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Dear Friends,

We live in a time of exciting advances ininformation and communication technologies.These advances in technology provide importantnew ways to enhance the learning of students in

our classrooms and laboratories. The investments made throughout the universityin the newest developments in computing and networks give us the capability toprepare our graduates for the dynamic environment of today’s industries.

Leaders of industry urge that we expand the preparation of science andengineering graduates so that they may integrate the technological opportunities ofmany disciplines to create the products needed to compete in today’s globalmarketplace. We are pleased that the bold commitment made by our faculty sixyears ago to form four multidisciplinary colleges has placed the university in anideal position to respond to the needs of industry. The three-year old Center ofExcellence for Advanced Manufacturing and Production has created importantnew programs to prepare our graduates to lead multidisciplinary design anddevelopment teams.

The receipt of the nation’s award for the most innovative engineering educationprogram recognizes the success of our faculty, students, and staff in creating amultidisciplinary technology development environment. Engineers of BoeingAircraft, acting on behalf of the industries employing engineering graduates,found that our Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Production provided themost innovative approach to providing the multidisciplinary team experiencesurgently needed to prepare graduates for leadership positions in industry.

Congratulations to the many members of the faculty who have collaborated withour industrial advisory groups and our students to create the award winningmultidisciplinary environment that prepares graduates to lead their chosenprofessions in science and engineering.

Sincerely,

Richard J. Gowen, President

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, military status,sex, religion, age, sexual preference, political preference, or disability in employment or the provision of service.

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FeaturesSatellite Technologies Aid

Tech Geologists

2000 Return for Reunion 2000

Tech Alum Fuses Nuclear Power and Ballroom Dancing

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Golden Navigator Migrates to Rapid City

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Technology company expands their service tothe Black Hills.

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Martin & Associates, Inc., seeksTech grads.

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,founded in 1885, has been a national leader in preparingworld-class engineers and scientists. Our graduates design,construct, and operate modern technology to meet complexchallenges such as global warming, health care delivery,energy resource development, mineral extraction andprocessing, environment quality, futuristic transportation,and national defense. Our alumni are held in the highestregard by their fellow leaders in industry, consulting,government, health, and education.

Tech has diversified to meet the needs of engineeringand science throughout the world. South Dakota Tech’sintellectual environment was shaped a century ago by theingenuity and rugged individualism of pioneers in scienceand technology. Tech’s present day pioneers provideinspiration and remain on the cutting edge in the fields ofengineering and the sciences.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM: SDSM&T is a state-assisteduniversity providing graduate and undergraduate degrees inscience, engineering, and interdisciplinary studies.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREESChemical Engineering Geology Chemistry Industrial Engineering Civil Engineering Interdisciplinary Science Computer Engineering MathematicsComputer Science Mechanical EngineeringElectrical Engineering Metallurgical EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering Mining EngineeringGeological Engineering Physics

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREESAtmospheric Sciences Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering ScienceCivil Engineering Mechanical EngineeringComputer Science PaleontologyElectrical Engineering Technology ManagementGeology and Geological

Engineering DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREES

Atmospheric, Environmental, and Water Resources Geology and Geological Engineering Materials Engineering and Science

ENROLLMENT: The University has a diverse enrollmentof approximately 2,275 students from 39 states and 27countries. Our 13 departments offer 29 degree programs inengineering and science disciplines at the baccalaureate,masters, and doctoral levels. Students enter the universitywith the highest ACT composite in the state and more thanhalf graduating within the top 25% of their high school.

COSTS AND FEES: Annual undergraduate costs fortuition, fees, room, and board total less than $8,200 per yearfor South Dakota residents and less than $10,900 forresidents of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NewMexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, andWyoming. Annual total costs for all other undergraduates isless than $12,400 per year.

RESEARCH: High quality research is conducted indepartments and in our research institutes.

FACULTY: There are approximately 125 faculty withdegrees from more than 150 institutions, eighty five percentof which have earned doctoral degrees.

Lowell Jobe (ChemE ‘38) tells of hispassions in life.

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John Colgan donates one million dollars toSDSM&T.

Jim Martin takes students to Australia tostudy fossils.

SDSM&T joins new conference beginning2000-2001 school year.

SDSM&T hosted all-school reunion July 5th - 8th.

Geologists aided in surveying of remoteareas of Africa.

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SDSM&T Reaching Out12

Student Spotlight20

Research Notes22

Publications17

Personnel Changes21

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Then & Now18

A photographic history of SDSM&T from1973-2000.

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Dr. Colin Paterson, Professor, Department of Geology &Geological Engineering, and Dr. Ed Duke, Professor,Department of Geology and Geological Engineering,

traveled to Namibia, Africa, in August to begin field data collectionon a project that will concentrate on mapping and resourceevaluation in Namibia, Africa. The project is entitled “Potential ofHyperspectral Remote Sensing for Geological Mapping andResource Evaluation in Arid Regions, using the Damaran Terraneof Namibia”. The two were awarded a $42,000 National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grant for support of the project. The purposeof the three-year program is to test state-of-the-art field-based andremote-sensing measurements and to introduce these moderntechnological methods to geological researchers in Namibia.

Remote sensing is the science of measuring the compositionof materials on the Earth’s surface from aircraft or satellite.Agricultural crops are monitored to assist predication of globalfood supplies. Major disasters such as fires and floods may berecorded to plan for remediation.

Remote sensing includes aerial photography, but morecommonly involves use of spectrometers to measure the energythat is reflected off earth materials as a result of impact of thesun’s rays. This reflected energy includes not only the visible lightspectrum but also invisible energy of longer wavelengths, such asinfrared.

The launch of the first Landsat satellite in 1972 ushered in anew era in geological mapping and resource evaluation. Landsatand other “multispectral” systems measure the spectrum ofreflected sunlight in a small number of broad bands or channels.In the past ten years new technological breakthroughs haveresulted in the development of airborne spectrometers withhundreds of spectral bands. These “hyperspectral” systemsprovide sufficiently detailed data so that it is possible, not merelyto see differences in the physical characteristics of rockformations, but to identify individual species of minerals, toestimate dimensions of species, and in some cases to determinethe chemical composition of minerals. Along with thedevelopment of these spectrometers has come a variety ofportable field spectrometers designed for calibration and ground-truthing the remotely-sensed data. Field spectrometers are alsorevolutionizing methods for identification of minerals in the fieldby providing a method that is quick, inexpensive, requires nosample preparation, and is effective on materials that are too finegrained for other methods.

National Science Foundation funding over the past two yearshas enabled SDSM&T to develop field-based and remotely-sensedspectroscopic methods for mapping variations in the distributionand compositions of metamorphic minerals in metamorphic rocks.These results have improved the ability to map past thermal andcompositional gradients in the Earth’s crust and the locations offocused fluid. Although the field-based methods used in thecurrent project can be applied in all geological environments, the

remote sensing methods are suitable only in areas free ofcontinuous vegetative cover. In addition to parts of thesouthwestern U.S., this includes vast zones of Africa, Asia, andAustralia. This project represents the first step in attempting toevaluate the potential of these new research methods in areasoutside the U.S., particularly in regions where researchinfrastructure may be limited and therefore remote sensingmethods most beneficial.

Several new hyperspectral satellite systems will be launchedduring the three-year period of the project. These will provideglobal coverage, with excellent spectral detail, and measure areas onthe ground as small as eight meters across. Additionally, the Terrasatellite, the flagship of NASA’s Earth Observing System, enteredorbit in 1999 and will be providing multispectral global coverage inthe visible and near infrared wavelenths and—for the first time—multispectral thermal infrared imagery from the ASTERinstrument onboard. ASTER—the Advanced Spaceborne ThermalEmission Radiometer—is a joint U.S.-Japanese instrument and thedata will be distributed through the EROS Data Center in SiouxFalls. The availability of such imagery will create unparalleledopportunities for geological research in areas of the globe, whichpreviously have been difficult to study because of poor access orlimited research possibilities. By adopting the technology toprocess and manage these hyperspectral data, developing nationswill gain powerful capabilities for evaluating and monitoringnatural resources and natural hazards, and for designingengineering solutions to meet demands of population growth,economic development, and climate change.

Studies incorporating applications of remote sensing requireareas that have an arid climate, are sparsely vegetated, and haveextensive rock exposures. North central Namibia, flanked by theNamib and Kalahari Deserts, is extremely suitable with arid climateand sparse vegetation. The major geological province in this area

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Dr. Ed Duke, Dr. Colin Paterson, and Volker Petzel (Deputy Director, GeologicalSurvey of Namibia), on outcrop with Kwseb River and sand dunes of the NamibDesert in the background.

Satellite Technologies Aid TeSurveying of Remote Area

is known as the Damaran terrane—an area in whichsedimentary rocks were deposited, folded, and heated between1.0 billion and 0.6 billion years ago. Rocks of the Damaranterrane are well exposed, and include a variety of lithologiesover a wide range of metamorphic grade as well as manydifferent metal-bearing ore deposits. Such continuity across anorogen is quite remarkable in contrast to the southwest U.S. whereterranes are extremely disjointed because of subsequent tectonicevents.

In Namibia, the project benefits from a high level of localcollaboration, under the auspices of the Geological Survey ofNamibia. The principal collaborators in Namibia, Volker Petzeland Herbert Roesener, are intimately familiar with the regionalgeology and have access to the most current information on thedescriptive aspects and genetic models for Namibian mineraldeposits. Petzel and Roesener will be involved in orientation ofthe U.S. visitors to the Namibian project locations, as well indiscussions related to direction of the research program.

One of the emphases of the Namibian Geological Survey ismapping of Damaran stratigraphy and dating of geological events.In light of the heavy workload of regulatory activities and smallmanpower devoted to mapping, this collaboration will complementcurrent activities by developing a procedure for rapid mapping byremote sensing. Another focus is development of a database formineral occurrences in Namibia (NAMDAT); this study willprovide information that will assist this process by identifyinggeological environments in which new mineral resources may beidentified.

