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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.
H e said designing a space 4|
that is 100 percent closed is mi' 1 !
now, and that the moon wi-1
likely be the first place to efl
ment with closed systems becai'! : |
its gravity and proximity toEai®l
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