http://hdl.handle.net/1813/63 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:40:39 GMT 2013-05-23T19:40:39Z http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu:80/retrieve/31504/ifup.gif http://hdl.handle.net/1813/63 http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29080 Title: The Cornell-Nanking Story Authors: Love, Harry Houser; Reisner, John Henry Abstract: The Cornell-Nanking Story describes Cornell’s first technical cooperation program of international outreach–the pioneering effort whose legacy continues robustly today. This report, first released in 1963 by Royse P. Murphy, describes the very successful project in crop improvement that had been led by Harry Houser Love and John Henry Reisner in the 1920s. The present-day Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of the premier departments of Cornell University and continues this pioneering spirit as a lead participant in the New Life Sciences effort by Cornell University. The Cooperative Crop Improvement Program between Cornell University, through the Department of Plant Breeding of the New York State College of Agriculture, and the University of Nanking, through its College of Agriculture and Forestry – with financial support from the International Education Board – had its origin in a letter to Professor H. H. Love at Cornell from Dean John H. Reisner in Nanking under the date of February 4, 1924. The purpose of the program was two-fold, to organize and conduct a comprehensive crop improvement program, involving the principal food crops of the famine areas of central and northern China, (cotton was included later) and of equal importance, to train men in the principles, methods, application and organization of crop improvement. Dr. T. H. Shen characterized the outcomes: “The most significant results of the Nanking-Cornell-International Education Board Program for Crop Improvement in China were: (1) training a group of Chinese plant breeders for carrying on a national program of crop improvement; (2) developing better varieties of wheat, barley, rice, kaoliang, millet and soybeans showing increased yields from 10 to 20 percent more than the native varieties; (3) stimulating the Chinese government to establish the National Agricultural Research Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in 1931 which made great improvements in agricultural production in China up to 1949 through scientific research and agricultural extension services. Dr. H. H. Love, of Cornell, served as Advisor to the Bureau in 1931-1934.” Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/29080 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28989 Title: Lecture Notes on Nonlinear Vibrations Authors: Rand, Richard H. Abstract: This edition of Professor Rand's Lecture Notes on Nonlinear Vibrations extends the previous version (http://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/79 ) by including two new Chapters, respectively on Differential-Delay Equations, and on Differential Equations with Fractional Derivatives, as well as an Appendix to Chapter 6 including power series expansions for transition curves in Mathieu's equation. Description: A print on demand of these books and articles can be obtained from Cornell Business Services (CBS) Digital Services by sending e-mail to digital@cornell.edu or calling 607.255.2524. In the body of the message include the identifier.uri for the book or article, and ask to be contacted regarding payment. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28989 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28693 Title: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Authors: Block, H.D.; Cranch, E.T.; Hilton, P.J.; Walker, R.J. Abstract: "Engineering Mathematics" by H.D. Block, E.T. Cranch, P.J. Hilton and R.J. Walker was a two volume work that was written, published and first used as a text at Cornell University in 1964. The project was a cooperative effort between the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Department in the College of Engineering and the Mathematics Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The work was very novel at the time, although many of its innovations have become commonplace nowadays. In particular, the work involved the unusual step of interweaving linear algebra and differential equations (both ordinary and partial). Also unusual was the inclusion of engineering applications and computer simulations. Related topics such as vector field theory, complex numbers and infinite series were also treated. The book continued to be used as the text for a year-long sequence of sophomore engineering mathematics, Math 293-294, well into the 1970's. Eventually other authors produced books which combined linear algebra and differential equations, and "Engineering Mathematics" by Block et al. ceased to be used as a text at Cornell. Description: The preparation of this material has been partially supported by Grant NSF-GE2564 made to Cornell University by the National Science Foundation Wed, 01 Jan 1964 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28693 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28577 Title: Plant biomechanics : an engineering approach to plant form and function Authors: Niklas, Karl J. Abstract: The aim of this book is to explore how plants function, grow, reproduce, and evolve within the limits set by their physical environment. It was written in the firm belief that organisms cannot violate the laws of physics and chemistry and that knowing how these laws operate and confine the organic expression of size, form, and structure is essential to understanding biology. This perspective is shared by a number of disciplines physiology and ecology to name just two and traces its conceptual roots to the principal concerns of early comparative morphologists and anatomists. It differs only slightly from the bulk of biology by its emphasis on using the principles of physics and engineering to answer fundamental questions about the relation between form and function, but it clearly defines the intellectual scope of what has become known as biomechanics a discipline that operates at the interface between engineering and biology. Description: xiii, 607 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/28577 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/23087 Title: Evolution of Plant Breeding at Cornell University Authors: Murphy, Royse P.; Kass, Lee B. Abstract: Drs. Royse P. Murphy and Lee B. Kass prepared this 179-page account of the history of Plant Breeding—among the most distinguished academic departments at Cornell—on the occasion of its centennial. In addition to a wealth of historical data for the department and for the university and an equally impressive collection of photographs with identifications and the six living department chairs characterize the milestones that occurred during their terms of departmental leadership. This department in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is admired for its collegial and productive environment. Two of its graduates have been honored as Nobel laureates, notwithstanding that the work in this field is not normally considered for that honor. Find here a record of immense productivity in its teaching, research and outreach activities and its impact upon the university, the state, the nation and the countries of the world. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/23087 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17054 Title: The Theses, Papers and Publications of Henry D. Bowen and His Students – 1952 – 1991 Authors: Bowen, Henry D. Abstract: This compilation was prepared as a tribute to Henry D. Bowen when he was conferred emeritus status in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University. His students spread his influence across the nation, especially in the southeast, and the world. Bowen’s creative influence deeply affected the topics that his graduate students deemed worthy of pursuit in their own careers. These research threads include topics that had intrigued Henry in his own research—but also many other themes as well. Henry Bowen urged his students to study broadly, but also deeply—in mathematics, physics and chemistry as well as in the basic and applied areas of biology and agriculture and the life sciences. His enthusiasm for life and for engineering was contagious. His ingenious and creative approach to experimentation was reflected in his course in the professional method that deeply enriched the careers of his students. He had an instinct for sensing the heart of an unsolved problem and then determining a path that would lead to a deeper understanding that led to an engineering solution. Henry Bowen’s mentoring makes clear the fundamental role and benefit that judicious selection and hiring of faculty members plays in shaping the future quality of a university department. Hopefully, this compilation will not only be of interest to his many students, but also to university administrators who shape the university to serve future generations of students and society. Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/17054 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14711 Title: The Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University: A History and Personal Reflections Authors: Nesheim, Malden C. Abstract: Malden Nesheim, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition at Cornell University and former University Vice-President and Provost, provides a history of the academic study of nutrition at Cornell University. Description: A print on demand copy of these books and DVDs can be obtained from Cornell Business Services (CBS) Digital Services by sending e-mail to digital@cornell.edu or calling 607.255.2524. In the body of the message include the identifier.uri for the book or article, and ask to be contacted regarding payment. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14711 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14138 Title: Elmira, Cortland & Northern RR: 1867 to 1967 and On Authors: Marcham, David; Marcham, John (editor) Abstract: This book is both a railroad history and memoir. The author vividly reconstructs the life of the Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad, its predecessor lines, and successors over the one hundred years the route was in operation. He does so as someone who worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad as a towerman at Cortland Junction and five other Lehigh Valley interlocking towers and as a rail historian who has gathered stories, photos, and artifacts from men who worked this line and fellow historians across several states. I am his brother, a retired journalist, and now book editor. As noted in his earlier rail memoir, Lehigh Valley Memories, A Tour of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York’s Finger Lakes Region, 1941--1959, David and I were bitten early by the railroad bug, while on summer vacation on the west shore of Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, New York, traveling by gas-electric motor to a farm roominghouse and watching across the lake where the Lehigh switched cars and we tried to figure out the track layout. David has since spent a lifetime in transportation, as a railfan, towerman and station agent for the Lehigh while a Cornell University student, as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, and with the Chesapeake & Ohio, Washington & Old Dominion, New York Central railroads, and Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority before retirement from a wide variety of management positions in operating and finance departments. He is the editorial "we" and the "young telegrapher-station agent" who speaks in these pages. David has undertaken to recall how the Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad came into being as a hastily crafted rural line, and its continued existence under the Lehigh Valley, Conrail, and other owners. The book follows the arc of a railroad, through the coming of competition from other lines, the automobile and truck, canal and lake boats, and airlines. Many of the photographs are David Marcham’s. He includes a locomotive roster, station list, maps, timetables, more than 150 illustrations, a bibliography, acknowledgements, a list of illustration sources, and an index. Description: To obtain printed copies of this book, contact The History Center of Tompkins County. Call 607-273-8284, write The History Center, 401 E. State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 or e-mail admin@thehistorycenter.net Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14138 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13219 Title: The Legacy of Dale R. Corson (Supplement One) Authors: Cooke, J. Robert (producer); Corson, Dale R. Abstract: This supplementary collection is an on-going effort to expand the initial book, The Legacy of Dale R. Corson. This supplement will be expanded from time-to-time ? breaking the usual limitation of a single definitive terminal point for a traditional book edition. This supplement contains: Microwave Radar In World War II by Dale R. Corson. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13219 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13197 Title: Book: The Legacy of Dale R. Corson Authors: Cooke, J. Robert (Producer) Abstract: This book captures some significant markers in the life and times of Dale Raymond Corson and his imprint upon Cornell University. His is a unique and remarkable journey. This story is told through three videos -1) "Dale Corson: Cornell's Good Fortune", 2) an overview by two of Cornell's most distinguished faculty members, Walter LaFeber and M. H. Abrams, and 3) a wide-ranging interview of Dale Corson by another former chair of the Department of Physics, Kurt Gottfried-and through this book, a collection of historical documents and speeches by Corson and by many friends. This book assembles numerous noteworthy documents and the transcripts of "The Corson Symposium: A Strategy for a Great Research University." Enhancing this book are numerous photographs, including two collections by the late Sol Goldberg, archival images from University Photography, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, and George Gull. The documents reprinted here provide insight into a renaissance in engineering and in biology at Cornell. They include thoughtful essays on issues of contemporary importance - essays about the future of higher education in general and at Cornell in particular. They illuminate the remarkable career of a brilliant, yet kind and humble man who provided able and insightful leadership for Cornell and for the nation. Corson's leadership was marked by a profound respect for those whom he led by being an astute and thoughtful listener - a concept he articulated as his principle of fences and bases. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13197 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z