Speed News

January 29, 2007 Editor: Shelly Willingham

Engineering- Expo 2007

By Allison Douglas shall Communications. PhD and Master of Science,
As Speed School stu- Master of Engineering, or Un-
On March 3rd, the Speed dents, there are a variety of dergraduate. Prizes will be
School Student Council will ways to participate in Engi- awarded to the 1st place ex-
hold Speed School’s annual neering-Expo including pre- hibit for each department
celebration of engineering, senting a project for the and overall category winner
Engineering-Expo. The poster competition, aiding for each of the three catego-
theme this year is with the society competitions ries. The total amount of
“Engineering in Motion: Land, for high school students, at- prize money this year has
Air, Sea and Space.” The tending the Corporate Expo, increased to $3000! In addi-
keynote speaker this year and more. All students are tion, students may partici-
will be Sonny Marshall, an encouraged to attend, pate in a non-judged capac-
Electrical Engineering Speed whether they are exhibiting a ity with a lab or poster ex-
School alumnus of 1970. project or just interested in hibit. All exhibits must be
After 20 years of military the research being completed registered at
service doing space telecom- by their fellow students and
munications, he is currently a faculty.
member of the Speed School This year, the judged
Industrial Board of Advisors poster competition will be
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and founder and CEO of Mar- divided into three categories:

Train Goes Boom members of the National Transportation Safety Board

By Brandon Shelley
At 8:45am on Tuesday, January 16th, a CSX
train heading north towards Louisville crashed in rural
Bullit County. 14 of the trains 80 cars caught fire in a
massive pile-up, sending flames 600 feet in the air. The
local fire departments were on the scene less then five
minutes after the crash was reported. The railroad runs
along the west side of I-65, paralleling the highway
south of Metro Louisville. 12 of the 14 cars on fire con-
tained highly flammable chemicals and had to burn out
before crews could get close to the wreckage. I-65 was
closed in both directions for 20 miles, between I-265
and Lebanon Junction. Motorists were redirected to KY
61 through Hillview, Shepherdsville, and Lebanon Junc-
tion. Crews worked around the clock, but could do little
on Tuesday due to the toxic chemicals. Citizens were
made aware of the dangers late Tuesday afternoon and
Brooks Elementary School closed for the remainder of
the week. TARC buses transported firefighters and
(NTSB) between the accident cite and the temporary
headquarters. Governor Ernie Fletcher traveled to the
site and held a press conference on the state’s actions
and to praise the quick response of the local firefighters.
Investigators fear the chemicals might have leaked into
the local tributaries and tests were run on the local
streams Thursday after the crash. I-65 reopened late
Tuesday night, almost 12 hours after it was shut down.
Several residents have filed lawsuits claiming they were
not informed in a timely fashion about the intensity of
the crash and the dangers of the chemicals in the air.
Workers channeled fuel out of the remaining cars into a
“farm pond” to burn off the excess chemicals so they
could proceed to the wreckage without any fears of
sparking another explosion. CSX officials wrote checks
to those temporarily displaced from their homes to cover
meal, hotel, clothing, and other expenses. The cause of
the crash has yet to be determined as the preliminary
ideas come back negative; the operator and engineer had
been off for more then the required length of time prior
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www.engineering-expo.com by the Febru-
ary 16th deadline.
Weekly Recipe
By Brandon Shelley
Speed School students are also encour-
aged to participate through their respec- Berry Good Ice Cream
tive professional society. Each society is
involved in holding competitions for high
school students who are interested in engi-
neering. This is a great way for Speed
School students to be directly involved in
outreach activities for their societies. Stu-
dent can contact their individual societies
for more information about this volunteer
opportunity.
All students, whether exhibiting or not, Ingredients
should attend the corporate exhibits while -2 cups of frozen blueberries
at Engineering-Expo. Students are en- -1/4 cup of sugar
couraged to submit resumes for the 2007 -Splash of orange juice
Corporate Resume Book. The preferred -1 pint of fresh raspberries
submission method is to drop a paper copy -1 pint of strawberries, cut into small pieces
of the resume off at the Student Council -Vanilla ice cream
office in JS105, but if necessary electronic
submissions (.pdf or .doc versions only) Directions
can be submitted to vp@speedcouncil.org. In a pot, combine blueberries and sugar. Cook on
All resume submissions are due by Febru- medium heat until blueberries “burst”, and then
ary 16th in order to be included in the re- add the orange juice, strawberries and raspberries.
sume book. Last year, over 20 companies Turn the heat of and gently stir the mix together,
were in attendance meeting with students, coating all the fruit with the syrup mixture. Scoop
faculty, and the general public. the ice cream into serving bowls and pour spoon-
One upgrade from last year’s Engineer- fuls of the mixture on top.
ing-Expo is the first ever corporate net-
working dinner. Companies will have an Prep and Cook Time: 15 minutes or less
opportunity to invite students to the dinner
to get to know them better. Free dinner
will be provided to all students who receive
an invitation.
Engineering-Expo 2007 is on track to
be the largest and best event ever. Mark
your calendars for March 3rd so you don’t
miss out on this exciting experience.
Sign up now at
speedcouncil.org.
Play starts
March 3, 2007
Deadline for submissions is
February 5th!
February 16, 2007

