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

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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.

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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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CIVIL E GI EERI N THE PROFESSION or ENGINEERING in some form is as old as the human race, for some form of building, some utilization of the materials and forces of nature, has always been necessary in order that man might protect himself against the elements and sustain himself in the conflict with nature. Up to about the middle of the eighteenth century there were but two recognized branches of the profes- sion, the civil and the military. The former included all those branches of the constructive art not directly connected with military operations. But during the latter part of the eighteenth century there came a remarkable series of mechan- ical inventions, such as the power loom, modern steam engine, steam locomotive, and puddling process for making wrought iron. These discoveries lead to the branching out of the engineering profession from the parent stem, civil engineer- ing. For the purpose of summary, the scope of civil engineering may comprise: The establishment and relocation of private, state, and national boundaries and the providing of accurate maps of the coasts and various parts of the country, the location, construction, and maintenance of pipe lines, canals, highways, and railways, the design, construction, and maintenance of river and harbor improve- ments, such as levees, sea walls, jetties, wharves, docks, piers, and lighthouses, the design, construction, and maintenance of flood-protection works, and reclama- tion of unproductive areas, through the construction of irrigation and drainage systems, the design, construction, and maintenance of important structures such as bridges, steel and reinforced concrete buildings, viaducts, aqueducts, tunnels, dams and power plants, municipal engineering, which includes water-supply systems, sewage treatment and disposal systems, street improvements, and city planning, and the testing of engineering construction materials.