Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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' wk:-g,. XX fwsigt-. .a'+eQ.v.-2-S-ts' -3+:v!+. 2-1' :L-ff:S'1-21 'Wil X a X 'ev gnoqgtg X 5 cj X 'Xa f , f .I X fr . . ul 'v I and glycerine from waste petroleum gases, are examples which ma 1 cited I K y illustrations. Glycerine produced from these wastr vers serves to ' ilize t el . . . . . . . ,.r' price and not permit it to soar to excessive prices a .3 did 1n the l sq K Th manufacture of toluene and glycerine from these waste products f s expanding source of supply for the production of explosives. ff The training of chemical engineers supplies the foundation anti? ' X1 l 1 f to start a professional career. Organic, inorganic, analytical, and p si l ig s f , f ' istry, mathematics, physics, mechanics and economics form the basic 1 2 f o, , fl K the study of chemical en0'ineerin0'. Industrial stoichiometry, chemic q r v . l s Q D C . 1 -i!.:: - ' ing unit operations, design and thermodynamics emphasize tl1e s..1ie,a,,sMg. -, ,,,.-553-1: . . . . . . . . ii::i'--:2:-- 5' aspects. Other supporting engineering subjects in civil, mechanical and elec' ca engineering serve to round out the four year curriculum. The student must also complete an inspection tour of plants and work at least one summer Qbetween the junior and senior yearj in a chemical plant before graduation. Upon completion of this training he must decide .whether he will continue in graduate study for an advanced degree or obtain employ- ment with one of the many industries employing cnemical engineers. The chemical engineer will be found in every large industrial organization participating in the rapid march of progress. His duties may conhne his efforts to the executive department, research development, plant and equipment design. plant construction and operation, process control or technical sales. However, he will be found in the midst of things making every effort to produce better things for better living through chemical engineering and chemistry. The Chemical Engineering and Chemistry department of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy has moved into the new building which was completed in the summer of 1941. The work of the department is now carried on in this portion of the new building and the old chemistry building. The new building is essentially devoted to laboratories for chemical engineering, organic, analytical and general chemistry. It is excellently equipped with modern apparatus needed in the instruction and research programs.

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CHEMICAL E GI EERI G THE ROLE or THE CHEMIICAL ENGINEER in our industrial world is to translate chemical Qlaboratoryj processes into prohtable manufacturing operations. These usually involve the co-ordination of chemical reactions as well as unit physical operations. U The vast research program in the United States bears a unique relationship to industry, often producing such revolutionary changes which may disrupt old and established industries and create new ones. The synthesis of a new product may also exert a stabilizing inlluence on the world's market, making it possible to break monopolistic control. This type ol progress, due to research, is common in our daily lives. The production of nylon from coal, air and limestone, the recovery of bromine from sea watery the synthetic production of rubber, toluene

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x THE VERY BASIC CONCEPTS of mechanical engineering were used by primitive man in his attempts to conquer nature and better his living conditions. It was this constant desire of man to create a higher standard of living that brought about the various basic inventions as the steam engine, steam boat, spinning jennv, and cotton gin. The last few decades have brought about the very rapid development of mechanical processes of manufacture and ol transportation, notably the airplane. Mechanical Engineering comprises the science and technology of power generation, of mechanical transmission ol power, and ol the production of machine tools and their products. In addition to the research, design, develop- ment, and investigation required in creating these services and products, mechan-