Graduating EE's... You'll go farther, faster at ECI Here are 6 good reasons why your career gets off to a faster start that carries you farther at ECI in sunny St. Petersburg, on Florida's sub-tropical Gulf Coast. 1. IMPORTANT PROGRAMS — ECI has a reputa- tion for pushing the state-of-the-art in electronic communications and developing sophisticated equipment and systems that exceed specifica- tions. For instance, ECI developed the world's first 1-KW airborne UHF transmitter, the first airborne electronic switching system and the first solid-state multiplex system designed spe- cifically for airborne use. As a result, ECI gets chosen to work on the critical programs and you get to grapple with important problems that demand creative solutions. 2. VISIBILITY — ECI is large enough to let you fol- low your imagination, but small enough to make sure you and your ideas don't go unnoticed. 3. RESPONSIBILITY — Being a medium size com- pany, ECI delegates more responsibility to each individual. You'll get meaty engineering as- signments developing advanced circuitry, real- time satellite communications, and ultra-reliable equipment plus setting new standards in micro- miniaturization. You'll grow faster because of it. 4. VERSATILITY — ECI engineers work on projects from applied research and advanced develop- ment through prototype and product design. You'll learn more at ECI. 5. PROMOTABILITY — You'll do more and learn more at ECI. And, you'll be known for your ac- complishments. As a result, you'll find promo- tions come faster. 6. STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT — A t ECI you'll work with leading figures in communications, and you'll be encouraged to take advantage of ECl's full tuition refund program for postgraduate studies. You'll work with the most modern instru- mentation and laboratory facilities available. And, you'll enjoy spending your leisure time in sunny, sub-tropical St. Petersburg as much as you'll enjoy your job. INVESTIGATE ECI Be sure you investigate the opportunities that await you at ECI. Write to Paul Jordan, Supervisor of Professional Placement, P.O. Box 12248, Electronic Communications, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida 33733. Or, arrange an interview on your campus through your college placement office. So do careers. At The Boeing The 747 superjet, world's Company, you can be a mem- largest and fastest commercial ber of a team that's famous for jetliner, scheduled to make its making good ideas fly. first flight by the end of 1968. Such as the Boeing 707, America's supersonic trans- America's first jetliner. port, now being developed at And the 727, the world's the company's Commercial Air- most widely used commercial plane Division. jet. Other advanced aircraft, mis- The 737, the world's newest, sile and space programs of the most advanced short-range jet- future are in early development liner. and on Boeing drawing boards. Boeing-Vertol helicopters, in They can help get your career use commercially and with the off to a dynamic start in applied U.S. Army, Navy and Marines. research, design, test, manu- The National Aeronautics facturing, service or facilities and Space Administration's e n g i n e e r i n g , or computer Apollo/Saturn V moon rocket technology. w i t h its Boeing - bu i It 7.5 If you qualify, Boeing's Gra- mil lion-pound-thrust first stage. duate Study Program will help USN's hydrofoil gunboat you work toward advanced Tucumcari, USAF's Minute- degrees. man strategic missile, and See your college placement NASA's Lunar Orbiter recon- officer or write directly to: Mr. naissance spacecraft. All pro- T. J. Johnston, The Boeing grams which forged significant Company, P.O. Box 3707, advances in technology. Seattle. Washington 98124. Boeing has exciting new Boeing is an equal opportunity projects on the way up, too. employer. STAFF FEATURES: PAGE "Engineering at MSU" 7 T. M. Schafer editor Prof. Merle Potter, Dept. of M.E. Art Bell features editor I.E.E.E., Student Professionalism 11 David M. Butler Davis Chase art editor "An Engineer in Germany: Charles B. Garner" 19 David Sumner advertising manager Art Bell Spike Cline circulation manager "Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honorary" 21 Andrew Levenfeld staff writer Wes Patterson Allen Shratter staff writer "Where Do We Go From Here? 23 Comments by Earl M. Kelly" Mary Harvey editorial assistant Art Bell Transfer Students in Engineering 26 ADVISOR Summary of Majors Requested by Employers 28 Mr. Logan Blank High School Engineering Institute 33 Superengineer 35 DEPARTMENTS: Editorial 5 Student Organizations 14 Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award 45 Engrineers 48 Engineers, Mathematicians: At NSA, our successes depend on yours. Because of the nature and scope of systems. You may also participate in will follow systematically as you assume the National Security Agency's related studies of electromagnetic additional responsibility. Further, you mission, our successes are in direct propagation, upper atmosphere will enjoy the varied career benefits relation to your achievements. phenomena, and solid state devices and other advantages of Federal At NSA, we are responsible for using the latest equipment for employment without the necessity of designing and developing secure/ advanced research within NSA's Civil Service certification. invulnerable communications and EDP fully instrumented laboratories. Check with your Placement Office tor systems to transmit, receive and MATHEMATICIANS define, formulate further information about NSA, or write analyze much of our nation's most vital and solve complex communications- to: Chief, College Relations Branch, information. The advancing technologies related problems. Statistical National Security Agency, Ft. George applied in this work are such that mathematics, matrix algebra, and G. Meade, Md. 20755, Att: M321. they will frequently take you beyond combinatorial analysis are but a few An equal opportunity employer, M&F. the known and accepted boundaries of the tools applied by Agency of knowledge. Consequently, your mathematicians. Opportunities for imagination and resourcefulness are Campus Interview Dates: contributions in computer sciences and essential qualifications for success. theoretical research are also offered. February 5-7, 1969 The Career Scene at NSA Career Benefits ENGINEERS will find work which is NSA's liberal graduate study program performed nowhere else . . . devices permits you to pursue two semesters of and systems are constantly being full-time graduate study at full salary. developed which are in advance of any Nearly all academic costs are borne by outside the Agency. As an Agency NSA, whose proximity to seven engineer, you will carry out research, universities is an additional asset. design, development, testing and Starting salaries, depending on evaluation of sophisticated, large-scale education and experience, range from cryptocommunications and EDP $8845.00 fo $15,000.00, and increases editorial Tell me in one word who is going to solve by just legislating the internal combustion engined the problems which are going to have to automobile out of existance, for example. Other be solved if Man i s t o survive on this planet. No, means of getting from A to B must be devised silver-tongued-social-scientist is not one word. But instead—and that means new