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R.I.T. News & Events - August 28, 2003, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology Aug 2003

R.I.T. News & Events - August 28, 2003, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

Capital improvements abound throughout campus; RIT ranks among top masters universities; Performance series kicks off Sept. 19; Scientist teams up for fingerprinting research; Business students now have a home of their own; Professor studies decision-making surrounding arranged marriages; SG heads into new year with fresh ideas; Four RIT artists selected to display creations at Finger Lakes art show; NTIDs Twyman named student ombudsperson; Robert Smith named chief of North Star Center; Merrill promoted to COS associate dean; More federal funding for NTID research; Grant money helps Project Lead the Way; Sutherland joins CAST as department chair; RIT honors Panara and …


Essays On Minimum Cost Spanning Tree Games., Anirban Kar Dr. Aug 2003

Essays On Minimum Cost Spanning Tree Games., Anirban Kar Dr.

Doctoral Theses

There is a wide range of economic contexts in which aggregate costs have to be allocated amongst individual agents or components who derive t he benefits from a common project. A firm has to allocate overheard costs atmongst its different divisions. Regulatory authorities have to set taxes or fees on individual users for a variety of services. Partners in a joint venture must share costs (and benefits) of the joint venture. For example, when two doctors share an office they need to divide the cost of office space, medical equipment and secretarial help. If several municipalities use a common water …


Lanthorn, Vol. 38, No. 03, August 28, 2003, Grand Valley State University Aug 2003

Lanthorn, Vol. 38, No. 03, August 28, 2003, Grand Valley State University

Volume 38, July 17, 2003 - June 17, 2004

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


The Pan American (2003-08-28), Matt Lynch Aug 2003

The Pan American (2003-08-28), Matt Lynch

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

52nd Year, No. 1


August 28, 2003, Council On Academic Affairs Aug 2003

August 28, 2003, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.


Why Be Fair When You Can Have Welfare?, Anthony D'Amato Aug 2003

Why Be Fair When You Can Have Welfare?, Anthony D'Amato

Public Law and Legal Theory Papers

The Kaplow/Shavell thesis can be simply stated: If courts or legislatures pursue any value other than general public welfare, then welfare is to that extent diminished. Justice is one of those values that detract from welfare. But so too is injustice. Hence their entire thesis is a tautology.


Synthesis And Electrochemical Properties Of K2Feo4, Ning Zhou, Shi-Hai Ye, Yong-Long Wang, Xue-Ping Gao, Dong-Feng Lin, Zuo-Xiang Zhou, De-Ying Song Aug 2003

Synthesis And Electrochemical Properties Of K2Feo4, Ning Zhou, Shi-Hai Ye, Yong-Long Wang, Xue-Ping Gao, Dong-Feng Lin, Zuo-Xiang Zhou, De-Ying Song

Journal of Electrochemistry

The K2FeO4 used for new positive electrode materials was prepared. The primary batteries were used in different concentration of electrolyte and different currents. In 9 mol/L KOH , the capacity was the best. The higher the concentration of electrolyte, the lower the electric potential was. When the batteries discharged in 0.4 C , the capacity reached 521.3 mAh/g. By XRD, we gave the reasonable explanations for the discharge products of K2FeO4. Possible mechanism of discharge is discussed.


Comparison Of Thermal Cyclic Oxidation Of The Pvd Ni-Al And Hvof-Mcraly Coatings, J-T Chang, C-H Yeh, J-L He, K-C Chen Aug 2003

Comparison Of Thermal Cyclic Oxidation Of The Pvd Ni-Al And Hvof-Mcraly Coatings, J-T Chang, C-H Yeh, J-L He, K-C Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

A PVD process-cathodic arc plasma ion plating was used to deposit Ni-Al films on Inconel 600 superalloy. The oxidation behaviors of PVD Ni-Al coating and the thermal sprayed CoCrAlY coatings were revealed and compared by performing cyclic thermal oxidation test at 1100 ℃ to evaluate its feasibility. Experimental results showed that the films with different compositions of Ni62Al38, Ni63Al37 and Ni69Al31 could be obtained when using Ni52Al48, Ni60Al40 and Ni70Al30 as targets, respectively. During the cyclic thermal oxidation test, the …


