Groundwater Pollution Regulation in the U.S.

The primary purpose of our field research was comparing chemical analysis of groundwater samples from the present day with the laboratory analysis taken after underground storage tanks (USTs) leaked pollutants (TPHs, VOCs, PERCs) into the groundwater located under the University of Mary Washington campus, a discovery made in 1993. We read through three WOTUS Supreme Court cases (SWANCC vs. the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rapanos vs. the United States, Maui vs. the Hawaii Wildlife Fund) to appraise how the Clean Water Act has been interpreted judicially in the past, as well as to speculate how the pollution from 1993 might have been handled legally

Materials Liaisons: facilitating communication in design-driven material innovation (DDMI) projects

In an increasingly complex ‘problem’ landscape, interdisciplinary collaboration is becoming an important part of design practice. Yet designers use very different language and methods to other disciplines, which can be a significant barrier to communication, shared understanding and trust. New methods to enable effective communication between designers and other disciplines are needed across the design industry. This paper presents research from an EU H2020 funded project which is trialling a new Design-Driven Material Innovation (DDMI) methodology. The collaborative process, involving designers, scientists and manufacturers, presents a number of challenges, particularly in enabling people with very different disciplinary/national/cultural languages to understand one another. For the project to move forward, at the very least, designers need to understand the material’s potential and scientists need to understand what designers want the material to ‘be like’. Effective ‘materials communication’ is crucial. The study focusses on one approach – appointing ‘materials liaison officers’ – to facilitate the interdisciplinary exchange of materials information at a crucial stage in the project, when the first materials prototypes were being developed in response to design concepts. Drawing on interviews and workshop material the author discusses the benefits and limitations of using a ‘bilingual’ liaison to translate material understanding from one discipline to another. The findings highlight a number of aspects that affect interdisciplinary materials communication such as familiarity with the material type being developed, the number of processes involved in production of the material, the approach of the designer, and the role of materials samples as boundary objects to anchor the dialogue. There are implications for interdisciplinary design projects more generally, where communication is equally challenging and important

The ATS-6 power system: Hardware implementation and orbital performance

The Applications Technology Satellite-6 power system, a shunt-boost configuration, uses partial shunt regulation of the solar array and a boost regulator for control of battery power. Regulation is provided for three different operating modes: shunt, charge, and boost. This configuration achieves the highest efficiency of power transfer from the solar array to the loads. The excellent dynamic regulation and low output impedance of the power system virtually eliminated the problem of subsystem interactions on the power bus due to conducted interference from load current fluctuations. The performance of the power system continues to be excellent. The solar array degradation (18.5 percent) was less than the specified 20 percent in two years in spite of extreme cycling from -160 C to 60 C. A unique battery cycling regime of discharges varying from 5 percent to 60 percent daily is being encountered. During the second year, noneclipse discharges have occurred twice a day to depths of 35 percent and 45 percent. Battery performance was good with only a small decrease in end-of-discharge voltage. A recent test to evaluate capacity gave 12.4 AH (83% of the nominal capacity of 15 AH) after over 1400 battery discharge cycles. A small increase in the end-of-charge voltage has recently occurred necessitating a change in the charge regime to achieve full charge conditions

Exploring Seating and Mobility Provision

This doctoral capstone was an exploration of the specialty practice area of seating and mobility through partnerships with Numotion and TriStar Skyline Medical Center. A variety of projects were completed including educational materials for a wheelchair clinic, a loaner wheelchair tracking spreadsheet, educational materials for a Belmont Occupational therapy course, a literature search on pediatric power mobility, and protocol spreadsheets for an FDA research study. Throughout this capstone, I learned the skills necessary for a wheelchair evaluation, developed interprofessional communication skills, and gained an understanding of the lived experience of end users

Social Justice Matters: Making the Case and Development of a Business Proposal for the Center for Social Justice & Equity at Morehead State University

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Jami M. Hornbuckle on April 9, 2018

Women\u27s Sports and Physical Education at the University of Tennessee: 1899-1939