products. A law YOU is. Air pollution, water pollution, inadequate requiring everyone to ride a bus to work would housing, lack of mass transportation, refuse certainly end the bumper to bumper car traffic on disposal and the lack of a good five cent cigar are our highways. Instead we would have bumper to not problems which are solvable by talk. Solutions bumper buses. Other means of getting from A to B are possible (and they had better be if we are ever must be devised—and that means new products. to be great-grandparents) only by people with the Beginning to get the picture? skill to design, manufacture and market the The other implication of the first paragraph is that products which will cure the above-mentioned only people with engineering skills are necessary problems and those which have yet to rear their for the-survival of Mankind. This was not meant to ugly heads. Many of these skills don't even exist be. The solution of the problems of social injustice, today, which is to say that you shouldn't expect to education, agriculture, public health and the learn them in school. But without the principles, administration of public and private organizations techniques and foundations of specific knowledge require different sorts of skills than those which which are now offered to engineering students, you the engineering student is being prepared to will NEVER have the skills absolutely necessary if pursue. But do you think that even these other Man is to survive past the first half of the problems can be solved without the products of Twenty-First Century. At this point I could move engineers' skill? off tangentially into a diatribe against those who regard an engineering education as the shortest But still, I have greater fears for my Children's path between high school and an $850/month job, Children's Children than discrimination, poor period. But hindsight shows that people with this education, hunger, disease, etc.—like not being able attitude rarely make it through to a B.S. anyway. to breathe and not being able to get a drink of Bet you're glad I didn't get sidetracked, aren't water and being up to their armpits in garbage and you? not being able to get any farther from their twelve square foot living area than their feet will carry One implication of the above paragraph is that it is Products which will enable Man to survive. This them. And you already told me who can do was meant to be. Air pollution cannot be stopped something about it—in one word. • Engineering and Science at IBM "The interdisciplinary environment keeps you technologically hot!' "Working in data processing today pretty much means you work in a broad spectrum of tech- nologies," says Nick Donofrio. An Associate Engineer at IBM, Nick is a 1967 graduate in Electrical Engineering. He's using his technical background to design circuits for computer memory systems. "Circuit design used to be a narrow job," he says. "Today it can take you into the frontyard of half a dozen dif- ferent fields. In my job, for exam- ple, I consult with systems design engineers, chemists, physicists, . metallurgists, and programmers." Keeping up The interdisciplinary environment at IBM helps an engineer or scientist keep up to date technologically. As Nick puts it, "You're constantly exposed to what's happening in other fields." IBM needs technical graduates to work in research, design and development, manufactur- ing, product test, field engineering, and space and defense projects. We also need technical people in programming and marketing. Check with your placement office If you're interested in engineering or science at IBM, ask your placement office for more information. Or send a letter or resume to Mr. Irv Pfeiffer, IBM Corporation, Dept. CA2020,100 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. We'd like to hear from you even if you're headed for graduate school or military service. hen engineering is decided upon as a uture career engineering which resembles the state. The University of Michigan f by hippie's attitude toward military probably offers the strongest a high school student, very service. This usually results from the classroom competition and Michigan often it is quite difficult student being unhappy with the type Technological University the most to answer the next question, "Where of engineering he is being introduced work. Both the prospective high should I obtain my engineering to; it conflicts with his preconceived school student and the students education?" Students select schools ideas of engineering. already in these programs should for various reasons, few of which make Many students have a concept of what recognize existing spectrum of much sense. Perhaps it is where Dad or engineering is, based on comments and engineering schools. Perhaps a Uncle Herman went, or a close friend contact with what engineering was. different school should be selected or (of the opposite sex) has decided to Fifty years ago, or thereabouts, a possibly a transfer or two would be in enroll there, or the sports are the best, program which had one term of order! etc. However the choice is made, it's calculus was considered theoretical; At MSU, with our emphasis on science one which can be a critical one. Our much of the student's time was spent and math (we possibly lead the nation records are full of engineering students in the classroom and lab learning in this respect), we are educating who transfer out of engineering into about how to do things. A course or engineers to be capable of working on other curricula because of poor two in the liberal arts may have been modern problems introduced by the records or dissatisfaction with their required. We now require 2 or 3 terms spacecraft, the transistor, the artificial studies. Many of these engineering of calculus, a course in differential heart, and the five-way stretch girdle. dropouts could have been avoided if equations and possibly more math. To solve the problem of the heat the students were mentally prepared Usually 20% of the course work is in transfer on the nose of a space capsule for the engineering curricula or if they non-engineering areas preparing the was a tremendous problem requiring had chosen the type of curricula engineer to contribute to the solution advanced techniques and skills. It is designed for their preferences. It is not of problems in a complicated society. t h e solution of these more completely the fault of the student The engineering courses have also complicated problems toward which since the type of engineering at the changed with information which was our curriculum is aimed. A grasp of different universities is not adequately introduced at the graduate level now higher level math and the study of advertised by the universities, at least being offered to the undergraduate. science based engineering courses is the high school counselors and science Less emphasis is given to learning a essential. Our curriculum has a large advisors are not properly informed. specialized art and more to obtaining a number of such courses and thus, only Very often even the students who generalized background. Specialization the strong math and theory oriented stick it out have attitudes toward now occurs in the industry of the students do well. Because of this s t u d e n t ' s choice with training background, our students do very well programs