Lure of deep-sea volcano draws F.I.T. research team into Atlantic

Some 3.000 miles out in the Atlantic "more of a guqk than a blast - wjrh a playing a lage part in the cMtryof the mean, des beneath tke surface of the rolling-out of magma (molten &)." %me whole orran,'T& noted. It has been water, there exists a volcanic 8eQm in the smakeetack-like vents spew a mmtent estimated, he said, that over a 10million- flwr of the wa - evidence that two ma+ streem of water and chemicals. year period a volume of water equal to the portions of the earth's crust are slowly pug In addition to the Pntwet inNfhzindi- means could be cycled. ing away from each othar. bk bIolasy aeeehted with the vt311ltsI)) Tre- Whm the National Owenie adAahno- It is sqeeted that heated, &wanEd- fry @%plaidthat the vents may also be the spheric Administration (NOAA) this year hkn water escaping through the crack has sic of valuable mineral deposits. mounted theflist effort to dismvor thesame created oagn of spa life in lh~Atlantic that Another rearon for sc.mfific interest is process in the Atlantic, Tregry was put on defy the deep-sea darkness - a phenome- the lrkelihood that the waters of the world's the team becrruse of hi6 mputatian as a nen already docmted-by dwren- oceans are co~~ycycled into and chemical oceanography mealkher He has tkts wo&i in the Pa& Ocean. out of the earth's em.Cold wa&erpulled been studying chlcals m the Mississippi and graduate student Kevin W, joined A Flmida Institute of Tedrnofdgy into the vusL muld mrge as hot water River Delta for NOAA far several years. other researchzzs abxwd NOAA's 2Wfoot -her mw reports that a dti- l&m with chemicals. Trefry, along with F.I.T. mew& rhip Resewher. Other rientists wen: froza uaridq man expedition has tdup ha mean that the ridges are mdatesRobert Trocineand Simone Metz, ~mdonB.cC~) avkkm to partially answer the wientik - - *&ns about the Atla&. Centuridd mtsbeing analyzed at the uniwBity w.ver&neg year willpz~videadditionrlin. sights inla oman mysterice. htlyreturned from a month-long emnto study 1,000 miles of the vast cr&in&pM,WI&~atT&- de&r5DF. lOhnT&mtbatW team's pathhcbg WO& '*$id&d W the Mid-Atlantic~ls&W.. .this*- ting out there." In the eyes of the multi-university team, "active" means there is hydrothermal ven- ting along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. That pro- cess rnvolves the emergence of a hot chemicalsoupfrombeneaththe Earth'smst into the near-freezing blackness of deep sea. Less than ten years ago scientists were astonished to discover that the volcanic pro- cess has created unique communities of sea life in the Pacific Ocean. Where heated water enters the ocean, bacteria feast on hydrogen sulfide to start a many-creatured food chain that defies the lack of energy from the sun. "It was the oceanograph~cfind of the Y. - . 20th century," explains Trefry, an associate Scientific hot spot F.I.T. nnaamhen joined a NOAA.backed expedition into the Atlantic Ocean that allowed inspection of professor at F.I.T. Though the vents are volcanic activity along a 1,WO-milestretch of rnid.oceanridge. Tbcruise was the llnttoseekevidemeof essentially underwater volcanoes, they offer hydrolhermal venting along the ridge.

Florida Institute of Technology

on education research alumni November1984 Volume2 Number4

- -. S&cien$s aid& through 'bv&e' of cozrm&

Students bewildered by a maze of course Large amounts of faculty work timehave work leading to engineering degrees will be been devoted to routine record keeping. getting some new and innovative counseling rather than to academic and career counsel- help from F.I.T. in a program made possible ing. Registration periods are hectic as by Radio Shack. students have urgent needs for gobs of infor- What starts out as a student's reasonably mation. Alison Watkins, the department's mple desire to gain a degree in computer student counselor, recalls the queries accom- ngineering or electrical engineering gets paning the most recent sign-up for classes. more complicated as the years of study go "For two solid weeks there was no break." on, explained Dr. John Hadjilogiou, head of It was recognized that a computer would the 700student department that teaches be perfectly suited to keeping tabs on the those two disciplines. department's students, professors, courses,

'The divenitve between the students nets and curriculums. A properly prepared greater as time goes on," notes fa&ty machine would also cough up heedhd infor- I member Walter Douplass. 'They each have mation on demand. ' unique desires as to what they want to However, the university's large com- specialize in." puters have more pressing work that serves Freshmen and sophomores have many the entire institute. Troubling the big basic engineering and xience classes in com- machines with departmental matters "would mon, but juniors and seniors may not. be like using a bus to take an individual to Hadjilogiou explained that specializations in and from work," said Douglas. study can be critical when a student becomes Enter Radio Shack. Last spring the com- an engineer looking for a job. puter company announced a nationwide 'The timing of a student's courses must educational institution contest for the best be dyconsidered, " Douplass said. new computer applications ideas. Douglas Each student must have completedastrictly- wasgiven theleadroleinpreparinganentry. enforced study plan to become eligible for a F.I.T.'s largest department proposed a Path of knowledge diploma. For faculty and staff who must remedy for a national academic headache codstudents and schedule clam to for engineering departments. The idea is to Rn expnslw four.atory Err- Libny has opened at the heart ol tha Melboum urnpus, wlm realums utilize small computers to help assure that nwlw I- a mchiq audltalum to .nscurrsla moms and a rninosomputeruntn.nw Indirlduall2.d meet demands. the loose ends can be myriad. (Contlmad a Back PW Alumni notes

68 79 Wllllarn Robenon(BS.SpaceSci.) lives in two major subordinate commands of the Thomas Tanel (MBA) has been selected Janet naylor) Maksut (AS-MT) has mar. San Diego and is employed by Generai U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readi- for promotion to major in the Army by the ried Wllliam Maksut a J.B.C. grad. They have Dynamics, Convair Division. ness Command (DARCOM). In September. military traffic management command. one daughter, Rachael, who istwo yearsold. Alan will return to the Management Direc- Thomas aiso received the Logistics Engi- J. Douglas Foye (MS-Trans. Mgmt.) torate in AMCCOM as a senior management neers' Transportation Management Award graduated from the Army Command and 72 analyst. Alan currently resides in Betten- for 1984. Generai Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Rkhard Dragani (BS-Comp. Sci.) and his dorf, IA. KS, in June. He is presently assigned as ex- wife. Karen, are the proud parents of a baby Dr. Roy Finley (BS-Bio.) has completed ecutive officer for the 105th S&T Battalion, boy, John Richard, born in October, 1983. residencv in familv medicine at the Univer- Fort Polk. LA. Richard is a systems supervi9or for .ames sity of Cincinnatj. ana was to oeg n act ve Jim Mueller (BS-Env. Sci.) is currently a River Corporation in Norwalk. CT. dutv witn the Air Forceat Homestead AFB n zoo keeper at Coeur-D-AleneZoo.Jim isaiso ~loiidain~u~ustRoy's new address is1433 working on a book about elephants. He is Kltty Hawk, Homestead, FL 33033, and he married and has twochildren,andoneon the 73 would welcome letters from old friends. way! Gary D. Sklnner (MS-Math. Sci.) has been WllllamTurner(MS-Cont. Mgmt.)isatten- oromoted to the rankof lieutenant colonel in .77 . ding the Army War College at Carlisle Bar- ihe Air Force. Gary is the assistant chief of Joseph Shelby (BS-Air Comm ) was mar- racks, PA. The curriculum of this senior ....theComputationalDivisionat Kirkland AFB, ried April 25, 1981, He and wife Susan are school prepares officers for top-level com- NM. kept busy by their twin, ten-month-old sons, mand positions with the armed forces W.J. (Bile Burdls (BS-Air Comm.), a U.S. and with restoring their turn.of-the-century throughout the world. Air DC-9flrst officer, is amemberof A.S.A.P. house in West Orange, NJ. Joseph works for (Amerlcan Society of Aerospace Pilots). G.A.B. Business Services. inc as anaviatlon Jeanne Flanagan (BS-Ocean.) won a A.S.A.P. is a growing organization of profes- loss speclalist. GOLD MEDAL in the 19'84 SUMMER OLYM- OV Wayne General (Ph.D.-Psy) is now in sional pilots in training for Space Shuttle Harvey Harmon (BS.OE) is currently on a PlCS at Los Angeies. She was a member of flights when the NASA program becomes leave of absence from Dhahran, Saudl the first American women.s crew team to private practice in Phoenix at the Arizona part of the commercial sector. Bill is Family Learning and Communication Cen- employed by U.S. Air, inc. in Pittsburgh. ter. Most of the case load consistsof marital (Reprrnt In apology for error in last UPDA TE.) and family therapy with a smattering of school evaluations and MRlDD evaluations Alumni Directory Coming! and therapy. 74 Donald Zehr (BS-Air Comm.), after flying Charles Messina (BS.Mech. Engr.) has The first F.I.T. alumni directory i? underway! It will include llstings by alphabetical Cessna Citations for Air Niagara LTTD1.n just moved to New York wlth his wife Barb order, geographical location, class and business. Toronto fortwoyears, has now joinedzevest and their three children, Jeanine, Brieanne Development Corp. as a property manager. and Steven. Charles is managerof Argon Ap- Thousands of listing in this 8" x 5", soft-cover, fully-bound book! ORDER NOW and take advantage of pre-production pricei $15.00 on or before Donald was married in May, and is presently plications with Union Carbide Corporation, living in Kitchener, Ontario. Linde Division, in Tarrytown. NY. January 1,1985. $20.00 after January 1, 1985. S. Brad Peale (BS-Air Comm.) is an Air Stuart Madelsohn (MS-OEIEnv.) has just Pre-production sales price has been extended 2 months, so take advantage NOWl! graduated from George Mason University Force pilot stationed in Korea. He dropped a School of Law with a J.D. dearee. Stuart has line to let us know that he really enjoys the aiso-. . .been. . .elected. . - oresident. .. of Viroinia UPDATE and wanted us to extend his hello's Special Olympics, and lieutenant governor Name to Larry M., EricS., MikeL. and to tell Steve J. of Kiwanis lnternational As department that he wishes he could be there with you! manager for Analysis and Technology, Inc., Address Stuart lives in McLean, VA.

