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Jing Zhang

Zhang, Jing. Field Activated Sintering Technology: Multi-Physics Phenomena Modeling: A Coupled Thermal-electrical-densification Framework. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010. The field activated sintering technique (FAST) is a powder consolidation process via the application of pulsed current and pressure. Compared with … Continue reading

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Wilford Weeks

Weeks, W. F. On Sea Ice. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 2010. On Sea Ice provides an exploration of our current state of knowledge of the natural history of sea ice; the ice that forms in the sea by … Continue reading

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Anupma Prakash

Stracher, Glenn B., Anupma Prakash, and Ellina V. Sokol, Editors. Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective. Kidlington, Oxford: Elsevier, 2011. Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective is a compelling collection of research conducted by scientists and engineers around … Continue reading

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Frank Soos

Soos, Frank, and Margo Klass. Double Moon: Constructions and Conversation. China; Boreal Books, 2009. (Note: this book was over looked last year, and is being included in this year’s celebration even though it was published in 2009). At the heart … Continue reading

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Margo Klass

Soos, Frank, and Margo Klass. Double Moon: Constructions and Conversation. China; Boreal Books, 2009. (Note: this book was over looked last year, and is being included in this year’s celebration even though it was published in 2009). At the heart … Continue reading

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Richard Seifert

Seifert, Richard DA Solar Design Manual for Alaska: Building Towards the Ultimate, Net-Zero-Energy, Passive Solar Alaska Home. 4th edition. Fairbanks, AK: Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010. This new manual will have much-improved chapters on all of the … Continue reading

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Ned Rozell

Rozell, Ned. Finding Mars. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, 2011. Finding Mars is the story of Kenji Yoshikawa, a wanderlust boy who became a scientist craving to know the world. Yoshikawa, a permafrost researchers at the University of Alaska, … Continue reading

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Jenifer Huang McBeath

McBeath, Gerald and Jenifer Huang McBeath. Environmental Change and Food Security in China. New York, NY: Springer. 2010. With 22 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its arable land, China’s food situation is a matter of … Continue reading

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Gerald McBeath

McBeath, Gerald and Jenifer Huang McBeath. Environmental Change and Food Security in China. New York, NY: Springer. 2010. With 22 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its arable land, China’s food situation is a matter of … Continue reading

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David Koester

Koester, D., V. V. Petrasheva and T. S. Degai, Editors. Church, Faith and Contemporary Life: Remembrances and Stories from Tigil. Petropavlovsk: Novaia Kniga, 2010. This book is based on audio recorded interviews conducted in the village of Tigil, Kamchatka, in … Continue reading

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