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    Read more about Supernature: An Introduction to Bionics Projects

    Supernature: An Introduction to Bionics Projects

    Author: Haen Whitmer

    Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press

    Bionics technologies utilize constructs derived from the natural world to inspire the engineering design of the next generation of human function augmentation technologies. This text is a synthesis of the foundational concepts from human anatomy and physiology that underlie bionics with laboratory activities in bionics engineering. Activities in this text include an introduction to coding and using a microcontroller, circuitry, integration of data from body sensors, and additive manufacturing processes.

    Read more about Strength of Materials

    Strength of Materials

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    Authors: Lord, Davison, Richardson, and Dillard

    Publisher: Virginia Tech Press

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    Strength of Materials is a multi-format, __ page open textbook and accompanying problem set intended for use in one-semester introductory undergraduate Mechanics of Materials courses. Mechanics of Materials is an important foundation for students in several disciplines, including mechanical, civil, aerospace, and materials engineering. It is typically completed early in the core engineering curriculum, following Statics, and serves as a prerequisite to more advanced Solid Mechanics courses.

    Read more about Scientific Writing for Publication: A transdisciplinary approach

    Scientific Writing for Publication: A transdisciplinary approach

    Author: Link

    Editors: Nav and Brunner

    Publisher: Oklahoma State University

    This book presents a genre-based approach emphasizing strategies that derive from a field of research focusing on strengthening the language skills of multilingual English speakers. These materials will advance knowledge across disciplines as they help graduate student writers to grow as writers and move closer to their publication goals.

    Read more about Communication for College, Career, and Civic Life

    Communication for College, Career, and Civic Life

    Authors: McGeough, Rudick, McGeough, and Golsan

    Publisher: Iowa State University

    To address the challenges facing us as a society and a species, students must develop a robust set of skills, ethics, and dispositions that help them work with others to promote justice, peace, and equity. This OER, in promoting a robust set of communication skills, will serve as a foundational preparation for students who want to be successful in their education, careers, and civic lives.

    Read more about Biology 2E, Part I

    Biology 2E, Part I - 2nd Edition

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    Authors: Choi, Clark, and Douglas

    Publisher: LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network

    License: CC BY

    The target audience for this project and this textbook are dual enrollment students. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time. A dual enrollment student receives credit on both their high school and college transcripts for the same course.

    Read more about Social Action Writing: Public Narratives and Methods of Community

    Social Action Writing: Public Narratives and Methods of Community

    Authors: Latta, Chan-Brose, and Ryan

    Publisher: PALNI

    Social Action Writing: Public Narratives and Methods of Community explores the ways writing and other literacies can catalyze social change and foster community development. This text situates writing instruction within the disciplinary perspective of community literacy (Campano, Ghiso, & Welch, 2016). It showcases methods of combining literacy-based practices with asset-based community development approaches to strengthen writing abilities and generate organic community empowerment capacity. Through the combination of theory and practice, Social Action Writing: Public Literacies and Methods of Community Empowerment addresses a current need for a comprehensive resource guide within the growing discipline of community literacy. Social Action Writing approaches writing as a social action and positions writing instruction through community-engaged and experiential pedagogies. Additionally, the work explains and demonstrates the connections between writing, research, and community empowerment and development methods. This text provides a “toolkit” to use literacy-based methods of collaborative and humanizing inquiry so that communities may foster progress and address social concerns through asset-focused practices. Similar to the interdisciplinary nature of community literacy, this text draws from the disciplinary perspectives of writing studies (Deans, 2002; Parks, 2016), social sciences, asset-based community development (McKnight, 2013), and humanizing research methodologies (Paris & Winn, 2014). Social Action Writing connects writing and collaborative inquiry with real-world outcomes by balancing theory, research, and action-oriented applications. This text prepares students and practitioners to harness high-impact community engaged learning and literacy approaches to generate organic and equitable change.