Browsing 2012 WSU Annual CGRS Abstracts by Title

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    • Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas’ ‘Civil’ War 

      Poland, Jordan A.; Price, Jay M., 1969- (2012-02-16)
      Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas’ “Civil” War research, will examine one of the most obscure periods in Kansas political history, the early 1890s. The paper will explore the rise of Populism, a grassroots third-party movement, ...

    • New progress in self-healing technology of composite wind turbine blades 

      Patlolla, Vamsidhar Reddy; Asmatulu, Ramazan (2012-02-16)
      Wind turbine blades are subjected to external cyclic loadings, resulting in the development of micro and nanocracks, which in course of time becomes macro cracks, thus leading to fatigue and failure. The concept of ...

    • Unpacking the invisible problem of campus hunger: The Hunger Awareness Initiative at WSU 

      Le, Katie Thanh; Brand, Jack; Ballard-Reisch, Deborah (2012-02-16)
      In the U.S. we often hear phrases like “starving college student” and “freshman 15” to the point that they have become clichés. How much truth lies behind these phrases? Existing data on hunger and food insecurity does not ...

    • Use of artificial neural networks to detect damage in composite laminates 

      Kral, Zachary Tyler; Horn, Walter J.; Steck, James E. (2012-02-16)
      Maintenance has remained an important issue in the aerospace structures and materials field. As technologies have improved, composites have begun to replace increasingly more structural components. However, these still ...