Reaching Real-Time Moving Targets: The Use of Digital Communications to Inform and Mobilize College Students

College professionals and faculty continually look for effective ways to inform and mobilize their students. In pursuit of this goal, the newly-established Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) embarked on a fact-finding process to determine the effectiveness of current digital communication methods, identify challenges, and ascertain student preferences for information dissemination. After reviewing appropriate literature, new social media strategies were developed and launched, resulting in CCEâs award-winning marketing and social networking initiatives. This article provides insight into the particular mediums students prefer, development and application of strategies, and their level of effectiveness in engaging young adults

Reaching Real-Time Moving Targets: The Use of Digital Communications to Inform and Mobilize College Students

College professionals and faculty continually look for effective ways to inform and mobilize their students. In pursuit of this goal, the newly-established Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) embarked on a fact-finding process to determine the effectiveness of current digital communication methods, identify challenges, and ascertain student preferences for information dissemination. After reviewing appropriate literature, new social media strategies were developed and launched, resulting in CCE’s award-winning marketing and social networking initiatives. This article provides insight into the particular mediums students prefer, development and application of strategies, and their level of effectiveness in engaging young adults

Consultative Function Monitoring Agency Village (Bpd) PNPM Mandiri The Implementation Of Rural Village In The District Mandolang Kalasey District Minahasa

:Village Consultative Body (BPD) is one of the perpetrators of PNPM Rural in the village which serves as the agency that oversees the process of each stage desa.Tujuan PNPM Rural in this study to determine how the function of BPD supervision of the implementation of PNPM Rural Village Kalasey One Subdistrict Mandolang Minahasa.The method used is descriptive qualitative method. The focus of research is supervision of BPD at the planning and implementation stages of PNPM Mandiri in the village. Informants were taken from perpetrators PNPM Rural Village Kalasey One, entirely as many as 10 people. Data collection techniques used were interviews. Data analysis technique used is descriptive-qualitative analysis interactive model of Miles and Hubernann.Based on research results ditariki conclusions: (1). BPD supervisory functions in the planning activities of PNPM Rural done fairly well, namely through the activity of BPD in every stage of the planning of activities ranging from the preparation and dissemination of early, stage of planning at the village and district. (2) The oversight function of BPD at the stage of implementation of PNPM Mandiri in the village is quite well done is through the activity of BPD in each stage of the start of the preparatory meetings implementation in the village, distribution and use of funds, procurement of labor, materials and tools, monitoring and evaluate progress on implementation of activities in the field, and village meetings for accountability by the implementation team.Based on the results of this penellian then it can be recommended some suggestion that: although PNPM Mandiri is no longer there, but the results achieved must be maintained and preserved to support the efforts penanggunglangan poverty. For that BPD oversight function to be needed in the maintenance and preservation of the results of PNPM Mandiri.Keywords: Monitoring, BPD, PNPM Mandiri

Demand Response of HVACs in Large Residential Communities Based on Experimental Developments

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems contribute the largest electricity usage for a residential community. Modeling of the HVAC systems facilitate the study of demand response (DR) at both the residential and the power system level. In this paper, the equivalent thermal model of a reference house was proposed. Parameters for the reference house were determined based on the systematic study of experimental data obtained from fully instrumented field demonstrators. The aggregated HVAC load was modeled based on the reference house while considering a realistic distribution of HVAC parameters derived from data that was provided by one of the largest smart grid field demonstrators in rural America. A sequential DR as part of a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) control was proposed to reduce both ramping rate and peak power at the aggregated level, while maintaining human comfort according to ASHRAE standard

The Effect of High Efficiency Building Technologies and PV Generation on the Energy Profiles for Typical US Residences

