The view from the helm [[electronic resource] ] : leading the American university during an era of change / / James J. Duderstadt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778478003321
• Autore: Duderstadt James J. <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-282-42314-2; 9786612423147; 0-472-02188-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 p.)
• Soggetti: Universities and colleges - United States - Administration; College presidents - United States; Educational leadership - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The path to the presidency -- The leaders and best -- Institutional saga -- The Michigan saga -- A heritage of leadership -- Michigan's character as a trailblazer -- The role of institutional saga in presidential leadership -- The "what," "how," and "who" of the university presidency -- The path to the presidency -- Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor; rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief . . . and university president -- The academic leadership ladder -- The path to the Michigan White House -- On to Michigan -- Trapped in the gravitational pull of academic administration -- On the brink -- The presidential search -- The search process -- The presidential search : a victim's perspective -- A postmortem -- Some advice for presidential search committees and university governing boards -- Some advice for candidates for university presidencies -- So what are we supposed to do now? -- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a ; time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? -- Life as a university president -- The president's spouse -- The hired help -- A turn about the university calendar -- Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- On the road -- A matter of style -- Always some doubts -- Tilting with windmills -- Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university -- Windmill no. 2: college sports -- Windmill no. 3: university governance -- The importance of fighting losing battles -- The endgame -- Survival instinct -- Putting it all on the line -- Wear and tear -- The two-minute warning -- Taking stock -- Fading away -- Years after a decade at the helm -- Whence and whither the university -- Some final thoughts on the university presidency -- Notes.

Self-healing composites : shape memory polymer based structures / / Guoqiang Li

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813787203321
• Autore: Li Guoqiang
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-118-45245-3; 1-118-45246-1; 1-118-45244-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Classificazione: TEC013000
• Disciplina: 620.1/18
• Soggetti: Composite materials; Self-healing materials
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Self-Healing Composites: Shape Memory Polymer Based Structures; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Thermosetting Polymers; 1.2 Thermosetting Polymer Composites in Structure Applications; 1.3 Damage in Fiber Reinforced Thermosetting Polymer Composite Structures; 1.3.1 Damage in Laminated Composites; 1.3.2 Damage in Sandwich Composites; 1.3.3 Damage in 3-D Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites; 1.3.4 Damage in Grid Stiffened Composites; 1.4 Repair of Damage in Thermosetting Polymer Composite Structures; 1.5 Classification of Self-Healing Schemes; 1.6 Organization of This Book; References; 2 Self-Healing in Biological Systems2.1 Self-Healing in Plants; 2.2 Seal-Healing in Animals; 2.2.1 Self-Healing by Self-Medicine; 2.2.2 Self-Healing Lizard; 2.2.3 Self-Healing Starfish; 2.2.4 Self-Healing of Sea Cucumbers; 2.2.5 Self-Healing of Earthworms; 2.2.6 Self-Healing of Salamanders; 2.3 Self-Healing in Human Beings; 2.3.1 Psychological Self-Healing; 2.3.2 Physiological Self-Healing; 2.4 Summary; 2.5 Implications from Nature; References; 3 Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer and Its Syntactic Foam; 3.1 Characterization of Thermosetting SMP and SMP Based Syntactic Foam; 3.1.1 SMP Based Syntactic Foam3.1.2 Raw Materials and Syntactic Foam Preparation; 3.1.3 DMA Testing; 3.1.4 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy Analysis; 3.1.5 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; 3.1.6 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Measurement; 3.1.7 Isothermal Stress-Strain Behavior; 3.1.8 Summary; 3.2 Programming of Thermosetting SMPs; 3.2.1 Classical Programming Methods; 3.2.2 Programming at Temperatures Below Tg - Cold Programming; 3.3 Thermomechanical Behavior of Thermosetting SMP and SMP Based Syntactic Foam Programmed Using the Classical Method; 3.3.1 One-Dimensional Stress-Controlled Compression Programming and Shape Recovery3.3.2 Programming Using the 2-D Stress Condition and Free Shape Recovery; 3.3.3 Programming Using the 3-D Stress Condition and Constrained Shape Recovery; 3.4 Thermomechanical Behavior of Thermosetting SMP and SMP Based Syntactic Foam Programmed by Cold Compression; 3.4.1 Cold-Compression Programming of Thermosetting SMP; 3.4.2 Cold-Compression Programming of Thermosetting SMP Based Syntactic Foam; 3.5 Behavior of Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer Based Syntactic Foam Trained by Hybrid Two-Stage Programming; 3.5.1 Hybrid Two-Stage Programming3.5.2 Free Shape Recovery Test; 3.5.3 Thermomechanical Behavior; 3.5.4 Recovery Sequence and Weak Triple Shape; 3.5.5 Summary; 3.6 Functional Durability of SMP Based Syntactic Foam; 3.6.1 Programming the SMP Based Syntactic Foam; 3.6.2 Environmental Conditioning; 3.6.3 Stress Recovery Test; 3.6.4 Summary; References; 4 Constitutive Modeling of Amorphous Thermosetting Shape Memory Polymer and Shape Memory Polymer Based Syntactic Foam; 4.1 Some Fundamental Relations in the Kinematics of Continuum Mechanics; 4.1.1 Deformation Gradient; 4.1.2 Relation Between Deformation Gradient and Displacement Gradient
• Sommario/riassunto: "We hope this book will provide some background information for readers who are interested in using SMPs for self-healing"--