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The main research interest of the Environmental Optics Laboratory is the study of the effects that anthropogenic and natural particulates suspended and transported in the atmosphere (aerosols) have on Earth's climate and air quality. The net effect on climate from greenhouse gases, aerosols, and clouds is a complex integral that is not well quantified. This is also due to gaps in our knowledge of real world particle optical, physical and chemical properties, and their spatial and temporal distributions. We study the optical properties and the morphology of aerosols and their interaction with solar radiation and clouds by developing new instrumentations, performing laboratory studies, and analyzing data and samples collected in different locations of the globe, from polluted urban areas to remote regions. The goal is to provide new data to advance our fundamental understanding of atmospheric processes and in the end, enhance the performances of future climate models and improve air quality.
To know more about our research and on-going projects, please visit the Environmental Optics Laboratory page (https://sites.google.com/a/mtu.edu/eol/)
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Selected Publications
- Full list of publications at https://sites.google.com/a/mtu.edu/eol/home/dissemination/publications Read More
- China, S., Mazzoleni, C., Gorkowski, k., Aiken, A.C., Dubey, M.K., "Morphology and mixing state of individual freshly emitted wildfire carbonaceous particles", Nature Communications 4:2122 doi: 10.1038/ncomms3122; 2013 Read More
- Zaveri, R.A., Shaw, et al. "Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)"; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 7647-7687, 2012 Read More
- Mazzoleni, C., Kuhns, H. D., Moosmüller, "Monitoring Automotive Particulate Matter Emissions with LiDAR: A Review"; Remote Sensing, 2(4), 1077-1110, 2010 Read More
- Lance, S., Athanasios, N., Mazzoleni, C., Manvendra, D. K., Gates, H., Varutbangkul, V., Rissman, T. A., Murphy, S. M., Flagan, R. C., Seinfeld, J. J., Feingold, G., Jonsson, H. H. "CCN Activity, Closure and Droplet Growth Kinetics of Houston Aerosol During the Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS)"; Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, D00F15, 2009.
- C. Mazzoleni, H. Kuhns, H. Moosmüller, "Pollution reduction using biofuels: from the laboratory to the real world", invited short communication for the "Expert commentary" section of "New research on biofuels", Nova publisher; 2008.
- S. C. Herndon, T. B. Onasch, E. C. Wood, J. H. Kroll, M. R. Canagaratna, J. T. Jayne, M. A. Zavala, W. B. Knighton, C. Mazzoleni, M. K. Dubey, I. M. Ulbrich, J. L. Jimenez, R. Seila, J. A. de Gouw, B. de Foy, J. Fast, L. T. Molina, C. E. Kolb and D. R. Worsnop "Correlation of secondary organic aerosol with odd oxygen in Mexico City", Geophysical Research Letters; 35; L15804, 2008.
- C. Mazzoleni, H. D. Kuhns, J. Witt, N. J. Nussbaum, H. Moosmüller, M.-C. O. Chang, G. Parthasarathy, S. K. K. Nathagoundenpalayam, D. Nikolic, and J. G. Watson "A real-world case study of tailpipe emissions for school buses using a 20% biodiesel blend", Science of the Total Environment, The; 385; No.1-3; 146-159, 2007.
- C. Mazzoleni, H. Moosmüller, H. D. Kuhns, R. E. Keislar, P. W. Barber, D. Nikolic, N. J. Nussbaum, and J. G. Watson "Correlation between automotive CO, HC, NO, and PM emission factors from on-road remote sensing: implications for inspection and maintenance programs", Transportation Research, Part D; 9; 477-496, 2004.
- C. Mazzoleni, H. D. Kuhns, H. Moosmüller, R. E. Keislar, P. W. Barber, N. F. Robinson, D. Nikolic, and J. G. Watson "On-Road Vehicle Particulate Matter and Gaseous Emission Distributions in Las Vegas, NV and Comparison with other Areas", Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association; 54; 711-726, 2004.
- H. D. Kuhns, C. Mazzoleni, Hans Moosmüller, Djordje Nikolic, Robert E. Keislar, Peter W. Barber, Zheng Li, Vicken Etyemezian, John G. Watson "Remote sensing of PM, NO, CO, and HC emission factors for on-road gasoline and diesel engine vehicles in Las Vegas, NV", Science of the Total Environment; 322; 1-3; 123-137, 2004.
- H. Moosmüller, C. Mazzoleni, P. W. Barber, H. D. Kuhns, R. E. Keislar, and J. G. Watson "On-Road Measurement of Automotive Particle Emissions by Ultraviolet Lidar and Transmissometer: Instrument", Environmental Science and Technology; 37; 4971-4978, 2003.
- Pavesi, L., Dal Negro, L., Mazzoleni, C., Franzo, C., Priolo, F. "Optical gain in silicon nanocrystals "; Nature. 408, 6811, 440-444, 2000
- Mazzoleni, C., Pavesi, L. "Application to Optical-Components Of Dielectric Porous Silicon Multilayers"; Applied Physics Letters. 67, 20, 2983-2985, 1995


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Government Chief Science Advisors from APEC member economies engaged with an APRU panel on "University Networks: A Resource for Chief Science Advisors" meeting in Auckland on 30 August 2014. The meeting was co-sponsored by APRU and Elsevier.
Chaired by Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb (formerly Vice- Chancellor of ANU and an APRU president), the panel included Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland, Professor Zukri Abdul Hamid, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Christopher Tremewan, Secretary General, APRU, and Dr. Brad Fenwick, Senior Vice President for Global Strategic Alliances, Elsevier.
Dr. Fenwick, Elsevier, stated, "It would be a lost opportunity for the emerging network of APEC Chief Science Advisors to not intersect with the well established network of leading APEC research universities who make up APRU."
The panel members each addressed how APRU could interact with the Chief Science Advisors and act as a resource within APEC. It was pointed out that APRU is the only non-government member of the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI), which meets twice annually.
