[Illustration: THE NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING]
The
Newark College of Engineering
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
[Illustration: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING--NEWARK]
1939-1940
365-369 HIGH STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
COLLEGE CALENDARS[1]
1939
First Semester Classes End (Freshmen) January 20
Mid-year Examinations (Freshmen) Jan. 23 - Feb. 4
First Semester Classes End
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) January 27
Mid-year Examinations
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) Jan. 30 - Feb. 4
Second Semester Begins February 6
Visitors’ Day February 11
Lincoln’s Birthday February 13
Washington’s Birthday February 22
Good Friday April 7
Spring Recess April 10-15
Re-examinations April 10-15
Memorial Day May 30
Second Semester Classes End
(Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors) June 2
Final Examinations
(Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors) June 5-10
Second Semester Classes End
(Seniors--No Final Examinations) June 9
Re-examinations September 5-9
Entrance Examinations September 5-9
Registration (Freshmen) { September 11 to
{ Sept. 13 at noon
Registration
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) September 11-16
College Opens September 18
Thanksgiving Recess { Nov. 29 at noon to
{ Dec. 4 at 9 A. M.
Christmas Recess { Dec. 22 at noon to
{ Jan. 2 at 9 A. M.
1940
First Semester Classes End (Freshmen) January 19
Mid-year Examinations (Freshmen) Jan. 22 - Feb. 3
First Semester Classes End
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) January 26
Mid-year Examinations
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) Jan. 29 - Feb. 3
Second Semester Begins February 5
Visitors’ Day February 10
Lincoln’s Birthday February 12
Washington’s Birthday February 22
Good Friday March 22
Spring Recess April 8-13
Re-examinations April 8-13
Memorial Day May 30
Second Semester Classes End
(Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors) May 31
Final Examinations
(Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors) June 3-8
Second Semester Classes End
(Seniors--No Final Examinations) June 7
Re-examinations September 3-7
Entrance Examinations September 3-7
Registration (Freshmen) { September 9 to
{ Sept. 11 at noon
Registration
(Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) September 9-14
College Opens September 16
Thanksgiving Recess { Nov. 27 at noon to
{ Dec. 1 at 9 A. M.
Christmas Recess { December 23 to
{ Jan. 2 at 9 A. M.
[1] For calendars for individuals beginning the work of the Freshman
year in February 1939 or February 1940 see page 7.
ANNOUNCEMENT
=OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO BEGIN THE WORK OF THE FRESHMAN YEAR IN
FEBRUARY=
In order to meet a very real need the College has for the past several
years made it possible for a limited number of high school graduates to
begin the work of the Freshman year in February. Men entering at that
time may, if they so desire, continue the work of the Freshman year
during the Summer Session. Those who satisfactorily complete the work
of the Spring and Summer Sessions are then eligible for admission to
the Sophomore class the following September.
A man who enters in February, therefore, is able to graduate one
year earlier than would have been possible if he had waited until
the following September to enter. Freshmen continuing throughout the
Spring and Summer Sessions receive the same number of credit hours of
instruction as do those students who take the regular Freshman program
beginning in September. The number of class hours of attendance per
week for the February group is somewhat greater than the weekly total
for those entering in September. However, experience has shown that
the better student is able to complete the work of the Spring and
Summer Sessions satisfactorily without suffering any ill effects. As
the Summer Session ends about the middle of August, a vacation of
approximately one month is available between the closing of the Summer
Session and the beginning of classes in September.
High school students who wish to apply for admission to the February
sections should submit certificates of high school training immediately
after the December 1st preceding the February entrance as the
enrollment is definitely limited. These transcript and application
forms may be obtained upon request from the College Registrar. While
it is understood that a complete secondary school record will usually
not be available until the student’s graduation, the partial record
will serve for preliminary consideration of the application. The
final statement will be obtained by the College. All certificates of
high school training must be mailed directly to the Registrar by the
principals of the high schools.
Expenses for the February group are the same as for the September
matriculates.
Individuals desiring additional information may apply to the Registrar
for an appointment.
COLLEGE CALENDARS
FEBRUARY ADMISSIONS
to the
FRESHMAN CLASS
1939
Entrance Examinations Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
Registration for Spring Session Jan. 30 - Feb. 4
Spring Session Begins February 6
Visitors’ Day February 11
Lincoln’s Birthday February 13
Washington’s Birthday February 22
Good Friday April 7
Spring Recess April 10-15
Memorial Day May 30
Spring Session Ends June 2
Examinations June 5-10
Registration for Summer Session June 5-10
Summer Session Begins June 12
Independence Day July 4
Summer Session Ends August 18
Re-examinations September 5-9
1940
Entrance Examinations January 29-31
Registration for Spring Session { January 29 to
{ January 31 at noon
Spring Session Begins February 5
Visitors’ Day February 10
Lincoln’s Birthday February 12
Washington’s Birthday February 22
Good Friday March 22
Spring Recess April 8-13
Memorial Day May 30
Spring Session Ends May 31
Examinations June 3-8
Registration for Summer Session June 3-8
Summer Session Begins June 10
Independence Day July 4
Summer Session Ends August 16
Re-examinations September 3-7
[Illustration: Calendar Grid for 1939 and 1940]
The
Newark College of Engineering
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
Supported by the State and City
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Appointed by the Governor
* * * * *
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Hon. A. Harry Moore
Governor of the State of New Jersey
Hon. Meyer C. Ellenstein
Mayor of the City of Newark
* * * * *
APPOINTED MEMBERS
William L. Morgan (1942) _President_
Frederick L. Eberhardt (1940) _Vice-President_
Robert Campbell (1941) _Treasurer_
Jos. M. Byrne, Jr. (1939)
Cyrus H. Loutrel (1942)
Thomas N. McCarter (1939)
George W. McRae (1941)
Edward F. Weston (1940)
=ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES=
_Civil Engineering_
Howard T. Critchlow
Edward S. Rankin
J. Ralph Van Duyne
_Electrical Engineering_
Jacob Barron
J. Walter Dietz
Arthur W. Lunn
Frederick O. Runyon
_Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering_
Carleton Ellis
W. Stuart Landes
August Merz
Harold W. Paine
_Mechanical Engineering_
Lillian M. Gilbreth
Hervey S. Vassar
Henry M. Crane
Roy V. Wright
=FACULTY AND INSTRUCTING STAFF=
Allan R. Cullimore, S. B. in Civil Engineering.
_President._
James C. Peet, E. E.
_Professor in Electrical Engineering._
_In Charge of Department._
Harold N. Cummings, A. B., S. B. in Civil Engineering.
_Professor in Civil Engineering._
_In Charge of Department._
V. T. Stewart, Ph. B., S. B. in Chemical Engineering.
_Professor in Chemistry._
_In Charge of Department._
J. Ansel Brooks, Ph. B. in Mechanical Engineering, M. E.
_Professor in Industrial Engineering._
_In Charge of Department._
Frank N. Entwisle, C. E.
_Professor in Physics._
_In Charge of Department._
Bedross Koshkarian, A. B., A. M. in Pure and Applied Mathematics.
_Professor in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics._
_In Charge of Department._
Albert A. Nims, B. S. in Electrical Engineering, E. E.
_Professor in Electrical Engineering._
Frank D. Carvin, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, M. E., M. A.,
Ph. D. in Physics.
_Professor in Mechanical Engineering._
_In Charge of Department._
James H. Fithian, A. B., M. A. in Mathematics.
_Professor in Mathematics._
_In Charge of Department._
Paul Miller Giesy, B. A., M. A., B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering,
Ph. D. in Chemistry.
_Associate Professor in Chemistry._
_In Charge of Department of English._
James A. Bradley, A. B., A. M. in Chemistry.
_Associate Professor in Chemistry._
William S. La Londe, Jr., S. B. in Civil Engineering, M. S.
_Associate Professor in Civil Engineering._
Eastman Smith, S. B., M. S., Sc. D. in Mechanical Engineering and
Physics.
_Associate Professor in Physics._
Harold E. Walter, B. S. in Electro-Chemical Engineering, M. E.
_Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering._
Robert Widdop, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering.
_Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering._
_Director of Industrial Relations._
Henry H. Metzenheim, B. S. in Electrical Engineering, E. E.
_Associate Professor._
Paul E. Schweizer, M. E.
_Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering._
Frank E. McKone, B. S. in Electrical Engineering;
M. S. in Aeronautical Engineering.
_Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering._
Leslie C. Spry, B. S. in Pedagogy, M. Pd.
_Assistant Professor in English._
James Melvin Robbins, S. B., S. M. in Civil Engineering.
_Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering._
Paul C. Shedd, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering._
Solomon Fishman, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering._
Robert W. VanHouten, B. S. in Civil Engineering, C. E.
_Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering._
_In Charge of Summer Session._
Edward G. Baker, A. B., M. A. in Mathematics.
_Assistant Professor in Mathematics._
David E. Davis, B. S., M. S.
_Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering._
Arthur S. Kohler, B. S. in Chemistry.
_Assistant Professor in Chemistry._
Joseph Joffe, A. B., B. S. in Engineering, M. A. in Physics,
Ph. D. in Chemistry.
_Assistant Professor in Mechanics and in Chemistry._
George D. Wilkinson, Jr., B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, M. S.
_Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering._
Odd P. L. Albert, B. S. in Civil Engineering, C. E., M. S.
_Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering._
Charles J. Kiernan, B. S. in Education.
_Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering._
Frank A. Grammer, A. B.
_Assistant Professor in English._
Francis J. Burns, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering.
_Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering._
Frederick W. Bauder, B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
_Instructor in Chemistry._
Clarence H. Stephans, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in Electrical Engineering._
Thomas J. Tully, B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
_Instructor in Chemistry._
Elmer C. Easton, B. S. in Electrical Engineering, M. S.
