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

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CHEMISTRY AND CI-IEIVIIC!-IL ENGINEERING .f - Wa, GILBERT HILLHOUSE BOGGS, B.S., Ph.D. BS.. University of Georgia: Ph.D., University ot Pennsylvania, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Chi Sigma, Scabbard and Blade, Georgia Academy ot Science. 've ln l9Ol, with the growth ot the Georgia School ot Technology, a course in Engi- neering Chemistry was established. Purposely it was not called Chemical Engi- neering as it is now because ot the laclc ot tacilities to Otter studies recognized as essential to that degree. ln recent years department expansion has made it possible to change the title ot the course to Chemical Engineering. ln i906 there was tirst otiered a tour-year course in Chemistry tor those more interested in Chemistry as a pure science than its industrial applications. How- ever the engineering course has always been the more popular. ln normal times industries absorb our Chemical engineers who enter their pro- tession in chemical manufacturing plants with the hope ot becoming managers, control men, or operators, while others talce up the design ot machinery. Chem- ists are usually inclined toward laboratory and research, while many continue their studies in various graduate schools. lt is our beliet that the growth ot industrial activities in the South will otter an attractive field tor our graduate holding either degree. GILBERT HILLHOUSE BOGGS l-'lead ot Department ir I .24.

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AERGNAUTICAL ENGINEERING VA? ,... gf ' ,fe I ln March, I93O, the Guggenheim Fund tor the Promotion ot Aeronautics awarded the Georgia School ot Technology the sum ot S300,000, tor the establishment ot an aeronautical center ot learning and research in the South. The Aeronautical Engineering curriculum Otters opportunities tor both under- graduate and graduate study. Courses are offered in Aerodynamics, Theory ot Flight, Airplane Design, and Aeronautic Laboratory lWind Tunnel Practicel. The curriculum in addition contains a background ot general studies which are essential to the engineer no matter what his specialty. The Department is well equipped tor its worlc having in addition to classrooms and otfices, two wind tunnels, a model shop, a large dratting room, a branch library, and it has also recently acquired a 300 horsepower autogiro tor flight testing. As this is the only Guggenheim School in the South, much is expected ot it trom the standpoint ot aeronautical research and the present program places particular emphasis on the problems ot satety in tlight and streamlining ot high speed vehicles both ot which are subjects ot vital importance in this new and rapidly growing branch ot engineering. , MONTGOMERY KNlGl-lT Director, Daniel Guggenheim School ot Aeronautics .23. MONTGOMERY KNIGHT, B.S B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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ARCHITECTURE l Obviously the main objective ot the course in Architecture is to train men to become architects. As designers and supervisors ot construction, architects are called upon to take a leading position in the building industry, and must possess a wide variety ot knowledge and capabilities. The school course is necessarily ot considerable breadth and duration. In addition there is a secondary objec- tive based on a recognition ot the tact that an architectural education may serve as a good preparation tor certain occupations outside the profession ot archi- tecture. Architecture is a creative field and combines the imaginative and the prac- tical. Those who have a leaning towards both the artistic and the scientitic find this an absorbing course ot study. The problem method used in design, by which each student worlcs out his own solution ot a given problem, parallels certain phases ot actual practice and serves as the best possible preparation tor the all-important role ot designer in an architects organization. HAROLD BUSH-BROWN Head ot Department .25. HAROLD BUSH-BROWN A.B., M.Arch. A.B., M .Arch., Harvard University