ILR Review Presentation - Charleston Conference

Presented by Mary Newhart, Web and Digital Projects Manager, Catherwood Library, School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University. As part of the panel on The Confluence of Open Access and Licensed Content, 2005 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, November 2-5, 2005

Integration of Learning in Counselor Education

Integration of learning (IOL) has been defined as an essential learning out- come in higher education. The IOL model describes the process of learning through three types of integration: connection, application, and synthesis. This manuscript applies the IOL model to counselor education in order to examine how counselor education programs implement the model. Andragogic approaches in counselor education programs are highlighted utilizing the three types of integration, illustrating how these programs exemplify integration. Implications for future research are also discussed

Extension of a Penalty Method for Numerically Solving Constrained Multibody Dynamic Problems

Numerical analysis of constrained static and multibody dynamic systems has become an integral part of engineering analysis with the continued improvements in technology and software availability. Many methods currently exist for numerically solving constrained static and dynamic systems. The applicability of a penalty method for constrained static solutions is observed in many academic texts and papers. The appeal for using a penalty method in statics pertains to its ease of implementation, computational suitability, and accuracy. This thesis extends a static penalty method for use with constrained multibody dynamics to observe if the penalty method’s benefits are similar for a dynamics solution. This thesis discusses formulations that are used in extending the static penalty method for use with constrained multibody dynamics. Example problems are then solved using the static penalty method and compared with a projection method. Example problems are selected to provide a solid foundation for implementing the static penalty method with many other constrained multibody systems. Constraints are purely holonomic for simplification of problem statements. The goal of this thesis was met, in that the static penalty method is successfully applied to constrained multibody systems with favorable results. In comparing the penalty method with a projection method for each example, computational time and accuracy are comparable. Coding of the penalty method is found to be no more difficult than that of the projection method. The static penalty method is shown to be useful in solving constrained multibody dynamics. Application of the penalty method was not tested with non-holonomic constraints. Future work is necessary to assess the penalty method’s applicability with non-holonomic constraints, as well as increasingly complex multibody dynamic systems

The Influence of Family Functioning on Social Competence, Social Support, and Mental Health Among College Students

There are a multitude of factors that influence college students’ mental health. Among such factors, there is little research on the influence of family functioning, social competence, and social support on the mental health of college students. This quantitative research study examined the relationships among the identified variables utilizing structural equation modeling. Results indicate that although there are relationships between each variable, the a priori theoretical model established by the researcher did not fit the data well. Implications for mental health practitioners and researchers are explored in light of the researcher’s findings