While employed as a faculty member at the University ofCape Town, South Africa, Dr. Paterson directed a thesis on theBerg Aukas deposit in Namibia’s Otavi Mountainland, and wasdepartment examiner of two theses on the Damaran terrane ofNamibia. He has conducted research on ore deposits and

explorationin southern Africaand elsewhere. Hisresearch emphasis hasbeen on hydrothermalmetallic deposits, withadditional experience inthe application ofGeographic InformationSystems to mineralexploration through aNASA Space GrantFellowship at the U.S.Geological Survey’s EROS DataCenter in 1993.

Dr. Duke has been conducting research on geological remotesensing since 1991 when he was a visiting scientist at the EROSData Center, focusing on integration of remotely-sensed data andGIS for mineral exploration and mineral deposit modeling,applications of hyperspectral remote sensing, and field andlaboratory spectrometry. Since 1997, his emphasis has been onspectroscopic methods for mapping metamorphic rocks andderiving quantitative parameters related to metamorphic reactionsand metamorphic pressure and temperature conditions. Theprincipal research instrument for this work is a field-portablevisible and near infrared spectrometer that was purchased withNSF funding in 1997. The instrument was upgraded in March2000 for state-of-the-art performance and ease of use in the field,using supplemental funds provided by NSF. The portablespectrometer will be used extensively to collect spectra in theproject areas, namely Otavi Mountainland, Navachab, and in atransect through the range of metamorphic grade in the Damaranterrane between Tsumeb and Windhoek.

During the project, Paterson and Duke will continue theirclose collaboration with the EROS Data Center, which will providecurrent satellite imagery from Landsat 7 and facilitate acquisitionof new ASTER data when that becomes available to the researchcommunity at large later in 2000. EROS will also host a one-weekworkshop on remote sensing data and analysis methods for twoNamibian geologists and a graduate student in 2001.

The SDSM&T graduate student working on this project isBelal Hansrod, a citizen of Mauritius. Mr. Hansrod has a long-standing interest in mineral resources of Subsaharan Africa, andintends to focus his M.S. thesis research on applications of remotesensing in that region.

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Dr. Ed Duke measuring spectra of rocks at the Khuseb Springs mine, OtaviMountainland in northern Namibia. Belal Hansrod and Dr. ColinPaterson are discussing the next site for data collection.

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Reuben (EE ‘58) and Marilyn Rieger were the lucky winners of a restored 1963 Corvette raffled by the SDSM&TFoundation during the Reunion 2000 Picnic on July 7, 2000.

Dr. Gowen participating in the tunnelactivities.

Earl Schwarzenbach (EE ‘29) and Bob Oliver(TM, Rapid City) following Earl’s first Harleyride with Bob. The campus Quad was filled with spectators as

they watched the Corvette raffle.

Reunion 2000 was a success withmore than 2,000 people attending the events. The

reunion that was held at SDSM&T on July 6, 7, and 8 waslargely a success due to the efforts of hundreds of people, according

to Tim Vottero, Director of the Alumni Association at Tech.“There was a lot of participation from family, friends, staff, and alumnivolunteers,” Vottero said. “Several people commented that this was the

most family-friendly reunion they had attended, and that they reallyappreciated the effort put into making this event fun for all

involved.” Friends were reunited with friends, alumniwere reunited with their alma mater.

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Dr. Gowen, assisted by Paul Gnirk (MinE ‘59)and Dr. Howard Peterson (GeolE ‘50), cuts theribbon at the Arch dedication.

Future SDSM&T student checks outcampus facilities at the reunion picnic.

Bill Benda (EE ‘57) and Jim Hayes (GenE ‘59)teamed up for the Dud King Golf Classic at theElks Golf Course on July 7th.

Alumni making the trek up M-Hill.

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While nuclear energy and ballroomdancing may seem like an oddcombination, coming from the

mouth of SDSM&T alumni Lowell Jobe(ChemE ‘38) they seem like perfectcompanions. Perhaps because Jobe showsequal passion and enthusiasm for both.His enthusiasm is also apparent whendiscussing the Scientific Knowledge forIndian Learning and Leadership (SKILL)endowment that he granted to SDSM&Tafter the sale of his first home in IdahoFalls, Idaho. “My endowment toSDSM&T was based upon my recognitionof the raw deal the Native Americans havereceived at the hands of our federalgovernment, particularly in the 19th andearly 20th centuries. When one considerswhat the western culture has done to theenvironment in the total picture, includingformer native populations, it is up totoday’s developed people to make somecorrections.” Jobe continued, “I considerthe South Dakota Native Americans to begiven the bottom of the dregs of land andresources that any Native Americans havereceived. My endowment was created tohelp educate the younger generation sothey can fulfill their role to hopefullybenefit their people or at least themselves.That is why the SKILL program has theprimary benefit, with scholarship moneybeing available for those who eventuallymake the grade as SDSM&T students.”

Born on August 28, 1914, in Lead,South Dakota, Jobe graduated from LeadHigh School in 1932. He then spent twoyears working for the Homestake MiningCompany to earn money for School ofMines tuition. In 1934 he enrolled atSDSM&T, graduating in 1938 with aBachelor of Science in ChemicalEngineering. “One of the most important

values I received at theSchool of Mines was inthe Pro-Seminar classwhere we were

indoctrinated with the ‘second mile’concept as applied to professionalbehavior. I have carried that through myprofessional life and made it an importantconcept for my students in both teachingpositions I had,” Jobe said. “Of course,you have to also include proficiencyrequirement to do your job correctly.Unfortunately, I am afraid that much ofthe business world has lost sight of someof the concepts of our generation,although many persons now do dedicatetheir efforts and resources for thebetterment of mankind.”

Jobe earned his Master of Science inChemical Engineering at the University ofIowa in 1939. He then began hisprofessional career at the Water TreatmentDepartment of Graver Tank andManufacturing Company of East Chicago,Indiana, where he was in charge of thelaboratory, process design, specifications,and startup of all complexion exchangeplants.

In 1947, he became AssistantProfessor of Chemical Engineering at theUniversity of Idaho, where he introducedcourses in water and waste treatment,automatic process control, and the firstgraduate course in Nuclear ChemicalEngineering taught at University of Idaho.He was also responsible for directingresearch on rare earth separations fromIdaho monazite, and spent two summerseach at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL) and Hanford nuclear plants. In1960 he was employed as Senior ProcessControl Engineer at the Idaho ChemicalProcessing Plant (ICPP) located at theNational Reactor Testing Station (nowknown as the Idaho National Engineeringand Environmental Laboratory or

INEEL). He holds two patents from hiswork there.

Retiring from INEEL in 1980, hetaught at Eastern Idaho VocationalTechnical School, where he developed theonly known one-year Process Technologycurriculum to train technicians particularlyto work at INEEL. “One concept that Ideveloped in my work and teaching wasthe realization that the maximization ofjob or living values requires total systemthinking, which goes beyond any onebranch of science, engineering, or anyother field and extends to total globalthinking. One of the most importantvalues of systems thinking is to be able touse scientific principles in predicting effectof variables in designing operating systemsto eliminate or reduce upsets,” said Jobe.

He retired for a second time in 1985,but is active in volunteer work, includingCoalition 21, which is dedicated tosupporting tomorrow’s technologies.“People ask, what’s the21?” said Jobe. “Wellit’s the 21st century.The purpose of thecoalition is to put outfacts; facts to overcomefears.” The coalition’sefforts are heavilyinvolved with nuclearissues for the 21stcentury. Jobe feels thatboth the public and thepoliticians need to beeducated on the value ofnuclear energy. “It isimportant to turn thewhole nuclear businessaround to a positiveapproach because we’regoing to need it in thecoming millennium inorder to supply the extraenergy that’s going to be

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Lowell Jobe smiles for a picture Reunion 2000.

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needed by growth, and to also reduce theamount of pollution that comes from thecarbon-bearing fossil fuels.” Jobecommented, “If you don’t do that, thenthe carbon in the atmosphere is going toincrease - while nuclear energy will not addcarbon to the atmosphere.”

His contributions to the coalitioninclude a paper presented at the IdahoAcademy of Science in 1997 entitled “TheIntegral Fast Reactor: A PoliticalAssassination.” He also authored Coalition21’s commentaries to the Department ofEnergy (DOE) entitled “Surplus WeaponsPlutonium Disposition DEIS (DraftEnvironmental Impact Statement)”September, 1998, “DEIS for Sodium-Bonded Spent Nuclear Fuel” September,1999, and “EIS-0287D on Idaho HighLevel Waste” March, 2000. Recently aGuest Commentary titled “Nuclear OptionServes Economy and Environment,” thatJobe authored, was published in the Idaho

Falls Post Register.Jobe is quick to point

out the benefits ofnuclear energy. “Nuclearenergy is an inexpensive,safe, and clean way toproduce electricity. Mostof the world’s electricityproduced today comesfrom nuclear and coal-burning power plants.Nuclear energy from #1of uranium is threemillion times thatproduced by #1 of coal.On the environmentalside, however, thegeneration of 1000Megawatts of electricityby a coal-burning powerplant produces sevenmillion tons of carbondioxide greenhouse gas,

1000 tons of sulfur dioxide andnitrogen oxide acid rain gases, 1400tons of particulates, and up to onemillion tons of ash.” Jobe stated,“Compare this to 38 tons of (so-called) spent fuel from a nuclearreactor, which it is proposed to beburied. If one could remove thepolitical costs from the true engineeringeconomic costs and contractual spent fuelcosts, the public might favor nuclear powereven more than now.”

The safety of nuclear energy isanother factor that the publicmisunderstands according to Jobe.“Engineers react to problems that occur intheir fields, determine the facts behind theproblems, and then decide what needs tobe done to solve the existing problem andprevent it from occurring again.Therefore, the public needs to recognizethe fact that the future is safer than thepast.” Jobe remarked, “TMI (Three-MileIsland) resulted in immediate action toimprove nuclear regulations and safetydesigns; there has never been a repeat ofthe errors that caused the TMI incident.Multiple back-up systems were adopted.The fact that no member of the public hasever been killed from the operation ofAmerican-type nuclear plants shouldanswer safety questions. There is noalternate electrical source that can makethis claim.”

