Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News Roundup
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May 29, 1998
Purdue offers computer science camp June 22-24WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A summer camp for young computer enthusiasts will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 22-24, on Purdue University's West Lafayette campus.This year's camp, "Computer Science With Careers and Opportunities for All," will emphasize the career opportunities in computer science for both men and women. Students will learn programming using LEGO dacta, an electronic version of a LEGO building set, and will have opportunities to meet with professionals in the field. The camp, open to students who will be in grades 7, 8 or 9 this fall, is sponsored by the K-12 outreach program in Purdue's Department of Computer Sciences and Raytheon Co. No previous computer science or programming experience is necessary. The camp activities will be directed by Paul Addison, outreach coordinator for the Department of Computer Sciences, with assistance from selected computer science teachers from Indiana public schools and students in Purdue's computer sciences program. The cost of the camp is $55, which includes housing for two nights and meals. A June 24 recognition luncheon is open to guests for an additional $8 per guest. Registration is on a first-come, first-served bases, and is limited to the first 36 students. The registration deadline is June 15. To register, contact John Wellman, conference coordinator, (765) 494-0243 or 800-359-2968; e-mail, jmw@purdue.edu. Further information about the camp activities may be obtained from Addison, (765) 494-7802 or 800-320-6132; e-mail, paddison@cs.purdue.edu.
New wetlands to provide new research opportunitiesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Purdue Research Foundation has developed a new wetland area in southern Tippecanoe County that will affect a range of Purdue University agricultural and environmental research activities in the years to come.The 8.25-acre wetland was developed on agricultural property near the Throckmorton-Purdue Agricultural Center in Randolph Township as part of a "wetlands mitigation" project, said Stan Mithoefer, director of real estate for the Purdue Research Foundation. Constructed with input and approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the new wetland will replace a similar-sized wetland in the Purdue Research Park along Yeager Road north of Salem Courthouse Apartments. The research park plot will be drained this spring for possible future development by the foundation. "We have built a better-quality wetland that will better meet the environmental needs of Tippecanoe County, while at the same time giving us the benefit a unique research tool," Mithoefer said. John Trott, director of Purdue Agricultural Centers, said: "This is the first opportunity we have had to build a wetland from scratch. We will be able to monitor how it grows and watch the ecological changes it undergoes. How this wetland lives and evolves will provide a wonderful opportunity for studying environmental, agricultural and wildlife issues all in one location." Trott said vegetable production from the Purdue Oneall Farm south of Lafayette on 18th Street is being moved to fields near the wetlands this spring, and fruit research now centered at the Horticulture Farm on Sharon Chapel Road west of the Purdue campus will be transferred to the area adjacent to the new wetlands over the next several years. He said the new planting areas open the opportunity to consolidate Purdue horticultural field research in one location to best utilize staff, resources and equipment. Mithoefer said tiling installed in farm fields near the wetlands will drain into the wetlands, assisting in the study of water runoff and the benefits of natural water purification that wetlands provide. The wetlands acreage also has been seeded and planted with prairie grasses and other plants common to such wetlands. The Throckmorton Center will administer the wetland area, which is on land held in trust and used by the university for agricultural research. CONTACTS: Mithoefer, (765) 494-1727; Trott, (765) 494-8370.
Purdue NotebookAppointments and promotions:-- Anne Smith, professor of audiology and speech sciences, will become head of the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences on July 1. She will succeed Jackson Gandour, who will return to teaching and research. Smith joined the Purdue faculty in 1981 and was acting head of the department from 1991 to 1992. Her research has been in speech physiology and is directed at understanding muscle control of speech motor skills. She received her bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College and her master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa.
Faculty and staff honors: -- Jeanenne Rothenberger, senior associate registrar, has earned the 1997-98 Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers. The organization presented the award in recognition of Rothenberger's eight years of service in developing a national standard for the exchange of electronic information among the country's student record officers. -- Shreeram Abhyankar, the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Angers in France. Abhyankar, who also is professor of industrial engineering and professor of computer sciences, will receive the award during a ceremony tin October at the University of Angers.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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