_Instructor in Mathematics._
Paul O. Hoffmann, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, A. M.
_Instructor in Mechanics._
David E. Zeliff, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, M. A. in Science.
_Instructor in Mechanical Engineering._
Howard E. Purdy, M. E.
_Instructor in Mechanical Engineering._
Daniel C. Frost, B. C. E., C. E., M. Ed.
_Instructor in Civil Engineering._
George C. Keeffe, B. S. in Chemical Engineering, M. S.
_Instructor in Chemistry._
William Arnott, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in English._
Michael Frederick, B. S. in Chemical Engineering, M. S.
_Instructor in Chemistry._
William Hazell, Jr., B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in Physics._
John C. Hoffman, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in Industrial Engineering._
William Jordan, 3rd., B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in Electrical Engineering._
Kenneth A. MacFadyen, B. S. in Civil Engineering.
_Instructor in Mechanical Engineering._
Paul Nielsen, B. S., M. S. in Civil Engineering.
_Instructor in Physics._
Pompey Mainardi, B. S. in Civil Engineering.
_Instructor in Mathematics._
Edmund M. Squire, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Instructor in Mathematics._
Arthur S. Williams, B. S., Ph. D. in Chemistry.
_Instructor in Chemistry._
P. L. Cambreleng, A. B. in Economics.
_Instructor in Industrial Relations._
August E. Zentgraf, B. S. in Civil Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
Frank A. Busse, B. S. in Civil Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
John W. Willard, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering.
_Assistant in Industrial Relations._
Benjamin Eskin, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aero. E.
_Assistant Instructor._
August Reminger, Jr.
_Assistant in Machine Shop._
Oliver J. Sizelove, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
Douglas F. Oliver, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
Sidney Baum, B. S. in Chemical Engineering, S. M.
_Assistant Instructor._
Frederick C. Burt, Jr., B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
Luigi Pollara, B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
_Assistant Instructor._
SPECIAL LECTURERS
Lillian M. Gilbreth, Ph. D., Sc. D., D. Eng.
_Lecturer on Technics of Effectiveness for Engineers._
Angelo M. Pisarra, Ch. E., LL. B.
_Lecturer on Patent Law._
Bruce B. Robinson, A. B., M. A., M. D.
_Lecturer on Physical and Mental Hygiene._
William A. Stickel, C. E.
_Lecturer on Engineering in County Government._
Roy V. Wright, M. E., D. Eng.
_Lecturer on The Engineer as a Citizen._
* * * * *
Rossman I. Vail.
_Advisor in Student Orientation._
William R. Ward, Jr., A. B., M. D.
_Consulting Physician._
DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANTS
Howard R. Booth, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering.
William J. Hoffman, B. S. in Civil Engineering.
James H. Johnston, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
Carl Konove, B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
Jerome L. Polaner, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Frederick A. Russell, B. S. in Electrical Engineering.
Sidney Sadoff, B. S. in Chemical Engineering.
George A. Valente.
Edward W. Wraith, Jr.
COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY
1938-1939
Standing Committees
_Executive Committee_
A. R. Cullimore, (ex-officio) Chairman
F. D. Carvin
H. N. Cummings
J. C. Peet
V. T. Stewart
_Committee on the Content and Integration of Professional Courses_
F. D. Carvin, Chairman
P. M. Giesy
W. S. La Londe
H. H. Metzenheim
A. A. Nims
_Committee on Scholarship_
J. A. Bradley, Chairman
F. N. Entwisle
J. H. Fithian
P. M. Giesy
J. C. Peet
_Committee on Laboratory Equipment and Facilities_
H. N. Cummings, Chairman
F. N. Entwisle
J. C. Peet
V. T. Stewart
H. E. Walter
_Associate Members_
T. J. Tully
C. H. Stephans
_Committee on Discipline_
A. A. Nims, Chairman
E. G. Baker
J. M. Robbins
P. E. Schweizer
_Committee on Transfers for Graduate Work_
J. C. Peet, Chairman
F. D. Carvin
H. N. Cummings
H. H. Metzenheim
V. T. Stewart
_Committee on Entrance Credentials_
R. Widdop, Chairman
J. A. Bradley
F. A. Grammer
Associate Member, P. L. Cambreleng
_Committee on Publications_
J. A. Brooks, Chairman
O. P. L. Albert
F. J. Burns
W. S. La Londe
_Committee on Publicity_
L. C. Spry, Chairman
F. N. Entwisle
C. J. Kiernan
S. Fishman
J. C. Peet
_Committee on Schedule_
R. W. Van Houten, Chairman
J. A. Bradley
F. D. Carvin
A. A. Nims
_Committee on Student Relations_
F. N. Entwisle, Chairman
J. A. Bradley
F. D. Carvin
H. N. Cummings
_Committee on Social Affairs_
A. S. Kohler, Permanent Chairman
J. A. Bradley
Three Class Advisers
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Allan R. Cullimore
_President_
James A. Bradley
_Dean_
Harold N. Cummings
_Supervisor of Evening Sessions_
L. C. Spry
[2]_Secretary to the Faculty_
H. H. Metzenheim _Comptroller_
R. W. Van Houten _Assistant to the President_
Lillian M. Scott _Bursar_
P. L. Cambreleng _Registrar_
Margaret A. Yatsko _Recorder_
C. H. Stephans _Supt. of Buildings and Equipment_
E. B. Berlinrut _Director of Publicity_
Gertrude C. Isaacs _Secretary to the President_
Edna Schneider _Asst. to Sec’y of Faculty_
Adele Garrison _Asst. to Bursar_
[2] All communications to the Faculty should be addressed to the
Secretary.
COLLEGE LIBRARY
FACULTY COMMITTEE
P. M. Giesy, Chairman
J. Joffe
J. M. Robbins
G. D. Wilkinson
STAFF
Katharine Maynard _Consulting Librarian_
P. M. Giesy _Librarian_
Ruth Littig _Librarian in Charge of Circulation_
Gladys E. Birkelo _Cataloguer_
Marion Page _Assistant Librarian_
C. P. Deutsch _Assistant Librarian_
The Library of the College consists of approximately 21,000 volumes
of technical reference books and of engineering texts, together with
many volumes covering all branches of literature, and bound volumes of
the more important engineering periodicals. The College subscribes to
a considerable number of engineering periodicals and trade journals
which are available on the shelves of the library for student use. In
addition the College has an arrangement with the Newark Public Library
so that books may upon request be obtained from the city library for
reference and general use. The facilities of the Library of the Public
Service Corporation are also at the service of the College.
In 1936 Dr. Edward Weston bequeathed to the College his scientific
library of approximately 12,000 bound volumes and 65,000 pamphlets,
together with his collection of scientific and laboratory apparatus.
Arrangements are now in progress to provide adequate facilities for
making these collections available to the students and the public.
THE NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
The Newark College of Engineering instituted in 1919, is a development
of the Newark Technical School founded in 1881 by the Board of Trade
of Newark. The College is a public institution supported by both the
City and the State and is governed by a Board of Trustees appointed by
the Governor of the State of New Jersey. The Governor and the Mayor of
Newark are ex-officio members.
The control and supervision of finances of the College is vested in the
Board of Regents of the State of New Jersey.
The College is situated in the heart of Newark at High Street and
Summit Place. The work of the institution is carried on in four
buildings. The recitation halls are adequately equipped modern
structures, particularly suited to requirements of an engineering
college.
Located in the center of one of the most important industrial sections
in the world, the opportunities for direct contact with industry are
exceptionally good and co-operative relations have been established
with some of the largest and best industries in this section.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Industry is asking today for young men of character and initiative
who have been trained to leadership along the lines of commercial
production. Men are in great demand who can step into positions of more
or less influence and who can handle problems of manufacture as well
as problems of design. The work of the production engineer of today is
concerned with problems of labor and problems of money as well as with
problems having to do with materials.
The Administration of the College believes that success in the field of
engineering depends, today, upon certain fundamental factors which are
best taught in direct contact with modern industry. The factors are:
(1) Character
(2) Initiative
(3) Hard work
(4) Understanding human relations
(5) A knowledge of fundamentals of applied science.
Early contact with the industries enables the student to get not only
his academic work but also to learn at first-hand some very important
and fundamental things about the operation of modern industry and about
the functions of the modern engineer.
Beginning in the year 1940-41 two full semesters of academic work
will be given to senior students. The co-operative work for students
affected by this arrangement will be increased and it will be given
during the summers following the Sophomore and Junior years. This work
will take the place of the alternating schedule now in effect for
seniors.
The summer cooperative work will have the same purpose as that
heretofore given in the Senior year. It will serve as an industrial
engineering laboratory where the men will work under commercial
conditions, commercial standards and commercial criteria. The work
given in industry under the supervision of the College will, however,
be limited to those men who have shown maturity, accomplishment, and
development in the first two years of their College work. It will be in
the nature of a premium given those men who are likely to profit from
it, along with other premiums in the way of scholarships, exemptions
from examinations, etc. extended to an Honors Option group. It will be
optional on the part of the student and limited by the College.
The college is particularly interested in the study of traits and
characteristics which in individual cases interfere with the student’s
development along industrial and professional lines. The student is
given, therefore, a considerable amount of individual study and
attention from this particular point of view.
COURSES
The College offers four-year courses in Industrial Chemistry, and
in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, with an option in
Aeronautical Engineering.
Much of the subject matter in these four courses is common to all of
them. These common subjects represent the unity of the basic sciences
and techniques of all branches of engineering.
The hours of instruction extend from 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Monday to
Friday inclusive.
Opportunity is offered to a limited number of high school graduates to
enter the College in February as freshmen. Students entering at that
time may continue the work of the freshman year throughout the summer.
