Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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of chemistry feet in length, and a completely equipped two-story laboratory for high-efficiency distilling operation, which are carried on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for twicc-a-year shutdowns. The excellent physical facilities of the Department of Chemistry supplement a faculty of acknowledged leaders in their respective fields of chemistry, enabling the Department to carry forward a well-rounded program of undergraduate and graduate instruction and research for students in chemistry. FREDERICK D. ROSSINI Department Head E. Previc, C. Peterson, R. Dickerson american chemical society and chemist club Nuclear chemistry apparatus Last year the students of the Chemistry Department formed two groups: the Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society and the Chemist Club. The Carnegie Tech chapter of the Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society is composed of undergraduate students majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering. The purpose of this chapter is to offer intellectual stimulation to its members. This is accomplished by holding meetings of technical interest. Guest speakers, student speakers, and movies arc the main programs at the monthly meetings. Under the leadership of Jack Bornmann, this group is working hard to achieve its purposes. The Chemist Club is composed of those students who arc interested in the field of chemistry whether or not it is their major at Carnegie Tech. The purpose of this club is to afford these students the opportunity to increase their knowledge of the field of chemistry. This is accomplished by planning field trips, and by having guest speakers. The chemistry club also plans to hold social functions which will enable the students to learn from each other. M. Moores, L. Fleckenstein, ). Bornmann, P. Southwick

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Typical neat reagent setup in lab He evidently didn't read No Smoking md department The Department of Chemistry is continuing the integration of its instruction in general, analytical, organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry under the Carnegie Plan of professional education. In so far as possible, all the subjects in a given field are aimed to flow naturally one into the other. Such a sequence permits the student to keep building on his knowledge of basic chemistry. In addition to their formal training in the lecture laboratory classes, many undergraduate students arc brought into first hand contact with research investigators on the frontiers of chemistry through part-time employment on the research projects operating in the Department. The Department is now firmly settled in the additional quarters made available to it by the completion of the front wing of Engineering and Science Hall. The new space has provided offices for the members of the faculty, laboratories for graduate instruction in radiochemical and microchcmical techniques, and laboratories for graduate research in physical, organic, nuclear, and spectroscopic chemistry. In addition, the program of renovation of Wing D of Engineering and Science Hall has provided the Department with a new laboratory for undergraduate instruction in physical chemistry, new chemical storerooms, an enlarged machine shop, and new quarters for the Petroleum Research Laboratory, including the American Petroleum Institute Research Projects 6 and 44. Among the latter facilities are a tall shaft containing a batter)’ of absorption fractionating columns nearly 70 ’ signs

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V: wv i w Li,....m CARL C. MONRAD, Department Head department of The Department of Chemical Engineering was founded in 1936 as a result of the growth of the chemical engineering profession. Prior to that time the Department of Chemistry had offered a number of courses in this field. Dr. Carl C. Mon rad became the second head in 1947 when he replaced Dr. W. L. McCabe. This year the department’s floor space was more than doubled to provide room for increased educational and research activities. The department is now situated partly in the old portion of Engineering I lall and partly in the new wing which was completed last year. Besides class rooms, seminar rooms, and offices, this wing contains five floors of modern laboratories. At present apparatus is being moved into these laboratories and old equipment is being supplemented by many new items. The undergraduate curriculum has also been changed recently to better coordinate courses and to furnish a more comprehensive plan of study. Graduate research is being carried on in thermodynamics, heat transfer, absorption, chemical reaction kinetics, and other subjects. The fall semester saw the Chem E's bustling anxiously . . .