ENGINEERING 100W LAB ASSIGNMENT Dr Thalia Anagnos Objectives of Assignment Inform your boss at EnvironSJ about research in Antarctica and how that research is important to company goals Compile information from multiple sources and create a useful concise organized summary Cite Sources and use quotes correctly Background Dr Jeanne Linsdell Director of Technical Communications for the College of Engineering spoke on Friday October 31 about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and the importance of Antarctica in understanding our environment In her presentation she talked about the many multi national multi disciplinary research projects underway in Antarctica Examples are a project to evaluate the hole in the ozone layer another to drill more than three kilometers into the ice to obtain an 800 000 to one million year record of chemical compounds in the atmosphere and a third to test the viability of wind power in Antarctica In addition to attending her talk you were asked to read several articles and web sites about current research projects on the southern continent Assignment On November 14 Thalia Anagnos President of EnvironSJ your boss is going to be giving a presentation to the Board of Directors on future business opportunities for the company She believes that research and consulting opportunities in Antarctica will continue to grow and that EnvironSJ has the expertise to contribute to some of this exciting work To help her prepare she has asked you to write a summary report that gives an overview of key issues She needs enough detail in your summary so that she can draw from it for her presentation She has asked you to include why Antarctica is so important to our understanding of Earth and the environment a short summary of at least two environmental issues being investigated in Antarctica and identification of expertise at EnvironSJ that would support this research for example our Aerospace Engineering Department has expertise in satellite design which would be useful for remote sensing and data collection Refer to your notes and feel free to include quotes from the speaker or other resources A variety of resources related to Antarctica can be found on the class web site www engr sjsu edu tanagnos ENGR100W click on Assignments Guidelines The assignment must be turned in at the end of this class period and a copy MUST BE TURNED INTO TURNITIN COM Complete the memo with 12 point Times Roman font 1 and line spacing and 1 inch margins 1 Write a memo from you to your boss that addresses the points listed 2 Number your pages 3 Use headings to separate sections of your memo 4 Cite references in APA style 5 Include a References section at the end of your memo with properly formatted references Page 1 ENGINEERING 100W LAB ASSIGNMENT Grading Introduction giving memo purpose and scope Discussion of why Antarctic research is important Summary of at least two environmental research areas in Antarctica Conclusions providing recommendations about EnvironSJ expertise References properly cited and plagiarism avoided Correct grammar spelling and punctuation Total Dr Thalia Anagnos 2 3 3 3 2 2 15 points References Linsdell J 2009 October 31 Antarctica Presentation Lecture notes from ENGR 100w lecture at San Jose State University Page 2
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