do something GREAT thread

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we don't have a thread for all the great things that have come out of theOSU. we'll use this for that and general discussion.

recent release in regard to alt energy.

The Columbus Dispatch : OSU scientists advance hydrogen fuel-cell prospects

OSU scientists advance hydrogen fuel-cell prospects
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:04 PM
By Kevin Mayhood


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Researchers at Ohio State University say they've found a way to ratchet down the cost of creating efficient, affordable fuel-cell technology. On a wall inside a third-floor room in Koffolt Lab hangs a collection of lines and tubes tied to a converter that turns ethanol and water into hydrogen gas.
"To put this in a gas station, we're not there yet," said Umit Ozkan, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering who leads the research.
But inside this contraption is a huge cost savings.

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Cerium, like all rare-earth metals, is of low to moderate toxicity. Cerium is a strong reducing agent and ignites spontaneously in air at 65 to 80 ?C (150 to 175 ?F). Fumes from cerium fires are toxic. Water should not be used to stop cerium fires, as cerium reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas. Workers exposed to cerium have experienced itching, sensitivity to heat, and skin lesions. Animals injected with large doses of cerium have died due to cardiovascular collapse.

I recall that cerium is hydraphoric, meaning it burns in the presence of air. There could be a few safety precautions with this new process.

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96th FTS NCO dies

9/4/2008 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A Laughlin master sergeant assigned to the 96th Flying Training Squadron died of an apparent heart attack Monday night at Val Verde Regional Medical Center.

Services will be held in Columbus, Ohio Monday for Master Sergeant Mark Seward. A memorial service at Laughlin is planned for 4:45 p.m. Sept. 10 in Memorial Plaza. Attendees are asked to be in place by 4:30 p.m.

Sergeant Seward, a Reservist on active duty, was assigned to the 96th FTS as chief of personnel programs, where his squadron commander said his loss is deeply felt.

"Mark was a part of the 96th family of Airmen and epitomized the credo,
Wingman, Leader, Warrior. He loved the Air Force, was an outstanding Airman and will be severely missed. He passed through this life doing what he loved and he and his family will continually be in our hearts, thoughts and prayers," said Lt. Col. Perry Peter, 96th FTS commander.

He entered active duty May 6, 1985 as a personnel specialist and left active duty in 1995 when he entered the Air Force Reserves. Sergeant Seward's past assignments include Randolph and Lackland Air Force Bases; Southwest Asia; George and Beale Air Force Bases, Calif. and Comiso Air Base, Sicily.

Sergeant Seward attended Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio. He is also a graduate of the Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Lackland.

Sergeant Seward's military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one silver oak leaf cluster, Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with one device and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

He is survived by his wife Lisa Seward and daughter Izabella.

http://www.legacy.com/sanantonio/Obi...onID=117117568

Mark J. Seward

MSgt Mark Jerome Seward born January 30, 1963, in Columbus, OH went home to be with the Lord on September 1, 2008, at the age of 45. Mark married his beloved wife Lisa M. Quintanilla on May 6, 2000, in San Antonio, TX. He was active duty in the US Air Force and was currently stationed at Laughlin AFB, TX. Mark loved being in the military and served over 22 years, he was looking forward to retirement. He was a huge Ohio State Fan. His pride and joy was his daughter and he enjoyed watching her play sports. Mark loved his family and his friends and will be greatly missed by all. He is survived by his wife Lisa M. Quintanilla-Seward; daughter Izabella Constance Seward; sons Mark Seward, Jr., and Demetrius J. Seward; mother Rubye Seward; sister-in-law Sylvia Crayton and husband Gary; mother-in-law Connie Quintanilla and husband Eddie; brother-in-law Jesse Quintanilla; nephews Jonah, Jeremiah and Joshua Crayton and Nicolas Quintanilla. SERVICES Funeral and burial services will be in Columbus Ohio. A memorial service will be Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM at St. Dominic's Catholic Church. Brookehill Funeral Home.

