University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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SHARING . . . Building the future Long walks to the far side of the Hill, late hours writing lab reports, turning in project af- ter project. These are the efforts that prepare the more than 4,000 engineering students for their future careers. William Miller, associate dean of engineer- ing said the job market looks good for all types of engineers and estimated that graduates can expect to earn anywhere from $15,000 to $24,000 for their first year on a job. Ben Beasley, senior in chemical engineer- ing, said the late hours and long walks at 7:50 am. to the uengineering campus - Ferris, Perkins, and Dougherty - are the daily costs of being an engineering major. One thing that keeps us going is thinking about how much money we're going to make when we get out, Beasley said. John Handler, a mechanical engineering senior said, uEngineering is the back- bone of society. Everything ever built has had engineers involved in it. They are the future leaders in society. Even with the heavy load of Class work the engineers have time for a sense of humor. When asked why he was majoring in engineer- ing, Handler replied, iiBecause I can add and subtract, but can't even spell my own name. Despite all the different levels for engineers, they are basically doing the same thing. uWhether they are electrical or agricultural, chemical or civil engineers, they are involved in technical problem solving, Miller said. Engineers make mathematical models out of -Gt Paloma 24h Academics real situations, test the models and then apply the results to the problem at hand. Learning to be an engineer has no shortcuts. Miller compared engineering to sports. Regardless of your mood at the mo- ment, you've got to practice and be self- disciplined like a well-trained athlete, he said. Fletcher Armstrong, senior in agricultural engineering, said engineers draw a lot from their past knowledge. uEngineering builds on itself, Armstrong said. HSeniors working on a project will recall things they learned as a freshman or sophomore. You never leave anything you learn behind; you always come back to it. Engineering is an exact science. llm glad there are right answers to every question, Miller said. When the answers donlt appear that's frustrating, but when the light bulb comes on in my head - it's rewarding. It picks me up and keeps me going. Armstrong said. An interesting development in the field of engineering during the last few years is that it is no longer a mans world. Miller said female enrollment is going up all the time. Fifteen per- cent of the students in engineering are women. ult's not like 10 years ago when a girl might have felt uncomfortable being the only woman in a class. They fit right in now, Miller said. Two recent academic changes in the college make it clear that engineering is rigorous and demanding. The college adopted a shorter drop deadline beginning winter quar- ter. Now the drop deadline for engineers is the day before the add deadlines. Also, incoming freshman will only be able to repeat 12 hours. if students repeat more than 12 hours, both grades will be computed in the grade point average. Miller said, ilBoth of these changes were attempted to make students more serious about school. -MAJ Searching through a cabinet. Jorge Zelendlon, a junior in in- dustrial engineering, selects resistors for his industrial engineering lab. Zelendlon said the electrical engineering lab took approximately two hours to complete, Dictatlng the reading of a mercury manometer to her lab partner, Margie Berryman, a sophomore in industrial engineering, works in a thermodynamics lab. Margie said the most difficult part of the lab was the 12 to 14 page reports. -Gt Palomo Recording calculations he obtained from a pressure gauge experiment, Tony Walker, a freshman in mechanical engineering, completes his lab assignment. Walker said in- structors set a time limit in which to complete the lab. Working together, Beth McDonald, a junior in industrial engineering, and Daniel Barber, a junior in agricultural engineering, measure the amount of voltage drop across a resistor using a power supply. McDonald and Barber were in- volved in an electrical engineering lab.

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FC. Sexton uozxag Do A long awaited major HThe new dance major offered through the College of Education is the only one taught in Tennessee, Richard Croskey, coordinator of the dance program said. HStudents have been waiting for a dance major for many years, Croskey said. Dance in- struction, a part of the division of physical education, has always been an area of interest to students, Croskey stated. Until this fall, serious dance majors had to go out of the state to study. uif a dance major was not offered, I would have gone here for two years and then transfered to either Florida State or East Carolina State University, Patti Holt, a junior from Jefferson City, said. The major, approved in August by the Tennessee Higher Education Council, took about four years to plan. Half of the 26 students in the new major are freshmen. Croskey said many of the upper classmen have assumed dance as a double major. HI stayed undeclared for two years waiting for the dance major, Holt said. The dance ma- jor consists of two main concentrations of study: classical ballet and modern dance. Although in the College of Education, the Its always painful? said Alisa Williams, a sophomore in dance. Williams, Bonnie Anhur and Kathy Jo Richardson practice dance sequences in an intermediate ballet class. Students in dance must be highly dedicated, spending up to ten hours a day working out in Alumni Gym. dance major is basically composed of a liberal arts curriculum. With a minimum of 82 hours devoted to dance, 193 hours are required for a dance ma- jor to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Two years of study with the New Reperatory Dance Company is also required. Hlt's difficult for a dance major to dance and still keep up with academics, because the dance courses are only two hours credit, Julia Giliis, a freshman from Caryville, said. But all the hard work is worth it. iiTraditionaily, only two areas of application were open to those interested in dance- teaching and professional dancing, Croskey said. HBut now new fields are opening up. Treatment of the mentally and physical! han- dicapped is one of these new areas, Craskey said. While Gillis plans to enter a professional dance company when she graduates, Holt plans to enter graduate school. HThis is a growing, growing major, Croskey said. HThere has been the need for a dance major for many years in this university. -MLM Academics i23

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-Gi Palomo -Gl Palomo Engineers test sun power Lined along Alcoa Highway, enroute to the Smoky Mountains, are three small houses clustered like inverted A-frame chalets. These eye-catching houses are for more than looks. They are physical evidence of energy conservation studies being conducted by the College of Engineering with the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development and the Tennessee Valley Authority. What goes on inside these houses may ease the energy crunch. They are the first of a new breed of homes that will use energy more ef- ficiently and save home-owners thousands of dollars in heating and cooling costs. Bill Bradford, a senior in mechanical engineering and tour guide for the buildings for the past two years, said, uOne house is called a solar house; the others are the Annual Cycle Energy System tACESl house and the control house. Each house has about 2,000 square feet of floor space, yet each has its own peculiar shape and purpose. The solar home derives its energy from the sun, Bradford said. The ACES house em- ploys the annual weather cycle and the use of circulating water for heating and cooling. What makes the experimental homes un- usual is they use 30 per cent less energy than normal houses because of insulation and in- novative energy conserving systems. Bradford said the homes are still too expen- sive for the average family but they could become more economical within the next five to seven years.n HThe homes would presently cost over $60,000 to build, Bradford said. HTheylre an oddity, but soon they'll be commonplace. The unique slanting roof on the solar house facilitates collection of solar energy by panels placed on the roof. The three-bedroom homes are furnished with all the necessities, including washers, dryers, tables, couches, and various electrical appliances. The average monthly energy bill for the solar home is $40 compared to $110 for a conventional home. During most cold weather, the solar home uses one-third the kilowatt-hours of a normal home. -MAJ Located on Alcoa Highway are three solar houses built by the College of Engineering, HUD and TVA. The solar houses cost approximately $40 a month, which is comparatively less than the $1 10 monthly energy bill of conventional houses. seawas aiudeOm-me