LehighWeek Volume 14, Issue 8

              Bringing in the sun
Prof. DeLeo gives students
an up-close look
at the solar system
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Volume 14, Issue 8
LehighWee/c
The campus digest for innovation, news and events
Hawks make it 7 of 7
Late TD gives football
a 21-14 win over Bucknell
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October 25, 2000
A virtual affair to remember
Lehigh joins prospective students for a one-to-one information session - online and in real-time
Photo by Elizabeth Keegin Colley
Russian journalist Alexei
Berezhkov talks with German student Patrick Schmid.
Foreign journalists
on U.S. election
International observers rate
American foreign policy as a high
priority when covering the U.S.
presidential election, journalists
from England and Russia said at
a panel discussion Oct. 17 in
Sinclair Auditorium.
Ian Williams of the London
Tribune and Alexei Berezhkov of
the Russian news agency ITAR-
TASS joined Patrick Schmid, a
native of Germany studying at
Lehigh, and Ivor Griffiths '02,
who spent last summer in Germany. Margaret Rutherford
'02 moderated.
Berezhkov, a 23-year journalist who has lived in New York for
six years, compared American
politics to a circus, but said the
presidential election is important to Russians.
"Russia follows the American
iresidential campaign very
closely because it will predict
who our country will deal with,"
he said.
Rutherford, an international
relations major, said the presidential candidates have not focused enough on international
issues.
"Since the U.S. is the only real
superpower left, our foreign
policy affects everyone," she said.
"The points of view held by foreign citizens about the foreign
policy stance of the next president are extremely important."
Williams, a 17-year journalist who has lived 11 years in New
York City and covered three US.
presidential elections, said, "A
lot of people from abroad tend to
equate the American Democratic
Party with the labor union in the
UK, and the Republican Party
with the Conservative Party.
Observers try to see things in
light of their own struggles; this
is complete ignorance."
Even liberal American politics, said Williams, are conservative compared to their European counterparts. He speculated President Clinton would be
a member of the Conservative
Party in Britain.
Kim Bender, a junior majoring in international careers,
agreed with Berezhkov.
"With the U.S. being the superpower that it is, it's important
to have a president who under-
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High school students spend much
their time online, say Lehigh admissions officials, so why not offer a virtual college fair, where
they can talk to Lehigh students
and administrators about
Lehigh?
That's exactly what happened
on Oct. 19.
By leading the trend in online
interactive communications,
Lehigh offers students and parents in various regions and time
zones a chance to learn more about
Lehigh and to talk with admissions counselors and current students in virtual Q&A sessions.
"We are pioneers in attempting another means by which students can become familiar with
Lehigh," said Lisa Dubreuil, senior associate director of admissions. "High school and college students are very computer savvy today, and it is important that we in
turn respond to this trend by making things like the online college
fair available to them."
The fair on Oct. 19 went well
for Murray Goodman '01.
"It's important to have another informal way for students
to talk to current students without   other   pressures,"   said
Photo by Elizabeth Keegin Colley
Desire Hernandez, assistant director of admissions, and Sarah Asheroff '03, go online in the virtual college fair.
Goodman. It was convenient, he
said, for students to get information from the comfort of their
own computers, rather than at a
crowded college fair.
Lehigh is participating in five
fall online events through the new
Online College Fair of the Na
tional Association for College Admission Counseling. The sessions are offered free to all prospective undergraduate students
who register at the Lehigh host
site.
"College-bound high school
students rank counselors as the
No.l source of information about
where to apply for college," said
Steve Oblas, director of design
resources with university relations, who helped bring the partnership together. "Web sites are
ranked as the No.2 information
source. The chat-based environment of the virtual fair allows us
to combine the best of both
sources."
The next fair will be held for
international students on
Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 11a.m.
to 2p.m. To participate, prospective students and their families
need only a computer with
Internet access and a Web browser
— no software needs to be downloaded or configured. Like the fair
on Oct. 19, Lehigh will have a
booth for prospective students and
parents to talk to admissions
counselors and one for them to
talk to current students.
For more information and a
complete schedule for online
fairs, visit Lehigh's online fair
Web site at www2.lehigh.edu/
page.asp?page=onlinefair.
For complete fair descriptions
and registration information,
visit www.OnlineCollegeFair.
com.
DuPont wins top U.S. award
for young scientists, engineers
John DuPont, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has added to
an impressive list of awards by winning the
highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young scientists and engineers.
In a ceremony Tuesday (Oct. 24) at the
White House Old Executive Office Building,
DuPont received the 2000 Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE). DuPont and his wife, Kathleen,
also met President Clinton and received a
tour of the White House.
The awards were presented to 20 National
Science Foundation (NSF)-supported researchers by Neal Lane, Clinton's science adviser.
The PECASE awards were established in
1996 to recognize young scientists and engineers and to maintain U.S. leadership in scientific research. In all, 60 researchers representing nine federal agencies received
PECASE awards for 2000.
DuPont was recognized "for initiating a
highly interdisciplinary and collaborative research and education effort in solid freeform
fabrication using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) processing."
LENS allows complex metallic parts to be
made directly from a computer-aided drawing without the need for molding or tooling.
Parts are made layer by layer using metal
powders and substrates, allowing for the insertion of various materials in order to
achieve desired properties The process decreases manufacturing costs and time.
In the LENS project, DuPont is collaborating with Herman Nied, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, and
with Scott Hummel '98 Ph.D., an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at
Lafayette College. He is also working with
scientists at Sandia National Laboratory
in New Mexico.
The LENS project is supported by a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development)
grant that DuPont received earlier this year
from NSF. CAREER awards, worth $200,000
to $500,000 for four to five years, support
young faculty committed to integrating research and education.
The PECASE award will double DuPonts CAREER funding.
In support of the LENS project, DuPont
earlier this year also received an NSF Major
Research Instrumentation grant as principle
investigator to acquire a Solid Freeform Fabrication Laboratory. The new laboratory at
Lehigh will involve Penn State, Lafayette and
industrial partners.
The CAREER and PECASE are just two
of three major awards DuPont has received
in 2000. Earlier this year, he also received
the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
The ONR award will support DuPont's
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Photo by John Kish IV
John DuPont, assistant professor of
materials science, has won the
government's top award for young researchers to pursue his investigation
into the laser engineering of complex
metallic parts.
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