Fabrication Of Scanning Micro Cl- Probe And In Situ Imaging Of Cl- At The Interface Of 2024 Al Aloy/Solution, Yu-Hua Lin, Min-Hua Shao, Rong-Gang Hu, Yan Li, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin Aug 2003

Fabrication Of Scanning Micro Cl- Probe And In Situ Imaging Of Cl- At The Interface Of 2024 Al Aloy/Solution, Yu-Hua Lin, Min-Hua Shao, Rong-Gang Hu, Yan Li, Rong-Gui Du, Chang-Jian Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Micro combination Ag/AgCl electrode with a tip measuring tens micron in diameter was fabricated. The probe satisfied in situ imaging of Cl- distribution at metal surface in chloride solution because of its excellent linearity between potential and Cl- concentration, rapid response, good stability and selectivity. With the aid of the home made Micro Electrode Scanning system and scanning Cl- probe, the effect of the [Cl-] at 2024-Al/solution interface on localized corrosion process was investigated. It was demonstated directly that Cl- ion in solution immigrated toward, then adsorbed preferentially and accumulated at the junction between the …


An Electrochemical Prediction Method For Caustic Scc Of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy, Chun-Bo Huang, Zhan-Peng Lv, Wu Yang Aug 2003

An Electrochemical Prediction Method For Caustic Scc Of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy, Chun-Bo Huang, Zhan-Peng Lv, Wu Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy (alloy 800 M) in hot concentrated caustic solution was investigated by means of tests of C-rings under controlled potentials. The steady dissolution current densities (ist) of the plate specimens and C-rings polarized potentiostatically were measured. The simplifed steady potentiostatical curves were drawn on the basis of ist. The ratio RPD measured from ist and steady passive current density i p at low potentials (RPD = ist/ip) was designed as a polarization dissolution susceptibility parameter. The parameter RPD values of both plate …


Synthesis Of Polyunit Vapor Phase Inhibitor And Its Volatile Corrosion Inhibition Performance, Da-Quan Zhang, Li-Xin Gao, Guo-Ding Zhou Aug 2003

Synthesis Of Polyunit Vapor Phase Inhibitor And Its Volatile Corrosion Inhibition Performance, Da-Quan Zhang, Li-Xin Gao, Guo-Ding Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

A Mannich Base derivative (BMMCH), containing two morpholinum moieties and one cyclohexylamnonium moiety, was synthesized through aminomethy1 reaction. Its configuration was verified by IR and 1H-NMR. Its volatile rustproofing effect was appraised by volatile rustproofing sieve test and vapor inhabitability test. The result shows that BMMCH has good protection effect for carbon steel. BMMCH has lower volatility compared with dicyclohexylamnonium nitrite (DICHAN) via closed space volatile weight-loss test. The inhibition mechanism was studied by potentiodynamic polarization electrochemistry technique in ASTM simulated atmospheric water. The corrosion potential of carbon steel electrode shifted to a negative direction when BMMCH was joined …


Effect Of Heat Laminating Aggregation Status Of Polymer Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode On Battery Performance, Ming-Gang Jin, Quan-Feng Dong, Ming-Sen Zheng, Li Huang, Hui-Qun Cai, Jin-Qua You, Zu-Geng Lin Aug 2003

Effect Of Heat Laminating Aggregation Status Of Polymer Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode On Battery Performance, Ming-Gang Jin, Quan-Feng Dong, Ming-Sen Zheng, Li Huang, Hui-Qun Cai, Jin-Qua You, Zu-Geng Lin

Journal of Electrochemistry

Multi-layer heat laminated polymer lithium ion battery was made, the effect of temperature of cathode laminating on battry performance was also investigated. It was discovered that suitable temperature of cathode laminating is critical to battery performance and is a key parameter to manufacture process control of polymer lithium ion battery.


