{"id":709,"date":"2008-06-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=709"},"modified":"2016-07-28T14:29:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:29:04","slug":"summercollege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/summercollege\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting High School Students ‘Amazed’ on Field Trip to Ackerman Mine and Power Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\"mine?visit.jpg\"<\/p>\n
\nIntro to Engineering students begin a tour of the North American Coal Corp.’s Red Hills Coal Mine and Power Plant. Listening to a supervisor (third from left) are Braden McCauley of Farmington, N.M.; Bryan Hostetler of Rome, Ga.; Arin Jones of Columbus; Jonathan Lalo of Brandon and Melanie Graupner of Oxford. Photo courtesy of Maxine Woolsey.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. – Fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones is
\nunearthing some magnificent discoveries on the silver
\nscreen this summer, but some high school students visiting
\nthe University of Mississippi recently found a similar
\nreal-life treasure trove just hours from campus.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\nThe seven visiting students – enrolled in Engineering 100
\nas part the Summer College for High School Students program
\n– along with three Ole Miss engineering students and three
\nstaff members, made their discovery on a field trip to the
\nRed Hills Mine and Power Plant, an affiliate of North
\nAmerican Coal Corp. located near Ackerman.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nMembers of the group expressed amazement at seeing the coal
\nrefinery process, which supplies electricity to the
\nTennessee Valley Authority.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n


“This was a fantastic experience,” said Maxine Woolsey,
\neducational outreach specialist in the School of
\nEngineering and coordinator of Engineering 100. “The
\nstudents were allowed to see how all disciplines of
\nengineering operate together to provide electrical power to
\nthousands of north Mississippi households on a daily
\nbasis.”
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\nDuring the outing, the students learned about the history
\nof the 10-year-old mine. They also witnessed how the
\nlignite is uncovered, shoveled into dump trucks, then
\ndeposited into areas where it is crushed and transported to
\nthe power plant to be transformed into electricity.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“Watching the whole mining process from beginning to end
\nwas very interesting,” said Michael Huber, a student from
\nBlackmon High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. “The power
\nplant has many floors, boilers, turbines and other heavy
\nequipment. It was fun to watch.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“It was truly amazing to see how all that coal goes into a
\nrelatively small machine that transfers so much energy,”
\nadded Nathan Flippo of Shoals Christian School in Florence,
\nAla.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nOthers were impressed with the environmental restoration
\naspects of the mine.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“Having seen the worst of strip mining in the ’60s, I
\nthink the Red Hill is an amazing facility,” said Cathy
\nGrace, staff geologist and coordinator of academic and
\nadministrative affairs. “I was glad the students were able
\nto see a mining operation done beautifully from an
\nenvironmental standpoint.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nZack Parchman, a junior civil engineering student from
\nAmory, was also impressed with the environmental aspect of
\nthe project.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“I was amazed at how they transformed land depleted by the
\nmining process into wooded forests and lakes,@ Parchman
\nsaid. AAlso, the fact that the processing plant where the
\ncoal is burned produces extremely low emissions is really
\ncool.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nArin Jones of Columbus, a student at the Mississippi School
\nfor Mathematics and Science, said, “I found the way they
\nuse ash to build streets that are as strong as those made
\nwith concrete very interesting.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nTaylor Langford, an Ole Miss engineering alumnus who
\nteaches chemistry and physics at Lafayette County High
\nSchool, said the trip was an excellent reinforcement of the
\nsubject matter he has been covering as an Engineering 100
\ninstructor.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“As a teacher, I believe it’s good to be able to expose
\nstudents to the practical applications of whatever it is
\nwe’re talking about,” Taylor said. “Having the students see
\nall the different types of engineering being used in this
\noperation was a rare and great opportunity for everyone.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe trip would not have been possible without the
\ntransportation provided by UM’s Office of Community
\nOutreach and Summer School, Woolsey said.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“The students belong to the Summer College for High School
\nStudents program,” said Jason Wilkins, outreach project
\ncoordinator. “This was a wonderful class, which really does
\nreally neat things. With the computer science course
\nthey’re taking, it’s like experiencing a full semester in
\ncollege, only in a monitored environment.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nIn addition to Flippo, Huber and Jones, the other visiting
\nhigh school students enrolled in Engineering 101 are Bryan
\nHostetler of Rome, Ga., Chris Huber of Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
\nJon Lalo of Brandon and Taylor Yates of Ridgeland.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information about the School of Engineering, visit http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/engineering<\/a>
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nor call 662 915 7407. For more information about the Summer
\nCollege for High School Students, call Wilkins at 662 915
\n6614.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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