Florida Institute of Technology - Ad Astra Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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Rifle Team The Rifle Team competes nationally and last year three of the five shooters placed in the top ten in the national competition. The team competes with 22-caliber match rifles. At 50 feet, 40 shots are taken at a target the size of a silver dollar in prone, kneeling and standing positions. The positions are uncomfortable and awkard to the be- ginner, but with practice, become nat- ural and support the gun with the least amount of strain. The team has had some drawbacks the past couple of years, first they lost all their schol- arships two years ago, now they are not on the F.l.T. PiCAA roster and the rifie range has been taken for other uses. But they still love the spirit of competition. The members are Scott Crawford, John Crosbie, Eric QestI, Doug Qoller, Mark Homan, John Jones, Jay Langley, Tim Moeske, Kent Smith, Bob Voelkers. 144

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Electrical And Computer Engineering Coordination Committee The Electrical and Computer Engineering Coordination Committee continues to help improve the quality of education in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Their main function is to improve the interactions between the students, faculty and department. The student representatives work directly with the department head. The student representatives are Margo Blair (Assistance Secretary), Terri Brinkman, Lisa Coleman, Piadine Qeier (Vice President), Rick Marks, Tamara Morton, Salim Pittalwala, Rhody Schnieder, Greg Vence, Vikram Verma (President). American Society Of Mechanical Engineers The members are B.Abdel Hamid, R. Biebesheimer, T. Blalock, R. Campanelli, M. Cowden, Y. Chia, M. Davis, D. Dean, J. Dupper, C. Eteman-Moghadam, B. Gilbert, C. Hellsten, B. Ho-Yen, T. Howard, R. Intveld, J. Johannesson, E. Julles, C. Kelly (Secretary), B. Kissel, D. Kube, T. Lai, J. Laibe, D. Leduc, S. Lee, S. Leitgeb, T. Leonard, R. Lin, W. Luciani (Vice Chairman), M. NacDon- ald, T. MacEnka, S. MacKenzie, A. Matos, P. McMorris, J. Morris, R. Heunlist, P. Pattani, U. Ramasami, Q. Rojas, V. Russo, D. Savage, R. Shepherd, B. Simmons, B. Smith, R. Tasker, M. Thibodeau, V. Upadhye, F. Wehbe, Q. Woods, S. Yeo. The purpose of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is to promote technical expertise and a sense of ethics in those engineers interested in the mechanical engineering field. Among the activities held this year the A.S.M.E. has held a field trip to Cape Kennedy Space Center and the Ocean Spray Fruit Processing Plant in Vero Beach, speakers from the A.S.M.E. Regional Office and the Space Studies Institute. The A.S.M.E, also promotes the purchase of equipment for the Mechanical Engineering department having recently purchased a printer for the Computer Aided Design Lab. The Mini- Baja auto race competition is another project. 143

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mf p Resident Assistants The primary focus of a Resident Assistant is to assist stu- dents in developing a liveable, educational community in their residence hall. RA ' s are the contact point with F.I. T. Housing and F.l.T. ' s services for students. They all per- form similar tasks, but each RA will add a unique personal- ity to their performance of the job. Residence Hall Council The Residents Hall Council is to work closely with the RA ' s in helping to create standards for group living as well as to organize activities for the residents. The hall council can make a significant contribu- tion towards improving life in the residence halls. The councils are to serve the needs and interests of the residents. RSJB The Resident Student Judicial Board is utilized to create an awareness of students rights and responsibilities and assist in the development of com- munity through the eflFective use of peer justice; and to review residence hall policies and procedures which af- fect students. The members are Karen Brennan, Jay Langley, Gary Moore, Jeff Rombach, Bethanie Quinn. 145