Ms. Shay said her story will air as a 3 part series at the very end of July on Channel 31. Although the wave dispersion is purely a linear, kinematic description of the phenomenon, the process that maintains the presence of multiple waves with steady but different amplitudes and wave speeds involves complex nonlinear wave-wave interactions. Meetings are held monthly and switch between lunch time at the GHCC and dinner at various nearby establishments. Since its inception, the chapter has taken part in judging for the Alabama State Science and Engineering fair, held social events and meetings, created its own web page, and has recently formed a committee to look into potentially offering a UAH course dealing with severe storm forecasting in North Alabama. Meetings usually last less than an hour and include an interesting speaker.
Membership is open to anyone interested and there are no membership fees.
The students were to create an application of space-based technology to assist humanity. They chose a design project focusing on the monitoring of desertification. The probes would measure soil temperature, humidity, pH, and salinity at 3 depths. They would be co-located with standard, off the shelf, meteorological towers recording wind, rain, temperature and total insolation. The student's plan calls for ultimate distribution of several thousand sensors, in arid, semi-arid, and major agricultural areas.