Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Men studying for a profession in the Civil Engineering field arc eligible for membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers. The A. S. C. E., which is an international professional society, prepares students for entry into the Civil Engineering profession and affords them an opportunity to make various contacts with men who have had experience in this engineering field. Carnegie Tech’s A. S. C. E., whose membership is made up primarily of juniors and seniors, has pursued an active program this year. The publication of a monthly paper, ASCE Tics,” is one of the main activities of the Society. During the monthly meetings, the members hear instructive talks from prominent men in the engineering profession. Under the leadership of president Nicholas Coates, the group has been active with the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society, gone on a number of field inspection trips, had several social events, and participated in intramural activities. This year the A. S. C. E. team won the school championship in its football league. ROW 1—A. FerUl, R. Henry, G. Mot-KAUr. ROW 2—N. Co tn, P. Accorti, E. Ktrr.

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DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING FREDERICK T. MAVIS FACULTY At mid-year, the department’s move to new quarters was completed. New offices, new classrooms, and new laboratory space in Industries Hall have fulfilled a long-standing need. A centralizing of activities has been effected that remedies a sore point in the old Engineering Hall location. Centralization of the physical plant enhances pursuance of the departmental policy of team working. Problems arc attacked by organized squads rather than disorganized individuals, with the result that greater amounts of more difficult work arc done. Incidental to the problem solution, the individuals learn cooperative action, pooling of resources and cross-checking of results. Undergraduate research projects parallcd the graduate and faculty laboratory exercises. Not content with standard testing of their specimens, the lab-technicians have designed and built new testing equipment for both the structural materials and the hydraulics sections. Old and new equipment provide a physical plant adequate for all foreseeable research and demonstrative purposes. Such varied activities as testing of soil samples, measuring energy differentials in a hydraulic pump, and pouring a reinforced concrete beam proceed simultaneously.

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DEPARTMENT of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BENJAMIN R. TEARE, Jr. FACULTY. ROW I B. Teare, c. Penny, E. Schatz, D. Beaumar- iFsnzi. ROW 2—W. CjyuooJ, R. Vn Nice, E. V Miami, G. Porter, H. McConnell. The school year 1949-50 found the Department of Electrical Engineering intent on its program of undegraduate study, graduate study, and research. Dr. B. R. Teare, Department Head, leads a faculty of fourteen in teaching and using the basic educational principles of Carnegie Tech in all three realms of education. In June, 1950, seventy seniors will be graduated from this department. Representing the large class of veterans who started at Tech in 1946, nearly forty per cent of these men arc married. The graduate school of the Electrical Department claims thirty-six students, about sixty per cent of whom obtained their Bachelor of Science Degrees from schools other than Carnegie. Research continues in such fields as magnetic amplifiers, servomechanisms, electronic motor controls, and much of the work done is on testing and developing of industrial apparatus. One new man, Mr. Clarence Jones, from the University of California, has been added to the faculty this year as an instructor in electronics.