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</HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000EE" VLINK="#551A8B" ALINK="#FF0000" onLoad="timerOne=window.setTimeout('scrollit_r21(100)',500);"> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/images/idgelogo.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/images/idgelog2.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=257 WIDTH=360></A><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/images/idgelogo.jpg"></A></CENTER> <CENTER> <H1> Welcome to the IDGE Home Page</H1></CENTER> <CENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Non-Frames Version</FONT></I></B></CENTER> <HR> <BR>  <CENTER><TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=5 CELLPADDING=10 COLS=3 WIDTH="80%" > <CAPTION><B><I><FONT SIZE=+2>Current News</FONT></I></B>  <BR><FONT SIZE=-1>These pages are being updated throughout the current Space Shuttle mission running through December 5th, 1997</FONT></CAPTION> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2"> <CENTER> </CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="95%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" > <TR> <TD> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/main.html" target="top">Home</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/www-indx.html" target="top">Index</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <HR> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Tours</FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/lowtech.html" target="top">Low-Tech</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/back-int.html" target="top">High-Tech</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/ROCCmap.html" target="top">The ROCC</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/vc_main.html" target="top">Visitor Center</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <HR> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/usmp2dat.html" target="top">USMP-2 Data</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/usmp3dat.html" target="top">USMP-3 Data</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/usmp4dat.html" target="top">USMP-4</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <HR> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/biblio.html" target="top">Publications</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/figures.html" target="top">[Figures]</A> <A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/photos.html" target="top">[Photos]</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/educate.html" target="top">Education</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/personll.html" target="top">Personnel</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/idgelink.html" target="top">WWW Links</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/acknow.html" target="top">Acknowledgments</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/feedback.html" target="top">Contact us</A></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> </TD> <TD> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/vc_main.html">The IDGE Visitor Center</A></FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> <TD> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/LectureInfo.html">The NASA-IDGE Popular Lecture Series on Space</A></FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><A HREF="http://www.shuttle.nasa.gov">IDGE's Current Space Shuttle Mission</A></FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> <TD> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><A HREF="http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/shuttle/usmp4/">Other USMP-4 Experiments Aboard the Current Shuttle Mission</A></FONT></B></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <HR> <P>The <B><FONT SIZE=+1>I</FONT></B>sothermal <B><FONT SIZE=+1>D</FONT></B>endritic <B><FONT SIZE=+1>G</FONT></B>rowth <B><FONT SIZE=+1>E</FONT></B>xperiment <B>(IDGE)</B> is a continuing investigation of dendritic solidification processes. The IDGE is a joint effort between <I><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu" target="_top">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</A></I> and NASA's <I><A HREF="http://www.lerc.nasa.gov" target="_top">Lewis Research Center</A></I>. The project is centered on the observation of dendrites growing in the microgravity environment aboard the Space Shuttle's <I>USMP</I> platform. <CENTER> </CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE CELLPADDING=10 COLS=2 WIDTH="39%" > <TR> <TD> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu"><IMG SRC="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/home.gif" ALT="Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute" HSPACE=5 BORDER=0 HEIGHT=32 WIDTH=89></A></CENTER> </TD> <TD> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.lerc.nasa.gov"><IMG SRC="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/nasalogo.gif" ALT="NASA Lewis Research Center" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=65 WIDTH=75></A></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>This Web site is intended to serve as a convenient venue</FONT></CENTER> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=-1>for the exchange of information related to the IDGE.</FONT></CENTER> <P> <HR SIZE=1 WIDTH="100%"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="350" > <TR VALIGN=BOTTOM> <TD> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/sitedata.html" target="top"><IMG SRC="http://phoenix.its.rpi.edu/cgi-bin/counter?idge-counter1&width=4" ALT="IDGE Web Site Usage" NOSAVE BORDER=0 HEIGHT=20 WIDTH=60></A></CENTER> </TD> <TD> <CENTER><A HREF="mailto:IDGE@rpi.edu"><IMG SRC="http://www.rpi.edu/locker/56/000756/emailanimation.gif" BORDER=0 ></A><A HREF="mailto:IDGE@rpi.edu">IDGE@rpi.edu</A></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>