Jobe lists some of the characteristicsthat he feels are needed in the nextgeneration of nuclear power to make theuse of nuclear energy feasible. “It has tobe affordable relative to the alternativesthat we have now for power. It has to besafe even when massively employed, and ithas to be ecologically responsible in termsof everything from mining, shipping, andwaste handling.” Jobe said, “Cost is animportant consideration, and this isapplicable to developed and developing

economies alike. In other words, the majorfuture expansions in energy requirementsare going to come to the developingcountries. And then it has to besustainable and resistant to misuse formilitary or terrorist purposes.”

Jobe is also active in other areas aswell. He is a Life Member of theAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineersand the (formerly ISA) InternationalSociety for Measurement and Control(serving twice as President of the IdahoSection) and a member of the IdahoAmerican Nuclear Society professionalsocieties.

His profession is not his only passion.Music has been a major part of his lifesince his youth in Lead, where he began hisinterest for music playing clarinet in theLead High School and Homestake Bands.“I played in orchestras in every place Ilived.” Jobe commented, “ I’ve beenplaying for 40 years, I’ve played my 40thyear with the Idaho Falls Symphony.” Hewas also a violinist in various orchestrasincluding Lead and Rapid City, SouthDakota, Whiting and East Chicago,Indiana, Moscow and Idaho Falls, Idaho.He also served twice as President of theIdaho Falls Symphony, Inc., once when itwas first incorporated and a second timewhen it sponsored the string program inthe local schools.

Next in avocation priority is ballroomdancing with his wife, Lorraine Lucier.They are still dancing twice a week. Otherinterests include photography, hunting,fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, andrafting.

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When John Colgan (EE ‘42) turned 80 years old onDecember 28, 1999, he celebrated his birthday in anunusual way. While many people celebrate their

“landmark” birthdays by having parties and accepting giftsfrom friends and relatives, John, perhaps due to his humblebeginnings, took a different approach. Heeding the motto “It’sbetter to give than to receive,” he visited the SDSM&TFoundation and gave a gift of more than $1.1 million to theschool. This gift, given through a charitable remainder unitrust,will eventually be used to fund The John Colgan Scholarship.

John Colgan was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, in1919. He was raised in the Spring Creek area, and he waseducated at the country school. John grew up in a family ofeight children, but he never realized until much later in life thathis family was poor. Thinking back to his youth, John hasmemories of his family trying to be as conservative as possibleto help make ends meet. He recalls that he was not allowed towear his shoes during the summer months; they were takenaway to prevent extra wear and tear and were not given backuntil school started in the fall.

John graduated from Rapid City High School in 1937when families from coast to coast were suffering economichardship. Although he did not have a set plan for his future, hedecided to enroll at the School of Mines; he received aBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in January 1942.After graduation, he accepted a position with General Electric(GE) where starting engineers were paid 85 cents per hour. Hemoved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked in the EngineeringTest Program with motors and generators.

John’s next assignment with GE resulted in a transfer toLynn, Massachusetts, where he worked with turbines andgenerators. The demand for ocean-bound Liberty shipspowered by turbines and generators had increased dramaticallydue to German U-boat activity sinking supply transports.Because production of turbine generators was viewed as acritical war effort, personnel and manufacturing facilities werehighly protected. John recalls much effort going intocamouflaging the manufacturing plant to protect against thethreat of enemy bombing and sabotage during World War II.

After the war, John went to GE headquarters inSchenectady, New York, and he worked in the consulting andengineering laboratory with circuit breakers and industrialcontrol equipment. He then transferred back to Indiana wherehe chose to work with specialty transformers.

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Foundation staff (L to R) Mandy Hubbard, Sandy CarlsoSanna Asmussen, and Carrie Christenson celebrate John CDecember 28, 1999.

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In 1948, John left GE and returned to Rapid City to workfor Montana Dakota Utilities. In 1950, John and anotherSDSM&T graduate formed a partnership and started aconsulting engineering company. In 1962, John decided tosemi-retire, and he began ranching. He purchased his parents’place on Spring Creek and acquired the surrounding land pieceby piece. In 1990, he purchased the Two Rivers Ranch, a13,000 deeded-acre ranch with 4,000 additional acres of leasedBureau of Land Management land. It was the gift of thisranch that formed the principal of the charitable trust that willeventually fund the Colgan Scholarship. John and his childrenstill own and operate the Spring Creek Ranch that is now asizable ranch located between Rapid City and Hermosa.During his high school years, John met Laura Watson (whosedad, Carl Watson, was head of the physics department at theSchool of Mines for many years). John and Laura weremarried in June 1942 and had six children: Tom, Jim, Judy,Dan, Bob, and Betty. Laura passed away in 1983. In April1984, John married Betty Lazor and they currently reside in theSpring Creek area. At 80 years old, John is still ranching full-time yet considers himself semi-retired.

John is a longtime member of the Pennington CountyPlanning Commission as well as a member of the SouthDakota Stock Growers Association, South Dakota FarmersUnion, Canyon Lake Senior Citizen Group, and Our Lady ofPerpetual Help Catholic Church. John also has many familyties to SDSM&T. Three of his sons and one son-in-law haveSDSM&T degrees, and two of his grandchildren are currentlyenrolled at Tech.

Colgan’s grandfather owned and ranched in the SpringCreek area and played an important role in John’s life. Hisgrandfather never drove a vehicle; therefore, Colgan spent hishigh school years as his driver. During that time, Johnabsorbed much of his grandfather’s 93 years of wisdom aboutbusiness and life in general. Colgan credits his grandfather asmuch as his degree from SDSM&T to his success in life.

The John Colgan Scholarship will be used to supportstudents from agricultural areas. Colgan stated, “By startingthis scholarship fund, I hope to help other rural South Dakotakids complete their education at the School of Mines.”

He added, “The majority of my livelihood has come fromthe land. Giving the ranch provides an opportunity for me torecognize this fact and return something back to futuregenerations that come from the same background.”

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--Excerpts from Dr. Jim Martin’sField Journal.

The invitation cameunexpectedly. I had knownDr. Judd Case, a professor of

biology in California, from our worktogether during two field seasons inAntarctica, but the invitation tocollect fossils from Australia came asa surprise. In Antarctica, I had beeninvited principally to study the fossilreptiles from the end of the Age ofReptiles 65-70 million years ago. Theexpedition to the Australian Outbackwas to collect from the middle part ofthe Age of Mammals (24 millionyears ago) and to find fossilmarsupials that might be theancestors of the living pouchedmammals of Australia. We were toinvestigate the Lake Palankarinna areatwo days drive north of Adelaide nearLake Erye. Judd also asked if anystudents might wish to go andconduct research on some of thespecimens. I asked one of our Master’sstudents in vertebrate paleontology, RobMeredith (Paleo, Norristown, PA), if hemight be interested. He was, and withmonies that were awarded to me last yearfrom the Royal Geographical Society ofLondon and the Discovery Channel, wewere off!

In early June, we flew to San Franciscowhere we met Judd and one of hiscolleagues Dr. Carla Bossard, who with twostudents, Steve and Elyn, intended toconduct studies of plant ecology on theOutback. Judd brought two other students,Lauren and Arian, interested inpaleontology, bringing our field crew toeight. After a long flight, we ended up inAdelaide, where we met Dr. Nevelle Pledge,Curator of Fossils of the South AustralianMuseum. Dr. Pledge had long worked onmammals from the area and had workedsuccessively with R.A. Stirton, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, who originally foundthe fossils in the area in the 1950’s; with hisstudents, Dick Tedford, now of theAmerican Museum of Natural History and

Mike Woodburne, University of California,Riverside; and now with Judd from St.Mary’s College. Judd had been introducedto the area by Mike Woodburne when Juddwas his graduate student. We werefollowing in the footsteps of a long, anddistinguished list of North Americanresearchers. As had been tradition, wecould retain specimens which were notrepresentative of newly discovered animals.These latter specimens, known as typespecimens, were to be housed with Nevelleat the South Australian Museum.

We picked up two diesel powered four-wheel drives, loaded food and water fortwo weeks and headed north for a two daydrive to the field area on the EtadunnaStation, a ranch of more than a millionacres. The farther north we drove, theworse the road became. From pavement togravel, with large road trains (tandemtrucks) that hurled gravel into windshields.No culverts; only dips in the road for waterdrainage, and the dips could be treacherous,especially when flooded. We went overgrids (cattle guards) and saw many signs forkangaroo crossing, and remains of somethat didn’t make it. We stayed the first

night in Hawker, near the area where theancient (Precambrian) Ediacara faunaoccurs. As we traveled north the next day,we saw emus and kangaroos until we cameto the last town, Maree. Maree was a cameltrain destination in the days when camelssupplied the ranches from Maree toBirdsville and north into the SimpsonDesert. In fact, it was not until 1939 thatthe first successful crossing of the Desertand south to Maree was made by C.T.Madigan. Madigan even brought apaleontologist, H.O. Fletcher, on theexpedition! Madigan’s success was due tothe use of camels, and they became themajor transport for supplies until WorldWar II. During this time, some animalsescaped or were released into the desert,and they are now found in the wild. Ireally wanted to see a wild camel havingcollected so many fossil camels in NorthAmerica.

The farther north into the desert wedrove, the more it looked like where I grewup in the Edgemont-Provo area of SouthDakota. The plants were different species,but they reminded me of sagebrush andrabbit brush. Sheep and cattle were

Tech PaleontologistsDig Down Under for Fossils

Dr. Judd Case, Robb Thredith, Arian Brackett, and Dr. Jim Martin working together in the Outback ofAustralia.

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common, but the kangaroos instead ofpronghorn reminded me of where I reallywas.

