Wednesday, January 15, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3
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ayload includes War Hymn
Shuttle to carry Aggie cargo
University News Service
Mien the space shuttle Chal-
;er lifts into orbit from the Ken-
y Space Center Wednesday, it
carry a lot more than a new com-
ications satellite and a high
K)1 teacher.
nduded in the payload will be a
ectionof poetry, Bible verses, au-
ographical sketches and special
sages from 37 Texas A&rM
hematics and science education
lents and graduates — as well as
omputerized rendition of the
M school song, the “Aggie War
he music and messages have
recorded on a computer disk to
taken into space and back by
imander Dick Scobee, whose in-
st in A&M's College of Educa-
was demonstrated in April
1, when he carried the college’s
“This has a lot of special meaning for these kids.
They're going to be the first students to send something
into space. ”
— Dr. Dean C. Corrigan, dean of education at Texas
A&M.
bronze emblem into space on a simi
lar mission.
Dr. Dean C. Corrigan, dean of ed
ucation, said, “This has a lot of spe
cial meaning for these kids. They’re
going to be the first students to send
something into space.”
The messages on the disk include
favorite quotations from the Psalms,
lines from Ralph Waldo Emerson
and St. Francis, praises for the teach
ing profession and assorted thank-
you notes to parents, influential tea
chers and even a pet dog.
“Howdy! My name is Tricia Grafe
and I’m thrilled to death to be flying
in space on this shuttle (at least on a
computer disk),” one A&M student
said.
Scobee will not be able to use the
disk or listen to the “War Hymn”
during the six-day flight. Instead, at
the end of the mission, each of the
students will be given a copy of the
disk to use in their classrooms when
they begin teaching.
In scnools, the disks can demon
strate computer technology and
raise interest in aerospace activities,
in addition to recording the A&M
students’ thoughts and goals at the
time of the launching.
Included on the disk is a message
that can be printed out as a poster
and reads, “Mathematics and Sci
ence Teachers Are Out Of This
World.”
The students are special scholars
enrolled in the University’s new
Mathematics/Science Teaching
Scholar Loan Program, which pro
vides stipends for high-quality un
dergraduates who commit to teach
math or science at the secondary
level after they graduate.
Scobee also will carry a bronze
casting of the program logo de
signed by A&M students that in
cludes mathematics and science sym
bols. The design will be imprinted
on commemorative paper weights,
which will be distributed to the stu
dents.
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A&M prof leading construction
of chemical warfare life detector
University News Service
A Texas A&M researcher is devel
oping a hand-held device, which
could help battlefield medics deter
mine the condition of unconscious
personnel without removing their
protective garments during chemical
warfare attack.
Dr. Charles Lessard, an associate
professor of bioengineering, is lead
ing several graduate students in the
construction of a portable life-sign
detector to be used by medical per
sonnel in a triage situation.
Triage is the allocation of treat
ment to battle or disaster victims de
signed to increase the number of
survivors.
“During an attack, the chemical
environment would prohibit re
moval of the protective garments
that soldiers would be wearing, thus
making the job of identifying inju
ries and treating victims much more
difficult,” said Lessard, a retired Air
Force lieutenant colonel.
“We’ve found that there is an area
at the neck of the protective suits
near the throat under which a small
medical instrument can be placed,”
he said.
“By placing sensors at this area,
we have been able to get accurate
readings on heart rate and respira
tion,” he said.
In chemical warfare, Lessard said,
the lungs can receive the most dam
age from such substances as organo-
pnosphates and chlorine gas.
“The condition of the lungs will
be very vital information,” he said.
The prototype life-sign detector
now being designed by Lessard will
be battery-operated and will display
heart and respiratory rate in a digital
form.
In the future, he said, sensors
could be installed at the throat area
of chemical warfare protective suits.
With the sensors already in place,
medical personnel would have to
carry only the display device, Les
sard said.
' The sensors could also be installed
in a collar that would give neck sta
bility as well as continuous monitor
ing during transport of a victim.
Lessard said tne life-sign detector
device could also be used in the pri
vate sector in cases of chemical acci
dents or fires.
After the prototype is completed,
the researchers plan to test it under
emergency room conditions.
The research is being funded by a
grant from the U.S. Air Force.
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