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History of Black Writing (HBW) Blog, 2011-2021
(The Project on the History of Black Writing, University of Kansas, 2025-08) Project on the History of Black Writing
The HBW Blog published regularly for ten years from 2011-2021 at the URL https://projecthbw.ku.edu. During that time, it served as a major forum for the exchange of information and ideas, as well as a robust network for scholars, teachers, and students from different disciplines around the world.
ASSESSMENT OF ULTRA-HIGH TOUGHNESS STEEL FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES
(University of Kansas, 2023-12-31) Wagley, Sulok
Two- and three-girder bridge systems offer initial cost benefits, but federal regulations classify many of their elements as nonredundant steel tension members (NSTM), formerly called as fracture critical (FC) members, due to concerns over potential failures. This NSTM status necessitates costly biennial "arm’s length" inspections to mitigate fracture risks. In search for alternatives, ultra-high toughness (UHT) steels have emerged as promising candidates, potentially eliminating the need for the NSTM classification. In the current study, three distinct UHT steels were identified for evaluation. The initial phase of the research involved evaluating the effect of interpass temperature on weld metal behavior. This was followed by the initial material characterization, where Charpy V-Notch (CVN) impact tests were conducted on the base metal, weld metal, and heat-affected zone of each steel to assess their impact toughness. The findings from the CVN tests of the candidate steels have been documented, shedding light on the material’s behavior and its potential for future bridge constructions. This investigation sets the groundwork for further in-depth research into the broader applications and benefits of UHT steels in bridge systems.
From the Battlefield to the Exhibit Hall: The Ethical Display and Interpretation of Enemy Combatant Objects in U.S. History Museums
(Museum Studies Program, University of Kansas, 2025-05-10) Wilkinson, Luke
This paper investigates ethical methods of displaying and interpreting enemy combatant objects in American historical museums. Enemy objects present museum practitioners with unique questions and ethical challenges which are not addressed by standard museum operating guidelines. The objective of this study is to raise key questions and suggest procedures for museums to determine how to display and interpret these “difficult” objects. This project uses the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, as a case study. The museum’s exhibits were evaluated, and structured interviews were conducted with four experienced staff members representing the fields of curation, exhibitions, and education. The findings from this study reveal a shift in the museum industry, in line with contemporary historiography, which moves away from traditional interpretations of the war and instead emphasizes the global nature of the conflict as well as the experiences of individuals, both combatants and civilians. This analysis is synthesized with published research to show how enemy objects should be presented in the context of everyday life and contextualized to emphasize the humanity of individual soldiers among the defeated belligerents. Representing the experiences of soldiers and civilians of the Central Powers reveals that they suffered many similar physical and emotional hardships as their Allied counterparts.
Zen Philosophy of Spiritual Development: Insights about Human Development and Spiritual Diversity for Social Work Education
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-09-27) Canda, Edward R.; Gomi, Sachiko
This article explores Zen Buddhist philosophy of spiritual development by examining one of the most common representations within the Zen Buddhist religious tradition, the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, which illustrate both religiously and culturally specific ideas and cross-culturally common themes. Interpretations from the standpoints of Zen philosophy, Jungian and transpersonal theories, and dialogue with Christian theology show their relevance to teaching about human development, Zen oriented social practice, and Buddhist derived clinical practices such as mindfulness. Some educational activities are suggested.
3D Seismic Characterization of the Arbuckle Group in the Wellington Field, South-Central Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2025-08-27) Tsiboe, Mary Ama
The Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Arbuckle Group in the Wellington Field, south-central Kansas, a saline aquifer used for wastewater disposal, is a potential candidate for carbon sequestration operations in the U.S. Mid-continent region. It is composed primarily of dolostones and some incursion of detrital clays which have considerable porosity, modified by dolomitization, karsting, fracturing, and hydrothermal alteration. This study focuses on the seismic characterization of the Arbuckle by utilizing 2016 reprocessed 3D poststack and prestack time migrated (PSTM) seismic data at Wellington Field, covering approximately 23 Km2. It incorporates borehole measurements from KGS 1-32 and KGS 1-28, and core data from KGS 1-32. A Stratigraphic Modified Lorenz Plot (SMLP) was generated from KGS 1-32 core data within the approximately 300 m Arbuckle interval and identified 26 flow units with varying thicknesses from 0.43 m to 53.3 m. These flow units were subsequently grouped into 10 major hydraulic zones to match the vertical resolution of the seismic data which is approximately 30 m. The seismic analysis revealed karst features, two intra-Arbuckle unconformities, and small offset faults with predominant orientations; north-northeast to south-southwest (NNE- SSW) being dominant and a few in the northwest-southeast (NW-SE) aligning with the structural orientation of the Precambrian basement of Kansas (Baars, 1995). The study also involved model-based poststack and simultaneous seismic inversion methods to correlate seismic interpretations with well data-derived petrophysical properties of the Arbuckle. A major baffle unit (Zone 3) identified from core data matched a high impedance zone in the p-impedance volumes generated from both inversion methods. The simultaneous inversion method revealed more heterogeneity within the Arbuckle. Five permeable Zones, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 matched the low impedance areas from the simultaneous inversion p- impedance, with Zone 2 in Upper Arbuckle, Zone 6 in Mid Arbuckle and the remaining in Lower Arbuckle (Figure 1). An average porosity volume was generated using KGS 1-32 and KGS 1-28 average well logs from sonic, neutron and density porosity logs, acoustic impedance from seismic inversion and probabilistic neural network techniques. Using a porosity limit of 4.3%, geobodies were extracted from high and low porosity zones which helped in understanding the spatial coverage of the reservoir and baffle zones within the Arbuckle (Figure 2). The density of CO₂ predicted using the NIST web database was higher within the lower Arbuckle at 623.56 Kg/m3 compared to the Upper Arbuckle at 26.63 Kg/m3.This showed that CO₂ reaches supercritical conditions in the Lower Arbuckle, which is more efficient for CO₂ storage, and maximizes the amount of CO₂ that can be stored in the available pore volume. The Flow zones, karst, faults and geobodies extracted improved the understanding of the heterogeneity of the Arbuckle Group in the Wellington Field.