75 DaryiYee Litl(BS-Mgmt. Sci.) has left the Yes1 I would Lie to order alumni directory(ie4. Army with the rank of captain, and Is now working for Aerosystems Engineering inc. Enclodis B@ $15.00 per directory. as the eastern sector marketing manager - including areas in the Far East, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Daryl now resides in Fridley, MN. Arabia, to pursue his MBA at University of capture a gold medal, participating in the Geome Staff IBS-Mamt.) is Executive Texas. He received an MS in engineering at eight-with-coxswain crew event. She ~irector-for St. ~etersiiurgDevelopment University of Wisconsin in 1978. Harvey is becamethe first F.I.T.grad toearnthe tltieof Cormration in St. Petersbura. FL. employed by Fluor Ocean Services, inc. asa Olympic champion ~avldRoblnson (BS-M~~~.Sci.), a cap- senior structural engineer. Nasssr Akhtar Dsnash (MS-Env. Sci.) is Randy Sheldon (BS.Bio./Env.) is a tain in the Armv. has graduated from the Gary Meagley (BS-OE) is now operations presently the supervisor of medical and in. technical sales representative for Travenol Combined ~rmiandservices Staff School. supervisor for Esso Exploration, Inc. in dustriai toxicoiogy labs in the Industrial David and his wife Ceceiia will be stationed Singapore. He is presently on the Jim Cun- Health Center at the isfahan Steel Plant in Labs. is job entails selling and servicing of at Fort Knox, KY. ningham rig off the coast of China, driillng Isfahan. Iran. biood bank lab materials needed to collect Kose John IMS-CS), associate professor for oil. Thomas Rogers (BS-Air Comm.) has just biood and preserve It for transportation. in the Department of Finance, Graduate John Sosnowski (MS.Loa. Mamt.) is a graduated from the FAA MikeMoroney Cen- Randy is currently living in Falls Church, VA. ~dhnMeny (BS-S~~C~Sci.) Is a systems School of Business, New York University. lieutenant colonel in the ~rm; and is ter and wlll be working in the Albuquerque Air RouteTraffic Control Center in Aibuquer. englneer for Martln Marietta in Denverdoing has been awarded theBatterymarch ~elloi. oresentlvattendina theArmvWarColleaeat. ship for 1983-84.Three sucn feliowsh~psare Cari~sleBarracks, PA. que, NM. concept definition studiesfor spacecraft. In Fernando Caldamn (BS.Ocean. Tech.) is September 1983, John married Robin awarded each year to promote academic George Nebeling (MS-Contract Mgmt ), a doing post-graduate work in marine geo- Brooks. Robin works for Martin Marietta as research. major in the Army, has just graduated from technics at the University of North Wales in an electrical engineer. Blrendra Sahijwanl (BS-Elec. Engr.) has the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, the United Kingdom. John Bester (MS-Trans. Mgmt.) was received an MBA from Widener University in V A Chester, Pennsylvania. Peter CuvielloIMS-Cont. Mgmt.), a newly WayneSula (0.5-Ocean.Tech.) is an ASW recently transferred to Ft. Hood from the promoted lieutenant colonel in the Army, marketing engineer with Hazeitlne Corpora. mjlitary trafftr msnsgemeq! command's has assumed commend ef the 54th Signet - Yrmnntnat in West Owmany. 76 Battalion at Fort Hood. TX. John Wysockl (MS-lnt'l Bus.) is currently John is an Army captain. Blll Hagan (BS-Air Comm.) has been Brent Laurence (MS-~og.Mgmt.) is a living in Belgium. John Is the manager of Franklin Hindman, Jr. (MSGont Mgmt.) recalled bv UnitedAirlinesas aB-727second lieutenant colonel in the Armv and has been budgets and systems development for has graduated from the Armed Forces Staff officer. Biii is based at O'Hare lnternational stationed for duty at Fort ~nbx,KY. Estee' Lauder. College, Norfolk, VA. Airport in Chicago, and is a member of the American Society of Aerospace Pilots. 78 Michaal Roland Fedock (BSMech. Engr.) Albert Blaho (MBA) has been promoted and NanevAnneiSulllvan~Fdock(BS-Math. to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Cruise set for year-end were mar& ~ur;e1983 and were expecting Force. Albert is an advanced systems acqui- their flrst child this Auaust. Thev are sition manager at Peterson AFB, CO. employed by Wagner sprai~echCorp and Deborah (McCormlck) Conner (BS-Chem. Join the F.I.T. Alumni Asadation in a Gala Seven-Night New Year's Eve C~hei Honeywell inc.. respectively. The couple Engr.) is a lieutenant (geophysics officer) Theuuise willleave Port Canaveral and sail to Salt Cay, Bahamas: Ocho Rios, Jamaica; now resides in Minnetonka, MN. stationed In Pearl Harbor, HI. Grand Cayman, and Cozumel, Mexico. William Benson (BS-Bio.) has just com- Charles Westrlp, Jr. (MS-Acq. Mgmt.) is C~iseis open to all F.I.T. alumni, family & friends, as well as F.I.T. staff, ad- pleted his Ph.D. in toxioology at the Univer- currently attending the Naval War Collegeat ministration, and seniors graduating December 19841 sity of Kentucky and has accepted a faculty Newport, RI. Charles is a major In the Army, Ratesare: $1,104for inside cabin w/2 lower beds, position In toxicoiogy at NE Louisiana Uni. now residina in Middletown. Ri. $1,188 for outside cabin w/2 lower beds versity. He and wife Maryand theirtwosons Dorell ~inmbsrs(B~-~ir~omm.)is a first $353 each for 3rd and 4th person in same cabin. will be moving to Louisiana in June. officeronaB.727for IASCO in Vandeiia. OH Alan Wllson (MS-Prof. Mgmt.) has for the Brian Crawford (BS-Ocean.) has just For reservations: complete below and send with $350 deposit per person to: last 16 months been a member of a special returned to the U.S. after six years abroad YVONNE'S TRAWL task force charged with the management of with the Peace Corps as a fisheries volun. ATTN: F.I.T. Alumni Association leer. He will now beattending the University 1520 S. Babcock St. of Rhode Island to work on his master's in Melbourne, FL 32501 marine affairs...... Stanley Aklns(MBA), amajor in the Army, has graduated from the Armed Forces Staff Name Phone College. Norfolk, VA. The five.month pro- gram provides intensive education in Address national and International security. Steven Squires (MS-Cont. Mgmt.), a ma- Insidecabin OutsideCabin Roommate jor in the Army, has graduated from the Arm- ed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. VA. Charles Seiand (MS-Trans. Mgmt.), an Pieasafindmearoommate Smoking NonSmoking- Army major, has arrlved for duty in Giessen, West Germany. Charles is director of in- Dining: Istsaating 2ndseating - dustrial operations. Alumni notes

