scholarly journals James Ryan, founding dean, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Nature ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 454 (7201) ◽  
pp. 250-250
Author(s):  
Virginia Gewin
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
The University ◽  
T State ◽  
Joint School

Properties of Electro-Active Paper and Its Potential as a Bio-Inspired Actuator for Special Applications

Aerospace ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaehwan Kim ◽  
Woochul Jung ◽  
William J. Craft ◽  
John Shelton ◽  
Kyo Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Research Education ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
Temperature And Humidity ◽  
Cantilevered Beam ◽  
Small Force ◽  
The University ◽  
T State

On September 26, 2002, NASA announced that a consortium of six universities including: The University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, The University of Virginia, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, and Georgina Tech had submitted the winning proposal for a National Institute of Aerospace. The Institute began formal operations in January of 2003 in Hampton, VA, and its mission included research, education, outreach, and technology transfer. One important focus of the NIA was to stimulate research among its member universities of potential benefit to NASA and to develop additional partnerships to further NIA focus areas. The work described in this paper is such an activity in bio-inspired actuator materials. This work was originally advocated and developed at Inha University, and it is being extended by teams from Inha University, North Carolina A&T State University, and NASA Langley so that the potential for these actuators as devices for special applications is better understood. This paper focuses on important performance characteristics of electro-active paper (EAPap) actuators and the potential of thes actuators to propel autonomous devices. EAPap is a paper that produces large displacement with small force under an electrical excitation. EAPap is made with chemically treated papers with electrodes on both outer surfaces. When electrical voltage is applied to the electrodes, a tip displacement is produced. One drawback in such actuators is that the actual power produced is variable, and the displacement is relatively unstable. Further, the performance tends to degrade in time and as a function of how the papers are processed. Environmental factors also impact the performance of the product including temperature and humidity. The use of such materials in ambulatory devices requires attention to these concerns and further research is needed to find what initial applications are most congruent with EAPap performance and service lift. In this paper, we have extended the knowledge base of EAPap to include additional ranges of temperature and humidity. We have also looked beyond the current tests on cantilevered beam actuators to segmented plate sections and have tested the ability of these actuators to perform as oscillatory devices both in and out of phase, and to chart their performance vs. time humidity and temperature thus emulating a rudimentary wing or walking assembly.

scholarly journals Book Reviews

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Lawrence S. Rines ◽  
Thomas T. Lewis ◽  
Robert H. Welborn ◽  
K. Gird Romer ◽  
James C. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Junior College ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
North Texas ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
The University

A. K. Dickinson, P. J. Lee, and P. J. Rogers. Learning History. London: Heinemann Educational Books, Ltd., 1984. Pp. x, 230. Paper, $14.00; Donald W. Whisenhunt. A Student's Introduction to History. Boston: American Press, 1984. Pp. 31. Paper, $2.95. Review by Robert A. Calvert of Texas A&M University. Ronald J. Grele. Envelopes of Sound: The Art of Oral History. Chicago: Precendent Publishing, Inc. 1985. Second Edition. Pp. xii, 283. Cloth, $20.95. Review by Marsha Frey of Kansas State University. Reginald Horsman. The Diplomacy of the New Republic, 1776-1815. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson., 1985. Pp. vii, 153. Paper, $7.95. Review by William Preston Vaughn of North Texas State University. Lynn Y. Weiner. From Working Girl to Working Mother: The Female Labor Force in the United States, 1820-1980. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985. Pp. xii, 187. Cloth, $17.95. Review by E. Dale Odom of North Texas State University. Mary Custis Lee de Butts, ed. Growing Up in the 1850s: The Journal of Agnes Lee. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1984. Pp. xx, 151. Cloth, $11.95. Review by Clarence L. Mohr of Tulane University. Raymond A. Mohl. The New City: Urban America in the Inudstrial Age, 1860-1920. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1985. Pp. 242. Paper, $8.95; Melvyn Dubofsky. Industrialism and the American Worker, 1865-1920 (Second Edition). Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1985. Pp. 167. Paper, $8.95. Review by Richard L. Means of Mountain View College. David D. Lee. Sergeant York: An American Hero. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1985. Pp. 162. Cloth, $18.00. Review by Richard Selcer of Mountain View College. Studs Terkel. "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. Pp. xv, 589. Cloth, $19.95. Review by William Vance Trollinger of The School of the Ozarks. David W. Reinhard. The Republican Right Since 1945. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Pp. ix, 294. Cloth, $25.00. Review by James C. Williams of Gavilan College. Christina Larner. Witchcraft and Religion: The Politics of Popular Belief. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1984. Pp. xi, 172. Cloth, $24.95. Review by K. Gird Romer of Kennesaw College. F. R. H. DuBoulay. Germany in the Later Middle Ages. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1984. Pp. xii, 260. Cloth, $30.00; Joseph Dahmus. Seven Decisive Battles of the Middle Ages. Chicago: Nelson Hall, 1984. Pp. viii, 244. Cloth, $23.95. Review by Robert H. Welborn of Clayton College. Gerald Fleming. Hitler and the Final Solution. With an Introduction by Saul Friedlaender. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984 (German, 1982). Pp. xxxvi, 219. Cloth, $15.95; Sarah Gordon. Hitler, Germans, and the "Jewish Question." Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Pp. xiv, 412. Cloth, $40.00; Limited Paper Edition, $14.50. Review by Thomas T. Lewis of Mount Senario College. Alan Cassels. Fascist Italy. Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, Inc., 1985. Second Edition. Pp. x, 146. Paper, $8.95. Review by Lawrence S. Rines of Quincy Junior College; Additional response by Lawrence S. Rines of Quincy Junior College.

Pamela Duncan

2020 ◽  
pp. 580-584
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
The University ◽  
Black Mountain

Pamela Duncan was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and reared in Black Mountain and Shelby, North Carolina. She holds a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA from North Carolina State University, where she studied with Appalachian author Lee Smith. She teaches creative writing at Western Carolina University....

Darnell Arnoult

2020 ◽  
pp. 510-512
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
American Studies ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
University Of Memphis ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Henry County ◽  
The University

Author and educator Darnell Arnoult was born and reared in Henry County, Virginia. After earning a BA in American studies with a concentration in folklore at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, she received an MA from North Carolina State University and an MFA from the University of Memphis. She has released two volumes of poetry, ...

scholarly journals Deil S. Wright

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (04) ◽  
pp. 790-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson C. Dometrius ◽  
Cynthia J. Bowling ◽  
Jeffrey L. Brudney ◽  
Chung-Lae Cho ◽  
Margaret R. Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Ann Arbor ◽  
The University ◽  
Three Rivers

Deil Spencer Wright, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, passed away on June 30 2009, at the age of 79. Born on June 18, 1930, in Three Rivers, Michigan, to working-class parents, Deil received his BA, MPA, and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He spent time on the faculties of Wayne State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of California at Berkeley before landing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the bulk of his career.

The ACC’s Challenge to “You Know Who”

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Samuel Walker ◽  
Randy Roberts
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
State University ◽  
Atlantic Coast Conference ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
North Carolina State University ◽  
The University ◽  
College Team

If there was any college team that could take the NCAA title from UCLA, it seemed likely that would be one of the talented squads from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Three teams were especially talented. The University of Maryland, coached by Charles “Lefty” Driesell, billed itself as the UCLA of the East. Coach Dean Smith’s University of North Carolina was a proven team. And North Carolina State University, coached by Norm Sloan, was deep in talent and desire.

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