providing specialized in graduate programs in engineering. information and t e c h n i q u e s . (Stanford University accepts our Engineering has changed and the s t u d e n t s for graduate work in student must be ready to accept this engineering with a 2.64 average or change. better.) This is a fact not to be overlooked as graduate work is being Here at Michigan State University we required in many industrial positions. have a relatively unique program in Actually, there are no doors closed to engineering; one which is highly the science-oriented student; he may science and mathematics oriented decide on a practically oriented career, compared with other universities and a number of our students do, or which offer practically oriented graduate study at the best graduate programs with the science and math school. oriented program (engineering science) an option for advanced students. The existance of the diversified Actually there is probably a spectrum engineering programs in Michigan is of engineering curricula in Michigan certainly a credit to the State and ranging from MSU at the science end provides much opportunity to our to Western Michigan (they offer a B.S. young people. We should recognize the degree in engineering technology) at contribution of each of the schools the practical end. In between are the and be proud of the excellent program other engineering curricula in our here at MSU. fj Because we've tripled our sales in a short decade, we have substantial ground-floor opportunities to offer you. Right now. And we need you on the job. Not in school. So we won't waste your first six months in time-consuming, formal training programs. During your first year with us, you'll gain at least six months more get-ahead experi- ence than you probably would elsewhere. Which can mean a lot when you're starting a career. Sound good? It is. But there's a catch. We expect a lot from you. But we offer even more. Like encourage- ment to explore a variety of projects. Help in broad- ening your professional viewpoint. A chance to move ahead as fast you can. And rewards based on perform- ance. Not on how old you arc or how long you've been with us. So, if you think of yourself as com- petent, imaginative, flexible, and have a degree in chemistry, chemical or mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, market- ing or accounting, come help us both grow. We're already pretty big. But not yet stuffy. Dur- ing the past ten years, our sales have zoomed from S318 million to over SI.1 billion. And that's just the beginning. Talk us over with your faculty and placement officer. See our representative when he's on your campus. Or write now to: John B. Kuhn, Man- ager of University Recruitment, Celanese Cor- poration, 522 Fifth Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10036. Is itpossible to be passed by at 30? Absolutely. If you're a 30-year-old engineer who's offered, and about 2,400 engineers will study there failed to keep up with the latest developments in his in 1969. It's the most advanced facility of its kind. field. Ask around. You'll find that when it comes to antici- Because Western Electric's an acknowledged in- pating change, Western Electric is way out in front. dustrial leader in graduate engineering training, that's And we make every effort to keep our engineers there one worry our engineers don't have. Our nearly- too. See our recruiter or write College Relations, completed Corporate Education Center near Prince- 222 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10038. , ton, N. J., for instance, will have a resident staff of A lot of study, and hard work, never hurt anyone. over 100. More than 310 engineering courses will be How good are you on the turns? A strong stroke isn't enough to win in freestyle swimming. Experts say: "Watch the turns." "A champion won't touch with his hand," they tell us. "He begins his overhead tumble with a downward stab of his right arm, twists as his feet hit, then explodes forward with a powerful pushoff." The.r conclusion: "Experience and smart coaching develop a championship turn." We believe it. That's why we've put together the most experienced and best-coached team of bearing and steel engineers in the world. To make doubly sure that Timken bearings give our customers a perfect turn. If you re up to facing the challenges of modern industry, if you've got the initiative, ingenuity and trammg to thrive on tough problems, join the team. T he Institute of Electrical and gains valuable insights into what Electronic Engineers (IEEE) was engineers really do. To those students founded in 1884 and among the who know they want to be engineers, original group of founders were the Student Brunch can develop more Thomas A. Edison and Alexander professional attitudes through Graham Bell. From an initial participation in the activities offered. membership of 25 in 1884, the society The Student Branch is also used to has grown to a membership well over promote the interests of the student in 150,000 making it the largest college. It is very instrumental in engineering society in the world. voicing student opinion on curriculum, Student Branches of I.E.E.E. have t e x t b o o k s , and professional been formed at virtually all major evaluation. This group can reflect and engineering schools. Student Branch relay to the proper channels student membership can provide a meaningful opinions of relevant issues. One way to supplement to activities in the become involved in the society is classroom as well as entitle members through one of the committees or to receive the publications of I.E.E.E. serving as an officer. Juniors are which include 39 technical journals, at encouraged in the fall to contact the a reduced rate. These publications present officers and express an interest provide an opportunity to see some of in becoming an officer. They will work the "real world" problems that on such things as Publicity or currently face engineers. It is through Membership Committees. They will such journals that an engineer keeps also attend some of the meetings of up with the rapid advances in his field. the Executive Committee to gain The local Student Branch activities insights into the structure of the included an annual trip to the National Student Branch. Electronics Conference, and meetings There are many such societies like twice a term. For their meetings they I.E.E.E. for all majors of engineering obtain speakers who are top men from and all students would be wise to industry and the academic world, who investigate the advantages and opportunities open to them through a c t i v e membership in these organizations. A society can be speak on new technical developments, successful only if it has an active graduate school, career opportunities, membership and provides its members and other topics of vital student with worthwhile programs and interest. services. The members must take an interest in the society and also make Many students (especially freshmen known their opinions about the and sophomores) are not certain that programs and performances of the they want to be engineers. They really group. This is the best way to help the don't know what it means to be an officers make the society conform to engineer and to them an engineering the needs of the members, and be as society can play a vital role. By joining effective an