Widener University - Pioneer Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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Both the First and the Second Classes are required to devote such time as may be assigned to the study of cur- rent engineering periodicals and special subjects related to the course. FIELD AND OFFICE WORK In field-work, every student is trained to handle the level, transit, plane-table, and other appliances belonging to the equipment of the civil engineer. Special attention is given to the form and accuracy of the field-notes. The study of the theory of Surveying is supplemented by extended practice in the field. The work of the Second Class year consists of Land Surveying, including the laying- out and dividing-up of land, and problems pertaining to City and Topographical Engineering. In the Fall Term, First Class year, the class is organized as a corps under the Professor of Engineering, and makes a reconnaissance and preliminary survey for a railroad. The field-notes are plotted, grades and curves determined, and calculations and estimates made preparatory to the locating of the line. In the Spring Term, First Class year, the final survey is made, in which the curves are run, the slope stakes set, and the culverts, bridges, crossings, switches, and turn-outs located. The more common problems confronting the young Main- tenance-of-Way Engineer are also taken up for consid- eration. . DRAWING Mechanical Drawing is appointed for-,six hours a week during the Fourth Class Year. The following subjects are treated: Working Drawings, Simple Projections, Geometri- cal Problems, Orthographic Projections, Intersections and Developments, Machine Drawings, Involutes, Spirals, Helixes, Screw Threads, Gears and Cams. Descriptive Geometry is appointed for five hours a week during the Fall Term of the Third Class Year. The course covers problems relating to points, lines and planes, together with the intersection and development of surfaces. The method of instruction consists of recitations as well as practice in the Drafting Room. 20

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Course in Civil Engineering DEGREE: CIVIL ENGINEER The study of Pure Mathematics, pursued during the first two years of the Course in Civil Engineering, furnishes a thorough foundation for the specifically professional work of the remaining two years. During the Second Class year instruction is given in the principles of Land, City, Government, and Topographical Surveying, in Differential and Integral Calculus 3 in Mechanics, and in Mechanics of Materials. The work of the First Class year includes Hydraulics, Mechanics of Materials, Railroad Engineering, Bridge Con- struction, Sanitary Engineering, Hydro-Electric Practice and Cost, Keeping and Management Engineering. . A In Mechanics of Materials are studied the nature and methods of manufacture of the materials used by the engi- neer, together with their behavior under stress. In the study of Masonry and Bridge Construction the student is made familiar with the methods of designing and con- structing the various types of masonry, including reinforced concrete and framed structures. 'In Sanitary Engineering attention is given to Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Sewage Disposal, and the relation of Sanitation to Epidemic Diseases. In Hydraulics are taken up the subjects of Hydrostatics, Theoretical Hydraulics, F low of Liquids, Hydraulic Motors and Pumps and Pumping. Hydro-Elec- tric Practice is taught with a view to acquaint the student with the civil, and not the electrical side of such develop- ments. The commercial as well as the engineering phases governing construction work are introduced. The study of Cost, Keeping and Management Engineering is intended to meet the demand that the engineer shall be a business man as well as a constructor or a designer. Such training is of value not only to the student that follows Civil Engi- neering as a vocation, but also to the one that engages in any occupation that requires the direction of the efforts of others. In connection with the work of this year, visits are made to various industrial establishments, and to engineer- ing work, either completed or in process of construction. I9

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TESTING MACHINES IN ENGINEERING LABORATORY . ENGINEERS'IN THE FIELD