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| Title | April BOR News Report |
| Transcript | 17-Apr-02 SDSM&T April News Students Invited To Youth Engineering Adventure High school students heading into their junior years can learn about engineering and engineering careers during Youth Engineering Adventure programs at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City and South Dakota State University in Brookings. The events are scheduled from Sunday, June 9, to Friday, June 14, at South Dakota Tech, and from Sunday, June 16, to Thursday, June 20, at SDSU. The universities hope to inspire young people to pursue technical careers that give them the opportunity to use engineering and technology to generate greater economic vitality and create a better quality of life. Forty students attended Tech's first Youth Engineering Adventure last year. This year the program is expanding to include similar activities at SDSU. "Last year was such a huge success, we want to continue to showcase engineering and to give high school students the chance to be involved" program coordinator Dr. Larry Simonson said. He also is chair of Tech's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We want to introduce high school students to some of the important and interesting projects that engineers work on and show them what engineering is all about." Having incoming high school juniors attend the event gives them two years to take the courses that will help prepare them to study engineering in college. Tech and SDSU invites students to submit applications for the weeklong engineering experience. Students will stay in campus dormitories and eat meals in the school cafeterias. The programs will feature many activities, such as personalizing a circuit board display. Students also will tour local engineering firms, learn about teamwork and leadership, explore engineering career opportunities and have a great time. Students entering their senior year in high school also may apply and will be considered if slots remain. The registration fee is $100. The fee partly covers room, board and materials. South Dakota Tech, SDSU and engineering firms are providing most of the funding. Applications have been sent to all South Dakota high schools. Applications and more information are available from Simonson at (605) 394-2451 or Larry.Simonson@sdsmt.edu, or from Dr. Mylo Hellickson in SDSU's Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering at (605) 688-5610 or Mylo_Hellickson@sdstate.edu. #30# Nurse Without Borders To Speak At Tech Mary Lightfine, a nurse who has spent the past 10 years working in war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Pakistan, will speak at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on Wednesday, April 17. The public is invited to her two lectures, scheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Surbeck Student Center Ballroom. Lightfine now works as a lecturer for Nurses Without Borders. She also has traveled the globe for the Novel Peace Prize winning organization, Doctors Without Borders. She served as the online correspondent for ABC International News in Nicaragua while aiding in the relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Mitch, and worked in Kosovo refugee camps. In her 4 p.m. lecture, Lightfine will speak about the medical effects of war, disaster, and disease have had on people on several continents, as well as the geopolitical, historical and cultural aspects of societies different from our own. She will describe several diseases, including some endemic and epidemic illnesses that strike populations affected by war, civil conflict and displacement. During the 7 p.m. lecture, Lightfine will describe the effects of war, disaster and disease on the cultures and welfare of populations on several continents. Admission is $2 per lecture. Purchase tickets at the door the day of the event. NOTE: South Dakota Tech will host a press conference for Mary Lightfine at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in Surbeck Student Center Bump Lounge East. Lightfine will speak about her experiences and answer questions. #30# Sander Awarded $5,000 Scholarship South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Student Dana Sander has been awarded one of two $5,000 D.J. McDonald scholarships. Sander is a Mechanical Engineering major from Baker, Mont. The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors selected Sander for the award. Howard Pfaff, South Dakota's Chief Boiler Inspector, presented Sander with the award. Sander will use the scholarship to finish his degree at South Dakota Tech. The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors was created in 1919 to promote safety through uniformity in the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels. #30# South Dakota Tech Does Well At Competition Students from the South Dakota School of Mines Technology won first place in an Odyssey of the Mind contest held recently during the 2002 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Rocky Mountain Regional Student Chapter Conference. The students also raced the chemical car they designed and built. The University of Colorado at Boulder hosted the event. The conference