We finally came to theCannuwaukarinna Bore, a drill hole thatprovides water to the livestock over a largearea. The water comes from the groundnearly boiling, making it dandy for bathingand washing clothes. We took off crosscountry to the Lake Palankarinna areawhich lies in the middle of sand dunecountry. Each day, we crossed these dunesand never got stuck once! We pitchedcamp in an area with trees a few miles fromthe Lake so we had ample firewood. Forthe entire time, we cooked on an opencampfire, making everything from pancakesto scones. As soon as we got out of thetrucks, the flies attacked. Fortunately, theydon’t bite, but they annoy one todistraction.

We got our first glimpse of LakePalankarinna. Obviously, water was presentin rainy times, but it was now a dry, salt-caked flat with winds blowing dust. Alongthe shore are low erosional bluffs in theotherwise sand dune-covered flats. Thesebluffs are the Etadunna Formation, asuccession of old lakebeds that weredeposited at the end of the Oligocene.Our goal was to prospect these rock layersto find fossils weathering out of the oldlakebeds. Most of the creatures that livedwhen these layers were deposited wererelatively small-pouched mammals. Someof the largest creatures of the time onlyhad a skull eight inches long, very differentfrom our large rhinos and giant pigs thatlived at the same time in South Dakota.We had to crawl across these bluffs to findsuch small fossils, and our ultimate goalwas to find jaws and teeth of theseprimitive mammals. These elements are themost diagnostic and would tell us if theywere or were not the ancestors of livingmarsupials such as koalas, kangaroos,

pygmy marsupials,or bilbies (arabbit-likemarsupial nowendangered.)

My firstmammal find wasa kangaroo toothfrom a rock unithigher than theEtadunnaFormation; akangaroo thatlived about 10million years ago.From the Etadunna Fm., itself, we beganfinding numerous remains of fish,including catfish and lungfish. Fish wouldbe the most abundant group noted duringour field expedition. We also foundnumerous crocodilian remains, indicatingthat the area was warm and moist, unlikethe desert environment of today. I was notexpecting to find many fossil birds.Because bird bones are hollow and delicate,they often do not fossilize. However, inthese lake sediments, birds were common.They probably came to nest along the lake,a situation very similar to a site we arestudying at Fossil Lake in southern Oregon.In fact, the paleoenvironmental similaritiesare amazing, even though they were formedmore than twenty million years apart. Mostbirds are shore birds, and they will bestudied by one of our students, KataMcCarville (Paleo, Black Hawk).

During the second day crawling in thedirt of the Tedford Locality, we struck paydirt. One of Judd’s students found abeautiful lower jaw of what we laterlearned was a new species of bilby. Thejaw was exquisite and was the envy of usall. With renewed enthusiasm, we allcrawled on. But we found only more fishand crocodilians. I did find what appearedto the tips of worn crocodilian teeth

peeking from theground. I took thewhole specimen outin a plaster jacket toprotect it until Icould inspect it in acontrolledenvironment. Thatcame many days laterin a hotel room onBondi Beach inSydney. Much to oursurprise, my toothtips turned out to be

the tips of roots of mammal teeth. On theopposite ends, I found enamel toothcrowns in the upper jaw of one of thelarger mammals to have lived at around theancient lake. We are just beginning to studythis specimen. Both of these jaws camefrom very low within the rock layers,indicating they are older than mostspecimens previously collected from theEtadunna Formation. Therefore, thesespecimens and others quarried later,represent some of the earliest knownmarsupials from Australia.

We traced this productive layer southto an area where we found a concentrationof fossils at the Young Bucks Quarry. Weexcavated into the hillside for many days,fighting the wind and flies. We foundnumerous fish, turtle, crocodilian, and wellpreserved birds specimens. Rob made thefind of the quarry; a beautiful lizard jaw,only a half inch long. Most of the teethwere still intact, and much of the structureof the lower jaw was preserved. When wereturned to the South Australian Museummany days later, we compared it to skinks,the most abundant forms of lizards inAustralia and believe that we have foundtheir ancestor, a new species. However, wedid not find another mammal jaw as wehad hoped. Nevertheless, the layer wasvery productive, so we gathered all the leftover dirt we had dug and hauled it to thebore pond. Here, we washed the dirtthrough screens and kept the remainingbones. We then picked through thisconcentrate to find anything missed duringthe initial excavation. As usual, thismethod produced significant fossils.

Because it was winter in Australia, Juddtold us that we wouldn’t have to worryabout snakes, such as the deadly brownsnake. The weather was often cool andwindy, but during the middle of the day, itwas warm in the desert. The flies were

Paleontologists search for the ancestors of these kangaroos and other marsupials.

Shingle-backed lizards were among the many fauna the field team encountered.

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SDSM&TREACHING OUT

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has afirm belief in partnering their faculty, staff, and studentswith communities, businesses, and K-12 educationalorganizations throughout the region.

Hardrocker football team members execute drills with futurefootball stars during the summer football camp.

SDSM&T was selected as the August winner of the RapidCity Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification Award.Tech was selected because of the excellent landscaping on themedian in front of Surbeck Student Center. This medianproject was designed by Ryan Houdek (CEng ‘95).

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their four-week residential program in the summer.

Curt Johnson (right) presents Dan Wisniewski, Secretary, State of Wisconsin School and Public Lands,with a replica of a T-rex jaw during the recent Western Land Commissioners Conference held in RapidCity and at SDSM&T.

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SDSM&T has kicked off the 2000 fall sports season with thestart of the newly formed Dakota Athletic Conference(DAC-10). The end of an era in college athletics in the

Dakotas on June 30, 2000, has also signaled a new beginning.When the North Dakota College AthleticConference (NDCAC) and the South Dakota-IowaConference (SDIC) closed the books on a longand historic run in college athletics, six NorthDakota schools and four South Dakota schoolsbegan a new tradition with the official formationof DAC-10.

The DAC-10 Conference consists of ten members. Joiningthe conference from South Dakota are South Dakota School of

Mines and Technology (Rapid City), Black HillsState University (Spearfish), Dakota StateUniversity (Madison), and Huron University(Huron). The six North Dakota schools includeDickinson State University (Dickinson),Jamestown College (Jamestown), Minot State(Minot), Mayville State University (Mayville),

University of Mary (Bismarck), and Valley City University (ValleyCity). “The conference is comprised of seven state supportedschools, two private schools, and one for-profit school,” said

Hugh Welsh SDSM&T Athletics Director. “Thisratio gives us a little more “commonality” than wehad with the SDIC where there were only threestate supported schools out of the eight in theleague.”

“The conference is a result of an excellent group of peoplecoming together with a spirit of cooperation,” said Dr. RichardGowen, President of SDSM&T. “This is an exciting

continuation of the traditions that we haveenjoyed at the SDIC. The DAC-10 will offerexcellent advantages that will come to all of ourprograms through the new conference, and willprovide an opportunity to schedule competitionsbetween ten universities.”

The formation of the DAC-10 means that all ten schoolsinvolved have spent the summer setting rules and schedules forthe start of the fall 2000 season when DAC-10 began its firstyear of competition. The new conference will sponsor

competition for menand women in thefollowing sports:football, volleyball,men’s cross country,

women’s cross country, golf, men’sbasketball, women’s basketball,wrestling, men’s track and field,

women’s track and field, baseball, and softball. Not allconference members will field teams in each sport.

Welsh commented, “The DAC-10 will make schedulingeasier for all of our sports, especially football, because of theadded number of schools. We will have nineconference football games so we will only need toschedule one non-conference game. A ten teamconference assures the league of two entries tothe men’s and women’s national basketballtournaments—we were previously guaranteed onlyone.” Welsh continued, “I am in favor of the conference. I amvery concerned that we will lose our traditional rivals from theSDIC, although we are trying to play a number of those schoolsin basketball and volleyball in our non-conference schedule.”

Tech Lady Rockers volleyball team wonthe first DAC-10 Conference match in Augustwhen they defeated Minot in three out of fivegames. Volleyball Coach Mettile commented,“This is our first conference win. To do that on the road showsthe heart of this team. Great play all around!”

The DAC-10 governing body is the Board of Directors,which is made up of the presidents of the ten institutions. TheBoard of Directors elected Dr. Jerry Tunheim ofDakota State as the DAC-10 president, Dr. LeeVickers of Dickinson State as Vice President, andDr. Tom Flickema of Black Hills State as Treasurer.“I am excited about the formation of the DAC-10conference,” said Tunheim. “It is my opinion thatwe will be one of the premier athletic and academic conferencesin the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).”LaVern Jessen of Dickinson was named as DAC-10commissioner. “I am looking forward to thechallenge of getting the conference off to a smoothstart,” said Jessen. “I have received nothing butpositive comments about the new conference.”Eric Sand of Jamestown was selected Chair of theFaculty Athletic Representatives Council. TheFaculty Athletics Representatives Council is primarily responsiblefor certifying the eligibility of the athletes on their campuses. AlBortke of the University of Mary was chosen Chair of the

Athletic DirectorsCouncil.

To keep coaches, players,alumni and fans abreast ofconference activities, theDAC-10 has created awebsite located atwww.dac10.org.

TECH DETERMINED

TO DOMINATE DAC-10

Six SDSM&T students have found the welcome mat out atGolden West Tele-Tech in Rapid City. Golden West hiredthe Tech students last spring to staff their new Rapid City-

based help desk, a part of their Golden NaviGator customerservice. According to Mark Gustaf, Customer Service Manager atGolden West, the student hiring was a result of a brainstormingsession within the company to determine where talented, computerliterate employees with flexible schedules could be located to manthe new help desk.

When explaining how he initially came in contact with theSDSM&T students, Gustaf says, “It was kind of a domino effect.One of our employees - Charles Merrill - who was a Tech studentat the time, contacted Dr. Antonette Logar, Chair and Professor,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and sheannounced during her classes that we were interested in hiringstudents for the openings. The next thing I knew I was gettingresumes and job applications from some very qualified individualsfrom Tech.”

Some of the factors that Gustaf feels make Tech studentsideal candidates for these positions are flexible schedules,willingness to learn, and the ability to absorb new information.“Specifically with the School of Mines students we hire, I know

that they are going to the Mines because of their interest inComputer Engineering, Computer Science, or MechanicalEngineering and that they not only have an aptitude for computers,but a real desire to learn while they are here,” Gustaf explains.