The penetrations of high efficiency technologies and photovoltaic (PV) generation are increasing in the residential sector. Technologies such as improved insulation and efficient HVAC systems significantly affect the energy profile of a house. This effect varies due to climate characteristics, i.e. temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity, and wind speeds. The effect of other technologies, such as efficient water heaters, lighting, or kitchen appliances, is mainly governed by human behavior, which may be represented by a schedule. This paper studies the performance of both climate-influenced and scheduled household devices among different levels of efficiency through combined computational and experimental methods. Three houses were constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and were outfitted with robots that mimicked the occupation of a family. The houses represented three categories of residences, namely, typical builder, retrofit, and near net-zero-energy. With the energy and weather data collected from 2009 to 2014, a total of four house energy models were developed to account for equipment changes throughout the years. The studies performed using these models considered the behavior of the HVAC systems, PV system, and water heaters as well as climate effects

Virtual Power Plant Control for Large Residential Communities Using HVAC Systems for Energy Storage

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems use the most electricity of any household appliance in residential communities. HVAC system modeling facilitates the study of demand response (DR) at both the residential and power system levels. In this article, the equivalent thermal model of a reference house is proposed. Parameters for the reference house were determined based on the systematic study of experimental data obtained from fully instrumented field demonstrators. Energy storage capacity of HVAC systems is calculated and an equivalent state-of-charge is defined. The uniformity between HVAC systems and battery energy storage system is demonstrated by DR control. The aggregated HVAC load model is based on the reference house and considers a realistic distribution of HVAC parameters derived from one of the largest smart grid field demonstrators in rural America. A sequential DR scheme as part of a virtual power plant control is proposed to reduce both ramping rate and peak power at the aggregated level, while maintaining human comfort according to ASHRAE standards

Mineralization Along the Dikes of Southern Vermont

Author Institution: Oberling College, Oberlin, Ohi

Quantitative Concentrations of Sodium and Potassium Released from Brown Coal and Pine Wood in a Laminar Premixed Flame Using Libs

A quantitative point measurement of total sodium and potassium released during combustion of Australian Loy Yang brown coal particles (23 ± 3 mg) and pine wood pellets (63 ± 3 mg) has been performed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in a laminar premixed methane flame at the equivalence ratio (Φ) of 1.287. Calibration was performed using droplets of sodium sulfite (Na2SO3) and potassium sulphate (K2SO4) entrained into the flame. A correction to the calibration curve was applied to compensate for the significant absorption effect caused by atomic alkalis in outer seeded flame, which significantly improved the calibration reliability especially at high concentrations. Hence quantitative release of sodium and potassium during the three phases of combustion, namely devolatilization, char and ash cooking, were obtained. The concentration of total sodium in the plume released from combustion of pine wood pellets during the devolatilization reached up to 15 ppm indicating significant sodium was released in various forms. The strongest concentrations of total sodium and potassium released during char phase of both coal and wood reaching up to 21.3 and 2.4 ppm, 15.5 and 26.3 ppm, respectively. Limit of Detection (LOD) of sodium and potassium with LIBS in the present setup were estimated to be 0.029 and 0.072 ppm, respectively.Li-Jen Hsu, Zeyad Alwahabi, Graham Nathan, Peter Ashman, Keith Kinghttp://www.chemeca2010.com/abstract/226.as

Performance and policy dimensions in internet routing

The Internet Routing Project, referred to in this report as the 'Highball Project', has been investigating architectures suitable for networks spanning large geographic areas and capable of very high data rates. The Highball network architecture is based on a high speed crossbar switch and an adaptive, distributed, TDMA scheduling algorithm. The scheduling algorithm controls the instantaneous configuration and swell time of the switch, one of which is attached to each node. In order to send a single burst or a multi-burst packet, a reservation request is sent to all nodes. The scheduling algorithm then configures the switches immediately prior to the arrival of each burst, so it can be relayed immediately without requiring local storage. Reservations and housekeeping information are sent using a special broadcast-spanning-tree schedule. Progress to date in the Highball Project includes the design and testing of a suite of scheduling algorithms, construction of software reservation/scheduling simulators, and construction of a strawman hardware and software implementation. A prototype switch controller and timestamp generator have been completed and are in test. Detailed documentation on the algorithms, protocols and experiments conducted are given in various reports and papers published. Abstracts of this literature are included in the bibliography at the end of this report, which serves as an extended executive summary