, r,,' .... Edward J. Stolic, class of '48 speaks from experience when he says .•• "With U. S. Steel, my future holds interest, challenge and rewar d." From his graduation in 1948 with a d' a challeng. pressors and water purification units. If you are intereste m .thUnited B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineer- . g career WI He feels that, "The engineer finds ing and rewar III d are quah. . ing, until November of that year, many places to apply the knowledge States Steel, and feel.yo~s available Edward Stolic worked as an operat- ing trainee in the Irvin Works of he garnered in school." The men un- fied further informatIOn lent direc. der Edward Stolic are called on to , 11 placem United States Steel. Following his from your co ege d YOU our discharge from the Army in 1950 trouble shoot in any part of the mill. tor. Or, we will gladl~,~~ths of Op- he returned to work at U.S. Steel. I~ This calls for a wide variety of tal- informative booklet"t to United just 18 months, Mr. Stolic reached a ents and leads Mr. Stolic to say: por turu'ty".. Just Wfl e Personnel management position as Engineer- "The steel industry has expanded States Steel Corpo~;r~25 William Lubrication. greatly, and with it the need for good Division, Room Ib g'h 30 Pa, men." Penn Place, Pitts ur , By mid-year 1953, Mr. Stolic was promoted to Foreman-Instrument Repair and Sub-Station. In a recent interview he said: "Opportunities SEE THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR. It's a full-hour TV presented every other week by United States Steel. PCOgr:.ili on for rapid advancement are almost your local newspaper for time and station. limi~l~ in U.S. SteeL" At 27, Mr. Stohc. IS supervising a force of 30 EEl ~:;::W~~~~:~m:~~ mamtenance of gas generators com- r:~:~~r~~ UNIT E0 S TAT ES S T , NATIONALrUlE AMERICAN BRIDGE AMERICAN STEEl & W D STEEl STRAPPING .. ptJlSBUl&ll OIL WEll SUPPLY" IRE and CYCLONE FENCE .• COLUMBIA.GENEVA STEEL • CONSOLIDATED WESTERN STEEl •• GERRAR TEEl CORPORATION, ." •. TENNESSEE COAL & IRON UN • D STATES S .... " ITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS. UNITED STATES STEEl SUPPLY •• Dlv/don. '" UNITE T COMPANY UNITED STATES STEEl HOMES INC .' ATlAS CEMEN ' • UNION SUPPLY COMPANY' UNITED STATES STEEl EXPORT COMPANY' UNIVERSAL If you're still on the fence- FOR T~E BENEFIT ~f the young engineer who is Fact is, the way things are going now, 40'70 of GM executive posts will be filled by men with engineering puzzlIng over hIs future - hasn't yet decided on a job-we'd like to mention some facts about backgrounds. General Motors. Think you can take the measure of a job with GM gIVes. young engineers a great chance to follow the world's largest and most successful industrial company-dedicated to producing "more and better their natural bent-because GM makes a wide variety of products including cars, trucks, Diesel engines, things for more people"? Prop-Jet aircraft engines, road-building machines, Then your very next step is a chat with your Place- home appf lances, ml.1.. Itary eqUIpment. ment Officer. Or else, write us directly-the sooner, G.M gives young engineers an opportunity to work the better. WIth small,nen f. dl y groups of more expenenced . . men, .............................................................................. : ~n a choice of locations. For GM is decentralized Into 34 man u factur10g . d ..IVlSlOns ' . wIth 122 p 1.ants In GM Positions Now Available 67 U. S. cities. in These Fields: At th GM ' the y oung engmeer . fi nds prestIge, .. securIty, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING e support of vast technical resources including the METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING research faCIItles '1.' of a multimillion-dollar' Technical CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Center. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING He.. is enco urage d' 10 h'IS professional growth throug h tra MECHANICAL ENGINEERING . 11l1~gprograms, publication of reports, material INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING InCentIves d ... b.1 .. ,an aSSIgnment of additIOnal responsl 1- : .. Itlesas rapidly as he is able to handle them. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Personnel Staff, Detroit 2, Michigan May 1956 Aviation leadership is not an overnight achievement. It's the result of a long ENGINEERS series of outstanding engineering ideas. 2 Spartan Engineer Herschel Loomis asks: What are my chances lor advancement in a large company like Du Pont? Herschel H. Loomis, "'r., will receive his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University June 1957. Herschel is a member of the freshman and varsity rifle teams, an associate member of Octa- gon, a dramatic group, and belongs to Theta Chi Fraternity. Like many other students, he's making employment plans early. Peter Meshkoff answers: Peter .... Meshkoff joined Du Pont at the Jackson Your question is a natural one, Herschel-one we hear Labora~ory .in 1941, after obtaining a B.S.Ch.E. from quite often. Du Pont is unquestionably a large company the Umverslty of Detroit and an M.S. from the Uni- in total number of employees and in all its operations. versit! of Michigan. He has had a wide range of Du Pont experI~nce, from chemist in the Dye Works to chief But, actually, Du Pont is made up of ten independent supervisor and works engineer at several plants, with departments, almost as if it were ten companies under ma?~ opportunities to observe Du Pont personnel one management. And it is a fundamental policy at pohcles. Today Pete Meshkoff is works engineer at Du Pont's new Film Plant at Circleville, Ohio. Du Pont to promote from within and on merit only. That produces many opportunities for new men, but in addition there are proportionately more promotions at Du Pont each year-by reason of expansion and re- tirement-than you would find in most smaller com- WANT TO KNOW MORE about the panies. I say "proportionately more" because Du Pont opportunities for growth touched on by Pete Meshkoff? Send for a free copy of has grown at an average rate of seven per cent a year for "The Du Pont Company and the College the past 153 years-a record that few companies can Graduate," which discusses many of the match. employment policies and activities of And Du Pont is still growing rapidly. Take your field, DuPont in detail. Write toE. