Following the publication of the Winter Moment, we received many accolades from students, faculty, alumni, and even the ASCE national office. One student told us, "It was the best one I've seen...I actually read it cover to cover." We hope to continue this trend with the 95-96 Spring Moment.

The main purpose of the Rose-Hulman ASCE student chapter is to provide the students with a way to enhance their undergraduate education. This term we arranged field trips to see the new music rehearsal building on the ISU campus, the Lone Star cement plant in Greencastle, the Haydite lightweight aggregate and Mooresville block plants, and the new Rose-Hulman athletic facility. In addition to these field trips we have had four guest speakers at our regular meetings. Professor Jones discussed the aspects of starting a new recycling program here on campus. Chuck Adramson, Indiana American Water Company, addressed the major elements concerning the Terre Haute Water Supply. Dennis Neidigh, Vice President, Engineering at MSE Corporation spoke on the importance of engineering and personal ethics. And Bill Lindstaedt addressed seeking employment in the field of civil engineering.

In the area of Community Service Renee Schwecke organized and led the ASCE effort in support of the Adopt-a-Home program here in Terre Haute. Students gave up a couple of hours on a Saturday and helped to fix a house in town that was in need of repair.

Here on campus, ASCE helped with the Campus Clean-Up by constructing a retaining wall and helping to spread a little gravel. Also we have begun work to organize a recycling program that will operate in conjunction with ISU. Blake Gage and Suzanne Ellett have been in charge of this project.

In the area of promoting civil engineering to the community, Brent Nemeth and Kent Elliot conducted a Balsa wood bridge competition for high school students of the Explorer Post interested in science and engineering for National Engineers' Week. The Steel Bridge team demonstrated the assembling of the bridge at the Lost Creek elementary school. Also, the Steel Bridge and the Timber bridge teams displayed their projects on campus to the entire student body. Once again ASCE was also responsible for the civil engineering department's part in representing the Civils in the annual Rose Show.

The major project/competition that we are directly involved in this year is the Steel Bridge Competition. Troy Madlem was almost solely responsible for this year's bridge. He has put a lot of work into this bridge and has done an outstanding job. He had no small task in following last year's first ever winning bridge at the Great Lakes Conference. The assembly team consists of Seth Wurzel, J.D. Rohrer, Eric Panhorst, Jon Fuller with the alternate being Adriano Silva. For the first time ever ASCE also help sponsor a timber bridge competition. The team members were Kevin Walker, Brook Tarr, Eric Strickland, and Doug Gannon. Congratulations on their first place finish at the 1996 Great Lakes Conference.

And along the lines of ASCE tradition, we gave all of the seniors a send off with the annual Spring Picnic. (Maybe now some other class will have a shot a winning the ASCE Basketball Tournament.)

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On Wednesday night, the freshmen were led by Josh Williford and Sam Johnson. These two are both on the varsity basketball team. The sophomores were led by Todd Burch who is also a varsity basketball player. This was a close game most of the way but the freshmen pulled away at the end. In the second game, the seniors were led by Kiley Gwaltney and Brian Crissman. Kiley is an all-ICAC player for the Engineer basketball team while Crissman is a star linebacker for the varsity football team. The juniors were led by Kent Murphy and Brian Wessel. Kent Murphy is also a star on the basketball team. The game was close all of the way but the seniors were just too much for the juniors and the seniors came away with the victory.

We began the process by establishing a series of goals that would place our bridge ahead of last years winning effort. These goals included minimizing the bridge's weight, vertical deflection, and assembly time. We achieved these goals by designing several unique features into the bridge. Most obvious is the use of a miniature truss instead of solid tubing to serve as the main rails that support the bridge deck. This feature not only reduced the overall weight significantly but also stiffened the bridge, thereby reducing the vertical deflection. Another unique feature is the use of steel banding in place of wire cables, which reduced the vertical deflection even more because unlike wire cables, the banding doesn't stretch once they become taut. Another way we decreased the weight was by using a large diameter thin-walled tubing for the main arch. The tubing proved to be lightweight while providing the stiffness our design required to minimize bending. Finally, to significantly reduce the time required to assemble the bridge, we eliminated use of mechanical fasteners, unlike all of the other bridges at this year's regional competition.

