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

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Surveying on the campus. DEPARTMENT The Civil Engineering Department was one of the first departments on our campus and has kept pace with the in creasing enrollment as it is now one of the largest departments at MSM. The greatest number of graduate research stu- dents are. claimed by this department. These students are employed in the many important research projects being under- taken by the department. The curriculum in Civil Engineering is designed to afford a thorough train- ing in the fundamental principles upon which the practice of Civil Engineering is founded. It is the aim of the department to prepare its graduates for technical and administrative positions in the promotion, design, construction, operation, and man- agement of engineering projects. Making a concrete test cylinder. ERNEST W. CARLTON Department Chairman Professor of Civil Engineering 1923, 1936. B.S. in M.E. 1920, MS. Ind. Ed. 1926, Colorado State U; B.S. in CE. 1950, Missouri School of Mines. v- 29

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Prof. Roberts checks test tubes. The name Civil Engineering was originally applied to all types of engi- neering work not directly connected with military operations. At the present time, Civil Engineering still covers an extremely broad field of engineering endeavor. The Railroad, highway, hydraulic, sanitary, and structural phases of engineering may ex- emplify the wide and varied applications of the Civil Engineering field. Yet, these general divisions comprise only a por- tion of the many versatile developments accredited to the title, Civil Engineering. The field is obviously too extensive to be covered thoroughly in all its divi- sions in four years. Therefore, the stu- dent may, in addition to the fundamentals of Civil Engineering, select special train- ing at the School of Mines and Metallurgy in any of its numerous branches. Watch that pressure gage. CIVIL ENGINEERING Looking over a lab setup.

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The phenomenal growth in the electrical Engineering field in recent years has been matched by the expansion of the Electrical Engineering Department at Missouri School of Mines. To follow the development of the electrical field, one has only to check the advances of our Electrical Engineering Department. Originating as a part of the Physics Department, the Electrical Engineering Department came into its own in 1924 when it was given separate departmental status. In the beginning, the curricula was devoted mainly to electrical power and transmission. A simple knowledge in this field was sufficient to the graduating engineer until the practical applications of electron tubes began to make an ap- pearance. Suddenly the field became so broad that now it can truthfully be said that modern man can hardly perform a single function in his normal routine of living, that is not influenced in some way by the Electrical Engineer. Our drink- ing water is processed by machines of electrical design; our clothes and furni- ture are manufactured by electromotive power; our recreation is geared to the pace of television; and our societies’ pro- tection is keyed to the electronic eye of radar. ISRAEL H. LOVETT Department Chairman Professor of Electrical Engineering 1921, 1931 B.S« 1914, MXT.; EX. 1924, Missouri School of Mines; M.S 1928, Michigan. Wiring up a lab problem. 30