THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1979
Page 7
campus
F volunteers tutor A&M cadets
t sfSome Texas A&M University
I yTMjcadets will graduate with higher
grade point averages because they
got free tutoring sessions provided
by a gang of Air Force officers. The
l n campaign officers are assigned for graduate
sday nighti; degree studies at Texas A&M
through the Air Force Institute of
'P*rit ofpait Technology (AFIT).
e e his supjf JlSeeond Lt. Rick Moon matches
die party d the 20 volunteer tutors with cadets
who need help from lists provided
East peat* hy Maj. Don McCroskey. McCros-
sh groups,j key is part of the Air Force contin-
: dnesday i gent that teaches Air Force ROTC
nnally —y subjects.
at.” ^■‘Most of us in AFIT are working
lounced Oct on master’s degrees, some are after
Respite the; doctorates, and we’ve been where
aing a U,S these cadets are now, starting on a
>restallaRiabachelor degree,’ Moon said.
■The AFIT students are on tempo-
t securityfe iAry duty at the University, and are
States toU olganized under Air Force Col.
ast. That’s] Marvin Bishop, liaison officer with
mponentsij Ifurham and the instructor detach-
we compos m <‘nt.
a Ocean.” wf AFIT students help cadets in a
>roposals- variety of courses, but the majority
Arab contra °f problems occur in math, chemis-
icyforyei df an< d physics. Second Lt. David
■cFerren of Austin is one of the
. busiest AFIT tutors, assisting cadets
who need help with physics.
■ The Air Force sent McFerren to
Texas A&M for a master’s degree in
s Meteorology, the most common de
gree program among AFIT stu-
T nts ~
JJM Second Lt. Charles Kennedy of
Tyler and Moon conduct a regular
during I chemistry help session every
h the foil vw* 0,1 d a y evening. Second Lt.
illion. Norma VVeissend of Victor, N.Y., is
y Depart ajuiathr,statistics specialist,
issue iiptaBj Capt. Dan Ruble of Corpus
antees'catM^ 11 ' s ^ run s help sessions in com-
fiillillimJ pnter science, in which he is seek-
nditions.” \ 'IS a master’s degree.
■ The tutoring program was kicked
s, it said, ip.
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Senior cadet Jimmy Sullivan of Panama City, Fla., gets poin
ters from Air Force 2nd Lt. Rick Moon of Huntsville, who is
studying for a master’s degree in meteorology. Moon is as
signed for graduate degree studies at Texas A&M through
the Air Force Institute of Technology, offers free tutoring to
cadets.
off in August, 1978, by Lt. Andy
White, now in research and de
velopment at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base in Dayton Ohio. White
turned it over to Moon when he
graduated last December.
The program features benefits
other than boosting Corps of Cadets
members’ grade point ratios.
“These are future Air Force offi
cers and we can help them,” Moon
said. “The contact helps cadets see
the kinds of responsibilities they are
getting into in military life. It’s good
PR for us too. The tutoring program
shows we re not completely sepa
rate from the Air Force ROTC de
tachment.”
The tutor program manager ex
pects to complete his degree work
in December and then goes to
Ramstein, Germany, for a duty
tour. He will be looking for another
AFIT officer to run the program.
ION
Reliability of high voltage
power lines will be significantly
enhanced in about five years by a
protection system designed by a
Texas A&M University profes
sor.
The protection system is the
work of Dr. Don Russell, electri
cal engineering professor.
The design will protect the
biggest power transmission lines,
those handling 345,000 to
'''785,000 VOlfs;' fi^iiLVH&ff VnViiif
faults or similar power system
disturbance. These could be
caused by lightning, an airplane
crash into lines or other factors.
The Russell system consists of
two microcomputers and as
sociated sensing devices and cir
cuity per power line.
Russell recently received a pa
tent assignment notice from the
Electric Power Research Insti
tute in Palo Alto, Calif. He did
research at Palo Alto under EPRI
funding that led to the “Digital
Protection System’for Transmis
sion Lines and Associated Power
Equipment.” The institute is
supported by all major power in
dustries in the U.S.
“For that reason, patents ob
tained through EPRI-funded re
search immediately go into the
public domain,” Russell noted.
He said the protection system
is just now being commercially
investigated by several manufac
turers and “will probably be
adopted commercially in the
nefft five year's!’'
The electrical engineering pro
fessor said several projects at
Texas A&M are under way to fur
ther develop and improve the
technique. EPRI provides prin
cipal support of Russell’s current
research, and he has been a con
sultant for the institute.
He indicated security of major
power lines, such as connect
Houston Power and Light and
Texas Power and Light in Dallas,
is a “critical protection prob
lem.’^' i*
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