EdwardValickus(AS-Fit. Tech )hasbeen iington AFB. Houston. He has had a very Lear.Slegier. He is a customer service Army, assigned to ABerdeen Proving Selected as ~nstructorpild of the month for distinguished career in the Coast Guard and representative in Lyndhurst, NJ. Charles is Ground, MD. the 95th Flying Training Squadron. Edward assumed command from Commander Biily to be married on February 9 to Brenna Robert East(MS.Log. MgmtJis a captaln is a first ileutenant in the Air Force, and is Cunningham. Maureen Wall of Palm Bay. in the Army, currently stationed in Vlcenza, stationed at Williams AFB. Al Brian Tenny (BS Space 31.)is currently Thomaa Braski (BS-Elec. Engr.) is Italy. living in Pico Rlvera, CA. He is an englnwr presently working in the test engineering RoMGlbb (MS-Human Ras. Mgmt.) is wlth Northrop department on thespacetelewopeforLock - a manager for Proctor & Gamble in Hunts. 81 Louise Janklns (MBA) has moved to heed (LMSC) in Sunnyvale, CA. ville, AL. Joseph Carbon (BS-Chem. Ocean) IS Gainesville, FL with her son Keith. She has Andre LaRochaUa (MBA) Is executive Joel ~oshoKMn (MSCont. Mgmt.) is a Gurrently acommander at Fort Drum, NY, for been promoted to operations manager with directorat theGabiesatOldFarms Forest in research physicist for the research division an Army bomb disposal unlt. Joseph has Bear Archery Co. Farmington, CT and presently resides in of GRDG at the AberQsen Proving Ground, been married for a year now. He and wife Frank Thomas (MBA) IS presenrly West Hartford, CT. MD. Jehnifer, a registwed nurseforpubiio health employed at Johnson & Johnson Home Rlcardo Nuna (BS-AvI.Mgmt.) was mar- A1INazaml(MSEE, MS-EM, MBA)and his services, are expecting their first chlld in Health Care Ino. in Tampa. He and wife led May 11 to Jacqueline Vallaidanes and wlfe Dawn weioomed a baby boy named Ali January. Donna live in Lutr. FL. they areexpecting their first child.They live Nazemi, Jr. (A.J.) on March 31. 1884. Ail is Suun 6ogd.n (BS-Blo.) Is marwing James MeGw (MS-Trans. Mgmt.) is a in Carib @to. Vaagas,Venezusia Ricardo director of Professionel Development at George Fraser, an electronics specialist in transportationofficer with the Army. James is a fltght engineer on a 8-727 for Avenoll. F.I.T. the~anadhn~ir~orce.on~une22.Theywill and wlfe Linda Iivein Newport News, VA. DMgo Maquoz (BPrAir Corm.) was pro- %n ~onq(MBA) is department manager be honeymooning in Greece. Susan is cur- Otk Lee Haislip (MBA) and wife Phyllis moted to co-pilot on Convair 588. Diego flies for Computer Science Corp. in Prince rently a portrelt art~stduring the day and a are currently restding in Yorktown, VA. for Avensa in Caracas, Venwuela. George, VA. dutysupervisor wlth the Canadian Air Force Mishoal Quthrb (MBA) works for the Kenneth Perry (BS-Math.) has e%med h$ Robert Sohmld ll (BS.Env.lAqua.) iswork- at night.Susan andGeorge will livein Badan Army as a ttansportetlon system manager. wlnes as a navisator and will report to ing on commerolai dolphin culture tOr Har- Soilengin, West Germany. Heand wifeJudith livein Newport News,VA. ~adenaAFB in Japan. There he will fly bor Branch Institute in Ft. Pieroe, FL. Ronald Vair8 (BSAIComm.) will be mar- Donald Johnson (BS-Eng ) presentfy KC135's. ~rlc- ZIIImer (Ph.D.-Psv.1 ha8 accented a ried on Dmber8 In San Antonio, TX. Ron resides in Orlando, and isageneralengineer Paul sh(~S~irComm.) isstudyinglaw postdoct~ra~feiiowship in ;leuropsycl;oiogy is currently flying FIA-18's at the Naval Air for PM Training Devices at the Naval Trein- at the Urye Universiteit in Amsterdam. at thm UniversRv of Virolnia- Medical School Station In Lemoore, CA. rng Center. Khalid A. Aiali (MS%io.l Is workina as an in ~harlettesvilie,VA. ~dmrd$tans (MS-~og.~gmt.) was Thomas Blown, Jr. (Me-Trans. Mgmt.) inshuCfBI in the &ology departmentat the Ralph Pffry (W-Math. M.)has gradu- recently promoted and reassigned after works for the Army at Fort Eusfls In VA. University of Qatar. He is elmthe supmlsor ated from the 4ir Force Pilot Training Pm- completing three years as a iogistlcs in- R-rd Henry (BS-Engr.) is currently Ilv- for the oytogeneticsectionin the iaboratory gram at Mather Air Force Base, CA. He Will structor aithe Army ~o~isticsManagement ing in Marlborough, CT. He is an engineer department of Hamed Gemai Hospital. now serve at Kadena Air Base. Qklnawa, Centerat Fort Lee.VA. Edward w~llnowbeat with General Dynamics, Eleotrio Boat Divi- elm Wattman (M-Avi. Mgmt.) has bean Jam. Fort Lowis, WA, sion. COmmissloned aseaonci ileutenantlnthe Air Mtcnaal FreAcr(Mf3A)isa twhnicai pub RebnaaRosa(B5Mar. Bio.) lsemptoyed ~1drt.18utwn@Wir Comm.) has been Force. Glen will beassignedto Mather AFB, lications writer with the U.S. Tank-Automo* as atorenslc chemist analyzingevMence for in 22 siateg In eight manths, working for CA. tive Command in Warren, MI. controlled drugs for the New Hampshm charter service Hawthorne Aviation, and fly- Neil mnMr (MS.Sys. Mgmt.) Is now wsl- State Police In Concurd, NH. ing twin engine turbOpIOpS. Michael lives in ding in Newton, NJ,end isapmjeot manage. ~a(th~mn@~-~io.)lscurtentlyworking SandStQn, VA. 84 ment englneer forthe*mry in Wer, NJ. wlth Dr. Robert Gallo's erouu on "Human Jeff MU1.r (BSAlr Gomm.) has just been Themas Mumy (WE)has taken e lob Karen Williams(BSMar. Blo.) Es worklng ~.cel~l~bmta/lym~hoi& virus." Keith is empl~y8dbyPBAas an awlstant operotlone In Palm hch,FL, wifn Pr'mt fi Whilney Alr- tor a pharm806)utical firm in Fort Lauder- wing in Meban, VA. supervisor. He will ha lhring In Naplcrs, FL craft. Thomas eurmtly resides in Palm 681% FL Natatya Ovsianiou-Koulllro~ky (BS- Chrck.MIIMWt, Jr.(BSAirComm.) is Springs, FL Mary Moore (BS-Mar. Blo.) is in graduate Mar. Bio.) is workingonexperimenMcrusta- working wiUl Aviqulpo I%, a division of Batrick Dnk (ME%) is a captain In the whool in Fglrbanks, AK, studying marine wnmartounure in Matthewlawn, Inagua, b10tOgY. fhe Bahemas. wnlinn Jettrey ~iliu(BS-~io.Oman.) is mvtd London (MWontraat Mgmt.) ha8 new working as adivemastgr in the Cayman just been dewraMd with Me Alr Force islandsin theBritish West indies. He mnt- Achievement Medai at Edwards Alr Fm iy wivedhis PADi instructor certifloatlon. Bw,C&. David B a oaptaln in the Air Fom and is a pmfsct engmeer with the 18595th Aerwpac%Test Group.