Dr. Tremewan drew attention to APRU's origins in 1997 as a response by four leading research universities in California to the formation of APEC in order to provide policy advice to governments on higher education and research.
He said that three years ago APRU faced three challenges:
- How should it aggregate and leverage the extraordinary capability of its members into the public policy space?
- How should it respond to the increasing pressure for engagement from other international organisations to address global issues?
- How could it develop mechanisms that took account of the cross-disciplinary nature of the challenges the Asia-Pacific region faces?
Underlying these questions were the shifts in economic power, public investment in higher education and research, and public perceptions of ins...
APRU's newest initiative, Early Career Researchers (ECR) Network was launched at the 13th APRU Doctoral Students Conference (DSC) on 19 August 2014. APRU's Program Director for Global Leadership, Ms Cheryl Torrado gave an overview of the virtual network which aims to link early researchers and PhD students from multidisciplinary backgrounds to their peers, senior role models and potential research collaborators; and create a discussion platform on a vast range of topics and issues across different disciplines.
DSC participants representing 19 leading research universities were invited to join the online community on LinkedIn. This is in line with APRU's effort on assisting doctoral students in building relationships outside the DSC.
Interested faculty, researchers and doctoral students are invited to join the online community on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/APRU-Early-Career-Researchers-Network-6665208?home&gid=6665208&trk=anet_ug_hm.
The International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University was hosting the 2nd APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School in Sendai from 22 to 25 July 2014. The summer school was titled: "Prepare for high-impact disasters: towards the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction". The next UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (UNWCDRRR) will be held in Sendai in March 2015 to adopt a new global framework for action on disaster risk reduction.
At the four day summer school the 34 participants from 15 universities among the Pacific Rim were discussing the multi-disciplinary approach of disaster science and got practical policy insights from the community level to the the global level.
Dr John Green (Imperial College and Cambridge University) is a key leader in developing the Snowball Metrics which enable more accurate comparisons between research universities, better data within each institution on which to base investment decisions and which may develop into a global standard. UK and US universities are already engaged in joint development and research universities in Japan, Australia and NZ are also expressing interest. APRU is encouraging members to examine this model to see if it can benefit them.
Dr Green will be a keynote speaker at the APRU Provosts' Forum hosted by the University of Malaya, 3-5 November 2014. The following is a link to a recent article on Dr Green and Snowball Metrics: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/snowball-metrics-no-pinch-of-salt-needed/2014496.article
APRU elected its 7th chair, President C. L. Max Nikias of University of Southern California, at the 18th APRU Annual Presidents Meeting (APM 2014) held in Canberra, Australia. President Nikias takes over from Chancellor Henry Yang of UC Santa Barbara who has served two terms as chair of the association since 2010.
President Nikias said, "The greatest problems we face today are global and there is no doubt that the solutions will require the combined resources and intellectual might of our leading academic institutions. This is why the work we do as part of APRU is so important. I am honored that my peers have appointed me as the association's Chairman and look forward to collaborating with all of APRU's members to maintain the momentum of our collective efforts throughout my term."
USC was one of four founding member universities when APRU was established in 1997. Back then, APRU's founding chair, former USC President Steven Sample, together with the president and chancellors of Caltech, UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles, envisioned a premier alliance of leading research universities focused on the advancement of the Pacific Rim. APRU comes full circle with President Nikias' leadership where he heads not only the association but its Steering Committee comprising members from China, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. The Steering Committee provides leadership and overall vision for the association and its strategic direction.
APRU today comprises 45 premier research universities in the Asia Pacific where member universities play an active and important role in shaping the policy environment for higher education and research, enhancing global leadership capabilities, and working with partners from government, business and international organizations on solutions to regional and global challenges.
APRU provides the international architecture linking leading universities on the Pacific Rim and among the dynamic APEC ec...
The 18th APRU Annual Presidents Meeting (APM) held in Canberra, Australia provided a platform for APRU presidents to discuss the issue of gender gap in higher education. At the Presidents Open Forum on 25 June, Vice-Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon of the University of Auckland shared the University's strategies in promoting gender equity and in providing equal opportunities for both men and women. These included support systems for both parents working at the university, childcare, promoting STEM education, networking, mentoring and research on gender issues, among others.
On 26 June, Professor Mayumi Ishikawa of Osaka University gave a progress report on the APRU Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership Program (APWiL). The presentation was made on behalf of Executive Vice-President Masako Egawa of the University of Tokyo and current chair of the APWiL program. A key highlight of the report was the upcoming APWiL workshops in 2014-16 which attest to the overall support of APRU members for the program since it was adopted in 2013. In addition to the report, a call for action was also made at the meeting. APRU members were encouraged to further support the program by: 1) allocating resources to engage in activities that address the gender gap and other related issues at member institutions; 2) appointing faculty (preferably a man and a woman) to spearhead such activities; or 3) hosting local, regional or APRU international workshops on this issue.
APWiL aims to enhance the institutional competitiveness of APRU universities by promoting gender equity and advancing the participation of women in academic leadership and research.
More information on APWiL is available at http://apru.org/creating-global-leaders/asia-pacific-women-in-leadership and information on the 18th APRU APM is available at http://apru.org/governance-meetings/annual-presidents-meeting....
APRU was among the international university networks represented at the APEC University Associations Cross-Border Education Cooperation Workshop. Organised by the Australian Government's Department of Education, the workshop was held from 20 to 22 May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 3-day workshop brought together education ministries, universities and university associations from APEC economies to share information and experiences, gather and canvass ideas, and collaborate on cross-border education (CBE) cooperation. It also featured presentations and discussions on enhancing the mobility of students, researchers, educational providers and cross-border education without movement (i.e. virtual mobility). Workshop delegates examined various ways to progress priority areas identified by APEC leaders for enhancing mobility in higher education and discussed engagement within their respective economies.
