Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Low-Grade Cotton Provides Eco-friendly, Effective Oil Spill Cleanup Solution
Textile World
Archive for the ‘Texas Tech in the News’ Category
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Texas Tech Wind Scientist on The Rachel Maddow Show
The Rachel Maddow Show
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Is Anywhere Safe in a Tornado? Why researchers pummel storm shelters with 15-foot-long planks at 100 mph.
Slate.com
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
PHL execs stay in touch with Pinoys as tornadoes keep returning in Oklahoma
GMA News Online
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Twisters keep returning, but Oklahoma still short on shelters
Orlando Sentinel
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Oklahoma Schools Lacked Consistent Tornado Shelter Rules
The Huffington Post
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
The Surprising Reason Oklahoma Doesn't Have Enough Tornado Shelters
The Atlantic Cities
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Dr. Michael Finke: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile
AdvisorOne – This is Michael Finke’s first appearance on the IA 25. Click here to view the complete list and Special Report schedule for extended profiles for each of the 2013 IA 25 honorees.
The traditional 4% withdrawal rule is fine in a static world, but when was the last time the world was static?
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Texas House tentatively approves billions in campus construction bonds
Austin Business Journal – The new version of Senate Bill 16 includes about $250 million for the University of Houston System. It also includes about $930 million for the University of Texas System, about $625 million for the Texas A&M System, about $250 million for the University of North Texas System, about $215 million for the Texas Tech University System and about $210 million for the Texas State University System.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Texas House Close to Passing Billions in Campus Construction Bonds
Austin Business Journal – The version of Senate Bill 16 by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, considered by the House on Monday allocated bonds to institutions as follows:
University of Texas System: $930 million
Texas A&M System: $625 million
University of Houston System: $250 million
University of North Texas System: $250 million
Texas Tech University System: $215 million
Texas State University System: $210 million
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Low-Grade Cotton Brings Top Value in Oil Spill Cleanup
Lab Manager –
Seshadri Ramkumar, lead author of the study and manager of the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), said he and his colleagues found that low-micronaire cotton – one of the lowest-quality types of cotton – is most effective at picking up oil. A pound of the low-micronaire cotton can pick up more than 30 pounds of crude oil, and its natural waxiness helps to repel water.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Why Aren't There More Storm Cellars in Oklahoma?
The Atlantic – Larry Tanner is the manager of the Debris Impact Test Facility for the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center at Texas Tech University. In that capacity, he focuses on the (relatively) optimistic side of devastating storms: sheltering people from them. One of Tanner’s jobs is to test shelters and their components in his lab, creating several-hundred-mph winds and debris storms — which can’t be mathematically simulated — to analyze those shelters’ ability to withstand a natural storm. Another of his jobs is to work with FEMA to assess the performance of storm shelters after tragedies like the Oklahoma tornadoes of 1999. Or the Missouri tornado of 2011.
Or, now the Oklahoma tornado of 2013.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
How Do You Measure a Tornado?
The New Yorker o in the early aughts, scientists from Texas Tech University proposed an Enhanced Fujita scale (hence the “E.F.” designation), in which tornado damage was calibrated by meteorologists and building engineers across twenty-eight different types of buildings, as well as natural structures like trees. The severe damage done to buildings like the Plaza Towers Elementary School and Briarwood Elementary School, as well as the near total destruction of many single-family houses, enables scientists to categorize Monday’s tornado as an E.F.4—a violent, intense storm that nevertheless is not as bad as the most extreme kind of tornado, an E.F.5. The Enhanced Fujita scale came into use in 2007, and is now the official way to judge the impact of a tornado—at least, of the physical damage it causes.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Fossil amber challenges theories about glass
Qatar Tribune – “What we found was that in 20 million years, the amber changed density by only 2.1 percent. What we found challenges the way we look at glasses,’’ said Gregory McKenna, a professor of chemical engineering at Texas Tech University.