Online course development and the resulting effect on the classroom are important current topics for contemporary educators in diverse fields. The chapters in this book address these topics specifically for chemistry educators. The authors in this book address questions such as what pedagogical decisions are made in creating online courses and how do they differ from the pedagogical decisions made in on-campus teaching? Furthermore, where can overlap between the two be used effectively? Answers to important questions like these help us better understand how to execute successful online courses. They can also help us better understand how to bring the fruits of online courses back to on-campus chemistry courses. Each chapter makes a unique and important contribution to this better understanding.

The second edition (1997) of this text was a completely rewritten version of the original text Basic Coastal Engineering published in 1978. This third edition makes several corrections, improvements and additions to the second edition. Basic Coastal Engineering is an introductory text on wave mechanics and coastal processes along with fundamentals that underline the practice of coastal engineering. This book was written for a senior or first postgraduate course in coastal engineering. It is also suitable for self study by anyone having a basic engineering or physical science background. The level of coverage does not require a math or fluid mechanics background beyond that presented in a typical undergraduate civil or mechanical engineering curriculum. The material p- sented in this text is based on the author's lecture notes from a one-semester course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Texas A&M University, and George Washington University, and a senior elective course at Lehigh University. The text contains examples to demonstrate the various analysis techniques that are presented and each chapter (except the first and last) has a collection of problems for the reader to solve that further demonstrate and expand upon the text material. Chapter 1 briefly describes the coastal environment and introduces the re- tively new field of coastal engineering. Chapter 2 describes the two-dimensional characteristics of surface waves and presents the small-amplitude wave theory to support this description.

Wind erosion has such a pervasive influence on environmental and agricultural matters that academic interest in it has been continuous for several decades. However, there has been a tendency for the resulting publications to be scattered widely in the scientific litera ture and consequently to provide a less coherent resource than might otherwise be hoped for. In particular, cross-reference between the literature on desert and coastal morphology, on the deterioration of wind affected soils, and on the process mechanics of the grain/air flow system has been disappointing. A successful workshop on "The Physics of Blown Sand," held in Aarhus in 1985, took a decisive step in collecting a research community with interests spanning geomorphology and grain/wind process mechanics. The identification of that Community was reinforced by the Binghampton Symposium on Aeolian Geomorphology in 1986 and has been fruitful in the development of a number of international collaborations. The objectives of the pre sent workshop, which was supported by a grant from the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, were to take stock of the progress in the five years to 1990 and to extend the scope of the community to include soil deterioration (and dust release) and those beach processes which link with aeolian activity on the coast."

The second edition (1997) of this text was a completely rewritten version of the original text Basic Coastal Engineering published in 1978. This third edition makes several corrections, improvements and additions to the second edition. Basic Coastal Engineering is an introductory text on wave mechanics and coastal processes along with fundamentals that underline the practice of coastal engineering. This book was written for a senior or first postgraduate course in coastal engineering. It is also suitable for self study by anyone having a basic engineering or physical science background. The level of coverage does not require a math or fluid mechanics background beyond that presented in a typical undergraduate civil or mechanical engineering curriculum. The material p- sented in this text is based on the author's lecture notes from a one-semester course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Texas A&M University, and George Washington University, and a senior elective course at Lehigh University. The text contains examples to demonstrate the various analysis techniques that are presented and each chapter (except the first and last) has a collection of problems for the reader to solve that further demonstrate and expand upon the text material. Chapter 1 briefly describes the coastal environment and introduces the re- tively new field of coastal engineering. Chapter 2 describes the two-dimensional characteristics of surface waves and presents the small-amplitude wave theory to support this description.

Woven throughout the colorful history of corn production are multitudes of individuals - farmers, mechanical inventors, scientists, etc. - who have created the deep and fascinating fabric of corn history. In a special 1992 edition, TIME Magazine described corn hybridization as "one of mankind's greatest achievements in the last 1,000 years." "Kernels of Corn History," authored by fifth-generation Iowa farmer Steve Kenkel and South Dakota author/publisher Loretta Sorensen, brings together the story of 18 Iowa hybrid seed corn companies and detailed information about development of early corn farming implements those farmers used. The book also contains a pictorial tour of Kenkel's one-of-a-kind corn museum which grew out of his research efforts. The book is the outgrowth of 10 years of work Kenkel began in 2003 with a search for information about Iowa's Shelby County hybrid seed corn companies. Readers will enjoy a snapshot of the history of some innovative farmers and equipment manufacturers who have helped create the captivating history of growing corn in America.