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.), 2521 Nemours electrical engineering. A host of novel and challenging Building, Wilmington 98, Delaware. problems have to be faced, both in new construction and in maintenance. There are plants to design with features that have never been applied before; there are new equipment-control problems to work out, and new engi- neering processes to pioneer. So, to answer your question REG. U. s. PAT,orr. in a word, Herschel, I'd say your chances of promotion BEnER THINGS FOR BmER LIVING ••• THROUGH CHEMISTRY on merit are extremely good at Du Pont! WATCH "DU PONT CAVALCADE THEATER" ON TV 3 May 1956 Saran Wrap is stretched by injecting compressed air to form a bubble \12 mil in thickness which is then compressed and wound. Bubble, bubble, toil and brainwork ... Dow engineers create modern new plant for Saran produced an enViable . new plant ready to pro d uce J.n excessd Wrap production of 5,000,000 Saran Wrap rolls a month. Dow_engineere, Demand was multiplying for Saran Wrap, * the clear from start to finish, it stands as a testimonial to the depll moistureproof plastic wrap for foods. A new plant was an d ta Ient 0 f D Oil engllleeflng .. an d p Iannll1g. . .,."" .... needed ... and needed fast. Dow's engineering and technical staff went to work. Pro- D ow .... IS Interested In all types of engineers on d scientists I duction processes were checked and improved. Mechanical w h 0 are conSIdering .. a Dow future. And f or th e Dow so .th es engineers designed new machinery. Electrical engineers program, in addition to engineers and scientists, those portial engineering ;I and scientific training are also nee e d. introduced new fluorescent lighting (shielded by an entire ceiling of corrugated plastic) eliminating glare from Saran Whether you choose research, production or sales, ~o~ Wrap which would have tired the eyes. Modern plant can find a challenging career with Dow. Write to Tec ni- cal Employment Deportment, THE DOW CHEMICA l COMPANY, kl t innovations were widely apparent as the blueprints came Midland, Michigan, or Freeport, Texas, for the boo" e in from engineer after engineer. "Opportunities with The Dow Chemical Company- Then the job was done. Hard work and brain work had you'll find it interesting. you can depend on no" 4 Spartan Engineer EDITOR HARLOW NELSON BUSINESS MANAGER JAMES JOHNSTON of michigan state university ASSOCIATE EDITOR BOB STOCKING VOLUME 9 NUMBER 4 MAY 1956 ASSISTANT EDITOR BOB FREDERICKS ARTICLES PHOTO EDITOR BOB BRANDON 49 Eighth Annual Engineering Exposition FEATURE EDITOR 12 Planning for the Future JIM HELLWARTH 17 Your Placement Bureau NEWS EDITOR 27 Transients and Trends JOHN BOYD 32 The Knack and the Kidney Bean ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER CHARLES PUMA 21 Danger Lurks: Over Population 51 Education Made Easier ADVERTISING MANAGER ART SIPPOLA PROMOTION MANAGER FEATURES JOHN HELD 9 Editorial CIRCULATION MANAGER 23 New Developments KATHY DAVENPORT 41 Clubs and Societies STAFF BRUCE FILLMORE GLORIA SOMERS Cover: JIM FAUST THE PROPOSED NEW MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING: for story see poge 14. JIM PARKER FRANK HAYES MEMBER ENGINEERING COLLEGE MAGAZINES ASSOCIATED NOEL MAXIAN Published four times yeorly by the students of the SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, JIM ELLIOT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lonsing, Michigan. The office is on the third floor of the Union Building, Phone ED 2-1511, Extension 251. Entered as second closs ERNEST LAPENSEE ma tter at the Post Office In East Lonsing, Michigan, under the act of March 3, 1879. NORM DILL Address Mail ta: P. O. Box 468, East Lansing, Michigan Publishers representative Littell-Murray-Barnhill, Inc. ADVISORS 101 Pork Avenue, New Yark W. E. LIBBY ros W. Michigan Avenue, Chicago PAUL G. GRAY Subscription rate by moil $1.00 per year. Single copies 25 cents. D. D. McGRADY 5 May 1956 • ~ ..... .1 ... _ SLIDING DOWN THE WAYS at Groton, Conn., goes the USS Nauti!us, newest and fastest member of our underseas fleet. During weldmg, Worthington heavy-duty turning rolls rotated the hull sections. How the world's first atomic sub was welded Welding the hull of the USS Nautilus, world's first set-up is also being used in the construction of the atomic submarine, presented a tough problem. nation's second atomic sub; the USS Sea Wolf. Submerged-arc automatic welding seemed to be ideal Turning rolls for submarines aren't all that ~orth- for the job. Question was-could you rotate the hull ington makes. The long list of Worthington-d~s ..gn~d, sections of the Nautilus to take advantage of this fast, Worthington-built equipment includes air COnd!tlOOlng high-quality welding method? units, construction machinery, compressors, DIesel en- Worthington's answer to General Dynamics Corpo- gines, steam power equipment and, of course, pumps ration's Electric Boat Division, builder of the Nautilus, of all kinds. For the complete story of how you can fit was the largest turning roll ever built. into the Worthington picture, write F. F. Thompson, The result? Welding of the Nautilus hull was accom- Manager, Personnel and Training, Worthington Cor- plished in record-breaking time - and cost less than poration, Harrison, New Jersey. You may be glad originally estimated. Unchanged, the Worthington roll you did. 4.25 a See the Worthington representative when he visits your campus See the Worthington Corporation exhibit in New York City. A r,vely, informative display of product developments for industry, business and WORTHINGTON the home. Park Avenue and 40th Street. When you're thinking of a good job-think high-think Worthington AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION. COMPRESSORS. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. ENGINES. DEAERATORS • INDUSTRIAL MIXERS ONERS LIQUID METERS. MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION • PUMPS. STEAM CONDENSERS. STEAM.JET EJECTORS. STEAM TURBINES • WELDING POSITI 6 Spartan Engineer REFORMATE fLUI GAS t HYDROGEH ~ NAPHTHA The diagram, with a minimum number of reactors, illustrates cyclic regeneration. Piping arrangement permits the swing reactor to substitute for any other reactor in the system. High activity of catalyst is maintained -without interrupting production-in the ULTRAFORMING process. HOW TO KEEP $1,000,000 WORTH OF CATALYST ON THE JOB When you have a million dollars' worth of with a better answer. They developed a new platinum catalyst in a single refinery unit, you type of platinum catalyst, and they learned hope you can keep it steadily on the job. That's how to regenerate it repeatedly-while it is too much money to be standing around idle. still in the unit. When a swing reactor is pro- Also, you'd like to keep the catalyst working vided, the unit need not even be shut down. The new process is called ULTRAFORMING. at high efficiency. Most catalysts lose activity with use. The During a year of ULTRA FORMING atTexas platinum that "reforms" 40-octane gasoline to City, one reactor was regenerated 53 times. lOO-octane gasoline is no exception. And the The unit is still producing lOO-octanegasoline. higher the octane number, the faster the cat- UL TRAFORMIN G also gives high yields of alyst loses activity. by-product hydrogen. The hydrogen can be For years activity could be restored only by used in upgrading other oil products. Or, it taking the catalyst out of the unit and sending can be reacted with nitrogen from the air to it away for special treatment. To keep from hav- make ammonia. ing too many of these shutdowns, refiners had ULTRAFORMING is only one of the many to operate at relatively low octane numbers. major achievements credited to the scientists who have made careers at Standard Oil. Standard Oil research scientists came up Standard Oil Company 910 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 80, Illinois 7 May 1956 Editorial The Important Factors We pity a man without a home. We sympathize with the man without a country. But a man without a goal in life is in no better a position. Every man I?ust set his aims in life and strive to achieve his goals. Every human has dIfferent wants and aspirations. He must define these wants and aspi- rations in terms of aims and goals in life. Once he has decided upon them he must never lose sight of them. It will light the path along the way if he also establishes intermediate goals. As each one is achieved, the next looms as the immediate challenge. All are directing him toward his final goal. If the man was pessimistic