The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVII, Issue 37
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
June 28, 2002

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The General, a supermileage vehicle built by a team of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering students, captured third place in this year's SAE Supermileage Vehicle Competition in Marshall, Mich. with a fuel economy of 968 miles per gallon, according to associate professor Ian R. Grosse (right), who advised the students. Berkeley took first place with a fuel economy of 1,068 mpg, followed by Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University, whose vehicle came in at 972 mpg. Two dozen schools from the U.S., Canada and Mexico took part in the competition. This year's showing equaled UMass' third place in 1997, when the campus's entry clocked in at 611 mpg, which would have finished seventh this year, said Grosse. Team members included (from left) Andrew Burne, Samuel Toma and Nicholas Beluzo, as well as Neil Slyva and driver Caroline Soto, who are not pictured. Grosse also credited the Engineering Technical Support Services staff, including Bruce Stewart, Miles Eastman and George Reid, for their assistance. (Stan Sherer photo) The General, a supermileage vehicle built by a team of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering students, captured third place in this year's SAE Supermileage Vehicle Competition in Marshall, Mich. with a fuel economy of 968 miles per gallon, according to associate professor Ian R. Grosse (right), who advised the students. Berkeley took first place with a fuel economy of 1,068 mpg, followed by Nova Scotia's Dalhousie University, whose vehicle came in at 972 mpg. Two dozen schools from the U.S., Canada and Mexico took part in the competition. This year's showing equaled UMass' third place in 1997, when the campus's entry clocked in at 611 mpg, which would have finished seventh this year, said Grosse. Team members included (from left) Andrew Burne, Samuel Toma and Nicholas Beluzo, as well as Neil Slyva and driver Caroline Soto, who are not pictured. Grosse also credited the Engineering Technical Support Services staff, including Bruce Stewart, Miles Eastman and George Reid, for their assistance. (Stan Sherer photo)
   
 

Conference committee mulls spending plans;
Interim state budget passed
The House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2003 state budget are currently before a six-member conference committee charged with reconciling differences in the two bills.

433 choose early retirement option
If there aren't as many familiar faces around campus this week, it's no accident.

Campus's construction boom biggest since 1960s
Summer always sees a construction boom on campus. But in what Facilities Planning director James Cahill called "the most construction activity in one single period" on campus since the 1960s, the University is hammering away on 29 renovation or new-construction projects this season and is in the planning stages of a number of others.

Fournier takes job at WasteCap
R. Marc Fournier, assistant director for Grounds Management at Physical Plant, is leaving this week for a new job as executive director of WasteCap of Massachusetts, a private non-profit founded in 1993 to promote and implement recycling, waste reduction, and use of recycled materials within the state's business community.

495 faculty and staff retired this semester
The following staff and faculty retired between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to the Division of Human Resource
 
 
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