a! 16r hw wnsemtive weeks this srmnmes, Jeffrey Pounda (BSAir mmm,) has alumni visited the Melbourne Cam@usat gradlratsd from the Air FomPilot Training and hd PrcgAm. HE rwived his silver wlngs at F.I.T. were in our Southgate Vance Alr Fwoe Base, OK. hartments. Alt- att- was only DeveThony3don(AS-Petro.TBchh)Escom. slight& Pierthan ktyear, alumnistayed plating his BS in geoiogy st Unlverolty of 1-r and hcid fewer mrprim cone Sou* Florida in Tampa housingm-. DavtdAsharrmn(MS.~talMgmt.) has find ~amtfronrmanyutiasto~ein resently returned to Malma afteryears ot liv. the8~ptsfrom flofia-nsourofkamp~lbsimwue and sunshine. abletbMW ing and working In Wfomla wlfh an envC #onmental ocnsulting firm, David and his see the Melbourne mqm, pad maw mid- wife Cindy are now living in Yarmouttt, ME. wes~emer~MW the ~ceanforthe hk -tknel Davfd is w&lryl as a plannsr with the E.C. h.foNday wmiq3i~e-aes&115 Jordan Co.. an enginwring firm. Edward Moan @&Air Comm.) ha# pwWalumnia~~~eiationbodm~ graduated hom me AC Force Pllot Training iheclpprorhLnitytomeetsomealumni,end ~rnmandhaswived hlsativerwlngeat PrSdoy morning breakfws weal& a Vanae AC Force Base, OK Edward WIII W ALSO TO: Gsw (B.S.-O.E. chance to mvme with Df. Iboper and sene d (9- Focw BIU in the Phlltp _A?ws&gher-u pines '701 CnlA md.1 -innor - '74) fnr nr We ha-ve found the suwvacation DavW sl.phm F&mPAM C0mm.f wyn wan be profit& as all Is ~urmtlyWrWng as an englnser in bemficial to alumni &tiom. The ehunni Houston. He is a GonfFols in.srructar raspon? to slble for training AmeriW'6 Wrenauts on association looks fmatd hathis the systems of the~psmmuttte. event a@ in Summer 1p11s-andhopw to see Charlea Mart111 IWAir CommS hsa you thm1 gradtiawl from the Air Force Pilot Training Program at Columbus Alr Force Bass, M& He was a distfnguiW graduate Of the course. Charlm will now serve at Anerews Campus news capsules Alr Foree Base, MD. wnlhm byman (MBA) has been reas Dr. George C. Webster, prohr and Environment). Thp program is stwdying the The Untvetsity was well repmend at the signed to Yuma PmvhgGround, AZ. Wlllien geochemistry @fged tfam metala in the necmt Central BrdTriathlon, held at Is an Armv cd~falnwith HeadauartemCorn. head of Eialo&al Scietxes, hasbcenswd- . . MWppiRim and the Gulf of Ivbb. RaekMge. The event consisted of awim- WY. ed a $lP,aOO gant by the Anmican Fedem- Sukhdw Kapur (MS-EE, MS-GS) Is tion h A@tg %ad. The pant will sup- ming, bike riding and nuuring. Sted CA. pon hisirrvesti$ation of "the cunM of we Holm, a &raduaM$tudent inc~alo~ presently lMng in Santa Clara, Sukhdev JzcL m*, rrPsociate pidasor of rM Is a gsntor software enrrlnecx with Fsirchild exptessioh as a f&m in mewmce."The . bgcirphy, finished in &st place with a time of - ~~, was a speak at the recent ATE. ~hwiEuscgpuetc~te$r 1:41:21, gertml minutes &hed of the COm- WargbWindE@nmhg. spmmdby Wwud Wale J1. (BSAir Comm.) has niqu.9 to shKty the pwsibk e&cipa*on of Gpefawd of petrtion. Dr. Tom Belanger, amxiate pro- gradwtsd from the Air Fore8 Pitof Trainfng a@eaeinhEggerlngthet#ng~. fessor far Envhnmen%al Science, took top Program at LaughIIn Air Form Base, TX, Ed. Socie6y of Wwil !kgineem. He spoke on honop.8ferthe30-39age~up.HisHme~ ward will now sene at westover Air ~orw 'Wmd Dvnage to Sttwtm~."Some&%pro - L%. John Trefry, sraodate 1:32:3% ahput him in 8th pkein owail Basa, MA. state Munab from amdh nme in 5mring. PuA Wdlith) WbsprFWh. mm.)md a-n&y and chu-r was -&,,=. Rlehd WMulMotec. Blo.) are pmently an invited & at the International livmg in Oak RW, TN. Richard in worklng c~uvilforthe~10tation of the5casm- A W,MB "topp* grant'" frmn tke on hls Ph.D. at the University of Tennessm, posium, heldmtlyin Nanlcs, France. Hi Edward Fed, adjunci prafe(~901 of WjG. Se%y and haario %by Founda- studying th&snsLts of radishrn ohmma. well-xdved papa, entitfed ''trace me- wi?a~~\saequisitlon maxqpnea at thv thistohelpinthepudhPPe6fanewcmI- ~mes,and haw it pmlnsto birth detects. flrues.(kcaughtheWssippiPsltas~~ Pic&tinny graduate st& center, was tralcomput~ttom-- Pem Is working part4tmerrt theunWws+Qm wp9 co-authal by d awdatw Jeleaed kHondto kthe gownmeat atthe~ehsmBeahwmprus.Thcfforuda- well. Rob Troche aml Smme Me% and reprewntative lecturet at Honeywell graduate stUdptt Thomas Vetter. .4empawimd-M.rr Center 83 Dr. I* has ddthid-m htn- in-Ihrirrw*.&mdan, 4emM He(MBAJ mtlytook owrr ding of m,OQOfot pie* P-PI(-IIME 'w-U$-em Eommm61 theGod Qusrd AfrStatlon,El- (pon=tsnt-Paaide ~ksctlonsin tkc tha~artghlac~on~.- Reef changes captured on film Aviation training is real A scientist at the Florida Institute of Alevizon said the tapes will be used to The "Summer '84 Training with Industry'' (TWI) program administered by the Technology is conductinga pioneering study analyze the populations of 40representative School of Aeronautics was one of the largest ever. Some 20 aero students trained with to determine the long-term effectsof increas- fish species, non-reef-building and reef- the aviation industry, both overseas and in the U.S. ing human activity and subtle environmen- building corals One student was placed with Swedair in Stockholm, another with Nigeria tal changes on Florida's fragile coral reef "We're choosing representative groups Aiays, and a third interned at Munich International ecology. toserveaswhat wecall indicatorspecies,"he said. "You figure that if the indicator species Airport. "One of the major questions of reef ecol- ogy is what are the inherent long-term haven't changed there's a gwd probability In this country, the interns' employers included the - changes in coral reefs,"said marine ecologist that most of the reef is fairly healthy. Pt. Lauderdale Executive Airport; Mall Airways in William Alevizon. "Are the Fishes stable "The original samples were taken strictly Albany, NY; Midniit Express in Atlanta; the Arcraft over hundreds of years, thousands of years for the purpose of analyzing fish and we %en k Pilots Association, Washiiton, D.C.; Lyon or are therenatural cycles of fluctuations? thought about it later and said, look, we've Aviation at Pittsfield, MA, and Union Carbide Flight "Nobody knows that. We're just at the got a lot more information on these films Department at Danbury, CT. point now where people are starting to get than fish. Why don't we try to use some of good enough quality data to start to assess it?" The TWI program has grown steadily under the Jim Coll.tantlm changes or nonchanges over long periods of A guidance of Jim Constantine, a 13-year faculty member for Aeronautics. He works time." with students to identify a suitable aviation enterprise where the student can undergo In 1974, Alevizon first visited Key Largo management training. Dry Rocks and Grecian Rocks, two reef Nodythe student participates in TWl in the 11 weeks pnor to his or her final sanctuaries protected by the National quarter at F.I.T. The internship experience is then the subject of a report presented in a Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. briefing for students preparing for the TWI experience. He made 72 underwater films of the reefs Often, the TWl student is offered permanent employment at the internship site that were analyzed to obtain relative fish after gradution. populations. But he realized the 2%-minute filmscon- .I tainedmuch moreinformation than iust flsh The two reefs understudv. are ,iust a few populations. By comparing thosefilms with miles away from Molasses Reef, where a video tapes made 10 years later, Alevizon freighter ran aground Aug. 4, causingexten- wouldhavea clear indication of how the reef sive damage. environment changed over time. Alevizon said studies like his will help 'What we're going to do is compare the ecologists betta assea such -if a changes, if any, take a look at the fish similar inadent occurs again. populations 10 years later, the percent of live But that is an isolated example. Alevizon to dead coral and the changes in some of the said the general effects of increasing human other animals that grow on the reef," he said. activity are what concern him. While spear "By havingapermanent recordanddoing fishing is prohibited in the sanctuary, hook- this in a set way you really are better able to and-line fishing and lobstering are allowed. assgs changes." "Hook-and-line fishing removes the top Summer news In June, ALevizon and two assistants line carnivores, groupers, snappers, the A*l~ssulchln@lh..)no(th.pnu&~~Un.umm.rrmpdhomP~I(.uW~howvo(~~returnedto thereefsandmadeRmorefiims things that eat other fish," he said. '50 we Ing Mf3 automobik., loan lnmmathl vkltor at SummnComnunmmont. Dr. K.up.r k plcWin hk under a $9,360 grant from NOAA. The re- have a situation where we have a protected hO~.u(oWa*.hopAtpnd~.tI~~~~k.~D~.J~~ULY~,Chml~~nolthF.I.T.~~ddT~~~~,suit wasan OVerlappingseriesof~ews of the banauary whitrs legal to move the pmnm an hmo~docQsdrl~d~mloOamnlWelyum Chaw, Chaimandth R.publbol CNn'sVoeMlolul~lrbmCommMonforR.UndSml~mn.RHg.mmltooll~mtm~thComdelicafe underwater tableau * its teeming top of the food chain." mb~lonattua~disI~ camrinhk natton'aamy. lie. Reprintedfrom the Orlando Sentinel Car burns the "press," impresses researchers

