The elastic modulus of two-dimensional random fibre networks is determined for structures in which, the degree of cross-linking is varied. The relationship between the network parameters – fibre axial and bending stiffness, fibre density and degree of cross-linking – and the overall elastic modulus is discussed and presented in terms of a master curve. It is shown that master curves for sparsel...

In 1999, Fabio Coppedè joined Prof. Lucia Migliore’s group at the Department of Human and Environmental Sciences of the University of Pisa for the preparation of his Master Degree thesis in Biological Sciences. In that period he worked on oxidative DNA damage and genetic susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. In 2000, he was the recipient of a “Mobility Grant” from the University of Pisa and ha...

The University of Tennessee [UT] at Knoxville initiated the innovative dual degree program in the fall of 2001. Its focus is to integrate the skills and knowledge of students studying both engineering and business, and to direct those skills to product development. It permits students, in 23 months, to obtain a Master of Business Administration [MBA] degree and a Master of Science [MS] degree i...

Through the reform of current postgraduate training mode and way mentoring teaching, such as increasing proportion scientific research-related courses, raising threshold for graduation, establishing a team tutors to provide effective guidance students, etc. The idea forming research is proposed, students different majors degree types are encouraged participate in activities team, so improve atm...