Since its introduction in 1995 by Sun Microsystems, the Java programming language has been widely accepted by the software development community. Besides being a natural fit for Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) based applications, Java is also being used in other diverse application areas due to its simplicity, reduced...
CHARM is a parallel programming language that was originally implemented for a network of workstations each of which has only one processor. In this project, we ported CHARM for a network of workstations each of which has more than one processor (multi-computer) using multithreading to exploit the multiple processors.
Network...
Forest managers in the Blue Mountains, of northeastern Oregon are currently faced with
vast areas of forests with health problems and high fuel loadings. These conditions
resulted from a combination of insect infestations, past management practices and the
elimination of fire from the local ecosystems. These forests are now overstocked,...
Building institutional and human capacity for integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is
increasingly recognized as critical to the future of sustainable development in coastal states.
Agenda 21 of the UNCED conference has underscored the urgency of capacity building for
ICZM as have other international bodies such as the North American...
The product of my internship was a working draft of a land use and master plan
for the SPC to review. The draft is to be used for creating a more comprehensive land use
and zoning master plan. Attempts were made to incorporate input from federal, state,
and local governments,...
Global Graduates/Oregon International Internship Program offered an internship position working in Senegal with the Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) and the Natural Resource Based Agricultural Research (NRBAR). The author of this paper was accepted for this internship and lived and worked in Senegal from October 1 through December 15,...