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

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Mechanical Engineering Department When a student reaches the hitter part of his college career at the Missouri School of Mines, he may specialize in power plant design or machine design. Tile student may also take electives in the other divisions of mechanical engineering. The main option stressed by the department is power plant design for it lies up all of the basic courses in the heat and power fields. It is the prime objective of this department to give the student a comprehensive training in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering which w ill be of practical use to him in almost any industry of his choosing. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1930, 1943. B.S., 1930, M.S., 1931, Missouri School of Mines; ScD , 1935, Michigan, M ec hani c a £ E n g in e e ring B ui Idi ng .

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Drill press instructions. Measuring kw input. Crankmg up the Chrysler , Steam quality measurement Striking an arc. Bull session , Mechanical Engineering Department Mechanical Engineering is a large field and quite extensive in scope, I here are numerous pro- fessional divisions such as: power plant design, machine design, shop practice, applied mechanics, refrigeration, air conditioning, etc. The mechanical engineering field is obviously too extensive to cover thoroughly in all its divisions in four years. The univeisity curriculum for mechanical engineering students is therefore perhaps more fundamental and has less specialization than other engineering cur- ricula. This enables the student to choose his option later in his college course or to change divisions later in life to conform to his interests or the trend of industrial progress. 28

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Titrating for R t Q. [ nit Operations Lab. Unsteady heat flow through cork slab. Cook book chemistry . Chemical Engineering Department The Chemical Engineering Department here on the M.S.M. campus, under the able leadership of Dr. Walter T. Schrenk, has made great strides in the past years in keeping up with new developments in industry I he field of Chemical Engineering; is the most diversified of all fields of engineering. Because of the importance of the field of chemical engineering in the advancement of the scientific world of today, it is also a rapidly expanding field. A graduate Chemical Engineer is qualified to assume a position in a large number of industries such as: those manufacturing dyes, explosives, petroleum products, etc. The majority of the graduates in the curriculum find work in tile laboratory, pilot plant, development, design const rue- lion, plant operation technical sales and administration, or enter the teaching profession. Through the courses offered at M.S.M the students are kept up to date on all the advances made in their particular field In the laboratory work of their first two years, the students learn general methods and techniques which are being used in the chemical industry at the present time. Upon entering the last two years of college, they learn prin- ciples underlying the Chemical Engineering field. Finally before each student is graduated he must obtain work in practice, thus adapting himself for the world of tomorrow 30