featured paper presentations, the Chem-E-Car poster and performance competitions and the Odyssey of the Mind competition. Nine Tech students attended. They all competed in the Odyssey of the Mind competition, hosted by the Johns Manville Corporation. The competitors were provided with a sample of product material and technical product data and given two hours to suggest potential applications for the material. Company representatives then chose the best team ideas and may explore eventual marketing. The Tech team won first place in the competition. The team entered a hydrogen powered fuel cell model car in the race. The team placed fifth. "The car was the only fuel cell powered vehicle and the students received many accolades for their vehicle body design and reaction power source" team advisor Dr. David Dixon said. Dixon is an associate professor in Tech's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. "The team learned a lot and is anticipating a strong showing at future competitions." The team: Kevin Jordahl, Chemical Engineering, Yankton Bob Cunningham, Chemical Engineering, Mitchell Mike Stratton, Chemical Engineering, Brooklyn Park, Minn. Tara Boehmer, Chemical Engineering, Rapid City Sean Coleman, Chemical Engineering, Wagner Lisa Hendryx, Chemical Engineering, Rapid City Gena Engel, Chemical Engineering, Colome Anne Larson, Chemical Engineering, Albert Lea, Minn. Bobbie Crater, Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow, Mont. #30# Museum Invites Public To See Progress The Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology invites the public to the museum Sunday, April 21, to help the museum celebrate its progress during the past year. The event, "A Museum Retrospective 2001-2002" will allow visitors to see the changes and accomplishments the museum and its staff have made, including: • The new National Park Service Archaeotherium Cast • Student Research Papers • The museum's new web site • The newly configured James D. Bump Library • The W. L. Roberts Hall of South Dakota Minerals • The remodeled Museum Electronic Learning Classroom • The Paleontology Preparation Laboratory, Crab Lab and collections Drop in between noon and 5 p.m. and visit with staff, students and volunteers. Share light refreshments as you examine our changing exhibits, facilities, and collections and help celebrate the museum's successes. #30# Mideast Turmoil Forum Topic Qusi Al-Haj and Dr. Steven Benn will discuss Mideast strife during a United Campus Ministry forum scheduled for noon Tuesday, April 16, at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The discussion, titled, "Palestine and Israel: Can There Ever Be Peace?" is part of the United Campus Ministry's weekly forum series. It will be held in the Surbeck Student Center Bump Lounge. The forum is free and open to the public. Lunch is available beginning at 11:30 a.m. #30# Local High Schools Compete In Robotics Contest Teams from three Black Hills area high schools competed April 4 and April 5 in the FIRST Robotics competition in Saint Louis, Mo. Each team built a robot and maneuvered it through a series of tasks. The FIRST Robotics program is a nationwide high school competition. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology students mentored the high school students and advised them during the robot construction process. The local teams competed against 50 other teams. Stevens High School finished in 14th place, Central High School finished in 33rd place and Sturgis Brown High School finished in 44th place. NASA and the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, based at South Dakota Tech, sponsored the teams. #30# Explore Cultures At Expo Groups from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and National American University will host "Cultural Expo 2002 – The World to You in 2002, A Celebration of Our Cultural and International Diversity" Thursday, April 11, to Saturday, April 13. This multi-cultural festival will be held in the Surbeck Center Ballroom on the Tech campus. NAU and Tech host the event to promote friendship and cultural exchange between people of different countries and cultures. Local and regional school children are scheduled to attend between noon and 3 p.m. Thursday, April 11, and between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, April 12. The general public is invited to attend the Expo 2002 between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Cultural displays from Norway, Japan, India, Brazil, China, Zambia, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Russia, and Germans from the Russia Heritage Society will be exhibited all three days. There is no charge to visit the exhibits. There will be a nominal charge for sampling of native foods, which will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Cultural entertainment including dancing and singing will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Cultural groups from the community are encouraged to participate in this annual event, which is sponsored by international students at Tech and NAU, AISES, the Student Association at Tech, National American University, Tech's Ivanhoe International Center. For information, please contact Suzi Aadland at