Sports historians have demonstrated that the early twentieth century, particularly the 1920s and the 1930s, was a period of both increasing and decreasing opportunities of women to participate in skilled and competitive athletics. Most would agree that a philosophy of anti-competition and universal participation as advocated by the Women\u27s Division of the National Amateur Athletic Federation (WDNAAF) steered women\u27s collegiate sports and physical education during the period. However, they disagree over the extent of the application of that philosophy and its effectiveness once put into practice. While examining the development of women\u27s sports and physical education at the University of Tennessee for the period between 1899 and 1939, this study focuses on the decades of the 1920s and 1930s and measures the WDNAAF\u27s philosophy on the University. The thesis provides a model for similar studies at other institutions and is also a stepping stone for future studies of women\u27s athletics at the University of Tennessee. This study shows that skilled and competitive athletics, and the recognition and prestige derived from them, were important factors in the development of women\u27s sports and physical education at the University of Tennessee; and they remained significant throughout the 1920s and 1930s, despite the elimination of women\u27s varsity sports and the development of forms of universal participation. Tennessee first introduced physical education to its coeds in 1899. Skilled and competitive individual and team sports, such as tennis and basketball, were important features of the women\u27s physical education program. Prior to 1926, the University supported these sports at both the intercollegiate and interclass levels. During this period, Tennessee produced many outstanding coed varsity teams, particularly in basketball. In 1926, as the WDNAAF\u27s philosophy became more influential nationwide, Tennessee eliminated its women\u27s varsity sports and began to develop forms of universal participation. The latter, however, continued to emphasize skill and competition. By the mid-thirties, the University had developed a women\u27s intramural system which offered all individuals and groups the opportunity to compete for recognition and prestige in skilled and competitive sports. This thesis demonstrates that the anti-competitive and universal participation philosophy of the WDNAAF certainly had an effect upon the University of Tennessee, but only in an indirect manner. Tennessee eliminated its women\u27s varsity athletics not in response to a directive from the WDNAAF itself, but because nearby schools had already abolished their teams. The University of Tennessee, moreover, failed to adhere strictly to the WDNAAF\u27s policies by continuing to stress skill and competition and emphasizing recognition and prestige through athletics. Finally, this thesis indicates that the development of universal participation was not an immediate process, but rather one requiring many steps in the reorganization of groups, individuals, and activities. Overall, this study suggests that compliance with anti-competitive and universal participation policies of the WDNAAF was largely the responsibility and design of the individual institution

Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity and Health Variables in African-American Women (40-62 years of age)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between pedometer-determined physical activity, measured in steps per day, and several health variables in middle-aged, African-American women. Height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, and % body fat were measured in 69 African-American females (mean age 51.4 ± 5.4 years). Subjects wore a pedometer for 7 consecutive days after their laboratory visit and average steps/day were compared to each health variable. For statistical analyses, subjects were categorized into 3 different groups based on their physical activity level. The categories were \u3c 5,000 steps/day, 5,000-7,499 steps/day, and \u3e 7,500 steps/day. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to examine the health variables among the three groups. Partial correlation coefficients controlling for age were calculated for steps/day and BMI, body fat, waist and hip circumference, and WHR. Significance was set at P\u3c 0.05 for all tests. This is the first study to investigate the relationships between steps/day and % body fat in middle-aged, African-American females. Significant differences were found among the least active and most active groups for age (P=0.013), average steps/day (P\u3c0.001), body weight (P=0.003), BMI (P=0.005), % body fat (P\u3c0.001), waist circumference (P=0.004), and hip circumference (P=0.043). When a partial correlation controlling for age was used to compare steps/day to body composition variables, negative correlations still existed for each variable. These correlations were significant for BMI (P\u3c0.001), % body fat (P\u3c0.001), waist circumference (P=0.002), and hip circumference (P=0.015). These results show that women who accumulated more steps/day had significantly lower body fat percentages, BMI values, waist circumferences, and hip circumferences

Postcards from The Edge: Exploring the Edges of Regenerated Fibre Development and Design Driven Material Innovation

In this paper, postcards from the EU funded Horizon 2020 Trash-2-Cash (2015-2018) project - completed by workshop participants – are presented in three tables with a focus on how they contributed to the building of communication channels, shared understanding and methods in this inter-disciplinary consortium work. The Trash-2-Cash project aims to support better waste utilisation, improve material efficiency, contribute to reduction of landfill area needs, whilst also producing high-value commercial products. Novel materials will drive the generation of new textile fibres that will utilize paper and textile fibre waste, originating from continuously increasing textile consumption. The inter-disciplanarity of the participants is key to achieving the project aims – but communication between sectors is challenging due to diverse expertise and levels of experience; language and cultural differences can also be barriers to collaboration as well. Designing easy and accessible, even fun, communication tools are one of the ways to help build relationships. The cards reviewed were used in Prato (November 2015), Helsinki (February 2016) and London (November 2016). This paper concludes with insights for the ongoing development of the project communications work towards the Design Driven Material Innovation (DDMI) methodology, due to be presented at the end of the project in 2018