organization as intended. a society such as I.E.E.E., a student • Want to move up fast in aerospace/electronics? Hughes is where the action is. You can go forward, go fast, go f a r . . . at the customer at operational sites. Re- training devices, plan field training pro- Hughes Field Service & Support Division. sponsibilities include: providing main- grams and prepare courses for use at If you are seeking a stimulating assign- tenance, operational and technical customer bases. Requires a Bachelor's ment where you can get in on the assistance; formal and informal on-the- degree in E.E., or Physics. Experi- ground floor of the rapidly-expanding job training; logistic assistance and the ence in preparing and presenting aerospace/electronics field, capitalize investigation and solution of equipment technical electronics material in the immediately on your background and problems experienced in the field. Re- classroom and laboratory is highly training, and progress quickly toward quires a Bachelor's degree in E.E. desirable but not mandatory. your career goals—Hughes Field Serv- or Physics. Experience with military ice & Support Division in Southern fire control, radar or communications ENGINEERING WRITING California will welcome your inquiry. systems is desirable but not mandatory. Specialists in printed communications Some current fields of interest include: convert complex engineering data into MAINTAINABILITY ENGINEERING simple, accurate, illustrated support DESIGN ENGINEERING During design phase, positions involve publications, including technical man- Openings exist for Electronic and Me- analysis of the feasibility of built-in, self- uals, orders, brochures, sales proposals, chanical Design Engineers in the devel- test features, application of automatic etc. Fields of interest include: digital/ opment of Trainers & Simulators and in checkout equipment, standardization of analog computers, display the design of checkout and test equip- circuitry design, minimization of ad- systems, digital and ment for large missile and aerospace justment and alignment requirements systems. These responsible positions and packaging of the product. During require interest and/or experience in system development, assignments will such design areas as.- analog circuits, involve production of a complete set of digital logic, switch/ relay logic, electro- integrated logistics support doc- mechanical packaging, infrared test- uments for use as planning ing, inertial guidance and Command/ guides. Requires B.S. degree Control systems. in E.E. or Physics. Responsibilities will voice satellite com- munications systems... includeall phases and many others. Requires a of design and B.S. degree in E.E. or Physics. development from concept to final fabrication and evaluation. M.S. or Bachelor's degree is TECHNICAL TRAINING required in E.E., M.E. or Physics. Hughes Technical Training prepares FIELD ENGINEERING both civilian and military personnel to The Field Engineer's job ranges from efficiently operate and maintain ad- complete contractor maintenance of vanced electronic systems. Technical electronic systems to technical assist- Instructors conduct training classes at ance. His primary function is to assist Hughes California sites and work di- rectly with customers to evolve special How to keep a cow's mind on milk. Instead of flies. An informal report on a few current projects at Shell. Some of them might seem like offbeat work for an oil company. But this is a company that contributes broadly and significantly to society. A company of experts that brings out the best in its engineering, scientific and business people. Editor's Note: Professional organizations provide the student with an opportunity to gain insights into his chosen field at a time when he still has the most options open to him. Descriptions of the student branches of professional organizations and the activities of these student branches will be a continuing feature of the Spartan Engineer. The SAE is the national technical society of those engaged in research, SOCIETY OF development, production, and operation of ground, air, and space vehicles, their fuels and lubricants. SAE cuts across practically every engineering discipline, and AUTOMOTIVE is a major coordinating agency between the many specialized engineering fields involving engineers and scientists who pool their knowledge to constantly ENGINEERS (SAE) improve vehicles for civilian and governmental consumption. Activities of the MSU Student Branch include the election of officers, invitation to speakers, the showing of movies, and participation in plant tours, in much the same manner as do the parent Society Sections. Student SAE members are invited to attend the regular meetings of the Mid-Michigan Section, and the Annual Meeting of the Society held in Detroit. Triangle is a social professional fraternity for engineers and scientists who are TRIANGLE interested in "Brotherhood" and a well-balanced education. Its membership is made up of engineering, chemistry, physics and math majors desiring all of the FRATERNITY benefits of a social fraternity along with the many benefits of the engineering profession-present and future. The purposes of Triangle are varied and cover both the student and the graduate. However, the purpose of interest to you, is that it provides an environment conducive to a well-rounded education. Along with the Greek activities, Triangle participates in all University functions plus engineering activities. It's a fraternity of fun, scholarship, and "Brotherhood". To become a Triangle member, one must go through the I.F.C. (Inter-Fraternity Council) rush program and if pledged by Triangle, through a period of pledgeship. All in all it takes a little over a term to become an active. ASSOCIATION The Michigan State University Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery is a student organization comprising computer science majors, FOR COMPUTING engineering majors and any other students interested in computers. The student chapter of Association For Computing Machinery holds several MACHINERY meetings each term. Speakers lead discussions considering all phases of computer technology, ranging from computer graphics to time-sharing networks, hardware design, software systems and current developments at the Michigan State University Computer Laboratory. The National Association For Computing Machinery supplies several prominent speakers each year. Membership is open to any and all interested students at Michigan State. National membership is not a requirement for local membership, but is highly recommended. Tomorrow, Paul Barr may even get to his desk Paul Barr is a hard man to catch. He may be at the bench sweating over a prototype c i r c u i t . . . or have his head under a car lift surveying the built-in problem. He's got lab people hopping and test drivers in and out of spins. A couple of friction experts shake their heads when they see him coming. But wherever development engineering leads on a sophisticated new braking system, Paul Barr's on his way. And no two Mondays ever start alike. The question is . . . can you say the same? Take a good look at how your career shapes up. compared with Paul's and his colleagues' at Delco. You might even call us collect. Area Code 317/459-2808. Or, write: Mr. C. D. Longshore, Supervisor, Salaried Employment, Dept. 