Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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George Harter and Alfred Block take readings on the high Velocity turbine blade tester. The Roar of Enginesilii ffl' in the ME Lab 1 X xx ijt N.. - ' J 1 'N' .--au The earliest MBE on the campus attended classes in the basement of the old power plant, located near where Building No. 2 now stands. From its beginning in 1882 under Dr. F. 111. VV. Goss the school selected outstanding persons to lead and instruct in the field of engineering. Rapid growth under this policy resulted in the HIE school moving to a shed where Coulter now stands, then to Heavilon Hall, and in 1932 to the present DIE Building. Among the outstanding members of the staff were Michael Golden, Professor G. A. Young, head of the school from 1912 to 1941, and Dean A. A. Potter, dean of the engineering schools since 1920. The latter two men broadened the curricula to include study in power plants, in- dustrial heating and Ventilating, air conditioning, and aeronautics, now a separate school. Dean H. I.. Solberg, the l1lE school's present head, and Dean Potter are maintaining an outlook toward the future by co-operating with industry in a great number of phases of research. including the harnessing of atomic energy for power installa- tions. 26 An attempt to eliminate the knock in internal com- bustion engines is one of the outstanding research proj- ects of the school this year. The most promising solu- tions found by Professor H. J. Buttner and W. A. Agnew, researchers on this project, not only eliminate the knock but give the engine added power from low octane gasoline. In the fluid mechanics laboratory, recently moved from Heavilon Hall to the new wing of the 11113 build- ing, research involving air currents flowing around turbine blades at speeds approaching that of sound, is being carried on under the supervision of Professor R. C. Binder. Prof. H. L. Solberg inspects the modern IC engines lab. s-1-..1--waz' f-awww.-V-.1 ...fin--.f,w-.ve.w-..w.,.-.a.g.s.,mnmme..

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ff! I N . A CE learns about concrete foundations by inspection. The great structures of the world of tomorrow are being created in the minds of the students of today. The engineers for these super highways, bridges, and buildings are being thoroughly trained in the highly technical curriculum in the School of Civil Engineer- ing and Engineering ltlechanics. Purdue has estab- lished one of the largest and best qualified schools of this kind. Not only theoretical but also practical training is offered in the three principal options: general, sanitation, and construction. Supplement- ing the curriculum are instructional laboratories, ma- terial testing laboratories, and practice in soil me- chanics. Professor R. N. Shreve. head of the Chem and Met School. Outstanding in the field of structural engineer- ing is Professor R. B. Wliley, dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. lvith Professor Yviley advocating the coordina- tion of 1'ESE'3.1'Cll with course instruction, better equipped engineers are being turned out every semester. Under Professor YVilev's direction the CE and EM school will soon niove into a new building. CE's and i'EM's Learn About s Structures Professor R. B. YViley, head of the CE and EM school.

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