APRU's Program Director for Global Leadership, Cheryl Torrado (2nd row, 3rd from the right) spoke at a panel on how university networks like APRU enhance mobility across institutions, and drive the 'mobility of knowledge' through research collaborations. The University of Malaya, the University of Sydney and Waseda University were also represented at the meeting.
The workshop also identified potential initiatives and projects that might be undertaken by APEC economies. Potential projects of interest to APRU universities are shared resources and facilities for enhancing mobility, a central database on available research funding and a mobility scheme for female researchers. These proposals and other recommendations will be presented to APEC's Education Network under the Human Resources Development Working Group.
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The 3rd meeting of APEC-PPSTI and the first under China's chairmanship of APEC this year met 9-11 April in Changzhou, China. APRU was represented at the meeting by its Treasurer and Director (Secretariat) Margaret Leong.
The APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) supports the development of science and technology cooperation and effective innovation policy in APEC economies. It serves as APEC's primary forum to engage government, private sector and academia in joint scientific research.
On behalf of Prof John Rundle of UC Davis, who is a core group member of APRU's Multi-hazards Program and Director of the APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (ACES), Director (Secretariat) Margaret Leong gave a presentation re-introducing ACES to APEC and which proposed closer links between ACES, APEC's PPSTI and Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG), and APRU's Multi-hazards Program whose hub is established at Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS). The proposal was endorsed at the meeting.
APRU's International Policy Advisory Committee met in Singapore 21-22 March chaired by Professor Lily Kong, Vice President, National University of Singapore and Professor Bill Lacy, Vice-Provost, UC Davis.
IPAC consists of ten senior faculty members of APRU institutions who meet to evaluate APRU's programs, take an overview of the total range of activities and their fit with the Strategic Framework and resources available, and advise on the planning cycle and future initiatives. The outcomes of this meeting are shared with all APRU Senior Staff to assist their engagement and also their preparation for the Annual Presidents' Meeting.
This was the last IPAC meeting for both co-chairs who move to new responsibilities in their respective universities. IPAC members and the APRU Secretariat expressed their gratitude for their leadership.
The Asia-Pacific Association for International Education was founded by Korea University along with several other APRU members (National University of Singapore, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Auckland) and others. It is now the leading organization in the region for Asia-Pacific international educators and holds a large annual conference and exhibition. This year it was held 17-19 March in Seoul and hosted by 14 Korean universities.
The new President of APAIE is Professor Katsuichi Uchida, Vice President, Waseda University, and the Vice-President is Professor Sue Elliott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne, both APRU members. Dr Chris Tremewan presented at a panel session on Collaboration and Internationalization. His co-presenters were Prof John Hearn, Executive Director, Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), and Mr Iain Watt, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Western Australia.
APRU hopes to deepen its collaboration with APAIE in the years ahead rather than to develop its own programs in international education.
Further information: http://www.apaie.org/conference/2014/program/
The Second Annual PCSI Forum was held in Manila, Philippines, March 11-13, 2014 on the above theme. It brought together an invitation-only group of urban sustainability experts from across the Philippines, North America, and Asia for a high- level dialogue to explore promising new approaches to creating cities that are both livable and resilient, in Manila and beyond. This year's Forum looked at a number of critical issue areas, including governance and public sector preparedness, resilient infrastructure, community networks, civic participation, public-private partnerships, long-range planning, and housing and access.
The Forum provides a platform for an action-oriented exchange of best practices and lessons learned. It brought together a wide range of government representatives and global experts from urban planning, civil society, the private sector, and academia.
APRU relates to the PCSI through its Sustainability and Climate Change Program. Dr Richard Drobnick, APRU Senior Strategic Adviser, plays a leading role in the PCSI from his current position in the Marshall School of Business at USC. He and Dr Chris Tremewan, Secretary General, represented APRU at the Forum.
Further information: http://sites.asiasociety.org/PCSI/
Held in Tokyo, 6-7 March, 2014, with the theme 'Reputation Management in Higher Education', the conference began with the announcement of the THE World Reputation Rankings. Hosted by the British Council, this conference appeared to position UK higher education within the Asian region.
Speakers from APRU member universities included Dr Masako Egawa, Executive Vice-President, University of Tokyo, presented 'Reputation management – A Case Study of the University of Tokyo'. Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice Chancellor, University of Hong Kong spoke on 'Building a Legacy – A Case Study of the University of Hong Kong'. Dr Anne Pakir, NUS International Relations Director, spoke on 'The Importance of reputation when choosing Academic Partners'. Professor Jiro Kokuryo, Vice-President, International Collaboration, Keio University, presented on 'Building Reputation through Research Excellence'. Dr Chris Tremewan, APRU Secretary General, spoke on 'Strength in Quality – Leveraging Networks to Improve Reputation'.
Masaoko Egawa, University of Tokyo and Lap-Chee Tsui, University of Hong Kong
Anne Pakir, National University of Singapore
The program and links to presentations are available on: http://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/programmes/higher-education/internationalisation/reputation-management/international-conference-march-2014...
Dr C L Max Nikias, President of USC and Vice-Chairman of APRU, visited the APRU Secretariat in Singapore on 25 February, 2014, during his visit to Singapore and Indonesia.
Hosted by UC Davis and Vice Provost Bill Lacy on their campus 20-21 February, 2014, APRU held a North American Consultative Meeting of the Vice-Provosts/ Deans/ Senior International Officers of its North American members.
Twenty participants were represented:
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
- UC Davis
- UC San Diego
- UC Santa Barbara
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa
- University of Oregon
- University of Southern California
- University of Washington
The meeting took an overview of the APRU strategic framework and its activities under the three thematic priorities in order to evaluate how North American members may wish to strengthen their engagement. Meeting recommendations and action items included:
- Tracking institutional participation across APRU activities
- Communications – the need for a comprehensive communications program focused on branding and marketing
- Collaboration with other international organisations
- Fund-raising
- Strengthening Program Hubs on Multi-hazards, Global Health, Sustainability and Climate Change
- Increasing collaboration on summer programs, internships, service learning
New topics of interest: Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership, science education, intellectual property principles, projects in humanities and the arts, university research museums.