Once our design was finished, I headed over to Benchmark Metal Products, located here in Terre Haute, for the fabrication of all the members. Along with the help of the shop foreman, the fabrication process took me approximately two and a half weeks working six to eight hours a night. Also while at Benchmark, the bridge was test loaded to insure it would not only pass all of the tests but would be competitive in the vertical deflection testing as well. Our testing, after some last minute modifications, proved to be very good, with a vertical deflection of only 0.19 inches.

Prior to leaving for the regional contest, we gave the fifth graders at Lost Creek Elementary School a demonstration of the bridge. This year, the assembly team consists of Jon Fuller, J.D. Rohrer, Seth Wurzel, and Eric Panhorst along with Adriano Silva as an alternate. After the team constructed the bridge for them in only 3 minutes and 42 seconds, we allowed the students to climb on the bridge for pictures and to prove to them that it would hold the weight. Little did we know that this demonstration could almost have cost us a chance at defending ourselves at the Great Lakes Conference regional competition.

The contest this year was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After last year's stunning victory and the utter embarrassment of Purdue on their home turf, we knew everyone would be aiming for us, although we were surprised at the extent of it. From the moment we arrived, it was obvious that we were not going to have an easy time defending our title. We were shocked to find out that Purdue had brought two bridges this year. We were even more shocked at the way we were treated by our competitors. We were continually given dirty looks as well as being called crybabies, whiners, and cheaters throughout the day.

After assembling our bridge in 3 minutes and 52 seconds, we proceeded to the loading area with our bridge in hand. The first load test consisted of a 100 pound lateral load applied at the center of the bridge. The apparatus that the University of Illinois had was not consistent with that which stated in the official rules. After a heated discussion with the judges, who appeared to have never read the rules, we were allowed to remedy the apparatus to conform with the rules. When the load was applied, we were shocked to see our bridge deflect 1-1/2 inches, 50 percent more than the allowable. We began feverishly examining all connections trying to figure out what was wrong. After several very tense moments, and a loud cheer from the crowd when the judges threatened to disqualify us, we determined the problem. The apparatus that the University of Illinois had assembled was shifting over 1/2 inch, causing our excess deflection. Another problem was with the cables that provided all of our lateral stability. When the children were jumping off the bridge during the demonstration, we believe the cables were stretched out, thereby reducing the stiffness to lateral load even more. Luckily, we squeaked by this portion of the loading, passing by only a 1/16 of an inch on our last attempt, all to the disappointment of the very hostile crowd.

After several loud boos and a few choice words from the audience, we began the vertical deflection stage of the loading. After placing the 2,500 pound load on the bridge, but prior to taking the deflection readings, the dial gauge was "accidentally" knocked off of the bridge by the head of the contest, who is also a member of the University of Illinois team. After she replaced the gauge, our deflection was read as 0.44 inches. This was far greater than the 0.19 inches we had measured during our own load testing.

Although some of the increased deflection was due to one of our joints not being completely seated, I, along with others, believe that it is possible that when the gauge was knocked off, an error was introduced. Even so, we were pleased to be finished with our bridge and had put the pressure on the other teams by setting very high standards they would have to beat.

Throughout the contest, no other school came close to comparing with our efforts, until the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign brought out their bridge. Their assembly time proved to be slightly faster than ours. However, we observed several very blatant violations of the rules. First, the rules clearly limit the number of members that can be carried by two people as an assembly consisting of three members. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign broke this rule twice by carrying out an assembly of five members, both of which were "overlooked" by the judges. The rules also state that all tightening of components should be done during time construction. The U.I.U.C. left their lateral bracing, provided by cables attached to turnbuckles, loose and then tightened them after the judges had left to oversee the loading of another bridge. Once the judges had left, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team quickly formed a blockade to prevent the judges from seeing them and spent several minutes tightening everything down. I, along with Jon Fuller, proceeded to demand the judges do something about these blatant violations of the rules. After much discussion, the judges decided that they would penalize the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, although not to the extent that the rules provide for. Even after penalizing them, we found out that the judge had written down a construction time that was 30 seconds faster than what they had taken.

