The present project provides information about a service-learning project in an undergraduate technical writing course assigned in the Fall Semester of2011 at a small public university in Oklahoma. Students in the cou...The present project provides information about a service-learning project in an undergraduate technical writing course assigned in the Fall Semester of2011 at a small public university in Oklahoma. Students in the course were assigned to ＂performance teams＂ and tasked with interviewing faculty advisors and officers of international student organizations on campus. Based upon the results of these interviews, the members of each team were asked to compose documents or deliver presentations that met the expressed needs of the student organizations. The assignment was designed to allow students an authentic experience in assessing the needs of a particular audience and in working with students from a different cultural group. The outcomes of the assignment and the challenges expressed by the students were discussed. The participation of students in the international student organizations was discussed in terms of university retention展开更多
In the past two decades, Professional and Technical Writing has experienced tremendous growth from being a little-known service profession to the establishment of a disciplinary status. Although few people today would...In the past two decades, Professional and Technical Writing has experienced tremendous growth from being a little-known service profession to the establishment of a disciplinary status. Although few people today would argue against the legitimacy of its existence as an English major or even an independent field, some issues need to be addressed to solidify the disciplinary status. This paper discusses the independent identity and disciplinary status of the new course in colleges and universities (its definition, its interdisciplinarity, its pedagogy, and its teaching objectives) and points out that Professional and Technical Writing will surely establish its disciplinary status soon.展开更多
Twist characteristics of the ultraviolet-written long-period fiber gratings (UV-LPFGs) are investigated. It was found experimentally that the resonance wavelength of the UV-LPFG shifts to short side proportional to sq...Twist characteristics of the ultraviolet-written long-period fiber gratings (UV-LPFGs) are investigated. It was found experimentally that the resonance wavelength of the UV-LPFG shifts to short side proportional to square of the torsion rate, when it is twisted in both directions of clockwise and counter-clockwise, which is different from that of LPFGs written by CO2 lasers, but similar with that of the corrugated LPFGs. The phenomena can be explained by mechanisms of static compression in twisting and index change caused by photoelastic effect.展开更多
文摘The present project provides information about a service-learning project in an undergraduate technical writing course assigned in the Fall Semester of2011 at a small public university in Oklahoma. Students in the course were assigned to ＂performance teams＂ and tasked with interviewing faculty advisors and officers of international student organizations on campus. Based upon the results of these interviews, the members of each team were asked to compose documents or deliver presentations that met the expressed needs of the student organizations. The assignment was designed to allow students an authentic experience in assessing the needs of a particular audience and in working with students from a different cultural group. The outcomes of the assignment and the challenges expressed by the students were discussed. The participation of students in the international student organizations was discussed in terms of university retention
文摘In the past two decades, Professional and Technical Writing has experienced tremendous growth from being a little-known service profession to the establishment of a disciplinary status. Although few people today would argue against the legitimacy of its existence as an English major or even an independent field, some issues need to be addressed to solidify the disciplinary status. This paper discusses the independent identity and disciplinary status of the new course in colleges and universities (its definition, its interdisciplinarity, its pedagogy, and its teaching objectives) and points out that Professional and Technical Writing will surely establish its disciplinary status soon.
文摘Twist characteristics of the ultraviolet-written long-period fiber gratings (UV-LPFGs) are investigated. It was found experimentally that the resonance wavelength of the UV-LPFG shifts to short side proportional to square of the torsion rate, when it is twisted in both directions of clockwise and counter-clockwise, which is different from that of LPFGs written by CO2 lasers, but similar with that of the corrugated LPFGs. The phenomena can be explained by mechanisms of static compression in twisting and index change caused by photoelastic effect.
