Consider a technology in the Mechanical Engineering field invented outside of the U.S.
(a) Describe the cultural and social factors in that country that led to this technologys invention.
(b) Describe how this invention has evolved and influenced the culture of the U.S.
(c) You must include at least two references.
(d)Minimum word count: 300
Category: Engineering
February 17th, 2021 
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February 15th, 2021 Engineering, Undergraduate Comments Off on Scalability of Safety Management Systems Scalability of Safety Management Systems
Not an an essay, just answer the following questions:
1) How might a Part 141 pilot school be different than a large Part 121 air carrier in regard to scalability?
2) Describe the primary factors that exist between a large, medium, and small organizations SMS.
3) Compare similar organizations to your own and identify how their scale would vary.
4) What strategy will you use to get buy-in from management to provide resources for developing and maintaining of SMS?
5) What are the key ways your organization obtains data and how is it used to make fact-based decisions?
6) What about your organization make it complex? How will knowing this help you establish a safety management system?
February 15th, 2021 Engineering, Undergraduate Comments Off on Government Regulations and Public Health Paper Government Regulations and Public Health Paper
The purpose of this assignment is for you to learn how to summarize and critically evaluate a scientific paper on risk assessment. Read the article from this unit’s studies, “New Risk or Old Risk, High Risk or No Risk? How Scientists’ Standpoints Shape their Nanotechnology Risk Frames.”
Once you have read the article, write and submit a 12 page summary of the article. Address the following:
Highlight the main points presented in the article. What message is the author trying to convey?
How do these differing views affect environmental health?
What do other sources of information say about these concepts?
Are there discrepancies between the information in the article and information in the unit presentation or the text?
Include a reference to the information presented in the unit presentation and in the text.
February 14th, 2021 APA (edition "APA 6"), Engineering Comments Off on Open Source Development Product Open Source Development Product
The aim of this thesis is to expose the potentiality of open source product development through an overview of the history, sustainability advantages, licencing and legal aspects, economics, related project (OSE), etc. As a mean to provide the tools to tackle the challenges of food shortage, the ongoing climate crisis and the centralization of power.
I am not quite sure on what to put as the hypothesis because the subject is a little vague. So I would basically describe important concept and keep it theoretical, or do you think we should do a business proposition? what I would put is the differences between the traditional enterprise vs and an open source enterprise. In the legal, economics, and social aspects of it. Also as my career is environmental and resource management oriented, there should be focus on how does this technologies are based on permaculture principles and a better resource distribution worldwide. It should have the environmental impacts and what are open source development products companies trying to achieve (the problems they want to tackle). It would be great if we could up a case study on Open Source Ecology and use it as a business opportunity, as how can it be easily scalable and replicable. Maybe at the end some financial flows or charts? I really want to make sense of it, It would be great if we could work together on the structure of the thesis. I will bring some ideas on how to do it. Please let me know what are you thinking on writing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Ecology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware
I will send you some references. The one called introduction to open source product development is a bachelor thesis in which I would like it to be based on. I believe it is a good way to structure it.
February 11th, 2021 Engineering, The format is in midterm document, plz check it Comments Off on Urban studies Urban studies
SHORT ANSWERS (4 @ 10 points = 40%) Pick four out of ten questions listed below. For each question be sure to include reference to at least two required readings in USP2. See instructions at the end of this study guide spelling out how we want you to handle references in the body of your short answers and as a bibliographic entry at the tail end of your short answer. Your reference to the reading should say something about this author’s or organizations contribution to the subject matter posed in question (i.e., weave it into your brief narrative). Each short answer should be approximately 350-500 words, not including the bibliography.
1.No matter what political perspective colors one’s analysis, planetary urbanization taking place in the 21st century can be viewed as having five fundamental features (as spelled out in USP2 lectures). Briefly list each one with an example noting how it impacts cities in some way that you find particularly hopeful or disturbing.
2.List and describe one of the global megatrends that is driving urban-ecological localization (e.g., local greening of the economy, local sourcing of food-energy water systems, greening of infrastructure thru restorative closed-loop development). In your description of the global megatrend be sure to give a sense of its magnitude and ways in which it has begun to drive localization.
3.As discussed in USP2 lectures and readings, what point does the shift [From D–>E, to E–>D] mean? How has this shift in the way we think about development and the environment influenced urban and regional planning? Give an example.
4.On average over the past decade, cities in the less developed regions have been at higher risk of exposure to natural disasters and more vulnerable to disaster-related economic losses and mortality than those in the more developed regions. Briefly explain why this is the case with an example.
5.David Wallace-Wells’s article, The Uninhabitable Earth, describes several ways in which climate change threatens humanity. Describe one of them and suggest, based on readings in USP 2 what we might be able to do to reduce this existential threat.
6.Considering what youve learned about informal settlements on the outskirts of Mexico City, explain how these informal settlements blur the urban-rural distinction. Is there something about informal settlement processes in developing countries that may be useful in more developed countries?
7.Suggest ways in which we can improve community-university relationships, especially with respect to democratizing science and technology, for instance how S&T priorities are set, how S&T gets developed, used and/or evaluated.
