Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Chemin! and Mein flmfcgzbazl EnCgz'nee1fz'ng si. of 1 ff' t i Ask almost any chemical engineer what he thinks is the Utoughestn school X 7' in the 1'niversityg his answer is bound to be the Chem. and Met. school. The Q ' school has a reputation for being perhaps the most difhcult at Purdue, but its .K graduates also have a reputation for being some of the best equipped and most U 1 ingenious engineers in the country. N- X li The Chemical lfngineering School was established at Purdue in 1911 with a X faculty ol' six men. Since those early years the faculty has been nearly tripled, Q and the facilities at hand and the r if, scope ol. the curriculum have been enlarged immensely. ln 1939, Met- allurgical lingineering was incorp- orated with the Chemical lnfngineer- ing School. In that same year, the Chem. and Met. building was completed, making available to Purdue engineers some of the most modern and up-to-date equipment in the country. Good use was soon made ol' the new equipment since scientific re- search was stimulated by the de- mands of a nation and a world ll 1' XVHT. Professor bl. L. Bray, Head of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering. V 1 1 , 1',.4v

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Fjrpw' rxglil tw'm'r: Professor F. F. Bruhn, Ht-.ld flli.'XL'I'0I11lllI'lC1ll Fngincuring. Aeromurzml E 74 Cgz'nee1fz'n cg The close of the second NYorld War brought forth a miraculous expansion of interest in the Field of aviation. The School of Aeronautics under Professor F. F. Bruhn, is a direct result of this increased demand for trained aeronautical engineers. Formerly, aeronautics was a branch of the Mechanical Fngineering School, but much better results were obtained by dividing the courses to allow for greater specialization. At present the School of Aeronautics is divided into two curricula: Aeronautical Fngineering and Air Transportation. Flying enthusiasts in the School of Aeronautics are well acquainted with the many facilities available in the numerous, well-equipped shops and laboratories at the Purdue Airport as well as with the aeronautical wing of the Mechanical Engineering building providing space for research. Thus Purdue will play a major part in the growth and development of the field of aviation. 25

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The pressing need for new materials, substi- tutes for scarce products, new processes, and methods of recovering waste products taxed the ingenuity of research chemists. The results of many of Purdue's research projects helped a great deal to shorten the war. Now the war is over, but research goes on in peace as vigorously as in war. The demands of the future give chem- ical and metallurgical engineers trememdous opportunities. They will be the men who will carry scientific progress forward to unknown heights. -.....,.,.,, -.....,-,.........-... ...... .... . -..,-.. c :5.jg-,szzsg-.: I L4 -'2T3,'.-gg.3lfA.,'w.' 53feE:..f4m:v1...., i Dr. J. I.. Bray, who is in charge ofthe Chemical and Metallurgical School, has quite a jolw now that the school is in process of changing from wartime research to peacetime research. A flew of the immediate tasks include a lead coating for steel, work on war chemicalsg the application of certain solvents to the treatment of garbage, sweet potatoes, carrots, and coalg the hydrogena- tion of coal to provide a high heat value gas similar to natural gasg a humidity control for prefabricated housesg and the venting of direct gas heaters. 27