University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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at Left top: Anne Baldwin (left) and Mary Beth Lynch test their toothpick bridge with the helpof professor M.R. Ehsani. PhotographybyEaStyles Top right: This is Supapan Seraphin is from Thailand and has worked as a research fellow at Kyoto University. Seraphin believes in a strong motivation to achieve your goals. Photography by Ed Styles 4 a Above: Materials Science and Engineering Assitant Professor Dunbar Bimie explains silicon diode construction to students (Left) David Bond, Jeffrey Berg, and Daniel Allen in a lab session. Left: Research Assistant Professor Marha Conklin works with graduate students on the concentration of pollutants in a snowmen sample. Photograph) by Ed Sty It. College of Engineering and Mines 29 A

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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

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there are 200 students in the undergraduate pharma- ceutical program. The course work during the first two years is comparable with other colleges; such as, English and his- tory. Although, students planning to enter the college are required to take many more hours in the science field. Those courses include microbiology, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and calculus. In order, to be accepted into the program students must maintain at least a 2.8, but the average G.P.A. is around 3.3. An unique aspect to this program is it ' s clerkship. The clerkship is completed during the students last year in the program and is arranged through a professor. The student is stationed every 2 to 3 months in the area of Tucson and occasionally in Phoenix. Now, what might be the job outlook for this profession? The placement rate is almost 100%. In addition, to all the science background the students must also be able to relate well with others. Pharmacists deal directly with the public and especially ones with medical problems, therefore they need to be able to reassure and answer any questions clients may have. -Jennifer Stencil! Top: Putting your patients at case is an important thing to kik learn. Above: These pharmacy students use the time between classes to study. Left: These Pharmacists look over some papers before beginning the day. Photography was done by John Charley. Biomedical Communications A 3 0 ACADEMICS