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APRU elected its 7th chair, President C. L. Max Nikias of University of Southern California, at th ...
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Our modern information age needs curious, humble minds—people willing to absorb new knowledge, think critically and put information into context. Abandoning a narrow, one-size-fits-all approach to curriculum standards would help students develop the curiosity they need to become the innovators of the future. That matters more than the ability to recall an answer on the test. *My emphasis added…
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I've been teaching English pronunciation with Spanish and Burmese speakers using the Kjellin way. Both the learners and I are often delighted to hear pronunciation improvements during one to three hour sessions. The learners' pleasure from their quickly experienced success motivates them to practice more, have more quick success, more pleasure, more motivation, practice more... and thus the upward spiral soars. [3]
Olle Kjellin, MD, [4],[5] of Sweden, has a medical practice in hearing, swallowing and voice disorders, thirty five years of L2 pronunciation teaching experience, as well as an extensive knowledge of research in neuroscience, language acquisition and pedagogy. He has synthesized this unique combination into an elegant choral repetition method of L2 pronunciation teaching (the K-way).
In many L2 learning situations, pronunciation teaching is the shortchanged "stepchild" tagged on to the preponderant teaching of the other language components (in which many of the learners become skilled). Sadly, due to these learners' resulting frequent listener-unfriendly pronunciation, native conversation partners often don't stay engaged with them for long.
Inspired by the knowledge of infant L1 acquisition, the K-Way turns this upside down. Beginning with a few weeks of practicing only massive choral repetition and developing a robust neural foundation of L2 auditory perception and prosody, the learners delight in their growing new listener-friendly pronunciation. They thus more quickly develop the confidence to increasingly speak English in spontaneous conversation, where the greatest spoken language acquisition occurs.
Basic grammar, vocabulary, syntax and other language components develop and emerge along with the robust prosody foundation. After the first few weeks, teaching time for the other language components can be increased, and the choral rep time lessened, as deemed. And upon their solid prosody foundation, the motivated ones' L2 will continue to flourish lifelong.
In the womb, and after birth, during several hundred hours, over several months, the infants' auditory and vocal neural networks are being stimulated by the sounds spoken around them, and developing the sound patterns and prosody bedrock upon which their L1 acquisition develops. The cooing [6] and gurgling [6] that infants start making at about three months, and the babbling [6] that they start making at about seven to eight months, are essential practice for this.
Adult L2 learners come to their L2 language learning process with L1 auditory-vocal neural networks already well-developed and functioning and containing some of the new L2 sound patterns. During about 200 to 300 hours of massive K-way choral repetition, their auditory neurons are being stimulated to develop new networks that can perceive the listener-friendly sound patterns and prosody of the L2 that the learners don't already have in their L1.
Auditory perception develops before and then monitors pronunciation. Each time that the auditory neurons are stimulated with new sound patterns during L2 learning they reach out, striving to make contact with other neurons. From the earlier stimulations the outreaches are weak and don't endure long without repeated stimulation. With massive reps, the neural outreaches and connections become more complex, stronger and longer lasting, and eventually become habituated long-lasting memory. Only then can the learners hear the new sound patterns and produce them with the necessary listener-friendly pronunciation. Massive enough reps are ESSENTIAL for this to happen. Many less effective pronunciation teaching methods stop far short of this point.
I frequently remind the learners that if they want to keep native listeners engaged they must produce listener-friendly pronunciation. The auditory system of the native speaker has to work harder to perceive and understand pronunciation that is outside the range of expected native pronunciation. As the auditory system fatigues, the listener becomes more uncomfortable, loses interest in conversing and the learner loses L2 learning opportunities, and confidence. Many native speakers will expend little extra effort to listen to listener-unfriendly speakers. The few friendlier ones eventually reach their listener-unfriendly fatigue limits and tune out. [7]
At the first class the
learners each tell their name, address, phone number and where they're from. We
then use some of the street addresses as an introduction to the choral
repetition method, for example,
After many choral reps with thurdyaitsevnteen inernashenal bulavard apartmantwenyfive, I intro "ha ha" for focusing more directly on the underlying prosody - ha-ha-HA-ha-ha-HA (thurdyaitseventeen) ha-ha HA ha-ha (inernashenal) HA ha-ha (bulavard) ha-HA-ha-ha-ha-ha (apartmentwenyfive). [8] We alternately do many sets of "ha ha" and word reps. This is interspersed with individual coaching, as needed.
Next, I ask each learner to say the English alphabet solo, and I coach each one along, as needed. This tells me how well each knows the alphabet, plus more about problem sounds. Then I introduce the alphabet song - ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP...XYZ. This helps them to review or learn the letter names. Some already know this musically simple song. After many choral reps of an alphabet chunk, the HIJKLMNOP letter names, for example, I intro ha ha ha ha HA-ha-ha-ha-ha, the underlying prosody. Or I may ask the learners to try to figure out the "ha ha". This is difficult in the beginning and I coach them along. With practice some get better at doing this alone as the course goes on. We alternately do many sets of "ha ha" and letter name reps. Doing the whole alphabet song from "ABC... to ...with me please." may take 2-3 hrs.
Next, we practice with "Happy Birthday." This is a good exercise for the learners to practice getting the "ha ha" by themselves, as most ethnicities have a version of this and know the music. The learners quickly get the English words. I might ask them to do the "ha ha" for homework for the next class.
I ask the learners to write down, in their L1, or in English, simple dialogues that they frequently speak outside of class, in their L1 or in English, – 4 to 5 short sentences, about 6 to 9 words each - and bring them to class. We work together to translate these dialogues into colloquial pronunciation, and then use them for our choral reps, for example, "I went nowhere. I stayed at home." and "When are your day-off?" – becomes "Didn't go anywhere. Just stayd home." and "Whenz yer day off?"