in his original evaluation and achieves his final goal, then he must re-evaluate himself and set up another goal. There must always be a goal in sight but out of immediate reach; for a man who considers his life complete upon attainment of a goal, soon de- teriorates and will loose ground that has already been won. Enthusiasm and determination serve as propellants along this road to success. Enthusiasm- turns work into play. This provides for a tremendous increase in the man's capacity to do constructive work. The speed with which he moves toward his goals is a direct function of enthusiasm. As with most roads, however, there are rough spots. They will impair prog- ress and may even possess the potential to stop forward movement. It will be here that determination will save the cause. Like a steamroller that crushes all that may oppose, it will ride you through to the open road ahead. We have all experienced these low ebbs that curtail ambition. It may take only a good night's rest to prepare you to attack the problem with renewed enthusiasm and determination the next day. Conquering the rough spots will add that much more value to the success you do even- tually attain. Success is contagious. Once it is tasted, if only in the form of satisfactory completion of a college course or assignment, the next prob- lem will be attacked with even more vigor. Confidence is also contagious and needed. Confidence builds itself with progress. With each major step it is needed to a higher degree. For a stable situation it must be compatible with the immediate status. The fake arrogant confidence is not a substitute. A confidence based on experience and success must be compiled with time. It will then make the acceptance of increased responsibility possible. We cannot buy these essentials to success. They must all stem from ourselves. Rational thought will provide for setting up our goals. Enthu- siasm and determination can be learned with concentration. Confidence can be built upon faith in oneself. Men who will accept nothing but suc- cess will be granted-success. H.N. 9 May 1956 10 years from now will you be proud of your decision? . The right decision now, at the launch- PPG, it isn't necessary to wait for a ing of your career, can do much to man's retirement or death before you influence your success. move up in the ranks. Opportunities Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company has are opening up all the time in all of its a host of fine young men who are hold- important divisions: Paint, Glass, ing responsible positions in the PPG Chemicals, Brushes, Fiber Glass. organization. Ten years ago, many of This is your year of decision. We them were faced with the same decision invite you to look into Pittsburgh Plate that now faces you: "Which company Glass Company. To help you become shall I select?" better acquainted with PPG, we sug- They chose PPG because it offers gest you get a copy right away of the unlimited opportunity. PPG has never booklet entitled, "Toward New Hori- sropped expanding or growing in its zons with Pittsburgh Plate." Ask your 73 years of existence. Its markets are placement officer for a copy or write constantly increasing. PPG's manage- directly to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass ment is progressive. It seeks men who Company, General Personnel Director, can grow with the company ... men One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, who can take over responsibilities. In Pennsylvania. PAINTS GLASS CHEMICALS 345 PLANTS, MERCHANDISING BRANCHES, AND SALES OFFICES LOCATED IN 250 CITIES 10 Spartan Engineer A THOUSAND PRODUCT~~ A MILLION IDEAS AVIATION CORPORATION Bendix ELECTRO-SPAN provides telemeter control of industrial operations from hundreds of miles away weather observation stations-all from ing and stimulating experience. Then, Important storage reservoirs for water too, they know that Bendix combines crude oil, gas, brine and other liquid~ a central location. Liquid level, flow, temperature, electrical quantities, pres- the opportunities of a large corporation are l.ocatedin many remote and isolated with the advantages of small, autono- ~tIons ?f this country. In the past it sure or shaft position are types of information which ELECTRO-SPAN de- mous divisions where skill and in- t~S requITedcrews of men stationed at genuity are never overlooked. No ese points to keep a constant check livers immediately. The system also acts in reverse, matter what part of the country you on volumes and to open and close prefer, Bendix deserves your attention ~alves to I:>alancesupply and demand. enabling the operator to control pumps, valves, motors and circuit breakers at when you plan your engineeringfuture. ta~e work 18 lonely, expensive to main- See your placement director or send for Ill, and sometimes dangerous. remote locations. It can be used over any communication link such as tele- the brochure "Bendix and Your p Now Bendix ELECTRO-SPAN, made by Future". Cacific I?ivi~ion of Bendix Aviation phone or telegraph lines, radio or orporatIon ill North Hollywood Cali- microwave. forma, . can take over the entire job. ' It's ELECTRO-SPAN is just another of the a completely automatic remote meas- million Bendix ideas to be converted uring and control syst~m that takes into a vital product for American measurements in oil storage tanks industry. It is because of exciting, new AVIATION CORPORATION coIn t roIs flow in water systems, com-' products like this that talented engi- FISHER BLDG., OETROIT 2, MICHIGAN P etely operates unattended power and neers find a job with Bendix a challeng- 11 May 1956 Engineering Leads Expansion at MSU • • • • PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE Information Obtained from The Office of the Dean of Engineering At the present time the United States has about 21 meet the demands of our growing science-based engineers per 1000 of productive industrial workers. civilization. Past experience and indicated trends show that by Because the available land area surrounding the 1970, just 15 years hence, this number will increase present engineering buildings, the major ?ne of .w~ich to 40 engineers per 1000 industrial workers. However, was built in 1916, is not sufficient to prOVIde bmld1l1~s at the same time, while the number of industrial with floor space for a student body of this size, PresI- workers increases by only about seven per cent, the dent Hannah has recommended that the College of value of goods produced will increase by 50 per cent. Engineering move south of the river into an area of Thus we are going to increase our industrial output ground of approximately 20 acres, bound~d by. S~aw 50 per cent with almost no change in the number of Lane the west side of the Animal Industnes Bmldmg, industrial workers. This is going to require an in- the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks, and the railroad sid- creased effort on the part of the engineer to improve ing supplying the Power Plant. This will b~ directly production machinery and methods and this is reflect- across Shaw Lane from the College of Busmess and ed in the fact that in the same 15 years we will have Public Service, the Basic College, and the Edu~ation to nearly double the number of engineers in this Buildings now planned for. The College o~ E~gme~r- country. ing has asked for initial development of tlus SIte WIth buildings having a total area of 650,000 square feet, At the present time it is estimated