In the end, we defeated the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the economy portion of the contest, although we lost to them in the efficiency category due to our incorrect deflection reading. Therefore, the contest was considered a tie and we were both awarded first place, along with the right to enter the National Steel Bridge Competition hosted by the State University of New York at Buffalo on May 24th and 25th.

As nice as this may sound, the way that ASCE can really benefit you is through the experience and opportunities that the student chapter can provide. ASCE can provide a way for you to gain experience in areas such as leadership, managing time and people, and developing organizational skills. There are a variety of activities and projects that we do throughout the year that require quality individuals to lead and follow through to completion. The skills that students may learn in these activities could prove every bit as valuable and marketable in the workplace as the technical education that we are learning in class. The final aspect to being an active member in ASCE that most people don't even consider is that being in a quality organization with quality people can even be fun.

The civil engineering faculty puts a lot of extra time and effort into making this option (ASCE) available to enhance the students' education. I realize that at Rose-Hulman time is a precious commodity and often it may seem that ASCE is just another thing that takes away from the study time. The reason that the civil faculty encourages ASCE functions so strongly is that they believe that it will provide the student with opportunities to extend their engineering education into real world applications. I feel that every student that ever chose Rose-Hulman did so in anticipation that it would provide them with one of the best B.S. degrees offered in the country. With ASCE providing a way to further enhance this expectation, I encourage each civil to get the most from their Rose-Hulman education and take an active role in the ASCE student chapter.

Pinnacle Consultants Inc. is a group consisting of five senior students: Ian Doll, Troy Madlem, Arik Quam, Kalen Schulteis, and myself. Our client, Beech Tree Management, owns a parcel of land adjacent to the new Idle Creek Golf Course and would like to build a rustic, post-and-beam style restaurant on this property. This restaurant is to have a seating capacity of 250 people and would use the view of the golf course as a marketing focus.

Although the preliminary project information provided in class seemed very straightforward, our problems would not involve calculations only. The problems encountered were not always what we had learned through lecture. As this class and my senior year come to a close, I realize Senior Design is not about equations, but rather about interacting with the world to create a useable product.

One example of our problems, was trying to determine what the client really wanted and perceived as the final outcome of our project. It would seem to be a simple step, however, it is the most critical step in the process. How can you design if you do not know the constraints? So to help understand our client's vision, we found ourselves traveling to Champaign IL, to visit a restaurant that is similar to what the client desires.

Other problems made us realize that our education is applicable to only a specific part of the design process. These problems benefit students by requiring communication with other specialties. The contact between specialties helped us understand how to ask the proper questions and receive the necessary information.

In addition to the design work, we presented our project to several different audiences. At the annual Indiana State Section ASCE Meeting held at Conner Prairie we participated in a student design competition. For the third year in a row, Rose emerged victorious, putting considerable pressure on next year's seniors to make it a 4 - peat for Rose. Later in the year we joined Small Town Engineering and Vanguard Engineering and Consulting, as presenters at a metropolitan branch meeting of ASCE in Indianapolis. After these experiences, I realize how important effective presentations are. Techniques from Technical Communications create very effective presentations that distinguish Rose - Hulman students from counterparts at other schools. An effective presentation will hold the audiences attention and create interest in you and your project. A solid project and an excellent presentation will attract more attention than an exciting project and a poor presentation.

Friday morning was spent developing a presentation that was to be delivered at the conference, after all that is what we were there for. Once the presentation was started it was off to the waterpark for another relaxing day in the sun and 80 degree weather of Florida. We spent the entire day doing what we wanted and went anywhere. That evening was registration for the conference and more time to relax.

Saturday was the actual conference. The conference allowed us to speak with other chapters and see where they were headed and how we compared to them. There were also several exercises on leadership styles and which types are better. There was a lunch with the ASCE President and several practicing engineers. The afternoon was spent learning about management and interacting with groups to discuss policies affecting ASCE. A social hour with free bar, so everyone was there. The rest of the night was free so several groups of people headed for Pleasure Island to live it up. Pleasure Island is a place with 7 different types of clubs and bars and one really big party. This was a chance to go out with the people you had met during the day or, in Tate's case, hit on during the day. The evening was a blast, but our trip was coming to an end.

