Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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WILLIAM R. WORK Head of Deportment of Electrical Engineering Department of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Fifjt Row: Yarlctt, G»bler. Sko’uI Row: Crajx , A hc. Third Row: Dennison. Porter, Tore. Patterson. HPHE Electrical Engineering Depart' ment, headed by Dr. Work has a big job to do in preparing civilians and soldiers for the jobs they must do in the world today and in the post-war world. The department is made up of fifty regular students, twenty R. O. T. C. seniors, and ASTP men taking this course. The first two years the men study the circuit theory; the third year is made up of D. C. machinery, the A. C. circuit theory, and engineering analysis; and the fourth year coni' prises A. C. machinery, electronics, and the field theory. Graduates find their places in jobs requiring A. C. and D. C. machinery design and maintenance, electronics, and radar. Such jobs arc plentiful now both for civilians and men in the armed services. Men in this department who have done outstanding work make up the membership of A. 1. E. E. and Eta Kappa Nu. Carnegie has long been a leader in new curricula and in methods of instruction. The Elec' trical Engineering Department has kept up to date, and has a reputation as one of the finest in the country.

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Department of CIVIL ENGINEERING francis m. McCullough Head of Department of Civil Engineering 'Y'HIS year, in spite of the loss of men to the Army, the Civil Engineering Department under the head of Professor F. M. McCullough carried on the full civil engineering curriculum. Through' out the summer Professor M. O. Schmidt's sophomores could be seen scattered throughout the campus and Schenley Park eyeing the beautiful scenery with their transits, while in the depths of Engineering Hall, the juniors made mud pies with cement and concrete. In the fall the seminar program got under way; first, with a series of lectures on safety in construction work and later, a series of talks by the seniors on various phases of civil engineering. For some weeks during the fall several men in the Army Specialized Training Program attended the advanced classes on such subjects as structures and hydraulics. These men had been civil engineers in private life and were putting their experience to use for Uncle Sam. Evans. McCullough. Hamilton. Muhlcnhruch. Dunncls. Schmidt. Thonvu. 2 ¥■’4

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Department of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THOMAS G. ESTEP Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering 'T'HE Department of Mechanical Engineering, headed by Dr. Thomas G. Estep, is doing a splendid job training young men for positions in our wartime industries. Mechanical engineers are greatly in demand, for their course of study covers such a broad scope in the field of engineering. This department, which is one of the oldest and largest in the school, offers two options: General Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Engineering. The general option gives theory and practice in all the fundamental mechanical engineering subjects as well as some detailed training in a few selected fields. The aeronautical option includes several subjects which will prepare the graduate for an active part in the important field of aeronautics. In both options, excessive specials zation is avoided and fundamental training is emphasized. The courses are designed to produce a versatile engineer. Firtt Row: Humphrey . Estep, Prowell. Second Row: Olsen. BUisdell. McKee.