General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Students Move Into Completed Wing ' The Electricity and Electronics faculty moved into these new offices adjacent to the new laboratories. ASRRBRE SE The new lounge area gives both the students and faculty an area in which to relax between classes. Another special feature is a patch system which allows as many as three circuits to be connected between any or all stations in the lab and one pro- jection room and two adjoining classrooms. This allows the transmission of a closed circuit television signal from the laboratory to the projection room or classrooms for a lecture-demonstration. The student project area is used by students to conduct lab projects which may require several weeks for completion. The GMTE Electronics Club utilizes this area for meetings and demonstrations. The faculty laboratory development area is used to develop laboratory experiments and class demon- strations, investigate new theories, devices, and equipment, and to perform original investigations. With the new patch system installation, laboratory demonstration can be transmitted by closed circuit T.V. The electrical engineering laboratory facilities include areas for the following activities: Circuits and Networks, Electrical Machines, Basic Electronics and Semiconductors, Instrumentation and Measurement Standards, Controls and Servo, Electronic Process Equipment, Systems (Analog Com- puter), Student Projects, Faculty Development, and Supply and Maintenance. Several special features have been incorporated in the laboratory facilities. A shielded room has been installed in an annex to the instrumentation and measurement standards area. The room is used whenever it is necessary to use electrical instrumentation in an area of minimum electrical interference, or, whenever it is desired to prevent equipment or experiments from causing possible interference to other sections of the lab or the surrounding neighborhood. 9

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Fall, L961: Electrical Engineering The Circuits and Networks lab areas provide the latest equipment at the students’ fingertips on these new work stations. The addition to the west building is being used to im- plement the expanded Electricity and Electronics program. The new addition houses seven classrooms, approximately 10,000 square feet of laboratory space, offices for the depart- ment’s faculty, and a small lounging area. In constructing the new addition, rearrangement of the adjoining areas of the existing building produced a new projection room seating 100 people. Air conditioning was installed in laboratory areas, Classrooms, and offices which no longer have outside windows as a result of the building addition. The laboratory facilities were designed to accomplish these objectives: versatility of student work areas and equip- ment, efficient use of faculty and student time, safety and ease of maintenance, pleasant atmosphere, good communica- tions, easy identification of work areas, and appropriate laboratory equipment for training electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering students. The analog computer laboratory offers excellent training in electronics. Thousands of dollars of new electrical and electronic equipment have been added to the E.E. lab.

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10 This view shows many of the changes brought about by the renovation. Spring, 1962: Library Undergoes The expansion and renovation of the library, which be- gan in November of 1961, has been completed. The objec- tives of this enlargement project were the eventual doubling of the number of volumes, increasing the floor area by one third, increasing the number and variety of the study areas, and increasing and improving the reference section. In 1959-60, the number of catalogued items in the libraryswas approximately 14,000. In 1961, the number was increased to well over 18,000 items, and currently there are over 20,000 items. For the first time, the library’s circulation went over 5,000 items in a month. Carolyn and the other librarians provide a vital service to the patrons of the library. This microfilm reader-printer has improved the access to the microfilm collection.