The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 7A The Michigan Daily - mithigandailycom Wednesday, November19, 2008 - 7A r ELECTIONS From Page 1A MSA to make a positive impact on campus. But it can't be achieved until we have the right people up at the plate," she said. "We need students to read the platforms, pick out which ideas they think are good, pick out which can- didates they believe can really achieve the potential that MSA has." There are four incumbent representatives seeking re-elec- tion in their current positions: LSA representatives Liz Hadeed and Jordan Salins; Rackham Graduate School representa- S tive Michael Benson (who also holds the Student General Counsel position), and College of Engineering representative Sarah Mynhier. LSA representa- tives Andrew Chinsky and Tim S Bekkers, both of whom were appointed last year, are looking to keep their seats. Three current representa- tives are running for positions in new schools. Ashley Sch- neider, currently an Engineer- ing representative, is running for an LSA seat. LSA repre- sentatives Jason Raymond and Alex Serwer are both seeking seats representing the Ross School of Business. About 40 students are compet- ing for 30 open seats. Twenty-five of the positions are full-year seats beginning in January and five are half-year seats made available by vacancies on the assembly. The half-year positions will be awarded to the candidates who are runners-up for the full-year positions. Sixteen candidates are running on the Michigan Action Party platform, 14 for the Defend Affir- mative Action Party and seven are independents. Students may vote for represen- tatives from the college in which they are enrolled by logging on to http://vote.umich.edu and filling out an electronic ballot. Platform summaries are avail- able for candidates who chose to submit them. Spaces are also pro- vided for write-in candidates. Using nanotech, 'U' scientists create Obama portrait 'Nanobamas' are smaller than a grain of salt By ELAINE LAFAY Daily StaffReporter Using hundreds of millions of tiny carbon tubes, University researchers used nano- technology to craft a likeness of President- elect Barack Obama smaller than a grain of salt. John Hart, an assistant professor in the Col- lege of Engineering who headed the project, said he undertook the project for fun but also as a way of making nanotechnology accessible, which is used to create everyday items like as batteries and electronics. Hart came up with the idea about six months ago and found time to work on the "Nanobam- as" in his spare time between other projects, finishing the first set five days before the presi- dential election. Each Nanobama is composed of about a hundred million carbon nanotubes, which are hollow cylinders of carbon. Engineering graduate student Sam Taw- fick, who worked on the project, said each nanotube is about 8,000 times smaller than a human hair. Hart and his students also created Vice President-elect Joe Biden's image out of nano- tubes. Hart said the researchers didn't make nano- tube images of the Republican candidates, Sen. John McCain or Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but that the decision not to had more to with the fact that the word "Nanobama" rolls off the tongue better. "I do support Obama, but I didn't mean --I thought of Nanobama and it sounded cool, so we did that," he said. The scientists made the Obama likeness by first forming the nanotubes on silicon wafers by heating chemical catalysts in an oven filled with carbon gas. Once the oven reaches between 700 and 800 degrees Celsius, the gas turns into a solid nanotube. The tubes shoot up quickly from the wafer. For comparison, if each nanotube were a tree one foot in diameter, it would grow at 500 miles an hour. Nanostructures are often used for batter- ies and solar cells, better imaging inside the body for medicine and in high performance materials like cars and planes. Much of Hart's research focuses on the formation of nano- tubes. Engineering graduate students Sameh Tawfick (left) and Michael De Volder display the "nanobama", a min- iature likeness of President-elect Barack Obama. DEAN From Page 1A Engineering students have gone overseas than from other University programs. Last year, just 250 stu- dents - about 3 percent of the col- lege's enrollment - studied abroad on a program or internship. Munson's emphasis on interna- tional experiences stems from his . own experiences abroad, which he described as rewarding and broad- ening, citing his first trip abroad as a faculty member to Paris and Rome in the early 1980s. "As a regular faculty member, I S traveled overseas pretty much every year, and I just never had a trip that wasn't amazing," he said. "For our students to have some of those same experiences is really valuable." Munson increased staff support for the college's international pro- grams office and earlier this semes- ter created an international minor for engineers. The international minor requires intensive studyofaforeignlanguage as well as a study abroad