400, Delco Radio Division of General Motors, Kokomo. Indiana. Can there be this kind of excitement in engineering? You've forgotten the rising long before dawn and the drive along deserted roads. Now the morning is still and crisp; the waist-high weeds are perfect cover. You work through them carefully, quietly, expectantly. Then-the multi-colored explosion of a flushed bird*, beating up in a blur of speed and sound. The over-and-under is at your shoulder by pure reflex... you lead and squeeze... This is the age-old excitement of the hunt, the instant coordination of mind and muscle against the finely-honed instincts of your game. Engineering offers a kindred excitement, or should. The stalking of ideas, the shooting down of tough and wily technical obstacles, the well-trained engineering mind against the complexities of nature. But too often today, this excitement is lost in routine and fragmented assignments or a company climate in which engineering is taken for granted Which is why, if you're hunting for professional excitement, it s worth looking into the opportunities at Xerox. Your degree in Engineering or Science can qualify you for some intriguing openings in fundamental and applied research, engineering, manufacturing and programming. We're located in suburban Rochester, New York. For details on openings, write directly to Mr Roger Vander Ploeg, Xerox Corporation, P.O. Box 251, Webster, New York 14580 Hughes announces new openings on the TECHNICAL STAFF. HUGHES-FULLERTON Engineering Laboratories assignments range from research to hardware development and operational support of products ' and systems in the field. Our current activities involve the advanced tech- nologies of phased-array frequency- scanning radar systems, real-time general purpose computers, displays, data processing, satellite and surface communications systems, surface-to- air missile systems and tactical com- mand/control systems. For additional information on the opportunities offered at HUGHES- FULLERTON in Southern California- and to arrange for a personal inter- view with our Staff representatives, please contact your College Place- ment Office or write: Mr. D. K. Horton, Supervisor, Professional Staffing, HUGHES-FULLERTON, P. O. Box 3310, Fullerton, California 92634. knowledge of the German language is also required since all classes are conducted in German. After knowing all of the requirements for this scholarship, those who know Charles would say "why him?", a question even Charles might ponder. I I ow does a Michigan State E.E. get I've known Charles for over a year, senior year. I urge anyone who is J i to spend his senior year studying in we're brothers of Triangle and even interested in teaching techniques, class Germany? Well, when you are Charles pledged together, and his success is comparisons, or just friendly Garner, it's a matter of outstanding derived from inexhaustible inner correspondence, to write to Charles qualifications and a gentle push from energy which requires many outlets. and show him that M.S.U. engineers an academic advisor. Charles is this Some of his credits are: he is a are behind him all the way. His address years winner of the John F. Kennedy National Merit Scholarship winner; a Charles B. Garner, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, which allows member of Eta Kappa Nu, the national c/o Walter Mayheim him a year of study at an engineering Electrical Engineering honary; he 1 Berlin 65 school in West Berlin. He was chosen worked as a science assistant in LynarSt-. 5-6 by the National Union of Engineering computer programming at the Manned Berlin, Germany Students, composed from students of Spacecraft Center in Houston; and for five West German engineering schools, the past two summers he was a Charles' reflections on M.S.U. and the from a field of students interviewed systems analyst for Shell Oil country are a credit to his high throughout the United States. The Company. ambitions and the impression he scholarship p r o v i d e s for makes on the many engineering After one year in Germany, Charles transportation, tuition and fees, as students of Germany, will do a lot to will return to M.S.U. to finish his show other countries what American well as a monthly stipend. The general qualifications for the engineering students are made of. Add up previous experiences, future goals, scholarship are that the recipient have and a strong will to learn and there is some practical work experience in his no doubt why Charles Garner is one of field and have completed his third or our country's leading engineering fourth year in an American students. j—I engineering curriculum. A working Isotropic steel for improved performance Isotropy is what the designer of this highly- together cumbersome wrought shapes, and he stressed 335-pound tractor yoke had in mind could put metal precisely where he wanted it when he specified cast-steel. for load-carrying ability, to avoid possible areas Not taken in by the shopworn "fiber" or "flow of stress concentration . . . And he could choose line" argument, he knew that road-building the steel composition which would give him equipment is subjected to shock loads of high optimum strength/cost ratio. magnitude—in several different directions—so Want to know more about cast-steel? Were that he could not gamble with a construction offering individual students free subscriptions t where toughness, impact and fatigue proper- o our publication "CASTEEL"... Clubs and ties are not uniform in all directions. other groups can obtain our sound film "En- Cast-steel also allowed the designer of gineering Flexibility." Write Steel Founders' this tractor yoke plenty of engineering flexi- Society of America, Westview Towers, 21010 bility . . . He didn't have to worry about fitting Center Ridge Road, Rocky River,Ohio44116. * Isotropic: Equal properties in all directions. as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges of America." The second chapter of Tau Beta Pi was organized at Michigan State College in 1892. We of Michigan Alpha are proud to be members of a chapter which last year celebrated its 75th anniversary. From these beginnings, Tau Beta Pi has grown to be a vital force in the When Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest engineering world, with collegiate without sufficient money to remain in Greek-letter honor society, was chapters at 133 institutions, as well as college. Each student elected to founded in 1776, all colleges were for numerous alumni chapters, and a total membership is required to write an the training of men in the service of initiated membership of nearly 150,000. essay, preferably on a non-technical the "church and the state". By the late Over fifty professors of the MSU College subject, the best paper from each 1880's however, education had of EngineeringareTau BetaPi members, chapter is entered in national expanded into many new fields, and including the dean of the college and competition, the winners of which are Phi Beta Kappa elected to restrict its six department chairmen. awarded cash prizes. In addition, the membership to the liberal arts. In Tau Beta Pi is an honor society, not a winning essays are published in the 1885 Professor Edward H. Williams, service organization, but the honor organization's quarterly magazine. Jr., head of the Mining Department at conferred