Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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CI IL ENGINEERI G Seated, left to right: L. A. Robert, S. E. Kicinski, D. L. Schaible, G. J. Caspary, T. H. Barrett, E. P. Wiedenhoffer. Second row: John E. Fritz, O. D. Boutilier, M. M. Bowers, P. Reddy, W. M. Haas. I Upon the retirement of the Professor W. C. Rolkinghorne, Prof. E. P. Wiedenhoefer assumed the post of department head. Prof, T. H. Barrett shall retire at the end of this year. New faculty members include Donald C. Schaible, Class of '59, and P. Damoder Reddy, graduate student. The Civil Engineering curriculum was revised last year and the new curriculum is now in effect. More mathe- matics and engineering sciences were added as require- ments. The senior options are no longer required although the courses may still be elected. The new curriculum of- fers a well rounded program of study in mathematics, the engineering sciences, the professional fields of Civil Engi- neering and the humanities.

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UCLEAR ENGINEERI G The desrgn development and the operatron of reactors the dlsposal of nuclear waste, and the ut1l1zat1on of frsslon products have be come mcreflsrng rmportant m th1s atomrc age Reahzrng the lmportance of the nuclear engrneer, Mlchlgan Tech placed strong em phasls on the cuulculum The department of Nuclear Englneermg has severed ltself from the ChC1'l11StI'y department 1n the past year Through a faculty wluch IS drawn from several departments on cam pus, a program 1S taucht Whlch leads to a M S 1n Nuclear Engrneermg Seated let to rzght E V Pxel G Boyd E J KOSIHHCIC R F Makens Second row R Mxtchell F B Epperson K MCMIIICH H B Anderson

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GEOLOGY Geology IS the study of rocks numerals, SO1lS, and PhyS1O graphlc featules of the ealth and the Oflglll and develop ment of the planet and 1ts 1I1l13.b1t8.I1tS An Engmeer hav mg a backgwund of mmeralogy and geology 1S equlppecl to handle the techmcal ploblems that come to hlm 1n con nectlon w1th mlnelal d1SCOV61y and exploltlon and the lo cat1on and constluctlon of engmeeung structures A geologlst s tralmng conslsts prlmarlly of 1 four year col lege COUISC Wlth as much flelcl work as posslble The geologlcal engmeex w1ll also take courses concerned Wlth mlnlnv cn 11 metallurgical, mechamcal, and electucal engl neermg :mn thelr appllcauons to ealth sc1ence Seated left to rtbht J M Nellson S C Nordang A N Macmtosh J P Dobell Second row D W Pollock K Splroff Clvxl Geolo 1ca1 Bu1ldm I-.-+ auf' Mmeralo raphy I .U . . , . .. . . , . . , . . , . . . : . . bi '?.4- -'w ,Q ' ' 'x . . U. . . za g 1 V 'i 37' , aw--L-tc V -r-ww-. .. H I . I n n . 1 c - 1, V Y . , . . . . . n' C . . . . . . . . . . y . Us g