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Mark your calendars ?? On 10 to 12 June where we are hosting the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Natural Philosophy ?? ? Admission is free, but registration is required. You can find more information on the speakers, the programme, and registration using the link below ?? ? Are you interested in sharing your insights? ??? We're accepting abstract submissions for 30-minute roundtable talks until 28 April. Submit your abstract via the link below ?? #AU #AUengineering #SNP #SNP2024 #NaturalPhilosophy #conference #research

What can we do about #PlasticPollution? 25 University of Exeter & Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) researchers – from a wide range of disciplines – met to discuss the problems and possible solutions The resulting paper is published today https://lnkd.in/evh7xABj The process culminated in the generation of a causal loop diagram, a sort of road map, illustrating the dynamic factors relating to the problems and solutions

You may check out our (Xiao, Cao, Cai, and Han) recent paper entitled "Experimental Investigation of the Evolution of Suffusion in Gap-Graded Arched Soils at Different Soil Arching Ratios" published on the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. This paper looks into the effect of particle loss in gap-graded soil due to seepage on soil arching behavior. https://lnkd.in/gMTyg7kH

Did you know PLU has SIX different master’s (and two doctorate) programs, open to ALL PLU students, no matter what you majored in? Come learn more next week during PLU's Graduate Programs Week! https://lnkd.in/gf4sY3Ds

?? Pleased to announce that my PhD thesis,?Uncanny Windhoek: Mapping the Spatial Logic, Urban Imaginaries, and Hauntings of an African Capital City, is complete.??4 years of work ! A lot of research, particularly on Africa, often remains restricted so I'm incredibly pleased to have this published on open access.? Having spent time in both academia and the practice of architecture and urban design, my research drew on these backgrounds by engaging in the spatial analysis of the city, it's places, and it's history, and the ways ordinary people perceive, use, and ascribe meaning to them. The thesis pilots a methodology that engages non-expert participants in describing and spatially mapping the city and it's power relations. This methodology has applications far beyond Windhoek in examining how modern built environment professions can engage more meaningfully with residents and their everyday lives in the city.? Have a read and share ! ? https://lnkd.in/gsb4mG98

Finishing a PhD is a bit of a weird and drawn-out process when you still have several manuscripts in the publication pipeline. For now, I'm happy to share one of my co-authored papers, recently accepted for a special issue with the Journal of Humanitarian Engineering! In this paper, myself and two colleagues & friends explore what it meant for us to embed a strengths-based approach in our research and practice. In doing so, we discussed our varying perspectives of what it means to be a "humanitarian engineer" and how we live within concepts of power and the influence of coloniality on our various sectors. Check out the link below for the full article! https://lnkd.in/gyiCUqku Stay tuned for more publications in the coming months!

????I am posting a new article, #126, that has the title of: ?“God does not lie – versus – Science does not lie.” It is written in the hope that it will help people to decide to be a Christian and who think that they cannot be a Christian because they believe in what science tells them about the way in which the Bible indicates that Noah’s flood is worldwide, which is not true.?The article is short and only 11 pages long with two figures.? You can access my article at the following link: Nr126Lies2.pdf (csun.edu) Lorence (Larry) Collins?(professor of geology emeritus, CSUN)

I am posting a new article on my website, #125, with the title:?Critique of Hydroplate Theory by Walt Brown.?The word “hydroplate” refers to the “great fountains of the deep” (or springs of the deep) that are mentioned by Moses in Genesis 7:11.?In this theory, Brown suggests that half of the water that is found in the oceans in which Noah’s flood supposedly deposited the sedimentary rocks in the Grand Canyon during the one year of the flood came from a huge volume of free water in the Earth’s crust or upper mantle that was ejected as the “great fountains of the deep” at supersonic speeds through cracks in the Earth’s crust (the mid-ocean spreading centers of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans) and pushed the North and South American continents at high speeds away from the European and African continents.?The idea that a huge volume of free water could exist in the crust or upper mantle to provide such water to the oceans totally disobeys physical laws but is necessary in Brown’s theory because he wants to make what is said in the Bible to be the Word of God and literally true as it is written.?My article explains where he does not know or understand geologic processes. This critique can be accessed at this link. ?Nr125Brown2.pdf (csun.edu) or by going to my website Opposition to Young-Earth Creationism and looking for article number 125. Lorence Collins (professor of geology emeritus, CSUN)

The Winter issue of Landscapes | Paysages is edited by students which is why students, educators and researchers are invited to submit their ideas, draft articles, or abstract for the Winter 2024 issue. Their ideas should be built around the question - what does the future of landscape architecture education look like within the context of these three themes - education, innovation and advocacy Have an idea? Send your pitch ideas by July 31 to: [email protected]