by election to membership Tau Beta Pi is primarily a student Lehigh University, determined to offer carries with it a corresponding organization. The honor conferred by technical men as good a chance of responsibility. Since Tau Beta Pi is the election to membership is significant recognition for superior scholarship in only student organization that because of the society's high eligibility their field as that afforded by Phi Beta r e p r e s e n t s students from all standards, because it comes from the Kappa in the liberal arts. Tau Beta Pi departments within the College of students themselves, and because of Engineering, the society is especially the worle-wide reputation of the interested in projects that concern the society. Tau Beta Pi's position of National Engineering entire college. Nationally, Tau Beta Pi's majdr respect in the engineering profession has been earned because it has continued to be guided by the high projects are graduate fellowship Honor Society a w a r d s , s t u d e n t loans, and non-technical essay awards. Tau Beta purposes for which it was founded. Though not all students can become members of Tau Beta Pi, the society's Pi fellowships totaling over $280,000 ideals of excellence in scholarship and was founded "to mark in a fitting have been granted to 228 members character and its emphasis on liberal manner those who have conferred needing financial aid for graduate education are the attributes of any honor upon their Alma Mater by education. Any member may apply for true professional. Every student distinguished scholarship and a fellowship grant, and recipients are engineer will be a better person for exemplary character as undergraduates free to do advanced work at any making them his own. • m engineering, or by their attainments institution in any field which will enable them to contribute to the engineering profession. The resources of Tau Beta Pi's loan fund are available to members who otherwise would be The Corps of Engineers is also the most professional, dam construction, navigation and flood control projects and the most active engineering/construction group. construction of hospitals, family housing, manufacturing For the engineer who wants to be where plants, missile sites —you name it! This is the action is, the opportunities to take part in new, organization for the engineer who wants to do more advanced, extremely things, plan things, become in- challenging engineering volved, grow —starting right construction projects will be now. If you're a doer, and you virtually limitless. The Corps' want to be where the action activities today include the is, write to us today. We'll broadest sweep of pro- tell you all about the advan- fessional demands — water tages of a civilian career 'esources development, huge with the Corps of Engineers. P icture ourselves as June graduates, a pretty good thought for this time of year isn't it? So we have finally become engineers or at least have a degree that says so, but where do we go from here? My position is to acquaint M.S.U. students with the accomplishments of outstanding graduates who knew where they wanted to go education of the graduate engineer who has management aspirations in industry, it would be in the area of business and finance. This is vital to his proposed management career, even if he must pursue this training during the summer or in an extra year of college. Engineers who plan to go into industry should learn to express their ideas and This issue outlines some of the views of Earl M.Kelly, a 1949 communicate with others. So many fine ideas are lost as a graduate in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Kelly is currently result of the inability on the part of well educated, working with the Foxboro Company of Massachusetts as a intelligent engineers to put these ideas across to Vice President, and General Manager of U.S. Operations. management." As a manager of a technically-oriented company, Mr. Kelly What are industries' opinions of M.S.U. graduates? I've feels his engineering degree has served him well in the always wondered how we rate when compared to other business world. Like most people in a managerial position, engineering school graduates, and Mr. Kelly's reaction to he recommends a supplementary degree in Business, both this is an excellent pride booster for our school. Mr. Kelly for further educational experiences and faster advancement states, "M.S.U. engineers have a very fine fundamental engineering education, and the Michigan State environment in industry. seems to turn out well-adjusted and adaptable engineers. When asked about the direction engineering curricula Instead of being on "Cloud Nine", they are practical, should take to prepare graduates for business positions, Mr. down-to-earth guys and seem to fit into a people-oriented Kelly answered: "The Engineering College is heading in the company extremely well." right direction by moving towards a more technical Well men, June is closer than we think and it's not an idle program which gives the graduate engineer a better dream to see ourselves behind a lavish desk with more title fundamental background to work with. I believe it is the and salary than a European Lord. M.S.U. graduates have responsibility of the university to teach a man to think and proven themselves in the past and it's up to us to carry on solve various types of problems, then this man stands to the tradition. Now is the time to both dream and apply contribute more to the industrial world and to personally ourselves, but most importantly realize what direction we grow as a direct result of his contributions. It is up to want our education to take. Careers are made, not born. industry to take this man, well grounded in the The Spartan Engineer thanks Mr. Kelly for his time and fundamentals of engineering, and train him in the skills of concern over M.S.U. engineering students and their the industry he chooses. This training is the direct educational needs and concerns. • responsibility of industry. If I were going to add to the some decisions are relatively unimportant Where you put your engineering talent to work is not As you contemplate one of the most important decisions of your life, we invite you to consider a career at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Here, you will find wide-open opportunities for professional growth with a company that enjoys an enviable record of stability in the dynamic atmosphere of aerospace technology. We select our engineers and scientists carefully. Motivate them well. Give them the equipment and facilities only a leader can provide. Offer them company-paid, graduate-education opportunities. Encourage them to push into fields that have not been explored before. Keep them reaching for a little bit more responsibility than they can manage. Reward them well when they do manage it. And your decision is made easier, thanks to the wide range of talents required. Your degree can be a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in: MECHANICAL • AERONAUTICAL • ELECTRICAL . CHEMICAL • CIVIL . MARINE. • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING • PHYSICS • CHEMISTRY • METALLURGY . MATERIALS SCIENCE . CERAMICS . MATHEMATICS • STATISTICS . COMPUTER SCIENCE . ENGINEERING SCIENCE • ENGINEERING MECHANICS. transfer students... Transfer students make up more than 30 per cent of the graduates each year in Engineering at Michigan State University. Figures released recently by the Student Affairs Office of MSU's College of Engineering show an interesting distribution of students from the various Junior and Community Colleges in Michigan. From the Fall term of 1964 through the Fall term of 1968, the largest numbers of transfer students were from Flint Community Junior College, Lansing Community College and Muskegon Community College. Total figures for that period are shown in the table below. .