Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Box 069
A model of a truss crane which can handle shipping crates or freight cars.
circa 1990-1999
Roy Kershaw of Parker Systems Inc. demonstrates an oil snare used to help clean up the Alaskan and Kuwaiti oil spills during a June 4 news conference announcing the opening of the Environmental Technology Center. Looking on is William A. Drewry, associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. The center is a joint effort among Old Dominion, the City of Chesapeake, and local private business that have problems. Parker Systems developed the oil snare along with the College of Engineering and Technology and the Technology Applications Center.
circa 1990-1999
With Gregory V. Selby (right) and others looking on, a youngster at the College of Engineering and Technology open house waits to see if his mini-Baja car will propel itself through water. A number of students were given a motor and other parts ahead of time to build battery powered all-terrain vehicles for the Baby Baja Rally, one of many competitions and activities held February 22 in Kaufman Hall. Selby associate professor of mechanical engineering, and other engineering faculty were on hand for the annual open house, which drew hundreds of middle and high school students to campus.
1997-02-22
Congressman Owen B. Pickett with members of the Society of Women Engineers, Old Dominion chapter.
circa 1990-1999
David R. Basco, director of Old Dominion's Coastal Engineering Institute, demonstrates the operation of a wave tank to a group of military education specialists who visited campus recently for a half-day orientation session. The group, representing all military services, provides on-base education counseling to active-duty personnel and their dependents, plus the area's large retired military population. The visitors also toured the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center, an electronic classroom in the Education Building and Webb Center. President James V. Koch spoke to the group and reaffirmed Old Dominion's commitment to working with the military community.
circa 1990-1999