Mark Gustaf is extremely happy with the cooperation.“These students are fantastic and have been doing a great job.They are incredibly bright,” he explains. Gustaf is looking forwardto working with more of the Tech students in the future. Heanticipates a need for even more students to work at the help desk.

Gustaf also notes that there is a good possibility for thestudents to be employed by Golden West as full-time employeesafter graduation. “There will be many opportunities simplybecause Golden West Tele-Tech is becoming involved in so manydifferent areas at this time,” notes Gustaf. “Broadband access ofthe Internet is going to be a very big item in the near future. Andat Golden West we will soon be providing local telephone servicealong with broadband access.” The possibility of other co-opsusing the Golden West help desk is also being considered. “Nearlyevery Internet provider struggles with running an Internet serviceand at the same time supporting customers, especially during start-up.” Gustaf remarks, “It is extremely beneficial if they can use analready established support service to answer questions and solve

customer problems.” Gustaf feels that the potential for expansionfor Golden West in the Rapid City area is unlimited. “Already wehave thirteen people staffing our 24-hour help desk, and this is theslow season.” Gustaf says, “When school starts up again, thingsreally start hopping.” Golden West Tele-Tech is well prepared forfuture expansion. Gustaf has the equipment available for a totalof twenty-two workstations ready to go.

In addition to their success with running the help desk, Techstudents also impressed Gustaf with the work they performedwhen the telephone answering service at Golden West was recentlyupdated. “The students were invaluable during the cut over to thenew equipment for our answering service.” Gustaf says, “We justdidn’t have the manpower to transfer all of the accounts out of theold system into the new, so they did all that work. And they werehere during the entire interim period getting things fixed, makingsure the computers were all running.”

Feedback concerning the 24-hour help line has been verypositive. While Golden West’s former help desk was situated inPrince Edward Island, Canada, he feels that the 8300 SouthDakota internet customers that are served by Golden West feelmore comfortable talking to someone in their home state whenthey call for help.

Zane Green (Math, Sundance, WY) is one of the Techstudents who has worked as a Technical Support Representative atGolden West since May. According to Green, Golden West is anideal place to work. “I am really excited about the kind of thingsthat the company is doing. I don’t know of many companies thatlet you try new stuff, and let you run with it.”

As he explains, “James Devine (CEng, West Hartford, CT),Andrew Wallinger (CEng, Boise, ID), and I have started puttingtogether web pages for companies as well. It is great to have thefreedom to suggest new projects, have the company listen, andthen be allowed to experiment.”

Zane feels that the experience gained at Golden West will bevaluable regardless of the profession he chooses. He hasn’t yetdecided if he will continue working in this field but states, “I haveto say that I would like to work for a company again that has suchgreat people to work with and such a good attitude as GoldenWest has.”

The other South Dakota School of Mines and Technologystudents currently staffing the Golden West Tele-Tech help desk inRapid City are Paul Blomstrom (ME, Rapid City, SD), AndreaJohnson (CSc, Aberdeen, SD), and Ryan DeSmet (CEng,Gregory, SD).

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Golden Navigator Golden Navigator Migrates to Rapid CityMigrates to Rapid City

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Founded by a group of ElectricalEngineering graduates fromSDSM&T in the early 70’s, Martin

and Associates, Inc., is based in Mitchell,South Dakota, with a branch officelocated in Rapid City, South Dakota.Martin and Associates chose the RapidCity location not only because of thenatural beauty of the Black Hills and therecreational opportunities there, but alsobecause of high technical competence ofgraduates from the local universities.SDSM&T contributes to the pool of theseresources with its high level of computerscience and computer engineeringgraduates. The availability of seasonedprofessionals in the area who are willing toaccept the challenges associated withworking in a fast-paced growth industryalso contributed to their decision.

“Martin & Associates has found thatSDSM&T does an excellent job inpreparing their graduates for themarketplace. We are fortunate to be ableto work so closely with the placementoffice in obtaining highly-skilledgraduates,” remarked David Springhetti(ME ‘73), Branch Manager of the RapidCity office.

Kelly Commet (CSc ‘00), SoftwareDeveloper at Martin & Associates noted,“Attending the School of Mines gave mean exceptionally solid technicalfoundation, which as I quickly found outis the primary prerequisite for successfulentry into the ‘high tech’ job market.”Born and raised in Rapid City, Commetsaid it was a huge bonus to be able to stayin the Black Hills and pursue her career.

The Rapid City branch currentlyemploys 30 associates, 26 full-time, andfour on a college internship. All four ofthe interns are currently SDSM&Tstudents, and 16 of the 26 full-timeemployees are SDSM&T graduates. “Asyou can see, we definitely do have a strongconnection with SDSM&T, and willcontinue to actively recruit students fromTech and the other colleges in the area,”said Jodi Friedel, Office Coordinator andHuman Resources Representative.

Martin and Associates providesengineering, management informationsystems, specialized accounting, andorganizational consulting to the

telecommunications industry. Martin andAssociates have resident experts in everyarea of the industry. As a result, theservices rendered by Martin andAssociates aren’t spurred by a narrowlyfocused, quick-fix strategy. They are drawnfrom the long-range perspective of acompany of integrated engineers,consultants, and computer specialists.Starting with only six staff members in1971, they currently employ more than250. Clients include telephone, cabletelevision, cellular telephone, and electricutilities - some of the highest growthindustries in the nation. Due to growth,employee numbersare expected toincrease.

Softwaredevelopers areresponsible for allphases of analysis,design, development,maintenance, andinitial testing ofsoftware products.Depending uponmotivation andability, opportunitiesto advance in thefield are available inall areas. Softwaredevelopers work onDEC Alpha, NT,and PC platformsusing the latestprogrammingtechnologies. Martinand Associates is inthe process ofdeveloping n-tierclient-serversoftware to meet theneeds of thetelecommunicationsindustry. VisualBasic, C++, OOP,MS-SQL, Sybase,and Windows NTare programmingtools being utilizedin this development.

The newestaddition to theMartin and

Associates software packages is theUniversal Billing System (UBS), releasedon June l, 2000. This product will targetCompetitive Local Exchange Carriers(CLEC’s) that have 20,000 to 100,000access lines. David Mattox (CEng ‘95),Software Engineer with Martin andAssociates indicated, “Our currentchallenge is to migrate the billing programto a Windows NT platform, and it’s goingvery well. The Rapid City office wascreated to support this expansion.”Associates are assigned to teams of highlymotivated programmers with varyinglevels of experience and background.

Employees of Martin and Associates, Inc., in Rapid City, South Dakota,stand together outside of the workplace.

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PUBLICATIONS

Cooper, K.A., M.R. Hjelmfelt (Professor,Department of Atmospheric Sciences andInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences), R.G.Derickson, D.A.R. Kristovich and N.F.Laird, 2000: Numerical simulation oftransitions in boundary layer convectivestructures in a lake-effect snow event.Monthly Weather Review. 128(9), 3283-3295.

Crawford, T.M., D.J. Stensrud, T.N. Carlsonand W.J. Capehart (Assistant Professor,Department of Atmospheric Sciences andInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences), 2000:Using the soil hydrology model to initializesoil moisture. Journal ofHydrometeorology, (in press).

Detwiler, A.G. (Professor, Department ofAtmospheric Sciences and Institute ofAtmospheric Sciences), L.R. Johnson andA.G. Schauer, 2000: Exploratory analysis ofthe distribution of condensation nuclei inthe Northern Hemisphere uppertroposphere and lower stratosphere during the late 1970’s. Journal of GeophysicalResearch, 105, 9265-9282.

Farley, R.D. (Research Scientist IV), D.L.Hjermstad (MS MTRO 1996) and H.D.Orville (Distinguished Professor Emeritus,Department of Atmospheric Sciences andInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences), 2000:Numerical simulation of a 4-day earlyspring storm period in the Black Hills. J.Appl. Meteorol. 39, 1299-1317.

Farwell, Sherry O. (Dean, GraduateEducation and Research), MacTaggart ,Douglas L., W. Lee Bamesberger, David R.Crosley, Paul D. Goldan, Dennis K. Nicks,and Richard L. Benner. “Gas-Phase SulfurIntercompairson Experiment 2: Analysisand Conclusions” Journal of GeophysicalResearch, Vol. 305, No. D15, Pages 19,787-19,793, (August 16, 2000).

Kristovich, D.A.R., G.S. Young, J. Verlinde,P.J. Sousounis, P. Mourad, D. Lenschow,R.M. Rauber, M.K. Ramamurthy, B.F.Jewett, K. Beard, E. Cutrim, P.J. DeMott,E.W. Eloranta, M.R. Hjelmfelt, S.M.Kreidenweis, J. Martin, J. Moore, H.T.Ochs, D.C. Rogers, J. Scala, G. Tripoli and J. Young, 2000b: The Lake-InducedConvection Experiment (Lake-ICE) andthe snowband dynamics project. Bulletin ofthe American Meteorological Society. 81,519-542.

Rice, Rodney, “Group Man goes to War:Elements of Propaganda in John

Steinbeck’s Bombs Away,” has beenaccepted for publication in War, Literature,and the Arts: An International Journal ofthe Humanities, a journal sponsored by theUnited States Air Force Academy.

Rice, Rodney (Associate Professor,Department of Humanities),“Photographing the Ruins: Wright Morrisand Midwestern Gothic” appeared in the25th anniversary edition of MidAmerica:The Yearbook for the Society for the Studyof Midwestern Literature, published by theCenter for the Study of MidwesternLiterature and Culture, Michigan StateUniversity.

Vierling, L.A.. (Assistant Professor,Department of Atmospheric Sciences andInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences) andC.A. Wessman, 2000: Photosyntheticallyactive radiation Heterogeneity within amonodominant Congolese rain forestcanopy. Agricultural and ForestMeteorology. 103, 265-278.

