Students’ responses to theory: An FD case study

This paper will report on a small qualitative case study which explored the professional formation of students on a work-based learning course. These students were studying part-time to become professionally qualified youth workers and were already working or volunteering in the field. Drawing on interviews with students and their employers nine months after completion of the WBL course we will map some of the ways in which they consider participation has influenced their understanding of the field and their approach to their work. Contrary to expectations, our own and those in the professional literature, we found that students placed considerable value on the contribution of theory. In some cases this had led to significant changes in perspective, leading them to question their own practices and those of colleagues. While some had encountered resistance others had the autonomy to change their practices during and after the course

Publishers Corner Manned Space Exploration: America’s Folly

Publishers Corner: Essays If we want to assess the benefits of human space exploration, particularly to Mars, who better to consult than the good folks at MIT, a place presumably bristling with engineering knowledge and human genius. Fortuitously enough, the “Space, Policy and Society Research Group” at MIT has produced a study on “The Future of Human Space Flight” for our edification and enjoyment. It is six years old at this writing, but the facts have not altered appreciably: the humans who would have to be transported to, sustained on, and returned from the red planet are the same frail and physically limited homo sapiens they have always been; they are still carbon-based life forms, and therefore dependent on oxygen and water; and they are still as certain to deteriorate and die after relatively short periods of exposure to gamma and other radiation at strengths present in space and (especially) on the surface of Mars

IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ON ATTITUDES TOWARD FOOD IRRADIATION

Irradiation of food products is one of several techniques that reduce the risk of food-borne illness. Despite its advantages, the technique has been used sparingly because consumers are wary about this technology. A logit model is used to evaluate the impacts of demographic factors on attitudes toward purchasing foods that have been irradiated and toward paying more for irradiated foods. An important finding of this study is that consumers who are familiar with irradiation are significantly more likely to buy and pay more for irradiated products than those who have never heard of irradiation. This implies that educational programs aimed at informing consumers about the benefits of irradiation can work.Consumer/Household Economics, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Publisher\u27s Corner

Book Reviews of Kalic, Sean, N. U.S. Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946-1967. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012, 182pp., $40.00. Natalie Bormann and Michael Sheehan. Securing Outer Space: International Relations Theory and the Politics of Space. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, c2009, 2012 (pbk), 272 pp.,$44.95 (pbk)

Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium

The 23rd Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium was held at the University of Oklahoma on April 17, 1993. The objectives of the symposium were to provide 1) a forum for informal discussion of biochemical engineering research being carried at the participating universities and 2) an opportunity for students to present and publish their work. Thirteen papers presented at the symposium are included in the proceedings. Because final publication usually takes place in refereed journals, the articles included here are typically brief and often cover work in progress. The program of the symposium and a list of participants are included in the proceedings. ContentsA Low-Cost Bioreactor Strategy for RNA Synthesis, H. Anthony Marble, Eleni Chrisikos, and Robert H. Davis Development of a CELSS Bioreactor: Oxygen Transfer and Micromixing in Parabolic Flight, P.E. Villeneuve, K.S. Wenger, B.G. Thompson, T. Kedar, and E.H. Dunlop Scale-up of Dexter Murine Bone Marrow Cultures Utilizing a Three-Dimensional Fiberglass Support Matrix, John G. Highfill, Paul Todd, Steve Haley, and Dhinaker Kompala Modeling and Estimation of States of Recombinant Fermentations Using Nonlinear Input/Output Models, Vicotr M. Saucedo and M. Nazmul Karim Deadent Microfiltration of Bovine Serum Albumin Suspension Through Yeast Cake Layers and Assymetric Polymeric Membranes, Naveen Arora and Robert H. Davis Monitoring the Fate of Toluene and Phenol in the Rhizosphere, N. Muralidharan, Lawrence C. Davis, and Larry E. Erickson Hydrodynamic Motions Associated with Bubble Coalescence and Breakup, T.Y. Yiin, L.A. Glasgow, and L.E. Erickson Expression and Purification of a-Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Escherichia coli by Fusion with L-Asparaginase, Nien-Tung Ma and Roger G. Harrison High Pressure Crystallization of Proteins, Mungara V. Saikumar, Charles E. Glatz, and Maurice A. Larson Structure/Function Relationships in the Catalytic and Starch Binding Domains of Glucoamylase, Pedro M. Coutinho, Clark Ford, Peter J. Reilly Cellular Responses of Insect Cell Spodoptera frugiperda to Environmental Stresses, Paul Yeh, Grace Y. Sun, Gary A. Weisman, Rakesh Bajpai A Novel Approach to Understanding the Antimicrobial Activity of Peptides, Naveen Pathak, Marie-Helene Janna, Gael Ruche, David McCarthy, and Roger Harrison Mass Transfer in the Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Trapped Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids, Xiaoqing Yang, Larry E. Jacobson, and L.T. Fanhttps://lib.dr.iastate.edu/bce_proceedings/1021/thumbnail.jp

Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium

The 34th Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium was held at the University of Oklahoma on April 23, 2005. The objectives of the symposium were to provide (1) an opportunity for students to present and publish their work, and (2) a forum for informal discussion of bioengineering research being carried out at the participating universities. Fifteen papers presented at the symposium are included in these proceedings. Because final publication usually takes place in refereed journals, the articles here are typically brief and often cover work in progress. Contents Design of an animal waste treatment system by combination of technologies - Sigifredo Castro, Larry Erickson, Alok Bhandari, Larry Davis, Dean Thomson, and Bill Junk, Kansas State University Supercritical carbon dioxide treatment of lignocellulosic biomass to enhance cellulose hydrolysis - Muralidhar Mallem, David Dixon, and Patrick Gilcrease, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Electrochemical behavior of ferrocene-modified poly(ethyleneimine) redox polymers - Steve Merchant, Daniel Glatzhofer, and David Schmidtke, University of Oklahoma Recovery and purification of recombinant protein from transgenic corn by aqueous two phase partitioning - Zhengrong Gu and Charles Glatz, Iowa State University Lipase catalyzed esterification of geraniol in ionic liquid [bmim]PF6 mediated by pervaporation - Donifan Barahona, Peter Pfromm, and Mary Rezac, Kansas State University A novel class of polyanhydrides with tailored erosion mechanisms - Maria Torres, Surya Mallapragada, and Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University Oxygen toxicity to bifidobacteria - Amit Apte, D.Y.C. Fung, and L. E. Erickson, Kansas State University Targeting L-methioninase to human cancer cells - Naveen Palwai, Xiao-Ping Zang, J. Thomas Pento, and Roger Harrison, University of Oklahoma Exploration of family 1 carbohydrate binding module structure and function by automated docking - Chandrika Mulakala and Peter Reilly, Iowa State University Environmental knowledge and assessment of tool - Amit Apte, Edward D\u27Souza, Clinton Whiteley, Rachit Yadav, L. E. Erickson, Terrie Boguski, Angie Burgoon, Ryan Green, Leslie Jamka, Greg Norris, John Blair, and Jay Fredkin, Kansas State University In-situ biostimulation for remediation of chlorinated solvents in groundwater: a laboratory study, S. Santharam, L.C. Davis, and L.E. Erickson, Kansas State University Microcosm investigation of the dechlorination of tetrachloroethene - J. Ibbini, L.C. Davis, and L.E. Erickson, Kansas State University Effect ofblending with polycaprolactone on the anti-bacterial properties of chitosan for periodontal tissue engineering - Aparna Sarasam, John Dmytryk, Sharukh Khajotia, and Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University Flow perfusion improves seeding efficiency and spatial distribution in scaffolds for bone tissue engineering - Jose Alvarez-Barreto, R. Shambaugh, S. Linehan, J. Yankovich, and Vassilios Sikavitsas, University of Oklahoma Tocopherols and CEHCs modulate platelet thrombus formation - Durga Sarvepalli, Kenneth Hensley, and Ulli Nollert, University of Oklahomahttps://lib.dr.iastate.edu/bce_proceedings/1029/thumbnail.jp

Publisher’s Corner: Don’t Call It Cyberspace

It is said of human beings that we are a pattern discerning species. We tend to search for or invent patterns even where none exist—hence the popularity of power point.1 When we deal with something truly unprecedented, our tendency is nonetheless to find some precedent for it, or, failing that, to fall back on analogy, metaphor or simile, all tools the mind uses to confront the unknown future with the familiar—which is one reason that large organizations faced with unique challenges almost invariably get it wrong

Publisher’s Corner Space Policy’s SALT Moment

The market for a leap forward in space arms control is open. Now, who’s buying? The United States is facing a fundamental decision about space policy which arises from a question: does our national interest in an ordered space environment trump our absolute insistence on a policy of freedom of action? Or is the looming threat of over-crowded orbits, frequency interference and debris – of contested, congested and competitive space – so pressing that we must accept some greater transparency for our national security space operations, even greater information sharing with China, Russia, and commercial space operators, and perhaps some limits as well on activities affecting satellites in orbit