For the next level, we use the names of numbers in rhythm with the syllables. The HIJKLMNOP of the Alphabet Song becomes "one two one two ONE-two-one-two-three." After we get this going smoothly with number names we "dance" to the numbers, speaking the numbers, and stepping out in rhythm. This takes practice, and the learners work in pairs, one stepping out and the other monitoring and coaching. Also, I move amongst the pairs, coaching. This is a good Total Physical Response (TPR) activity.
The next level is doing the "dance" together with speaking the original words with correct prosody – aich aye jay kay EL-em-en-oh-pee..., and etc. Engaging listening, speech production and full body motor activities together stimulates the whole neural system at a greater language acquisition energy level.
Learners of some ethnic groups come with music, dance and rhythm experience. Others I've worked with know few or no music or dances from Western countries, and sometimes little from their own culture, as well. They often have to work more to improve their rhythm and musical sense.
Note: the various exercises described herein are given as much time as the learners need. This is a process rather than a curriculum and I don't necessarily try to fit any one exercise into a class period.
1. Prosody is the varying intensity, duration and tones of sound flow patterns - the "music" of the language.
2. Quote from "Who am I, the Speech Doctor... and why?" (my CV) on http://olle-kjellin.com/SpeechDoctor/
3. Dr. Kjellin says, "...(my) students keep practicing during breaks... I attribute that...to...the motivation induced by the addictive feeling of success."
Practice ==> Success ==> Pleasure ==> Addiction ==> Motivation ==> Practice. (PSPAM)
4. Dr.Olle Kjellin has 35 years of L2 teaching experience with a
special interest in pronunciation. He is an M.D. with specializations in
swallowing and speech disorder radiology, a PhD in Physiology and Speech
Science, and has academic degrees in Linguistics, Phonetics, English, Japanese,
and Russian. He presently assesses, diagnoses and
treats speech, cognition and learning disorders in dementia patients. He also lectures in phonetics at
5. You can read more about Dr. Kjellins's method at:
http://olle-kjellin.com/SpeechDoctor/LP98_Top.htm http://olle-kjellin.com/SpeechDoctor/TESOL.htm
http://olle-kjellin.com/SpeechDoctor/ http://olle-kjellin.com/SpeechDoctor/Choral_Practice.pdf
(some of these cite research sources)
6. COOING: oohh and aahh sounds. GURGLING: running-water-like throat sounds. BABBLING: consonant-vowel syllable strings, dadada, bababa, etc
7. Motivating learners to speak English out of class is my BIG teaching challenge. I heartily welcome any help on how to be more skilled and successful with this.
8. For written notation, ha = unstressed, HA = strongest stress, Ha = secondary stress, hyphenated ha-ha = faster rhythm.
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Meanwhile, SCA Tissue already has established an addition to its property. The company created a garden to honor those schools and others that have received grants throughout the past five years.
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Do you need help in handling one of the most complicated professions in Guild Wars 2? If you need guidance and secret tips on how to be the most successful Mesmer around, then get a load of this one – trust us, this Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Guide isn't an ordinary illusion!
Most players dismiss the profession of being a Mesmer mostly because they are not used to hearing of it.
After all, most players go into Guild Wars 2 with the hopes of fighting enemies using destructive weapons and awesome combative styles – they mistakenly think that being a Mesmer is going to be a boring one.
How wrong this kind of thinking is!
Being a Mesmer is one of the most advanced professions in Guild Wars 2. When you choose to be a Mesmer, you are given the chance to experiment with illusions and play with the minds of your enemies – how amazing would this be, right?
Now, now, before you go and choose the profession altogether out of pure excitement, you still need to be objective as well: are you 100% sure that you do have what it takes to be a powerful Mesmer? Check out the appropriate Mesmer descriptions as follow.
You can be a Mesmer if:
- You're perfectly comfortable with playing solo because you can summon additional help anyway.
- You take pride in your ability to summon illusions that can confound and disable your enemies.
- You don't mind the fact that you need to exert more effort into making this profession work since it's considered to be quite advanced.
- You thrive on the possibility that you have the power to deal an extremely huge damage to your enemies once you have mastered this profession. As such, you're patient and dedicated to obtaining mastery.
- You love being in control. You want to experience being able to navigate yourself through the enemy mobs by giving the most damage to your enemies and accepting the least amount of damage from them.
Do the above descriptions sound like you? Then go and throw your conventional combat beliefs into the air and join the select champions into the profession of being a Mesmer!
The Mesmer's Power and Its Overview
It's so wonderful to have a mighty Mesmer on board. Congratulate yourself on a job well done by patting yourself on the back. As a Mesmer, the most important mechanic that you have to be aware of is your Power.
Just like in the Thief profession, the Mesmer profession also values Power over Precision. A raw but huge damage is still much better than a critical but small damage. Therefore, during the whole leveling process, your priority is to get all your items with as high enough power as you can get them. Focusing on this task can make your leveling up as easy and as fast as it can be!
The Best Weapons Leveling Build for a Mesmer in Guild Wars 2: Greatsword and Staff
Before we tackle the actual weapons, it's better if we talk about the two types of Illusions first. After all, your bread and butter during combat as a Mesmer will be your ability to summon Illusions. Simply speaking, your Illusions can either be Clones or Phantasms:
- Clones: These look exactly like you and these also display your name – most of the time, Clones are summoned to distract and confuse your enemy so you can either prepare a more damaging attack or get away from the scene.
- Phantasms: These look like you as well but they have a transparent purple glow to them so that you can differentiate them from Clones. They also have higher health and have greater chances of dealing larger damage as compared to Clones.
