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2005-2006 Graduate Catalog, Armstrong Atalntic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Graduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

2005 - 2006 Undergraduate Catalog, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Undergraduate Catalogs (Archived)

Academic catalog for Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Homecoming Lecture
• COE Faculty Awards Presented
• Georgia Southern Visits China
• Education Career Corner
• COE Soaring Into Action
• Welcome New Faculty/Staff
• Spotlight on Alumni
• Southern Educator Class Roll
• Georgia Center for Educational Renewal First Year Report–Winning Grants and Awards, Reviewing Research, and Developing Instructional Materials
• Partnering for Portal
• 2005-2006 COE Faculty and Staff

Faculty Senate Librarian's Report-2005, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Librarian's Reports

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Faculty Handbook, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Handbooks

Faculty Handbook for Georgia Southern University for the 2005-2006 academic year. The Faculty Handbook is published online by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and archived in Digital Commons@Georgia Southern.

Low-Level Windshear And Its Impact On Airlines, Wayne L. Golding

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The hazards posed by low-level windshear are an important issue in commercial aviation. Extensive research into methods for coping with low-level windshear has been continuing for many years. This paper addresses the issues pertaining to low-level wind shear causes, impact on commercial aviation, and initiatives undertaken to prevent low-level windshear mishaps today and in the future.

Study Of The Electronic Structure Of Cafeo₃, Jinbo Yang, M. S. Kim, Qingsheng Cai, X.-D. Zhou, Harlan U. Anderson, William Joseph James, William B. Yelon

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have studied the charge disproportionation phenomenon in CaFeO3 using the local-spin density approximation with the on-site Coulomb interaction parameter U and exchange parameter J. The calculation reveals that the total number of the 3d electrons is about 5.1 for both Fe(1)(Fe5+) and Fe(2)(Fe3+) atoms, and that there are about 0.25 electron holes in the O-2p band. Therefore, the charge disproportionation can be more accurately described as 2d5L(Fe4+)=d5L2(Fe5+)+d5(Fe3+), where L denotes a hole in the oxygen 2p band, instead of 2d4(Fe4+)=d3(Fe5+)+d5(Fe3+). The hybridization between the Fe-3d and O-2p orbitals is stronger for Fe(1) than for Fe(2) due to the shorter …

The Decline Of The Juvenile Death Penalty: Scientific Evidence Of Evolving Norms, Jeffery Fagan

Faculty Scholarship

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Atkins v. Virginia holding that the execution of mentally retarded persons violated the Eighth Amendment, legal scholars, advocates, and journalists began to speculate that the Court would next turn its attention to the question of the execution of persons who were juveniles – below eighteen years of age – at the time they committed homicide. Following the Atkins decision, four Justices expressed the view that the rationale of Atkins also supported the conclusion that execution of juvenile offenders was unconstitutional. A constitutional test of capital punishment for juveniles was inevitable. …

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Approaches Toward Integrating Functionality Into Structural Materials, Rajiv S. Mishra

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

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P-Version Time-Discontinuous Galerkin's Method For Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer Analysis And Sensitivity Analysis, Ta-Cheng Chien

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The finite element method is a powerful tool for approximating the solution of most engineering problems. Traditionally, the finite element method uses linear approximation of field variables over each element, where numerical results converge to the exact solution by increasing the number of elements. A newer finite element method called the p-version finite element method uses higher-order elements which assume a polynomial of order p for the approximation on each element. Here, the approximation will achieve accuracy without increasing the number of elements but by increasing the value of order p.

The focus of this research is on …

Delineation Of The Fractured-Rock And Unconsolidated Overburden Ground-Water Flow Systems, On The Southern Part Of Manhattan, New York, Through Use Of Advanced Borehole-Geophysical Techniques, Frederick Stumm

