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Computers Solve Problems For Geologists, Engineers
Scientists of varied disciplines have solved many of their problems with computers. Now geologists and engineers are using computers to solve their problems too.
Other areas of study come into play with geological and engineering problems, according to William W. Hambleton, associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey.
Hambleton illustrated how economics, geology, and the computer work to solve problems essentially geological.
It has been discovered that this mineral makes good acoustical material, and is also a good liquid clarifying agent. Clarifying agents are used to clear impurities from such liquids as cooking oil and water used in swimming pools.
IN WESTERN AND central Kansas there are thousands of tons of volcanic ash. "Previously, the only use for this mineral was as an abrasive in a commercial cleanser," Hambleton said. Geologists have discovered other uses for volcanic ash.
Children Crushed During Viet Attack
The computer and economies are used to solve the problems of developing the ash beds economically and transporting the mineral to other parts of the United States, according to Hambleton.
THE COMPUTER PROJECT now in operation at KU is a cooperative
DA NANG, Viet Nam — (UPI)—South Vietnamese war planes killed between 20 and 30 school children Tuesday in an attack on a Communist military post seven miles south of Da Nang, it was disclosed today.
A spokesman for the Vietnamese army here said the boys and girls were crushed or suffocated when the ceiling of a cave where they had taken shelter from the planes caved in.
He said the schoolmaster was using the same building as the Viet Cong military post and as a school.
THE SPOKESMAN blamed their deaths on the schoolmaster, whom he described as an officer of the Communist Viet Cong rebels.
A spokesman said a Vietnamese observation plane was fired upon as it flew over the village to make a landing at Da Nang.
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effort between the Kansas Geological Survey and the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. In discussing the joint project, Hambleton said, "The Geological Survey and the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineerhave found a common interest. The problems we are dealing with are concerned with analysis of systems with many variables, and engineers are uniquely qualified to deal with these problems."
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ONE COOPERATIVE PROJECT was recently made possible by a $52,000 agreement involving the Kansas Geological Survey and the Petroleum Information Corporation of Denver. "The purpose of the project is to convert basic information on about 25,000 selected exploratory gas and oil wells in Kansas to punch cards and magnetic tapes. When the project is completed the Geological Survey will have records on many wells in Kansas and adjoining states readily available for use in industry and scientific research," Hambleton said.
Hambleton has already received inquiries about the use of computers for geological purposes. One of the most recent inquiries was from a geologist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Last summer a seminar was conducted at KU by the Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. At the seminar, the possibility of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and KU working together in the area of economic analysis was discussed.
ANOTHER SEMINAR with the U.S. Bureau of Mines will be held at KU this coming summer. Kevin Jones, assistant professor of petroleum engineering, and Floyd Preston, associate professor of petroleum engineering, De-Min Wu, assistant professor of economics, Dr. John Harbaugh of Stanford University, and Dr. John Griffiths of Pennsylvania State University will participate in the seminar, as well as staff from the Kansas Geological Survey.
Nominations for Undergraduate Research Participation Awards are being received until March 31 by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Study Award Nominations Due
be nominated by faculty members who are willing to supervise their nominees' research.
Assistant Dean Robert P. Cobb announced today that students should
The program is supported by grants from the Kansas Heart Association, the National Science Foundation and miscellaneous funds.
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