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The Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering
Department wind tunnels, located next to
Easterwood Airport, are major research sources for
the University as well as the aerospace industry.
The low-speed wind tunnel has tested wind
effects on trucks, aircraft, cyclists, and was heavily
involved with shuttle testing in the 1970s.
The low-speed wind tunnel, which has been
operating at the University since the 1960s and
privately since the 1980s, is a closed-circuit wind
tunnel.
A B-29 airplane propeller is capable of generating
airflow as high as 200 mph and has a legend that has
developed over the years.
"It's been rumored that the propeller used in the
low-speed wind tunnel was the propeller for the
Enola Gay bomber," said Mike Heffner, an
undergraduate aerospace engineering major. The
Enola Gay was the bomber that was used in World
War II to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
The tunnel can be used to test applied air flow
research and development. In addition to testing
aircraft, land and space vehicles, the tunnel also has
tested buildings and the wind's effect on structures.
"Currently, we are in the low parts of the year,"
said Jorge Martinez, an engineering research
associate and operations manager of the low-speed
wind tunnel. "Companies have cut back on basic
research because of the economy."
A&M has six new wind tunnels located in the
basement of the Harvey R. Bright Building. Though
the tunnels are not open for use by private industry,
those affiliated with the University wanting to
perform research can do so.
"If someone affiliated with the University wants
to have the department perform an experiment,"
said Emundo Valera, a graduate student in
aerospace engineering, "all they have to do is contact
the proper officials in the department."
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
Rodney Nabizadeh rappels off a wind tunnel to
knock off bolts that hold a wooden scaffold
together on the inside.
Included in the six tunnels is a tunnel that tests
water currents and fluid dynamics. Currently, the
department is testing sail board keels in that tunnel.
The advantage of the University having its own
wind and water tunnels is beneficial to both students
and faculty, Martinez said.
"Having the tunnels allows faculty to have basic
research and teaching tools to help students and
themselves," Martinez said. "The tunnels allow
research that you cannot simulate on computers."
Statistics professor earns fellowship
By Ursula Simms
The Battalion
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Dr. Cliff Spiegelman, a Texas
A&M University statistics
professor, was selected as a fellow
for the American Statistical
Association (ASA).
The American Statistical
Association, with 16,500 members,
has "been around for over 150
years and is the second oldest
professional association," said Dr.
Jim Matis, Texas A&M University
professor and ASA fellow.
The ASA publishes several
statistical journals and lobbies in
Washington for the statistical
profession, said Matis.
"They represent the statistical
profession to the business
community."
Fellows nominated for the ASA
fellowship have made an
exceptional contribution to the
field of statistics, said Matis.
Spiegelman has published
more than 50 articles in statistics
journals and has done research
with Chemometrics, which is the
application of statistics to
chemistry. He was also editor of
the Journal of Chemometrics.
Spiegelman said that his
nomination by Dr. Ray Carroll,
professor and former statistics
department head, for the ASA
fellowship was a result of a career
of contributions to the profession.
The new ASA fellow has been
at Texas A&M for five years. He
also said, "I'm happy to be at
A&M and proud to be an Aggie."
Spiegelman previously worked
for the National Bureau of
Standards as a member of the
statistical division.
"I'm very thankful that Dean
Fackler, former dean of College of
Science took a chance on hiring
someone from the government."
Matis said that we have quite a
distinguished department here
with six to eight current fellows.
Other distinguished fellows at
Texas A&M include the following
professors: Dr. Emanuel Parzen,
Dr. Ron Hocking, Dr. Charles
Gates, Dr. Rudy Freund, and Dr.
Pendleton, adjunct professor, and
Dr. Raymond Carroll,
distinguished professor.
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"I have not heard of anyone
who contracted post-polio
from another post-polio
patient," Fife said. "Itsnot
considered a viral infection.
Now, the person's on their
own."
A vaccine for polio has
been in effect for 30 years,
saving thousands of lives, hut
a cure for polio or post-polio
does not exist. With proper
treatment, the effects of polio
can be minimized.
Before polio was recog
nized, polio sufferers were
expected to either get over the
disease themselves or die
There was not an adequate
understanding of the disease
at its onset.
But today, researchers
know that some improvement
will eventually occur in polio
sufferers using tire body's own
healing mechanisms.
"Sometimes they improve
to the point where you don't
know they ever had polio,'
Fife said. "They will have
some improvement as these
nerves come down and take
over other muscle fibers. Sc
you can get some repair, but
it's repair based on other
nerves taking over the
function of those nerves that
die."
The experiment being
conducted by Fife with the
facilities at A.P. Beutel Health
Center, hypothesizing the use
of hyperbaric oxygen to
relieve the symptoms of post-
polio syndrome, is the only
one of its kind. The experi
ment.is being funded by the
Meadows Foundation or
Dallas.
Fife is currently working
with five post-polio syndrome
sufferers and has treated a
total of 12 polio patients in the
past three years.
Through research, Fife said
he hopes to find a drug that
will be successful in treating
post-polio syndrome, which
was officially recognized five
years ago.
"Eventually, my goal is to
be able to stop the symptoms
of post-polio without their,
having to go into a chamber
every day, Fife said. "Right
now they're going into a
chamber five days a week, and
the reason for that is to relieve
the pain."
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