University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Left: U of A students begin another busy day of classes. Photography by Aka Williams Above: Final exams are an unwelomed thought to most studnets. You will often see students using the last few moments before th exam to review some facts as these two students are doing. -Photography by Aka Williams College of Education 27A

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he College of Education has things that other col- leges do, but there are some things that make it unique to other colleges. Some of these things are student teaching, teaching analysis lab, and the sign language program. First, there are some things that you need to do before you can be active in these programs. As freshman you enroll in the College of Arts and Science to complete 55 units in genereal education. Then, for your sophomore year you prepare to take the state- required Pre- Professional Skills Test (PPST). After this you apply for admission to the Collegeof Educa- don. Then, your junior year you take the profes- sional education courses needed and apply for your degree check for graduation. Most people have heard of student teaching. but it is more than a requirement for this college. It is a chance for the student to get out in the field and see exactly what teaching is all about. One of the newest and most interesting additions to this college is the sign lan- guage program. If you are ever in the education building you probably will see people signing to each other. This is because the college is now training people to be interpreters for the deaf and to teach hearing-imparied children. Now. American Sign Language has become an acceptable foreign language ' to Arts and Sciences. Stu- dents have become so interested in the program they have had to turn some away. A new component of learning to teach is the teaching analysis lab. The video based lab has been devel- oped to give undavaudates a way of criticing their teaching abilities. According to Susan Diffenderfer, A video based lab has been developed that will function as a sort of ' flight simulator ' for prospec- tive teachers . As you can see the College of Eduduction has much to offer their students. -Jennifer Stancill According to Susan Diffenderfer, A video based lab has been devel- oped that will function as a sort of ' flight simulator ' for prospective teachers . Also, this will a llow students to critic and compare themselves to other more master- ful teachers. Top: These U of A students are work- ing together to prepare for an upcom- ing exam. Photography by Alex Williams A.26 ACADEMICS

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College of Mines has many exciting he College of Engineering projects going on within. Dr. Steven C. Crow and two graudate students have been working one that may be able to someday make the world of the Jestons a reality to us. During the fall a project here at the U of A was going on to explore the possi- bility of the Naystar Global Position-ing System ability to guide a robotic vehicle with precision . This means that one day vehicles and possible airplanes will be navigated without a driver or trained pi- lot. Dr. Steven C. Crow is a Professorof Aerospace En- gineering here at the Uni- versity of Arizona. Dr. Crow received his doctor- ate form Caltech in the field of aeronautics and is well know for his work on aircraft votex wakes, jet turbulence and noise among several other areas. The two graduate students worked with Dr. Crow. Jeff Carlton and Bob Camiano just recently graduated this past Decem- ber. Mr. Carlton worked on the robotics steering of the Starcars and Mr. Bob Camiano developed the Starcar model. The experiment used a van that has inboard computers that would run the program. A satellite controlled the move- ment of the Starcar. The experimental run was done at Pima Communtiy College racetrack. The program was so accurate that the 5 laps around the track are almost undistinguishable on paper because they overlap each other so preciously. Now what does the future hold for this program? One positive is that Military air vehicles will have smarter technolo- gies and national air space will become more efficent. Projects and ideas like this one are very exspensive and the cost is currently going up. If one day all this technology does become possible skyways could exist or in other words highways in the sky . The vehicles will fly through electronic corridors. The sky- ways will be receiving coordinates from the Naystar Global Posi- tioning System (GPS) For the average per- son to drive the Starcars the technology will have to be able to com- pensate for the their lack of understand- ing of the program. Regulations devel- oped by the FAA are very strict. The accuracy must be at the most 1.8 feet. The idea of aircraft flown without a pilot was just introduced by the militar in Desert Storm. Before all the wonderful ideas of future worlds can be possible many more experiments like this one will have to take palce. -Jennifer Brandt Many thank yous need lobe given to Dr. S.C.Crow for the use of this inforrnahoo, The vehicles will fly in electronic corridors as real freeways, visible in the vehicles as videodisplays A28 ACADEMICS