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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1974)
. i- irnr-li-twwhiiriiT*'<^m~v» ■■■■■ itTAMUir, olts study j' in the fii® animatioi ie what aaj the leamiti 'le mental his is usitj V induce it e same ^ child woijj ^r. Marti ■ J Conference, Cities, an! of May^ ' programi ion contract 'ce Found* Auto crash barriers tested here Transportation department awards contract to TTI THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974 Page 13 'AMU’s Texas Transportation ite received a contract from U. S. Department of Transpor- for tests and evaluation of bar- oncepts. This work will in- 43 full-scale vehicle crash e study will be conducted by a of recognized experts in high- afety, Drs. E. Buth and R. M. They will direct the program TTI Highway Safety Research r. earlier research in this area, staff has developed and ated several impact attenuator ns that have been most effec tive in reducing fatalities and sever ity of injuries in single vehicle colli sions with roadside obstacles,” Buth pointed out. One of the designs Buth de scribed was the steel drum barrier or crash cushion. It is designed to be put in front of rigid objects to soften the impact if an auto strikes it. “Cushions like this have been in stalled in a number of hazardous sites on the nation’s highways and have proved to be very effective,” Buth pointed out. “In the recorded incident, a young couple escaped with only minor injuries after a 70 mph head-on collision with a rigid divider protected by a steel drum crash cushion.” Dr. T. J. Hirsch of TTI received the Automotive Safety Foundation’s Paul Gray Hoffman award for the development of the steel drum crash cushion. “Efforts to make the highway more forgiving for single vehicle ac cidents have produced a number of safety appurtenances for the high way,” Buth continued. ‘Breakaway designs for sign and ligh supports have been developed and are being placed in service. “Roadside objects that are too massive to employ the breakaway concept or that must remain in place can be protected with impact at tenuators,” he noted. “Guardrails, bridge rails and median barriers that offer smooth redirection capa bility with low impact forces for even the small cars yet restrain even the heaviest truck from penetration and an encounter with whatever happens to be beyond have re ceived much attention in recent de velopment work. “These new studies will be de voted to making refinements in ex isting designs for these safety de vices where needed,” Buth said. “It will also demonstrate their perfor mance under wider ranges of condi tions and more restricted installa tion requirements.” Laboratory test data now availa ble and being developed in other federally sponsored studies will be combined with information de veloped in this study to accomplish less expensive design and evalua tion procedures for safety appurte- qfe levels sought for food additives articular the spec! ; eted to ij Is for collet, waste, e fuels foi d develop lAMU is doing research for the d financi; od and Drug Administration to vel'ip methods that allow the the techno DA to'estimate so-called “safe entily lot ipentrations” of food additives. 1 be amenrPrincipal investigator is Dr. H. tion. Ini|Hartley, director of the Institute “nee and it Statistics. ' agent»i Dr Hartley noted that "If we lem-solvinjse the simple question ‘Is a par- esearchd on, sucht provides fcr mal ties he cal govert- than fiftet; ‘velopmen! 1 participi!' 1 uhtr food additive safe for human nsumption or is it liable to cause ncer?’ the public should expect a ‘finite answer from the federal pney responsible, the FDA. “Yet on closer examination, the tion may be difficult to ans- ” continues Dr. Hartley. “For are well known nutrients such lenium which, in small doses, ital to the subsistence of certain als but which cause cancer in animals when administered in ssive doses. Thus the question must be . id as one of a safe dose level or fl('(III aft concentration of the additive.” lr. Hartley’s plan of action in- !es an initial search of literature arcinogenic testing. After that les the development of highly ' to Arlinf nd Pueblo, me f TAMU'i ent, was >ositionsi« itional or- dection as Americai ehool Ad- icricanAi- j Depart- issociatioi dism held AMU industrial engineers have San Diego j n funded for a third year of re- fch to find better and cheaper rs to produce small caliber am- nition. fheTAMU research foundation Jounced extension of the contract jsystems analysis for the USAMC lallCaliber Ammunition Moder ation Program (SCAMP). Funded by the Department of ! Army, the new contract period gins Sept. 1, 1974, according to [ principal investigator, Dr. A. Wortham, professor of indus- 1 engineering. pCAMP was designed as “a jehanized program to reduce the rauction cost of small caliber imunition, to provide a safer irking environment, and to pro le flexible production schedules, ” prtham explained. [This is the third year the con- pt will be in effect. In the first ar, a quality control system was Hoped,” he added. “Last year, a >del was developed to simulate d evaluate production rates and Ms, These evaluations are per- Imed prior to actual construction !the whole system. ” the execu- icrican As- j Depart- which in' ng accre- alism. H( ‘inbership iation fa the pro- ou rnalis* ns repres- titutions. ,e TAMl’ ince 196' 1IFIED D.S. iis office n is it" PI. 9 Bryan mailer mmunition searched statistical methods that would per mit estimation of which doses would be safe on a specific and low risk level. Assisting Dr. Hartley are Dr. Charles Gates, statistics professor; Dr. James Matis, associate profes sor; James Darroch, assistant pro fessor; Murl Bailey, associate pro fessor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology; and Dr. James Nagyvary, biochemistry professor. The researchers received a $39,732 grant from the Public Health Service of the FDA, a divi sion of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Symphony begins rehearsal TAMU students prepare this week for work with the University Symphonic Band. A new TAMU organization, the band offers membership to all stu dents regardless of classification or sex. The Symphonic Band is directed by Joe McMullen. McMullen said the band will re hearse on Tuesdays and Thursdays this fall, from 12:30 to 1:45 p. m. The first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, will be in E. V. Adams Band Hall. To have the rehearsal time open, McMullen said, students planning to participate should indicate sym phonic band membership at Regist ration Headquarters in order to have those periods blocked out. Returning preregistered students and new students may work in the two-a-week rehearsals during the course add-and-drop period. The Symphonic Band made its debut last spring. Several concerts are planned this fall and winter. 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