Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Carleton A. Read, S.B., Professor of Steam Engineering Professor Read graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech¬ nology with the Class of 1891, and immediately returned as Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, which position he held until 1899. He was then appointed to the chair of Professor of Mechanical Engineering at New Hampshire State College at Durham, N. H. Upon the retirement of Professor Rockwood at the end of 1908, Professor Read was appointed Professor of Steam Engineering at the Institute. Outside of his work at Tech he has charge of the instruction in steam engineering at Frank¬ lin Union in Boston. Much of Professor Read’s time has been spent in laying out heating and ventilating systems, and in making tests of power plants. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engi¬ neers. Robert C. Sweetser, S.B., Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry Professor Sweetser is an alumnus of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating with the Class of 1883. After his graduation, he immediately returned to the Institute as an assistant to Doctor Kinnicutt. Later he became an Instructor in Analytical Chemistry, and afterwards took charge of the gas analysis and water analysis courses. In 1909 he was made Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry. Professor Sweet¬ ser, by his ability and thoroughness, has won the respect and esteem of his students. Frederic J. Bonnet, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry Professor Bonnet is a graduate of Washington University, St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard, and also spent considerable time studying in Germany. For a year before coming to the Institute, Pro¬ fessor Bonnet was an instructor at the Iowa State College. He was made Instructor in Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Analysis in 1904, and in 1909 he received his appointment as Assistant Professor of Chem¬ istry. As an amateur he has done very skillful and artistic work in photography and in ceramics. He has gained the reputation of being one of the most widely informed men on the Hill.

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Howard C. Ives, C.E., Assistant Professor of Railroad Engineering Professor Ives was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, in 1898. During the following year he took a post-graduate course in the same school and received the degree of C.E. From that time till his appointment as instructor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1900, he was engaged in practicing his profession. In 1903 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He left there in 1906 and returned to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Assistant Professor of Railroad Engineering. Professor Ives has made many contributions to engineering literature. George R. Olshausen, M.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Theoretical Electrical Engineering Professor Olshausen was graduated from a five-year course in me¬ chanical engineering- at Washington University, where he received his M.E. degree in 1890. During the year 1890-91 he was employed as assistant engineer for the Union Depot Railroad Company, St. Louis, becoming their chief engineer in 1891. The year 1894-95 he spent as chemical manufacturer with C. O. Knoblauch, and as Instructor in Theo¬ retical and Practical Astronomy at Washington University. He again entered the employ of the Union Depot Railroad Company in 1895 as chief engineer. He spent five years studying in Berlin. He came to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1907. Arthur D. Butterfield, M.S., A.M., Assistant Professor ■ of Mathematics Professor Butterfield received the degree of B.S. from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1893. From 1893-4 he was in charge of field surveys in the U. S. Lighthouse establishment. In 1894 he returned to the Institute as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, which position lie held four years, receiving the degree of M.S. from his Alma Mater in 1898. He went to the University of Vermont in 1898 as Instructor in Mathematics, to become later Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics at the same institution. In 1908 he left the University to return to Tech as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and here lias shown the same active interest in athletics that lie exhibited when he played on the varsity in ’93. 21

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Carl D. Knight, S.B., Assistant Professor of Experimental Electrical Engineering Professor Knight was graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the Class of 1903. For a year after graduation he was connected with the testing department of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y. He returned to the Institute in the fall of 1904 as an instructor in electrical engineering, and in 1909 he received his appointment as Assistant Professor of Experimental Electrical Engineer¬ ing. Professor Knight is an associate member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. David L. Gallup, M.E., Assistant Professor of Gas Engineering Professor Gallup was graduated from the Institute in 1901, and immediately returned as an assistant in the Mechanical Department. He was for a time instructor in free-hand and mechanical drawing. At pres¬ ent he has the courses in gas engines, and is also Professor Allen’s associate in the work in the Mechanical Laboratories. Professor Gallup’s hobby is gas and gasoline engines, and he has devoted considerable of his time to experimental work along these lines, which has made him thoroughly con¬ versant with the subject. In the fall of 1909 he received his appointment as Assistant Professor of Gas Engineering. Edward L. Hancock, M.S., Professor of Applied Mechanics Professor Hancock is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with the Class of 1898. In 1902 he received the degree of M.S. from his Alma Mater. From 1900 to 1902 he was an instructor in the University, and from 1902 to 1906 he was an instructor in Purdue University. In 1906 he received his appointment as Assistant Professor. In 1909 he came to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Professor of Applied Mechanics. Professor Hancock is a contributor to several magazines, and has written several books, of which the latest is “Applied Mechanics for Engineers.” He is a member of the American Society for Testing Ma¬ terials, the International Society of Testing Materials, and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He is an authority on compression and tension tests, and is largely interested in research work. 23