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Newark Noir: A Study Of Film And Architecture, Tom Mcinerney

Architecture Senior Theses

"Through the investigation of the filmic narrative and the semantics of the visual style inherent in film noir, I intend to establish a precedent that can be used to construct an architectural product in Newark that serves to investigate the city's past, present, and anticipate the future."

Perceptions Of The Quality Of Life Among Residents Of Crete, Nebraska, James Potter, Rodrigo Cantarero, X. Winston Yan, Steven Larrick, Blanca E. Ramirez, Heather Keele

Community and Regional Planning Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

Crete, Nebraska, (population 6,028) is on the cutting edge of a global economy in which people are migrating to places that offer jobs and a better quality oflife. In the year 2001, when this study was conducted, Crete's local Farmland pork processing plant was expecting to increase its workforce from 1,200 to 1,650. In today's economy, these 450 new jobs are likely to attract workers from around the world. In recent years, for example, workers have come to Crete from Vietnam, Korea, Laos, Croatia, Serbia, Iraq, and from countries throughout Latin America.

Demographic changes like these are having profound impacts …

Autonomy In The Institution: An Institute For Detroit Techno And Rave Culture, Peter Heasley

Architecture Senior Theses

"The institution, in physical form, requires spatial and visual separation to replace its socio-economic history in the urban and physical landscape. An Institute for Detroit Techno will test this assertion through the establishment of techno music as an autonomous art form and the manipulation of the physical context of the project through collage and situating the project along the freeway, which is an autonomous spatial condition within the city."

Methods Of Perception, Caleb Mitchell

Architecture Thesis Prep

"Architecture can teach an observer about itself both physically and metaphysically; this can be managed though interactive processes which demand haptic experiences.

(Methodoloy:) To investigate the capacities of mechanistic or interactive devices to reveal meaning (physical and metaphysical); and to eventually develop at full (or large) scale an artifact capable of operating through functional and meaningful interactions with a user."

The Specific Engagement: A Didactic Center In Collaboration With The Adjacent Children's Museum, Aaron Bancroft

Architecture Thesis Prep

"Architecture transcends the act of 'making space' when it can engage the visitor through the realization of the what had yet to be perceived. This didactic realization can be accomplished through a series of specific moments which relate directly to the entirety of the complete experience. The sequence can be so intense or emotional that the visitor recognizes that they are meant to interact with the architecture through the varying levels of engagement and understanding."

Inside Unlv, Andy Grossman, Mark Wallington, Dave Phillips

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Pilot Study: Lateral Braced C-Sections Under Bending, B. Beshara, Roger A. Laboube

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The overall behavior under uniform load of cold-formed steel C-sections assemblies was investigated. Each test assembly consisted of C-sections acting as beams having a track section to restrain its ends. A lateral brace to restrain the C-sections from rotation was provided at mid-span. To better understand the influence of the brace on the flexural behavior, an experimental investigation was carried out with particular emphasis placed on the study of the effect of the mid-span brace connection when wallboard was attached to the tension flange. The tested moment capacities are compared to predictions based on the 1996 edition American Iron and …

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Building Services Engineering

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From The Editor, Heather A. Cross

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

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Stone Construction: A History And Primer, Heather A. Cross

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The A.A. Baker Marble Yard, Jacquelyn Procter Gray

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

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The Old Stones Of Monte Sano, Jane Barr

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Refkection: An Outsider's View Of Huntsville's Historic Downtown, Brad Grani

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

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Modern Examples Of Stone Construction: A Pictorial Survey, Heather Cross

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

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The Historic Huntsville Quarterly Of Local Architecture And Preservation: Upon This Rock: A Foundation In Stone Construction, Vol.27, No.3, Fall 2001, Architecture: Historic Preservation And Conservation ; Arts And Humanities: History

The Historic Huntsville Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Evaporative Cooling Availability In Water Based Sensible Cooling Systems, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn

Conference Papers

Recent developments have prompted a review of evaporative cooling technology as an effective means of cooling modern deep plan buildings. Prominent among these developments is the success of high temperature sensible cooling systems, such as chilled ceilings, which require a supply of cooling water at 14 to 18°C. Crucial to the success of evaporative cooling technology, as a significant means of cooling in modern applications, is the ability to generate cooling water, in an indirect circuit, at a temperature which closely approaches the ambient adiabatic saturation temperature or wet bulb temperature. Recent research in this area has shown that it …

The Performance Of Urban Form In The Construction Of A Place: Quality Of Design In A 1930'S Residential Area In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Vicente Del Rio