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Advanced borehole-geophysical techniques were used to assess the geohydrology of crystalline bedrock in 31 of 64 boreholes on the southern part of Manhattan Island, N.Y. Ten wells were screened in the unconsolidated overburden (glacial aquifer) to determine water-table elevation, transmissivity, and chloride concentration. The borehole-logging techniques included natural gamma, single-point resistance, short-normal resistivity, mechanical and acoustic caliper, magnetic susceptibility, borehole-fluid temperature and resistivity, borehole-fluid specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, redox, heat-pulse flowmeter (at selected boreholes), borehole deviation, acoustic and optical televiewer, and borehole radar (at selected boreholes). The boreholes penetrated gneiss, schist, and other crystalline bedrock that has an overall …

The Properties Of Bridgestone Ecopia Solar Car Tires (For The Umr Solar Car Team), Tessa C. Russell

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Much of the energy used by a solar car can be attributed to overcoming rolling resistance, and rolling resistance comes predominantly from the tires. The main goal of this project was to better understand the properties of the Bridgestone Ecopia tires used by the UMR Solar Car Team. Experiments were conducted to obtain this objective, measuring the vertical stiffness, lateral stiffness, and contact patch shape and area. As expected, with decreasing pressure and increasing load, the vertical and lateral deflections increased as well as the tire contact patch area. The stiffness parameters of the tire measured experimentally were used in …

Student Time Management: Student Characteristics Comparison Between Traditional Coursework And Extracurricular Activities, Andreew Ricke

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

The trend that extracurricular activities and organizations are important to a college student is increasing. Many students are active in at least one activity or organization outside of class. These activities at the University of Missouri-Rolla range from design competition teams to professional societies, to non-varsity sports, and to special interest's groups Do students who have a high interest in education and learning find these activities more important than their coursework? What other traits could affect preference away from traditional coursework towards non-traditional extracurricular activities? Examination of selected traits could lead us to finding trends of preferences.

Minimum Splice Length For Fiber Reinforced Polymer (Frp) Reinforcement In Concrete Applications, Trevor J. Acorn

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Given the complexity of engineering and the need for inexpensive solutions in modern structures it is necessary to lay out a system of codes and regulations which govern the design and construction of these structures. For concrete applications the ACI codebook is used by engineers and contractors to efficiently design concrete structures that are both safe and economical. This codebook is by far the most popular design aid, and it is constantly being updated and improved to meet the growing needs of our modem society.

In the past decade FRP applications in concrete have increased in popularity and demand due …

Design, Simulation, And Testing Of Three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles For Short Range Surveillance Applications, Tim Assel

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

This paper presents conceptual designs of three Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UA Vs) for short range, surveillance applications. The conceptual UA V designs included: a) a conventional puller-propeller aircraft, b) a sport model pusher-propeller, and c) a Vtail, pusher propeller. The objective of the study was to compare the performance characteristics of each conceptual design in order to select the most efficient design. To compare the performance characteristics of each design, theoretical performance analyses were conducted on each configuration. Computer models of each configuration were then simulated to validate the theoretical results and conduct further analysis. Results obtained from these tests …

Consolidation Manipulative Leaming Device (Cmld), Bronson Bowling

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

This project intends to build a learning device which is manipulative based on the Spring Analogy that is used to establish the concept of consolidation. This hands-on tool will be used to model the process of soil consolidation. It will be in this manner that the students wiII be able to see how this transfer of stresses occurs instantaneously and with respect to time. Explaining the process of consolidation often takes more than one week of lecturing and only after working some examples is the concept really learned. Addressing this challenge by developing the device will streamline the introduction of …

Analysis Of The Application Of A Dc Current To Enhance Plant Growth, John Wesley Cable

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

The application of a weak electric current to soil can significantly stimulate the growth of plants. This technology can reduce requirements of fertilizer while dramatically increasing crop production and decreasing yield time. The costs involved are relatively cheap and can benefit the home gardener as well as the professional farmer.

In our research a weak DC current was applied through a series of electrodes to the soil surrounding test plants. This application and the resulting electrically enhanced movement of essential plant nutrients (electro-kinetics) and the electrically enhanced movement of water through the soil medium (electro-osmosis) demonstrated that bell pepper plants …

Integrating Solar Panels With Heat Collectors To Improve Performance, Christopher Claussen

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

In an effort to improve photovoltaic and hot water collection performance and appeal, an integrated system of the two were recently designed and tested for the University of Missouri Rolla Solar House Team. This design and research were done with a group of solar house team members and an advisor with conjunction to the Solar Decathlon.