that we have which could care for a student body of 4,000 students, around 400,000 graduate engineers and the above rea- plus the research activities which must be made part soning indicated that this number must increase to of an expanded graduate student program at. that 800,000 by 1970. Using these figures indicates that we time. Architects have prepared a plan for ultImate need an increase of 27,000 a year to build up to this development of the site including roadways, ample total number of engineers. In addition, we must sup- faculty and visitor parking spaces, and freedom from ply replacements for retirements, deaths, and other crowding of the buildings. Currently in the request factors that remove engineers from the profession and to the legislature is an appropriation for starting the these will be not less than 12,000 a year; so that to first unit which will house the Departments of build up towards an engineering profession of 800,000 Mechanical Engineering and Applied i\lechanics, as in 1970 requires that we should currently be producing well as the Dean's offices. These areas are mIca . d' ted 39,000 to 40,000 engineers per year. To meet this requirement, the engineering schools in 1954-55 gradu- in the dark shading on the site plan, and the large~ of ated 23,500 and in 1955-56 will graduate about 27,500. the two parts of the unit is illustrated by the bu~l~- In fact, it will be the year 1970 before our graduation ~ng ele:ation J?repared by the a~chitects. Th~s~ bl~~d even approaches the demand. mgs WIll requIre a total expendIture of $4 mllhon will provide housing of about 175,0~0 squa~e ~eet ~r the two departments now most senously lImIted X The MSU Building Plan space and increasing enrollment. It may also be note f The publicity given to the shortage of engineers that Mechanical Engineering and the Depart~l1en~. 0 and to the fact that Russia is rapidly outstripping us Applied Mechanics which deals with engmeenng in efforts to build up a scientific and engineering pro- materials, are depa~tments of great concern to the fessional staff is now succeeding in attracting addi- automotive industry in the State of :\Iichigan. tional students into the engineering colleges. In addi- The second unit of the ultimate development ~il1 tion to the publicity which attracts students, we also be a building approximately 100,000 square fe~t or can look forward to the effects of the rapidly increased the Civil Engineering Department and the Engl~eer- birth rate which began in 1940 and which will result ing Drawing Departments, and will also contam a in increased numbers of students reaching Our cam- separately financed wing to house the research labo.ra- puses in 1957 and 1958. tory of the State Highway Department now occupymg Already, Michigan State University has seen the space in the basement of Olds Hall. The last t;o engineering enrollment increase from about 1800 in buildings to be added to the development of the sl.e 1953-54 to 2200 in 1955-56, and estimates based largely under the present plan will house the E I.e~t~lCa . I fEngthe I- on the birth rate since 1940 indicates that we should neering Department and research ~ctlvltles 0 000 have 2,700 students by 1960, 3200 by 1965, and 4000 Engineering College with approXImately 150,. I by 19~0. Still, while other engineering colleges are square feet, and another unit to house the Cheml~;h followmg the same pattern, we will not be able to and Metallurgical Engineering Departments w~ about 100,000 square feet. The total cost of the e- 12 Spartan Engineer velopment to this point has been estimated at $1S the laboratories and classrooms for the Department million and this space when completed will give of Applied Mechanics. A smaller wing will house the Michigan State University a thoroughly up-to-date offices of the Dean of Engineering and or the Depart- engineering college well suited to training engineers ment of Mechanical Engineering. Tn addition, there will be a separate small auditorium seating about SOO. for the future. All of the above items are included in the so-called Within the laboratories or the Department of five year plan for construction proposed by the Board Applied Mechanics, they hope to install a large test- of Agriculture in August, 1955. ing machine of very novel and modern dcsign on The plans for the first unit to house Applied which can be tested specimens of new engineering Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering call for a designs and to which can be applied loading, such as due to the impact of a truck on a br.idge or of a col. strictly functional building of brick and glass of a lision upon an automobile frame. No such machine style generally similar to that of the new library, and as contemplated is yet available anywhere in the to include three Roors without basement. The central portion of the building will house small laboratories world. and classrooms and offices; one large wing will house (Continued 011 page 37) r c=J I LI I . -,I I I I I - .J I .. • f ~ t I. ~_ J,$ " "'~ P LOT PLAN. - ,. , .. (-_. '---J f th TO osed expansion of the School of Engineering: The Shown here is an architect's ground plan or. e p ~ P brc Service Education and Basic College. It pl.ans include a building for the School o~ Busmes WIll occupy the area known .as Sou~h. amFPus. L Th: En~in~ering Buildings will be located South of the d the railroad tracks form the East and West parking lot next to the Judgmg Pavlhon. arm ane an bounda ries respectively. 13 May 1956 many doors will be opened to you ... - I which will you enter when you become an OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS for engineering careers at this magnificent new iet aircraft equipment plant \ \ Make the right choice when you begin to invest your hard-won ~k~lI.a.nd \ knowledge in engineering. Hamilton Standard offers a plant where mltlahve \ and responsibility are encouraged ... where young men are in top man~?e- \ ment posts an engineering staff which has been continuously expa.n I~g \ for 35 years a plant which has been judged one of the top 10 In t e \ \ nation. You don't just fill a position at H-S ... you commence a career! Some \ of Hamilton's present projects include jet fuel controls, jet turbine starter \ \ hydraulic pumps, air cycle and vapor refrigeration systems, controls .an d \ accessories for nuclear engines, propellers for turbine and piston engmes. \ \ \, GRADUATE PROGRAM. " while at Hamilton Standard you ~ill be encoura ed to take advantage of the company's liberal tuition assistance plan an t~ J pursue postgraduate studies at nearby Hartford Graduate Center 0 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. HAMILTON STANDARD Send for "YOU AND YOU R FUTURE" ••• 0 colorlul brochure picturing and desen 'b' 109 0,II 01 the octivi- the ties and opportunities at H-S ... plus inlormohon on ) graduate engineering program, Write Mr. T. K. Bye, (key nO. Bradley Field Rood, Windsor locks, Connecticut. HAM I L TON S TAN 0 A R0 A DIVISION OF UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 14 Spartan Engineer HOW HERCULES HELPS ... CONSISTENCY; FIRMNESS AND ~TABllITYI important characteristics not only for toothpastc but for many pharmaceUtlcals, cosmetIcs, ~nd other p.reparatiolls, can be obtained with purified JlerculesC!