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~M!Ch!Gan ~~u Western Michigan University · WESTERNInformation Center 383-0040 NEWS Office of Public Information Volume 13, Number 25 TEL·U 383-1444 March 26, 198 7 ~M!CH!GAN Sports Line 383-GOLD A celebration of \\<hat was and will he. Budget presentations set Students help develop device to control flooding Public presentations on the 1987-88 budget, intended primarily for students, A trio of Western students and a have been scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednes- Kalamazoo firm have developed what they day, April 8, and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, think is the solution to temporary flooding April 9, in 2304 Sangren Hall. Robert M. problems-a flood control unit called the Beam, vice president for business and ''Superbag. '' finance, will lead the April 8 presentation. Last fall, JGJ Enterprises, Inc., of President Haenicke will lead the April 9 Kalamazoo, approached the Department presentation. of Mechanical Engineering and requested assistance in evaluating and refining a flood control unit it had developed. Former agriculture head Under the direction of faculty members to keynote conference Richard G. Schubert and Jerry H. Hamelink, the students began redesigning · John R. Block, the flood control unit for their senior pro- U.S. Secretary of ject. agriculture from The students involved were David A. Lee 1981-86, will be the of Bay City, Thomas C. Cottrell of Farm- keynote speaker for ington and John T. Truax of Mount Western's 22nd Clemens. The seniors were required to par- annual Food Man- ticipate in an applied research and develop- agement Conference ment project to meet their graduation re- Monday and Tues- . quirements. day, March 30-31, "They did an engineering redesign of the at the Kalamazoo structure, tested and assessed the stress Center Hilton Inn. Block points and made material change recom- Block, who is now mendations,'' explains Schubert. president of the National-American The "Superbag," as it has been dubbed, Wholesale Grocers' Association is a four-foot-high, 10-foot-long triangular (NA WGA), will speak at 7:30 p.m. Mon- bag made of a material that is similar to FLOOD CONTROL-Two of the students and one of the faculty members involved in day. His speech will concentrate on current what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers redesigning this pup tent-shaped device for use in flood control displayed the results of issues faced by wholesale distribution. He currently uses to retain oil spills. The their work at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences' annual technology exposi- will discuss deregulation of the trucking in- polyester bag is supported by a wooden tion, TECH EXPO, March 20-21. From left, David A. Lee of Bay City, John T. Truax of dustry, and also will cover the possibility superstructure consisting of two-by-fours Mount Clemens, and Richard C. Schubert, mechanical engineering, worked with JGJ of Congressionally-mandated employee bolted together. Once filled with 8,040 Enterprises, Inc., of Kalamazoo to refine and evaluate the unit it had developed. The benefits. gallons of water, the structure resembles an device, called the "Superbag," can restrain floods of up to three feet deep and has several Block is the chief spokesperson for the elongated pup tent. advantages over the traditional sandbag levees. NA WGA, a trade association representing Schubert says the structure, which can 350 wholesale grocers and food service restrain floods of up to three feet deep, result, nine states have shown an interest in to conduct some stress tests on it by using the project: California, Illinois, Indiana, their wave-making machine." distributors. He joined the organization has several advantages over sandbag Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, immediately after stepping down from his levees. One of the prototype units was recently Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. used in Chicago, where the high water Cabinet position in February 1986. "Although each unit will cost approx- levels of Lake Michigan have caused severe The Food Management Conference will imately $750, it's reusable and could be "At this stage, the Army Corps of be sponsored by WMU's Food Distribution developed into larger or smaller versions," Engineers would like to say 'yes' to the shoreline flooding. However, Schubert system. The head of the corps says he has says further field testing is needed and that Program and Sigma Pi Omega, a profes- he explains. "Sandbags cost about $250 for no reason to believe this system won't more is scheduled for this spring in sional business fraternity. Each year, the about 310 of them-which is equivalent of work," Schubert says. "But they first want Mississippi by the Corps of Engineers. conference brings together leaders in the the volume of the Superbag-but are only food industry to discuss current issues and good for a two-week flood and take con- developing trends. siderably more time to fill and place." For more information, persons may