The conference ended Sunday with a formal breakfast and interaction with section leaders. We left a little early because we feared the weather in the mountains to the north. The journey home took a little long because Georgia and Tennessee did not know what a snow plow was. We made it back to Terre Haute about 6:00 AM Monday morning, just in time for class.

As of now, I am looking at six companies. I hope to add to those to increase my chances of getting a job in the field I would like and in the right location. I prefer Indianapolis, because I can be close to home and go to IUPUI. However, if I do not end up in Indianapolis or Indiana I will not be too disappointed. The size of the firm I end up working with does not concern me either. I feel I can be of help with either a large or small firm.

As the deadlines approached, and I was still without a decision. I decided to apply to six colleges, keeping my options open even longer (also prolonging the pain of indecision). One of the schools I applied to was Rose-Hulman. At the time I didn't even know much about Rose-Hulman, other than I got something in the mail about a "catapult" program which I did not attend. But since the application was free and since I was looking at engineering as an option, should I receive a military scholarship, I decided to apply.

Later in spring, after many physicals and interviews, lo and behold, I did receive an offer from both Army and Air Force ROTC to attend Purdue University. I had taken a tour of Rose-Hulman in the spring and liked what they had to say about their commitment to student learning and smaller class sizes. I wrote Air Force ROTC HQ and asked them about the possibility of transferring my scholarship to Rose-Hulman instead of Purdue. They agreed, but reduced my scholarship to a "type II" (with a maximum of $8000 per year) from a "type I" (which pays full tuition each year). This change was due to the big price difference in attending RHIT as opposed to Purdue.

But why did I choose civil engineering? First because it was an option that the Air Force would sponsor. Second because of the process of elimination. I never had much of an affinity for electricity, optics, or computers. The real decision was between civil or mechanical. Mechanical would have been the more natural choice as my uncle works as a plant engineer who has put together tremendous mechanical processes in the manufacturing of grain bins. But I went against the grain and decided that civil engineering would be my choice.

Throughout my pre-college education, I had always enjoyed my mathematics and science courses. In fact, the topics in those courses that interested me the most were those that dealt with applied mathematics and applied science. Therefore, when I began to investigate my career preferences in my junior and senior years of high school, engineering became my favored career option.

Still, an important decision remained for me. What discipline of engineering should I choose to study? In the end, my interest in physics and the hydraulic applications of engineering led me to select civil engineering as my major.

Finally, after my sophomore year in college, I narrowed my career specialization down specifically to environmental engineering. This decision was based on my ever present concern with the protection of the environment coupled with my interest in the hydraulic engineering applications of environmental engineering.

I have always known that I would not be able to just sit inside at a desk and do paper work and calculations all day. I knew that at some point during my day at work I would have to get outside and enjoy the day. This is something that is very important to me, and I felt that being a civil engineer would allow me to do this.

I also wanted to interact with different types of people. I didn't want to have to see the same people day after day, week after week, year after year. I knew that as a civil engineer I would go from job to job and meet different people at each place. I would also be able to deal and do business with people ranging from the lowest laborer to the president or owner of a company.

My last reason may seem a little goofy, but, believe it or not it might have been my biggest reason for becoming a civil engineer. Ever since I was a youngster I have been really interested in watching things get built. Rather it was helping my father with some chore or watching the street department fix a water main, it always interested me. So, I figured there was no better way to get involved with this than civil engineering.

After becoming disenchanted with the chemical engineering program as a whole, I was searching for where I should go. The following summer I again worked with IDOT and told my co-workers that I was considering a change to civil engineering. They helped me to make that decision and gave me much more responsibility and trusted me to accomplish tasks that are usually reserved for permanent employees. When I returned to Rose that fall, the first place I went to was the Registrar's office-to change my major. As a junior I had become a civil engineer, but I was nearly a year behind in classes. The transition took some adjustment, but I enjoy where I am now much more than where I was. I still get questioned as to what year I am, which no one is quite sure. Nevertheless, I explain that I will be here for five years and I explain the change in majors to achieve this status.

