Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer, Part 3

Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on June 22, 1999. Magoon discusses his early years growing up in Skowhegan, Maine and when he first learned about Vietnam, attending Thomas College and receiving a deferment, playing in a garage band, dropping out, and being drafted into the Army, feeling that serving was something he had to do. He tells of receiving his draft notice and being sent to Fort Bragg the next day, being hassled by drill instructors for being a draftee instead of a volunteer, going through basic training and combat engineer training, being assigned to the 31st Engineer Battalion, qualifying for officer candidate school, regretting that he didn\u27t choose flight school, going home for Christmas prior to his deployment and seeing body counts on the news, traveling by ship from San Francisco to Okinawa and then Vietnam, arriving at Black Horse Base Camp, the smell of diesel and human waste, duty as a driver for officers, volunteering to run the Officers\u27 Club, and his feelings looking back on the war. Text: 36 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:34 Listen Part 1: mfc_na4479_01A Part 2: mfc_na4479_01B Part 3: mfc_na4479_02Ahttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_vietnam_vets/1013/thumbnail.jp

Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer, Part 2

Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on June 22, 1999. Magoon discusses his early years growing up in Skowhegan, Maine and when he first learned about Vietnam, attending Thomas College and receiving a deferment, playing in a garage band, dropping out, and being drafted into the Army, feeling that serving was something he had to do. He tells of receiving his draft notice and being sent to Fort Bragg the next day, being hassled by drill instructors for being a draftee instead of a volunteer, going through basic training and combat engineer training, being assigned to the 31st Engineer Battalion, qualifying for officer candidate school, regretting that he didn\u27t choose flight school, going home for Christmas prior to his deployment and seeing body counts on the news, traveling by ship from San Francisco to Okinawa and then Vietnam, arriving at Black Horse Base Camp, the smell of diesel and human waste, duty as a driver for officers, volunteering to run the Officers\u27 Club, and his feelings looking back on the war. Text: 36 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:34 Listen Part 1: mfc_na4479_01A Part 2: mfc_na4479_01B Part 3: mfc_na4479_02Ahttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_vietnam_vets/1012/thumbnail.jp

Application of the b-spline collocation method to a geometrically non-linear beam problem

Engineers are researching solutions to resolve many of today\u27s technical challenges. Numerical techniques are used to solve the mathematical models that arise in engineering problems. A numerical technique that is increasingly being used to solve mathematical models in engineering research is called the B-spline Collocation Method. The B-spline Collocation Method has a few distinct advantages over the Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods. The main advantage is that the B-spline Collocation Method efficiently provides a piecewise-continuous, closed form solution. Another advantage is that the B-spline Collocation Method procedure is very simple and easy to apply to many problems involving partial differential equations. The current research involves developing, and extensively documenting, a comprehensive, step-by-step procedure for applying the B-spline Collocation Method to the solution of Boundary Value problems. In addition, the current research involves applying the B-spline Collocation Method to solve the mathematical model that arises in the deflection of a geometrically nonlinear, cantilevered beam. The solution is then compared to a known solution found in the literature

Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer, Part 1

Wayland Magoon, interviewed by John Springer at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on June 22, 1999. Magoon discusses his early years growing up in Skowhegan, Maine and when he first learned about Vietnam, attending Thomas College and receiving a deferment, playing in a garage band, dropping out, and being drafted into the Army, feeling that serving was something he had to do. He tells of receiving his draft notice and being sent to Fort Bragg the next day, being hassled by drill instructors for being a draftee instead of a volunteer, going through basic training and combat engineer training, being assigned to the 31st Engineer Battalion, qualifying for officer candidate school, regretting that he didn\u27t choose flight school, going home for Christmas prior to his deployment and seeing body counts on the news, traveling by ship from San Francisco to Okinawa and then Vietnam, arriving at Black Horse Base Camp, the smell of diesel and human waste, duty as a driver for officers, volunteering to run the Officers\u27 Club, and his feelings looking back on the war. Text: 36 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:34 ListenPart 1: mfc_na4479_01A Part 2: mfc_na4479_01BPart 3: mfc_na4479_02Ahttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_vietnam_vets/1011/thumbnail.jp

