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Invitation for students of all ages to study BOATOLOGY
I am interested in finding cheaper and simpler ways for ordinary folks
to build sailboats in their backyards. Not only is this field useful in that it empowers people to do rewarding exotic things with their leisure time, but sailboats consume virtually no energy, and they slow people down, which I hope makes them more contemplative. Also, since most research in this area is done by amateurs, it is not difficult for students to reach that "cutting" edge where one is on the frontier of knowledge. In other words, you don't have to accomplish much to call yourself a "boatologist". I am a math/physics prof who is interested in ON-LINE collaboration with middle and high school students or clubs. I charge no money, but will pay no money either. But there are many important topics that can be investigated on a shoestring budget. To get a taste for how fun this is, visit Craig O'Donnell's Cheap Pages at http://friend.ly.net/users/dadadata/ I have several on-going projects myself. One involves a controversial method that might cut the cost of building a large wooden sailboat by a third. Another involves finding a proper glue that can be used by young children to construct self-designed model boats using the same boatbuilding methods used by amateur boatbuilders. These projects are outlined on my homepage at http://faculty.valpo.edu/gvandegr/ To learn about other possible areas of investigation, visit my homepage and contact me! |
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