LehighWeek Volume 13, Issue 15

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Volume 13, Issue 15
LehighWee/c
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December 14,1999
New home pages
to premiere
on LU Web site
Over the next two weeks, a transition will be made to a new Web
design for Lehigh. Many of you
may have already checked out the
beta version of the new Web,
which has been linked to the current home page for more than a
month.
The new version of Lehigh's
start (or home) Web page will differ, depending on whether you
access the Web through a Lehigh-
provided Internet connection
(which includes off-campus dial-
up directly into Lehigh) or
through a non-Lehigh Internet
Service Provider (ISP) such as
America Online or FastNet.
External visitors, those who visit
Lehigh's pages from a non-Lehigh
account, saw a new start page on
Friday, Dec. 10. Students, faculty
and staff who access the Web
through Lehigh's server will see
a new "Campus Community"
home page on Thursday evening,
Dec. 16.
The "Campus Community"
start page serves as the entry
point to Web-based services relevant for people on campus, presented in the style of a newsletter. Specifically, all requests for
www.lehigh.edu I or http:/1
www.lehigh.edu I home from
within the Lehigh Internet domain (i.e. all addresses that begin with IP 128.180) will be redirected to the new "Campus Community" page.
All other Web visitors connecting from a non-Lehigh
Internet domain (any address
that doesn't start with 128.180)
will be presented with a start
page more suitable for external
constituents and first-time visitors. To access the "Campus
Community" start page from this
external visitor page, or any other
page in the system, simply choose
the "Students-Faculty-Staff"
link from the drop-down menu on
the left of the page.
It's important to note that
most of the content from the current Lehigh home page has been
incorporated into the new Web
design, but the organization of
that content is different. The new
Web pages are designed to evolve
with the growing institutional
need for Web-based communications. Your comments and suggestions are welcomed. Please
use the appropriate link under
the "Contact Us" button located
on the top of the new Web pages
to e-mail suggestions, comments, or requests for assistance.
Students learn truth of flying aces
The Red Baron and other German flying aces of World War I
have been memorialized for their
speed and daring in dueling with
enemy aircraft.
But the most dangerous foe
faced by the first fighter pilots may
have been the flawed, often fatal
design of their own monoplanes.
That is the lesson Herman F.
Nied, professor of mechanical
engineering and mechanics, gave
when he assigned students in
Mech 305: Advanced Mechanics
of Materials to design and build
a model aircraft wing section for
a class competition.
Monoplanes gained popularity as fighter aircraft because
they were light, speedy and easy
to maneuver. But, unlike the
slower, heavier biplane, they did
a poor job, initially, of resisting
the twisting and turning pressures of rushing air.
This lack of torsional stiffness
proved fatal when many a monoplane went into a high-speed
dive. Hit by unsustainable pressure at its tip, the asymmetrical
wing was often ripped from the
plane, leaving the best of pilots
with no viable option.
The goal of the wing-building
Photo by John Kish IV
Dan Banowetz, Aaron Mengel (foreground) and Jill Friedman,
C. Alexis Bennett, Mindy Whitman (background) measure the
torsion stiffness of a model aircraft wing for a mechanics class.
project, Nied told his students,
was to design a single wing section that was both as light, and
as resistant to torsion, as possible.
Satisfying those seemingly
incompatible demands was not
easy, judging from the number of
students grumbling on the day
of the contest that they had
stayed up most of the previous
night to finish their planes.
"Lighter wings tend to be less
stiff and stiffer wings tend to be
less light," Nied said. "That creates a conflict; it requires compromise. There is no right answer, no right design."
Ten groups of students entered
the contest. Each chose its own
frame material; most used balsa
wood. Designs varied in the types
and numbers of spars, strips and
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Lehigh Employee Home-buying Initiative
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The Lehigh Employee Home-buying Initiative, in the shaded area, has been expanded
west, from Wyandotte St. (Rt. 378) to the borough limits of Fountain Hill.
Mortgage incentive program expands
Lehigh's mortgage incentive program to encourage employees to
buy homes near campus is being
expanded.
The incentive to employees
who buy a home on the South
Side is increasing from 1 to 2
percent of the mortgage. This
money can be used for renovations, repairs or other expenses.
The geographic boundary for
eligible homeds is being ex
panded west from Route 378
(Wyandotte Street) to the
Bethlehem city limits. The other
boundaries remain the same: the
Lehigh River on the north, Mountain Drive West on the south, and
Lynn Avenue and East Eighth
Street on the east.
Two employees bought homes
through the program in its first
year: Martha Lawson, high
school program coordinator at
Centennial School, and Jesse
Blackwood, administrative coordinator in university relations.
"I've been commuting from
Jim Thorpe for 10 years," said
Lawson. "This program definitely influenced my decision. I
got a nice house in a great location for a reasonable price."
"I'm  glad  I  did it,"  said
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University
faculty approve
joint CBE/CEAS
programs
Two new joint academic programs linking the College of
Business and Economics (CBE)
and the RC. Rossin College of
Engineering and Applied Science
(CEAS) were approved Dec. 6 at
the university faculty meeting.
The MBAE, a joint master's
degree in business administration and engineering, will require 45 credits in the MBA curriculum and in an engineering
curriculum of students' choice.
The BSBE, a bachelor's of science in business and engineering, will be a four-year honors
program open to students with
a 3.25 grade-point average.
The MBAE program aims to
address the growing need by corporate employers for people with
technical who can work on cross-
functional teams. The program
hopes to enroll 10 full-time, part-
time and distance students in its
first year, and as many as 50 at
a later date.
The BSBE program seeks to
produce graduates capable of
making decisions about technology, product and process development, marketing, finance and
design. Students will perform
economic analyses, prepare detailed business plans, and study
the changing nature of domestic
and global competition.
The core requirements of the
BSBE program include courses
in science, English, humanities,
business and engineering, and a
foreign language. Students will
satisfy the requirements for a
B.S. in any CBE major, but will
fall one semester short of the requirements for a B.S. in any
CEAS field. The program is expected to be approved by AACSB,
the accrediting agency for business schools, but not by ABET,
which approves collegiate engineering programs.
BSBE students must complete one internship and will be
encouraged to take others, including an international stint.
The MBAE program consists
of 24 MBA credits, 18 engineering credits and a three-credit
elective in either area. It is intended for domestic and international students with a B.S. in
engineering or applied science
and two years of work experience. Part-time students may
fulfill the work requirement
while taking the engineering
portion of the curriculum.
In its first year, MBAE will
use courses already being offered
by the CBE and CEAS. In future
years, new joint interdisciplinary
courses will be developed.
The BSBE program is expected to begin admitting students next fall.
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