Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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mathematics The Department of Mathematics at Carnegie Institute of Technology offers two intensive four-year programs in mathematics at the undergraduate level, one in pure mathematics and the other in applied mathematics. Each of these programs leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. Graduate work, leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Science, is directed toward study and research in analysis, applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and statistics. Extensive research programs, under the direction of members of the Department, are currently in progress in elasticity and plasticity, electromagnetic theory and acoustics, fluid dynamics, mathematical economics and programming, network theory, mathematical statistics and statistical quality control, relativity and quantum mechanics, and vibrations. DAVID MOSKOVITZ Acting Department Head pi mu epsilan No fancy apparatus here, just the old noodle Pi Mu Epsilon is a national honorary mathematics fraternity composed of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate members, without restriction as to department or college. It maintains chapters in over fifty of the larger colleges and universities in the United States. Its purposes are to further interest in mathematics and to encourage and stimulate advanced study and research. The CIT Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon sponsors lectures by both distinguished mathematicians and students. Professor Peter Chiarulli is the faculty advisor. P. Chiarulli, D. Shaffer, F. Smith, R. DiPrima, W. Warner

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(3lu (iKentoriam departtneMut of JOSEPH BERNHARDT ROSENBACH It is with extreme regret and sorrow that wc record the sudden death of Professor Joseph B. Rosenbach on November 6, 1951. With the utmost reverence and respect wc dedicate this space to his memory. Professor Rosenbach received his undergraduate education at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the University of New Mexico, and his graduate education at the Universities of New Mexico, Colorado, and Illinois. He joined the Carnegie faculty in 1920 as an instructor in mathematics, and in 1950 was made Head of the Mathematics Department. He held the distinction of being one of the ablest teachers on the Carnegie campus. He made important contributions to the Carnegie Plan for Professional Education, and served as secretary of the Basic Course Committee for many years. 11c was a close adviser to both day and evening students, and took an active part in the guiding and counseling of freshmen. He was well known throughout the colleges of the United States as the co-author of successful textbooks in Algebra and Trigonometry. But he will be best remembered by those who knew him for his warm friendship, his charming personality, and the many activities in which he indulged for the welfare and inspiration of students at Carnegie. A truly great person and a friend has departed; he will not be easily replaced. Though the loss is great, his family and friends may be consoled with the memory of a life well lived and devoted to the service of others.

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Efficiency test of a Roots Blower department af Gradually during the past few years, the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been making changes in its curriculum and equipment. Last year saw the completion of the conversion to the Carnegie Plan of study. The freshman and sophomore courses have been better integrated by the addition of new courses, replacing less efficient courses in the same fields. New equipment which has been added in the past few years has also augmented this change to the Carnegie Plan. Some of the recent additions have been two Westinghouse steam turbines, a furnace with an automatic stoker, a variable speed fluid drive, and a method of determining stress by coating with lacquer a replica of the object being tested. Original research which is being carried on by faculty members as well as students has been aided by a relocation of laboratory equipment. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is very active during the open houses held at Homecoming. Guided tours and demonstrations are used to acquaint visitors with this evcr-cxpanding department. society of automotive engineers It was just this year on September 15, 1951 that Carnegie Tech's Student Branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers received its Student Branch Charter. The purpose of the organization is to arouse new interest in the automotive industry and to promote good fellowship among the students. We also try to show our members how engineering theories can be applied to the industry by bringing various speakers to the meetings. Some of these speakers have been Mr. Robert N. Austin from the Iron City Spring Company, Mr. 11. A. Bigley from Gulf Oil, and Dr. W. F. Stokcy, our faculty advisor. Our future plans include a Student Night program at which time a contest will be held to choose the best automotive paper given by members from the Pitt and Tech Student Branches. Membership in SAE is open to any student in any college of the school who is interested in the automotive industry. Our enrollment now includes Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, and Chemical Engineers as well as members of the Industrial Management, Metallurgy, Physics and Chemistry Departments. C. Zorowski, R. McNatt, W. Horner, R. Bugos