> cell~lose gum. An unusually effecl1~e w~ter.bInder, I~ercu]es cellulose gum has exceptionally high punty (99.5+%) and meets the speCIficatIOns of the TOIlet Goods Association. MPROYE WIRE INSULATION PLASTlC-COATEO DUPLEX WIRE is used in this type of electric blasting FRO~ SHIPPING CONTAINERS to individual packages, Hercules paper cap assembly. The insulation has to be particularly tough since the ~akIng chemicals play an important role in improving performance. wire assembly is used to lower charges of explosives into blast holes ymene@ wet-strength resin, for example, can "weather-proof" 100 feet or more in depth. The plastic coating on these wires is cor~ug~ted boxes while Aquapel@ or one of Hercules' many grades of Hercules Hercocel@ E, providing excellent insulating properties, rOS1~sIze .provide water resistance and an improved printing surface. good flexibility, and other physical characteristics to meet rugged ;olvmg dIfficult paper sizing problems has been a Hercules specialty field requirements. Or more than forty years. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY 968 Market St., Wilmington 99, Del. 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At Convair, the opportunity for rapid B t/ AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERI/IG advancement is unlimited. 1'1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING You'll like living in Fort Worth, home of the It/ ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING great Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock I.,CIVIL ENGINEERING Show, the internationally famous Colonial In- I .,CHEMICAL ENGINEERING vitational Golf Tournament, acres of spacious I ~ENGINEERING PHYSICS parks and conveniently accessible lakes. These [':j) ., MECHANICS • PHYSICS and many other attractions and recreational ___ I .,METALLURGY • MATHEMA TIC~ 1 -, facilities make leisure time in Fort Worth I II If our team missed you on their recent campus I I II interview session, write TODAY to wonderfully relaxing and entertaining. Living MR. H. A. BODLEY I conditions are ideal and the cost of living is I II Engineering Personnel, Technical Employment .1 I low - no state income tax, no sales taxI • I CONVAIR I I L ~~~RTH,~~ J CONVAIR FORT ""ORTH * A DIVISION OF GENERAL DYNAMICS COR 16 Spartan Engineer YOUR PLACEMENT BUREAU By Jack Breslin JACK BRESLI N Placement Bureau Director Before this school year is over, approximately 8500 service of our Alumni Placement Division: However, private student interviews will have been conducted we are here to serve you if you ever desire our help. at the Placement Bureau by approximately 900 dif- To you seniors who are slated for almost immediate ferent companies. This basically will be the story of induction into the Armed Forces and have not con- Placement for the school year of 1955-56. However, summated your placement, you should register with closer examination will show that for the first six our Alumni Division approximately 90 days prior to months of this school year, 8 out of each 10 companies your service separation if you wish our services. coming to Michigan State University for interviews re- Now something about the over-all services of your quested to talk with engineers. It is anticipated this Placement Bureau. Michigan State University is rather demand for engineers will continue and even increase unique because of its completely centralized operation. over the next 4-5 years. This is the most efficient kind of placement for the Because this may be the last time I will have the following reasons: opportunity to discuss placement with many of our 1. The employer has to contact only one University senior engineers, I would like to discuss briefly our official in establishing the interviewing date. He alumni placement service which is available for your states his interview requirements to only one use at any time. Approximately three years ago the office, eliminating the possibility of errors in his Michigan State University Placement Bureau reor- visit. ganized its alumni placement operation. This Bureau 2. Convenience for the interviewer while on cam- made a concerted effort to advise all former alumni pus. All interviews are conducted at one spot, who were seeking new or better situations to register thus eliminating the necessity of going from de- with us so we could in turn help them find a better partment to department. job. At the same time Business and Industry was ad- 3. Convenience for students because all their vised of this anticipafed large pool of trained man- records are at one location as well as all inter- power (both technical and non-technical) and they views are taken at the same location. were instructed to list jobs with the Placement Bureau 4. Publicity of coming company interviews is uni- that could be filled by experienced personnel. The form and regular. results have been amazing. Where industry used to 5. Because of the large volume of credentials used find it necessary to go to management consulting firms in a centralized placement operation, it is pos- for experienced manpower, they now also list these sible for the Placement Bureau to purchase outstanding positions with our Alumni Division. Also, duplicating equipment which eliminates the hundreds of our alumni who normally would have necessity of the student giving t?e Place~ent been happy to pay a fee for new and better placement Bureau more than one copy of hIS credentIals. have used our services free with outstanding results. This is a real saving to the student both in time I sincerely hope that each senior graduating this June Or August will be most happy in the job he accepts and expense. and that promotions and all other things follow in 6. Deans and Department Heads as well as all good order. In other words, I hope you all are so suc- (Continued on page 49) cessful in your placement that you will never need the 17 May 1956 (A message from IBM-where progress is engineered) Wherever your degree leads you after graduation, you'll see a broad variety of IBM machines making unbelievably short work of complex data processing chores providing more complete and more accurate information faster inHuencing your work and your life in countless ways. For example- In your work, IBM equipment can solve, in minutes, engineering problems that once demanded long weeks, months, and even years! The food you eat may be processed and distributed more cheaply with the accounting controls made possible by IBM equipment. Better shelter and lower-cost fuels can come your way aided by the many IBM data processing and accounting machines in mining, steel fabricating, and utility companies. In health matters, too-in medical research, government health statistics and hospital administration -IBM methods make important contributions. You'll travel better because IBM equipment is speeding improvements in all forms of transportation. You'll get better buys, better service with the widespread and growing use of IBM techniques in manufacturing, distribution, retailing. National defense, law and order, voting registra- tion, paycheck preparation-even weather pre- diction-are other areas in which IBM techniques get things done better, faster. You'll be seeing a lot of IBM-working, living ... wherever facts and figures help you prosper. IBM's world leadership in data processing has been achieved largely through creative engineering. At IBM's modern labomtories, creative freedom in a pro- fessional atmosphere stimulates young engineers to make important and rewarding contributions. If you would like further information about engineering at IBM, talk with your college placement director, or just drop a line to William Hoyt, IBM, 590 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y. World's largest producer of . - IBM electronic data processing machmes, electric typewriters, and 18 electronic time equipment. - Spartan Engineer J f \1 TEMPERATURE S OUR BUSINESS •.• ANDIIIOU CAN MAKE IT YOURS! CONTROL THE ELEMENTS ON THE HIGHWAY, UNDER THE SEA, IN THE FACTORY, IN THE AIR ENGINEERS! HARRISON OFFERS YOU "OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED"! Get ahead with Harrison! Get ahead with the leader! Harrison Radiator Division-world's largest manufacturer of heat control equipment-offers a challenge, a career, a real future for every young engineer. We need mechanical and metallurgical-chemical, industrial and electrical engineers for hoth our Product and Production Engineering Staffs. You')] have an opportunity to concentrate in special fields, for Harrison blankets the market in the manufacture of beat control equipment: car air conditioning, heaters, radiators, thermostats-heat exchangers for ultra-modern aircraft, marine, diesel and industrial equipment. For further information, contact your placement office or write Salaried Personnel, HARRISON RADIATOR DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORP., lOCKPORT, N. Y. GENERAL MOTORS 19 May 1956 Behind the Ships that Set the Pace ••• a Master's Touch in Oil World's fastest jet boat, Donald Campbell's Blue- The race horses and work horses of the seas have bird-216 miles an hour ... one thing in commOD-SOCONY MOBIL'Smaster touch World's fastest propeller-driven boat, Sio-Mo-Shun in lubrication. IV-178 miles an hour ... Good reason! When the chips are down-when rec- ords are at stake-when schedules must be met- All the Atlantic Blue Ribbon Winners, from the the men who know marine machinery look to Mauretania to the S. S. United States ... SOCONYMOBILfor its protection. Maiden voyage of the world's first atomic-powered submarine ... * * * Wherever there's progress in motion-in your car, your factory, your farm-or your home-you, too, can Two-fifths of all the world's freighters ..• look to the leader for lubrication. SOCONV MOBIL OIL COMPA~NC- LEADER IN LUBRICATION FOR NEARLY A CENTURY Affiliates: General Petroleum Corporation, Magnolia Petroleum Company Mobil Overseas Oil Company and Mobil Producing Company 20 . er Spartan Engme Danger Lurks •• Over Population By Harlow Nelson, M.E., '56 Every second there are two more people in the bounds. With one-half of the world already over- world; one hundred thousand additions every twenty- crowded, overpopulation looms as a serious problem fo~r.hours. Each year there are thirty-six and one-half for the future. mIllion more people crowded into this jam packed The problem is not too distant from us here in the ~orld. A demographic study forecast a total popula- United States. Government statiticians tell us we will ~lOnof over 6 billion from our present 2.8 billion in number 190 million in 25 years. That raises a question Just. 32 years, with the underdeveloped areas slated of whether we will have enough food, water, fuel and t~ ~ncrease the fastest. Asia is expected to gain a other resources to supply our own people. Not only bIllion within thirty years. In the same span, Latin will there be 30 million more stomachs, but the popu- America will double. lace will want more elaborate goods. At present, the . In th.e next few decades, the problem of overpopula- average American uses 18 tons of our natural resources tIon wIll become the most serious threat known to annually. Predictions have estimated us to be short m~nkind. Demographers predict the explosion point 70 million acres of farm land in 1975. WIllb~ reached around 1987-just 30 years from now. That IS, at this point, there will be insufficient food It is a fallacy to believe each country is involved in for the people of the world, even if the existing supply only the problem at home. The interrelationships ~ere to be equally distributed. Of course, there will among countries is complex and they are all an inte- e some who will have plenty, but vast numbers will gral part of our problem. We need surplus produce starve. Although the United States and Russia report- abroad to carryon our trade. We could not ignore it ed bumper crops last year, the pinch is being felt by when Germany overflowed and Hitler demanded ~any ~~eady. A year of drought or pestilence now "living space." During Italy's expansion in Africa, ]lIs mllhons by famine in India and China. Mussolini preached a country with "empty cradles" In man's beginning, population grew annually by must yield to the dynamic populations. Japan's plan .02.70-.04%. At .02%, it would take 100,000 years to for a "new order in East Asia" was conceived to ~U1ldup to the present population. Since 650,000 years alleviate their overcrowded land. With two-thirds of ave passed, there were obviously many centuries the world starving and one-half of it overcrowded, marked by a decrease in population. pressures are bound to build up and must be remedjed In the early Christian era the rate was estimated by other means than expansion. Our Latin American to be around .17<. The 19th century was marked by friends are promising the fastest growth rate in the a .370 increase. With the industrialization and im- world. Mexico can support 50 million people. The i%~ed living standard, the rate jumped to its present present 25 million will soon reach that mark with their increase of 3.4% annually. It is only natural that The world can be divided into three groupS: North these people will look to the land of abundance to the ~<\merica,Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, north with envy. Illegal immigration is already a 111 wh!ch 500 million people reside and with half the major problem in the southwest United States. The world s income, occupy the most enviable position. far reaching effect of this one specific problem can The increase in these countries is approximately 1.1 %. be felt here in Michigan. The Michigan Farm Labor Office could elaborate on many specific incidents that R~ssia, East and South Europe, Japan and Argentina, Wlth 500 million people typify the second group. The arise during the influx of migrant farm hands from pre~ent increase in this group is 1.5%. The have-not the southwest for the several Michigan harvests. natlOns of Africa Asia and Latin America, with 1.5 This problem deserves immediate atten~on, a~d billion mouths t; feed labor under an increase rate some strides have been taken towards a solutIon. Ans- of 3 %. The diseases, hardships and distress of early (Continued on page 47) years no longer will keep the population within 21 May 1956 'l'lt4>.I,;ill~nt'S&ll':*tK"" M.;~l..>.>Ot t'61'~ k)l.',.t~W.-;f, ifr<.>('>~Oh,joo!K;ll'1 B-52 iack screw-a typical Boeing design challenge On Boeing B-52 bombers, the hori- MARC IM-99 pilotless interceptor, and I dd't' n to design engineering, zontal tail surface has more area than the aircraft of the future. n a I 10 , tamS wing of a standard twin-engine airliner. there are openinos on other Boemg .e Yet it can be moved in Bight, up or down, Because of Boeing's steady expansion, in research and '" pro d'uctIon." Enomeers ,'" om- to trim the aircraft. there is continuing need for additional like the life in the "just-rig?t ,sIze They engineers. There are more than twice as munities of Seattle and WIchIt~~h com- The device that performs this function many engineers with the company now may pursue advanced studies WI , ' ate is a jack screw, which, though it weighs ... , and partIcIP as at the peak of World War II. Because pany aSSIstance In tuItIon There only 255 pounds, can exert a force of approximately 225 tons! Boeing is an "engineers' company," and in a most liberal retirement pl~n. S ttle promotes from within, these men find may be a place for you at Boemg- ea Many kinds of engineering skills went unusual Opportunities for advancement. or Boeing-Wichita. into designing and developing a jack screw so precise that it automatically com- Design engineers at Boeing work with For further Boeing career .lnforma t"I on con5ult your pensates for stretch and compression other topnotch engineers in close-knit Placement Office or write to either: under load. Civil, electrical, mechanical project teams. They obtain broad experi- ence with outstanding men in many JOHN C. SANDERS,Staff Engineer - p:rs;::~~ and aeronautical engineers, and mathe- maticians and physicists - all find chal- fields, and have full scope for creative Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle 1 , lenging work on Boeing design projects expression, professional growth and indi- ' Engineer vidual recognition. And they find satis- RAYMONDJ. B. HOFFMAN, Admin. for the B-52 global jet bomber, and for faction in the high engineering integrity Boeing Airplane Company, WIC. h'tI a, Kansas the 707 jet tanker-transport, the BO- that is a Boeing byword. BOEING Aviation leadership since 1916 AS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON WICHITA, KANS 22 Spartan E n gineer NEW DEVELOPMENTS Edited by JOHN BOYD u. S. Satellites The U. S. Navy and the ~dartin Company today released photographs of an artist's conception of the Vanguard three-stage rocket vehicle being designed and built to place the world's first man-made satellite in its orbit. Also released is a drawing depicting the trajectory (flight path) of the vehicle from its launch- ing point to its orbit established some 300 miles above the earth. In physical appearance, the satellite launching vehicle will resemble a giant rifle shell complete with bullet. It will be tbe first liquid fuel rocket designed to be controlled without the use of fins a scientific break-through by engineers. ' The first-stage rocket, approximately 45 feet in length, resembles the Navy Viking research rocket which attained an altitude of 158.4 miles, a world's record for a single stage rocket. The second stage rocket, mounted above the first stage, has a cone shaped nose section. It also uses liquid propellants. The third stage rocket, with the Artist's conception of the Navy Vanguard re- search vehicle which will place the world's first satellite attached to its nose, will be carried completely man-mande satellite in its orbit around the earth. enclosed within the second stage rocket. The third The vehicle will be launched from Air Force Mis- sle Test Center Cocoa, Florida. In background is stage uses a solid propellant because of its simplicity. the gantry used to place the vehicle on its launch- The first stage, which launches the entire assembly, ing .stand; and the concrete blockhouse fr?m which scientists will fire the rocket and record Its will bum out its fuel at an altitude of between 30 and course . 40 miles. Then it will separate and drop off. . The second stage will start firing, and at a certain tIme during the second stage burning will jettison its ward until it attains the satellite's intended orbital nose streamlining, leaving the third stage and the altitude. satellite exposed. There a spinning movement will ?e impart~~ to the The second stage rocket will tilt in the direction of third stage rocket to insure directIOnal. stablhty. By the satellite's predetermined flight path. After its that time, the third stage will be set on l.tScourse; t~e second stage will drop off; and the thud stage wIll bUlllOut, the second stage will continue to coast up- start firing. The third stage rocket carrying the s~)her~ ha~ no THIRD STAGE guidance system, no electroni~ brain to duect It~ flight. INITIATE lRD STAGE SPIN IIURNOOT 1 SEPARATE 2ND STAGE SEPARATION Its job is to boost the satellite s speed to approxImately 18000 miles per hour. This high speed, ne~essary to "'" ltU ~1 \llIlM TRAICTalY I.'J/o'"~ co~mteract the earth's gravitational pull, wIll be at- I.Q~s,,1It fliCKT tained at the rocket's burnout. At burnout, the satelite may be nudged ahead by means of a releasing device in the nose of the rocket. Therefore, its speed will be slightly greater than that of the rocket shell, which will not drop. to the earth, but will trail the satelite until atmospher~c drag causes both gradually to slow down and spIral toward a lower atmosphere. ~ drawin~ of the trajectory (flight path) of the Through friction induced by passing i~to this de~lser avy Yan~uard research vehicle depicting burn- th satellite and rocket wIll bum bnefly ?ut positions of the three stages' of the vehicle in atmosp 1lere, bo f Its flight to place a satellite in its orbital altitude and disintegrate after the manner 0 meteors. 1! .be~weell 200 and 400 miles above the earth. hl~ IS part of U. S. participation in the Inte~- (Continued on next page) ~ah?nal Geophysical Year, 1957-1958. It is a tn- ervlce project under Navy mana~ement. 23 May 1956 NEW DEVELOPMENTS Rubber Hose Outwears Steel A new rubber hose, fertified with a "stomach" made of the loughest abrasion-resisting rubber known, swal- lows lO-pound chunks of iron ore and coal without wincing. Heavy chunks, up to eight inches in length, are borne along inside the hose, carried in a stream of walcr at pressures as high as 250 pounds per square inch. The Lough new hose conveys its load from mine lo processing plant and through the various processing operations. Designcd primarily for use in the mining industry, lhe new hose will find general use in industry to con- V('y melal shavings and chips, sand and gravel, ground or powdered chemicals and a variety of other sharp und abrasive malerials. The hose, known as Converta- pipe, moves such loads with about the same ease as olher hose handle liquids. The secrel of the hose's durable insides is a special rubber compound, which is said to outwear steel 20-to-l in many applications. Where metal pipe is now installed to convey abra- sive materials, the new hose may be used to advantage wherever the pipe system must turn a corner or nego- tiate a bend. Abrasive particles traveling at high Giant Beacon velocity cause severe wear on metal pipe at such The Empire State Building will light up the skies points. Short lengths of hose with the new tough tube of much of the northeast through the addition of four flex easily around corners, thus eliminating the need mighty searchlights. Installed just above the observa- for curved pipe. Unlike curved pipe, hose used to tion platform, 1,092 feet above the streets of New negotiate corners can be rotated to distribute the wear York City, these beacons will be powerful enough to at these points. be seen under ideal conditions as far away as Roston and Baltimore. One of the five-foot beacons will point straight up. The three others on the world's tallest building will be directed outward at an angle of five degrees above the horizontal. They will revolve counterclockwise at the rate of one revolution per minute from sundown to midnight. IIElectrical Roadblocks ll Built into Insulation Millions of tiny "electrical roadblocks," which in- crease the resistance of molded electrical insulation to electric arcs as much as 1000 percent, now can be IIStethoscope ll at Work! built into the plastic-type material from which pl~lgS, An ~ngineer. is using an. ultrasonic device to inspect sockets, switches and a host of other electrical deVIces a maSSIVeforgmg from whICh a turbine-generator shaft for home and industry are made. will be machined. Sound waves at the rate of 2,250,000 Arcing occurs when electricity "skips" across elec- cycles per second are set up in the machine, and if trical insulation on or near its surface, thus causing a the slightest Raw is detected an "echo" will indicate "short" between two electrical connections. Resistance its. ~xact locatio~. Formerly, the only way of deter- to such arcing is an important requirement of electrical mmmg the quaht~ was by boring a hole through the insulation. The new technique greatly improves the center of the forgmg. But now, with ultrasonics the arc resistance of the most widely used types of molded quality can be determined. With this method 'it is insulating material. The small, inert particles intro- possible to easily detect fine holes, slag, inclusio~s and duced into the insulation effectively break up the con- other imperfections. (Continued on page 37) 24 Spartan Engineer r------------------------------------------------------------- I ---------------------, :: AC ampus-to-Career Case History :I I I I n I I - T - I I n' .",' ....' -\,~ I :.-' .' ,t ..... '~l".: • J._;;.t' . : I .....~c.l;t- 'J" : " .'" ', f', It ... ~l •• : I .. I' 1(. ! 'I , ~'" 1 : " I t,;) : .:£:.-{ :: I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I open door after another" I I I I I Office. There I made field studies of proposed con. I "When I joined the telephone company," says struction projects and drew up plans to guide the I I Walter D. Walker, B.E.E., University of Minnesota, construction crews. This combination of inside I I '51, "I felt I could go in any direction. And that's and outside work gave me invaluable experience. I I the way it has been. I "In July, 1955, I came to Minneapolis as an I "For the first six months I was given on-the-job I t rammg " . the fundamentals of the telephone busi- Engineer in the Exchange Plant Extension Engi- I In I neer's Office.We do forecasting-not of the weather, I ness-~ow lines are put up and equipment installed. but of future service needs. Using estimates of I I Learmng those fundamentals has paid off for me. growth and economic studies, we make our plans I I "Then I had the opportunity to go to the Bell for the years ahead. We figure out where and when I I Laboratories in New Jersey. I worked on memory new facilities will be needed to meet future growth. I I crystals-ferro-electric crystals-for use in digital "All this has been preparing me for a real future. I I computers. I learned how important research is I You see, the telephone company is expanding by I to the telephone business. leaps and bounds. That's why it offers a young I , I "After two years I came back to Minnesota, to man so many open doors." I St. Cloud, to work in the District Plant Engineer's I I I I Wally Walker's career is with Northwestern Bell Telephone I Company. Many interesting career opportunities exist in other , I I Bell Telephone Companies, Bell Telephone Laboratories, West- I ern Electric and Sandia Corporation. Your placement officer Bell Telephone 5,stem I I has more information regarding Bell System companies. , 1 L J 25 May 1956 Spectacular Beginning Special of a SPECTACULAR STEEL Steels for An electric furnace puts on a terrific show when we drop in a charge (as above) but it's only indicative of the great performance the steel will give Armament later in service. For these are the high-alloy steels, stars of the ~~tal for world ... the steels that give you so much more than they cosr in reslstlOgl ' corrosIOn, h eat, wear or great stress-or JO' prov!'d'JOg speCla' I elecrnca , Industr4 properries. • That may be the field you'd like co enter in your business !tfe, for the In any case, remember that whenever a finer steel is needed to cut costS, Home improve quality, or add sales appeal, we're the people to see. Allegheny Ludlum Steel CorPoration, Oliver Bldg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. WSW 6107 PIONEERING on the Horizonsof Steel 26 Allegheny Lud lum Spartan Engineer Transients and Trends J. D. RYDER Dean of the School of Engineering By Dean]. D. Ryder development and design of the as yet unknown and If you, as an engineering student have heard of the advent of a new fres h man year, of ' new courses, of unnamed engineering products of 1970, 1980, or ] 990. n~w COurse numbers, of new curriculums and rumors Can we say our source of energy of that time will ~ ne.w curriculums, of the reduction of engineering be coal, oil, the atom, or the sun? Should we, for rawmg and the elimination of shop courses of in- example, teach you of the design of coal-fired steam bcreases I. in ma th emahcs .. and chemIstry-then ' must you boilers and the turbine, or should we teach you of e~ leve. that a transient situation exists in engineering the fundamental dynamics and energy transfer of any ucatlOn on our campus. system? These are the questions engineering educa- tors and industrialists have answered by saying, "Look th Actually, what you are seeing at close hand-Jiving to the future; the past can take care of itself." And so rough as best you can, in fact-is not a transient but our transient actions are part of this giant trend. apart of a long-time trend in engineerincr education. F rom As another part of its efforts to move forward, the .. th e t.Ime t h e first stone was laid in the b first pyra- College of Engineering is looking to a complete new ;:d m E~ypt, up to 1956, engineering teaching has campuS development, a new engineering area of th en mO:-'lI1gconsistently in one direction-away from buildings and research laboratories. The site chosen e applied teaching as given to the apprentice, and for this is the area south of Shaw Lane, and west of toward I th e sCIent! .. fic knowledcre of nature available the Agricultural Engineering and new Animal Indus- on y from the learned master. b tries buildings. Now in the planning stage are build- This trend away from the practical and applied is ings to house the Departments of Mechanical Engi- a necess.t . I Y 0 f our modern fast-moving jet and e1ec- neering and Applied Mechanics. These will be fol- t romc ti I ag e 0 f sCIence . and engineering. "That was prac- lowed by structures for Civil Engineering, Chemical ca and good application in 1940 is out-of-date and Engineering and ~letallurgical Engineering, and for unusabl e m . 1956. Many of our engineering products Electrical Engineering and Engineering Research. The a f today were un Ileard of and even unnamed 111 W . 194 o.1 present buildings will be taken over by other 110n- e are trying to orient our engineering education engineering departments. t award t omorrow-the future todays of your under- In all this we are trying not to be content to follow graduat .. es-an d to prepare you through kno\vledge of the trend-we are trying to get out in front and lead it! SclentJfic funt ]amentals and concepts to undertake the 27 May 1956 ENGINEERS ••• lOOK J'EN YEARS AHEADI your Income and location allow you to live in a home like this ... spend your leisure time like this? ~ ~~- They can ... if you start your ~- '--'~--:'~"' .. ~-... ~ __...~" career ~ ....... ":'.:.