Those who satisfactorily complete the work of the spring and summer
terms may be admitted to the sophomore class in September of the same
year.
Students other than those referred to in the above paragraph, who
are desirous of taking work during the summer, should inquire at the
College for information regarding courses to be given.
DEGREES
The Newark College of Engineering reports to and receives the right to
grant degrees from the New Jersey State Board of Education.
All candidates for graduation who satisfactorily complete a regular
course of study and the examinations required receive the degree
of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in the course pursued. The degree is
certified by a diploma bearing the seal and signatures of officers of
this institution.
The work of the Newark College of Engineering is accredited by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and by the
American Council on Education.
The courses of this college are registered by The State Education
Department of the University of the State of New York.
National professional engineering societies sponsor student branches at
the College. The societies represented are:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Society for the Advancement of Management.
The specific academic requirements in the four courses are shown on the
next following pages for students entering September 1937 and later.
Graduates of 1940 meet similar requirements as stated in earlier issues
of this bulletin.
One Credit Hour is, generally, equivalent to one hour of attendance per
week in class or lecture exercises, and is equivalent to two hours of
attendance per week in laboratory exercises, during a semester.
COMMON AND NON-PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS
Required in All Courses
Credit
SUBJECT Hours
CH 11 Chemistry 9
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 5
EE[3] 21 Electricity 6
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 5
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 2
Eng 10 English 8
Eng 20 English 6
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 2
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 2
Ind E[4] 11 Principles of Engineering (The College) 4
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering (The Industry) 2
Ind E 31 Economics 3
Ind E 41 Accounting 3
Math 1 Mathematics 7.5
Math 21 Calculus 8
Mech[5] 20 Mechanics 4
Mech[5] 21 Mechanics 4
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 2.5
Phys 2 Physics 3.5
Phys 3 Physics 7.5
[3] EE 71 or EE 75 may be substituted for EE 21.
[4] Required of students entering September, 1938, and later.
[5] Mech 22 or Mech 23 may be substituted for Mech 21.
Mech 24 may be substituted for both Mech 20 and Mech 21.
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
Civil Engineering Course
Credit
SUBJECT Hours
CE 1 Surveying 8
CE 2 Surveying 10
CE 10 Sanitation 6
CE 11 Sanitation 6.5
CE 20 Highways 3
CE 21 Highways 2
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control 2
CE 30 Structures 10
CE 40 Hydraulics 4.5
ME 31 Thermodynamics 3
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 4.5
Ind E 13 Staff Control 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 4
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3
Ind E 51 Business Law 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 7.5
Electrical Engineering Course
Credit
SUBJECT Hours
CE 41 Hydraulics 3
EE 22 Electric Circuits 7.5
EE 31 Electric Networks 2
EE 32 Electric Transients 2
EE 33 Electric Machinery 8
EE 35 Electron Tubes 5
EE 41 Electric Transmission Equipment 2
EE 42 Electric Transmission Circuits 3
EE 43 Electric Machinery 7
EE 45 Electrical Measurements 3.5
EE 46 Electron Tube Circuits 2.5
EE 47 Electrical Design 3.5
ME 16 Machine Design 3
ME 31 Thermodynamics 3
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 4.5
Ind E 13 Staff Control 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 4
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3
Ind E 51 Business Law 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 7.5
Industrial Chemistry Course
Credit
SUBJECT Hours
CH 22 Inorganic Chemistry 4
CH 31 Physical Chemistry 5
CH 32 Quantitative Analysis 11
CH 33 Thermodynamics 4
CH 41 Physical Chemistry 6
CH 42 Organic Chemistry 9
CH 43 Industrial Chemistry 3.5
EE 83 Applied Electricity 4.5
ME 16 Machine Design 3
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 4.5
Ind E 13 Staff Control 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 4
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3
Ind E 51 Business Law 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 7.5
Mechanical Engineering Course
Credit
SUBJECT Hours
CE 41 Hydraulics 3
EE 81 Applied Electricity 9
ME 7 Shop Practice 1.5
ME 10 Mechanisms 6
ME 14 Machine Design 9
ME[6] 18 Graphics & Structural Design 4.5
ME 20 Physical Metallurgy 3
ME 22 Metallography 1.5
ME 30 Thermodynamics 4
ME 34 Heat Power 4.5
ME[6] 36 Power Plants 3
ME[6] 37 Applied Heat Power 3
ME[6] 50 Mechanical Laboratory 4
Ind E 13 Staff Control 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 4
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 5
Ind E 51 Business Law 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 7.5
[6] In the Aeronautical Option the following subjects are required in
place of those marked (6):
ME 90 General Aeronautics 6
ME 91 Airplane Structure 6
ME 92 Airplane Engines 2.5
While passing marks are required as a minimum in all subjects
undertaken, barely passing marks alone do not insure graduation.
To be eligible for graduation, a student is required to attain a grade
of A or B in at least 20% of the credit hours allotted in the catalogue
to professional and technical subjects.
All graduates of the College who desire to become candidates for the
degree C. E., E. E., or M. E., must receive the approval of the
faculty at least eighteen months before the granting of the degree.
Each candidate for the above-mentioned degrees shall render every three
months to the head of the department of which he is a graduate, a
written report on his progress, such report to contain a brief outline
of the engineering work performed by the candidate, the names of
engineering books and articles read by him, and the list of engineering
society meetings which he has attended.
Each candidate shall submit to the faculty, at least four months before
the granting of the degree, a satisfactory thesis upon an approved
subject.
Each candidate shall appear in person upon the appointed commencement
day to receive his degree, unless excused by the faculty.
ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE
A student may enter the College of Engineering as a matriculated
student, registered as a candidate for a degree, or as a special
student, permitted to attend such courses in the College as he may be
qualified to take, but not as a candidate for a degree.
Applicants may submit certificates of secondary school records to
the College Registrar after March 15 for the next September opening
of College or after December 1 for the next February opening. The
forms for certification will be provided on request. While it is
understood that a complete secondary school record will not usually be
available until later, the partial record will serve for preliminary
consideration of the application.
It is required that each applicant present himself for an interview
at a time arranged by the Registrar so that the College may evaluate
his probable fitness to do engineering college work and subsequently
to find employment in the profession. This estimate will be on the
basis of physical and emotional fitness and on previous scholastic
achievement. In instances where the evidence is not reasonably
conclusive, certain tests and examinations may be required. A fee will
be charged for this testing service.
Every applicant for entrance into the Freshman Class must furnish to
the College a statement of good moral character.
Class room and laboratory facilities, demands of good instruction,
and prospects of employment in a particular field limit the number of
students to be admitted each year. It was found necessary, in view of
these factors, to close the September 1938-39 admissions in Industrial
Chemistry on August 15, 1938, and to require that the matriculation
fee be paid at that time. There is a possibility that this and
other courses may be affected by similar closing dates and that the
matriculation fee may be payable on notification by the Registrar prior
to the registration dates published in this catalog.
It is requested that all Freshmen complete their registration
arrangements for September 1939-40 admissions before Wednesday,
September 13, 1939, at twelve noon. An extra registration fee will be
required of those who register after that time. Similarly, February
admissions will be closed at noon on the Wednesday of registration
week, and the extra registration fee will be held effective after that
time.
ENTRANCE SUBJECTS
All candidates for matriculation must offer eight entrance units in the
following required subjects:
College Entrance Examination
SUBJECT Board Equivalents
English--4 years 3 units English
Elementary Algebra 1 unit Mathematics A1
Intermediate Algebra ½ unit Mathematics A2
Plane Trigonometry ½ unit Mathematics E or Gamma
Plane Geometry 1 unit Mathematics C
Physics 1 unit Elementary Physics
Chemistry, or } Elementary Chemistry
Biology, or } 1 unit Elementary Biology
General Science } ----
and at least seven entrance units in the following elective subjects:
Academic Subjects
Latin 1, 2, 3 or 4 units Latin 2, 3A, 3B, 4, H, K
German 1, 2, 3 or 4 units German 2, 3 or 4
French 1, 2, 3 or 4 units French 2, 3 or 4
Spanish 1, 2, 3 or 4 units Spanish 2, 3 or 4
Italian 1, 2, 3 or 4 units ----
History 1, 2, 3 or 4 units History A, B, C or D
Adv. Algebra ½ unit Mathematics B
Solid Geometry ½ unit Mathematics D
Economics 1 unit ----
While languages are listed here as electives, applicants are advised
that French or German or both are usually required for graduate work.
Commercial and Vocational Subjects[7]
NO C.E.E.B. EQUIVALENTS
Drawing 1 unit
Electricity ½ or 1 unit
Joinery ½ or 1 unit
Bookkeeping--
Accounting 1 unit
Business Law ½ unit
Shop ½ or 1 unit
Machine Shop ½ or 1 unit
Pattern Making ½ or 1 unit
Commercial Geography 1 unit
History of Commerce ½ unit
Any other credited High School subject, 1 unit.
A unit, as defined by the College Entrance Examination Board,
represents a year’s study in any subject in a secondary school,
constituting approximately a quarter of a full year’s work. As a
minimum this represents one hundred and twenty sixty-minute hours or
their equivalent.
A four-year secondary school curriculum should be regarded as
representing not more than sixteen units of work.
The classification for special students is provided in order to make
available the privileges of the College to mature men to whom technical
instruction in a limited field would be a benefit, but who have neither
the need nor the necessary time for a full course of study. Such
students are expected to conform to the same standards of attendance
and scholarship as are required of matriculated students. Special
students may receive a statement of work completed.
Students who wish to transfer from other institutions must present
complete credentials including a statement of honorable dismissal to
the Registrar. Applications for admission by transfer students will be
considered only if the applicant meets all requirements which govern
the admission of Freshmen.