Writers: Ben Gerstle and Brandon Shelley

(Continued from page 1) Train
to the trip…..the track had been examined the day before Sports
by CSX…..and the locomotives appeared to be working By Brandon Shelley
properly. The NTSB official on the scene suggested the
car’s pressure tubes might have snapped causing the front
of the train to stop and the rear to slam into the front.
Officials holding the press conferences asked the media CARDINAL ATHLETICS
not to jump to any conclusions but to merely provide the January 29th – February 6th
facts they were given. CSX Vice President Cindy
Sanborn said “closing these tracks is like closing Inter-
state 65 for us.” Mark Rosenker, chairman of the NTSB
stated “we’re examining every, I mean every inch of that
track.” For more information on the crash and the inves-
tigation visit the Louisville Courier-Journal online at
www.courier-journal.com/derail.

Tech Talk
By Ben Gerstle www.uoflsports.cstv.com
Interested in saving power? Tell Google.
Tip from Mark Ontkush - ecoIron FRIDAY 2/2
Men’s Tennis vs. Morehead State
An all white web page uses about 74 watts to 10:00am BASS-RUDD T.C.
display, while an all black page uses only 59 Men’s Tennis vs. Troy
watts. Google gets about 200 million queries 2:00pm BASS-RUDD T.C.
per day. Now Let's assume each query is dis- Men’s Tennis vs. Murray State
played for about 10 seconds; that means Google 6:00pm BASS-RUDD T.C.
is running for about 550,000 hours every day on
some desktop. Assuming that users run Google SATURDAY 2/3
in full screen mode, the shift to a black back- Women’s Basketball vs. DePaul
ground will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. 12:00noon FREEDOM HALL
That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Mega- Swimming&Diving vs. Notre
watt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt- Dame 3:00pm W. NATATORIUM
hours a year. Now take into account that about
25 percent of the monitors in the world are SUNDAY 2/4
CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's Women’s Tennis vs. SMU
$75,000, a decent amount of energy and dollars 10:00am BASS-RUDD T.C.
for changing a few color codes.

Society Cup
Society Cup will be held March 20-22. Each day, 6 representatives from each society will
compete in one of the scheduled events. The events, in no particular order, are a teamwork
race, thumb war tournament, and dodge ball tournament. The award will be presented at Engi-
neers Ball on March 31.

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 This Week’s Events
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Jan 29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4

Forum SSSC Meeting
12:30- 1:30 Vogt 311
Ernst 103 12:20

Announcements
Dates to Remember
January
LOOKING FOR A JOB? Jan 26: Last day to apply for a degree

There are still several Work Scholarship

February
positions open at Speed School. If you Feb 16: Last day to register for E-Expo
would like to make $490 for five hours of Feb 26: Last day to withdraw
work per week or $980 for ten hours of
work per week please contact Matt Berg- March
man at 852-0398 or stop by Room 218 of March 3: E-Expo
March 11-16: Spring Break
the J.B. Speed Building.
Forum!!
This one is for the Freshmen who took
GES 101. Come give your opinion and
improvements on GES 101.
When: Tuesday January 30 from 12:30
till 1:30
Where: Ernst Auditorium (Ernst 103).

The Fundamentals of Engineering exam is scheduled for Saturday, April 21st. The
application deadline for the April exam is February 1st.
Applications are available at the Kentucky State Board website at: http://
kyboels.ky.gov/fourappl.pdf Instructions for completing the application are available
at: http://kyboels.ky.gov/enfundinstruct.htm

The Fundamentals of Engineering review course offered by Speed School will begin
Tuesday, February 13th. The class is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and runs for
seven weeks. For registration information see Dr. Harris in JB Speed Building room
216, or call 852-6278, or email at mharris@louisville.edu
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Weekly Puzzle

You are the ruler of a medieval empire and you are about to have a celebration tomorrow. The
celebration is the most important party you have ever hosted. You've got 1000 bottles of wine
you were planning to open for the celebration, but you find out that one of them is poisoned.
The poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within ten to twenty hours after
consuming even the minutest amount of poison.
You have thousands of prisoners at your disposal and just under 24 hours to determine which
single bottle is poisoned.
What is the smallest number of prisoners you must have to drink from the bottles to be abso-
lutely sure to find the poisoned bottle within 24 hours?
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January 29, 2007 Editor: Shelly Willingham

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