Stevens Institute of Technology - Link Yearbook (Hoboken, NJ)

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'Department of Electrical Engineering I-IE purpose of the Department of Electrical lflngincering is to prepare us for all electrical problems that may present themselves during our careers as engineers and to broaden our field of scientific knowledge. This course is covered during the last year and a half at Stevens. The class- room work is divided into lecture and recitation periods, which run parallel to the work in the laboratory. ldeas are developed experimentally and not mathematically. YVe have studied the first fundamental physical ideas and the remaining and largest part of the course will be given to the study of the construction, operation, and application of electrical machines, measuring instruments, and methods of transmission and distribution for industrial power, lighting, and electric railways. All of these subjects will be of vital importance to us in after life. The proper study of all these important electrical subjects requires a t Stevens fulfills this requirement. The dynamo laboratory contains' a large number and variety of machines. Aside froln these, power is obtained from the Carnegie I,aboratory and from the city. Numerous types of are lamps and rcetifiers are included in the equip- ment. There is a model of a small distribution system in the Department. The laboratory is furnished with a large variety of measuring instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, oseillographs, ete. There is also a complete working model set of telephone apparatus for a local battery system, a battery r w , well-equipped laboratory. That a of sixty chloride eells and a number of small portable storage cells. lhese machines and instruments are controlled by a huge slate switchboard, the gift of the Class of 1903. - Professor L. A. I-Iazeltine, NLE., is at the head of the Department and is assisted bv Assistant Professor l . C. Stockwell, A.B., S.li., Mr. I-I. R. Klein, 1s.sC.,':md M1-. M. F. Wendt, Mr. TlL't'lIf'll-1li'll0

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Department of Economics of Engineering URING this your, in the Department of l'lC0ll0llllCS of Engineering, lectures and reeitntions were held on Elementary 1'lC0ll0llllCS, Account- ing, Depreciation, Shop Cost, I,:1w of Contracts, Patent l,:1w Specifica- tions, und husiness methods in general. Next yenr we look forward to rx eontiuuntion of these studies with :nn introduction to others in the course of the Department. The olmjeet of the Depnrtnient is to impress upon us the fnet that :in engineer, in order to he successful, must he :1 business man. Here the training that will nmke it possihle for us to become inimngers of industry is provided. VVe :ire rendered eupuhle of understanding the husiness side of :in industrial or engineering eonecrn. lVe are instructed :is to and warned of the dangers of legul eomplientions, :ind :ire taught to seek the :advice of :1 competent lawyer whenever :1 legal question arises. The work of this Depnrtinent is important, for the knowledge gained here must he :1 part of our store of inforlnntion if we ever intend to hold positions of authority. , President A. C'. Humphreys, SLE., Sell., l'l.D., l.l..D., is the hend of the Depnrtnient :ind is assisted by Dr. F. l,. Sevenonlc, All., NLD. 'l'uf1' ll ly-1' iylzl

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Department of Engineering Practice HR course in the Department of Engineering Practice is included in the curriculum of our fourth year. XVQ will he instructed to use our elementary training to the ht-st aclvantage in the design and application of prime movers and the utilization of energy. The course is hased upon the tl'Jll1Sf01'l11!ltl0Il of energy available in nature into energy that can he made to do work for man, with which principles a thoroughly educated engineer should he familiar. James E. Denton, ILE., E.D., Professor Emeritus of this Department, had charge of the work until his retirement several years ago. Professor R. M. Anderson, B.S., MP., is now carrying on the work with great success. Thirty