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

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PAUL G, HEROLD Department Chairman Professor a! Ceramic Engineering, 1936, 1944. B.Cef.E , 1931, M,S„ 1932, Ph.D ( 1934, Ohio State University, Ceramic Engineering Department FACULTY PLANJE, THEODORE Associate Professor of Ceramic Engineering, 1946, 1951. B,$. in Cer. EL, 1943, Missouri School ot Mines; Ph.D., 1950, Missouri, 5HULZE, CHARLES E., Instructor in Ceramic Engineer- ing, 1949, B-S, in Cer. E., 1947; M.S,, 1951, Mis- souri School of Mines, Shulze Planje I T IS the object of the Department of Ceramic Engineering to train students for a career in the ceramic industries. The ceramic in- dustries are those engaged in the production of commercial products from non-metallic, earthy raw materials by fiery operations. The curriculum provides for all of the branches of ceramic engineering. Two basic divisions of ceramics are; (1) the technique, (2) the product. In training the stu- dent for a career in ceramic engineering it is necessary to supplement theoretical classroom procedure with a practical understanding of the basic principles underlying the technique and product, Portland cement, lime, gypsum, glass, enamaled-ware, abrasives, refractories, and clay products are the groups that these techniques and products cover. Of these vari- ous groups, clay products is the most important. The study of clay and its products offers more laboratory work than any other department on the campus, A prospective Ceramic Engineer begins his technique by practical application of his classroom studies with the aid of semi- commercial equipment. The theory on firing and drying, nature of ceramic raw materials, pyrometry, physical properties of ceramic raw materials, no longer remains entirely in the classroom. Special equipment is used to ac- quaint the student with modem methods of in- dustry in developing and improving the tech- nique and product, Since 1898, when ceramic education began in the United States, slightly more than two thousand graduates have gone into this indus- try composed of more than thirty-five thousand plants in the United States, is one of the few schools in the United States that offers de- grees in ceramic engineering. Dr. P, G. Herold, who came to M.S.M, in 1936, heads the Ceramic Department, which is one of the best of its kind in existence. Another im- portant man in this department is Professor T. J. Planje, who came here in 1946, Page Twenty -Nine