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Throughout the history of the United States, many brave souls fought and died for their country in the belief that they were fighting for a greater cause. For this thesis, I want to highlight the soldiers that are not talked about during the first world war. These soldiers made up a large number of laborers and stevedore’s and had two divisions worth of infantry in France. These men are the African Americans who enlisted and the many that were drafted, fought not only for their country, but for the betterment of their race in the United States. These soldiers made up the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions in the first world war. These two divisions would have different experiences in the war as the 92nd Infantry Division was kept under command of the Second American Army as the 93rd was placed under command of the French military. The regiments in the division were split up to reinforce different infantry units in the French Army. The most well-known American regiment in this division would be 369th Infantry, or also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. For the 92nd Division, they would have to deal with abuse and prejudice from their superior officers. Having been made up of draftee’s, the division would not have the benefit of having experienced officers in the regiments would cause issues of discipline among the lower rank. These two divisions would differ substantially with how they would be treated by the nations they were fighting with.

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) se ha asociado con API Manzanillo en torno a una cooperación técnica para promover prácticas sustentables en el puerto. Reconociendo el impacto potencial del cambio climático en los puertos, esta cooperación técnica incluye la preparación de un estudio para evaluar los riesgos y oportunidades relacionados al clima para el puerto de Manzanillo, así como el desarrollo de un plan de adaptación. Este estudio tiene como propósito ayudar a construir la capacidad del Puerto de Manzanillo para responder a los retos potenciales generados por la variación del clima y el cambio climático y para promover oportunidades generadas por la implementación de medidas tempranas y respuestas de adaptación., The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has partnered with API Manzanillo on a Technical Cooperation to promote sustainability practices at the port. Recognizing the potential significance of climate change to ports, this Technical Cooperation includes the preparation of a study to assess climate-related risks and opportunities for the Port of Manzanillo, and to develop an Adaptation Plan. The study aims to help build the capacity of the Port of Manzanillo to respond to potential challenges generated by climate variability and climate change and to foster associated opportunities stemming from early action and adaptation responses.

This study follows a recent engineering study by PSU students, which offers a potential trail alignment in the Sullivan's Gulch. Metro Parks and Greenspaces asked for a product that would identify whether and how the trail would meet regional goals if constructed as an off-street path. This report is intended to research and explain the planning issues that follow from the potential trail alignment. This report provides information to support a decision on whether to apply for funding for further planning and engineering study. It also serves as a practical resource for future action. This project was conducted under the supervision of Deborah Howe, Barry Messer, and Ethan Seltzer., Client: Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning

The automotive industry continues to expand its use of polymeric materials, which provide more cost effective, strength and durability than metals or ceramics. Thus, a better understanding of the mechanical behavior and microstructural characterization of polymers is essential to develop their improved strength and toughness. This paper describes the deformation and fracture study of commercially available semicrystalline polypropylene (PP). The specimen were subjected to tensile stress using a tensile testing machine and intentionally stopping at three different strain levels (10%, 20%, 35%). Samples were sectioned into different regions and then, using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), studied for microstructural changes, specifically characterization at each extension of the process of crack initiation and propagation. Other techniques, such as x-ray diffraction (XRD) were also employed to determine the crystallinity of the specimen, both on the surface and of the powder collected from the bulk.

In this paper, we present initial findings from a research effort to build a business intelligence platform that incorporates data-driven models, such as Bayesian belief networks, and goal-driven models, including multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), into a geospatial environment to support decision making for campaign management. Our development approach supports tactical level commanders at the brigade, battalion, and company level, providing operationally relevant information on the relationships between factors driving the insurgency and leverage points for planning and executing more effective operations. The Decision Modeler tool will be used to support counterinsurgency and stability operations by allowing users to interactively construct MCDA models to evaluate and compare alternative outcomes for specific lines of effort. MCDA is a discipline that supports decision making in the presence of several conflicting or uncertain factors, while assisting the decision maker identify the objectives, factors and metrics to support the decision goals. This process is designed to support the analyst from early planning of an operation, through the selection of evaluation criteria, automated population of relevant socio-cultural data, to the generation and calculation of alternative ranking scores., Presented HSCB Focus 2011 Conference: Integrating Social Science Theory and Analytic Methods for Operational Use, Chantilly, VA on 8-11 Feb 2011.