Tech's Ivanhoe International Center at 394-6884 or Misti Merriam at National American University at 394-4827. #30# CSC Grand Opening a Success The Children's Science Center reopened Saturday, April 6, to a full house and a full day of learning and fun. "The opening was a huge success" Julie Smoragiewicz, vice president for University Relations at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, said. "It's great to be open again and giving children and people of all ages the chance to learn about science and have fun at the same time." Opening day visitors watched a live puppet show, listened to a presentation about the exhibit, "Earth as Art" and used the Center's two newest attractions, the Buffalo Reading Room and the indoor tree house. The Center is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday and Friday, and from 9 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of every month. See a complete list of activities atwww.hpcnet.org/sdsmt/csc. The Children's Science Center is an outreach project of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Call 394-6996 for more information. #30# Concrete Canoe Team Leaves For Competition Thursday Students from the South Dakota School of Mines Technology will race their new concrete canoe this weekend at the 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers Rocky Mountain Regional Conference held at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. The conference will feature the regional concrete canoe, steel bridge and other competitions. The team must win the regional competition to be eligible for the national concrete canoe competition scheduled for June in Madison, Wis. Tech has placed first in 12 of the past 14 regional competitions, The team's concrete canoe will be judged on appearance, weight, presentation, and races in men's sprint and endurance, women's sprint and endurance, and co-ed. The steel bridge competition is judged by weight, efficiency, least maximum deflection, speed of assembly, and total cost. Tech's student ASCE chapter has a strong tradition of designing and racing concrete canoes. Tech teams finished in the top five in nationals five times, including a fifth place finish last year. The 30-member team returns Sunday. #30# College Republicans To Host Forum The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology College Republicans will host a Spring Candidates Forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in the Surbeck Student Center Ballroom. Several GOP candidates for governor, state House and other statewide offices, as well as local offices, are expected to attend. This event provides a good opportunity to hear the candidates or their representatives describe why they are running for office and to explain their views on issues. The College Republicans invite the public to attend. #30# Wald Wins $1,000 Scholarship Tech student Nick Wald, a Metallurgical Engineering major from Rapid City, has been awarded a $1,000 MPD scholarship by the Society of Mining Engineers. "The competition for these scholarships is keen, and you are to be congratulated on your selection" Wald's notification letter said. #30# Tech Takes First Place With "Blue Flame" The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology took first place in the concrete canoe competition at the 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers Rocky Mountain Regional Conference held this weekend in Laramie, Wyo. The Tech team raced and competed with its canoe named "Blue Flame." The win qualifies the team for the national competition, scheduled for June in Madison, Wis. There, Tech will compete against more than 20 teams from universities with the best engineering programs in the country. Tech has won regionals 13 of the past 15 years. "The overall conference competition was very keen in all the events" team advisor Dr. Scott Kenner said. Kenner is an associate professor in Tech's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. "We did dominate the canoe competition, and after watching the canoe's performance, it is likely the best design we have ever had." The team's concrete canoe was judged on appearance, weight, presentation, and races in men's, women's and co-ed sprint. High winds forced the cancellation of planned endurance races. Besides the canoe competition in Laramie, the Tech team competed with a design paper and with a mystery design project. The team finished second overall after scores for all the competitions were combined. Colorado State placed first. Tech's student American Society of Civil Engineers chapter has a strong tradition of designing and racing concrete canoes. Tech teams finished in the top five in nationals five times, including a fifth place finish in 2001. #30# Tech Students Engineer Solutions During 2002 Design Fair The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2002 Design Fair will feature dozens of senior projects from various fields of engineering and computer science. The event, free and open to the public, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Surbeck Student Center Ballroom. Projects on display will include: Mini-Indy, Mini-Baja and Human Powered vehicles, Friction Stir Welding, SAE Aeroplane, Compound