Saturday, 18 February 2006
co-sponsored by the Continuing Education Department at UAF
prepared by
Dr. M. Pamela Bumsted
Brownie to Campus Girl Scout
B.A. cum laude, Beloit College, Wisconsin
Diploma, Human Biology (M.S. Public Health), University of Oxford, England
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Director’s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
PO Box 1951, Bethel, Alaska 99559 USA
cerebraloddjobs@gmail.com
Capacity-building among tribal governments and rural communities in environment, health,
information technology, natural resources, and science * Community-based research, economic
development, & management * Organizational culture of nuclear weapons laboratories * Complex
systems * Cultural resources
Just as people must share seal meat and oil to maintain physical and social wellbeing, so, too, must they
share knowledge—so that their minds will not rot.
http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/
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http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/index.html, retrieved 2004March 30
Quyana to
for supplies.
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Anne McClain, http://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/amcclain/Hovercraft_intro_Spring2004.pdf
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Engineering 100 project from
Anne S. McClain, M.S
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Student Services, School of Engineering
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Office: Hoehn Engineering Building, H101B , Email: amcclain@uab.edu Phone: (205)-975-5627
Anne McClain's CV (most recently updated on 2/7/2006)
http://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/amcclain/AMcClainWkg_revised.pdf
"It is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge
through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or
energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to
the comforts of life. That is the engineer's high privilege." Herbert Hoover, on The Profession of
Engineering (from his memoirs) Lou Hoover, President Hoover’s wife, is a famous Girl Scout
Professor McClain serves as the Director of Student Services for the School of Engineering. She
administers School of Engineering Scholarships and the Industrial Scholars Program. She maintains
experiential learning data and supports Outreach and Retention activities at the School-level.
Professor McClain serves as an advisor to undergraduate ME students. Students may drop by or
schedule an appointment. All students must be cleared by an advisor for registration. Students with
less than 64 credit hours earned are advised through the Office of Academic Programs in the School
of Engineering.
Instructor: EGR 100 Introduction to Engineering; ME 250 Introduction to Thermal Sciences; ME 363 Engineering
Tools, Analysis, and Communication; ME 405 Manufacturing Processes
Researcher: Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Manufacturing Processes, Materials
Characterization, First Year Experiences in Engineering Education, Mathematics Education in Middle Schools
EGR 100 Hovercraft Design Projects
http://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/amcclain/hovercrafts.html
Summer Institute for High Performance Computing and Simulation
http://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/amcclain/SI_2003.html
Homecoming http://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/amcclain/homecoming_2002.html
Links: ASME - American Society for Mechanical Engineers http://www.asme.org/
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) - Pre-College Website "Engineering Your Future - A Guide for
High School Students Interested in Engineering Technology Careers" http://www.asee.org/precollege/
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century http://www.greatachievements.org/
Society for Women Engineers - National http://www.swe.org/, and SWE at UAB
http://www.eng.uab.edu/stusocdetail.asp?idstusoc=17
Engineer Girl! - National Academy of Engineering http://www.nae.edu/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf?OpenDatabase
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NASA - Tabletop Hovercraft
http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/brainbite/rocketscience/minihovercraft/default.htm
Watch the video of how to make the CD hovercraft, http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/brainbite/videos/0205/qt/0205Bmed.mov
BE CAREFUL! Safety is VERY IMPORTANT! Let an adult use the glue. Here's what you do:
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Put the CD on the table, shiny label side up.
Have your helper put glue on the CD inside
the ridge. Put the bottle top over the center of
the CD into the glue. Let it dry.
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Be sure the cap is closed.
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Blow up the balloon. Twist the end closed. Do
not tie it.
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Put the open end of the balloon over the
bottle cap. Untwist the balloon.
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Place the CD on a smooth flat surface. Pull the
bottle cap up. Give the CD a little push.
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Watch it float on air!
What you need:
An old, unwanted CD
Pop-up top from a dish soap bottle or sports water bottle
Hot glue gun or household silicone caulk glue
Balloon
An adult helper
[emery board or sandpaper to rough up the CD surface for the glue to hold.]
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http://waterrocket.uh-lab.de/o_uses_hovercraft.htm, retrieved 2006-Feb-12
Model hovercraft from an old CD A pretty handicraft project for kids on a Sunday afternoon!
The basic construction: a PET bottle cap is glued
to an old CD.
The threaded part of a PET bottle is cut off, a
balloon is pulled over the bottleneck. The rim of
the cap can be trimmed a little to make room for
the balloon's lip.
A hole of 4 ... 4.5 mm is drilled into the center of
the cap.
Filling the balloon is easy: inflate it through the
bottleneck, 1 turn of the neck closes the tubular
end. Then screw the bottleneck into the cap. This
arrangement had one disadvantage: while
hovering over the floor, the balloon bent
sideways, acting like a brake on the floor.
To prevent the balloon from bending sideways,
we made a paper sleeve.
Tim, showing another filling technique.
The finished hovercraft, gliding elegantly and
frictionless over the floor. Nieces Hanna and
Flora drive it through the room. Sorry, no sound
available!
Luftkissenfahrzeug aus einer alten CD im Selbstbau Stand / Last Revision: 31.01.2004
The Howtoons Hovercraft (next page) is from
http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/B853896C7C811028A786001143E7E506/
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