Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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m the: bluc print Jil dj Department of Electrical Engineering HE Electrical Engineering course constitutes one of the most important parts of Georgia Tech and has a building of its own in which to function. The course is one of the most | ll|f( thorough to be found and is designed to be thorough without I ' tf iL yJ IJ ijeiiig bunched. The laboratories and class work are so ar- ranged as to be about equally distributed throughout the course. Unlike many of the departments, this one offers no special course, the subject being too broad to be covered in two or three years. The only course is one of four years ' duration leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. The department is comparatively well equipped, having a building of its own, practically all of which is fitted up with electrical apparatus and lecture rooms for this cour.se. Even with all this room the department is filled to capacity and will need more room in a very few years. Going deeply as it does into the subject of modern electricity, the course is one of the most difficult offered at Tech, and a man who follows this course through to graduation is sure of having a thorough training in all phases of electrical engineering. Department of Mechanical Engineering When Georgia Tech was founded there was only one department, which was what is now the Mechanical Engineering Department. The institu- tion W ' as little more than a school for training along shop lines for voca- tional pursuits. The school worked under a contract system, on which they entered into competition with commercial concerns. This was one of the chief sources of revenue for the school and gave the students a chance to produce articles that were salable. There were several disadvan- tages to this system, chief among which was trouble with the Labor Unions, and the system was abandoned. From time to time other departments were added and the scope of the school broadened. Less and less time was given to shop work and more to the theoretical side of engineering. In the past decade the field of this department has been greatly widened and now a complete course in ilechanical Engineering is offered. Naturally the question arises just what does this field cover? First of all, a mechanical engineer must be able to grasp and solve mechanical problems; in order to do his work in designing he must be au expert draftsman ; he must be thoroughly familiar with shop methods and limitations. In order that he may have this knowl- edge he must know physics, mathematics and chemistry and must have a command of English, as well as the actual shop experience. The worth of this department is demonstrated by its many graduates, who may be foiuid in all parts of the world, doing honor to Georgia Tech by their achievements in the field of mechanical engineering. Twenty-two