When I started to look for different majors, I found that most all of the engineering majors offered involved very specialized fields. The only two majors that covered diverse areas were Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Since my father owns a Civil Engineering consulting firm, where I have worked for six years, I decided to switch to Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering offers diverse work in many specialized fields. Instead of spending all of my educational training in one small specialized field, I could learn how to design structural framing for large buildings, treat water for human consumption, or schedule the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Each one of these very different jobs requires Civil Engineering.

Mr. Adamson described the method used to tap the river for water and showed a video of similar work being done. In the past, water was drawn directly from the river into silo-like towers. From there it was pumped to Indiana-American for treatment. However, the towers had a tendency to clog and back up whenever the river flooded. Now, a different procedure is used.

The river naturally feeds the groundwater table for the surrounding areas. By soil testing and measuring the flow of the river at different locations, the river's capacity to feed the water table in a specific location can be determined. A large cylindrical concrete caisson is built with six intake holes near the bottom. As the caisson is built, the weight of the concrete causes it to sink into the ground. When it gets to the proper depth, intake lines are pushed out from the holes in the bottom, and filtering and pumping equipment are housed in the tower. From there, the water goes to the treatment plant.

He also addressed his concern with the fact that almost half of the class had not turned in a resume to him. At Rose-Hulman, Civil Engineers are not regularly recruited. Each student has to put their own effort into finding a job. If you don't know where to start, as we've been told numerous different times, talk to Dr. McKinney and the other professors who have contacts all around the country. If you don't feel comfortable with that, then ask your friends. In today's world, it is not necessarily what you know, but who you know. This is the ever-famous "networking" scheme. Out of all of the people that I've spoken with, almost half of them have received interviews because their father knew someone, or their best friend heard of a job that might interest them. Depend on your classmates because you can be guaranteed that you will know them for the rest of your working career.

The three fundamental rules of interviewing, if intelligently used, could offer you that dream position that you've worked for night and day over the last four years.

Nearing the end of eighth grade, I began to better understand the purpose of going to college and asked which one was the "best". My grandfather told me that I needed to talk to his friend and neighbor "Vast" Massa. Vast attended Rose Polytechnic and graduated in 1933 with a degree in electrical engineering. By the way he described Rose, I knew that this was somehow the school that I would someday attend.

The first opportunity I had to see Rose-Hulman was during my sophomore year in high school. I had been asked to attend a high school mathematics competition. I was so impressed by the campus and the mystique of the older buildings that I demanded I should attend the next math competition. I did and it was my senior year in high school. By then I had long sent in my application for admission and the rest is history.

"What about this Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology," I though to myself. All I knew of Rose was that I had a friend that was a freshman there, and it was all-male. My friend spoke of how extremely difficult it was here, and I wasn't very high on the idea of attending college with only guys. I realized I was going to have to find something that I actually liked about the place if I were to spend four years of my life there.

Sure enough, I began to discover advantage after advantage of attending Rose. I learned quickly of his excellent reputation, not only locally, but across the country. Being a small school, they guaranteed an educational experience that would be personal and full of individual attention by the staff, so long as I pursued it. I heard facts on starting salaries for various majors, credentials of those who were lucky enough to get accepted, and most importantly, their placement rate. It turned out, Rose-Hulman could also be a place where I could get a chance to continue playing football. I soon realized that if I could deal with the difficulty of the school, studying without women for two years, and the city of Terre Haute, Rose was the place I was looking for.

Being involved in the construction business, I wanted to major in Civil Engineering. The summer before my senior year in high school, I worked for my father in the field as a laborer and really gained both a liking and an appreciation for the construction field not to mention a fondness for those nice union wages. My senior year in high school, I began considering engineering colleges within close proximity to my home. As with most Indiana Students, RHIT and Purdue topped the list. At that time I was leaning toward Rose because of its small campus atmosphere and academic reputation. I eventually decided on Rose because I had and still have the opportunity to work in the classroom but also in industry for White's. By going to Rose and living close to work, I apply my skills learned at school to the many assignments I am given at work. I am given great latitude with these projects. My father and other people in the company always emphasize that school comes before work but it is always nice to earn a little extra cash during some free time.