Now that the issue of Illusions has been settled, let's move forward to the best Weapons for a Mesmer, then? Like most professions in Guild Wars 2, you also have the ability to swap between two Weapons while fighting when you're already in Level 7.
A lot of combination sets exist for the Mesmer, but if you really want to have the best of the best, then we suggest you go with these Weapons two instead:
- Greatsword: Yes, the Greatsword is usually categorized as a melee Weapon. However, if you're skilled enough, you can actually use it as a ranged Weapon to your advantage. Keep in mind that as you begin, you actually won't have a Greatsword – you'll have a Scepter instead. Therefore, upon passing the Tutorial, sell your trivial items to one Merchant and avail of a 50 Copper Coin Greatsword to start you with.
Here are the Greatsword's special descriptions:
As a plan of attack, you would typically be using the following combos:
- Spatial Surge: Leave this to auto-cast and be far away to deal more damage.
- Mirror Blade: Once the enemy comes close, use this to deal bouncing damage and create a Clone.
- Phantasmal Berserker: When dealing with a lot of enemies, cripple them with this.
- Illusionary Wave: When the going gets tough, this knock-back that has frontal Area of Effect helps you temporarily push back all your enemies in front of you.
Another useful tip to help you finish off your enemies is to consistently use Mind Wrack (F1, by default). This is a Shatter ability that destroys all your Clones & Phantasms in order to damage nearby enemies. Talk about self-destructive combat! Are you feeling the thrill yet?
- Staff: As a two-handed Weapon, the Staff creates a lot of condition damages that are potentially dangerous to your enemies. Use it to your best advantage.
To get you familiar with it, here are the Staff's detailed descriptions:
Here is a simpler explanation of each Skill as applied during your combat:
- Winds of Chaos: Deals with an extra bounce so it's highly beneficial if you have allies with you – gives help to friends and danger to enemies.
- Phase Retreat: Creates a Staff Clone that do condition damage and get you out of harm's way at the same time.
- Phantasmal Warlock: This one's a powerful one that gives you and your Illusions the ability to cast Wind of Chaos. It deals extra damage to your enemies as well.
- Chaos Armor: This gives you ample defense and ample reinforcement whenever your enemies hit you.
- Chaos Storm: This Area of Effect is wonderful as it can help damage your enemy. Be sure to stand IN for the buffs and use your leap skills such as your Phase Retreat or Illusionary Leap so that you can get a free Chaos Armor as well.
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Some of the conditional damages that you can inflict to your enemies are through poisoning, blinding, bleeding and crippling them. Also, the boons that you get from using these combos are especially valuable as their levels can range anywhere from Level 1 to Level 80 – talk about a double punch!
Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Skill Build (Healing, Utility and Elite Skills)
The Mesmer's Skills are especially suited to this particular profession because these Skills allow you, the Mesmer, to use them during playing the game. However, for you to be able to level up more conveniently and venture the world with ease, just like with every other aspect, you need to be well-informed first of their specifics before you apply them in virtual combat.
Let's first tackle the Healing Skills:
- Mantra of Recovery
- If we take leveling considerations into matter, this Healing Skill is much more preferred as compared to the other two. The reason for this is because this can instantly heal you if you were able to charge it prior to being used. However, it takes too long for this Skill to be recharged when you're in combat so you better keep this in mind when using.
- Ether Feast
- Yes, this one's a great Healing Skill when we consider the abilities that it can bring you. However, one of its disadvantages is that you need to have multiple Illusions in order for you to maximize its healing power. Also, since you will be working fairly closely with Illusions, this Healing Skill can be quite complicated if you haven't mastered it yet. Keep in mind that this also has the longest cool down among the three of them so better use it wisely!
- Mirror
- As the neutral-ranking Skill, this reflects projectiles in order to keep you out of harm's way. Its use is quite situational, too, so take proper observation of your surroundings first before resorting to it.
Keep in mind that dodging attacks can help you reduce the damage that you get. Obviously, if you see your enemy preparing to attack you, dodge him! After all, you're wearing light armor so you better take advantage of it, right?
The next Skill set that you should be able to master is the Utility Skills set. Keep in mind that the following are hand-picked in order to give you the most notable Skills that you can use for faster leveling up:
- Signet of Inspiration
- Passively, this provides you with a random boon for your benefit every 10 seconds. Upon activation, this can also copy all your boons and give them to your allies for their benefits as well.
- Mirror Images
- This one is particularly useful in the case of emergencies because it can help you deal with attacks by creating Clones to handle them for you. Obviously, this Utility Skill can help you out in sticky situations where you just can't afford being hit.
- Decoy
- When things take a turn for the worse, this particular Skill is right at your disposal. It's a bit similar to Mirror Images in a way that both can be used as backup distraction – however, this one's different since this can put you into stealth mode while creating a Clone to attack your target enemy. This one's useful especially when you're into leveling faster and recovering easier.
To save the best for last, here are the three Elite Skills that are available for your Mesmer profession. Keep in mind that in our Guild Wars 2 Mesmer Guide, we will be focusing on the overview of each Elite Skill in relation to possible combative situations that you may encounter:
- Time Warp
- Prepare this one for Boss fights. This one provides you and all your allies Quickness which can speed up all your actions by 200%. For example, if you used to take 10 seconds to Rally, when you're already given the Quickness boon, you would only take 5 seconds instead!
- Moa Morph
- If you're fighting trash mobs, have this one ready. The simple action of this Skill is that it helps you turn your single enemy into a potentially harmless Moa Bird. Also, this can prevent your damaged enemy from healing so that you can instantly finish him off.
- Mass Invisibility
- This can provide you and your allies the Stealth that you need – but the duration will only be 5 seconds. Basically, use this to sneak up on your enemies and attack them while they least expect it. You can also reset a fight by using this to make you and your Illusions invisible. This is quite a handy one if you don't like where the fight's direction is headed into.