A student must satisfy the College of adequate preparation. To do this
he may offer either:
(A) Any one of the following examinations covering the
subjects required for admission:
1. Those given by the College Entrance Examination Board.[8]
2. The entrance examinations given by the College.
3. The examinations given by the Education Departments of
the States of New York and New Jersey to students who have
satisfactorily completed the courses in the High Schools;
_or_
(B) A certificate of graduation from an approved High
School showing the time devoted to each subject and the
standard attained. Entrance credits will be allowed for
those subjects only which are satisfactorily credited on
the certificate.
[7] For commercial and vocational subjects, not more than four units,
provided that not more than one unit be offered in any one subject.
[8] For information regarding these examinations see the next following
pages.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD
Scholarship Examinations and Early Examinations for Admission to Be
Held on April 15, 1939
The College Entrance Examination Board will hold examinations at
approximately 150 places in the United States on April 15, 1939, for
applicants for scholarships and for admission to college. A list
of these places will be published about December 15. A detailed
announcement regarding the April series of examinations will be ready
for distribution on October 1.
Every candidate is required to file an application with the Executive
Secretary of the College Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117
Street, New York, N. Y., not later than March 25, 1939. A candidate
who takes the examinations for admission to college should secure a
blank form of application for examination from the College Entrance
Examination Board; a candidate who takes them in order to qualify for
a scholarship must secure the blank form from the college offering the
scholarship. In order to facilitate the making of arrangements for the
proper conduct of the examinations, it is desired that all applications
be filed as early as possible. The examination fee of ten dollars
should accompany the application for the scholarship tests[9] and
should be remitted by postal order, express order, or draft on New York
to the order of the College Entrance Examination Board.
Applications for examination will be accepted after March 25, 1939,
when it is possible to arrange for the examination of the candidates
concerned, but only upon payment of five dollars in addition to the
regular fee.
When a candidate has failed to obtain the required blank form of
application, the regular examination fee will be accepted if it arrives
not later than March 25, 1939, and if it be accompanied by a memorandum
with the name and address of the candidate, the center at which he will
report for examination, the college to which his report is to be sent,
and the series of examinations (admission or scholarship) he wishes to
take.
No candidate will be admitted to a test late, that is, after the test
has begun. Each candidate who is registered for the Scholastic Aptitude
Test will receive a booklet containing a specimen test with blank
spaces to be filled in by the candidate. In order to secure admission
to the test, the candidate must present not only his ticket of
admission but also this booklet with the spaces filled in as requested.
Inasmuch as no special preparation will be needed for this series of
examinations, detailed information regarding them, with the exception
of the practice booklet for the Scholastic Aptitude Test, will not be
distributed to candidates.
The College Entrance Examination Board will report to the institution
indicated on the candidate’s application the results of his
examinations. Candidates should not expect to receive from the Board
reports upon their examinations.
[9] The fee for the admission series this year will be five dollars.
This series will consist of a form of the Scholastic Aptitude Test
containing a verbal and a mathematical section. There will be no
separate foreign language and mathematics tests.
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD
Examinations of June 17-24, 1939
The College Entrance Examination Board will hold examinations in
June 1939 at more than three hundred points in this country and
abroad. A list of these places will be published about March 1, 1939.
Requests that the examinations be held at particular points should
be transmitted to the Executive Secretary of the College Entrance
Examination Board not later than February 1, 1939.
Detailed definitions of the requirements in all examination subjects
are given in a circular of information published annually about
December 1. Upon request to the Secretary of the College Entrance
Examination Board a single copy of this document will be sent to any
teacher without charge. In general, there will be a charge of thirty
cents, which may be remitted in postage.
All candidates wishing to take these examinations should make
application by mail to the Secretary of the College Entrance
Examination Board, 431 West 117th Street, New York, N. Y. Blank forms
for this purpose will be mailed by the Secretary of the Board to any
teacher or candidate upon request by mail.
The applications and fees of all candidates who wish to take the
examinations in June 1939 should reach the Secretary of the Board not
later than the dates specified in the following schedule:
For examination centers
In the United States east of the Mississippi
River or on the Mississippi May 29, 1939
In the United States west of the Mississippi
River or in Canada May 22, 1939
Outside of the United States and Canada,
except in Asia May 8, 1939
In China or elsewhere in the Orient April 24, 1939
An application which reaches the Secretary later than the scheduled
date will be accepted only upon payment of $5 in addition to the
regular examination fee of $10.
When a candidate has failed to obtain the required blank form of
application, the regular examination fee will be accepted if the fee
arrive not later than the date specified above and if it be accompanied
by a memorandum with the name and address of the candidate, the exact
examination center selected, and a list of the subjects in which the
candidate is to take the Board examinations.
When the examination supplies of the local supervisor permit,
candidates who have failed to file an application with the Secretary
may be admitted, upon payment to the local supervisor of a fee of five
dollars in addition to the regular fee, to all examinations except the
Scholastic Aptitude Test. Such candidates should present themselves at
the beginning of the period of registration. A candidate who registers
with the supervisor will receive from him a blank form of application
and an identification card which must be filled out and handed to the
supervisor for transmission to the Secretary of the Board.
In order to exhibit their tickets of admission, to present their
identification cards, and to obtain seats in the examination room,
candidates should report for a morning examination at 8:45 and for
an afternoon examination at 1:45. An examination will close for
candidates admitted late at the same time as for other candidates. The
examinations will be held in accordance with the time (Standard Time or
Daylight Saving Time) observed in the local schools.
No candidate will be admitted to the Scholastic Aptitude Test late,
that is, after the test has begun.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test may be taken upon the completion of the
school course or at the end of the third year of secondary school
work. Each candidate desiring to take this test, even though he is to
take no other examination, must file with the Secretary of the Board
the usual application for examination. Every candidate who registers
for the test will receive a practice booklet containing a specimen
test with blank spaces to be filled in by the candidate. In order to
secure admission to the test, the candidate must present not only his
ticket of admission but also this booklet with the spaces filled in as
requested. If the Scholastic Aptitude Test is taken in connection with
other examinations, no additional fee is required; if taken alone, the
fee is $10.
EXPENSES
Tuition
To students entering the College for the first time in September of
1939, and later, the tuition will be ninety dollars ($90.00) per
semester for residents of the State, and one hundred and eighty dollars
($180.00) per semester for non-residents.
Students who entered the College in February of 1939, or earlier, will
be charged a tuition fee of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per semester,
including registration fee, if residing in the State, and one hundred
and seventy dollars ($170.00) per semester if non-residents.
Students who leave the institution before any semester is completed
are _not_ allowed rebate of tuition for the remaining portion of the
semester.
Students who withdraw before completing the first semester must obtain
the Dean’s approval in order to avoid being charged for second semester
tuition.
Tuition charges are somewhat higher for special programs of study
differing from those shown in this bulletin.
Fees
All students entering the College for the first time as candidates for
a degree will be charged a matriculation fee of $10.00.
All students entering the College for the first time in September of
1939, and later, are required to pay a registration fee of $5.00 each
semester.
A fee of $1.00 per year is charged for the use of a locker.
An annual fee of $10.00 is required of all students to cover cost of
expendables in connection with laboratory work, and charges resulting
from breakage, loss of college property and library fines. In some
professional courses where the cost of expendables is high, the charges
may exceed this amount. Liability for these charges is not limited to
the stated fee.
_Registration is required for each term. Freshmen should be guided by
the instructions which are found under “Admission to the College”.
Other students should register not later than noon of the Saturday
before the beginning of the term. An extra registration fee of $5.00
will be required of those who register late._
A fee of $2.00 is charged for the removal of a “condition” grade; a
fee of $1.00 is charged for the removal of an “incomplete” grade.
These fees are payable although such grades are removed without
re-examinations.
For special examinations, taken at times other than those regularly
scheduled, a fee of $2.00 will be charged.
A diploma fee of $10.00 will be required of all candidates for the
Bachelor’s Degree; and a fee of $25.00 for the Professional Degree.
In cases requiring special tests in connection with admission to the
College a fee of $5.00 will be charged.
* * * * *
Students who expect to earn their expenses in whole or in part by
outside work should not undertake a full course. They should discuss
their plans with the Dean with the object of making up a schedule of
studies to fit their particular cases.
This college is primarily one for students who commute between their
homes and the school. Dormitories are not provided. Out-of-town
students who wish to room in Newark may apply to the College for aid in
locating desirable accommodations.
Students are advised to defer expenditures for textbooks until they are
certain that changes are not contemplated or necessary.
The College is not responsible for loss of property by fire or theft in
its buildings and grounds.
SCHOLARSHIPS
For young men of ability who need financial assistance there are in all
twenty-five scholarships available.
Application should be made for these scholarships to the President of
the College not later than September the first.
William F. Hoffman Scholarships
Boy Scout Scholarships
In addition to these general scholarships the Board of Trustees of the
College have granted two scholarships, the recipients to be chosen by
the Newark Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Henry J. Ruesch Scholarships
In memory of Henry J. Ruesch two scholarships have been donated, the
recipients to be graduates of the Newark Technical School.
Herbert P. Gleason Scholarships
By the will of Herbert P. Gleason seven scholarships are available for
young men of character and ability.
STUDENT LIFE
The aim of the College is to train and educate earnest and industrious
students along technical lines. This is the first and the supreme duty
of the College; all other activities are secondary.
The professional departments expect student participation in the
activities of the student branches of the national professional
engineering societies.
The Faculty recognizes the importance of social and athletic activities
if properly co-ordinated with the more serious work of instruction.
ATHLETICS
In common with some of the better technical institutions in the country
the College does not support a varsity football or baseball team. The
athletic activities are designed to interest the average student and to
develop _him_ rather than to overdevelop a small group.