-. Summary of Majors Requested by Employers Number of Jobs Available College Graduates Requests Per Graduate Agriculture 226 340 1.50 Arts and Letters 471 174 0.37 Business 468 1737 3.71 Communication Arts 148 248 1.68 Education 607 4146 6.83 Engineering 199 2448 12.42 Home Economics 154 51 0.33 Natural Science 425 1182 2.79 Social Science 564 442 7.85 Veterinary Medicine 76 14 0.18 BREAKDOWN WITHIN THE ENGINEERING COLLEGE Number of Jobs Available Major Graduates Requests Per Graduate Applied Mechanics 2 7 3.50 Agriculture 14 61 4 36 Chemical 20 440 22.00 Civil 23 289 12.55 Electrical 73 602 8 25 Mechanical 57 753 13 21 Metallurgical 10 211 21.10 "I don't want to wait for someone to die or retire in order to get promoted? We're with you. Because at IH we believe a promotion is something you earn. Not some kind of hand-me-down just to fill an empty slot. That"s why you'll have to be a thinker. A doer. An innovator. The kind of guy who prefers to be promoted on his merits alone. You'll need talent. Lots of imagination. And plenty of guts. The guts to make decisions and fight for your ideas. We, in turn, will give you plenty of freedom -and excitement, too. So you'll learn a lot. (Maybe even teach us a thing or two.) What's more, if you join us. you'll be part of a diversified company. One where there's plenty of action in farm equipment, motor trucks, construction and steelmaking. And you'll also find we're hanking heavily on research. (We've got some pretty far-out ideas on computers in trucks, laser beam construction equipment, applications of solar ebergy and nuclear power. As a result, we're looking for test, design, manufacturing and research engineers. We need Accountants and Production management people. And we need sales people for our wholesale and retail operations. So talk to your campus placement officer about us. He'll fill you in on the jobs we want to fill. With minds, not bodies. Do you think a bright young engineer should spend his most imaginative years on the same assignment? Neither do we. That's why we have a two- You may select special- year Rotation Program for ized jobs, or broad systems- graduating engineers who type jobs. Or you can choose would prefer to explore several not to change assignments if technical areas. And that's why you'd rather develop in-depth many of our areas are organ- skills in one area. ized by function—rather than Either way, we think by project. you'll like the Hughes ap- At Hughes, you might proach. work on spacecraft, communi- It means you'll become cations satellites and/or tacti- more versatile in a shorter cal missiles during your first If you qualify, we'll arrange for time. two years. you to work on several different All you need is an EE, ME (And your assignments.. .and you can salary will or Physics degree and talent. help pick them. show it) casting also helps to make parts stronger. FREEDOM Metal components tolerate loads better if they are designed to distribute stresses efficiently. Sharp corners or other abrupt sectional changes tend to restrict the OF SHAPE... uniform distribution of these stresses. The corner thus becomes a logical site of fatigue failure. In a casting, it is a sim- ple matter to round out corners, blend sections and taper connecting members One of the outstanding advantages to achieve a design which will distribute stresses. of Malleable Iron Castings The illustration shows how stresses "set up" at sharp corners. A much smoother would be prohibitively expensive to pro- transfer of stresses was achieved when Casting is the simplest and most direct duce by any method other than casting. this part was switched to a Malleable wayof creatingform and shape with metal. By using the casting process for economy, casting (shown on the right). Casting offers almost unlimited freedom to the designer. A cast design is not re- stricted by sizes or shapes of mill stock, accessibility of tools, withdrawal allow- ances for dies, or other limitations. Complex shapes, interior cavities, and streamlined contours, which would be difficult or impossible to create with other methods, are simple with a casting. and Malleable iron for strength and ducti- F lity, these clamps combine service and °r instance, consider the complexity value. ofcreatingthedozensofteeth, lugs, holes and collars on this pipe repair clamp. It The design freedom made possible by Join the team that'S making careers out of creativity. Engineering graduates who electronic medical monitor- ning your future career. join the McDonnell Douglas ing devices, commercial Openings now exist in many team today can help lead computer services, and so- of our more than 39 loca- the way to tomorrow's crea- phisticated flight simulators. tions throughout the U.S. tions in flight, space, elec- Our leadership in the Let's get together and tronics, computerization, aerospace industry is sup- talk about creativity—yours, and other exciting fields. ported by a balanced and ours. Contact your We've already established combination of military and placement office, or send a substantial lead in these commercial programs, a the coupon today. growth fields through activ- factor to consider in plan- ities like these: advanced jetliners, orbital workshops, space logistics vehicles, planetary landers, advanced air superiority fighters, INSTITUTE PROGRAM Under the direction of the College of Engineering and the Continuing Education Service, Michigan State University will offer, during the coming Summer, a special introduction-to-engineering program for high school students who have completed the 10th grade. This HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE has been designed to encourage and challenge young men and women in the fields of those sciences which serve as foundations for engineering applications. The course work has been organized to stimulate the kind of learning experiences which will lead to greater understanding of the work done by engineers in our modern world. The total program has been designed to run two weeks, from June 15 through noon on June 28, 1969. ELIGIBILITY Up to 140 students will be selected to attend the HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE. To be eligible, students must: 1. be matriculants of accredited high schools in Michigan or nearby states. 2. be in the upper 25% of their high school classes as of the last reporting period. 