Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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radar, other detsseee.eqe1P.111eHL As evident as an electric shock is the part of the electrical engineer in our modern civilization. In this electrical age, we have come to depend on the EE and his valuable work. From factory to home, his products are an integral part of our society. The electrical engineer harnesses electricity to man's uses. His work is varied, and so are the courses of study that he may pursue at the University. After taking the general course of study, he may choose his electives in the field of his interest which may range from communication, electric machinery, and automatic controls, to electric power and illumination. When the electrical engineer begins his work in industry, he might be working on such modern miracles as radar, loran, or shoran. Not only in industry will the EE student find these electrical wonders: if he takes advanced sfudy at Purdue, he may have the opportunity to work on one of the many research J, Stuart Johnson, Head projects under way in his department, such as the work being done on developing non-linear filters and new and better radar receivers. The electrical engineer is working on the frontiers of man's universe with that most mysterious of forces. electricity-man's valuable but unseen friend. The electro-data digital computer, or electronic brain, is used extensively by the electrical engineer for research purposes. 25

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EE's develop An AC motor lab gives students basic practical training. E i E . .., 5 -, V A graduate student gathers extensive data for his research thesis by testing a Servo-System employing magnetic amplifiers. 24

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mproving means of air power Jets . . . rockets . . . guided missles . . . progress moves on in the airways and in scientific research. For defense and for peace, aeronautical engineering and engineering science streak forward. In fifty short years the airplane industry has progressed from the flimsy craft fiown at Kitty Hawk to the F-84 Thunder Jet and far beyond. The School of Aeronautical Engineering offers two options to meet the needs of students planning a career in the research or design phases of AE. The theoretical aeronautics option is for the student who wishes to go into graduate study, while the airplane and powerplant option is for the student who chooses aerodynamics, structures, or aeroelasticity as his specialty. Moving along side by side with aeronautical engineering is the School of Engineering Sciences. The principal objective of its curriculum is to prepare students for careers in basic research and development in the engineering field. The program contains extensive mathematics and basic science courses to develop the student's skill in precise physical reasoning, analysis, and synthesis. Students who wish to pursue studies in research in engineering science will find many fertile fields. Paul F. Chenia, Head ei V i. '5 3, y U 1 f I . .4 ' '39 S4 . ., ,6g,,gkQ,f .ffl A .. we :swims 1-.941 . M... lf,-. - f- Was '-1:-1- ' 2' -Q. my '-5, QQ tg-.' as - Q , 5-La, f 35- 'ii - 'Q if--we - ., f ., 'fair'-41,0 1' ' 'z S :ffm ' if- Z V f ' Harold M. DeGrof. Head The windtunnel is a fundamental and basic symbol of aeronautical engineering 26