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Item Open Access Introduction to Process Simulation with Aspen Plus: Instructor's Guide(2024-06) Okolie, Jude A.; Rogachuk, Brooke E.Process simulation entails the representation of a chemical process by using mathematical equations. Process simulation in Aspen Plus offers the advantages of optimizing plant performance, reducing operational costs, and improving product quality through precise modeling and analysis of chemical processes. This book was written as an educational material to help Chemical/ Environmental/Process Engineering students working on their capstone project to learn more about process design. Capstone courses are designed to help students understand process design, preliminary economic assessment and process plant optimization. The book delves into the fundamentals of process design and offers practical examples for easy understanding. This book was used with ENGR 3440, mentored research course on process design at the University of Oklahoma.Item Open Access Navigating the Arts(2024-06) Colombari, Lucia; Juliano-Lykins, CatherineNavigating the Arts delves into the visual elements and principles of design throughout art history and is tailored for classroom use. It aims to deepen students’ understanding of these concepts and their application across different artistic forms, fostering critical thinking and visual literacy. The accessible language, logical structure, clear objectives, and wealth of examples and images make this journal an ideal tool for everyone interested in developing class discussions on how to understand and interpret images. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License.Item Open Access Biomedical Engineering Lab Manual, Volume 2(2023-08) Breen, SarahThe lab manual was written as the second installment that coincides with two lab courses taught at the University of Oklahoma (BME3171, BME3181). These courses are designed to provide Biomedical Engineering students with lab skills and experience in biomedical engineering research and clinical techniques. This manual is used with BME3181 Biomedical Engineering Lab 2 and the following wet lab topics are covered in this lab manual; bioimaging, cell culture, tissue engineering, live-dead and DNA assays.Item Open Access Biomedical Engineering Lab Manual, Volume 1(2022-12) Breen, Sarah;The lab manual was written as the first installment that coincides with two lab courses taught at the University of Oklahoma (BME3171, BME3181). These courses are designed to provide Biomedical Engineering students with lab skills and experience in biomedical engineering research and clinical techniques. This manual is used with BME3171 Lab 1 and the following topics are covered in this lab manual; functional human models, musculoskeletal lever systems, bioimaging (ultrasound), bioelectricity (electromyography), & uni-axial testing.Item Open Access Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook(2021-06-14) Burstein, Sarah; Wasserman Rajec, Sarah R.; Sawicki, AndresPatent Law: An Open-Access Casebook is a comprehensive casebook covering all the fundamentals of the United States patent system. It is designed to be used as the primary text in a 3-credit or 4-credit patent law course. Any portion of the casebook may also, of course, be used separately. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. If you are interested in preparing a derivative work, please contact the authors.Item Open Access Measurement and Instrumentation: An Introduction to Concepts and Methods, 1st Edition(2020-08) Dyer, John W.; Davis, Chad E.Measurement and instrumentation are fundamental elements of many engineering projects. From research, to development, to manufacturing, to user products, engineers are constantly needing to measure things: brightness of a light, dimensions of an object, separation between things, frequency content, stress, strain, pressure, voltage, etc. In the real world measuring systems are not perfect, so the results of a measurement are only an estimate of the true value. Instrumentation for making measurements relies on some fundamental assumptions to ensure the veracity of the measurements. Some key elements are: bandwidth, sampling rate, dynamic range, sensor type, etc. This text discusses the basic concepts of what a measurement is, how the instrumentation chosen (or developed) can affect the measurement, and how to deal with the measurement error that is in all instrumentation systems. Topics include data acquisition, signal conditioning, sensor types, and measurement noise and its various noise distributions. The text concludes with three user projects that bring together these topics into an informative work that reinforces the theory.Item Open Access Arban Expansion Pack: Classic Exercises Adapted for Today's Musician. 1st edition(2020) Stock, MattFirst published circa 1859 Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn is an integral part of the practice routines of trumpeters around the globe. The First Studies, which stress an even tone and attack in the middle register are among the most frequently assigned exercises in our studies. This book expands on Arban’s work by presenting these exercises in tonal patterns that we frequently encounter in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Item Open Access Electromechanical Systems(2018-12-19) Davis, ChadThis eBook was written as the third installment in the series that coincide with three engineering courses taught at the University of Oklahoma (ENGR 2431, ENGR 2531, and ENGR 3431). These courses were designed to provide non-major students – those not majoring in electrical or computer engineering (ECE) – a foundation in various ECE topics. ENGR 2431 is a prerequisite for both ENGR 2531 and ENGR 3431 and it is recommended that the DC Circuits book be studied prior to beginning the eBooks created for the other two courses. The following topics are covered in this book: LabVIEW Overview Module 1 – Number Systems and Character Encoding Module 2 – Digital Logic Module 3 – Measurement and Instrumentation Overview Module 4 – Sensors Module 5 – Power Systems Module 6 – Electric Machines Module 7 – Computer Communications Appendix A – Step by Step Guide to Digital, Analog, and Counter IOs in a