Setting fire to the Square

Submitted to the Boston Theological Institute for Certificate Completion in Religion and Conflict TransformationConsiderations of an historical event are hereafter understood through a Western Judeo Christian perspective of religious conflict transformation. The book burning that set fire to square on May 10, 1933, in Berlin was not an isolated phenomenon; rather it bled into the romance of war. Similar events occurred across Nazi Germany and well before the twentieth century. This paper addresses the book burning in Berlin’s Opernplatz for its relevance toward the development of a restorative leadership role in the modern university, the route of seminarians. Details of the academy show that, while educational initiative was once a resource for violence, reevaluation of knowledge ethics provides meaningful purpose in the task of cultural preservation. Literature is the product of great civilizations; and so by conserving the stories of Jewish authors in light of the Holocaust, we find a theological trauma witness to faith and destruction. Conflict transformation requires due acknowledgement of responsibility by all parties. In this case, after the fire extinguished, the responsibility is vested in active memory and forever questioning what remains for humanit

An Analysis of the Role of Safety Nets in the National Airspace System

Safe operations of aircraft in the National Airspace System (NAS) may be attributed to many factors, including the application of a variety of safety nets (SNs) as a last line of defense. In preparation for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), a review of Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) reports for incidents with positive outcomes was conducted to investigate the importance of current safety nets. The examination of positive outcomes not only shows what went wrong, but also what went right to prevent accidents and save the day. More than 400 incident reports for 2015 from the voluntary ASRS reporting database were studied in detail to create event sequence diagrams (ESDs), illustrating the effectiveness of SNs. The developed ESDs are considered top-level, representative models and are limited with respect to being reliably quantitative because they are based on only reports from a single year. The ESDs could offer insights into human systems integration research, such as strategically using technologies as SNs without human interface or alleviating human workload with new technologies to provide resilient recovery from off-nominal conditions ensuring flight safety

Negotiation for newcomers: how to license in an academic library

With increasing demands of electronic collections in academic libraries, there is more to manage in licensing that inevitably affects Fair Use. Librarians need to be aware of terms that limit this conventional interpretation while negotiating authorized use and users. Negotiation for Newcomers breaks down how to use model licenses, creating checklists for comparing a license to policy, and the negotiation process. Some key terms and their examples are also highlighted. This poster was presented at the 2014 Kansas Library Conference in the Academic Library category

Into the Breach: Using Electronic Resources Responsibly

Citation: Geuther, C. (2016). Into the Breach: Using Electronic Resources Responsibly. Poster was presented at the 2nd Joint Conference of Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section and the Nebraska College and University Section, Manhattan, KS.This poster will explain the conversation between technical and public services librarians at Kansas State University regarding data breaches of electronic resources and how to avoid them.  After a recent surge of breaches by Kansas State faculty and students, a workshop was needed for the librarians to relay critical information about resources to the patrons who used them.  This poster will include the protocol at Kansas State University as librarians and Information Technology Security staff are made aware of an issue, simple explanations of breach events, and suggestions for training patrons at the university level to avoid them.  This poster was presented at the 2nd Joint Conference of Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section and the Nebraska College and University Section on April 22, 2016.

Creating a Standard of Practice for License Alternatives

Citation: Geuther, Christina & Greene, Mira (2015). Creating a Standard of Practice for License Alternatives. In B.R. Bernhardt, B.R. Hinds, & K.P. Strauch (Eds.), Proceedings from Where Do We Go from Here? : Charleston Conference. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.A gap exists in library literature for license alternative practices. Although licensing processes are a new concept, there is enough knowledge of best practices that will apply to alternatives. Much of the life cycle of electronic resources with and without licenses remains the same; therefore, a workflow can be framed for alternatives. Kansas State University created a standard workflow for managing license alternatives in its management systems Verde and Alma. We based this standard on the differences between licenses and their conventional alternatives, the NISO Shared Electronic Resource Understanding, and terms of use without registered or signed agreement. Aspects of this presentation will also apply to institutions without electronic resource management (ERM) systems. After considering the acquisition and review practices of license alternatives, a discussion of interlibrary loan as well as enforcing terms in the patron community will be offered. Interlibrary loan staff will easily interpret their procedures of fair use based on documentation in the ERM

A VTOL Small Unmanned Aircraft System to Expand Payload Capabilities

One of the goals of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is to increase the capabilities of flight vehicles while maintaining small airframes that are also lightweight. Private package delivery companies and government agencies have an interest in vehicles that have large payload to weight ratios; thus allowing to deliver heavy payloads. Currently, UAS configurations suffer from propulsive and aerodynamic limitations that decrease the payload weight and/or mission range. In order to decrease these limitations, the Kinetic and Potential Energy Alternation for Greater Lift Enhancement (KP EAGLE) concept provides a novel way to transport payloads that may be too heavy for vehicles in a similar weight class. The concept vehicle takes off vertically without the payload. It then performs a dive maneuver that transfers the gained potential energy into kinetic energy to pick up the payload. This concept does not require special equipment during takeoff or landing and provides a better payload to weight ratio than other conventional vehicles in the same weight class