Then, when I was old enough to get a job, I went to work for my dad. At first, I worked in the scrap-yard just doing odd-jobs here and there. Then, I was moved into the office, where my official title was "go-fer". When I turned sixteen, however, I was sent to the job site to be a laborer. That is when I really decided that I wanted to go into construction. At that time, I decided to come to RHIT and enrolled in the civil program.

Also, I wanted to see if I could handle the challenge of attending a strong academic institution. So far, I have adjusted to the work load, and I hope that trend continues. At times you feel buried under homework, tests, and projects. However, with a little luck, things seem to work out.

When we arrived, we stood there for a while listening to a liaison between the school and the construction company talk about the job in general. Apparently, from the way the man was talking, what they wanted was a bit out of the norm. The structure they had put together for the new music building consisted of odd angles, peculiar setups of different beams, and to top it all off, almost everything had to be sound proof. The tour guide answered questions and explained how the rest of the building was going to be put together.

Then came the interesting part. We were able to go underneath to the basement. Down there we could get a closer look at the people working on the building. He explained the processes involved with making the basement fireproof. This included spraying all of the steel beams with a fire retardant that had to be a quarter inch thick and isolating all of the wire in fire resistant tubing in the walls. The guide then showed us one of the special sound blocks that they used to sound proof the building by lining the walls with them and actually having each room within another room.

One day, quite to my surprise, I had one of those blue "Package" slips in my school mailbox. Expecting something perhaps from my long-lost parents, I instead received a thick manila package from the American Concrete Pavement Association. It was filled with a lot of helpful engineering bulletins and a letter from Director of Airport Pavements, John Naughton, III. Attached to the letter was a cordial invitation to their Concrete Airport Pavement Conference, to be held in Irving, Texas, home of the Cowboys and the Dallas/Ft Worth Airport. He ended with the note that if I could manage to get to the conference, the registration ($175) was on him. Wow! Can you say huge opportunity?!

SHELTON HANNIG AWARD - This award which is given to the senior civil engineering student judged by the faculty to be the most outstanding on the basis of various criteria was won by David Wahman. He received a handsome check and has his name engraved on a plaque which is on display in the CE department. David, who is the son of David and Laverne Wahman of Oldenburg, IN, has a 4.0 GPA in his major and has made the Dean's List every one of the past eleven quarters. He has accepted employment with Chaffee & Associates in Batesville, IN.

ASCE ALUMNI AWARD - Presented to the student who has made an outstanding contribution to the ASCE Student Chapter, this award was won by Brian Gilley, son of Jewelene and Carl Gilley of Elkhart, IN. Under his leadership as president, the Chapter had an outstanding year. Brian received a check and a Civil Engineering Handbook by Merritt, Loftin and Ricketts donated by McGraw-Hill Book Company and, in addition, has his name engraved on a plaque in the CE department. He has accepted employment with Atlanta Testing and Equipment in Atlanta, GA.

INDIANA SECTION - ASCE OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD - Two winners are selected for this award which is given to the student who has shown outstanding potential for a successful career in civil engineering. There were several extremely good candidates of which two were selected. They were Dan Schuck of North Vernon, IN, and Nathan Schildt of Danville, IL. They both received checks and framed certificates. Nate is the son of Karen and George Schildt. He did a great job of organizing and executing a service project for the Council on Domestic Abuse. Dan, whose parents are Alice and Donald Schuck did a super job as vice-president of the Student Chapter. Nate has accepted employment with Ter Horst, Lamson Fink in Indianapolis while Dan will go to work for Dave O'Mara Contractors in North Vernon.

CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY AWARD - This award is presented to the outstanding Sophomore or Junior CE student. Chris Colvin and Tate Jacobitz, both Junior Civils, were co-winners of this award. They each received a monetary prize and have their names on a plaque in the CE department. Chris is the son of Robert and Georgia Colvin of Paris, IL while Tate is the son of Vicki and Tom Jacobitz. They both have made the Dean's List eight of their eight quarters at Rose. Tate is currently serving as President of the ASCE Student Chapter.

Haydite Aggregate makes lightweight aggregate for lightweight concrete. This concrete weights 110-115 lb per cubic foot and is used for bridge decks, floor decks, and high rise buildings. The aggregate is made from shale which is excavated on site, crushed, watered, and burned.

Congratulations Professor Jones!!!