LehighWeek Volume 04, Issue 10

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Lehigh creams Colgate
52-7. Story in South
Mountaineer.
Peggy Vresics...
believes people make
Lehigh a very special
place. q
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Vol.4, Issue 10
Lehigh receives
$24 million grant
The Department of Defense's 1990-
91 budget recently approved by the U. S.
Congress has provided a one-year, $24-
million grant to Competitive Technologies, Inc. (CTI), a non-profit corporation
of Lehigh University, to help develop
the U. S. Navy's "fleet of the future."
The DOD grant includes $19 million
to complete modifications to Lehigh's
Mountaintop Campus research complex,
and to upgrade research and testing
equipment there that will be used for this
and related projects. The remaining $5
million of the grant will be used to cover
first-year development and testing costs
through members of the industrial
consortium. It is the purpose of this,
grant to support industry-directed
university research, technology transfer
and university research infrastructure
development.
Peter Likins, Lehigh president, said,
"This grant is the culmination of athree-
year fund-raising campaign for the
Mountaintop led by Lee lacocca, whose
leadership was invaluable."
CTI will administer the DOD grant
contract, which calls for an industry-led
consortium to develop the technology
required for a U.S. Navy fleet that is
faster, more maneuverable and reliable,
and less expensive to manufacture,
operate and maintain than the current
fleet.
A "fleet of the future" partnership of
government,an industrial advisory board
and Lehigh is being formed to provide
the Navy with new base materials and
designs for shipbuilding, innovative
manufacturing systems, advanced
information and logistics systems and
proof of principle testing.
Lehigh's role in the Navy program
will be facilitated by the use of the new
ATLSS multidirectional experimental
testing center that was dedicated in 1989
as part of a National Science Foundation
Engineering Research Center. The new
ATLSS test center is the only one of its
type in the U.S. and has the largest load
capacity of any proof-of-principle test
facility in the world.
In addition to strengthening Navy
shipbuilding technology, the partnership's work under the grant is expected
to enhance competitiveness of those
industries involved in the Navy's
shipbuilding program, and a special
effort will be made to increase participation by small and medium-sized companies, particularly minority-owned
companies.
CTI was recently formed by Lehigh
to serve as a catalyst for bringing
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
November 6,1990
Czech President gives Cohen Lecture in April
Peter Likins talks with Czecl
last week.
oslovakian President Vaclav Havel in Prague
Art King
Czechoslovakia Pres. Vaclav Havel
has agreed to visit Lehigh in April to
give the annual Cohen Lecture in
International Relations on campus. His
visit was announced by Lehigh Pres.
Peter Likins at a meeting with reporters
in his office Thursday afternoon. While
in the Lehigh Valley Havel is also
expected to visit Moravian College.
Details of his trip are still being arranged. Likins added that as with any
political leader, particularly a head of
state, unforeseen events or domestic
concerns may force a cancellation of
Havel's visit at the last minute.
Likins returned to campus Wednesday
evening (Oct. 31) after a meeting with
Havel in Prague on Monday afternoon
(Oct. 29) to discuss the role of higher
education in the post-revolution Czechoslovak society. They also explored
possible cooperation on educational
activities between Lehigh and Czech and
Slovak institutions.
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Campus goes batty on Halloween
1. Vamping in the registrar's office
are, from left, Terri Howells,
Mariann Hartman, Dottie Meixell
and Sue Kehn. 2. Junior Laura
DiGioia assists with a Halloween
party for the little ghosts and
goblins at Lehigh's day care center.
3. Joining in the fun are Sue
Epstein, Maggie Dee and Michelle
Reczek in the dean's office of the
College of Engineering and Applied
Science. 4. Vampire Terri Howells
gets into the 'spirit' of the day .
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