City and Regional Planning

How much of the original urban design of an area leads to its perceived qualities, to its public image, and to its recognition as a special place by its users? In this paper we present the preliminary results of a comparative study of residential areas in the city of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil that are highly regarded as special places by both their communities and the population at large. Our research tries to understand which aspects of the original design of these places still remain today and may be held responsible for their popular success, and which design fundamentals …

Inside Unlv, Carol C. Harter, Betty Biodgett

Inside UNLV

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Minimim Expected Cost-Oriented Optimal Maintenance Planning For Deteriorating Structures: Application To Concrete Bridge Decks, Allen C. Estes, Dan M. Frangopol

Architectural Engineering

Civil engineering structures are designed to serve the public and often must perform safely for decades. No matter how well they are designed, all civil engineering structures will deteriorate over time and lifetime maintenance expenses represent a substantial portion of the total lifetime cost of most structures. It is difficult to make a reliable prediction of this cost when the future is unknown and structural deterioration and behavior are assumed from a mathematical model or previous experience. An optimal maintenance program is the key to making appropriate decisions at the right time to minimize cost and maintain an appropriate level …

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Wku Capital Construction Update, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Presentation booklet regarding capital construction projects with photographs. Projects included:

• Glasgow Regional Postsecondary Education Center
• Elizabethtown Regional Postsecondary Education Center
• Media & Technology Center / Guthrie Tower & Plaza
• Science & Engineering Building
• Downing University Center Renovations
• University Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge

E.A. Diddle Arena Project, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Presentation booklet regarding Diddle Arena renovation project financing through bond issue. Includes contracts, revenue sources, insurance, deed descriptions and model procurement codes.

Landmark Report (Vol. 20, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Landmark Report

Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

Bs News

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.

Review Of Rainforest Cities: Urbanization Development, And Globalization Of The Brazilian Amazon By John O. Browder And Brian J. Godfrey. Review Of Traditional And Modern Natural Resource Management In Latin America By Francisco J. Pichon, Jorge E. Uquillas, And John Frechione, Hemalata C. Dandekar

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.

Acoustic Radiation From Bowed Violins, Lily M. Wang, Courtney B. Burroughs

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Nearfield acoustic holography (NAH) is applied to visualize the acoustic radiation from bowed violins across a frequency range from 294 Hz to 3 kHz. These visualizations are employed to localize regions of acoustic radiation from surfaces of violins. Three violins were tested: a common student instrument by Scherl and Roth; Hutchins violin SUS295, which has been the subject of many previous investigations; and a Hutchins mezzo violin from the Violin Octet set of instruments, which is longer, broader and thinner than a standard instrument. The violins were bowed continuously with an open-frame mechanical bowing machine, while NAH measurements were made …

Benzene Toxicity And Removal In Laboratory Phytoremediation Studies, Joel Gerard Burken, Carla Ross, Lisa M. Harrison, Adrian Marsh, Lars Zetterstrom, Juel S. Gibbons

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Hybrid Poplar Cuttings Were Shown to Impact the Fate and Transport of Subsurface Benzene, While Toxicity to the Poplars Was Not Observed. Laboratory Experiments Investigated the Toxicity Response of Poplar Cuttings to Benzene Exposure, Contaminant Distribution in Plant Tissues, Contaminant Degradation in the Soil Profile, and Contaminant Volatilization from the Soil and Plant Tissues. Two Separate Studies Were Conducted to Evaluate These Parameters. the First Study Examined the Toxicity of Benzene to Hybrid Poplar Cuttings in Batch Reactors. Poplar Cuttings Were Exposed to Various Concentrations of Benzene Contaminated Water in Two Different Types of Soil. Transpiration Rates Were Measured as …

An Agitated (Co)Existence - The Conquest Of Timeless Meztisaje, Joaquin Bonifaz

Architecture Senior Theses

"The success of the Marvelous Real is in the acknowledgement as existing of the pre-existed, implied or unnoticed and its revelation through unusual juxtaposition and interweaving narrated in a passive tone. The contention of this thesis is that if this type of juxtaposition of existing, pre-existed, implied and unnoticed is translated into an architectural concept where the tools of juxtaposition are space, form, program, materiality, and order it is possible to create, by addition and subtraction, a heightened reality of the historical layering of site."

Inscription Programs In Cairene Domestic Architecture (14th-18th Century), Noha Mohamed Khaled Abou-Khatwa

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Building Services Engineering

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