Yan, L., Jenkins, C.H. (Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering,and Coordinator, Materials Engineering andScience Ph.D. Program), and Pendleton,R.L. ( Professor Emeritus, Department ofMechanical Engineering) (2000). “ShortSynthetic Fiber Reinforced CementitiousComposites: Damping and InterfaceDebonding,” Int. J. Cement ConcreteResearch 30, 403-410.

Yan, L., Pendleton, R.L., and Jenkins,C.H. (2000). “Short Synthetic FiberReinforced Concrete Composites: Dampingand Frequency Characteristics,” Int. J.Cement Concrete Research 30, 391-401.Conference papers presented:

Ash, J.A., Jenkins, C.H., and Marker, D,K.(2000), “Deployment of a membranemirror with a center plunger,” 41st AIAA/SDM Space Inflatables Forum, Atlanta, GA

Detwiler, A.G. and L.R. Johnson(Associate Professor Emeritus, Departmentof Atmospheric Sciences and Institute ofAtmospheric Sciences), 2000: On thedistribution of condensation nuclei (CN) in the upper troposphere/lowerstratosphere and the nature of CN sourcesand sinks. Proceedings, 15th InternationalConference on Nucleation and AtmosphericAerosols, University of Missouri-Rolla, Aug.6-11, 2000.

Guo, L., M.R. Hjelmfelt, D.A.R.Kristovich and W.J. Capehart, 2000:Numerical simulation of boundary layerdevelopment and convective structure overLake Michigan during Lake-ICE.Proceedings, 14th Symposium on BoundaryLayers and Turbulence, Aspen, CO, August 7-11, 2000, Amer. Meteorol. Soc.

Hansen, M. R. (Associate Professor,Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering), “Education Requirements forHigh Performance Concrete,”PCI/FHWA/FIB International Symposium on High PerformanceConcrete, Precast/Prestressed ConcreteInstitute, Chicago, IL, Sept. 25-27, 2000.

Jenkins, C.H., Fitzgerald, D., and Liu, X.(2000), “Wrinkling of an inflatedmembrane with thermo-elastic boundaryrestraint,” 41st AIAA/SDM Space InflatablesForum, Atlanta, GA.

Jenkins, C.H. and Khanna, S.K. (2000),“Linking Mechanics and Materials inEngineering Design I: Background andMotivation,” Mechanics and Materials in Design2000, Orlando, FL.

Jenkins, C.H. and Vinogradov, A. (2000),“Active polymers for space inflatables:properties and applications,” IEEE Aerospace Conference,Big Sky, MT (invited).

Khanna, S.K. (Assistant Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering)and Jenkins, C.H. (2000), “LinkingMechanics and Materials in EngineeringDesign II: A New Approach,” Mechanics andMaterials in Design 2000, Orlando, FL.

Kitahara,I. Winter, R.M. (SandvigProfessor, Department of Chemistry andChemical Engineering) Jenkins, C.H.,Vinogradov, A., and Schumacher, S., (2000)“Nano-Mechanical and ChemicalInterrogation of Vibrocreep in Polymers,”Proceedings of SEM IX International Congress and Exposition onExperimental Mechanics, June 5-8, 2000,Orlando, FL Structures,” IEEE AerospaceConference, Big Sky, MT (invited).

Klimowski, B.A., R. Przybylinski, G.Schmocker and M.R. Hjelmfelt, 2000:Observations of the formation and earlyevolution of bow echoes. Proceedings, 20thConference on Severe Local Storms, Orlando,FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Sept. 2000.

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Originally, the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Buildingwas designed with a wall separating the two departments.The 2000 renovation allowed the walls to be removed sothat the two departments share the same laboratories and

work together on interdisciplanary projects.

RadioStation

SDSM&T’s KTEQ radio stationwent on the air for the first time inthe seventies, and is still strong on

campus today. KTEQ offersstudent involvement at all

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The 28 year period spanning from 1973 through 2000 saw many changes for Tech.The 2000 renovation brought a new look inside and outside of the Civil and

Mechanical Engineering Building, as well as a lightweight concrete canoe. Culturaldiversity is still a proud tradition that SDSM&T has maintained and the campus

radio station is still going strong.

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& NowConcrete CanoeWhen the concrete canoe

team participated at Nationalsin 1990, the SDSM&T

“Revenge” canoe weighed inat approximately 290 pounds.

This year Tech’s “LookingGlass” canoe weighed in at

about 70 pounds, which wasthe lightest canoe at Nationals.

InternationalStudents

As in the 1970’s, the tradition ofcultural diversity is still celebrated onTech’s campus many decades later.This year there were booths from

Brazil, Norway, Latin America, India,China, Zambia, Japan, Bangladesh, andthe AISES group at the Cultural Expo

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A new leadership recognition program, TheLeadership Hall of Fame, has beenestablished at SDSM&T. The Hall ofFame was created by the LeadershipDevelopment Team for the purpose ofraising awareness on campus of theimportance of student leadership and torecognize the many valuable contributionsstudent leaders make. Any full-time stud-ent at SDSM&T, who is in good academicand disciplinary standing, is eligible toapply for induction to the Leadership Hallof Fame. Applications are reviewed by ananonymous committee of students, faculty,and staff, appointed by the Director of theSurbeck Student Center and the VicePresident of Student Affairs and Dean ofStudents. Each year up to six students areselected for this honor. The followingSDSM&T students were inducted into theLeadership Hall of Fame for the year 2000:Chris Ahlers (CEng ‘00), Brianna Griffith(Geol, Escondido, CA), Ken Harding(ME, Garden City, SD), Cory Jensen (ChE‘00), and Angie Monheim (BS EE ‘98, MSEE, Rapid City, SD).

The Research for Undergraduates program(REU) presented the results of theirassigned research projects on Friday, July28, 2000, with a Poster Session in theSurbeck Center. The REU program, whichis funded by the National ScienceFoundation, aims to expand studentparticipation in all types of research, and isopen to undergraduate students. Theprogram allows students to experiencefirst-hand how basic research is carried out.

This year's REU students were BobCunningham (Che, Mitchell, SD), MistyRose Mousseaux (Oglala Lakota College),Keith Flanagan (Che, Florence, SD),Lindsey Peterson (Washington State),Danielle Smith (MIT), Debbie Morgan(Chem, Rapid City, SD), and RyanCaldwell (Che, Sioux Falls, SD).

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Team members participate in individualand group projects. Current projects lastanywhere from several hours to severalyears. “So much of what Martin andAssociates is about is its openness andteamwork. Everybody is willing to shareinformation so that we can all move fasterand work more creatively,” Commet said.“Working for a small company with thefeel of a big company gives you a taste ofboth worlds,” she added.

Since its inception, the company hasexperienced steady growth and nowprovides a broader and more integratedrange of services than any of their nationalcompetitors. Martin and Associates hasclients in more than half of the states.Currently more than 130 clients are usingtheir customer care and billing solutions.In addition, Competitive Local ExchangeCarriers (CLEC’s) are becoming asignificant target market. Today, thecompany continues to work in partnershipwith clients to keep networks prepared forthe future requirements of advancedtelecommunication applications such asAdvanced Intelligent Network (AIN), videoservices, and Integrated Services DigitalNetwork (ISDN).

“Working for a complete solution forour customers is what we do best,” saidSpringhetti. “The company holds usergroup meetings on current software, so it isa cooperative effort between the customerand the company. The user communityactually votes on all new features andupdates,” noted Springhetti. “We also havean in-house engineering department whichis unusual,” he added.

Martin and Associates is operated withthe philosophy that outstanding service toclients, provided by quality individuals whoare appropriately challenged and rewarded,is key to its long-term success. After morethan 25 years of success and growth, theyhave been rewarded with many long-termstaff members who have grown andprospered within the company.

Of all the organizations served, Martinand Associates is proud that 98% continueto be active clients. Their companyobjective is to be the premier nationalprovider on engineering, informationsystems, and management solutions to thetelecommunication markets they serve.

Martin andAssociates, Inc.

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Kristovich, D.A.R., N.F. Laird and M.R.Hjelmfelt, 2000a: In situ and airborneDoppler radar investigations of lake-effectboundary layer circulations. Proceedings, 14thConference on Boundary Layer Meteorology, Aspen,CO, August 7-11, 2000, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Liu, Z., Jenkins, C.H., Winter, R.M., andKitahara, I. (2000), “Analysis of Creep-Fatigue Interaction in Polymer-Matrix ofComposites” 7th Int. Conf. CompositesEngineering ICCE7, Denver, CO.

Orville, H.D., C. Wang (Ph.D. ATMR,China) and R.D. Farley, 2000: On thedifference between maritime andcontinental clouds. Proceedings, 13thInternational Conference on Clouds andPrecipitation, Reno, NV, August 14-18, 2000.

Ray, Charles Michael and Perry H.Rahn, (Professor Emeritus, Department ofGeology and Geological Engineering),1997. “The Origin of Waterfalls in theBlack Hills, South Dakota,” Proceedings of theSouth Dakota Academy of Sceince, Vol. 76.

Rice, Rodney, “The Creation andDestruction of Social Reality in JohnSteinbeck’s Tortilla Flat,” at the 11thAnnual Convention of the AmericanLiterature Association in Los Angeles, CA.

Smith, P.L. (Professor Emeritus,Department of Atmospheric Sciences andInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences), F.J.Kopp (Research Scientist III) and H.D.Orville, 2000: Atmospheric flux computations in complex terrain.Proceedings, 15th Conf. on Hydrology, LongBeach, CA., 9-14 January 2000, Amer.Meteorol. Soc., 69-72.

Wang, J. (Graduate Research Assistant,China), M.R. Hjelmfelt and W.J.Capehart, 2000: Coupled model simulationof snowfall events over the Black Hills.Proceedings, Ninth Conference on MountainMeteorology, Aspen, CO, 7-11 Aug., 2000,Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wylie, B.K., D.J. Meyer, M.J. Choate, L.A.Vierling and P. Kozak (MS Geol,Colorado Springs, CO), 2000: Mappingwoody vegetation and eastern red cedar inthe Nebraska sand hills using AVIRIS.Proceedings, Summaries of the Ninth JPLAirborne Earth Science Workshop, PasadenaCA., Feb 23-25, 2000, NASA JetPropulsion Laboratory.