3. have completed the 10th grade by June, 1969, but not the 12th. 4. have completed two years of work in high school mathematics by June, 1969. INSTRUCTION The ENGINEERING INSTITUTE will offer formal courses of study and lectures in the fields of several major disciplines: bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer programming, electrical engineering, engineering sciences, mathematics, mechanical engineering, APPLICATION metallurgy and physics. The instructional staff has been selected from faculty members of Michigan State Application forms and further information may be University. obtained by writing to: A special phase of the program will be an individual Dr. H. G. Hedges computer project. This project will include programming Room 106, Engineering Building and actual running of the problems through the CDC 6500 Michigan State University Computer System. East Lansing, Michigan 48823 All applications for admission should be postmarked on or COST OF THE PROGRAM before April 15, 1969. The program costs $140 per participant. This amount 1968 INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS covers instructional costs, textbooks, laboratory supplies, notebooks, room and board. The student will provide his The 1968 Institute had enrollees from four states with transportation to the campus, pencils and spending money. about fifty students attending from Michigan cities. The A $20 deposit will be required upon notification of Michigan participants in the Institute were attending the acceptance to the program. following High Schools: At FMC Chemicals, growth in sales volume has been unprecedented in recent years. Everybody has contributed to this growth . . . through research, manufacturing innovation and unique marketing techniques . . . the result of new ideas, resourceful- ness and hard work. Would you fit in a team like this? If so we have a challenge unequalled in the chemical industry. We need people for: With disciplines in any Sales of the following: Process Engineering Maintenance Engineering Chemists-B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Design Engineering Chemical Engineers-B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineers—B.S. Mining Engineering Mining Engineers—B.S. Project Engineering Industrial Engineers—B.S. Electrical Engineers—B.S. At these locations: Sales Nationwide Research and Development Princeton, Carteret, N.J. Baltimore, Md., Middleport, N.Y. Manufacturing Buffalo, N.Y. S. Charleston. Nitro. W. Va. Vancouver, Wash. Modesto, Newark, Calif. Green River, Wyo. Pocatello, Idaho Carteret, N.J. Baltimore, Md. Lawrence, Kansas Bayport, Tex. Whenyou start knocking ondoors try ours first. Looking for excitement, challenge, and opportunity for creativity? Look into Raytheon where electronic frontiers are being explored from inner to outer space . . . in underwater acoustics, radar, space, communications, and missile systems . . . where a healthy mix of commercial and government business provides stability. Looking for growth opportunities? Raytheon's sales doubled in the last two-year period. 1970 corporate growth goals were achieved by early 1968. Revised goals for 1970 are based on continued growth. After years preparing for the "right" job . . . take time to select the "right" company. For a copy of Raytheon's latest brochure, or to arrange an on-campus interview, contact your placement director or write: Manager of College Relations, Raytheon Company, Lexington, Mass. 02173. you're right. But not home radios for music, news, weather and sports. Collins does... * Supply communication/navigation equipment for more than 75% of the world's commercial airliners. * Provide voice communication systems for all U. S. space flights. * Rank as the largest independent producer of micro- wave systems. ' Design and manufacture computer systems for airlines, railroads and many other military and industrial organiza- tions around the world. * Servo as prime contractor on NASA's worldwide Apollo tracking network. * Design and install complete earth stations for satellite communications. Rank as one of the world's leading manufacturers of commercial broadcast equipment. T °day, Collins continues to diversify by putting added emphasis on a new data concept: complete computer controlled manufacturing processes for industry. What d °es this mean to you? It means that electrical, mechan- ical, and industrial engineering and computer science graduates are finding assignments that challenge their ln genuity in activities ranging from microminiaturization to airborne computers. Welcome to the cold, cruel world. advanced military vehicle projects will be more your cup Of course, if your father's a millionaire, or you're about to of tea. Like the new M551 General Sheridan, for instance. marry an heiress, you have no problems. But, if not, then The powershift transmission, of course, is our specialty, there's only one sensible thing to do. Come to work at and even the gun launcher is an Allison brainchild. Allison Division of General Motors. There's more. And you can be part of it. Take your time. There's nothing cold or cruel here. Just the opposite. Par- Check them all. But don't forget Allison. Remember, life ticularly if you're an engineer with big ideas. Aerospace can be beautiful . . . even without an heiress. Projects? Allison's got them. Turbofan. Turbojet. Turbo- Send for Allison's new brochure: Destination Tomorrow. Prop. Turboshaft. Military and commercial applications Write: Ken Friedlein, Scientific Placement, Dept. 300, right across the board. Allison Division of General Motors, Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. Maybe you're more down-to-earth. Fine. Some of Allison's DR. SMITH IS MY INSTRUCTOR; I SHALL NOT PASS. HE MAKETH ME TO EXHIBIT MINE IGNORANCE BEFORE THE WHOLE CLASS. HE TELLETH ME MORE THAN I CAN WRITE, HE LOWERETH MY GRADE. YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE CORRIDORS OF KNOWLEDGE, I DO NOT LEARN. HE TRIES TO TEACH ME; HE WRITETH EQUATIONS BEFORE ME IN HOPES THAT I WILL UNDERSTAND THEM. HE BOMBARDETH MY HEAD WITH INTEGRATIONS, MY SLIDERULE FREEZETH UP, SURELY ENTHALPIES AND ENTROPIES SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOREVER. 3fJ Speculation concerning the future is a luxury no one can afford. Therefore, it is fortunate that you have the opportunity of talking to many companies before you make a final decision. All will offer good salaries, fringe benefits, training, per- sonal growth opportunities and many other things. At Whirlpool, we offer the same material things. So, what makes us different from all the rest? Mainly, it's because ours is one of the few companies in which you have the opportunity to contribute to your own environment... and that includes everything from integrated appliance systems to food, water and waste management systems for NASA. 5fC You could say that Whirlpool is the "better living" oriented company . . . where young professionals like you are seen, heard and above all . . . listened to. Since we are so very different, we ask you: if not us . . . . WHO? if not n o w . . . WHEN? Contact your Placement Director for interview date; Or. send for further information to: But the rest of the week you really won't want to. We hope. • How come? We'll give you every chance to be so busy, so challenged, so involved that you'll look forward to each day. We'll give you every opportunity to accomplish something. And then get credit for it. • That's what we really offer. In marketing, refining, planningand engineering, research and development, oradministra- tion. • Is there something better? • Don't sleep on it. Talk to our representative on your cam- pus. See our ad on the next page for the date, If you have a degree in: Chemical Engineering IPH.D., M.S., B.S.I Mechanical Engineering IB.S.I Civil Engineering