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The Columbus Dispatch : OSU lands strong freshman class

OSU lands strong freshman class

Monday, September 15, 2008 3:25 PM
By Bill Bush


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio State University's trend of attracting more academically qualified freshman continued this year, the university reported today.
The university projects the size of the class will slip from 6,110 last year, possibly to 6,050 this fall, but both the average ACT and SAT scores of those freshman will be higher.
The average ACT composite score rose from 27 to a projected 27.3; the average SAT composite score rose from 1220 to a projection between 1225-1230.
More than half of the new freshman (54 percent) were in the top 10 percent of their high school academically, up from 26 percent in 1997, the university said. More than nine out of 10 (91 percent) were in the top 25 percent of their high-school graduating class, up from 57 percent in 1997.
The numbers have been steadily improving over the last decade.

• Other new-freshman stats:
• Gender breakdown: 50% male/50% female
• In-state students: 81-82%
• From central Ohio (Franklin and contiguous counties): 21-22%
• Racial minorities: 15-16%
• Racial minorities from central Ohio: 19-20%
• First-generation college students: 19-20%

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One alum and one professor

Crossville Chronicle, Crossville, TN - Crossville native promoted to brigadier general

Crossville native promoted to brigadier general

Smith was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry through Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at Ohio State University in 1983. He started his career in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, NC, where he served as Mortar and Scout Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and Battalion Air Operations Officer.

Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net

Ann Hamilton, 52, of Columbus, Ohio, a professor of art at Ohio State University and one of contemporary art?s most influential voices, is among five distinguished Americans selected to receive one of the $250,000 awards, presented by the Heinz Family Foundation.

Professor Hamilton is also a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" Fellowship

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Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

One alum and one professor

Crossville Chronicle, Crossville, TN - Crossville native promoted to brigadier general



Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net



Professor Hamilton is also a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" Fellowship

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Ohio State Alums Deliver Aid To Georgians In Need - News - nbc4i.com -

Ohio State Alums Deliver Aid To Georgians In Need

The leaders on the USS McFaul are both graduates of The Ohio State University.


"Literally, this was just a matter of being at the right place at the right time," said the ship's commanding officer and Ohio State alumni Timothy Schorr.


Schorr said his sailors were on a routine deployment in the eastern Mediterranean when the fighting began in Georgia.


"This is one of those opportunities where we actually get to conduct an operation that's worthwhile -- delivering humanitarian aid," said Lt. Commander Timothy Gibboney, the ship's executive officer, also an OSU alumni.

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The Columbus Dispatch : Rock the universe

SCIENCE
Rock the universe
Ohio State scientists join international effort to study origin of, well, everything
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:37 AM
By Kevin Mayhood


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
MARTIAL TREZZINI | KEYSTONE VIA AP
The first protons were fired Sept. 10 through the 17-mile tunnel inside the Large Hadron Collider below the ground near Geneva, Switzerland.

Adam Alexander | DISPATCH
OSU researchers Jason Gilmore and Stan Durkin show a mock-up of a section of the Compact Muon Solenoid, shown at right, a detector that's looking for a particle that no one has ever seen.

MARTIAL TREZZINI | KEYSTONE VIA AP
The magnet core of the Compact Muon Solenoid is one piece of the thousands that make up the collider. Scientists say big discoveries will likely unfold over the next few months.

Photo courtesy ohio state university


Photo courtesy ohio state university
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Thousands of scientists around the world are watching to see whether a giant machine buried deep in the ground near the French-Swiss border will deliver as advertised and peel back the very fabric of the universe to reveal a host of secrets kept mum since the big bang.

"Depending on what they find, it could change nothing or it could change everything," said Glenn Starkman, a theoretical physicist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Everything about the Large Hadron Collider is gargantuan. The cost ($8 billion), the size (it contains a 17-mile-long collision tunnel) and the gizmos (they are using an 80-megapixel camera).
Perhaps only its goals are larger. Scientists want to blast down to the most fundamental forms of matter and find the set of rules that everything in the universe -- down to subatomic particles -- lives by.
"Such understanding can open doors to knowledge and applications that we can't even conceive of right now," Ohio State University physicist Thomas Humanic wrote in an e-mail last week from Switzerland, where the collider was built.