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FAREWELL:

James Bailey, Instructional TechnologyServices (6/30/00) Dr. Wendell Hovey, Professor, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (6/30/00)Dr. Srinivasa Iyer, Professor, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (6/30/00)Harold Orville, Institute of AtmosphericSciences (6/30/00) Kari Larese, Public Information Manager,University and Public Relations (7/5/00) Patrick Fleming, Instructor, Mathematicsand Computer Science (7/7/00) Renee Froelich, Printing Services(7/19/00) Nan Halvorson, Senior Claims Clerk,Student Accounts/Cashiering Office(7/21/00)Shane Stephen, Assistant Football Coach,Intercollegiate Athletics (7/26/00)Jenny Mathison, Admissions Counselor,Academic and Enrollment Services(8/8/00) Mary Angela Milne, Little Miner’sClubhouse (8/16/00)Rebecca Cronin, Little Miner’s Clubhouse(8/31/00) Sharon Colombe, Financial Aid Director,Academic and Enrollment Services(9/7/00)

WELCOME:

Darlene Uivestad Gregg, Senior ClaimsClerk, Student Accounts/CashieringServices (6/19/00)Dr. Bradley Baker, Assistant Professor,Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (7/1/00)Ann Perry Assistant Director and HeadResident for March-Dake Hall (7/1/00) Merle Swenson, Western SatelliteCoordinator, Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering (7/1/00)Melissa Jensen, Admissions Counselor,Academic and Enrollment Services(8/1/00)Dr. Gregg Stubbendieck, AssistantProfessor, Mathematics and ComputerScience (8/1/00)

George Browne, Assistant Football Coachand Assistant Intramural Director,Intercollegiate Athletics (8/2/00)Summer Feind, Reproduction ServicesSupervisor, Tech Print Center (8/2/00)Eric Waldstein, Assistant Football Coachand Weight Room Supervisor,Intercollegiate Athletics (8/2/00)Connie Bruch, Senior Claims Clerk,Business and Administration (8/7/00)Daniel O. Abraham, Instructor, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (8/16/00)Lonnie Hosman, Instructor, SocialSciences (8/16/00)Michelle Kleinheksel, Instructor,Mathematics and Computer Science(8/16/00)Dr. Dianna Knox, Head Resident forPalmerton Hall (8/16/00)Dr. Howard Peterson, Professor, SocialSciences (8/16/00)Barbara Preszler, Instructor, Mathematicsand Computer Science (8/16/00)John C. Quinn, Assistant Professor, SocialSciences (8/16/00)Dr. Mitchell S. Stone, Assistant Professor,Social Sciences (8/16/00)Michael Strub, Instructor, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (8/16/00)Jill Trimble, Instructor/PRIME ProgramCoordinator, Mathematics and ComputerScience (8/16/00)Dr. Patricia Mahon, Vice President forStudent Affairs and Dean of Students(8/21/00)Amy Bauer, Humanities (9/1/00)Leonard Carr, Faculty/Staff Lounge Cook(9/8/00)Kevin Cooper, Instructor, Mathematicsand Computer Science (9/1/00)Ione McCloskey, Staff Assistant,Residence Life (9/15/00)

CHANGE IN POSITION:

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everywhere until dusk at about five o’clock.I think someone must have blown a whistleand the next shift, the mosquitoes tookover. We were a little concerned about thepoisonous spiders that Australia is famousfor, but Rob really wanted to see a brownsnake. Judd told us that if we startedseeing large lizards that it was warm enoughfor snakes. Of course, not long after thispronouncement, we found a large beardedlizard, about a foot and a half long.Fortunately (from my viewpoint), we neverdid encounter a brown snake, but we didsee a number of shingle-backed lizards.These large skinks look very muchsuperficially like Gila monsters, but are notpoisonous. Their scales are large andinterlock for protection, and their tail isshort and bulbous, appearing similar inshape to their heads so a predator could befooled. They do hiss and spit out a longblue tongue to intimidate attackers,including us.

We spent most of the remainder ofour time quarrying the Young BucksQuarry. During one of our last trips to thequarry, Rob and I finally got to see a camel.A large male stood looking at ustrespassers, and seemed none to happywhen we came racing up to take pictures.He turned away and was almost swallowedup by the desert, but at least we saw him!

As a result of the quarrying operation,we had numerous bags of concentrate tosort through. We sorted much of thematerial in camp during the evenings, butsome came back to the U.S., and Robsorted through most of the material. Hisefforts paid off. He found a new species ofpygmy possum, a feather glider, and abandicoot. Overall, we found at this pointat least four new species of marsupials,most of which are ancestral forms, and oneof the oldest lizards from Australia. Welook forward to opportunities to continueour research in the future.

The Museum of Geology will host aspecial Australian event on Saturday,November 4, 2000. Contact the Museumat (605) 394-2467 for additionalinformation.

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Associate Professor Dr. Lee Vierling,Institute of AtmosphericSciences, was awarded$300,000 from the NationalScience Foundation for aproject entitled "CAREER:An IntegratedResearch/Educational Plan

to Develop and Deploy a Pointable,Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Instrumenton a Tethered Balloon."

Associate Professor Dr. Andrey Petukhovand Dr. Mikhail Foygel, Chair andProfessor, Department of Physics wereawarded $312,000 from the NationalScience Foundation for a project entitled"Spin-Dependent Transport in MagneticNanostructures and Heterostructures."

Dr. David Boyles, Professor, Departmentof Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, and Dr. JonKellar, Chair and Professor,Department of Materialsand MetallurgicalEngineering received$330,000 for their project

entitled "Direst Formation of SilaneCoupling Agents on Glass Surfaces forImproved Composite Performance" fromthe US Air Force.

Dr. Jon Keller, Dr. Lidvin Kjerengtroen,Professor, Department of MechanicalEngineering, and Dr. William Cross,Research Scientist III, Department ofMaterials and Metallurgical Engineering,received $270,000 from the United StatesAir Force for their project "A Fiber-OpticSensor System for Total LifetimeMonitoring of Polymer MatrixComposites." The three were awarded$65,000 in additional funds for their project"A Multi-Scale Approach forUnderstanding the Role of the Interphasein Polymer Matrix Composites" from theNational Science Foundation.

Dr. Keller, Dr. Daniel Heglund, AssistantProfessor, Department of Chemistry andChemical Engineering, Dr. LidvinKjerengtroen, Dr. Robb Winter,

Department of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, and Dr. Sherry Farwell,Dean, Graduate Education and SponsoredPrograms were awarded $104,498 from theNational Science Foundation for theirproject entitled "Acquisition of a Research-Grade FT-IR Spectrometer."

Dr. Sherry Farwell, Dean, GraduateEducation & Sponsored Programs, wasawarded $225,000 in additional funds fromNASA for his project entitled "NASAEPSCoR: Preparatory Grant Proposal: Hewas also granted $27,300 in additionalfunds for the Graduate ResearchFellowship Program, and $14,540 for hisproject titled "Analytical Training Program"from the Mongolian Technical University.

Dr. Robb Winter, Department ofChemistry and ChemicalEngineering, was awarded$147,419 for his projectentitled "Nanomechanicsand Interphase Chemistry ofInterfacial Fracture", and$50,000 in additional funds

from the US Department of Energy for hisproject entitled "Investigation of theInterphase Region in Polymer Matrix-GlassFiber Reinforced Composites Using theInterfacial Force Microscope." He was alsogranted $10,050 for his project entitled"REU Site: Molecular Level Modificationof Surfaces" from the National ScienceFoundation, and received a $1,000 awardfor his project entitled "SBIR Phase O -Application of Silver Colored MicaceousSchist as an Inorganic Metallic-lookingPigment to Replace EnvironmentallyHazardous Aluminum Powders and Pastes"from the Pacer Corporation.

Dr. John Helsdon, Professor, Departmentof Atmospheric Sciences and Institute ofAtmospheric Sciences, was awarded$130,000 in additional funds for his projectentitled "3-D Cloud Scale Model andSatellite Study of the Transport andEvolution of Lightning-Produced NitrogenOxides" from the National ScienceFoundation.

Dr. William Roggenthen, Professor,Department of Geology andGeological Engineering, wasawarded $117,563 from theUS Department of State forhis project entitled "WilliamC. Foster Fellows VisitingScholars Program."

Dr. Scott J. Kenner, Associate Professor,Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering received $44,325 and $60,225from SD Department of Game, Fish andParks for his project entitled "Developmentof a Multi-agency Systems Approach toManage a Wild Brown Trout Fishery withinan Urbanized Watershed, Rapid Creek,SD." Dr. Kenner was also awarded $20,121for his project entitled "Lower Rapid CreekWatershed Assessment and TMDLDevelopment" from the City of Rapid City,and $6,815 for his project entitled"Methodology for Wellhead Protection,Upper Sioux Tribe" from theEnvironmental Office, Upper SiouxCommunity.

Dr. Francine Campone, (ScientificKnowledge for IndianLearning and Leadership(SKILL), received $100,000in additional funds fromNASA for her projectentitled "Provide forScientific Knowledge for

Indian Learning and Leadership forMission to Planet Earth."

Dr. V. Ramakrishnan, DistinguishedProfessor, Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, and Dr.Sookie Bang, Associate Professor,Department of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, and were awarded $72,558from the National Science Foundation(NSF) for a project entitled "Application ofa Microbial Immobilization Technique inRemediation of Concrete Cracks." Thetwo also received $10,000 in additionalfunds for the project entitled "Applicationof a Microbial Immobilization Techniquein Remediation of Concrete Cracks-REU"

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from the NSF. Bang was also awarded $4,000 from the Navel Research Laboratoryfor the project entitled "Development ofHalophilic Bacterial Biosorbent.

