!—The Daily Collegian Monday, Nov. 25, 1985
Materials lab tops the nation
By VALERIE GLENZ
Collegian Staff Writer
The University’s interdiscipli
nary materials teaching, research
program and Materials Research
Lab recently celebrated its 25th
year of operation as one of the
leading programs nationally in this
field.
Rustum Roy, the first chairman
of both the interdisciplinary pro
gram and the directorship of the
Materials Research Lab, said, “We
are the biggest materials lab in the
nation, and we are a world center
for ceramic and non-metallic
materials. We do basic research in
the (non-metallic) materials field,
and applications of these to the real
world.”
Roy added that the MRL receiv
es a higher percentage of support
from industry than any other pro
gram at the University.
The University interdisciplinary
program was the first to involve
women and minorities in science,
said Roy, who is also director of the
University’s Science, Technology
and Society Program.
Both graduate and undergrad
uate students in the fields of sci
ence and engineering do research
in the lab, he added.
“We turn out a large number of
graduates; we give them the expe
rience of hands-on research,’’ Roy
said.
L. Eric Cross, Evan Pugh profes
sor of electrical engineering and
director of the MRL since taking
over Roy’s position Sept. 15, said
ROTC more than meets the eye
By CAROLYN SORISIO
Collegian Staff Writer
The letters ROTC usually bring
to mind images of short hair, uni
forms and a lot of rigorous physical
training. But according to Univer
sity officials of the Reserved Offi
cer Training Corps programs,
ROTC is much more.
Focusing on leadership training,
academics and an interest in re
cruits’ personal and military devel
opment, all three University ROTC
programs Army, Navy and Air
Force give students hands-on
experience.
“All of our activities besides
classroom are planned, supervised
and constructed by upper class
cadets ... We stress the part of our
program that gives the student a
chance to be a leader,” said Maj.
George Topper, assistant professor
of military science, who works in
the Army ROTC program.
Because of the size of the Univer
sity ROTC programs, students in
the upper divisions have a chance
to instruct large groups of people,
said Cmdr. E.F. Gale, executive
officer pf the Navy ROTC and asso
ciate professor of naval science.
A senior student, who serves as
an instructor, has a staff and is
responsible for all ROTC people in
the program. Each of the three
programs has about 300 people,
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each year the MRL offers four $l,-
000 prizes for the best research at
the University.
“This is an effort to get students’
research into publication,” he said.
“Anyone at the University is eligi
ble, not just those working in the
MRL.”
Cross said around 1960, the De
fense Advanced Research Projects
Agency began funding for devel
opment of a set of research labs
throughout the country but the Uni
versity was not included in this
initial funding.
“Although we didn’t get the ini
tial funds, we did build the pro
gram up over time,” he said. “We
are now supported by a little over
100 contracts and grants, including
DARPA.”
The program receives about $6
million each year, most of which is
from outside the University, Cross
added.
Roy said DARPA began funding
the labs because they needed re
search on a variety of materials.
“We use the Department of De
fense (of which DARPA is a part)
as a means of funding that is inde
pendent of defense research. We
use it to fund all types of odds and
ends,” he said. “We do things in
education and research that the
nation wants done.”
Cross said the lab has been high
ly successful in its research
throughout the years.
“We’ve received two awards for
innovative technology, and we’ve
been written up in several reports
to Congress,” he said. “In the early
making them some of the largest in
the country, ROTC officials said.
Col. David Allen of the Air Force
said he agrees that the size of the
Air Force ROTC is important, but
he points out that the quality of the
program is the key.
“The real emphasis is on quality,
not quantity. We are fortunate to
have both,” Allen said.
While physical fitness is impor
tant in all divisions, the officials
said, the program emphasizes aca
demic and character development.
“(The Army) doesn’t have any
organized physical training here,”
Topper said. “It is just something
we expect them to know is impor
tant.”
He stressed the laboratory is
important for ROTC education.
“It reinforces the classroom'
training,” he said.
Providing students with individu
al attention is one of the progam’s
biggest advantages. “We are more
than willing to help solve their
problems, whether personal or
academic,” Gale said, adding that
the Navy provides free tutoring
services for students.
The Air Force tries to show stu
dents who have chosen the Air
Force as a career what can be
expected. Students attend an ad
vanced training program for two
weeks and follow someone in a
position they are aspiring to. This
‘We turn out a large
number of graduates;
we give them the
experience of hands
on research.’
Rustum Roy, Materials
Research Lab director
1980 s, the Secretary for Defense
listed 10 developments On the field
of science) as being the most im
portant, and two of those were
from our lab.”
One of these developments was
in the field of sonar research. The
lab developed a “transducer”
which could be used for locating
schools of fish and in hospitals for
performing fetal scans of pregnant
women, Roy said.
“(Sonar research) was impor
tant to the Navy, because they
could use it to locate submarines;
it wasn’t the same piece of equip
ment, but the same principles were
involved,” he said. “That’s the
kind of material we develop it
can be applied on many fronts.
“We do useful basic science that
is applied in the real world.”
Cross said the MRL has been
very innovative in various other
areas throughout the years.
“We’ve been pioneering in trying
to make our research relevant to
industries, and we’ve tried to be
innovative in society,” he said.
‘The real emphasis
is on quality, not
quantity. We are
fortunate to have
both.’
—Col. David Allen, Air
Force
helps them decide if the job is right
for them, said Air Force Lt. Col.
Matthew Waldron.
Some students may be attracted
to a ROTC program because of its
scholarships. While the schol
arships may vary slightly for dif
ferent programs, a full scholarship
includes tuition, books and spend
ing money, the ROTC officers said.
All students in the upper divi
sions of ROTC receive $lOO a month
spending money. Scholarships are
available on a two-, three- or four
year basis, Topper said.
Another reason for joining an
ROTC program is to plan for a
military career.
Larry Davenport (freshman-di
vision of undergraduate studies),
said the extracurricular activities
help in meeting people and in de
veloping skills at the same time.
“It makes Penn State a little bit
smaller,” he' said.
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By WILLIAM M. WELCH
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. The number of colleges
and universities moving to sell at least some of
their stock in companies with ties to South Africa
is up sharply this year, though schools with the
largest endowments are still reluctant to take the
step.
The preliminary results of a study by the Inves
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monitors business activity in South Africa, show
that 29 schools have divested all of their stock in
South African-related companies and another 44
have divested part of it.
Forty of those 73 institutions made their decision
this year, as pressure has grown to sell off such
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holdings as an expression of opposition to South
Africa’s apartheid system of racial separation and
denial of political rights to blacks.
The value of all stock divested is $292 million,
said Chris Coones, a researcher for the Washing
ton-based center.
“There are a lot more universities considering
their investment policy toward U.S. companies
with investments in South Africa,” said David
Hauck, senior research analyst at the center. “The
number of universities willing to adopt total di
vestment policies is also up. They’re tending to be
the larger, more prestigious universities.”
There is also a trend toward divestment among
pension funds operated by states and cities, which
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them have totally divested.
Columbia University’s trustees voted last month
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companies that do business in South Africa, mak
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It is also the only one of the schools with the 10
largest endowments to totally divest, said Coones.
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