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Ohio State alum (B.S. in engineering) was the lead designer of GM's much anticipated "Green Car."

Roadtrip ? Filipino-American Gary Ruiz designs GM’s Green Car

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a wiki page so
List of Ohio State University people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
list of alumni including pulitzer prize winners, nobel laureates, business tycoons, inventors, philanthropist, entertainers, politicians, astronauts, athletes and more

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OSU takes on management of Ukraine democracy initiative


OSU takes on management of Ukraine democracy initiative - Business First of Columbus:

Ohio State recently signed a three-year, $4 million contract to operate the Parliamentary Development Project based in Ukraine, which borders Russia on the southwest. The program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development...

The new contract, Wise said, will be aimed at bringing in the executive branch of the Ukrainian government ? a president and a parliament-approved prime minister ? and helping develop a more effective policy system for the country, which still has a divided government with pro-West officials in the minority.

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exec mba named 20th best
EXECUTIVE M.B.A. RANKINGS - WSJ.com

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Canucks name goaltender Luongo as team captain

Luongo, who is in the third year of a four-year deal with the Canucks, was named to the post on Tuesday along with alternates captains Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, Ryan Kesler.

ryan kesler played at ohio state during the 02-03 after playing for the us nationtal team (developmental), he was first round choice, 23rd overall by the canucks.

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OHIO STATE AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTER


Ohio State Awarded Prestigious Materials Research Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) today (9/30) announced that Ohio State would receive funds over six years to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).

Ohio State is already home to another NSF-funded materials-related center, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), which supports research in nanotechnology. Only eight universities nationwide boast both an NSEC and a MRSEC: University of California, Santa Barbara; Cornell University; Harvard University; University of Pennsylvania; Northwestern University; University of Massachusetts; University of Wisconsin; and now Ohio State.

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OHIO STAT ALUM NAMED TO WORLD BANK OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21906171~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~the SitePK:4607,00.html

Crocker (BA 1963) was also a finalist for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in authoring the United Nations Namibian Peace Plan in the late 80s.

ChesterCrocker
Chester A. Crocker is the James R. Schlesinger professor of strategic studies at Georgetown University?s Walsh School of Foreign Service and serves on the board of its Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. Dr. Crocker?s teaching and research focuses on international security and conflict management.

From 1981 to 1989, Dr. Crocker served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He developed the strategy and led the diplomacy that produced the treaties signed by Angola, Cuba, and South Africa in New York in 1988. These agreements resulted in Namibia?s independence (March 1990) and the withdrawal of foreign forces from Namibia and Angola.

Dr. Crocker chaired the board of the United States Institute of Peace (1992-2004) and continues to serve as a director of this independent institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen knowledge and practice in international conflict. He serves on a number of corporate boards and consults as advisor on strategy and negotiation to a number of U.S. and European firms.

Dr. Crocker?s previous professional experience includes service as news editor of Africa Report magazine (1968-69) and staff officer at the National Security Council (1970-72) where he worked on Middle East, Indian Ocean, and African issues. He first joined Georgetown University as director of its Master of Science in Foreign Service program, serving concurrently as associate professor of international relations (1972-80). He served as director of African studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1976-80).

Dr. Crocker lectures and writes on international politics, U.S. foreign policy, conflict management and security issues, and African affairs. He has appeared on numerous television shows, as a keynote speaker at conferences in the U.S., Europe and Africa, and as a witness in Congressional hearings. His book, High Noon in Southern Africa: Making Peace in a Rough Neighborhood, was published by Norton in 1993. He is the co-author of Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases (2004) and co-editor with Fen O. Hampson and Pamela Aall of Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World (2007), Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict (2005), Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict (2001), Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World (1999) and Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict (1996). Born in New York City in 1941, Dr. Crocker received his B.A. degree from Ohio State University (1963), graduating Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in history.

He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University?s School of Advanced International Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the American Academy of Diplomacy.