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

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THE role OF the chemical ENGINEER in the industrial world is to translate chemical (laboratory) processes into profitable manufactur- ing operations. These usually involve the co-ordination of chemical reactions as well as unit physical operations. The training of chemical engineers supplies the foundation and tools needed to start a professional career. Organic, inorganic, ana- lytical and physical chemistry; mathematics, physics, mechanics and economics form the basic training lor the professional chemical en- gineer. Industrial stoichiometry, chemical engineering unit opera- tions, design and thermodynamics emphasize the professional aspects. The chemical engineer will be found in every large industrial organization participating in the rapid march of progress. His duties may confine his efforts to the executive department, research develop- ment. plant and equipment design, plant construction and operation, process control or technical sales. The Chemical Engineering Department of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy has moved into the new building which was completed in the summer of 194 • 1 he work ol the depaitment is now carried on in this portion ol the new building and the old chemistry building. The new building is essentially devoted to labora- tories for chemical engineering, organic, analytical and general chem- istry. It is excellently equipped with modern apparatus needed in the instruction and research program.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING the east i’Ew decades ha vc witnessed a very rapid development in mechanical processes and transportation, notably the airplane. Mechanical Engineering comprises the science anti technology of power generation of mechanical transmission of power, and of the production of machine tools and their products. In addition to the research, design, development, and investigation required in creating these services and products, mechanical engineering includes the organization of men, money, and materials and their coordina- tion for effective and economic production. Mechanical Engineering at M. S. M. is taught with the object of giving the student a comprehensive training in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering which will be of use to him in practically any industry which he might choose to enter. After the present war a large reserve of professional men will be needed to supervise a vast reconstruction program. The complex problems encountered will involve the establishment of new inter- connect ions-laws of communication and understanding between fields of human activity that in the past have been held separate. The solu- tion 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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CIVIL ENGINEERING the profession of civil enginekrinc is indeed a broad one and is often credited as the parent stem, which in the early development of engineering included all branches of the constructive art with the exception of Military Engineering. In its restricted sense, Civil Engineering may be said to include: the establishment and relocation of private, state and national boundar ies; the providing of accurate maps of 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 improvements, flood-protection works, important structures; and reclamation of unproductive areas; municipal engineering and testing of engineering construction mate- rials Civil Engineering students at the School of Mines receive a thorough, well-rounded training. However, a judicious selection of elective courses will provide opportunity for specialization in Highway, Hydraulic, Structural or Sanitary Engineering. M. S. M. graduates have made an admirable record in all phases of Civil Engineering and their efforts have contributed materially toward the advancement of their profession.