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A SALARY, AND HE LIVES IN A NICE, BIG HOUSE! GUARDS/l MO off wrtff “STL K..JJ A&M professors presen new research program^ Researchers say Texas economy may find shrimp the agricultural 'crop of the future' By Bob Grube Staff Writer Although the Texas economy isn’t exactly booming these days because of the state’s dependence on the slumping oil industry, three Texas A&M professors think they have at least part of the answer to pump life back into the economy. The professors described re search programs that they believe will boost Texas’ sagging economy at the “Shaping the New Economy of Texas” symposium at the Memorial Student Center Wednesday af ternoon. Dr. Addison Lawrence, professor of mariculture and a project leader for the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station at Corpus Christi, said the shrimp mariculture program could turn shrimp into the agricultu ral crop of the future for Texas. “Shrimp is the new kid on the block as far as Texas agriculture is concerned,” he said. Lawrence said development of the shrimp mariculture industry could solve many of the state’s economic problems. “The potential profit for shrimp is high,” Lawrence said. “The profit margin for shrimp is about S400 per acre, compared to about $250 per acre for grain sorghum and about $50 per acre for cattle.” While the profit margin for shrimp is high, tne crop value is even higher. “The crop value of shrimp is $2,000-to-$4,000 per acre," Law rence said, “as compared to $350-to- $500 per acre for cotton.” While agriculture could solve some of the the state’s economic problems, Dr. D.C. Kraemer, a pro fessor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology, thinks transplanting embryos in livestock could also be part of the answer. “In our efforts to improve the economy in Texas, we must revita lize industries that we have pre viously concentrated our efforts in," Kraemer said. “The industry we must look to revitalize in Texas is the beef industry.” Kraemer has done extensive work in the embryo transplanting field, and he said transplants can preserve endangered species, aidinifit ment of human infertility am! I duce superior livestock by stki I breeding. “The honeymoon with et( transplanting is over," Kraemsi g “Before, it was primarily usfi f neatness. Now it will be used (oil nomic gain.” Dr. Henry Taylorsaysheis I can help the state’s economyio; ? Taylor, a professor in the Da | ment of Electrical Engineering Fellow of the Optical Soc® America, said the field ofelecito tics is fairly new to TexasAiR is on the way to becoming a maf f dustry not only in Texasbulii worlcl. The field of electro-optics o prises fiber optics, integrated!) and diode lasers. TheseappfeH are used in telecommunication! itary defense mechanisms, lasfi! gery, and geophysicalexpl There are currently six at A&M researching electro-c? and the department is expefl be one of the best in the cotfij Taylor said. Three A&M engineering professors show research in space commercialization fi By Sondra Pickard Senior Staff Writer Three Texas A&M engineering professors Wednesday presented ongoing research in the commercial ization of space including space E ower systems, robotics and closed fe support systems. Dr. Alton Patton, professor of electrical engineering, Dr. Norm Griswold, associate professor of elec trical engineering and Dr. Oran Nicks, director of the A&M Space Research Center, were participants in the two-day economic symposium at A&M focusing on the importance of university commercial research. Griswold focused on the role of vi sion in robotics, which he said had special applications to industries both in space and on Earth. Scenes are more complex than they seem, he said, and to get a ma chine to see, several questions must first be answered — such as the na ture of the output desired, the amount of control over the scene and lighting and the complexity of the scene. The ideal would be to mimic in a machine the way vision is processed in the human brain, Griswold said, but attaining speed is one of the big gest problems. Some of the potential applications for robotics vision research include autonomous vehicle guidance sys tems for land, air and sea vehicles and more advanced robot vision. Griswold also mentioned applica tions to high-tech industry in Texas, such as use in clean rooms where parts are manufactured. He said hu mans naturally bring in dust and de bris, but a robot is sterile and never leaves the room, thereby increasing production. Robots with vision could also aid in agriculture and food processing, Griswold said. They could be used for sorting fruits, vegetables and grain, and could check for ripeness, quality and size. Patton discussed terrestrial power systems, and emphasized sustain a manned presence inf larger and more powerful uife : terns soon will be needed. His presentation includedf 18 tial advantages of energy ill 1 ! 1 terns in space, such as reduciti weight and cost of a spacecrad- the space shuttle. Of the total spacecraft masj percent is made up of a F‘l source. Patton suggested lei'll independent electric compai" : l ply the energy, which he said®1 greatly reduce the massandfrl of the space station. Nicks presented informal®! closed life support systems ; ! means of sustaining lifeinspJi'l long periods of time. 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