Web Handling Conference a success.WEB HANDLING CONFERENCE A SUCCESS. The Web Handling Research Center, an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center at Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. , held its Eighth International Conference on Web Handling June 5-8, 2005. The center sponsors the Conference every two years as a means to advance the knowledge base in web handling and to provide engineers and researchers a forum to exchange ideas, present technological advances and discuss future directions This year's conference (IWEB2005) included three keynote speakers and a focus on the web handling topics of Lateral Mechanics and Wrinkling, Air Entrainment Air entrainment is the intentional creation of tiny air bubbles in concrete. The bubbles are introduced into the concrete by the addition to the mix of an air entraining agent, a surfactant (surface-active substance, a type of chemical that includes detergents). and Traction Traction Definition Traction is the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders. Purpose Traction is usually applied to the arms and legs, the neck, the backbone, or the pelvis. , Tension Control and Winding with a best paper award presented for each topic. For more information, contact Linda Rogers Linda Rogers (born 10 October 1944) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Port Alice, British Columbia. A past president of the League of Canadian Poets and the Federation of BC Writers she lives in Victoria, British Columbia. , coordinator, web handling research center, Oklahoma State University, Phone:+1 405-744-9217, email: rogerlm@okstate.edu, Web: www.engext.okstate.edu. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ABOUT THE AUTHOR The WorldWatch section in Solutions! magazine is written by Sara M. Scharpf, a writer based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh is a city located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,916. It has a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. , USA. Contact her by email at sara@sgrpi.com. |
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