Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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mechanical engineering W. Forstall, Jr., W. Rowe, Jr., S. Cemi, A. Wissinger american society of mechanical engineers This year it has been the aim of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers to have speakers who could present information which would aid the students in mechanical engineering in choosing their specialty, in adjusting as they enter industry, and in formulating a lifetime plan whereby they may advance to positions of greater responsibility. Some of these speakers were Provost E. D. Smith, Mr. T. A. Boyd of General Motors Research Laboratories-one of the discoverers of ethyl gas-and Mr. Wilson Hunter of the NACA Laboratories in Cleveland. Several smokers were also held which contributed greatly to the fellowship among students in the department. At the ASME Convention held at the University of Detroit, the Carnegie Tech chapter made a clean sweep of the prizes and trophies. Arch Newton won the speaking prize, and our group had enough men there to win the “Man-Miles” Trophy. The next convention will be held at the University of Akron, and we arc hoping to be among the winners again. pi tau sigma The Carnegie Iota Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma has kept the traditions of the fraternity alive over the past year, and has continued growing, both in number and in spirit. The national mechanical engineering honorary fraternity was established in 1930, and the past year can be ranked high among its many successful ones. The purpose of Pi Tau Sigma is twofold: to foster the high ideals of the engineering profession, and to stimulate the student’s interest in his community and his profession. The organization also serves to establish a close bond of friendship among its members. The fraternity’s members are chosen from among the junior and senior students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the basis of engineering ability and interest, scholastic record, and personality. D. W. VER PLANCK Department Head Row 1: C. Willey, C. Zorowski, J. llnangst Row 2: D. Anderson, R. Neuman, J. Sharbaugh