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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 10, 1998
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Women engineers host program
By Sarah Morgan
Kansan Staff writer
Fourteen Kansas and Missouri high schools girls are learning hands-on this week about college and engineering.
Gary Minden, professor of electrical engineering, shows a group of high school women the latest in wireless communication research in Nichols Hall. The women are participants in Project Discovery. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
The Society of Women Engineers is holding Project Discovery, a one-week program for high school women, June 7 to 13 at the University of Kansas.
Project Discovery's goal is to introduce the students to engineering as a profession and a field of study.
"It allows the girls to learn about engineering in a creative and enthusiastic learning atmosphere where they can exchange ideas without worrying about tests or grades," said Kelly Moylan, coordinator of the Women's Engineering Program and the Society of Women Engineers.
During the week, University engi neering faculty will speak with participants about various fields in which professional engineers work. Moylan said this would help students understand the research methods and problem-solving approaches engineers use.
Each student participates in
Working in the labs on either civil, aerospace or chemical engineering will allow the participants
to use fundamental concepts in mathematics, chemistry and physics to solve engineering design problems.
Participants also will visit TWA airlines at the Kansas City International Airport and the Colgate-Palmolive plant in Kansas City, Kan.
Project Discovery has evolved from previous summer programs the School of Engineering held for minority high school students.
Moylan said that only 18 percent of all engineers are women.
Benjamin also said programs like these were good for students who did not know their precise interests and that they showed students that engineering is a career choice.
Last year, the Women's Engineering Program and the Society of Women Engineers decided to begin a program that would increase the number of women in engineering.
Benzleel S. Benjamin, professor of architectural engineering, said it was important to encourage women's involvement in engineering.
Moylan said Project Discovery was a chance for the University and School of Engineering to recruit the best students possible.
The week will end with a presentation and awards ceremony in which students will share their experiences with parents, faculty and other Project Discovery participants.
Foliage report brings green to University
By Julie Sachs Kansan staff writer
Green. It is the color of a healthy planet. And it is the color of money.
generated maps.
For the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing department at the University of Kansas, the color has both connotations, courtesy of the GreenReport.
The biweekly online report assists agriculturists around the nation while bringing extra money, in the form of NASA funding, to the University.
The GreenReport measures vegetation conditions across the United States using a series of four computer-
The maps represent vegetation on a color-coded chart. Areas that appear dark green in color are mature, healthy plants. Lighter-green sections show areas of lesser or emerging amounts of vegetation. Yellow or brown areas show sparse vegetation.
The color codes help forest rangers pinpoint potential brush fires, said John Lomas, researcher for the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Department.
Lomas said the maps also helped agriculturalists compare vegetation health to previous years and plan for
Dietrich Kastner, Manhattan graduate student, said the GreenReport would revolutionize the agriculture business, and already was making an impact on the University.
future crops.
"The GreenReport has allowed us to bring many dollars into the University," he said.
Kastens said some of the money received for GreenReport research and other Kansas Applied Remote Sensing research has been used to purchase computer equipment in Lindley Hall.
The report also has brought national
attention to the University.
The GreenReport and other Kansas Applied Remote Sensing department research has drawn the attention of Pat. Sen Roberts, Kastens said.
"It has been used by Dan Golden, the director of NASA, in a speech in Washington," Kastens said. "It is something to hold up to say we are doing something out there."
"It's much easier to get funding and support from the state and federal government," he said. "The GreenReport has allowed us to have credibility in the agriculture field."
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