Varsity competition in basketball, fencing, tennis and track athletics
is encouraged, and the College each year puts teams into the field.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Professor H. N. Cummings
Assoc. Prof. W. S. La Londe
Asst. Prof. O. P. L. Albert
Asst. Prof. J. M. Robbins
Asst. Prof. R. W. Van Houten
Mr. F. A. Busse
Mr. D. C. Frost
Mr. W. J. Hoffman
The Civil Engineering course is planned to prepare young men for
municipal engineering work, highway work, construction work, or work in
the general field of scientific management. Because of the temporary
slowing down of work in the civil engineering field, during recent
years, streets, highways, water supply and sewage disposal systems,
bridges, etc. have become seriously run-down or inadequate. Trained
young men will be needed in the near future to take part in the
repair, replacement, or enlargement of these necessities. The trend
toward large sectional projects, sponsored by the federal government,
indicates another field of opportunity for young men trained in civil
engineering.
To give students training in the fundamentals of civil engineering, so
that they may qualify for employment in any of the lines of work above
mentioned, a problem in municipal engineering is used, providing much
of the instruction of Junior and Senior years. A topographical survey
and map are made of a tract of land containing about a hundred acres.
This tract is then subdivided into streets and lots as in a suburban
community. The water supply and sewage disposal systems for this tract
are designed in connection with the sanitation course. Streets and
roads are located and designed as a problem in the highway course.
Bridges, culverts, retaining-walls, etc., such as would be required in
municipal, or highway work, are designed as part of the work of the
senior course in structures.
Active membership in the Student Chapter of the American Society of
Civil Engineers is expected of students in this department.
Field Equipment in Civil Engineering
The department has complete and up-to-date equipment for conducting
plane, topographic and hydrographic surveys. The equipment includes
plane and engineer’s transits, levels, plane tables, current meter,
sextants, tapes, level and stadia rods, range poles and all other
necessary surveying accessories.
Surveying Summer Camp
The complete facilities of the Summer Camp of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology at East Machias, Maine, are available to a
limited number of students who are selected on the basis of proficiency
in Surveying and general excellence in scholarship. Applicants will be
chosen from the group invited to participate in the Honors Option, and
will be given the summer camp assignment in place of the industrial
assignment given to the other members of the group. The Newark College
of Engineering will give to students receiving this assignment
scholarships covering a portion of the camp fee.
The M. I. T. Summer Camp is located in a region particularly well
suited to instruction in large scale surveying projects, such as
geodetic triangulation, mapping of large areas, reconnaissance for
highway or railroad location, hydrographic surveying, stream gaging,
etc. The camp itself is equipped with modern buildings, sanitary
water supply and sewage disposal, fire hydrants and fire-fighting
apparatus, and an emergency hospital. The staff includes a practising
physician. Students and faculty live in dormitories (known at the camp
as barracks) and eat in the camp dining room. The camp is within a
few minutes, by automobile, from the East Machias railroad station.
Students attending in 1939 will report during the last week of July and
remain at the camp seven weeks.
CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (C.E.)
Courses offered to students entering September 1937 and later.
FIRST YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering (The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 3 3
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 3
Second Semester
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering (The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 2 2
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 2
Phys 2 Physics 2 3
SECOND YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CE 1 Surveying 3 3
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 4 0
Second Semester
CE 1 Surveying 2 3
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 2 3
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 60 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
THIRD YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CE 2 Surveying 2 6
CE 10 Sanitation 2 0
CE 20 Highways 3 0
CE 40 Hydraulics 3 3
Ind E 13 Staff Control 0 2
Math[10] 31 Differential Equations 3 0
Mech 22 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 0
Second Semester
CE 2 Surveying 2 6
CE 10 Sanitation 4 0
Ind E 13 Staff Control 2 0
Ind E 31 Economics 3 0
Math[11] 32 Vector Analysis 3 0
Mech 22 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 3
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 61 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group)
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
CE 11 Sanitation 2 3
CE 21 Highways 0 4
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control 1 0
CE 30 Structures 3 4
EE 75 Electricity 3 0
ME 31 Thermodynamics 3 0
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Second Semester
CE 11 Sanitation 2 2
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control 1 0
CE 30 Structures 3 4
EE 75 Electricity 3 0
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 41 Accounting 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Note: Students who wish to reduce the amount of work per
semester in Freshman and Sophomore subjects may apply to
the Dean for a regular five year schedule.
[10] Math 31 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
[11] Math 32 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (C.E.)
Offered in academic year 1939-40 to students who completed Junior
requirements before September 1939
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CE 11-2 Sanitation 2 0
CE 21 Highways 0 4
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control 2 0
CE 30-2 Structures 2 8
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Office or Field work
Second Semester
CE 11-2 Sanitation 2 0
CE 21 Highways 0 4
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control 2 0
CE 30-2 Structures 2 8
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Office or Field work
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION
in the
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CE 1 Surveying: Prerequisite, Satisfactory Sophomore Standing.
A course designed to equip the student with a knowledge of
the principles and practice of elementary surveying and
closely allied sciences and to enable him to apply this
scientific information to the professional work of the
civil engineer. For descriptive purposes the course is
subdivided as follows:
Surveying. A study of plane and topographic surveying,
consisting of classwork, fieldwork and drafting. The
classwork covers a thorough drill in the principles of
these branches of surveying. This is supplemented by
field exercises covering the use, care, and adjustment
of instruments, and cadastral and engineering surveys
of elementary character. The work in the drafting room
consists of problems involving the interpretation and
preparation of topographic, construction, and property
maps. Texts: A, B, C, D, E.
Engineering Geology. A study of geologic science,
with particular emphasis on the relationship between
physiography, geology, topography, water supply, and the
design of engineering structures. Laboratory studies of
common rocks, rock-forming minerals and of topographic and
geologic maps are made in connection with this course.
Texts: A, F.
General Astronomy. A short course in general astronomy
designed to broaden the background of the student and
to enable him to obtain a better grasp of the work in
practical astronomy given during the Junior year.
Texts: A, G.
_Texts_: _A._ _Departmental Manual I, “Professional Work of
the Sophomore Year”._
_B._ _Breed and Hosmer, “Principles and Practice of
Surveying,” Vol. I._
_C._ _Breed and Hosmer, “Principles and Practice of
Surveying,” Vol. II._
_D._ _Robbins, “Problems in Surveying, CE 1”._
_E._ _Vega, “Logarithms”._
_F._ _Ries and Watson, “Elements of Engineering Geology”._
_G._ _Jeans, “The Stars in Their Courses”._
CE 2 Surveying. Prerequisite, CE 1.
A continuation of the work begun in CE 1. The course
covers the fields of hydrographic and geodetic
surveying and practical astronomy. The route surveying
classwork, formerly given in this course, is now covered
simultaneously in the course in Highways CE 20 and CE 21.
Route survey fieldwork is covered in the fieldwork of
the surveying course. The course consists of classwork,
fieldwork and drafting. The classwork covers a thorough
drill in the principles of hydrographic and geodetic
surveying and spherical trigonometry and practical
astronomy. This is supplemented by fieldwork covering the
use of the stadia, plane table and traverse board in the
execution of topographic and engineering surveys, the
methods of gaging streams, the geodetic and astronomic
work necessary for control surveys, and the execution of
preliminary and location route surveys for highways and
sewers which are used in the design work of the courses
in Highways and Sanitation. The work in the drafting room
covers all computations and plotting necessary to complete
a topographic map from the field surveys.
_Texts_: _A._ _Departmental Manual II, “Professional Work of
the Junior Year”._
_B._ _Breed and Hosmer, “Principles and Practice of
Surveying,” Vol. II._
_C._ _Hosmer, “Practical Astronomy”._
_D._ _Hosmer, “Geodesy”._
_E._ _Pickets & Wiley, “Route Surveying”._
_F._ _Robbins, “Notes on Spherical Trigonometry”._
_G._ _Robbins, “Problems in Surveying, CE 2.”_
_H._ _American Nautical Almanac, 1939._
_I._ _Vega, “Logarithms”._
CE 10 Sanitation. Prerequisite, Satisfactory Junior Standing.
A study of the principles of sanitary science and public
health subdivided as follows:
Hydrology. A study of the principles of hydrology with
particular emphasis on their application to problems of
water supply and storm water disposal.
Public Health. A study of the engineering control of
communicable diseases through the proper collection,
treatment, and disposal of municipal wastes; the provision
of safe water, milk and foods; the control of rodents and
insects; the sanitation of public buildings; housing; and
industrial hygiene.
Water Supply. A study of the methods used to investigate
the water supply needs of a community; the selection of the
required supply and the design of the collection works.
Distribution works are taken up in a later course.
_Texts: Mead, “Hydrology”; Ehlers and Steel, “Municipal
and Rural Sanitation”; Babbitt and Doland, “Water Supply
Engineering”. Certain reference books from a department
list, to be read during the summer preceding the taking of
the course._
CE 10, 11-1 Sanitation. Prerequisite, Satisfactory Junior Standing.
A study of the principles of sanitary science and public
health subdivided as follows:
Public Health. A study of the engineering control of
communicable diseases through the proper collection,
treatment and disposal of municipal wastes; the provision
of safe water, milk and foods; the control of rodents and
insects; the sanitation of public buildings; housing; and
industrial hygiene.
Hydrology. A study of the principles of hydrology with
particular emphasis on their application to problems of
water supply and storm water disposal. Computations and
designs are carried out in connection with the study of the
water resources of a particular stream.
Water Supply. A study of the methods followed by engineers
in investigating the water supply needs of a community; the
location of the required supply; the determination of the
proper means of conveying the water to the community; and
the design and construction of works in connection with
water supply development.
Sewerage. A study of the design, construction and
maintenance of storm water drains and sanitary sewers,
accompanied by the design of such drains for a small
community and the preparation of cost estimates and
specifications for the same.