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First place, winning $10,000Magneto: Magnetic Induction Internal Bleed Detector, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
After percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiac catheterizations in hospitals, there is a risk for complications at the point of vascular access. The current standard of care for monitoring for these complications is an observational approach; medical personnel examine patients several times per hour for signs of tachycardia, hypotension, swelling, visual bruising, pain and discomfort. But the complications are hard to detect, as symptoms only arise after significant blood loss has already occurred. This "wait-and-see" approach is unreliable and places not only a time burden on medical personnel but also a financial burden on the hospital due to extended patient hospital stays.
The Magneto internal bleeding monitor is a portable, non-invasive, autonomous, cost-effective device for detecting internal bleeding complications after catheterization procedures through the femoral artery. The device, which uses magnetic induction technology to detect the accumulation of blood near the access site, consists of three components: a coil pack that interfaces with the patient to send and receive signals, an adhesive system that attaches the coil pack to the patient, and a user pack that interprets the data and alerts the user of bleeding complications.
Second place, winning $2,500Oculeve, Stanford University
More than 20 million Americans have some form of Dry Eye disease. 1.6 million of these people suffer from the most severe form, a debilitating condition that impacts quality of life as drastically as severe angina, and can threaten one's vision. These patients cannot read or watch television due to the dryness, and cannot go outside due to the sensitivity to light. Unfortunately, there are no good treatment options for this population. This population is desperate, currently relying on artificial tear drops, an ineffective and expensive immuno-suppressant drug called Restasis and a surgery in which their eyelids are literally sutured shut.
The Oculeve team is developing a device-based therapy that treats this terrible disease. The device is a simple in-office procedure that results in a substantial increase in tear production to near-normal levels, and will allow these patients to return to a normal life. The device is a one-time procedure and will therefore be a more cost effective treatment than the expensive drug therapy, and much less intrusive than a blinding surgery. The team has surveyed more than 250 patients with Dry Eye disease with overwhelming support of the new therapy, and is proceeding with commercialization to provide treatment to this desperate group of patients.
Third place, winning $1,000Medtric Biotech, Purdue University
Infected wounds have an incalculable impact on patient quality of life. Infection prevents proper healing and subjects the patient to potentially avoidable complications. Additionally, infection leads to skyrocketing health costs. Domestically, care for an infected wound is nearly $14,000 per case. In chronic wounds (in which 98% are estimated to be contaminated), total treatment costs can escalate beyond $40,000.
Standard therapies for bacterial remediation have several disadvantages. For example, antibiotics are plagued by the alarming increase in pathogenic drug resistance. The Center for Disease Control estimates the rate of drug resistant has climbed 36% in the last 20 years. This trend is coupled to the realization that no new classes of antibiotics have been developed since 1963. Alternative treatments such as antimicrobial silver are complicated by toxicity issues and pose long term hazards to the environment.
The Medtric Biotech team is developing OSMOSE, a line of antimicrobial dressings for the prevention and treatment of infected wounds. The OSMOSE platform represents a fundamentally new mechanism of bactericidal action. Our proprietary nanotechnology offers three distinct competitive advantages: (i) wide spectrum antibacterial activity (even against antibiotic resistant strains), (ii) OSMOSE actively promotes wound healing and (iii) OSMOSE dressing provide economical solutions in a high priced field.
Honorable mentions:
Lipoluminator: A Light-Directed Instrument for Plastic Surgery, Rice University
IpsiHand: An EEG Brain Computer Interface for Rehabilitation and Restoration of Hand Control following Stroke, Washington University in St Louis
ToughKlave: A Modular and Portable Autoclave, Tulane University
The winners were announced on June 8 at the Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony in New York. Congratulations!
Often the best teams don't form as a result of careful planning: they synthesize when the right people work on the right project at the right time. Such is the story of Vail Horton and the Keen Mobility E-Team.
Born without legs, Horton learned determination and perseverance at a young age. At four he pleaded with his parents for prosthetic legs, and got his wish when a team of biomedical engineers at the Rusk Institute of New York University designed a pair of custom titanium legs for use with ordinary wooden crutches.
While glad to be free of a wheelchair, over the years the jolting of the crutches caused tremendous pain in Horton's back, shoulders, and arms. In college he was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in his shoulders, and when the incessant pain became severe his doctors prescribed a wheelchair. Horton refused; he had experienced an independent lifestyle, and going back to a wheelchair wasn't an option.
One day, Horton, then a business student at the University of Portland, walked into the engineering department and asked if someone could build him a crutch with a shock absorber. A professor who happened to be in her office at the time spoke with him about it. "A few days later," said Horton, "three engineering students called me and said, 'We've been assigned to build your crutch for our senior year project.' I said, 'Oh, cool'."
Just like that, the team was formed.
The group was soon accepted into UP's E-Scholar program, in which students form teams and pursue a business venture funded partly by the university and partly by themselves. Horton and his team began a venture based around a new, improved crutch—one that wouldn't be detrimental to long-term users.
But the team wasn't complete. Horton soon realized they needed more information about how the crutch would affect the human body, and took steps to add a life sciences major to the ranks. Horton, the three engineers and the life sciences major met once a week over the course of their senior year and, aided by NCIIA Advanced E-Team funding, eventually came up with a product: the Keen Krutch. The improved crutch featured underarm cushioning that conformed to the curvature of the body; a contour shape to redistribute pressure; adjustable, mobile handgrips to prevent carpal tunnel; shock absorbers, and a pivoting ankle joint for increased mobility.
Then everyone graduated. Horton decided to try and commercialize the Keen Krutch, but the engineers didn't join him. Says Horton, "They didn't see entrepreneurship in the same light as myself. I gave them every opportunity to stay and form part of the company, but I didn't have the resources to offer and they weren't willing to accept the risk associated with running a startup."
