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                Auburn University - University Relations
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6/9/95                  Mitch Emmons (emmonmb@mail.auburn.edu)

AUBURN WORKING WITH INDIAN COMPANY IN U.N. PROJECT

      AUBURN -- Executives of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., a heavy 
earth-moving equipment manufacturing company, are working with Auburn 
University experts to reduce noise in the vehicle cabs and improve 
production technology.
      AU entered into an agreement with India-based BEML in November to 
conduct two projects funded by the United Nations Development Program.
      Since March, BEML personnel have been working with AU's 
Department of Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Professor 
P.K. Raju on the noise control project. 
      A second program -- from September to December -- will be 
conducted through AU's Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management 
under administrators Eminent Scholar Dayne Aldridge and Associate 
Professor Paul Swamidass and Raju.
      Both are the first international U.N. projects undertaken by the 
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Walter Center, which is a 
joint effort of AU's colleges of Engineering and Business.
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      CONTACT: Raju, 334/844-3301; and Aldridge, 334/844-4333.