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

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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

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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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7 -Y-W v CHEMISTRY Freshman Year - General Chemistry. Experimental lectures and recitations. Four hours per week. Sophomore Year - Qualitative and Quantitative Anal- ysis, including the analysis of boiler feed waters. First term, 4 hours laboratory and l hour recitation per week. Second term, Zl hours Midwinter week, plus 3 hours laboratory per week. junior Year - Industrial Chemistry. Chemistry of Fuels, Engineering Materials and Metallurgy. Lectures and Recitations, 3 hours per week. Analysis of Engineering Materials, including gas anal- ysis and calorimetry, First term, 4 hours laboratory per week. Physical Methods of Analysis of Engineering Materials, including hydrogen-ion determination, optical methods, distillation and metallography. Second term, 3 hours per week. Senior Year - Organic Chemistry. Elective course. Lectures and recitations. 3 hours per week. Advanced Industrial Chemistry. Elective course. Lec- tures and recitations. 3 hours per week. Metals. Elective Course. Lectures and recitations. 3 hours per week, laboratory optional. The aims in the instruction in the various chemical Courses are primarily to teach the students the funda- mental principles underlying chemical changes, to broaden their general chemical knowledge, to train them in habits of exact experimentation, and to make them as familiar as possible with those chemical principles, tests and analyses which are of importance in general engineering and chemical engineering work. The time devoted to chemistry at Stevens is rather more than in many engineering courses, but is less than in most specialized chemical engineering courses. However, in the past years, Stevens graduates have been able to succeed in nearly all branches of the chemical industry, and in many cases have competed successfully with the graduates of more specialized four-year courses in chemical engineering. FRANCIS 1. POND, Professor Department of Chemistry 8