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

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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-

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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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5.95 ffqs Q iffiggizsfgaaizszg 'J O 'Q 'ids 'Q 'o,'l,,0,,:,'a,i,:. V 1, 1, 0,':,'1,'o !i4l.'I0': f 1- Q K xv , , ical engineering includes the organization of men, money, and aterial . N their coordination for effective and economic production. w Mechanical Engineering at M. S. M. is taught with the object o' giving the Q student a comprehensive training in the fundamentals of ineclianic eggiag if S which will be of use to him in practically any industry which he f rziijtggfgbes e ,...- to enter. The curriculum has been worked out so as to give as tho f the same time as well balanced a course as can be given in four years. may further his engineering education and broaden his experience by e ecting courses in other departments. After the present war we shall live in a new world. It will be a world requiring fundamental readjustments in our thinking and in our national way of life. How can these readjustments be initiated? Professional men must under- take the task. They are the only ones equipped and able to cope with the com- plex problems. These problems involve the establishment of new interconnec- tions-laws of communication and understanding between fields of human activity that in the past have been held separate. The solution of these problems and the restoration of the war-torn world will in no small measure be effected by the mechanical engineer.