental issues.

Reassessing Public Meetings As Participation In Risk Management Decisions, Katherine A. Mccomas, Clifford W. Scherer

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Using a U.S. case study, Ms. McComas and Dr. Scherer discuss how reliance on public meetings as tools for risk communication in public policy decisions affects relationships between stakeholders and risk managers.

Wellesley College Bulletin [1998-1999], Wellesley College

The Wellesley College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

@Govst.Edu, 1998-09, Office Of Public Affairs

@govst.edu

Monthly newsletter published by Governors State University between 1996-2001.

Applications Of Secondary Electron Energy- And Angular-Distributions To Spacecraft Charging, Neal Nickles, R. E. Davies

All Physics Faculty Presentations

Secondary electron (SE) emission from spacecraft surfaces as a result of energetic electron bombardment is a key process in the electrical charging of spacecraft. It has been suggested that incorporating more complete knowledge of the energy- and angular-distributions of secondary electrons is necessary to fully model how SE emission and spacecraft charging are affected by re-adsorption of low energy electrons in the presence of charge-induced electrostatic fields and ambient magnetic fields in the spacecraft environment. We present data for such energy- and angular-distributions from sputtered, polycrystalline gold surfaces. The data are compared to empirical SE emission models and found to …

Holt County Test-Hole Logs: Nebraska Water Survey Test-Hole Report No. 45, Sue Olafsen Lackey, Frank A. Smith, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

In 1930, the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska and the United States Geological Survey began a program of cooperative groundwater studies in Nebraska. Since then test drilling by use of rotary drilling equipment has been an integral part of that program. This report contains logs of all the test holes drilled in Holt County, Nebraska, under the program as well as those drilled by the Conservation and Survey Division with financial assistance from other government agencies.

The map in this report shows the location of all test holes drilled in Holt County, Nebraska from 1944 to …

Continuum Charged D* Spin Alignment At √S =10.5 Gev, G. Brandenburg, Kenneth A. Bloom, Cleo Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

A measurement of the spin alignment of charged D* mesons produced in continuum e⁺e^- → cc̅ events at √s = 10.5 GeV is presented. This study using 4.72 fb^-1 of CLEO II data shows that there is little evidence of any D* spin alignment.

Track Structure Model For Radial Distributions Of Electron Spectra And Event Spectra From High-Energy Ions, F. A. Cucinotta, Robert Katz, J. W. Wilson

Robert Katz Publications

An analytic method is described for evaluating the average radial electron spectrum and the radial and total frequency-event spectrum for high-energy ions. For high-energy ions, indirect events make important contributions to frequency-event spectra. The method used for evaluating indirect events is to fold the radial electron spectrum with measured frequency-event spectrum for photons or electrons. The contribution from direct events is treated using a spatially restricted linear energy transfer (LET). We find that high-energy heavy ions have a significantly reduced frequency-averaged lineal energy (YF) compared to LET, while relativistic protons have a significantly increased YF and dose-averaged lineal energy (YD) …

Ecological Evaluation For The West Ash Creek Potential Research Natural Area, Pine Ridge Ranger Unit, Nebraska National Forest, Steven B. Rolfsmeier

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

The West Ash Creek Potential Research Natural Area is located within pastures 6, 7, and 11 of the Pine Ridge Unit of the Nebraska National Forest ca 18 mi. (30 km) southwest of Chadron, Nebraska. The area consists of ca 1020 acres of mostly successional pine forest burned in a 1985 wildfire, with unburned forest, some grassland, and riparian canyon bottoms. The area is within the Pine Ridge ecosystem of the White River watershed in northwestern Nebraska. The area has remained ungrazed nearly continuously since 1986.

This document was prepared to provide the Forest Service with information to determine the …

Onshore/ Offshore Wide-Angle Deep Seismic Profiling In Taiwan, Y. H. Yeh, R. C. Shih, C. H. Lin, C. C. Liu, H. Y. Yen, B. S. Huang, C. S. Liu, P. Z. Chen, C. S. Huang, C. J. Wu, Francis T. Wu

Earth Sciences Faculty Scholarship

In summer 1995, in collaboration with the deep multi-channel seismic profiling project around the island of Taiwan, anonshore-offshore wide-angle deep seismic profiling experiment was conducted in Taiwan. The results are expected to provide the first complete seismic images of the deep crustal structure for a better understanding of the Taiwan orogeny and subduction-collision system. The experiment consists of three profiles, one along each of the central and southern cross-island highways and another on the south-link highway of the island. For the first two lines, 35 three-component portable seismographs were deployed along each of the 116 and 135 km-long profiles onshore, …

Quality Of Surface And Ground Water And Best Management Practices, Kenneth F. Steele

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Arkansas is fortunate to have outstanding water resources, especially in terms of water quality. However, this is not to say that there are no problems. The Arkansas Water Resources Center (AWRC) in cooperation with other state and federal agencies is characterizing our water resources and providing data important to the wise use of these resources. One wise use of our water resources is to mitigate the impact of non-point sources of pollution on water quality through the use of best management practices. These proceedings address not only the characterization of the quality of ground and surface water but also address …

Vulnerability And Use Of Ground And Surface Waters In The Southern Mississippi Valley Region, H. Don Scott

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

There is a concern in the Southern Mississippi River Valley of the United States over non-point source pollution of ground and surface waters resulting from activities associated with agricultural production. This agriculturally intensive region consists of two major land resource areas (MLRAs): Southern Mississippi Valley Silty Uplands (MLRA 134) and the Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium (MLRA 131). Both MLRAs have level to undulating and rolling topography, relatively fertile soils and a climate particularly conducive for row crop production.

The Scarab (1998-09)

The Scarab, 1952-2010

From the cover: "Official Organ of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia."