California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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DEPARTMENTS PROFESSOR ROYAL W. SORENSEN The Department of Electrical Engineering The science of electrical engineering has, due to advances in physics and its applications, reached a status such as to demand electrical engineers qualified to conduct researches in- volving a knowledge of mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering far in excess of that obtainable in an undergraduate engineering course. With this end in view, the graduate school provides advanced work in the applica- tion of mathematical analysis and physical laws to mechanical and electrical problems incident to electrical design and research. Some of the lines of research are: the study of losses in synchronous machines, high voltage arcs with special reference to switching, power distribution, vacuum tube work, and coopera- tion with the physics department in X-ray work. With the completion of the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, the Electrical Engineering staff has been able to move into better offices and have acquired six much needed, additional rooms for research. This rnove has added much to the eihciency and homogeneity of the department. cf?- MQW ,f,. Eighteen f A f. ' A 4 f ff ff .12 'Exo fffffwf f if f . fmaw ffff ff f f Q Ty' fl ' 1 ' f

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f f f 332375231 X ,gf Qflijlliifffiff - me-'Z ' 19' ff D E P A R T M E N T s ' , 1 Q ingtw X ,aw PQ, V V, if.,,y5.' aa: , PROFESSOR C. K. JUDY The Department of Humanities The Institute is known for its work in the Humanities, as well as for its work in the sciences. Because of its close relationship to the Huntington Library, many eminent men doing work at the Library are secured to give courses at Tech. From the Library, this year, Dr. Max Farrand, Dr. Coclfre Davies, and Dr. Avery O. Craven are giving courses in history. In the field of literature, Dr. Louis B. Wright, of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. Hardin Craig, of Stanford, have given instruction. Two of the most important events of the year were the series of lectures given by Dr. Charles A. Beard and Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman. These two series were given during the second term under the auspices of the division. Dr. Beard, well known historian, gave ten lectures on uliepresentative Government During a Tech- nological Agef, Dr. Schurman, formerly Pres- ident of Cornell, Minister to China and Am- 'bassador to Germany, gave lectures on various important topics in International Relations. X w 27412 f 1' ,500 ' , f n I ig ' '. 2 ii '- fp V, 4: K . e..7ZV.Q,g ' y,wg43+f:,a .,,v,,V W, , wg, Seventeen

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f ' f 7 ,,, ua ,,,f,,, 1 fy,,,, -. , ,,,,,,,,.,,ff, , 4 f ' Qt Zliizzi f I if D E P A R T M E N T S ,,,,-.inf , ,,,,,,.,-, 'ff ,, . ,,,, ,, . , , , ,, , ff 'f g.,f7gg4fffg2g2gf:0 f ' a232,w'ff1'ff:z1-r'- , f-., 5 33 ft fa- ' , - , PROFESSOR FRANKLIN THOMAS The Department of Civil Engineering More and more opportunities are to be had in the Civil Engineering department for re- search in structural engineering, irrigation, power development, highway engineering, dam construction, and the like due to the increased facilities' of the department, and the capability of the staff of instructors. Professor Franklin Thomas, head of the Civil Engineering depart- ment, is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Direc- tors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Professor Romeo R. Mar- tel, professor of Structural Engineering, is es- pecially interested in the effect of earthquakes on structures. One of the men of the department is working on a new form of shaking table for investiga- tion of the effect of vibration upon buildings and building frames. This research is being carried on with the view of finding an index of both the nature of the stresses that develop in frames under vibration, and a quantitative meas- ure of the stresses themselves. There has, just been completed an extensive investigation of the rate of percolation of water in stream beds. fy. ,Q .V f 4, ,- yn, f , ,, . Qc, -0,4 ,4 ,,,, -,,f , ., ,, I 4 ' f'31 'IMA QQ f f Nineteen