Horton decided to call on an old friend and former roommate, Jerry Carleton. Carleton had already accepted a job in northern California, but jumped at the chance to join Horton. Says Carleton, "Just knowing Vail, I was already caught up in the vision and I knew he was going to take the company as far as it could go. I knew he was the kind of guy that would never say die—that he was putting his mind to this company and was going to make it a huge success. So when the moment came and I was sitting there at lunch and he offered me the job, I didn't hesitate."
Together the two founded a small startup company, Keen Mobility. Five years and a grueling, exhausting, and ultimately rewarding startup process later, the company is on its feet and growing rapidly. Alongside the Keen Krutch, the company manufactures a wide array of technologically advanced, safe ambulatory aids and other progressive products that allow the disabled greater mobility, safety and independence.
High-tech bootstrapping Imagine trying to bootstrap a company that makes industrial positioning and measuring systems with nanoscale resolution. Sound tough? It's exactly what Shane and Bethany Woody, co-founders of Charlotte-based InsituTec, Inc., have been doing since incorporating in 2001.
Shane, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte mechanical engineering PhD candidate, first started working on industrial measuring systems to meet a need articulated by Boeing. Shane studies and works at the Center for Precision Metrology at UNCC, which brings in corporations that have specific needs they want addressed by university researchers. Boeing's military and commercial aircraft have millions of small rivet holes; at the time they contacted Shane they measured the holes by transferring samples to a metrology laboratory: a slow, expensive, and time-consuming process. Boeing needed a faster, cheaper way to measure the size and form of the holes in real time. Shane met the challenge, designing a prototype of a vector-based probe that would allow the measuring to take place within the manufacturing process itself, with comparable accuracy and at a lower cost. Timing was bad, however, as the economy went on a downswing—Boeing pulled out.
But the technology was too promising to leave behind. In 2001 Shane won Advanced E-Team funding from the NCIIA to optimize the probe and move toward commercialization, and the team officially incorporated as InsituTec, Inc. Bootstrapping began.
How have they done it? According to Shane, the most important factor in InsituTec's high-tech bootstrapping success has been their incubator. The Office of Technology Transfer at UNCC provides high-tech startups with office space and access to laboratory equipment based on a fixed-fee agreement in which they pay based on what facilities and office space they use. Since both Bethany and Shane are graduate students they receive free office space; they're charged only for InsituTec-related use of university equipment. And that equipment is extremely expensive.
"One of the instruments we use to test our devices costs about sixty to eighty thousand dollars," says Shane. "That's why without the incubator InsituTec wouldn't really be possible."
"If it wasn't for the university incubator program we would have no hope of even having this company right now," adds Bethany. "That we pay for the equipment on an hourly basis instead of having to buy it is absolutely invaluable."
The second major factor in their bootstrapping success is salary. That is, the big salaries they don't pay themselves. Shane pays himself far less than what the typical engineering graduate makes. "I make a tiny fraction of what I could be paying myself," he says. "But we just have to do that right now."
Bethany works for no pay. She has a second job that pays the bills and offers her services to InsituTec at no cost. "My time is free to the company," she says. "I get paid at my regular job and then I spend my afternoons, evenings, and weekends working on InsituTec. We're in this to build the company and be successful, so a little sacrifice now for success later is worth it to us."
Another source of savings comes in the form of materials used in making the devices themselves. Says Bethany, "We spend every penny wisely. When we put together systems and devices we pinch every penny and do it cheaper and leaner than bigger companies. We watch everything we order. We look for the best deals. If we can get something two dollars cheaper elsewhere, we take it."
If all goes well, they'll be out of bootstrapping mode in a year. "Four months ago we received a Phase I SBIR grant," says Shane. "We're writing several proposals for other grants. We're working on a development contract with a large industrial equipment company. We're getting there."
In the meantime Bethany offers some advice to young student inventors who may be facing years of tough bootstrapping: "If you have a company and you have a stake in it you should be willing to sacrifice early on. Don't expect to pay yourself top dollar and succeed. If everything works out, you'll get a big payoff later."
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[Fix] Lync Mobility Service Setup - System Error: -2147024786
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When executing McxStandalone.msi* (for Lync Mobile) directly from within the browser immediately after download, you may be greeted with the following message:
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This unexpected error pops up on a Lync Server 2010 Front-End Server running on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This can happen independent of the installed language version for the former, the latter or both. The regional locale settings also do not play a role.
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Can you see a resemblance between my father and my boys? Especially the one on the left?
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I see it! What fun. I love finding older family photos that make you think you're staring at someone from a younger generation.
- November 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM
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You really CAN see a resemblance! WOW! Are thier personalities similiar also???
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There is definitely a family resemblance!
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I see it for sure, although I thought it was even more between your dad and the boy on the right, lol.
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We're searching the best universities in the UK to find the outstanding female undergraduate of the year. We're looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record. The rewards are great: the winner will be awarded a ten week paid summer internship with Rolls-Royce, including one or two weeks at a European facility, plus a fantastic opportunity to shadow a senior female manager for a day and an Apple iPad. The winner will collect their award at a gala event in Canary Wharf, London on 25 April, 2014.
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Stage Two: The best-matched students (according to the results of the online tests) make it through to the second stage. The sponsor then decides on a shortlist of ten from the undergraduates who pass the first online stage. This will be done in a variety of ways including telephone interviews, assessment centres and further tests (depending on the sponsor).
Stage Three: The final shortlist of ten is invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 25 April, 2014 where the winner will be announced.
Last year's winner: Ella Jakubowska
Take a look at the experience of last year's winner – Ella Jakubowska. We asked Ella to write a blog about her experience as an intern at Rolls-Royce.
Read Ella's blog here.
Ella is about to start her fourth and final year at the University of Leeds, studying English Literature. Ella is a qualified RAF Lance Corporal and Non-Commissioned Officer, and loves playing rugby for her university. In 2013 she completed an exchange year at McGill University in Montreal before going on to win the 2013 Female Undergraduate of the Year Award.
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