Chicago

First Woman ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
James Rodger Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Illinois Institute ◽  
War Effort ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Tropics

At age 17, Joanne attended the University of Chicago and enrolled in a number of introductory courses, including astrophysics and psychology. In 1942, at the end of her sophomore year, she met Carl-Gustav Rossby and joined the war effort, working to train aviation cadets for weather forecasting. She pursued advanced training in meteorology, but the all-male Chicago faculty opposed her at every step. Her interest in the tropics was piqued by a class she took with Herbert Riel, and the two began a long-term and fruitful collaboration. Her marriage to meteorologist Victor Starr was short-lived. As a single mother, she earned her PhD while working at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Lecture—Recent Results on Fermat's Last Theorem

1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ribenboim
Keyword(s):  
Marie Curie ◽  
Illinois Institute ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Fermat's Last Theorem ◽  
Fermat’S Last Theorem ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University

This text is an elaboration of a lecture delivered at the First Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Congress, December 1975. Subsequently, this same lecture was presented at various occasions, (Colloquium at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, in Paris; Seventh Iranian Mathematical Congress in Tabriz; Université de Paris-Sud à Orsay, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Colloquium at the University of Toronto, and at the University of Waterloo).

scholarly journals An Industry of R&D

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (10) ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Harry Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
University Of Munich ◽  
World Class ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Tropics

This article discusses how Singapore is amassing a brain trust to compensate for resources that nature didn’t provide to it. CREATE or “Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise” is one of the most ambitious projects of Singapore’s National Research Foundation. CREATE seeks to unite Singapore’s universities with world-class research institutions to study issues ranging from urban planning to medical treatment. The organization has partnerships with 10 foreign universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Technical University of Munich, Cambridge University, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. There are five research groups in CREATE’s partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The research areas are infectious diseases, environmental sensing and modeling, biosystems and micromechanics, urban mobility, and low-energy electronic systems. The University of California, Berkeley, has two research programs with CREATE. One aims to improve the efficiency of buildings in the tropics, and the other is working on raising the electrical output of photovoltaic devices.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulations of Heavy Rainfalls by a Global Cloud-Resolving Model

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Satoh ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Simulation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cloud Resolving Model ◽  
Numerical Weather Forecasting ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Tropical Weather ◽  
The Tropics

The Global Cloud-Resolving Model is a next-generation atmospheric global model with potential to open up new areas in numerical weather forecasting and climate simulation. The new model, called NICAM, has shown realistic behavior for precipitation systems over the global domain, particularly over the tropics. One impact of the global cloud-resolving model is the attainment of realistic simulation of rainfall in the tropics realizing a multiscale nature from kilometer to planetary, because rainfall in the tropics affects short-term local tropical weather and the long-term global climate. We review the global cloud-resolving model using simulation results from NICAM, and discuss its applicability in reducing natural weather disasters.

Resist comparison, because of chaos theory

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Susan D'Agostino
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Chaos Theory ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Small Change

“Resist comparison, because of chaos theory” tells the story of Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorologist Edward Lorenz who, while working on long-term weather forecasting in 1961, inadvertently upended notions of a Newtonian universe and ignited a scientific revolution by discovering chaos theory. The discussion of how a small change in an initial condition may effect a dramatic change in outcome is enhanced by numerous hand-drawn sketches. Also included are popular culture references to the “butterfly effect” in which the flap of a butterfly’s wings sets off a far-off tornado. Mathematics students and enthusiasts are encouraged to resist comparing mathematical paths when working with a friend as small differences in starting places may lead to different outcomes. At the chapter’s end, readers may check their understanding by working on a problem. A solution is provided.