call Another advantage is that one person New ties set up with German universities Frank W. Gambino, consumer resources can assemble the new system within 15 Western will develop new ties with two Karl Augus Friedrich, chancellor. The ar- and technology, at 3-0953. minutes, instead of the 18 hours it would German universities as a result of official rangement calls for one WMU faculty take a two-person crew to build a sandbag visits to them in early February by Presi- member to make a short-term visit for levee, says Schubert. And after the flood, dent Haenicke. teaching and research in May and June Tornado policy published the bag can be drained, rolled up and Western will develop a reciprocal faculty followed in September and October by a stored. exchange with the University of Passau and visit by a Passau faculty member. This is National Tornado Safety and In December, two students and two JGJ Awareness Week. For Western's explore areas of academic cooperation with This program builds on a relationship representatives presented the flood control the Eberhard Karls University in Tubingen. established last year for a reciprocal stu- guidelines on tornado safety, turn to unit to the Army Corps of Engineers at its page six of this issue of Western News. Haenicke was accompanied by Dean Nor- dent scholarship exchange program, which annual meeting in New Orleans. As a man C. Greenberg, international education already has involved one student from each and programs, and Howard J. Dooley, campus. Greenberg negotiated that ar- assistant to the dean. rangement with faculty member Klaus "Western has had a 25-year history of Hansen. Grant to fund SP A development cooperation with the Free University of The University of Passau, located in the The Department of Speech Pathology knowledgeable about technological ad- Berlin, and we now seek to broaden our city of Passau in eastern Bavaria near the and Audiology has received $158,141 from vances, s-uch as the use of microcomputers contacts to include partnerships with uni- Austrian border, was established in the the U.S. Department of Education's Office and other augmentative communication versities in other parts of Germany," 1970s. It has an enrollment of about 4,000 of Special Education and Rehabilitation devices and systems, which could enhance Haenicke said. students and offers degrees in international Services to expand and further develop in- the educational p0tential of severely han- That exchange involves one student from law, theology, philosophy, economics, struction in its graduate program. dicapped persons. each campus each year. mathematics and computer science. The grant, the first installment of a Each year, approximately 45-50 At Passau, the WMU delegation talked At the University of Tubingen, the three-year award totaling more than graduate students enroll in the program, with Karl-Heinz Pollok, president, and WMU delegation met with Adolf Theis, $470,000, is aimed at preparing graduate according to Erickson. president; Gotthart Wunberg, vice presi- students in speech pathology and audiology dent; and Axel Markert, vice provost of to more effectively serve speech and student and international affairs. The language impaired individuals, their 100 organizations expected for Career Fair WMU group visited several of the univer- families and teachers. More specifically, sity's departments including the Ludwig- graduate students will learn to assist per- Persons looking for their first job as well Sparhawk of the General Motors Corp.; Uhland Institute for Cultural Science as sons with severe communication disorders, as experienced professionals anticipating a and "How Public School Systems Recruit well as the German-American Institute in including autistic and other multipli- career change should plan to attend Career and Select Teacher Candidates" by Arthur the city of Tu bingen. handicapped, non-speaking individuals. Fair '87 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, W. Angood of the Battle Creek Public Tubingen is about 30 miles southwest of The goal of the project is to maintain the April 2, in the ballrooms of the Bernhard Schools. Stuttgart in southwestern Germany. supply of speech-language pathologists and Student Center. In Room 211 of the student center, Possible areas of cooperation include the audiologists by recruiting and providing The ninth annual career fair will offer audio-visual presentations containing job exchange of graduate students and visits to financial support to well-qualified free information, professional contacts and search information will be shown. The WMU by groups from both the university students. skills workshops to all area college and films and videotapes are based on material and the city, said Greenberg, whose office "The purpose of the project develop- university students and the general public. contained in WMU placement services will administer both programs. ment grant is really twofold,'' explains More than 2,500 persons and 100 workshops on such topics as resume Robert L.
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