This dissertation examines the sustainability efforts of thirty-eight U.S. Army installations. In 2000, Army installations began to develop goals in order to become more environmentally sustainable. This research used ...

This research project develops new knowledge of how U.S. national security and homeland security practitioners and policymakers understand, define, and could yield value from the concept of environmental security to meet ...

By combining the case study approach with in-depth historical and political analyses, this study examined U.S. intervention in multi-ethnic Ethiopia. Most studies of U.S. intervention in Ethiopia and the Horn have exclusively ...

Roads and highways are the backbone of the US transportation system, allowing Americans to travel more than two trillion miles annually. But the conditions of the roads are deteriorating, as the need for transportation ...

A novel solid-state microwave annealing technique is developed in this work for post-implantation annealing of SiC and GaN, and for the controlled growth of SiC nanowires. This technique is capable of heating SiC samples ...

Ultrasonic inspection as a non-destructive technique is used to inspect various materials for subsurface defects caused by air, cracks, material variation etc. Sometimes particles are added to clean materials to improve ...

Social networks are defined by relationships between people and permeate all aspects of human life. Improving our understanding of the structure and dynamics of networks enhances our knowledge of many human systems. In ...

This case study follows the work of a large state university tasked with designing and completing state-mandated assessment of undergraduate student critical thinking competency. A participant researcher case study ...

Since 1995, enrollments in undergraduate Spanish courses have surpassed those of all other non-English languages combined at institutions of higher education in the United States. At the same time, a heated debate about ...

Over the past two decades, access to technology at home and in schools has increased significantly. While nearly all children have access to technology, there continues to be an ongoing debate over the effective use of ...