8.Globally, urban spread (the urban footprint) on the face of the planet is increasing faster than population. Why does this matter and what can be done about it?
9.In Pezzoli, K. and A. Leiter Robert (2016). “Creating healthy and just bioregions. The authors spell out an Integrated Planning Framework to deal with the arguments made by Sennett et al (2018) calling for planning and design to operate at both metropolitan and neighborhood scale (section 2.4). How so, explain the Integrated Planning Framework, including the idea of green regionalism.
10.Consider what you have learned about the Colonia Ecolgica Productiva of Ajusco in Mexico City. Describe the Colonia Ecolgica Productiva using at least three key terms from the course. What lessons can be drawn from this experience in terms of the challenges and possibilities for a new kind of urban development?
Solar-energy Systems – SEO Webarticle
We are a young start-up. What we require is some creative article for our website’s blog. It is accessible on: emallorca.es. Show us what can you do and we might form a beneficial cooperation. Try writing something similar that is on our web page. We just want to bring the topic of solar-energy to the customer as interesting as possible and get the correct website traffic.
https://emallorca.es/
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The purpose of this project is to enable students in Cities of the World to develop a critical understanding of the challenges and prospects for one city or an urban region in the world based upon an assessment of its origins, current conditions and plans for the future. The assessment should explore what is distinct about the city/region, its origins, population size and composition, governmental structure, economic and environmental assets and institutions, as well as its built environment. What are the current issues that shape its planning and politics? Consider its livability and what makes it a good or not-so-good place to reside, and for which groups.
These are just some of the questions you can consider in your assessment, but you can definitely go beyond these issues based upon your interests as well as the uniqueness of the place you are examining. You should try to get current information about conditions and these are accessible from multiple sources, such as journals, web info, books, YouTube sources, etc. Over the semester, I will have you ask for a brief update on your research to check on progress.
sustainability
It’s about sustainability.
Select a book, article, or film from the list below.
Write a review of 500-750 words. It must include:
Proper citation (MLA or APA format)
Brief synopsis (about 250 words)
Strengths (2-3 things about the piece you found compellinguse quotes and page/scene references)
Weaknesses (2-3 things about the piece you found less compelling, in need of more detail, stronger argument, etcuse quotes and page/scene references)
Recommendation/evaluation
Examples of Book Reviews:
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
https://theecologist.org/2011/nov/17/counterpower-making-change-happen (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Option 1. Films to Choose From
2040 (2019)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2019)
Artifishal (2019)
Before the Flood (2016)
Catching the Sun (2015)
Chasing Coral (2017)
Chasing Ice (2012)
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Food Inc. (2008)
My Octopus Teacher (2020)
No Impact Man (2009)
Racing Extinction (2015)
RiverBlue (2017)
The Human Element (2019)
The Ivory Game (2016)
Virunga (2014)
Option 2. Books to Choose From
Abby E. Desert Solitaire
Berry W. The Unsettling of America
Bourne, Joel K. The End of Plenty
Burt, Martin Who Owns Poverty?
Carson R. Silent Spring
Cronon W. Natures Metropolis
Diamond J. Collapse
Ellis R. The Empty Ocean
Estes N. Our History Is the Future
Extinction Rebellion. This Is Not a Drill
Maathai W. Unbowed
McDonough W. Cradle to Cradle
McKibben B. The End of Nature
McKibben B. Deep Economy
McKibben B. Falter
Mollison B. Permaculture
Monbiot G. Feral
Pollan M. The Omnivores Dilemma
Pollan M. Second Nature
Quammen D. The Song of the Dodo
Any topic (writer’s choice)
An essay is a required part of the application process. The essay should distinguish you as a unique candidate for admission. For example, you may want to provide information on the personal experiences that have shaped your academic abilities, or give us a more thorough insight on your exceptional achievements. The information you provide in the essay will be considered in the admission decision so please use the essay as a means to establish yourself as a unique candidate. Include in your essay the reason why you have selected your major and why it is important for you to attend Texas A&M University at Qatar.
Architecture and film
Review the following readings listed for Week 1 authored by your instructor along with course alumni:
Anthony, Kathryn H. Learning from Hollywood: A Seminar on Architecture, Cinema, Environment and Behavior. Ricker Report. Vol. 3 (Fall 2020), pp. 174-191.
https://issuu.com/rickerreport/docs/ricker_report_fall_2020_final_condensed
Anthony, Kathryn, Fernando Nebot Gomez, and Yashashvini Rao. From Gangster City to Gotham City: The Changing Image of Chicago in Hollywood Films. ArchDaily (February 8, 2020).
https://www.archdaily.com/930654/from-gangster-city-to-gotham-city-the-changing-image-of-chicago-in-hollywood-films
Sekalias, Anastasia and Kathryn Anthony. 4 Lessons Pixar Films Can Teach Us About Architecture. ArchDaily (August 17, 2015). Available at: http://www.archdaily.com/771987/4-lessons-pixar-films-can-teach-us-about-architecture
1. Summarize each of these in a paragraph or two. What were the most important take-aways from each?
2. After seeing some prior student projects featured in these articles, what about the graphics presentations struck you the most? Why?
3. Sparked by these readings, what would you like to learn more about?