_Texts: Ehlers and Steel, “Municipal and Rural Sanitation”;
Mead, “Hydrology”; Babbitt and Doland, “Water Supply
Engineering”; Metcalf and Eddy, “Sewerage and Sewage
Disposal”. Certain reference books from a department list,
to be read during the summer preceding the taking of the
course._
CE 11-2 Sanitation. Prerequisite, CE 10, CH 21.
A continuation of the study begun in CE 10, 11-1 and
covering the design and construction of works for the
purification of water and the treatment of sewage.
_Texts: Babbitt and Doland, “Water Supply Engineering”;
Metcalf and Eddy, “Sewerage and Sewage Disposal”._
CE 20 Highway. Prerequisite, CE 1.
This course in Highways consists of lectures, student
reports and problems, covering the following topics:
highway location, with special attention to the part
reconnaissance surveys and traffic surveys play in
determining the proper location for a highway; the design
of roads, dealing with the establishing of grade lines,
street intersections, curves, cross-sections and grade
separations; grading; highway drainage; soil studies,
especially the characteristics of subgrade soils, the
grouping of subgrade soils and the conclusions to be
drawn from soil studies; non-bituminous and bituminous
materials for low-cost roads; natural subgrade treatments
and untreated surfaces; bituminous surface treatments;
road-mixed and plant-mixed bituminous surfaces;
bituminous-macadam bituminized cement and cement-bound
macadam roads; portland-cement concrete pavements;
base courses for pavements; both hot-mix and cold-laid
bituminous pavements; maintenance of bituminous pavements;
brick and block pavements; the construction and location
of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, guard rails and other
appurtenances; highway beautification and lighting;
estimates, contracts, and specifications; street cleaning
and snow removal; and the location and construction of
landing fields and runways for airports.
The field work in Highways is given in connection with the
field work in Surveying CE 2.
_Texts: Bruce, “Highway Design and Construction”; Pickels
and Wiley, “Route Surveying”; Van Houten, “Problems in
Highways, C. E. 20”._
CE 21 Highways. Prerequisites, CE 2, CE 20.
This is a course in Highway Design in which two problems
are undertaken. In the first, plans are prepared for
the improvement and paving of about one-quarter mile of
city streets. Details of sidewalks, curbs, pavements and
drainage are taken into account. The field notes for this
problem are obtained in the course in Surveying CE 2. In
the second problem a paper location of a highway is made
from a contour map (similar to that prepared in Surveying
CE 2) for about two miles of rural highway. Plans are
prepared which subscribe to the practice and standards of
the New Jersey State Highway Department. Attention is given
to alignment, grade and cost, with a special study made of
the earth quantities and placement.
_Texts: Bruce, “Highway Design and Construction”; Pickels
and Wiley, “Route Surveying”._
CE 22 Highway Traffic Control. Prerequisite CE 20.
A course designed to give the student a comprehensive
knowledge of the problems encountered in the field of
highway traffic control together with a thorough study of
current methods of dealing with those problems.
The course is presented in the form of lectures by the
instructor, reports by the students, supplementary reading,
and, whenever practicable, field studies and analyses
of actual traffic problems. The subjects covered are as
follows: purposes of traffic control; accident statistics;
accident records as a basis for accident prevention
with special attention being paid to the use of spot
maps, flow diagrams and collision diagrams in analysing
traffic problems; legislation and administration as a
means of regulating traffic; examination of applicants
for drivers’ licenses; through and stop streets; critical
approach speeds; traffic control at intersections by
traffic beacons, traffic officers and traffic signals;
studies of rotary and channellized intersections; highway
and railway grade crossing elimination; traffic lanes,
centerline markings; highway lighting; parking; education
of all groups from the pre-school child to the adult;
law enforcement, especially studying the problem of the
drinking driver and the “accident repeater”; and traffic
courts and violations bureaus.
Reference Material: This is composed of all available
literature in the field of traffic control. A few of the
organizations and institutions whose literature is used
are as follows: American Association of State Highway
Officials; American Automobile Association; American Road
Builders’ Association; Bureau of Public Roads; Institute
of Traffic Engineers; International Association of
Chiefs of Police; Iowa State College; Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company; Motor Vehicle Department of New Jersey
and numerous other states; National Bureau of Casualty
and Surety Underwriters; National Conference on Street
and Highway Safety; National Safety Council; New Jersey
Traffic Commission; Northwestern University Traffic
Safety Institute; Portland Cement Association; Travelers
Insurance Company; University of Illinois; University of
Michigan; and University of Wisconsin.
CE 30-1 Structures. Prerequisite, First Semester Phys 30.
This course forms a transition between the previous
courses of mechanics (statics) and strength of materials
and the course in structures CE 30-2 given to the senior
civil students. It treats of a more rounded and complete
study of reaction and internal stresses in roof trusses
and statically determinate bridges by both analytical and
graphical methods. Special emphasis is placed upon the
construction and use of influence lines. A short time is
devoted to the approximate solution of lateral bracing and
portals.
_Text: Sutherland and Bowman “Structural Theory”, 2nd Ed._
CE 30-2 Structures. Prerequisites, CE 30-1, complete course. Phys 30.
The work of this course is divided between a theoretical
study of statically indeterminate structures and the design
of a variety of small structures. A thorough theoretical
study is made of the deflection of beams and trusses and
of the methods of least work, slope deflection, moment
distribution, and the column analogy. Secondary stresses,
space framework and wind stresses in buildings receive
their proportion of attention. Throughout the work in
theory those structures that are to be later designed and
detailed are used for class problems, thereby making a
close tie between the theory and design and eliminating
an unnecessary amount of duplication in arithmetical
calculations. Problems are given in the design of, and
complete preparation of plans for roof trusses, buildings,
foundations, abutments, retaining walls, trestles, trusses,
girders, and frames of concrete, steel, and wood, with
a study of timber, riveted, and welded framing. Highway
loadings are used in preference to railroad loadings in
order to simplify computations. Particular emphasis is
placed upon orderly and complete computations, standard
and practical considerations of design and detail, and
thoroughness and neatness in drafting. Given to senior
students in civil engineering.
_Texts: Sutherland and Bowman, “Structural Theory, Second
Edition”; Caughey, “Reinforced Concrete”; Fuller & Kerekes,
“Analysis & Design of Steel Structures”; A. I. S. C.,
“Steel Construction Handbook”. Certain reference books from
a department list to be read during the summer preceding
the taking of the course._
CE 30 Structures.
Courses CE 30-1 and CE 30-2 will be combined in one senior
course in 1940-41 and later years.
CE 40 Hydraulics. Prerequisites, Math. 21, Mech. 20.
The subject matter is the same as in CE 41. In addition, a
laboratory course is given, in which the characteristics
of flow are studied for various types of conduits and
measuring devices, and also for various degrees of
viscosity of the liquid. Given to students in civil
engineering.
_Texts: Cummings and Widdop, “Elementary Hydraulics”;
Laboratory Manual of the Mechanical Engineering Department._
CE 41 Hydraulics. Prerequisites, Math. 21, Mech. 20.
This is a text-book and problem course. The subject
of hydrostatics is treated briefly, from the point of
view of review work in physics and applied mechanics.
In hydrokinetics, the energy balances are emphasized as
providing means of solving problems in theoretic flow
through orifices, pipes, open channels, and over weirs.
Constant emphasis is placed on the degree of precision
obtainable, in practice, by the use of the available
experimentally determined constants to modify theoretical
computations to meet actual conditions. Given to chemical,
electrical, and mechanical students.
_Text: Cummings and Widdop, “Elementary Hydraulics”._
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Professor J. C. Peet
Professor A. A. Nims
Asst. Prof. S. Fishman
Asst. Prof. F. E. McKone
Asst. Prof. P. C. Shedd
Mr. J. H. Johnston
Mr. W. Jordan, 3rd
Mr. F. A. Russell
Mr. C. H. Stephans
The problems and techniques associated with the production, delivery,
utilization and control of energy in the electrical form are given the
inclusive title of Electrical Engineering. Any general preparation for
the recognition and analysis of these problems and the mastery of these
techniques, in their infinite variety, must, of necessity, emphasize
the basic conceptions and principles which are of widest application.
Specific applications, sufficient in number and variety to maintain the
student’s interest and broaden his point of view are, however, useful
supplements.
The work of the freshman and sophomore years consists, primarily, of
the foundation mathematics, physics, English and mechanical drafting
usually given to all engineering students. In addition, a course in the
fundamental electrical units and their application to the magnetic,
electro-static and electric circuits, is given. This is followed by a
general engineering course in d-c and a-c circuits. The classroom work
is paralleled by a laboratory course in electrical measurements.
During the upper class years the principles of electrical engineering
are applied to many problems; characteristics and operation of
direct-current, synchronous, and induction machinery, rectification,
wave form analysis, transient phenomena, power plant equipment,
transmission and distribution and electro-physical measurements in
magnetism, in induction and capacitance by balance methods and in
multi-electrode vacuum tube characteristics.
A student branch of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers
holds about eight or ten meetings each year. All upper classmen become
members and are expected to attend its meetings. The second year men
are invited to join the local society.
Since electrical engineering is closely related to mechanical and
chemical engineering much material from these branches is included in
the course.
The Electrical Laboratories
The electrical laboratories are located on the first floor of the
Laboratory Building. A centrally located stock room houses much of the
equipment used for test and measurement.
Electric power for the laboratories is obtained from the Public
Service Electric & Gas Company through a 240-volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle
alternating current line. By means of transformers, motor-generator
sets, synchronous converters, oscillators, rectifiers, and storage
batteries, direct or alternating current power of wide range of voltage
and frequency is available. This power can be distributed to any part
of the laboratories on either two or three wire lines, through a
carefully planned distribution system.