This paper describes the performance of the "Hybrid System". It will be installed on the University of Missouri Rolla Solar House and will be part of the 2005 Solar Decathlon. The system was designed to provide more electric and heat gain per roof area, …

Miniature Shear Vane Testing On Compacted Silts, James Duehning

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Geotechnical Engineering is a branch of Civil Engineering that deals with soil, rock, ground water and their relationship with the design, construction, and operation of engineering projects (Coduto, 1998). As early as the Middle Ages builders found out through trial and error that the soils stratums underneath their structures had to be competent enough to withstand the stresses induced by these structures. The trial-and-error method continued through the Renaissance and into the Industrial Revolution. (Coduto, 1998) The trial-and-error method turned out to be a very tedious and expensive way of learning.

Carbon-14: Basics Of The System And Its Use In Dating Secondary Mineralizations On Degraded Concrete, Sarah Grondin

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Carbon 14, the radioactive isotope of carbon, provides an isotopic dating system that is very useful in detennining ages for fairly recent, organic, fossilized materials. Paleoclirnatic studies benefit from the use of the carbon system, because carbon 14 can provide an age for a structure and stable carbon isotope variations provide indications about past climate trends. The system can also be used to calculate ages for inorganic materials, specifically building materials partially composed of lime. The creation of the building materials involves burning fossil limestone, and allows the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide, as the material hardens after construction. Often …

Application Of Slovic's Risk Perception Research To Next Generation Advance Reactors, Reanea Hunter

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Over the past few years the United States has seen a dramatic increase in energy demand and consumption. With this increase there is a great need for a cheap, clean, energy source. In order to meet future energy needs the United States will have to build Generation (Ill+) and Generation (IV) power reactors, which have increased capabilities and passive safety features. One major challenge for this new exciting technology is public acceptance. In the past, the nuclear industry has had grim luck with public perception of any nuclear technology. However, there is hope for a solution to this problem; a …

Gcts Servo-Controlled Direct Shear Testing Of Soils (Peak & Residual Strengths), John Keeven

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

Using a Direct Shear Machine, various soils can be tested to figure out their strength properties. This research used an older pneumatic Direct Shear Machine and a newly purchased hydraulic Direct Shear Machine (Gets Servo-Controlled Direct Shear Machine). The pneumatic machine was used to learn the basics of a how a direct shear machine works. The majority of the research was done on the hydraulic Direct Shear Machine. The Gets Servo-Controlled Direct Shear Machine can perform conventional direct shear tests as well as consolidation and much more advanced tests. Since, no one had ever used this new machine; a simple …

Progress On The Origin Of Pegmat Tite Dikes And Pods In The Mount Sheridan Gabbro, Oklahoma, Andrew Mcellen

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

The Mount Sheridan Gabbro of the Wichita Mountains of south western Oklahoma contains dikes and pods of a coarse grained pegmatite. Initial field work was carried out and samples collected. All samples have been slabbed with a rock saw and described. These samples reveal spectacular examples of the minerals amphibole, feldspar, quartz, and apatite and zircon. The minerals apatite and zircon were investigated u sing the SEM as part of a class. From these slabs, representative examples have been selected for making thin sections. These are prepared by a commercial lab, and I am awaiting their return. I can then …

Mobile Telephone Detection, Benjamin Moss, Todd Hubing

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE)

A common threat to military personnel in Iraq is the use of unconventional warfare. Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are crudely fashioned using explosives wired to consumer radio electronics. Garage door openers, two-way radios, and mobile telephones are a small sampling of the devices used in IEDs. The diverse nature of these devices makes it difficult to preemptively detect an IED using traditional means. Various methods of mobile phone detection are investigated, taking into account the type of phone and the available detection equipment. Specifically, a first-generation mobile phone is detected using an oscilloscope and MATLAB.

Accountant's Business Manual, 2005, Volume 2, William H. Behrenfeld, Andrew R. Biebl, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Selecting The Right Structure For Your Business (Pattern Speech), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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Developments In Management Accounting: Financial Performance Measurement, Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

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