International Control of the Safety of Nuclear-Powered Merchant Ships

In recent years we have witnessed the transition of nuclear-powered ships from an imaginative dream to an engineering reality. This vast step from the drawing board to successful operation on the high-seas has taken place in a remarkably short span of time. Nevertheless, in the :flush of enthusiasm over the technological achievement, we must not lose sight of the fact that the promise of nuclear power for the propulsion of ships will not have been fulfilled until nuclear vessels are operating safely and economically over the maritime trade routes of the world. It would be unrealistic to assume that further progress, from military and demonstration vessels subsidized by governments, to commercially competitive merchantmen, will not be more difficult, more time-consuming, and more taxing to our ingenuity than the steps taken thus far

Honors Accounting Practicum

Over the duration of our capstone course, we worked on several cases related to various accounting topics as well as our future career plans. We also had speakers from many firms come talk to the class for recruiting purposes. Their speeches varied from information about their specific firms to broad discussions about the future of accounting and how data analytics is going to revolutionize the industry. These discussions were some of the primary networking opportunities that we had prior to making our decision on which firm to intern with. Our case studies ranged from things such as researching the city with which we want to live in to a evaluating the accounting standards for certain assets and developing an opinion on how the FASB should modify their standards to properly account for the asset. From case 7 through case 11, we worked in groups on a major case study where we worked to develop audit, tax, and advisory solutions for GAP, Inc. before giving a presentation to the class and personnel from several firms on our conclusions. These case studies were our first introductions to the work done by audit, tax, and advisory departments at public accounting firms and allowed us to evaluate what service line we want to start our careers in. They also gave us valuable insight into the issues that public accountants must deal with and where we need to continue to develop professionally

International Control of the Safety of Nuclear-Powered Merchant Ships

In recent years we have witnessed the transition of nuclear-powered ships from an imaginative dream to an engineering reality. This vast step from the drawing board to successful operation on the high-seas has taken place in a remarkably short span of time. Nevertheless, in the :flush of enthusiasm over the technological achievement, we must not lose sight of the fact that the promise of nuclear power for the propulsion of ships will not have been fulfilled until nuclear vessels are operating safely and economically over the maritime trade routes of the world. It would be unrealistic to assume that further progress, from military and demonstration vessels subsidized by governments, to commercially competitive merchantmen, will not be more difficult, more time-consuming, and more taxing to our ingenuity than the steps taken thus far

An energy performance study of several factors in air economizers with low-limit space humidity

•We develop an energy cost models of air-side economizers.•We identify optimize outside air zones based on low-limit space humidity and energy prices.•The simulation results show that energy savings can reach 15Btu/h per CFM supply airflow. Most air handling units in commercial buildings adopt an air-side economizer for free cooling when the outside air is cool. Since the outside air may be dry during the economizer operations, humidification is needed for special applications where stringent space humidity controls are required. Therefore, the economizer saves cooling energy but may lose space humidity control or require additional energy for humidification. A humidification energy penalty or loss of space humidity control may prevent or reduce air-side economizer usage. The barrier comes from the lack of systematic energy analysis on an economizer operation with a humidification process. In this paper, optimal economizer operation zones are simulated to minimize the total cost of mechanical cooling and humidification and an experiment is conducted to validate the energy savings. The results reveal that the significant energy benefits (up to 9.3kW/(m3/s) or15Btu/h-CFM) exist by using air economizers while the space low-limit space humidity is maintained. However, the energy benefits heavily depend on humidification cost and required low-limit space humidity. For the low-limit space relative humidity of 30% in a moderate weather, the energy performance of regular economizer excels non-economizer when the cooling price is twice of the humidification price or lower