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

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The Chemical Engineering courses, based on two years of laboratory work start the students on the bottom rung ot the ladder with qualitative and quantitative analysis. Under Industrial Chemistry comes studies, tests, and analyses of the materials and processes of industry. The chemistry ot the major industries is later specifically studied. The fundamentals of organic chemistry are included under the study of the Petroleum lndustry. The purpose of the curriculum is to educate the youth to think as an engineer and to learn engineering methods. Ot secondary importance is the accumulation of facts pertinent to specialized branches of engineering. For the most part this specialization remains to be acquired by the Stevens Engineer upon graduation into the industrial world, with his comprehensive training in the funda- mentals as his guide. 6

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THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ESEARCI-l, Design, Development, Production, Sales, Installation and Maintenance are the divisions of industry in which fledgling engineers are needed. After years of experience in these fields the responsibilities of management naturally fall upon the shoulders of those who may be so entrusted. lt was with the idea of afford- ing the student the best of the available educational opportunities to permit him to achieve the ultimate goal, that the Stevens curriculum was evolved. An all-round technical education is the key-note of Stevens and, four years of six-day weeks is the require- ment for successful completion of the course comprising Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical, and Management Engineering. Primarily the course of instruction is the same for all the students with the exception of Senior Technical Elec- tives and various Humanities electives. The course for the first two years is essentially the same as at other engineering colleges but includes more hours per week. During this two-year period the fundamentals of Mathe- matics, Physics, Chemistry, and Mechanics are taught along with Accounting, Machine Design, Shop Practice, English and History. The last two years are devoted to the application of the primary knowledge to fundamental engineering prin- ciples. ln this stage of the education, all of the funda- mentals of the five phases of engineering are taught, in contradistinction to specialized education in a single field of engineering. Studied in Mechanical Engineering are dynamics of fluids, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, heat- power engineering and internal combustion engines. Two years of laboratory work provide testing experience in all of these fields. The Civil Engineering courses provide the student with field work and allow for a strict understanding of the principles and mode of design of all combinations of steel and concrete. The laboratory course includes the actual design of structures. - The Electrical Engineering courses teach the student the reasoning necessary for the design of electrical appa- ratus, the operation thereof, and the multiple adaptations of the equipment to industry. Two years of laboratory work here allows for the practical application of all class- room theories. 5 1 cl

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DEPARTMENTS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The standards of performance expected of students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is that re- quired of young engineers in practice. The lecture courses lay stress on the wide and diverse applications of the few basic principles underlying all engineering. ln addition to the fundamental courses required of all students there are elective courses in the Senior year for those who are interested in special topics. ln the laboratories, in which the investigations parallel the analytical studies, the men are put on their own resources as far as is consistent with speed and efficiency. The objective in the laboratory work is to help the stu- dent develop an engineering viewpoint. He is encouraged to compare his own performance with that of experi- enced workers. Every effort is made to prevent tests from degenerating into mere routine measurements. The laboratory reports are expected to be of a character of those submitted to an employer or a client, All students are required to take courses in strength of materials, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, steam power plants-including heaters, boilers, engines, tur- bines,-internal combustion engines, refrigeration, air conditioning, heating and ventilating. R. F. DEIMEL, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 7