University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The Department of Mineralogy finds it a cold proposition to determine the mechanics and crystallinity of natural and artificial ice as a basis for experiments for the U.S. Army. RESEARCH

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Atop the West Engine building studies are being made on lighting. The development of a prismatic glass block for schoolrooms will give the greatest amount of day- light without glare throughout the room. II III ft m In a large departmental laboratory situated at U ' illou Run, naval science, construction, and engineering re- search students plot harbor and breakwater layouts to facilitate commerce and transportation. Besides the research which is directly con- nected with atomic science, the University carries a great load of industrial and nationally sponsored projects, as it, too, develops theo- retical data to be used in the advancement of these practical techniques. The synchro- ton and the cyclotron, for instance, serve not only in the field of research but in the field of practice; students in the University can use them as a training ground in studying super-complicated electrical equipment with experts like Professor Pidd at the syn- chroton ' s controls (below). In the fields of medical science, too, the University is one of the leaders; cancer, tuberculosis, polio and new weapons against blindness, deafness and other physical defects dynamic work in all these fields are bringing constant and lasting changes in the lives of all Americans and indeed, in the lives of all people. 16

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MEN AND MACHINES IN SEARCH Hand and hand with government and industry, research at Michigan plays a larger part in advancing scientific progress than most could comprehend. The Geiger Counter (lower left) is Professor Wiedenbeck ' s special instru- ment, while Professor Chenea directs the operations of the Thermo-Shock Investigating machine. The nucleus for much of this work is Randall Physics Building where the appearance of a green dot can be as exciting as the under- standing of Einstein ' s theory of relativity.