The Second Circular For 12th National Conference On Electrochemistry Of China, Chinese Society Of Electrochemistry (Cse) Aug 2003

The Second Circular For 12th National Conference On Electrochemistry Of China, Chinese Society Of Electrochemistry (Cse)

Journal of Electrochemistry

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Marine Organisms Upon Corrosion Of Steel Piling Systems, Jiunn-Shyong Luo, Cliff Rau, Kuei-Ching Chen Aug 2003

Influence Of Marine Organisms Upon Corrosion Of Steel Piling Systems, Jiunn-Shyong Luo, Cliff Rau, Kuei-Ching Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

To study the influence of marine organisms upon corrosion of ASTM A36 steel piling sysems, specimens were immersed in both natural and synthetic seawater. Electrochemical techniques such as linear polarization resistance and electrochemical impedance scan(EIS) were applied to evaluate corrosion of the steel. The results indicated that attachment of marine organisms to form fouling layers on the steel surface reduced general corrosion, but localized corrosion occurred underneath marine organisms. An equivalent circuit model was established to simulate attachment of marine organisms upon carbon carbon steel surfaces.


Electrochemical Response Of Deformed Marine Steel In Sea-Mud Containing Sulfate Reducing Bacteria, Yan-Liang Huang Aug 2003

Electrochemical Response Of Deformed Marine Steel In Sea-Mud Containing Sulfate Reducing Bacteria, Yan-Liang Huang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion failure behavior of marine steel is affected by stress,which exists in offshore structures at sea-mud region. In order to conduct the study of stress on the electrochemical response of a selected steel, a kind of natural sea-mud containing sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) was collected. The electrochemical response of cyclic stress of the specimen with and without cracks in sea-mud was analyzed.


Study On Adsorption Behavior Of Inhibitors On N80 Steel, Ai-Kui Li, Guo-Min Li, Xing-Peng Guo Aug 2003

Study On Adsorption Behavior Of Inhibitors On N80 Steel, Ai-Kui Li, Guo-Min Li, Xing-Peng Guo

Journal of Electrochemistry

The deadsorption behavior of four inhibitors on N80 steel with and without carbonate film was investigated by polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. It was found that, for different inhibitors, deadsorption behavior and adsorbability between with and without carbonate film are different. Furthermore, acidic inhibitor and small size molecule inhibitor shows different inhibition behavior.


Discussion On Factors Of Unstable 304 Stainless Steel Stress Corrosion Cracking, Xin-Sheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Xu, Gang Hu Aug 2003

Discussion On Factors Of Unstable 304 Stainless Steel Stress Corrosion Cracking, Xin-Sheng Zhang, Chun-Chun Xu, Gang Hu

Journal of Electrochemistry

The 304 stainless steels were stretched at low temperatures to get different martensite phase transformation. Ferrmagnetometer was used to measure the martensite phase content. It was found that the dislocation density of 304 stainless sted was increased unavoidably with increase of deformation. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to study the distribution of the dislocation. The influence of microstructure change on SCC of 304 stainless steel was discussed by slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in 42% MgCl2 boiling solution,metallurgical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM).The results showed that martensite phase and dislocation flaw act together on the SCC susceptibility …


The Mechanism Of Electrocatalytic Reduction Of Oxygen On Manganese Dioxide, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai, Li-Fen Xiao Aug 2003

The Mechanism Of Electrocatalytic Reduction Of Oxygen On Manganese Dioxide, Yu-Liang Cao, Han-Xi Yang, Xin-Ping Ai, Li-Fen Xiao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The oxygen electroreduction on the MnO2 electrode was investigated by analysis of the polarzation properties of oxygen reduciton and its dependence on MnO2 discharge state, in combination with the characterization of discharge intermediate and the kinetic parameters of the oxygen reduction. Based on the experimental observation and mechanistic analysis, it was suggested that the reduction of oxygen was closely related to the discharge behaviors of MnO2. When MnO2 was electrochimically reduced to MnOOH, it was immediately oxidized by oxygen molecules. Thus the oxygen reduction proceeds through continuous oxidation of the discharge product of MnO2 …


The Technique Of Rare-Earth Conversion Coatings On Aluminum Alloy, Jun-Tao Wang, Jian-Hua Wu, Guang-Zhang Chen Aug 2003

The Technique Of Rare-Earth Conversion Coatings On Aluminum Alloy, Jun-Tao Wang, Jian-Hua Wu, Guang-Zhang Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The orthogonal design was used to screen the film_forming technique on LY12 aluminum alloy using quadrivalent cerium salt, and the corrosion-resistance performance of the coating was studied. The results revealed that: after LY12 aluminum alloy was treated by cerium salt, its pitting potential shifts to positive direction while the corrosion potential slightly decreases, showing that the alloy becomes less sensitive to pitting corrosion was greatly improved, comparable to that after chromate treatment; in addition, by combining the results of electrochemical measurements with surface analysis, the mechanism of corrosion-resistance on the race-earth conversion coating of the aluminum alloy was also discussed.