Risk-Based Causal Modeling of Airborne Loss of Separation

Maintaining safe separation between aircraft remains one of the key aviation challenges as the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) emerges. The goals of the NextGen are to increase capacity and reduce flight delays to meet the aviation demand growth through the 2025 time frame while maintaining safety and efficiency. The envisioned NextGen is expected to enable high air traffic density, diverse fleet operations in the airspace, and a decrease in separation distance. All of these factors contribute to the potential for Loss of Separation (LOS) between aircraft. LOS is a precursor to a potential mid-air collision (MAC). The NASA Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP) is committed to developing aircraft separation assurance concepts and technologies to mitigate LOS instances, therefore, preventing MAC. This paper focuses on the analysis of causal and contributing factors of LOS accidents and incidents leading to MAC occurrences. Mid-air collisions among large commercial aircraft are rare in the past decade, therefore, the LOS instances in this study are for general aviation using visual flight rules in the years 2000-2010. The study includes the investigation of causal paths leading to LOS, and the development of the Airborne Loss of Separation Analysis Model (ALOSAM) using Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to capture the multi-dependent relations of causal factors. The ALOSAM is currently a qualitative model, although further development could lead to a quantitative model. ALOSAM could then be used to perform impact analysis of concepts and technologies in the AOSP portfolio on the reduction of LOS risk

Recruiting and Retaining Millennials In Today’s Higher Education Workplace

Millennials have become the largest generational cohort in the workplace today. For employers including, higher education, to succeed in recruiting and retaining millennials employers must identify what this group is looking for in an employer. The purpose of this paper is to research and outline ways for colleges and universities to attract and retain the best and brightest by offering a competitive compensation and a workplace environment that meets the needs of the millennial generation. Millennials are looking for a positive work-life balance, this is where higher education organizations can compete. Traditionally institutions of higher learning haven’t offered the highest salaries but have offered generous benefits packages to offset the lower cash compensation. Colleges and universities can offer a better work-life balance. For example, more personal time off, and remote working opportunities. In addition, they can offer reduced or free tuition for millennials to build their skills. A video recording of this presentation is available here

An Experimental Approach to a Rapid Propulsion and Aeronautics Concepts Testbed

Modern aircraft design tools have limitations for predicting complex propulsion-airframe interactions. The demand for new tools and methods addressing these limitations is high based on the many recent Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) concepts being developed for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) markets. We propose that low cost electronics and additive manufacturing can support the conceptual design of advanced autonomy-enabled concepts, by facilitating rapid prototyping for experimentally driven design cycles. This approach has the potential to reduce complex aircraft concept development costs, minimize unique risks associated with the conceptual design, and shorten development schedule by enabling the determination of many "unknown unknowns" earlier in the design process and providing verification of the results from aircraft design tools. A modular testbed was designed and built to evaluate this rapid design-build-test approach and to support aeronautics and autonomy research targeting UAM applications utilizing a complex, transitioning-VTOL aircraft configuration. The testbed is a modular wind tunnel and flight model. The testbed airframe is approximately 80% printed, with labor required for assembly. This paper describes the design process, fabrication process, ground testing, and initial wind tunnel structural and thermal loading of a proof-of-concept aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome 8 (LA-8)

THE ROLE OF ERROR ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTIC GRADING PROCEDURES, AND STUDENT REFLECTION IN FIRST SEMESTER CALCULUS LEARNING (EPISTEMOLOGY, METACOGNITION, INQUIRY)

The present study is an integrative study designed to explore the nature of student difficulties within the context of a first semester college calculus course. The techniques of error analysis were used to identify and categorize the student difficulties. Insights gained from this categorization served as the basis for the design and development of calculus grader preparation materials implemented with a subgroup of undergraduate calculus graders. These grader preparation materials emphasized grader diagnosis of student difficulties and student reflection on errors and process. Current preparation procedures served as the control on the basis of which comparisons and evaluations were made. Questions regarding the relationship between these materials, the grading environment established by their implementation, and the factors of SEX, COLLEGE, student reflection, and calculus achievement, were investigated. Achievement scores as measured by calculus unit tests and a calculus final examination were collected on all subjects. A reflection attitude scale was administered to all students and graders participating in the study. Univariate analyses of variance of the unit test scores and the final examiniation revealed a significant effect of COLLEGE on the first and second try for Unit 4 and the final examination. A significant SEX x GRADING FORMAT interaction, indicating a more positive influence of the treatment grading format for men than for women, was found on the second try for Unit 4. The effect of GRADING FORMAT fell just short of significance on the final examination, suggesting the possibility that the effect is cumulative. A multivariate analysis of co-variance indicated a significant main effect for COLLEGE. A log-linear analysis of the distractor choices on the 40-item multiple choice final examination indicated several significant main effects and interactions on several of the items. Results of the analysis performed on a grader reflection attitude scale suggest that a difference in attitude, commitment, and use of the constructive grading procedures existed between the treatment and control graders. Hypotheses and questions suitable for future research in the areas of error analysis, teacher training, and student reflection are generated