For Markus Bowman, the phrase"power Dean Revay gets lEEE honor of the press" - or, more precisely, the power of newspapets - has taken on new National IEEE President James B. meaning. Owens cited the F.I.T. professor and And it has nothii to do with the lofty administrator for "loyal and dedicated jargon of media critics. service to the Institute and to the profes- For the past six months, Bowman, an sion." 18-year-old Melbourne resident, has bm The award was presented in a special running his 1976 Fiat with a mixture of ceremony by Art Greene, representing gasoline and liquid partially derived hm, the 1100-member Canaveral Chapter of of aU thii, shdded newspapers. the IEEE. Dr. Revay is one of 1,984 IEEE Bowman's car is a guinea pig of sorts. members across the nation who are bei The sleek, black sports car is being used given special recognition in the organiza- by two of Melbourne's Florida Institute of Dr. JohnThomae Or. Ronald Badl. tion's IEEE Centennial Year celebration. Technology profe~~~rstrying to develop an Dr. Revay received his Ph.D. in elec- efficient liquid fuel additive made From things to produce a fuel additive to one day Dean Andrew Revay J,. rewirss ceniennisl Madal trical engineering from the University of materials with a hi& cellulose content. replace ethanol. lrom IEEE mp-ntalive Art Gmme. Pittsburgh. The dean is a professor of Newspapers fit the bill. Newspapers, sawdust, sugar or other electrical engineenng and a registered So far, the professors say, their results products with a hicellulose content can be professional engineer.

are encouraging. used in the process, but Thomas says news- The Nationa! Institute of Electrical end HE ~~IALLU i .l.T. rn 1907. dJ at the Bowman agrees. Just recently his ca~ papers seem the best bet. E~ectronicsEngineers,Inc. (IEEE) hasaward- university has been active in research churned out 34 miles per gallon using the "It's cheap," he explains, "and we don't ed its Centennial Medal and Certificate to work including a study of the effects of shredded newspapa mixture. With only have towematerialsthat comuete withfood Dr. Andrew W. Rway Jr., Dean of the Col- lightning on electronic systems for the unleaded gasoline in the tank, the Fit gets supplies. Nobody iseating nekapetsthese lege of Science and Engineering. Federal Aviation Administration. about 27 miles to the gallon, according to days." Bowman. (He is the son of Dr. Tom Ethanol, on the other hand, usually is Bowman, head of Mechanical Enginswing made from com. It tends to mmdeemines and Dean of the Graduate School.) adonly can be used in small But John Thomas and Ronald Bade, the (about a 10to m percent mix with gasoline) Chancellor named for JensenBeach two F.I.T. minds behind the project, admit before engine adjustments must be made. they are two to three years from perfeaing says Thomas. Dr. Marion Rice has been appointed should bea great asset to the programs being their fuel. The F.I.T. researchers believe their Chancellor of F.I.T. at Jensen Beach. it has conductedat ow lensenBeachcamous."Dr. 'We don't think we have the ideal agent newspapepbad additive can be produced been announced by President Keuper. MUer said. yet," says Thomas, 'htwe think there's a more cheaply than ethanol and will be a "Dr. Rice wasselectedfor the fol- The new chancellor has served as pro- good chance we might come up with one." more effiaent fuel. lowing a nationwide search for a qualified vost of the Michigan college since 1974. She For the past two years, Thomas and The pro- to make the substance is and professional individual to operate our is a graduateof WayneStateUniversity with Barile have been experimenting with dif- relatively simple. A mixture of hydrochloric Jensen Beachcampus,"Dr. Keuperexplamed. a bachelor's degree in sociology as well as a ferent biomass materials derived from livmg acid and shndded newspapers is placed in an Headded that F.I.T. isextremely pleased master's degree in education. Her doctorate of autoclave, whichprovidessteam underpm- to have obtained the services the new is in higher education, from Michigan State sure. The end result. after some additional chancellor, whose background includes the Tl-.:..-:l..U'L."L."..y. PLEASE TAKE NOTE! steps, islevulinicacid- the key component. position of Provost at the Auburn Hills The acid is chemically converted to the fuel (Mich.) campus of Oakland Community Dr. Rice served as department chair- additive. College. person of counseling at Oakland Commu- F.I.T. PHONE Thomas believes, however, that the pro- In her new role she will oversee all ac- nity College from 1969 to 197l. She was a NUMBER CHANGE cess probably is tw costly and cumherme tivities at the Jensen Beach campus including guidance courrselor at the school from for individuals to convert their newspapers. the College of Applied Technology and the 1966 to 1974. New Number: (305) 768-8000 Once the product is perfected, the big- Evinrude School of Marine Technology. She is a member of the North Central Alumni Affairs: (305) 768-8029 gest stumbling block to getting the material Dr. Rice will report to Dr. John E. Miller, Association of Colleges and Schools Com- on the market probably will be the govern- executive vice president and vice president mission on Institutions of Higher Education ALUMNI WEEKEND 1985 ment, according to Thomas. of academic affairs. and has served as team chairpemn of that Obtaining Environmental Protection "I am quite pleased with the selection organization since 1981. Rice is also a mem- April 13 - 15, 1985 Agency approval will be a difficult prom, made by ow search committee. Dr. Rice is ber and vice president of the Council for Look forward to great events and he says. truly a well qualified and knowledgeable Occupational Education of American Asso- further information! ReprintedfromTODAY Newspaper individual whose background and expertise ciation of Community and Junior Colleges. Recruiters looking 2;;~; for you! ... *:.. %

