Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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DEPARTME T 'PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEPT. GRANT K. PALSGROVE, M.E., professor of Hydraulic Engineering, R. P. I., 'I I, Square and Com- pass. IIKCIJ, EE, TBII, IITM. JOHN GUTHRIE FAIRFIELD, B.S., professor of Heat Engineering, M. I. T., 'I 6.. HOWARD E. STEVENS, M.E., assistant professor of Machine Design, R. P. I., 'I6. EE. JAMES JOSEPH DEVINE, B.S., assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, R. I. State, '18 AXA, 1-DKLIJ. THOMAS FRANCIS FITZGERALD, M.E., assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., ,ZI KIDK, EE. WILLIAM J. MORELAND, JR., M.E., assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., '26 FLOYD ADRIAN GREENE, M.E,, instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., ,2S. EE. GERALD B. FITZGERALD, E.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., '27, Pr.S.E., GNE JAMES M. SMITH, M. E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., ,29. GMA, EE. KENNETH HASTINGS WHITE, M.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., ,29. AEA. HAROLD ANDREXVS WILSON, M.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., ,29. MARSDEN A. Coon, M.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., '3o. ELBERT FRANKLIN CORWIN, M.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., '30, ARNO G. SCHUBERT, M.E., instructor of Mechanical Engineering, R. P. I., '30, HAROLD B. WRIGHT, B.S., in M.E., N. C. State, '30, M.M.E., R. P. I., '3 I, instructor of Mechan- ical Engineering. XXII. f f Q I fs-A 5 'J If 4 ff-lv 5

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2 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING With the development of this country came the necessity for more and more men who were able to bring about progress in the field of mechanical engineering. Recognizing this need, the Institute founded this course with the aid of the Russell Sage Foundation in the spring of 1907. This course, when established, was fortunate in having completely new quarters and equipment, for it was at this time that Russell Sage Laboratory was built. Professor Arthur M. Greene, Jr., was responsible for the rapid growth of this department. In 1922 he was succeeded by Professor Edwin A. Fessenden, who has kept the department standards up to the high levels of the Institute since then. In I933, a course in aeronautical engineering was started, thus continuing the expansion of this department EDWARD ALLAN EESSENDEN, B. S. in M. E., M. E., Head of the Department of M eehanieal Engineering, Professor of Nlechanical Engineering, U. of Mo., '04, Afro, 25, TBH, ET. Born Aug. 14, 1882, at Seven Mile, Butler Co., O. St. Louis Manual Train- ing School, Washington University. Received B.S. from Missouri in 1904 and M.E. in 1906. Chief draftsman and assistant superintendent, Aetna Foundry and Machine Co., draftsman, Babcock 85 Wilcox Co., draftsman, National Candy Co., Turbine Test 85 Publicity Department, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. Instructor, M.E., University of Missouri, 1905, assistant professor in charge of department, 1907. Associate professor and acting dean of Engineering Schools, I9I3. Head of M.E. Department, Pennsylvania State, I9I6Q Head of M.E. Department, R. P. I., I922Q Member, A.S.M.E., S.P.E.E., and S.E.E..N.Y.

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VW It If fC I ' 'O f . X ,. . I X y . . , ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING The need for a course in electrical engineering, owing to the rapid develop- ment of the electrical World, came to a head in 1903 with the founding of this department under the leadership of Dr. William L. Robb. Under his guidance, the number of graduates of this course has increased from eleven to Well over a hundred each year. This department not only gives courses to its own students, but it has contact with everyone in the Institute through the fundamental courses of electricity and physics. These courses are given not only for the training derived, but for their interest, as Well as for the reason that practically everything in our lives today has a bearing upon them. VA course 'in physics is given also for those with research in mind rather than engineering. Since the death of Dr. Robb, in 1933, the department has been guided by Dr. Matthew A. Hunter. Y MATTHEW ALBERT HUNTER, MA., B.So. CN. Zj, DSC. CLondonj. Head of Deparimemf of Electrical Engineer- ing, Professor of Electro-Chemistry. TBH QHon.j, EE fHon.J, R.S.E. fHon.j Born at Auckland, N. Z., Nov. 9, 1878. He received the degree of Arts in 1900 and Bachelor of Science in 1901. In 1902 he Was appointed the 1851 Exhibition Scholar of New Zealand. In 1902-O3 he studied under Sir William Ramsay in London, taking the degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London. In 1903-O4 he studied under Professor Nernst in Goet- tingen, Professor Moissan in Paris, and Professor LeBlanc in Karlsruhe. He entered the Research Laboratory of the General Electric Company in 1905, and in August, 1908, he was appointed to his present position. He is now engaged in pursuing original investigations on metallurgical problems, chiefly in the field of the electrical properties of alloys. Member of the American Chemical Society, American Electrochemical Society, American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Consulting engineer to Driver Harris Co., contributor to the jouvfmzl of the A71181'iCH71 Chemical Society, and to the jouwml of the American Electrocbewzical Society.