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devil-worship
sacrifices (true story). The man was not very friendly towards the
ASME
social activity and we were soon dismissed from the park. Although we
were falsely accused of the above-mentioned felonies, we did have a fire
on the beach, which turned out to be illegal. Luckily, no tickets were
issued to the members of ASME, but the police officer will receive a
letter from us on his inappropriate conduct in handling the situation
Regardless of this
unfortunate run-in with the law, ASME will continue to have regular social
activities (just not at night at the dunes). Look for activity updates on
the Valpo ASME website and attend meetings if you have any suggestions on
alternative ideas to an activity that doesnt involve riding in the back
of a squad car.
Speaker
Explains Benefits of Professional Societies
By Michael A. Steffen
On Monday, November
17, 2003, Mr. Medcalf, Vice-President of American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME), region 6, gave a presentation on the importance of extra
curricular activities and strongly encouraged students to join engineering
societies. He mainly focused on ASME, but also covered other engineering
organizations. Some of his reasons for joining a society are to meet
other students, work on leadership skills, and get job connections.
Students from all engineering disciplines and grade levels attended Mr.
Medcalfs presentation.
E-Board
Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner
By Kevin Frump
There is
nothing quite like getting together with a group of friends and sharing a
meal. However, some might call turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy,
green bean casserole, cranberry |
sauce, pumpkin pie,
and rolls a feast. Well, that is what happened on November 20, 2003. One
week before Thanksgiving, the members of Valparaiso Universitys ASME
student section got together to enjoy food, fun, and fellowship. For the
third year in a row, members brought different food items for the potluck
dinner and stayed afterwards for a movie and some laughs. This is one
tradition that I hope sticks around for many years to come. Where else
can you enjoy some good food with the best group of engineers on campus?
Prof. Palumbo
Presents Solar Research
By Cole Hagen
On December 1, 2003 Professor Robert
Palumbo gave a presentation on the solar research he is doing in
Switzerland at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). He is currently
developing a technique to produce Zinc and Oxygen from Zinc Oxide by
decomposing the ZnO with energy generated by the sun. The temperature
needed for this process to take place is about 2300 K. The reason why
extracting the Zinc is so useful is because it can be used in a fuel
cell. In the fuel cell, the Zinc will react again with Oxygen, which can
once again be extracted using solar energy. This process is important
because it uses a renewable energy source. The Zinc is not depleted, and
the suns energy is free and readily available (as long as there arent
clouds). This process also produces minimal Carbon Dioxide, which has
been causing global warming. Professor Palumbo stressed the need for
renewable energy sources and some of the reasons why it is very essential
that we reduce the Carbon Dioxide that is produced. For those of you
that have not had Thermodynamics II, you can look for more information on
this topic in that class.
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