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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Friday Letter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A Newsletter for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alumni and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>December 3, 2004<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Representatives of the South Korean corporation LG Life
Sciences, Ltd., visited the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
campus Monday to celebrate the licensing of a technology to improve the profits
of dairy producers worldwide. A defanged toxin developed by UI and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> researchers
promises to boost the immune systems of dairy cows, allowing them to better
combat mastitis infections and produce healthier returns for dairies. I had the
pleasure of meeting with the LG Life Sciences delegation and other UI and Idaho
Research Foundation officials to sign the licensing agreement. It is a perfect
example of the primary role of a research university - developing new
knowledge, new science and new information and then bringing that to bear on
the challenges of the day. The science produced by these researchers could have
a direct and dramatic impact on the international economy. My congratulations
to the Idaho Research Foundation, which serves as the university's technology
transfer agent, microbiology Professor and Idaho Agricultural Experiment
Station Director Greg Bohach, Yong Ho Park of Seoul National University in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> and Larry Fox and Bill Davis of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On a different topic, I am saddened to report the death of
student Heidi Bohac of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nampa</st1:place></st1:City>.
She was killed in an automobile accident outside <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:place></st1:City> last week on her way home for the
holiday. She was a sophomore majoring in international studies. Our thoughts
are with her friends and family.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tim White<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here's the latest news from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ An Idaho-developed microelectronics chip will be on board
NASA's deep space mission to the outposts of our planetary system from
2006-2015.The chip was developed at the Center for Advanced Microelectronic and
Biomolecular Research (CAMBR) at the University of Idaho Research Park in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Post</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
It will provide data fault protection against the effects of space radiation
and other environmental "noise" as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft
travels to Pluto from 2006-15. Jody Gambles, associate director at CAMBR, says
the technology has been 15 years in development and was manufactured under
contract at AMI Semiconductor in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pocatello</st1:place></st1:City>.
It was space-flight-qualified, tested and delivered to Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory by ICs, L.L.C. of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Post</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Falls</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
a semiconductor company that provides chips and technical support to government
and aerospace contractors. The chip is radiation hardened to prevent errors
from occurring during the encoding, detection and correction processes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Similar CAMBR chips are found on board the Hubble Space
Telescope, Landsat7, TERRA, EO-1, TIMED, as well as the ill-fated Comet Nucleus
Tour<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(CONTOUR) spacecraft, lost due to an orbital insertion
malfunction in 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~ Aaron M. Thomas, assistant professor of chemical
engineering, is a recipient of the 2004 American Indian Science and Engineering
Society Most Promising Engineer or Scientist Award. Thomas, a Navajo Indian, is
only one of a handful of American Indians with a doctoral degree in engineering
and is believed to be one of the few American Indians with a Ph.D. in chemical
engineering. He received his degree in 2001 from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Florida</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
Gainsville. His bachelor's degree was earned at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Stanford</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
His award is one of three first-ever AISES professional recognitions of
outstanding accomplishments of American Indian and Alaska Natives in science,
engineering and technical professions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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