Dr. Cathleen Webb, Associate Professor,Department of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, Dr. Arden Davis, MickelsenProfessor, Department of Geology andGeological Engineering, and Dr. DavidDixon, Associate Professor, Department ofChemistry and Chemical Engineering wereawarded $41,299 for their project entitled"Arsenic Remediation of Drinking Water"from the SD Department of Environmentand Natural Resources. Dr. Davis and Dr.Webb also received $8,029 from SouthDakota State University for the project.The two also were awarded $30,000 inadditional funds from US Department ofInterior-Bureau of Land Management fortheir project entitled "Belle Eldridge Searchand Remediation Investigation."

Three professors were awarded "GovernorJanklow's Faculty Awards for Teaching withTechnology" from the State of SouthDakota. Dr. Charles Kliche, Professorand Program Coordinator, MiningEngineering Program received $25,555, Dr.Andrey Petukhov, Professor, Departmentof Physics received $21,614.14, and Dr.Stephen Pratt, Associate Professor,Department of Social Sciences received$21,991.54.

Carrie Herbel, Museum of Geology wasawarded $40,282 for her project entitled"Support Field Work, Lab Preparation andCuration of Paleontological MaterialCollected from the Pig Wallow Site,Badlands National Park" from the US Deptof Interior-Badlands National Park. Shewas also awarded $26,944 from US Dept ofInterior-Badlands National Park for asecond project titled "Baseline Mapping ofFossil Bone Beds at Badlands NationalPark."

Kata McCarville, Director ofInstructional Technology Services, wasgranted $44,500 from the Board ofRegents for her project entitled"Governor's Electronic ClassroomUpgrade." McCarville was also awarded

$10,000 from North Dakota StateUniversity for her project entitled"Undergraduate Research Experiences inHigh Performance Computing andAdvanced Networking."

Dr. Chris Jenkins, Professor, Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, was awarded$10,000 from Jet Propulsion Laboratory(prime-NASA) for a project entitled "JPLGossamer Spacecraft Support." Jenkinswas also awarded $20,000 for a projectentitled "Analysis of Optical QualityMembranes" from SRS Technologies. SRSTechnologies also awarded Jenkins $18,600in additional funds for his project entitled"Optical Quality Membranes for SpaceRate Optics."

Dr. John Weiss, Associate Professor, andDr. Antonette Logar, Chair and Professor,both from Department of Mathematicsand Computer Science received $51,680from Raytheon Technical ServicesCompany for their project entitled "AMODIS Re-Projection Tool."

Dr. Ed Duke, Manager of AnalyticalServices, Engineering and MiningExperiment Station, and Dr. ColinPaterson, Professor, Department ofGeology and Geological Engineering wereawarded $42,287 from the National ScienceFoundation for their project entitled "US-Namibia Cooperative Research: Potential ofHyperspectral Remote Sensing forGeological Mapping and ResourceEvaluation in Arid Regions When Used inthe Damaran Terrain." Dr. Paterson wasalso awarded $14,737 in additional fundsfor his project entitled "A Black HillsScience Teaching Project to Prepare K-8Teachers for the new Millennium" fromBlack Hills State University. Dr. Dukereceived $3,000 from DOSECC, Inc. forhis project entitled "Application of visibleand near infrared reflectance spectroscopyin studies of active and ancient thermalregimes."

Dr. James Martin, Professor, Departmentof Geology and Geological Engineering,and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology,Museum of Geology was awarded $48,000for his study entitled "Paleontological

Survey of US Corps Lands Along theMissouri River" from US Army Corps ofEngineers.

Dr. Larry Stetler, Assistant Professor,Department of Geologyand Geological Engineeringwas awarded $39,975 for hisproject entitled " ChannelBottom Cementation andSediment Yield Effects on aNatural Spawning Habitat

in Spearfish Creek, SD" from SDDepartment of Game Fish and Parks.

Dr. Manuel Penaloza, AssociateProfessor, Department of Mathematics andComputer Science was awarded $36,786from the Rapid City Regional Hospital forhis project to provide consulting services toRapid City Regional Hospital's InformationSystems Department."

Dr. Thomas Fontaine, AssociateProfessor, Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering was awarded$29,629 in additional funds from SDDepartment of Game Fish and Parks forhis project entitled "Analysis forRestoration of Water Quality and Supplyfor Fishery at Yates Pond, South Dakota."

Dr. Terje Preber, Chair and Professor,Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering was awarded $20,000 from theDavid & Lucile Packard Foundation for ascholarship grant for Shane R. Herrod.

Dr. Kerri Vierling, Department ofChemistry and ChemicalEngineering was awarded$8,131 for the project"Development of a Multi-agency Systems Approach toManage a Wild Brown TroutFishery within an Urbanized

Watershed, Rapid Creek, SD" from the SDDepartment of Game, Fish, and Parks.

Dr. Alvis Lisenbee, Professor, Departmentof Geology and Geological Engineering,received $7,060 for his project entitled"Geologic Map of the Hayward Quadrangle"from USDOI - US Geological Survey.

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You Are Invited . . . CALENDAR OF EVENTS

OCTOBER

Wednesday – Friday, October 4-6Board of Regents meetings @ Tech

Wednesday, October 4Women’s Volleyball vs Minot State, 7pm

Wednesday, October 4Boeing Award Presentation

Friday – Saturday, October 6-7Women’s Volleyball @ Huron University

Saturday, October 7Men’s Football vs. University of Mary, 1pmCross Country @ Rocky Mountain Shootout

Monday, October 9Native American Day Holiday

Tuesday, October 10Women’s Volleyball vs. NAU, 7pm

Friday, October 13Women’s Volleyball vs. U of Mary, 7pm

Saturday, October 14Men’s Football @ Dakota State UniversityCross Country Meet

Monday, October 16National Boss Day

Tuesday, October 17Women’s Volleyball vs. Chadron State, 7pm

Wednesday, October 18Nat’l Convention Am. Soc. Of Civil Eng.

Friday – Sunday, October 20-22Tech Family Weekend

Friday - Sunday, October 20-22Women’s Volleyball @ BHSU

Saturday, October 21Men’s Football vs. BHSU, 1pmCross Country Meet

Monday, October 23Last Day to Register to vote in Nov. elections

Tuesday, October 24United Nation’s Day

Thursday, October 26Women’s Volleyball vs. BHSU, 7pm

Saturday, October 28Men’s Football vs. Valley City State, 1pmCross Country MeetFE/EIT Exam 7:30am

Sunday, October 29Daylight Savings Time Ends – Set clocksback one hour

Tuesday, October 31HalloweenWomen’s Volleyball @ Dickinson StateConvocation 3:30pm @ CB204W

NOVEMBER

Friday – Saturday, November 3-4All Campus Leadership Retreat

Saturday, November 4Football @ Minot StateCross Country DAC-10 TournamentTour TechMuseum of Geology Australian Program

Sunday, Wed, Sat, November 5, 8, & 11Volleyball @ DAC-10 Tournament

Monday, November 6Men’s Basketball vs. Rocky Mountain

Tuesday, November 7Election Day

Friday, November 10No Classes – Observance of Veteran’s DayWomen’s Basketball @ Mt. MartyMen’s Basketball @ Mt. Marty

Saturday, November 11Women’s Basketball @ Dakota WesleyanVeteran’s Day

Monday – Friday, November 13-17Early Registration Week

Tuesday, November 14Men’s Basketball @ Rocky Mt. College

Thursday, November 16Women’s Basketball @ S. Co. TourneyMen’s Basketball @ Chadron StateGreat American Smokeout

Thursday – Saturday, November 16-18Drama Club Fall Production 7pm

Friday, November 17Last Day to Drop a class with a “W”

Saturday, November 18Women’s Basketball @ S. Co. TourneyTrack Meet @ NAIA Nat’l meet

Thursday, November 23Thanksgiving Day – no classes

Friday, November 24No classes

Friday – Saturday, November 24-25Women’s Basketball @ BHSU TourneyMen’s Basketball @ BHSU Tourney

Tuesday, November 28Men’s Basketball @ Chadron State

Thursday, November 30Convocation 3:30pm @ CB204W

DECEMBER

Friday, December 1Women's Basketball @ JamestownMen's Basketball @ Jamestown

Saturday, December 2Women's Basketball @ U of MaryMen's Basketball @ U of MaryAmerican Society of Civil EngineersBanquet, Arrowhead Country Club

Monday – Friday, December 4-8Bowling for Food @ Grubby's

Tuesday, December 5Parade of Trees & Open House @Surbeck Center Ballroom

Thursday, December 7Pearl Harbor Day

Friday, December 8Women's Basketball vs. Dickinson, 6pmMen's Basketball vs. Dickinson, 8pm

Saturday, December 9Women's Basketball vs. Minot, 6pmMen's Basketball vs. Minot, 8pm

Saturday – Sunday, December 9-10Concert Choir & Master ChoraleChristmas Concert @ Our Lady ofPerpetual Help, 8pm

Sunday, December 10All Campus Christmas Carol Sing &Candle Lighting, 7pm Bump Lounge

Tuesday, December 12Children's Holiday party, SSC Ballroom

Thursday – Friday, December 14-15Board of Regents meeting - DSU

Friday, December 15Women's Basketball @ Mayvillle UMen's Basketball @ Mayville UPresident's Graduation Reception 3-4pm

Friday, December 15Symphonic Band & Jazz Concert

Saturday, December 16Women's Basketball @ Valley City StMen's Basketball @ Valley City StGraduation @ Civic Center, 10am

Monday – Friday, December 18-22Textbook BuybackFinal Exams

Thursday, December 21Convocation 3:30pm @ CB204W

Friday, December 22Hanukkah beginsSemester EndsFirst Day of Winter

Saturday – Tuesday, December 23-Jan. 9No classes – Holiday break

Sunday, December 24Christmas Eve

Monday, December 25Christmas Holiday

Friday – Saturday, December 29-30Women's Basketball vs. SD Tech ClassicMen's Basketball Perkins Classic @ BHSU

Sunday, December 31New Year's Eve

JANUARY

Monday, January 1New Year’s Day Holiday

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• Dr. Ken Han, professor of metallurgicalengineering, was elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineering in 1996.During this Fall 2000 semester, Dr. Han isthe Acting Dean of the College of MaterialsScience and Engineering.

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