an Arctic icebreaker, and a floating Arctic platform. The concept for the last vessel was conjured up by Professor Basu and me. It presumes significant growth in the exploitation of natural resources in the Arctic and the need for various kinds of support. Therefore, this platform will have a significant medical facility, house emergency response personnel and equipment, provide housing for contract personnel working on the surrounding platforms, and provide logistics support. It will be interesting to see what the students come up with. We continue to improve our laboratories. We have installed a new Instron 8801 Fatigue Testing System in the Structures Lab and have used it in the Materials
“ As usual, the students are our best ambassadors and their performance will help establish a close relationship with Titan as well as with other first time work term employers. ” Science course to conduct experiments on tensile specimens. We will refurbish the Baldwin Southwark structural test bed this summer. Emissions measuring equipment has been installed and is being used on the 125 hp. 4-cylinder engines in the Marine Engineering Lab. A similar installation on the 700 hp. Detroit Diesel engine is underway. A dynamometer has been
a cooling tower and associated equipment have been purchased and are being installed for the dynamometer. The system provides the ability to run the engines on various fuels and under varying conditions and make emissions comparisons. Things are moving forward. The students remain our favorite spectator sport. Life is good.
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