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Show Paee 42-T- HERALD, HE Provo, Utah, Sunday, November 18, 1979 Education: and across the nation Students Begin Work On Large Orbital Solar Sail U of U - ' SALT LAKE CITY A giant, solar sail that may accompany America's space shuttle Into orbit in the fall of 1981 is in the planning stage. . A group of University of Utah engineering stu-- ! dents are working on the project. The National Aeronautics and Space Administra; tion dropped the project because of budget problems, but made its data available to the U students so they could pursue the program on a smaller scale. The major purpose of the project is to demonstrate the economic and technologic feasibility of solar sailing. : The sail, presently in the design stage, will resemble a massive kite with each of its sides about 140 feet long. It will consist of a thin plastic iilnt called mylar and be coated with aluminum to icreate a reflective surface needed to harness the un'i radiation. Dr. Gary Flandro, professor of mechanical Engineering, and Dr. William L, Van Moorhem, assistant research professor of mechanical engineer-ta- i , are directing the project. I Light reflecting off its aluminum-coate- d surface .literally would push the sail through space, says Flandro, who previously conducted solar sail Research as a consultant to NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. "Once they are placed in orbit, they could be kite-shape- d flown just like a sailing ship. They would use radiation from the sun, just as a sailing ship uses the wind, to power their way through space," says Flandro. Only small amounts of power would be enneeded to travel through an atmosphere-fre- e vironment. More than 30 engineering students, under the direction of John Pande, a senior in mechanical engineering, are involved in the demonstration project. Pande says solar sails could play a significant role in the deployment of solar power satellites, communication satellites and space stations. "This will be the first opportunity not only to demonstrate solar sailing but also to apply new toward technology the construction and maneuverability of very large structures in space, with an emphasis on solar power stations," says Pande. A 910,000 donation from the Utah chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the World Space Foundation spurred the project That money will purchase five cubic feet of space on the 1981 shuttle, which will orbit 130 miles above the Earth. Flandro says personnel need to solve several engineering and design problems before actual construction of the sail begins. But he says he has no doubts about its technological feasibility. t Educators Try For Excellence Westminster Anticipates Solving Money Trouble A,eyer To Jsu Af LOGAN - - A former Idahoan, who is now chancellor of the University of California at Davis, will speak at ceremonies to inaugurate the new president of Utah I State University. James H. Meyer, will JAMts h. Meyer deliver the address in the inaugural ceremony Fri- delegates from colleges day at 10 a.m. in the and universities across Chase Fine Arts Center the nation. a Concert Hall at USU. Dr. Stanford Cazier, new USU president also will deliver his inaugural address during the ceremony, which will follow an academic procession of USU faculty and Meyer has been chancellor at UC-Dav- is WestSALT LAKE CITY (LTD minster College will be able to pull out of its financial problems, says the private school's president. C. David Cornell, who has headed the school since early September, told students and faculty in a address Thursday that the school still faces problems but is beginning to solve them. Westminster, which cut out its athletic program last year, raised tuig tion, and began an emergency drive last year, still needs $3.5 million this year to repay borrowed money, Cornell said. It also needs another 11.5 million to keep the budget fund-raisin- He is a balanced. University of Idaho The college president said the school graduate with masters will try to get funding from state and and doctors degrees from local government, foundations, corthe University of porations and individuals. Wisconsin. since 1969. 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"And the student confrontations of the 1969 and 1970 period still linger in the minds of many legislators who got completely turned off by higher education during that era, and we're still g in the backwash of that." He said it is important that Westminster survive because it is the only small, private, Independent college in a area. The school is also striving to draw more students, Cornell said. This year the school expected 800 full time students but 880 enrolled adding an additional $200 000 to the school's revenue. THREE ACT WNNEH SPECIALS the Utah Legislature rescinded the recertification requirement for Utah teachers last May, professionals still make efforts to upgrade their teaching abilities, according to Ronald W. Last, Provo High School principal. Before the recision, the requirement stipulated that every five years teachers and other educational personnel would renew their state certificates by taking college courses or participating in programs. including the PTA and some Many groups became concerned about education associations the professional development of educators when the legislature took its action. Provo High School administrators recently conducted a survey among the school's staff to determine the impact the legislation has made upon educators. Last said the results indicate the majority of teachers have extended their professional member wiffi "The money in the governmental sector is not as easy to come by for higher education as it was 10 to IS years ago," Cornell said. "The glamour of WE PROUDLY FCESENT OUR TEST OF THE WIST Although A 1 What is happening with education in Utah Oram Unlvtrsity Mall f.UI Hunks & Sons Sdm Payson Furniture Anderson's Home Furnishings $prfosv!!!t |