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Tom Braeden. Barb (Re@ Vega. Joan Schramm ...... '77 Cy Lynch Dave Fumt. Andrea Bapdigian. Missy (Biaska) Maxaon. Tom 8axt.r. and Alumni Dlmctor Judl Marlno. '77 Donaid Thibeault Also attendlnp ware Rmnt mw. Idt to rlght) Val Barbr. Doug Englu. the amom. the brlde. Beth (Brlndiai) Robert Houston Hill ...... Faaster. and Jdl Komm. GrpipCakbrese ...... '77 Sharon Atkinson Dr. Lata Mehta, head of the anatomy Grace R. Wylie, assistant professor for department, Grant Medical College, at the Language Institute, spent four weeks Bombay, India, recently vkited Dr. Arvind during the summer studying the Japanese 'Dhople, head of the Medical Research In- language and culture at a branch of Showa stitute's infectious diseases division. The University in Fiyiyoshida. On the main cam- primary purpose of her visit was to begin a pus of Showa in Tokyo is one of Asia's collaborative program in leprosy research. foremost teaching hospitals. The main thrust of the program will be the :study of nerves from armadillos infected Dr. Bruce Rafert of Physics and Space with leprosy, as well as endothelial cell Sciences presented a talk on "observation of culture. The two researchers also discussed the W-serpentis stars" to the Department of .the prospect of starting another collabora- Astronomy at the University of Florida, ser- tive project in India under the Indo-U.S. ving as colloquium speaker. His preliminary :Science and Technology Program, aimed at work on the binary stars has also been pub- ideveloping new methods for detecting drug lished in the journal of International resistance in leprosy. Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Pho- Also visiting M.R.I. was Dr. Jindrich tometry, and will appear as a chapter in Xazda, head of the microbial biology divi- Microcomputers in Astronomy 11. Support *ion of the Borstel Research Institute. West for his research totalling $70,000 has been Germany. He is coordinator of a collabora- announced by the National Science Founda- tive program in the in vitro cultivation of tion, Research Corporation, and the Ameri- le~rosvbacillus. That uroaram indudes Dr. can Astronomical Soaetv Dhopie and Dr. L. ~aiooi~atherine Booth Visitors from afar Hospital Center in Montreal. Drs. Kazda Susan Downey has joined the Public A amof ofllelals fmm the PeonlessRe~ubllc of China made F.I.T. one ot their stoos during. a. lournev to and Dhople reviewed progress in the work Affairs Department as chief of graphic arts. ---7~ ~~~ gather intormatlon about coastil processes. Dn. Dean Nonls and Don Stauble dl Oceanopnphy and over the past six months, and planned future She received her B.S. in design from Briar- Ocean Ewlnearing wan hosts. Pitund with dwl~gationmember Tang Zhao Is Stauble and Dr. Diana work. cliff College. Originally from Fairfield, CT, Barile, adjunct faculty member. she worked for Bookmakers, Inc., in Con- Dr. James A. Rigney, professor of necticut as a designer of educational books chemistry at University of Prince Edward for Reader's Digest and McGraw Hill, andof Force. He also piloted the Air Force's super- During WW I1 microseisms were used to Island, Canada, is a visiting professor at history books for Allyn & Bacon of Boston. sonic T-38 Talon fighter aircraft. His three- track storm centers in the North Atlantic. Chemistry for the Fall Quarter. He is cur- In Melbourne she was art director for child family lives in Melbourne Beach. However, the system was not very reliable rently on sabbatical leave, and is pursuing National Printing. due to the complex nature of the phenom- interests in the chemistry of marine plants, Residents of the Eau Gallie area of Ralph Johnson, Director of Develop- ena. Hathaway's study will provide insight and completing a series of articles on exer- Melbourne for three years, she and husband ment, has announced the naming of F.I.T. in into the generation and propagation of cises in undergraduate biochemistry labora- Rob - a professional photographer - are a $70,000 tax avoidance trust. The trust will microseisms. tories. avid windsurfers. They have won several provide income for two of the donor's He plans to study the microseisms pro- local and statewide regattas. relatives while they live, then assets will duction on the Gulf Coast of Florida, at Dr. Donald Stauble, professor in become available to the university. The use F.I.T.'s Vero Beach facility, andon the coast Oceanography and Ocean Engineering, pre- Warren Woodrow became a fulltime of the tax avoidance technique was stressed of northern California. The study is being sented a paper at the 19th International faculty member for Aeronautics with the in a nationwide teleconference in which conducted with the assistance of Anita Coastal Engineering Conferencein Houston. start of the Fall Quarter. He is a graduate of Iohnson uarticiuated. Individuals creating Wooldridge, an M.S. candidate under the The paper, entitled, "An assessment of the Naval Academy with his degree in aero- ;rusts qualify fo; a charitable gift deduction. direction of Dr. Stevencosta. Thegrant will beach nourishment sediment characteris- nautical engineering, and attended the Questions about the plan should be direded help cover transportation costs, electronics, tics," reviewed ongoing research in beach Naval Post Graduate School. He is com- to extension 8036. and supplies needed for the research. nourishment technology. The conference is pleting work at F.I.T. on the M.S. degree in held every two years to allow coastal engi- science education, with a computer science Lt. Cmdr. Marty Heule, who is com- Dr. John C. Hozier. Holtzer-Lequear pleting his MBA in logistics in the F.I.T. off- neers from around the world to share infor- option. He is a pilot and airborne navigator Associate of BiologicalSciences, has been campus program at Selfridge ANG Base, mation. with 5500 hours, and has extensive ex- awarded a $295,000 research contract by Michigan, has received the Chief of Naval Dr. Stauble and graduate student Jeff perience in aircraft maintenance and data the Environmental Protection Agency Hoe1 attended the annual meeting of the processing. He and wife Mary are Palm Bay Operations Aviation Supply Excellence for molecular and cytogenetic studies on Award that honors the Navy's best supply Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Asso- residents. oncogenes in lung cancer. Oncogenes are department in support of P-3 Orion anti- ciation, held at Captiva Island, Florida. The thought to becellulargenesthat normally association is composed of coastal engi- Amanda Mykoo, an F.I.T. honors submarine aircraft squadrons. F.I.T. center control growth. However, under some director Ernie Frenchpoints out that the two neers, scientists, managers, and local and graduate in air commercelflight technology, circumstances, on oncogene is switched supply officers preceding Heule also earned state officials who are concerned with ero- has become an adjunct faculty member for on, resulting in the uncontrolled growth sion control and other coastal management Aeronautics. Now an MBAcandidate, sheis the MBA. that is cancer. problems. a flight instructor, and an air frame and Mar) Hannon, a senlor in Builnc,. Cum L munication, was presented a key to the City Former graduate student C.A. BI~~ of Melbourne and a plaque signed by Mayor jowski, now at the University of South Harry Goode at a ceremony recognizing her Florida Medical School, and Dr. George C. outstanding work as an intern during the Webster of Biological Sciences are the Hungry summer. authors of an article, "Effect of age on pep- humanists? tide chain initiation and elongation in Dr. Charles D. Beach has joined Elec- preparations from brain, liver, kidney and The Fawlly Reception pmrlded trical and Computer Engineering as asso- skeletal muscle of the C57B1161 mouse." in an opportunlly for back-to- campus -n.Uona and - date professor. He has extensive industrial Mechanimts of Aging and Development. for thw Humanities prolesson experience, and for seven years was director - smcksr~rthyof snlhuslasm. of research and development at the Florida Afield workshop to evaluate the relative Hammlnq fw the oecaslon are SohEnergy Center at Cape Canaveral. He accuracies and efficiencies of various flmm Iefg on. Hmt Frewar, Gordon Panenon. and Rudolph earned his M.S. in electrical engineering at methods of visually assessing reef fish Stwekel. New York University, and his Ph.D. in that populations was held this summer at the discipline at the University of Colorado. His Looe Key NationalMarine Sanctuary, about research interests are in non-linear systems, 30 miles from Key West .The workshop was adaptive systems, and signal processing. coordinated by Dr. Wdiam S. Alevizon of Biological Sciences, with major funding pro- Dr. Randall L. Alford, Director of the power plant mechanic. She has passed her Kent Hathaway has received a $750 vided by Florida Sea Grant. Additional Language Institute, has been invited to be Boeing 727 flight engineer written exam, and grant from the Gulf Coast Association of sponsoring agencies included The Sanctuary guest lecturer at the Toronto Institute of flight dispatcher written and practical Geological Societies financial aid to students Program Division of NOAA, National Linguistics on the campus of Victoria Uni- exams. She will be teaching the flight dis- committee to aid in his thesis research. Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA), and Sea versity in Toronto. patcher course, and federal aviation regula- Hathaway is in the physical oceanography Grant offices of other southeastern states Dr. Alford has also been invited by the tions. Ph.D. program. His research involves stu- and California. Who's Who Board of Advisors for a bio- dying therelationship between microseismic Participants included several graduate graphical inclusion in the 19th edition of Mark Ramsower will be teaching air activity and ocean waves. students from F.I.T., and reef fish workers Who's Who in the South and Southwest, a navigation for Aeronautics. His B.S. degree Microseisms, the continuous back- from the southeast, California and Puerto regional reference guide and companion ex- in aeronautical operations is from California ground noise recorded by seismometers, are Rico. Several hundred dives were logged tension of Who$ Who in America. He has State University, and he holds an associate often associated with ocean wave activity. during the 11-day effort, which should yield also been selected for a profile in the 1985 degree in mathematics. He has been a Boeing In some areas the correlation is surprisingly valuable information on the advantages and editions of Personalities of the South, and 77.7pilot for Pan American World Airways, high; Oregon State University has used disadvantages of the various methodologies The Directory of Distinguished Americans. and flew four-engine aircraft for the Air seismometers as land based "wavemeters." the mearchen tested. Campus notes