program or overseas internship. Amy Conger, director of Inter- national Programs in Engineering, said engineering-specific study abroad programs aren't new. What is, though, is faculty members' emphasis of the programs. "For (Munson), international education is clearly a part of a Michigan Engineering education rather than something you do in addition," Conger said. Munson said he hopes half of all Engineering students will eventu- ally have international experience before graduating. "Idon'twantfor one ofour students to go to a company and have their boss come to them Monday morning and say, 'Susan, I need you to go to Beijing on Wednesday,' and for the U of M alum to say, 'Oh, golly, I don't know what's involved, I've never done this before,"' Munson said. REACHING ACROSS CAMPUS One complaint some engineers have about their field is that the work is isolating and doesn't allow them to work in other fields. "All our classes are with other engineers," said Holscher, the pres- ident of the University's Engineer- ing Council. "We're surrounded by other engineers, and there's the School of Music and Art and Archi- tecture, but they have their own giant buildings separate from our giant buildings, so there's not too much running into other fields." Coming into the job, Munson sought to dispel that notion. In addi- tion to his push for more emphasis on international programs, Munson has also encouraged interdisciplin- ary programs and cross-campus collaboration with other schools. Munson said the college's other minor, multidisciplinary Design, grew from watching comprehensive projects like the Solar Car Team draw students from multiple disciplines. Munson said he sees a strong par- allel between engineering and the arts. To illustrate the similarities, he teamed up with the deans of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, the Taubman College of Architec- ture and Urban Planning and the School of Art and Design for the Arts on Earth initiative in fall 2007. The annual program sponsors multidis- ciplinary artprojects and events. "There's an aspect of the work that's very creative and design-ori- ented," Munson said. "But there's another aspect of the work that's all about refinement and optimization and making something better and better, whether it's the design of a bridge or playing a piece by Bach." Munson also said the interdisci- plinary push is an effort to mimic the workplace. "In the engineering world, it's not like your team is all electrical engi- neers or all mechanical engineers," he said. "A lot of products that are out on the market use some engineering and technology, but there may be some artistic content, as well." Munson has also teamed up with Ross School of Business officials to sponsor more courses in entrepre- neurship. While the College of Engineering and Ross School of Business have offered joint courses in entrepre- neurship in the past, Munson said he wanted to focus a program more specifically on engineering to draw more interest from his students. The partnership came to fruition in the form of the Center of Entre- preneurship, which launched last year to provide support to Engi- neering faculty and students. This semester, students can earn a certif- icate in entrepreneurship after nine credits of approved coursework. EngineeringsophomoreAmbreen Sayed, who is considering pursuing a business career, said the entrepre- neurial aspect of the college gives Engineering students "all-rounded- ness that's really essential." "People haven't really empha- sized that in the past," she said. ROOM TO BREATHE The college's new interdisciplin- ary and international programs may take time to catch on. Many engi- neers don't have extra time under their current course loads. Many Engineering programs have less than 12 hours of general electives, and some have as few as eight, leaving very little wiggle the michigan daily CAMPUS MANAGEMENT, INC. WE BU HOUSES Visit www.CampusMgt.com for the rental hou most detailed listings in town! 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The commission, slated to present its findings this spring, is considering whether the intense specialization of some of the Engineering majors deprives engineers of a broader edu- cation. Holscher said the push for engineers to broaden their educa- tion is a marker of the cultural shift led by Munson. "You can bring up any crazy idea and Dean Munson will consider it," he said, "and if it's crazy enough and interestingenough, it'll happen." DINGELL From Page 1A seek the chairmanship in a state- ment released Nov. 5. "Enacting comprehensive ener- gy, climate and health care reform will not be easy," Waxman's state- ment said. "But my record shows that I have the skill and ability to build consensus and deliver legis- lation that improves the lives of all Americans." Dingell's chairmanship has allowed him to have significant influence over the committee, which oversees the issues of con- sumer protection, energy, health care and transportation. 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