Separation of chiral controlled substances using capillary electrophoresis

The separation of the chiral narcotic propoxyphene by capillary electrophoresis (CE) is the goal of this work. A three-way collaboration between our research group, Professor lsiah Warner (LSU) and the New York State Forensic Investigation Center is underway to separate propoxyphene enantiomers and to develop a protocol for the Forensic Center. We are investigating the application of both polymer surfactants and cyclodextrins as CE additives for the separation of enantiomeric propoxyphene. We have synthesized or obtained several polymerized N-undecylenyl-L-amino acid and N-undecylenyl-L-dipeptide derivatives as a pseudo-stationary phase in capillary zone electrophoresis for the separation of chiral compounds. Though no separation occurred with the polymers, we do note a definite interaction between the polymers and propoxyphene as evidenced in an increased migration time. We also studied a variety of methylated 13-cyclodextrin (1\-CD) species, and we have achieved successful separation of propoxyphene with heptakis tri(2, 3, 6-0-methyl) 13-CD. We will report the results using these polymers and cyclodextrins

A Compact Ultra Wide-Band Radar System for See-Through-Wall Applications

A compact Ultra wide-band (UWB) radar system for through-wall applications has been developed. Lightweight, portable and low in power consumption, it is configurable for both bistatic and monostatic operation. It uses low cost, off-the-shelf surface mount components, and is ideally suited for ranging, 3d-imaging, and wall characterization. Tests show excellent pulse width generation, resulting in very broadband transmission (0.7 – 5.6 GHz) and good receiver dynamic range, resulting in accurate measurement capabilities

Sequence stratigraphic framework of the Caney Shale, Arkoma Basin southeastern Oklahoma

Accompanied by one folded plate in pocket.Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oklahoma, 2011.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97).Many petroleum companies have turned their attention to the exploration and development of shale as unconventional resource plays. The focus of this study was the Caney Shale, which occurs in the Oklahoma part of the Arkoma Basin. The Caney is part of a larger group of formations from the top of the Hunton Limestone , upward through the Goddard shale. The Caney is an unconventional reservoir. The beds within the Caney vary in thickness from a few feet to over 20ft and are laterally persistent for miles. Although Caney production has occurred since 2005, producing approximately 1 BCF and 17 MBO, explanations of the geology of the field are not consistent among industry geologists. Few studies have implemented the use of high frequency sequence stratigraphy in shales. Developing a detailed stratigraphic framework for the Caney, including depositional settings, reservoir characterization, petrophysical responses, and organic content, was the goal of this thesis. Four cores were utilized within the study area. The Cometti 2H-13 core was the primary core of interest due to its total coverage length. The Cometti was drilled by Newfield in April of 2007. Core was taken from the Sylvan Formation up through the Goddard Formation. In this core, the Caney shale is a dark grey to black shale, containing pyrite concretions, carbonate laminae, algal cysts, shell fragments and lag deposits. Six different facies were identified in the core: Massive bed, Non-Fossil Bearing, Massive Bed, Fossil Bearing , Faintly Laminated Bed: Non-Fossil Bearing , Faintly Laminated Bed: Fossil Bearing, Highly Laminated Bed: Non-Fossil Bearing and Highly Laminated Bed: Fossil Bearing. The core facies analysis performed on the Cometti showed an overall trend from the Massive beds: Non- and Fossil- Bearing up to Highly Laminated Beds: Non- and Fossil- Bearing. Sequence stratigraphic features identified on gamma ray logs within the study area are as follows. : Transgressive Systems Tract (TST) is characterized by a fining upward pattern or an increase in gamma ray APT values. Regressive Systems Tract (RST) is characterized by a coarsening up pattern or a decrease in gamma ray. Sequence Boundary (SB) and Transgressive Surface of Erosion (TSE) comprise a compound surface formed during different stages of a sea level cycle. TSE occurs at the base of a TST. Flooding Surface (FS) occurs at the top of the TST . The Maximum Flooding Surface (MFS) occurs at the top of a Condensed Section (CS) and is characterized by the highest API reading and the finest grained shale. The sequence stratigraphic framework developed from the core was applied to correlating digital well logs on 25 cross sections. To properly correlate the Caney from well to well, IO FS and IO TSE stratigraphic markers were picked; from those markers, 19 intervals were identified and mapped. Three main intervals of deposition were identified from the overall directions of each interval. Mapping each interval separately allowed for more accurate mapping and led to a better understanding of the depositional patterns of the strata. Comparison among the cycles from core analysis showed that Cycle 1 was transported and deposited from the west and Cycle 2 was transported and deposited from the northwest-southeast. Shale's are becoming a prime target for exploration. A detailed stratigraphic framework leads to an improved understanding of reservoirs, advance exploration and develops plays

Application of NASA ERTS-1 satellite imagery in coastal studies

There are no author-identified significant results in this report. Review of ERTS-1 imagery indicates that it contains information of great value in coastal engineering studies. A brief introduction is given to the methods by which imagery is generated, and examples of its application to coastal engineering. Specific applications discussed include study of the movement of coastal and nearshore sediment-laden water masses and information for planning and construction in remote areas of the world