Bow, ATV Fish Tank, Remote Sensing Balloon and many others. This campus-wide celebration of technical design showcases projects from more than 100 students in the following departments: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Geological Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering. Some of the projects are sponsored by private industry and government agencies. "The design method is critical,����� fair organizer Dr. Chris Jenkins said. Jenkins is a professor in Tech's Mechanical Engineering Department. "It is the creative process used to develop a products and processed that address needs. Understanding and utilizing the design method are important components of engineering and computer science education." The Design Fair provides an opportunity for the general public, particularly middle and senior high school students, to see the results when South Dakota Tech students apply the creative process in engineering and computer science projects. Student designers will be on hand to explain their projects. In conjunction with the Design Fair, undergraduates and graduate students from a variety of departments at Tech will present their research at the Research Symposium that will run concurrently with the Design Fair. This is an opportunity for the community to learn about the advances in science and engineering that Tech students are pioneering and how education through research is accomplished. You will have an opportunity to gain a glimpse of the future through their projects. For information, call Dr. Chris Jenkins at 394-2406. #30# Tech Presents April TEA Award The Career Service Council at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has given its Tradition of Excellence Award for April to Monica Beardt, a secretary in Business and Administration. Beardt started at Tech in December 1999 as a temporary hire. She accepted the permanent position in January 2000. Her nominator(s) said "Monica has a difficult position. As she manages the switchboard, no matter what she is doing, she is always interrupted with phone calls and still manages to maintain her friendly, helpful ways. These ways carry over in her voice, portraying a very positive reflection for Tech to the outside world. She also works with the computer generated purchase orders, state contracts, etc. As they are always changing, she keeps current with these changes and in turn keeps those who do the purchase orders within the guidelines. When corrections are necessary, she requests the corrections in a helpful way rather than an intimidating way. Monica goes out of her way to make our work environment more user friendly." The Career Service Council gives the award to someone who has performed their assigned duties at a high level or above and beyond expectations, who has taken the initiative to promote the concept of successful job completion and has promoted a positive working relationship with students, faculty and staff. #30# Staff Honored At Career Service Banquet The following staff members at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology were honored recently during the 2002 Career Service Banquet. Five Years of Service: Patricia Meredith, Richard MacDonald, Jamie Sumners Ten Years of Service: Barbara Hughes, M. Patricia Kung, Cassie Schweigerdt Fifteen Years of Service: Tonette Schauer Twenty Years of Service: Richard Beshara, Audrey Painter Traditions of Excellence Honorees: Carolyn Brich, Karen Connors, Kristy Engle, M. Patricia Kung, Jeanette Nilson, Cassie Schweigerdt, Irene Vanderbush, Tisha VanRavenhorst Outstanding Student Service Award: Cindy Christensen #30# Spring Thing April 13 The 2002 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology spring concert, "Spring Thing" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theater. Tech invites the public to attend the free concert, featuring the Tech Concert Choir, Alumni and Friends Choir and Symphonic Band. You can enjoy after-concert entertainment immediately following the concert in the Alpine- Ponderosa room with music by the Tech Jazz Band, Master Chorale and T.H.E.M. A $5 charge covers admission and hors d'oeuvres. A cash bar also will be available. Those under 18 are admitted free. #30# Spring Fling This Week Tech's annual Spring Fling is scheduled for the week of April 15. Here's a schedule: • Monday, April 15: 7 p.m., Mission Improvable Comedy improv group, Surbeck Student Center • Tuesday, April 16: 7 p.m., Movie Night, "Lord of the Rings" Elks Theater • Wednesday, April 17: 2:30 p.m., press conference with Mary Lightfine, representative of Nurses Without Borders; 4 p.m., medical lecture by Mary Lightfine; 7 p.m., cultural lecture by Mary Lightfine, all events in the Surbeck Student Center • Thursday, April 18: 7 p.m., Casino Night, Surbeck Student Center • Friday, April 19: 7 p.m., Mr. & Mrs. Tech ceremony, Surbeck Student Center #30# |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota Board of Regents; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 2002-04-17 |
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| Language | eng |
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| Date Digital | 2009 |
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