Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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FACULTY Row I: Canjar, R. Rotbjut Row 2: C. MonraJ, E. Grobte, W. EJmhttr, R. Beckmann The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is familiar to all men enrolled in the Department of Chemical Engineering. It is a national society organized to better prepare students for professional work in their field. Students in their sophomore year or above, including those in graduate courses, arc eligible for membership. Once again at Homecoming, AIChE conducted tours, throughout its department, displaying experiments performed by students. This year’s officers were Leonard Ingham, Jack Ludwig, and Everett Greene. With the assistance of Dr. Rothfus, the faculty advisor, the men had a very successful year. american institute of chemical engineers . McAJoo I.. Ingham R. Wilt E. Greene

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!!■■■ DEPARTMENT of CHEMICAL ENGINEERING The new addition to the Engineering Building is the solution to the Chemical Engineering Department’s problem of accommodating oversized classes. This new wing, completed this year, provides many new research laboratories for the graduate students as well as a new Unit Operations laboratory; and the old laboratories have been converted into a new Process laboratory for the undergraduates. Now that they have moved to their location, a great deal more space is available for laboratories, class rooms, seminar rooms, and offices. With these expanded facilities, the department is keeping pace with progressive industrial techniques. Heading the department is Dr. C. C. Monrad, while the faculty includes W. C. Edmistcr, R. R. Rothfus, and E. W. Grohsc. Mr. L. N. Can jar, studying at Tech for his doctor’s degree, has been added to the faculty.

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DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING The Civil Department emphasizes an academic study of three basic subjects, namely, hydraulic engineering, structural engineering, and applied mechanics. Two approaches to this academic study arc maintained by stressing the fundamentals of civil engineering and how to plan their use. To this is added the individual plan of education so well known as the Carnegie Plan.” At first, students work in small groups in order to simulate working conditions in industry. Experience in teamwork is gained through the work done in these small groups. Findings of groups working in part of an overall project are dovetailed to reveal the whole. The emphasis on group projects stressed at the beginning of the course shifts to an individual basis in the senior year, thus making easy the transition to cither graduate work or to a career in the civil engineering profession. The success of the Civil Engineering Department is reflected in the outstanding success of its students as they fill positions in the field of research as well as in industry.