Study Of Electrolyzed Pure Iron And Rrr-H Method, Wei-Min Cao, Ren-He Yin, Hui-Gen Yan, Yi-Bing Zhang, Ying-Chun Dai Aug 2003

Study Of Electrolyzed Pure Iron And Rrr-H Method, Wei-Min Cao, Ren-He Yin, Hui-Gen Yan, Yi-Bing Zhang, Ying-Chun Dai

Journal of Electrochemistry

The high purity electrolytic iron was made from scrap iron chips. The purity of electrolyzed pure iron was above 99.98% by chemical analysis. The resistivity was measured at 298 K and at 4.2 K under an applied longitudinal-magnetic field of 8000 e. The ratio of resistivity at 298 K to that at 4.2 K, The value of residual resistivity ratio (RRR H) roughly depended on the purity of iron. Pure iron electrolyzed on Ti substrate had very compact texture as evident by SEM.


Bgsu Football Program August 28, 2003, Bowling Green State University. Department Of Athletics Aug 2003

Bgsu Football Program August 28, 2003, Bowling Green State University. Department Of Athletics

Football Programs

Football program: Bowling Green State University vs. Eastern Kentucky University, August 28, 2003.


The Bela Bash, Tristan Denley Aug 2003

The Bela Bash, Tristan Denley

Combinatorics Seminar

There was a meeting recently in Cambridge to celebrate Bollobas’ 60th birthday. There were a number of very good talks presenting many new results and a number of open problems. This talk will be a survey of some of the problems and results that were presented.


Observation Of A Narrow Resonance Of Mass 2.46 Gev/C2 Decaying To DS*+ Π0 And Confirmation Of The D*SJ (2317) State, Dave Z. Besson, Kenneth A. Bloom, Cornell Electronic Storage Ring Aug 2003

Observation Of A Narrow Resonance Of Mass 2.46 Gev/C2 Decaying To DS*+ Π0 And Confirmation Of The D*SJ (2317) State, Dave Z. Besson, Kenneth A. Bloom, Cornell Electronic Storage Ring

Kenneth Bloom Publications

Using 13.5 fb-1 of e+e- annihilation data collected with the CLEO II detector, we have observed a narrow resonance decaying to Ds*+π0 with a mass near 2.46 GeV/c2. The search for such a state was motivated by the recent discovery by the BaBar Collaboration of a narrow state at 2.32 GeV/c2, the DsJ*(2317) +, that decays to Ds+ π0. Reconstructing the Ds+ π0 and Ds*+ π0 final states in CLEO data, we …


Corrosion Fatigue And Dynamic Strain Aging Of Duplex Stainless Steel In Aqueous Solution, Chuan-Ming Tseng, I-Hsuang Lo, Wen-Ta Tsai Aug 2003

Corrosion Fatigue And Dynamic Strain Aging Of Duplex Stainless Steel In Aqueous Solution, Chuan-Ming Tseng, I-Hsuang Lo, Wen-Ta Tsai

Journal of Electrochemistry

The corrosion fatigue and dynamic strain aging behaviors of 22%Cr duplex stainless steel (DSS) in sodium chloride solutions were investigated. Austenitic 316L SS and ferrtic 430 SS were also used in this study for a comparison. The experimental results showed that no stress corrosion cracking (SCC) occurred in all these SSs tested in 3.5wt% NaCl solution at 80 ℃. However, dynamic strain aging (DSA) occurred in 316L austenitic SS and 22%Cr DSS during slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in this solution.The occurrence of DSA was dependent on solution temperature,strain rate and the presence of austenitic phase. The corrosion rate of …


Electrochemistry And Electrocatalysis Of A Novel Μ-Oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex, Gui-Lian Gao, Guo-Bao Li, Qiu-Xia Yang, Xue-Lin Wang Aug 2003

Electrochemistry And Electrocatalysis Of A Novel Μ-Oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex, Gui-Lian Gao, Guo-Bao Li, Qiu-Xia Yang, Xue-Lin Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