DAQItem Open Access MATH 1503: College Algebra Textbook(2018-08) Haskins, CaseyThis textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1503 during the fall semester of 2018. This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11759/latest MATH 1523 Course Description: Prerequisite: 0123 at OU, or satisfactory score on the placement test, or, for incoming freshmen direct from high school, satisfactory score on the ACT/SAT. Review of basic algebraic skills such as multiplying and factoring polynomials, rational expressions, linear equations and inequalities, exponents and radicals, absolute values. Other topics include the concept, notation, and algebra of functions, functions of linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic type, systems of equations. A student may not receive credit for this course and 1643.Item Open Access MATH 1523: Precalculus Textbook(2018-08) Andrews, CandaceThis textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1523 during the fall semester of 2018. It is a modified version of the OpenStax Precalculus textbook. The original version of this book is available for free at: http://cnx.org/content/col11667/latest MATH 1523 Course Description: Prerequisite: 1503 at OU, or satisfactory score on the placement test, or, for incoming freshmen direct from high school, satisfactory score on the ACT/SAT. Review of function concepts. Topics covered include properties of functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and their inverses by unit circle and triangle approaches, trigonometric equations and identities, simple conic sections, polar coordinates, Demoivre’s theorem, discrete algebra, induction, limits and continuity.Item Open Access Change, Challenge, and Creativity in the Workplace(2017) Nash, Susan SmithThis book involves learning about oneself in order to be flexible and adaptable in a rapidly changing world. It contains worksheets for developing responses to challenging situations and it also contains a significant section dedicated to biography and autobiography. The goal is to become more observant and self-aware as a cognitive strategy for succeeding in challenging times.Item Open Access Graduate Research and Writing Guide(2016) Nash, Susan SmithThis book contains worksheets, guides, and tips for conducting literature reviews, planning and drafting articles and papers, revising your research papers, and making sure that everything is in the correct style (APA) and cited correctly. This book focuses on learning practical analytical skills as well as discursive techniques for graduate school.Item Open Access Antología Abierta De Literatura Hispana(2017-04) Ward, Julie AnnUna antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta incluir voces marginadas. Cada texto tiene una introducción y anotaciones creadas por estudiantes. // A critical anthology of literary texts from the Spanish-speaking world. A focus on canonical authors and an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized. Each text includes an introduction and annotations created by students.Item Open Access DC Circuits(Davis, Chad, 2016-08-08) Davis, Chad; Davis, Chad; University of Oklahoma Libraries Alternative Textbook GrantThis book covers Direct Current (DC) circuit theory and is broken up into three modules. Module 1 covers the basics for circuits that include DC sources (voltage or current) and resistors. Even though Module 1 is not very difficult, it forms the foundation for more complicated topics in modules 2 and 3 so it is important to have a firm grasp of all Module 1 topics before moving on. Module 2 covers more difficult problem solving techniques for circuits that include only DC sources and resistors. Module 3 introduces capacitors and inductors. These non-linear reactive components are analyzed in the transient and steady state regions in circuits with DC sources in Module 3. Also annexed is a two-page cheat sheet that ENGR 2431 students at University of Oklahoma can use for exams.Item Open Access Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R): 3rd Edition(2017-08-18) Jenkins-Smith, Hank C.; Ripberger, Joseph T.; Copeland, Gary; Nowlin, Matthew C.; Hughes, Tyler; Fister, Aaron L.; Wehde, WesleyThe focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or introductory and intermediate graduate-level courses. The first part of the book introduces the scientific method, then covers research design, measurement, descriptive statistics, probability, inference, and basic measures of association. The second part of the book covers bivariate and multiple linear regression using the ordinary least squares, the calculus and matrix algebra that are necessary for understanding bivariate and multiple linear regression, the assumptions that underlie these methods, and then provides a short introduction to generalized linear models. The book fully embraces the open access and open source philosophies. The book is freely available in the SHAREOK repository; it is written in R Markdown files that are available in a public GitHub repository; it uses and teaches R and RStudio for data analysis, visualization and data management; and it uses publicly available survey data (from the Meso-Scale Integrated Socio-geographic Network) to illustrate important concepts and methods. We encourage students to download the data, replicate the examples, and explore further! We also encourage instructors to download the R Markdown files and modify the text for use in different courses.Item Open Access AC Circuits(2017-01-07) Davis, ChadThis eBook was written as the sequel to the eBook titled DC Circuits, which was written in 2016 by Chad Davis. This eBook covers Alternating Current (AC) circuit theory as well us a brief introduction of electronics. It is broken up into seven modules. Module 1 covers the basic theory of AC signals. Since only DC sources are used in the first eBook, details of AC signals such as sinusoidal waveforms (or sine waves), square waves, and triangle waves are provided. Module 2, titled AC Circuits Math Background, covers the mathematics background needed for solving AC circuit problems. The background material in Modules 1 and 2 are combined in Module 3 to solve circuits with AC sources that include resistors, inductors, and capacitors (RLC circuits).