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Splatter Matters: Weber State University professor part of collaboration that produced two urinal prototypes that cut down on splashback

OGDEN — More than a decade after he and a colleague first explored a fluid dynamics experiment that could apply to people's everyday lives, a Weber State University professor could potentially have an impact on the future of urinal design. Last Tuesday, WSU sent out a press release stating that Randy Hurd, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university, had been part of a team that had helped create two urinal designs — named the Cornucopia and the Nautilus — that reduced "splashback" to 1.4% of traditional models of urinals. "Hurd worked with a WSU student and a ...

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Letters: Utah congressmen should meet more with constituents

Looks like the Congressional District 1 Senate and House members (Curtis and Moore) won't be having any Town Halls during the April Recess (April 12-27). I emailed both the first of this month to inquire. Curtis responded with an obvious boiler-plate response extolling his past townhalls but ...

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