In this paper, the cyclic voltammetric and spectroelectrochemical behaviors of μ-oxamido Copper(Ⅱ) Binuclear Complex (deCu) in PBS were studied. Cyclic voltammograms of this complex in PBS (pH=9) exhibited two reductive peaks (Epc1 =-0.25 V, Epc2 = -0.50 V) at hanging mercury drop electrode(HMDE), peaks at -0.50 V and -0.25 V corresponded to the reduction of ligand and copper(Ⅱ) complex, respectively. The spectroelectrochimical experiments showed that there was a new absorption band at 440 nm, and the absorption peaks at 270 nm, 280 nm red shifted to 300 nm, 310 nm under potential of -0.75 V. It was meant …


Severe Corrosivity And Its Eletrochemical Mechanism Of Seawater In Xiamen Sea Area To Al-Mg Alloys, Le-Yun Lin, Yue-Hong Zhao Aug 2003

Severe Corrosivity And Its Eletrochemical Mechanism Of Seawater In Xiamen Sea Area To Al-Mg Alloys, Le-Yun Lin, Yue-Hong Zhao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The surface layer seawater of different sea areas in China exhibit different corrosivity to Al-Mg alloys according to the experiment results of 16 years exposure in seawater. The seawater in Xiamen sea area possesses severe corrosivity while seawater in Qingdao possesses the mildest corrosivity to Al-Mg alloys with better regularity of corrosion behavior. The present paper illustrates by experiment data that the strongest corrosivity of Xiamen seawater to Al-Mg alloys is owing to the low salinity of the seawater and the “electrolyte effect” come from it. The 16 year corrosion data and corrosion morphology of the typical Al-Mg alloys from …


The Electroless Plating Ni-Fe-P Alloy And Its Voltammetric Behavior, Sen-Lin Wang, Hui-Huang Wu Aug 2003

The Electroless Plating Ni-Fe-P Alloy And Its Voltammetric Behavior, Sen-Lin Wang, Hui-Huang Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electroless Ni-Fe-P alloy deposition from an alkaline bath, containing sodium hypophosphite as reducer, boric acid as buffer agent and sodium citrate as complexing agent, was investigated. To increase the plating rate and to inprove the bath stability, the deposition parameters were optimized. The effects of process parameters (pH, temperature and mole ratio of [Fe2+]/([Ni2+]+[Fe2+]) on the plating rate and deposit composition were examined and it was found that the presence of ferrous sulfate in the bath has an inhibitory effect on the alloy deposition. As a consequence, the percentage of iron in the electroless …


Study On The Electrochemical Behavior Of Methy1 Green And Methy1 Green-Cyclodextrin Supramolecule System, Yu-Jing Guo, Jing-Hao Pan, Chun-Hua Guo, Hong-Lian Zheng Aug 2003

Study On The Electrochemical Behavior Of Methy1 Green And Methy1 Green-Cyclodextrin Supramolecule System, Yu-Jing Guo, Jing-Hao Pan, Chun-Hua Guo, Hong-Lian Zheng

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electrochemical behavior of methyl green in different kinds of solution and the supramolecule system of methyl green-cyclodextrin were studied. Inclusion constants of four cyclodextrin with emthyl green were determined by “electric current method”. The order of inclusion ability is HP-β-CD,β-CD,SBE-β-CD and CM-β-CD. The molar ratio of inclusion complexes of methyl green with CDs is 1:2. A possible mechanism was reported for methyl green.


Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 3), Valparaiso University Aug 2003

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 3), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.


No Free Lunch: How Settlement Can Reduce The Legal System's Ability To Induce Efficient Behavior, Abraham Lee Wickelgren Aug 2003

No Free Lunch: How Settlement Can Reduce The Legal System's Ability To Induce Efficient Behavior, Abraham Lee Wickelgren

ExpressO

While there is widespread agreement that it is better for cases to settle than go to trial, the arguments in favor of settlement have typically overlooked how settlement affects one of the most important functions of the legal system: influencing the behavior that gives rise to lawsuits. This essay argues that, in some cases, settlement can impair the ability of the legal system to deter harmful behavior without chilling desirable behavior. Where it exists, this effect is a fundamental property of settlement in that there is no way to change other legal rules to eliminate it. Because settlements also have …