Dr. Bernard Beard, the chapter faculty advisor, went along with the group. Alpha Chi is a National Honor Scholarship Society who recognizes academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students in all academic disciplines. Robert Hartelust , Katie Baxter , Thomas Malone , and Teretha Blackburn from the Mechanical Engineering Department designed a moon buggy. They entered a NASA-sponsored race in Huntsville, Alabama in early April competing with 27 other teams. This is the first time CBU has entered this competition, and the team learned a lot from it.
Improvement plans are under way for next year's competition.
The CBU moon buggy will be displayed in Nolan later this semester. Dr. Paul Shiue is the faculty advisor for this project and accompanied the team to Huntsville. The election results for the CBU IEEE Student chapter officers for the 2000-2001 year have been counted. There was a close tie for every position. He was accepted for a GEM Fellowship sponsored by Ford Motor Company Powertrain Division.