VPI STUDENTS PLAN A TECHNOLOGY 'EXPO'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201160037-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: October 12, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON BUSINESS
12 October 1981
A small group-of student engineers at Virginia Polytech-
nic Institute has organized "Expo '81: A Technology
Showcase,' which takes. place at, Virginia Tech. this
Wednesday: and-. Thursday.. Without any. : administrativ
help or funding from: the : college, the, students have a
an annual, student-nm affair --, wx ;rz r> _. `
Headed by Joseph - Wiencko, president -of the Student
E'ngineers' Council, and council: publicity: director ;Eric
Owens; the group of about 20 students charged each par-
ticipant a"modest fee" enabling them to-bring a display
and representatives to' the two-day showcase ? Many of the
exhibits will show- the exhibitors' - latest: technological
achievements or, what the future holds for that particular
field. The purpose of the event, planners say, is "to pro-
Among the Expo '81 participants from the Washington
area are: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Atlantic Research,
Black & -Decker, the C.LA., National: Security Agency,
Reynolds Metals, the Nuclear Regulatory Coommis'sion and
Vepco. Other well-known companies, including Union Car-
bide, Texaco, Exxon, GE, Dow Chemical, ffiM, Monsanto
A taljong computer, a color graphic terminal and a light
fiber display are just a few of the many exhibits. slated fora
the exposition, which is free and open to the public. Ind
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