An Attempt to Get and Keep Women Involved in Physics

In this talk I will briefly review some of the obstacles to the full participation of women in the STEM disciplines. In order to increase the number of women in physics, computer science, and mathematics we have started a cohort-based program with curricular and scholarship components for women in these majors. I will present the results of our program so far and offer some advice based on our experiences

MapCores 2013-2014 Assessment Report

This is a report showing the assessment results for the MapCores (MAthematics, Physics, COmputer science REsearch Scholars) program at the College of Saint Benedict. Started in 2009, MapCores is a cohort-based program designed to increase women\u27s interest and achievement in mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering. The report was submitted for the National Science Foundation grant number 0965705

MapCores 2012-2013 Assessment Report

This is a report showing the assessment results for the MapCores (MAthematics, Physics, COmputer science REsearch Scholars) program at the College of Saint Benedict. Started in 2009, MapCores is a cohort-based program designed to increase women\u27s interest and achievement in mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering. The report was submitted for the National Science Foundation grant number 0965705

A Women in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics Course

Increasing women\u27s participation is a concern in disciplines beyondphysics. As part of our Mathematics, Physics, Computer ScienceResearch Scholars (MapCores) program, we teach a women in scienceclass covering these three areas. Our course is a special version ofour college\u27s first year seminar, which is a course designed toprepare our students to read, write, and speak at a college-level. Westructure our FYS to promote academic confidence and interest in ourdisciplines for the women in MapCores. It covers not only contributionsthat women have made and barriers that women face in thesedisciplines, but also research frontiers and science policy issues inthese disciplines. While the women in MapCores find covering thesetopics beneficial, the most important benefit of the course is the supportive cohort that develops from it

The Scottish economy [November 1984]

With the inauguration of the quarterly Scottish Business Survey (SBS) in September there are now two regular and up-to-date indicators of trends in the Scottish industrial sector. The combination of the new survey and the long-standing CBI Industrial Trends Survey provides a comprehensive and up to date assessment of trends in Scottish industry

Outlook and appraisal [November 1984]

The British economy experienced little growth during the first nine months of 1984. The projected GDP growth rate of 2.5% for the year as a whole is primarily a result of a rapid spurt of growth in the latter half of 1983, with the higher level then being maintained, but scarcely improved on, in the first three quarters of this year

The Early Development of Passive Treatment Systems for Mining‑Influenced Water: A North American Perspective

This paper reviews the early history (first 20 years) of passive treatment of mine water, from its beginnings, when it was viewed as a possible way to treat small flows of circumneutral and mildly acidic coal mine drainage, to its use for much larger flows and more contaminated mine water from metal mines. The original concepts of passive treatment have since been modified and used successfully to treat a wide range of mine water quality and quantities, far more than we would have believed possible.Open Access fees paid for in whole or in part by the University of Oklahoma Libraries.Ye

In the dedicated pursuit of dedicated capital: restoring an indigenous investment ethic to British capitalism

Tony Blair’s landslide electoral victory on May 1 (New Labour Day?) presents the party in power with a rare, perhaps even unprecedented, opportunity to revitalise and modernise Britain’s ailing and antiquated manufacturing economy.* If it is to do so, it must remain true to its long-standing (indeed, historic) commitment to restore an indigenous investment ethic to British capitalism. In this paper we argue that this in turn requires that the party reject the very neo-liberal orthodoxies which it offered to the electorate as evidence of its competence, moderation and ‘modernisation’, which is has internalised, and which it apparently now views as circumscribing the parameters of the politically and economically possible

A reversible solid oxide fuel cell energy storage system

Renewable energy provides the best means of combating CO2 emissions, which contribute to global warming. However most renewable forms of energy are intermittent, such as wind or offshore wave, or diurnal, such as solar or tidal. As the electricity is not necessarily generated when required, there needs to be some form of storage or load levelling. This can be the grid, but most networks can typically only tolerate 10-20% of a intermittent supply and for non-grid connected locations there needs some form of local storage. A fuel cell coupled with an electrolyser can act as an energy storage device. The use of high temperature fuel cells also allows the waste heat to be exploited if required, raising the efficiency of the system. Typically the hydrogen is produced in an electrolyser from excess electric production, and compressed into storage tanks. The stored hydrogen can then be fed into a fuel cell when more energy is needed than is being generated. The clean water supply for the electrolyser, compressors, regulators, sensors and valves add considerably to the balance of plant and so to the cost. These active components use power and so lower the efficiency, and also add complexity to the system which will reduce the time before failure of the system. A prototype reversible solid oxide fuel cell system, consisting of both electrolyser and fuel cell, with greatly reduced balance of plant will be described and discussed. This system will be cheaper and more robust and will be ideal for connecting to the slowly changing output of diurnal power sources.</p

A reversible solid oxide fuel cell energy storage system

Renewable energy provides the best means of combating CO2 emissions, which contribute to global warming. However most renewable forms of energy are intermittent, such as wind or offshore wave, or diurnal, such as solar or tidal. As the electricity is not necessarily generated when required, there needs to be some form of storage or load levelling. This can be the grid, but most networks can typically only tolerate 10-20% of a intermittent supply and for non-grid connected locations there needs some form of local storage. A fuel cell coupled with an electrolyser can act as an energy storage device. The use of high temperature fuel cells also allows the waste heat to be exploited if required, raising the efficiency of the system. Typically the hydrogen is produced in an electrolyser from excess electric production, and compressed into storage tanks. The stored hydrogen can then be fed into a fuel cell when more energy is needed than is being generated. The clean water supply for the electrolyser, compressors, regulators, sensors and valves add considerably to the balance of plant and so to the cost. These active components use power and so lower the efficiency, and also add complexity to the system which will reduce the time before failure of the system. A prototype reversible solid oxide fuel cell system, consisting of both electrolyser and fuel cell, with greatly reduced balance of plant will be described and discussed. This system will be cheaper and more robust and will be ideal for connecting to the slowly changing output of diurnal power sources.</p