This is pretty cool...
I just had a really cool article sent to me. Dr. Eaglin was the guy who gave one of the (if not the) best lectures I've ever heard back in the Spring semester about "Ethics in Engineering" by presenting a case study on the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. I really respect this guy a bunch.
"For four days, 62-year-old jogger Eddie Meadows was lost in a half square mile of swamp and impenetrable brush on the wooded east side of the UCF campus. His disappearance sparked daily searches and pleas from his family and friends. Law enforcement searchers using helicopters could not find him. Many privately thought they were now looking for a body.
But computer engineering professor Dr. Ronald Eaglin found him - alive! How? Dr. Eaglin used his "engineering skills" to determine the probability of exact location. He found Meadows in 90 minutes by understanding Meadow's typical running routes and listening for sound clues. He heard the sound of a human foot walking in mud and water and found Meadows alive. Dr. Eaglin was hailed as a hero and was on the A-list of media interviews from coast to coast."
"For four days, 62-year-old jogger Eddie Meadows was lost in a half square mile of swamp and impenetrable brush on the wooded east side of the UCF campus. His disappearance sparked daily searches and pleas from his family and friends. Law enforcement searchers using helicopters could not find him. Many privately thought they were now looking for a body.
But computer engineering professor Dr. Ronald Eaglin found him - alive! How? Dr. Eaglin used his "engineering skills" to determine the probability of exact location. He found Meadows in 90 minutes by understanding Meadow's typical running routes and listening for sound clues. He heard the sound of a human foot walking in mud and water and found Meadows alive. Dr. Eaglin was hailed as a hero and was on the A-list of media interviews from coast to coast."