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Show ., r THE TIIUNDERBlRD • SOtrrHERN UfAH UNIVERSl1Y • TIJESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1993 • PAGE 13 College of Science to benefit from NASA 'loaner' One of the leaders in America's space research effom will begin a. brief distinguished-visiting-professor tenure at SUU today and will ~ist our own science faculty in instructing the srudent body for the coming academic year. Joseph C. Sharp, director of space research at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has "joined" SUU's science department and accotding to Teny Alger, provost of the university, the NASA director •will add a new dimension to our astronomy program and to our human physiology offerings." Alger point.ed out that one of the major focuses of NASA research deals with various aspero; of human performance. In addition ID teaching courses in biology, human physiology and related courses a.t the university, Sharp will conduct seminar courses with upper division students, Li Lu is fall's first Convo guest here according to Al Tait, dean of the College of Science. "He is interest.ed in working in more individualized study with advanced srudents, and he will be involved considerably with our astronomy offerings," Tait said. As director of space research at the NASA facility, Sharp is responsible for the management of all space activity at the Ames Research Center which includes the physical and life sci.ences, engineering and flight projects, grants to university scientists and contractB ro aerospace industry. At Ames, he supervises a mtal annual budget of $108 million and approximately 1,000 on-site employees. Of NASA's nine space centers, Ames has a reputation for working most closely with the nation's scientific community tO produce scientific returns of international significance, according to Alger. I' I{ I "\ t I I' I I .._ ,, 1 .._ l J I "\ I l I< I I I I{ I Sharp has led research on th.e "Nuclear Winter" scenario, the chemistty of ozone depletion, as well as srudying the performance of women in space, overtly searching for life on Mars, and directing cooperative space flights with the former Soviet Union, France and China. ln 1987, Sharp was the senior representative of the United Stares to the British National Space Center, the Unittd Kingdom's equivalent of NASA. As the American representative, he advised the director general on organizational strucrure and the melding of the British unive.rsities into a viable partner with the space center. Prior to appointment to his present position in 1987, Sharp served at the Ames Research Center as deputy director of space research and as deputy director of life sciences. \ I I "\ I I "\ \ I .._ I I \ < , Tiananmen Square figure to speak Thursday (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12) had gathered. After arriving, Lu became the chief advisor because of his repum.ion at Nanjing University. He was also the official press spokesman for the Democratic Reform Movement and later became a deputy commander of th.e movement under Chai Llng. Lu became Ung's chief adviser as the number of demonstrators rose to 200,000. The Communist government strongly opposed the demonstrations and brought in troops to surround the square. At 4 am on June 4, Lu began to lead a column of students out of the square in compliance with an agreement made with the army to leave before 7 am. Firing suddenly erupted at 5 am killing many of the students at the end o( d1e column. Others remaining were crushed by tanks. 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