Dr. Jerald Linsley has joined F.I.T. as student sections committee. (He also served occultation of the star BD+B0 471 by the associate professor for Chemical Engineer- as copilot.) asteroid Ceres. ing. Anative Texan, he received a B.S. from An occultation occurs when a minor Texas Tech University, and a Ph.D. from body of the solar system passes between the Dr. Armand Dilpare of Mechanical earth and a distant star, creatting a miniature Rice University. Both degrees are in Engineering attended the 18th Mechanisms chemical engineering. Dr. Linsley has 14 eclipse. The shadow of Ceres will pass Conference in Cambndge, Massachusetts. through Florida, the Caribbean and Gulf of years of industrial experience and three He presented a paper entitled, "Mechanism years of university teaching experience. Mexico, requiring placement of F.1.T. and case study - Why d~dthe saw blade fly off He was an assistant professor of chemical M.I.T. observers at four sites between the the arborl" The conference was attended by Florida Keys and the Bahamas. engineering at Prairie View A&M Universi ty 100 about of the country's foremost kinema- NASA's plans for futw asteroid fly-by in Texas. Other teaching experienceincludes ticians and robotists. a two-year stint as assistant professor of missions depend heavily on precise timing of chemical engineering at McNeese State such occultations because they are the only University, Louisiana, and part-time in- data was analyzed on-board and exchanged Drs. Oswalt, Rakrt, and Edwin current means of accurately determining the structor at the University of Houston. between the Sovlet and American scientists. Strother, have announced plans for a coop- size and density of asteroids which are too Most of Dr. Linsley's varied industrial Also, a protocol was s~gnedcall~ng for a erative expedition involving the F.I.T. small to image directly with telescopes. This experience has been in the field of computer- Third Joint Research Expeddion sometime in Department of Physics and Space Sciences event is particularly attractive to scientists aided process design (he has been program- 1986. Dr. John Trefry in Oceanography and and the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- because it is the only one in which Ceres, the ming FORTRAN longer than his students Ocean Engineering is iricanin's major pro- ogy Department of Earth, Atmospheric and largest known asteroid, will be involved un- have been alive). fessor. Planetary Sdences, to observe the Nov. 13 til the 1990's. Dr. Michael W. Babich of Chemistry was Pad F. Arvis has joined the fulltime recently awarded a $15,000 grant from the faculty asassistant professor of management Petroleum Research Fund to support the and chairman of management programs at work of he and his students on solid-state Center for Student Development helps deaquationanation reactions of transition the Fort Lee graduate study center. He has been an F.I.T. adjunct professor in acquisi- metal complexes. Funds were provided for tion and contracts management at Fort Lee The Center for Student Development isavailable to assist the F.I.T. community. The thesupport of four research students and the for 10 years. He was director of the Army Centerprovidesservices to help students havea successful academic and penonal experi- purchase of an IBM-PC-XT computer to be Procurement Office, where he ence at F.I.T. Faculty are encouraged to help students take advantage of the many ser- used for data analysis in these studies. Research authored or co-authored more than U) vice offered by the Center. Serviees include improvingsludy skills, career counseling, research reports Before that hewasassistant stress management, and problems of a personal nature. dean of the School of Acquisition Manage- Currently, several groups are beginning at the Center. They include: Women's Sup ment, Army Logistics Management Center. port Group, Friday 5-6:30pm.; StmManagement Group, Monday 5:3&7p.m.; Howto He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cope with Depression, Thursday 45:30 p.m., and Student Support Group, Thursday American University. Healso holds an M.A. 7-8:15 p.m. If you have an additional topic that you kel would be of benefit to youmlf or from Marshall University, and a B.A. From others, let the Center know. To make an appointment, contact the Center at 7MWK150 or Concord College. He is a fellow in the drop by. All services are also available to staff and faculty. National Contract Management Association and a certified orofessional contracts Rotbor IVU W. Ducd.O, of manager. He is married to Cleo Arvis, and tWWhY ud 0- E- and they have two grown children.