Equipment is available for setting up all types of electric circuits,
reactive and non-reactive, for either direct or alternating current
power, together with the usual voltmeters, ammeters, and wattmeters,
required in the measurement of these circuits.
Several examples of each of the fundamental types of generators and
motors for both direct and alternating current, as well as the usual
transformers and various special types are conveniently arranged for
study and complete tests.
Special types of instruments for extreme range of voltage current
and power are also available, together with special instruments such
as frequency meters, power factor meters, electro-static voltmeters,
oscillographs, and bridge networks for resistance, capacitance and
inductance.
Provision is also made for extensive study of the fundamental operating
characteristics of the vacuum tubes of many kinds which are so widely
used in the control of electric power in its various forms.
The following equipment is worthy of special mention:
A General Electric Educational Set consisting of a synchronous machine;
a wound-rotor induction machine; a squirrel cage induction machine;
and a double-current generator, each with a 15 k v a rating and wound
for either 1, 2, 3 or 6 phase operation.
A Westinghouse synchronous motor-generator set, rated at 15 k v a and
wound for 1, 2, 3 or 6 phases. One machine is arranged as a cradle
dynamometer and equipped for phase shifting.
A General Electric sine-wave generator coupled to a synchronous motor.
This machine generates a voltage wave which conforms accurately to
standard wave form. It has a capacity of 5 k v a for three phases and
has a ring gear mechanism for phase shifting.
A two-unit General Electric motor-generator set consisting of one 5
k v a generator capable of single-, three- or six-phase operation at
110/220 volts. This is coupled to a 5-kw, 250-volt d-c machine.
Three mercury-arc rectifiers complete with switchboards and auxiliaries.
Three General Electric Oscillographs complete with all auxiliary
apparatus.
One Westinghouse four-element Oscillograph.
One Westinghouse Osiso.
One Sundt Neobeam Oscilloscope.
One Du Mont Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope.
One Westinghouse Audio Oscillator.
One Western Electric Audio Oscillator.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (E.E.)
Courses offered to students entering September 1937 and later.
FIRST YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 3 3
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 3
Second Semester
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 2 2
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 2
Phys 2 Physics 2 3
SECOND YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
EE 21 Electricity 5 3
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 4 0
Second Semester
EE 22 Electric Circuits 6 3
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 2 3
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 60 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
THIRD YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
EE 31 Electric Networks 2 0
EE 33 Electric Machinery 2 3
EE 35 Electron Tubes 1 3
ME 31 Thermodynamics 3 0
Ind E 13 Staff Control 0 2
Math[12] 31 Differential Equations 3 0
Mech 21 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 3
Second Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
EE 32 Electric Transients 2 0
EE 33 Electric Machinery 3 3
EE 35 Electron Tubes 1 3
Ind E 13 Staff Control 2 0
Ind E 31 Economics 3 0
Math[13] 32 Vector Analysis 3 0
Mech 21 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 0
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 61 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
CE 41 Hydraulics 3 0
EE 41 Electric Transmission Equipment 2 0
EE 43 Electric Machinery 2 3
EE 45 Electrical Measurements 2 3
EE 47 Electrical Design 0 4
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 0 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Second Semester
EE 42 Electric Transmission Circuits 3 0
EE 43 Electric Machinery 2 3
EE 46 Electron Tube Circuits 1 3
EE 47 Electrical Design 0 3
ME 16 Machine Design 3 0
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 0
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 41 Accounting 3 0
Note: Students who wish to reduce the amount of work per
semester in Freshman and Sophomore subjects may apply to
the Dean for a regular five year schedule.
[12] Math 31 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
[13] Math 32 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (E.E.)
Offered in academic year 1939-40 to students who completed Junior
requirements before September 1939
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
EE 41 Electric Transmission Equipment 5 0
EE 45 Electrical Measurements 3 6
EE 47-2 Electrical Design II 0 4
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work.
Second Semester
EE 42 Electric Transmission Circuits 5 0
EE 46 Electron Tube Circuits 3 6
EE 47-2 Electrical Design II 0 4
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work.
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION
in the
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
EE 21 Electricity.
This is the fundamental electrical course for all
electrical engineering students. The lecture, class and
laboratory method is used. The subject is treated from
the point of view of the physicist. The electron theory
is the basis. For each phenomenon considered a physical
explanation is given as well as a mathematical expression.
Particular attention is given to the proper definition
of the units of measurement. The relation between these
quantities is emphasized by problem work.
Laboratory work in measurements and the proper use of
instruments is carried on at the same time.
_Texts: Zeleny, “Elements of Electrical Engineering”; Peet,
“Laboratory Manual in Electricity”._
EE 22 Electric Circuits.
This is a lecture, recitation and laboratory course in the
fundamental electrical units and their proper application
to the usual direct current and alternating current
circuits. It is given to all electrical students in the
second semester of the sophomore year.
A general list of the topics is as follows: Magnetism,
electro-magnetism; electric current, pressure and
resistance; electric power and energy; series, parallel
and series parallel circuits; Kirchhoff’s law; three-wire
system; electro-statics; dielectric circuit; alternating
current circuits containing resistance, inductive
reactance and capacitive reactance in series and parallel
combinations by graphical, analytical and complex quantity
methods; single and polyphase alternating current circuits.
Laboratory work in direct-current and constant frequency
alternating current circuits supplements the classroom work.
_Texts: Dawes, “Electrical Engineering”, Vol. I & II; Peet,
“Laboratory Manual in Electricity”._
EE 31 Electric Networks.
For the purpose of making analyses of electric networks the
following principles are introduced:
Algebra of Complex Quantities
Kirchhoff’s Laws
“T” to “Pi” transformation
Thevenin’s Theorem
Superposition Theorem
Magnetic and dielectric coupling
Resonance
_Text: Everitt, “Communication Engineering”; Fishman,
“Electric Circuit Projects”._
EE 32 Electric Transients.
The transient conditions existing in direct and alternating
current circuits whenever the current values are suddenly
changed are of great importance in many electrical
problems. To investigate these an analysis is made of
the time variation of energy, power, current and voltage
whenever there is a readjustment of energy in these
circuits. The analysis is made for circuits in which energy
is stored in either magnetic or dielectric form or in both
forms.
_Text: Fishman, “Electric Circuit Projects”._
EE 33 Electric Machinery. Prerequisites, EE 21, EE 22.
The subject matter of this course is presented in three
divisions as follows:
a. A study of direct-current generator and motor
characteristic curves, separation of losses, regulation and
efficiency, parallel operation, three-wire and pump-back
tests, armature reaction and commutation.
b. A similar study of alternating current machinery
includes transformers, alternators, synchronous and
asynchronous polyphase motors, single-phase motors and
converters.
c. Armature windings: development from elementary coil
of both ring and drum types; representation of both open
and closed circuit winding by circular diagrams, tables
and vector diagrams; bipolar and multipolar, simplex and
multiplex windings; phase distribution and distribution
factors.
An extensive laboratory course supplements the class work.
_Texts: Dawes, “Electrical Engineering”, Vol. I & II;
“Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers” (Sixth
Edition); Nims, “Armature Winding Notes”, Fishman and Shedd
Laboratory Manual “Electric Machinery”._
EE 35 Electron Tubes. Prerequisites, EE 21, EE 22.
A study is made of the following electronic devices:
Volt-ampere characteristics of contact rectifiers.
Illumination-response of photo-sensitive devices
(conductive, voltaic, vacuum and gas emissive cells).
Emission from tungsten, thoriated tungsten and oxide-coated
cathodes.
Characteristics and coefficients of vacuum diodes, triodes
and multigrid tubes.
The electron gun.
Ignition and volt-ampere characteristics of cold cathode,
hot cathode, and pool cathode gas and vapor tubes.
Methods of controlling output of gas and vapor tubes by
means of grids.
_Texts: Fishman, “Electronics Laboratory Projects”._
EE 41 Electric Transmission Equipment.
Prerequisite, Satisfactory Senior Standing.
The accessory apparatus for the production of electric
power, and its transmission and distribution to the
consumer is the basis of a seminar type course. Each
student investigates an assigned topic in some detail and
discusses his findings for the information of the class.
Prime movers, generator excitation and voltage regulation,
feeder voltage regulation, station wiring layouts,
switchboards and switching gear, reactors, relays and relay
systems, line disturbances and line protection, plant
economics and energy rates, industrial motor application
and control are topics treated.
_Text: “Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers” (Sixth Edition)._
EE 42 Electric Transmission Circuits. Prerequisites, EE 31, EE 32.
Aspects of electric power transmission which are subject to
analytical attack are treated by lecture and computation
methods.
The topics included are: Calculation of short lines,
low voltage distribution, conductor materials, spacing,
corona effect, economic voltage and frequency, hyperbolic
functions and the calculation of line constants,
calculation of long lines by graphical, approximate and
rigorous methods, comparison of methods, synchronous
machines for power factor and voltage control, effect of
transformers included in circuit regulation.
_Text: Woodruff, “Electric Power Transmission and
Distribution”; Everitt, “Communication Engineering”._
EE 43 Electric Machinery. Prerequisite EE 33.
A continuation of Electric Machinery EE 33.
EE 45 Electrical Measurements. Prerequisites, EE 31, EE 32.
This is mainly a laboratory course illustrating some of
the more advanced problems in electric circuits. In the
associated classroom work the principles underlying the
laboratory problems are discussed and the quantitative
relations emphasized. The projects considered fall under
the general heading of Measurement Circuits:
Oscillograph study of direct and alternating transients.
Alternating Bridges.
Non-sinusoidal wave analysis.
Balance methods of current measurements.
Phase sequence indicators and meters.
Problems of power measurement in polyphase circuits requiring
voltage and current transformers.
