Friday, October 10, 1986/The Battalion/Page 5
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Engineering technology gets new head
The former director of the Me
chanics, Structures and Materials
Division of the National Science
Foundation is the new head of
Texas A&M’s engineering tech
nology department.
Dr. John Weese also now heads
the Engineering Technology Di
vision of the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station.
He also teaches classes in me
chanical engineering at A&M.
Weese’s experiences include
having taught at the U.S. Air
Force Academy.
He also taught at the Univer
sity of Denver. At that university
he also served as dean of the Col
lege of Engineering.
Dr. John Weese
Dr. Leland T. Blank
Dr. Herbert H. Richardson, vice chancellor, dean of engineering
and director of TEES, praised Weese highly.
“We are indeed fortunate to attract an engineer of Dr. Weese’s
stature to these leadership positions in the Texas A&M engineering
program,” he said.
Prof named assistant director of TEES
Dr. Leland T. Blank, Texas
A&M industrial engineering pro
fessor, has been named assistant
director for systems and eco
nomic enhancement of the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station.
Blank, who came to A&M in
1978, has been interim head of
the industrial engineering de
partment since 1984.
In his new position, Blank will
be responsible for the new Insti
tute for Manufacturing Systems,
an interdisciplinary research ef
fort centered in engineering that
works with researchers and fac
ulty members throughout the en
tire A&M system.
Blank, who is the associate di
rector for TEES, says he essentially wears three hats because he also
will be responsible for the Knowledge Systems Research Program and
is heading the TEES’ new economic analysis and technology impact
assessment.
Blank said he is involved in trying to improve the economy in
Texas with respect to economic development and diversification.
Geosciences prof honored for teaching
The Association of Former
Students have recognized geol
ogy professor Dr. Christopher C.
Mathewson’s teaching accom
plishments with a Distinguished
Achievement Award in Teaching.
Director of the Center for En
gineering Geosciences since its es
tablishment in 1982, Mathewson
helped in the development of
A&M’s strength in engineering
geosciences.
Mathewson has carried out re
search on coastal and river proc
esses, expansive soils, urban plan
ning and the engineering geology
of surface lignite.
Mathewson came to A&M in
1971 as an assistant professor and
Christopher C. Mathewson
director of the Center for Applied Geosciences. He was leader of the
Engineering Geosciences Research Program from 1977 to 1982.
Mathewson served as chairman of the Student Member Coordi
nating (Committee from 1978 to 1980, and chairman of the Texas sec
tion from 1978 to 1982. He has edited the AEG Bulletin since 1981.
CS load program
cuts energy costs
for city residents
By Craig Renfro
Sta ff Writer
The city of College Station will
save an estimated $585,195 over the
next year as a result of the city’s load
management program, a city official
said.
Energy specialist Charlie Shear
said the savings will be passed on to
College Station residents through a
lower monthly power cost adjust
ment.
The program ran from Aug. 20
through Sept. 20. During that time
College Station residents were asked
to reduce electrical consumption by
turning up their thermostats be
tween 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., Shear said.
Shear said the savings are based
on current wholesale electrical rates.
College Station buys electricity
from Gulf State Utilities, and is
charged a rate that reflects the city’s
highest electrical consumption dur
ing the previous 12 months, he said.
Shear said electrical consumption
is monitored daily in 30-minute in
tervals. The city then is charged
based upon its highest rate of usage,
he said.
The highest consumption occurs
during August and September, but
by reducing consumption during
that time, the city’s rate of usage fee
will be lower, Shear said.
Students returning to College Sta
tion are the main reason for the in
crease in consumption, he said. An
other reason is the hot weather, he
said.
However, Shear said the program
was aided this vear by moderate tern-
13 TDC prisoners injured
in free-for-all involving 91
MIDWAY (AP) — One of the big
gest prison brawls this year broke
out after a black inmate sat on a
wooden bench Hispanic prisoners
were claiming as their own, officials
said Thursday.
Thirteen Ferguson Unit inmates
were hurt in the Wednesday night
board-swinging free-for-all that
could have involved as many as 91
black and Hispanic inmates, Texas
Department of Correction spokes
man David Nunnelee said. A prelim
inary investigation showed the fight
was not planned, he said.
“They were just in the dayroom
watching TV or whatever and the
fight broke out,” Nunnelee said.
“Appaxently, they mark off their
own territory.”
Prisoners had no shanks but
broke benches to use as weapons,
Nunnelee said. Guards outside the
area heard the commotion and
broke up the fight within minutes,
prison officials said.
One cell block in the unit was
locked down after the fight while au
thorities searched for weapons. That
lockdown affected 136 close-custody
inmates, Nunnelee said.
TDC spokesman Charles Brown
said, “There was a large group in
there but not all may have been in
volved. Most times there are some
innocent bystanders.”
Two inmates were treated at the
TDC hospital in Galveston. Eleven
other inmates, one with a broken
arm, were treated at the Huntsville
Unit infirmary, Nunnelee said.
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peratures which allowed residents to
set their thermostats higher.
Concerned citizens also played a
major role in the savings, he said. A
survey conducted by the city showed
that 88 percent of College Station
residents participated in the pro
gram, he said.
“The weather was very agreeable,
and the customers played a large
part,” he said. “College Station has a
very concerned group of citizens.”
Another reason for the lower de
mand peak was the possibility of a
rate increase, Shear said.
“Rate shock usually occurs after
you get the first bill after the in
crease,” he said.
North Bardell, Lone Star Munici
pal Power Agency executive direc
tor, said the Federal Fmergy Regula
tory Commission granted GSU an
interim 40 percent rate increase
Aug. 25. However, when GSU’s
wholesale customers complained
about the increase, GSU proposed a
24 percent rate increase Sept. 8, he
said.
Following that proposal the Col
lege Station City Council met in a
special session and made a counter
proposal for a 7 percent increase, he
said. GSU approved that proposal,
although Bardell said it is still pen
ding council approval.
Shear said this is the third year the
city has conducted the energy-saving
program. The city saved $405,000 in
1984 and nearly $586,000 in 1985.
“We’ve been very pleased with the
results, and College Station residents
should be proud of what they’ve ac
complished,” he said.
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