The seasonal cycle of biogenic ice-nucleating particles in a boreal forest environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Schneider ◽  
Kristina Höhler ◽  
Paavo Heikkilä ◽  
Jorma Keskinen ◽  
Barbara Bertozzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Forest Environment ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Karlsruhe Institute

<p>By triggering the formation of cloud ice crystals in the atmosphere, ice-nucleating particles (INP) strongly influence cloud properties, cloud life cycle and precipitation. Describing the abundance of atmospheric INPs in weather forecasts and climate projections remains challenging, as the global distribution and variability of INPs depend on a variety of different aerosol types and sources. Although widespread field measurements have been conducted, neither short-term variability nor long-term seasonal cycles have yet been well characterized by continuous measurements. In 2018, the University of Helsinki and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) initiated a field campaign HyICE to perform comprehensive long-term INP measurements in the Finnish boreal forest. The campaign took place in Hyytiälä, Southern Finland at the University of Helsinki SMEARII research station (Hari and Kulmala, 2005). KIT provided the INSEKT (Ice Nucleation Spectrometer of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) to analyse the INP content of ambient aerosols sampled on filters. INSEKT is able to measure INP concentrations in the immersion-freezing mode at temperatures between 273 K and 248 K. The measurements started in March 2018 and ended in May 2019, which provides a unique continuous long-term time series of INP concentrations for over more than one year with a time resolution of about one to three days. This long-term observation record is used to examine systematic seasonal trends in the INP concentrations and to find meteorological and aerosol related parameters to describe the observed trends and variabilities. These findings will enable to find new parameterizations of atmospheric INP concentrations, as current parameterizations do not reproduce the observed seasonal cycle yet. In addition to INP concentration measurements, heat treatment tests of the aerosol samples have been conducted providing additional indications about the INP types dominating the INP population in the boreal forest, also in dependence on the season. Finally, this contribution will summarize and discuss major findings and implications from the HyICE long-term INP observation.</p><p> </p><p>Hari and Kulmala (2005), Boreal Environ Res. 14, 315-322.</p>

From Volunteering to Academic Programming: A Case Example

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Gill ◽  
Sneha Bharadwaj ◽  
Nancy Quick ◽  
Sarah Wainscott ◽  
Paula Chance
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Charitable Organization ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

A speech-language pathology master's program that grew out of a partnership between the University of Zambia and a U.S.-based charitable organization, Connective Link Among Special needs Programs (CLASP) International, has just been completed in Zambia. The review of this program is outlined according to the suggested principles for community-based partnerships, a framework which may help evaluate cultural relevance and sustainability in long-term volunteer efforts (Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998).

Integration of Digital Preservation Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in the Teaching Curricula of Library and Information Studies at the University of Botswana

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thatayaone Segaetsho ◽  
Julie Moloi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The University

In the past few decades, digital technology has found a place in the acquisition, arrangement, description, preservation, and dissemination of information. However, heritage institutions are perturbed by the challenges of digital preservation strategies particularly for education. Despite continuous investment in digital preservation, there are limited skilled professionals to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and competencies required to drive digital preservation in Botswana. Therefore, this paper investigated the knowledge, skills and competencies related to digital preservation in the teaching curricula of the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at the University of Botswana. Data collection was done through intensive structured interviews with specific educators who teach courses on digital preservation in the archives and records management stream. The study revealed that despite the fact that the educators in preservation courses are aware of current trends in digital preservation, most of them have not obtained formal degree certification specific to digital preservation. The findings further revealed that minimal digital preservation competencies are observed in the teaching curricula. A significant number of challenges observed illustrated mainly a lack of resources and limited skills in terms of practical demonstrations by educators. The curricula mostly lacked clarity on long-term and short-term digital preservation. The study recommends that DLIS and other institutions should conduct surveys or curriculum auditing on digital preservation in order to improve the teaching content. A significant number of shortcomings regarding digital preservation that could motivate further studies are also discussed under the conclusion and recommendations section of this study.

Engineering for good: A case of community driven engineering innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinweike Eseonu ◽  
Martin A Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Consideration

There is a culture of disengagement from social consideration in engineering disciplines. This means that first year engineering students, who arrive planning to change the world through engineering, lose this passion as they progress through the engineering curriculum. The community driven technology innovation and investment program described in this paper is an attempt to reverse this trend by fusing community engagement with the normal engineering design process. This approach differs from existing project or trip based approaches – outreach – because the focus is on local communities with which the university team forms a long-term partnership through weekly in-person meetings and community driven problem statements – engagement.

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