F.I.T. hosted the Sixth Southeastern Phycological Colloquy in October. The col- loquy is devoted to the presentation of Out front research efforts on algae, -asses and algae associated with aquatic weeds. This It was 1 SU~~IIWb Glenn Buntins a 1979 gndlut* nhnow wwlw at F.I.T.. wbn h. meda Ih wwr of tbAupurt "U.S. par, 31 papers were presented on marine Nvws adWorld R.pwl" along with Casey Enker, a I974 alum. and freshwater algae andseagrasses.Biology nurmemtlonal uparumlorF.1.T. and lt~mrrlmgprogmmwas graduate student, David Tomaski, pre an lndlnct mltol a 1983 vielt by an ad agency b F.I.T. on sented a paper titled "Seasonal variations in bohwlf of Xemx. Bunting and Baka wen among pnola photognpMln F.I.T.cmwunlfonnr.AphoM IfomthatseUlbn carbon fixation and carbon budget parti- made Its way to the mwulne. tioning in Halodule Wdgktii aschers." Nearly 50 scientists from as far away as New York and Texas were in attendance. Dr. John Ryther, Director of the Center for Marine Biotechrtology at Harbor Branch The winning entry in the identifya- Institution, Ft. Pierce, was the banquet Grad scores gold in Olympics photo contest in the last edition of "Campus speaker. Dr. Dean Norria of Ocemgraphy Notes" was submitted by Dr. Steven L. and Ocean Engineering was the local coor- dinator with the assistance of graduate stu- For the first F.I.T. alumnus toclaima gold Her next goal is employment in the field of Costa of Oceanography and Ocean Engi- medal in Olympic competition, there is "corporate fitness." It is a discipline that is neering. He comxtly desnibed student Don dentsleff Bomber, Peter Pdoley, LuisMit- fM1 and Tomasko. special significance to her coUege years. She "stillvery much in its infancyZr'sheexplains. Selby working in the vertical spray chamber hadnot tried the sport of her successbefore of a Claude-Isaacs Condensator built as a John H.ud.s has joined Civil Engineer- arriving at the university. ''Ilearned to row By combining the sdence of exercise with marine field project during the summer at at F.I.T.,"notes Jeanne m. the biology of sports, one can praduce a pro- the univerdty's marine research faality at ing as an assistant pmfessor of civil engker- hg. H?s areas of expertise include highway The 1979 graduate was a member of the gram forcorporateemployee that incm - and traffic engineering, with an mpfwbm- who suspected the photo showed "an over- traffic safety. fie is presently completing re- quirements for a Ph.D. at West Virginia Los Angeles. That marked the fist gold sciencesand applies them directly tosports," head shot of a lady construction worker in a medals in that competition since the sport the Olympian said. ventilation shaft or elevator shaft.") University and expects to receive his degree in December. was added to the Olympic slate in 1976. Dr. Geoffrey W. Swain has joined Flanagan was a graduate student in "It's a variation on the health club Oceanography and Ocean Engineering. He Amy Mamrek (former Amy Henshey), marine biology at the University of fomat,"Flanaganexplained.Sheexpectsto previously worked in Aberdeen, Scotland. F.I.T. class of 1984, was selected as the Massachusetts - Amherst, while training in see the day when such exercise opportunities carrying out mearch on fouling and corro- Outstanding Civil Engineering Student by Boston for the Olympics. become an mpected employee benefit. sion on off-shore oil structures in the Nath the Florida Section of the American Society Sea. Dr. Swain received his B.S. from the of Civil Engineers. The announcement was University of London in 19n and his M.S. made at the annual meeting of the Florida and Ph.D. from the University of South- Section. She will receive an award of $125 Computer bargains abound ampton. In addition to teaching courses in from the Florida Section. the ocean engineering program, he will be I I The fobwing computer companies are offering discounts to bona fide students, conducting research on corrosion pro- Dr. Torry Oswalt of Physia and Space members of faculty, and staff oT the University. including biological fouling. and on mate- Sciences recently received a $1500 research rials for corrosion and fouling prevention. HARDWARE SOFTWARE grant from NASA and The American Astro- IBM PC, PCXT, PCAT U)% M% In June, NPnad Iricmin graduate student nomical Society to purchase computing Certain selected software in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering equipment for the F.I.T. observatory. This E~*on QX~O,RF80Fl' Printer 20 YO joined Amedean and Russian scientists on equipment wiU be used with a recently ob- Zenith 35% thehi*oxic Seeond US-USSR Joint Resea& tainedphotwlectricphotometerforasteroid Expedition in the Bering Sea. wang Pmkssional Computer 37% occultations, variable starobsemtions, and & most acce950rics The expedition began from Dutch Ar- student instruction in basic photometric Wang Writer ll 29% bor. Alaska. and lasted 32 days. The re- techniques. search vessel was the Akademik Ko~olyov. Apple 30% 30% DEC Rainbow 35% 35% named after Sergei Korolyov the Soviet Palmer Stiles of Mechanical Engineering, designer of the first artificial wtellite and accompanied students Mike Weaver, G9 Hewlett Packad CP.U., Printer, Plotters 25% 10% piloted spaceship. A total of 26 mag- Woods and Steve Lynch to the American Radio Shack Model 4 22% raphic stations were sampled. At each sta- Sodety of Mechanical Engineers regional All other 20% tion samples were wllefted for a large num- student leademhip conference in Atlanta at Microsoft 50&, ber of oceanographic parametw and the end of September. The group flew in one chemical properties of the Baing Sea. of F.I.T.'s Piper Warriors, with Weaver as Additionally, observations of densities piIot. Proksscn Stiles addres&d the mn- of sea birds and mammals were made. AU ference as chidnnan of the Msnational Enstice promoted to VP position ~-~- .~ The promotii>nof Richard E. Enstice to Assistant Vice President for Academic Radio Shack Administration for F.I.T. has beenannounc- assistance ed by Dr. John E. Miller. Exerdtive Vice Paul Hoaeland (left). President and Vice President for Academic cqimlla edncatlen wr- Affairs. hv R*Me SkW. "This promotion for Mr. Enstice reflects he has handled a multitude of assignments, ~WttIh.atVlbUM01 hisvital roiein high-level management of the and he has handled them all very well." .quipnmnlttroal ad Olvm Cemwt~r to Eb affairs of the university's academic opera- Enstice had since 1979 served as Director Es#iaartine tO allow tions," noted Miller. of Academic Services at F.I.T. Prior to that iwwt- ol knpraUl "F.I.T. is still a developing institution, he headed graduate admissions, continuing uwm deilh 6AaW Mc fnform.1ton ae WE^ and our mission remainsone of attaining the education, and off-campus graduate study w W*Hu ~~SB.Dr highest academic standards possible. That programs for the university, and before that MbbMl Val*, MdJa* has necwitated changes in our administra- he was an instructor in the F.I.T. electrical Won, ilcrvad Cwnty tive Structure. engineering department. He has also worked Npmmtatlwr ol me em "We are extrrmelv fortunate to have in as an enrineer- for Radiation lnc.. and as a Pum (letnpury. our ranks an experienced md very. capable. consultant to Harris Corp. administrator who can shoulder expanded Enstice received his bachelor's and duties that reflect the maturation of our master's degree in electrical engineering S&&fs am akdd in pii~fimhg universitv."said, . Miller. "In the 15 veal-. that froin F.I.T. He is currentlv a doctoral can- Mr. Enstice has worked in behalf of F.I.T., didate (Continued Imm Page One) Watkins will oversee implementation of each student's academic needs are defined the program, and successes will be shared and met. F.I.T.'s grant application was a with other universities. winner. Radio Shack responded with its Model Paul Hoagland, reglonal education coor- Along with claiming the F.I.T. Faculty Award far academic 16B computer and related equipment, in all dtnator for Radio Shack, sa~dF I.T. received providing more than $9.000 worth of hard- the grant only after the institute's proposal ware. The small computer is to periodically was ludged against others from across the siphon student information out ot the natlon.

univcmiry's main admnistrative computer, - and use those records for departmental "The grant applications really go chom. Agraduate student working with the through a lot of rigorous screening, and it's guidanceof Dr. Michael Valdezwill produce exating to have one of the recipients right programming needed for the project. here," Hoagland said.

Atlantic draws researchers to inspect volcanic seam

(Cm(tnuwi fmm P.g. Om) Trefry. In viewing some 40 hours of under- was filtered. Matwial captured in that pro- Cambridge University in England, Woods water color video scenes, one scientist cess was brought back to F.I.T. for analysis. Hole Oceanographic Institute, Columbia believed he spotted evidence of a vent area Studying the sediments - some of the University, and the University of Miami. which once hosted dams. material 50,000 years old - told Trefry that Trefry noted that joining the cruise from Another major task for the F.I.T. crew the bottom materials along the ridge are un- NOAA in Miami was chief scientist Dr. was the capturing of samples of sediments. expectedly devoid of organic materials that Peter ROM, a world expert on mid-ocean which involved the tricky business of sen- could be metabolized by bacteria. tittle ridge geology and geophysics. ding instrument packages and sampling chemical reaction resulting from organisms The undertakiing benefited from a high- tuba down guide lines that were up to three consuming oxygen was occu~gin the sedi- tech array of "incredible instruments" for miles long. ment. examining the sea, and from the community "Out in thisarea theutilization of carbon Before leavim F.LT.. Trefrv's team built of scientists it created. "It was the bst cruise - in the sediment isincredibly low." What that alarge refrigerated container to rmeivesedi- I have ever been on for scientific inter- implies, thescientist said, is that lifeformsin ment samples far study aboard the research action," aid Trefry. "everybody was anx- the water are capturing nearly all organic vessel. Non-scientific workers at the univer- ious to share their work." materials before they are buried in the bot- sibmade sure the sediment chamber work- F.I.T. and Cambridge led the search for by vents staysin the water longer than other tom sediments. ed. "The whole air-conditioning group real- telltale chemicals in as much as three miles metals, which include iron, copper andzinc. "Whatever lives out in that area is very ly did a super job," Trefry noted. beneath the research ship, a process Trefry 'We were trying to track rnid-ocean efficient as a scavenger," he concluded, since said amounts to "sniffing" for hydrothermal ridge exhalations (of chemicals) by captw- The container keeps samples at Megms biological waste materials from upper ocean activity. ing these particles," Trefry said. Celsius, simulating temperatures at the sea levels are not reaching the bottom. With very sensitive chemical sampling Theexistence of Atlantic vents wasprov- bottom. Built-in gloves allow two investi- Trefrv said that F.1.T researchers will be techniques, "'you can detect a vent miles en by chemical tests. 'The chemistry was gators to handle sediments without contami- studying materials collected during the away,'' noted Trefry. While the Cambridge what showed us that there is venting going nating the samples. voyage for the next six months to a year. team looked for manganese dissolved in the on out there. From that viewpoint it was The samples of bottommud were subjec- Ocean chemistry reports from F.I.T. and water, F.LT.'s group captured water sam- highly successful." ted to sautiny ranging from x-ray to careful Cambridge will be shared with the scientific ples to determine the manganese in partides No oasis of sea life was found in two examination bv the human eveand scientific community through reports in scientific suspended in the water. weeks of investigations. "We did find some description. 1Yatrr LV~,rrntrifuced to sepa- luurnals. "Together, our results have more Trefm explained that manganese put out things that suggest it is poss~ble," said rate it fmw ?I,.. -t,Iirnc~!!...BI.,;,',., , ,~d; TI, ,vc.ii~~tg.Ttei~y noled. By-

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