Maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality

Natural Resource Ecology and Managemen

Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble

This KSU School of Music performance features KSU Wind Ensemble, led by Director of Bands Dr. David Kehler, and KSU Wind Symphony, led by Associate Director of Bands Dr. Debra Traficante, with KSU faculty soloists Doug Lindsey, cornet, and Ryan Moser, trumpet. Program features works by Arnold Schoenberg, James Stephenson, George Gershwin, and more.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2109/thumbnail.jp

Duo Trompiano!

Judy Cole and Doug Lindsey met in the Fall of 2012 and have since performed dozens of concerts all over Georgia and the Southeast. From their very first collaboration, Duo Trompiano! have been committed to making great music accessible to audiences of all ages that spans genres from jazz standards to modern trumpet repertoire.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1959/thumbnail.jp

Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from the 19th-Century Sewing Machine Industry

Members of a patent pool agree to use a set of patents as if they were jointly owned by all members and license them as a package to other firms. Regulators favor pools as a means to encourage innovation: Pools are expected to reduce litigation risks for their members and lower license fees and transactions costs for other firms. This paper uses the example of the first patent pool in U.S. history, the Sewing Machine Combination (1856-1877) to perform the first empirical test of the effects of a patent pool on innovation. Contrary to theoretical predictions, the sewing machine pool appears to have discouraged patenting and innovation, in particular for the members of the pool. Data on stitches per minute, as an objectively quantifiable measure of innovation, confirm these findings. Innovation for both members and outside firms slowed as soon as the pool had been established and resumed only after it had dissolved.

Faculty Recital: Doug Lindsey and Friends

KSU School of Music presents Doug Lindsey and Friends.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1148/thumbnail.jp

Development of the fast neutron imaging telescope

We report on the development of a next generation neutron telescope, with imaging and energy measurement capabilities, sensitive to neutrons in the 2-20 MeV energy range. The Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope (FNIT) was initially conceived to study solar neutrons as a candidate instrument for the Inner Heliosphere Sentinels (IHS) program under formulation at NASA. This detector is now being adapted to locate Special Nuclear Material (SNM) for homeland security purposes by detecting fission neutrons and reconstructing the image of their source. In either case, the detection principle is based on multiple elastic neutron-proton scatterings in organic scintillator. By reconstructing the scattering coordinates and measuring the recoil proton energy, the direction and energy of each neutron can be determined and discrete neutron sources identified. We describe the performance of the FNIT prototype, report on the current status of R&D efforts and present the results of recent laboratory measurements

Atmospheric neutron measurements with the SONTRAC science model

–The SOlar Neutron TRACking (SONTRAC) telescope was originally developed to measure the energy spectrum and incident direction of neutrons produced in solar flares, in the energy range 20 - 250 MeV. While developed primarily for solar physics, the SONTRAC detector may be employed in virtually any application requiring both energy measurement and imaging capabilities. The SONTRAC Science Model (SM) is presently being operated at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) as a ground-based instrument to investigate the energy spectrum, zenith and azimuth angle dependence of the cosmic-ray induced sea-level atmospheric neutron flux. SONTRAC measurements are based on the non-relativistic double scatter of neutrons off ambient protons within a block of scintillating fibers. Using the n-p elastic double-scatter technique, it is possible to uniquely determine the neutron’s energy and direction on an event-by-event basis. The 3D SM consists of a cube of orthogonal plastic scintillating fiber layers with 5 cm sides, read out by two CCD cameras. Two orthogonal imaging chains allow full 3D reconstruction of scattered proton tracks

Emerald Ash Borer Modeling Methods for Future Forest Projections

Natural Resource Ecology & Mgm

Modeling the Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Forest Composition in the Midwest and Northeast United States

Natural Resource Ecology & Mgm