_Text: Nims, “Advanced Circuits Measurements Manual”._
EE 46 Electron Tube Circuits. Prerequisites, EE 35, EE 45.
A continuation of EE 45, dealing principally with the
following topics:
Direct measurements of Tube Constants.
Essentials of Amplifier Circuits of all types.
Oscillator and Inverter Circuits.
Rectifier and Relay Circuits.
_Texts: Everitt, “Communication Engineering”; Nims,
“Advanced Circuits Measurements Manual”._
EE 47 (EE 47-1, 47-2) Electrical Design. Prerequisites, EE 22, EE 33.
The performance characteristic of electric equipment depend
upon the materials of which it is made, and upon the
arrangement and dimensions of these parts. In this course
this relationship for simple equipment, such as resistors
and magnets, is studied mainly by computation methods. Some
time is taken here for the layout of machinery locations
on the floors of a building, which gives some practice in
the use of surveying instruments. The quantitative study of
materials and their arrangement in electric machinery is
carried further into the windings of direct and alternating
current machinery, including transformers if time is
available.
_Texts: Nims, “Electric Machine Design Notes”; Busse,
“Surveying Notes”._
EE 71 Electricity.
This is the general course adapted to the needs of chemical
and mechanical engineering students.
It is a lecture, recitation and problem course in the
fundamental units and their application to the electric
circuits and machines.
The topics are as follows: Magnetism, induction, electric
current, pressure and resistance, electric power and
energy; electric, magnetic and electro-static circuits;
single and polyphase alternating current circuits by
graphical, analytical and complex quantity methods.
_Texts: Dawes, “Electrical Engineering”, Vol. I; Dawes,
“Electrical Engineering”, Vol. II; McKone, Laboratory
Manual “Applied Electricity”._
EE 75 Electricity.
This is a general survey course adapted to civil
engineers. It is not followed by laboratory experience.
It treats the fundamental units and their application to
electric circuits and electric machinery, both direct and
alternating current. It is made as broad as possible for
these students who have but limited time to give to the
subject.
_Text: Timbie, “Elements of Electricity”._
EE 81 Applied Electricity. Prerequisite, EE 71.
This is the electric machinery course for mechanical
engineering students. It offers experience in the wiring,
measurement and operation of the usual direct and
alternating current machines. The proper application of
these machines in industry is treated.
The classroom work is supplemented by a machine laboratory
course.
_Texts: Dawes, “Electrical Engineering”, Vols. I & II;
McKone, Laboratory Manual “Applied Electricity”._
EE 83 Applied Electricity. Prerequisite, EE 71.
This is the electric machinery course for chemical
engineering students. It is similar to EE 81 except that it
requires but one semester and therefore is much abridged.
_Texts: Dawes, “Electrical Engineering”, Vols. I & II;
McKone, Laboratory Manual “Applied Electricity”._
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Professor V. T. Stewart
Assoc. Prof. J. A. Bradley
Assoc. Prof. P. M. Giesy
Asst. Prof. J. Joffe
Asst. Prof. A. S. Kohler
Mr. F. W. Bauder
Mr. S. J. Baum
Mr. M. Frederick
Mr. G. C. Keeffe
Mr. L. Z. Pollara
Mr. S. N. Sadoff
Mr. T. J. Tully
Dr. A. S. Williams
The four year course in Industrial Chemistry is broad in scope and is
designed to give the student a thorough background in the fundamental
sciences, engineering subjects, and the necessary cultural subjects. It
forms an adequate basis for advanced courses of a professional nature
in science and engineering and, by further training, in the methods of
scientific research.
The earlier part of the course provides the essential foundations of
mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Later comes thorough drill in the
assimilation, acquirement of facility of application, and blending of
the more theoretical instruction of the earlier years.
To give the student a sound grasp of the subject matter, problems of
various types form an important part of the curriculum. The laboratory
work is almost exclusively quantitative. The student is required to
record observations and to express experimental data in an orderly and
precise manner.
Incidental to the formal instruction are such matters as the use of
library, methods of finding all that is known of a particular product
or process, and the writing of reports.
Courses of a cultural nature constitute an important part of the
curriculum. Their purpose is to develop in the young technical worker
an intelligent approach to contacts with his fellow workers and to
responsibilities of a broader social nature. Like all technical men,
the chemist may become a business executive, in which event some
breadth of vision may be of the utmost importance to him.
The Chemistry Laboratories
These laboratories are located on the top floor of the Laboratory
Building, the laboratories being two in number. The large laboratory
is devoted to courses in General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis,
and the smaller one to more advanced work in analysis and to organic
chemistry. There is also a balance room and a stock room, both easily
accessible to the two laboratories.
The department possesses the material equipment necessary for work in
inorganic, organic, analytical and industrial chemistry. Fume closets
are installed in both laboratories for the proper handling of processes
involving harmful fumes. A continuous supply of distilled water is
furnished by an enclosed still. A parsons generator supplies hydrogen
sulfide for the work in qualitative analysis.
Among the various special pieces of apparatus are the following: A Parr
calorimeter, a centrifuge, conductivity apparatus, mechanical grinder,
pumps for the production of compressed air and suction, various special
pieces of apparatus for distillation and filtration and for the
handling of gases.
The Chemical Engineering Laboratory
The Chemical Engineering Laboratory is arranged for the study of unit
operations by the students of the chemical course. The apparatus is
commercial equipment of modern design, which has been equipped with
numerous meters, gauges and measuring devices for accurately testing
the machines. The students make quantitative studies of factory
operations and of the problems involved in the design of equipment.
The unit operations studied include heat transfer, fluid flow,
distillation, evaporation, drying, etc.
A copper, forced-convection, vacuum evaporator, having a capacity of
one thousand pounds of water per hour is available. This machine is so
equipped that accurate heat and material balances may be obtained and
operation costs calculated as in commercial practice.
A very flexible apparatus is the copper experimental distillation unit,
which is 23 feet high. This consists of a 50-gallon kettle, a 19-plate
rectifying column, condensers, cooler and an automatic decanter and
feed control. Five of the sections of the column are of Pyrex glass, so
the actual operation can be carefully studied. It can be operated on
several modifications of batch, steam or continuous distillation.
The batch drier, equipped with automatic temperature and humidity
control, is arranged for the study of the drying process as it is
carried out in commercial practice.
A rotary suction drum filter, Sweetland, plate and frame, and stoneware
suction filter are used in experiments on filtration.
Experiments on grinding include a study of a Ball Mill, Jaw Crusher,
Micro pulverizer, and an Attrition Mill.
The laboratory is also equipped with a centrifuge, sulfonator, vacuum
crystallizer, autoclave and other pieces of equipment, such as
pyrometers, necessary for experimental runs on the various units.
INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY COURSE, B.S. (CH.)
Courses offered to students entering September 1937 and later.
FIRST YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 3 3
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 3
Second Semester
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 2 2
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 2
Phys 2 Physics 2 3
SECOND YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
CH 22 Inorganic Chemistry 2 0
EE 71 Electricity 3 0
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Phys 3 Physics 4 0
Second Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
CH 22 Inorganic Chemistry 2 0
EE 71 Electricity 3 0
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Phys 3 Physics 2 3
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 60 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
THIRD YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CH 31 Physical Chemistry 2 0
CH 32 Quantitative Analysis 3 6
CH 33 Thermodynamics 2 0
EE 83 Applied Electricity 3 3
Ind E 13 Staff Control 0 2
Math[14] 31 Differential Equations 3 0
Mech 24 Mechanics 4 0
Second Semester
CH 31 Physical Chemistry 3 0
CH 32 Quantitative Analysis 2 6
CH 33 Thermodynamics 2 0
Ind E 13 Staff Control 2 0
Ind E 31 Economics 3 0
Math[15] 32 Vector Analysis 3 0
Mech 24 Mechanics 4 1
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 61 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
CH 41 Physical Chemistry 3 0
CH 42 Organic Chemistry 3 3
CH 43 Industrial Chemistry 1 3
CH[16] 44 Unit Operations 0 3
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 3 0
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 3
Second Semester
CH 41 Physical Chemistry 3 0
CH 42 Organic Chemistry 3 3
CH 43 Industrial Chemistry 1 0
CH[16] 44 Unit Operations 0 3
ME 16 Machine Design 3 0
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering 0 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 41 Accounting 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 0
Note: Students who wish to reduce the amount of work per semester in
Freshman and Sophomore subjects may apply to the Dean for a regular
five year schedule.
[14] Math 31 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
[15] Math 32 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
[16] CH 44 is optional for Senior students.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (CH.E.)
Offered in academic year 1939-40 to students who completed Junior
requirements before September 1939
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CH 41 Physical Chemistry 3 0
CH 42 Organic Chemistry 4 6
CH 46 Chemical Engineering 2 6
ME 16 Machine Design 3 0
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work.
Second Semester
CH 41 Physical Chemistry 3 0
CH 42 Organic Chemistry 4 6
CH 46 Chemical Engineering 2 6
ME 16 Machine Design 3 0
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 22 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work.
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION in the DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
CH 11 General Chemistry.
Descriptive inorganic chemistry, chemical theory, and
elementary applied chemistry. Besides a study of the
chemistry of the elements and their compounds, the
course includes a brief survey of certain of the more
important industrial processes, such as the manufacture
of the elementary gases, the acids, soda, glass, cement,
and metals. The laboratory work is chosen so as to
illustrate the current lectures. In order to emphasize the
quantitative nature of the science, the student is required
to solve a large number of numerical problems based on
chemical processes and to do a certain amount of actual
quantitative work in the laboratory.
_Texts: McPherson and Henderson, “A Course in General
Chemistry”; McPherson, Henderson and Evans, “Laboratory
Manual in General Chemistry”; Bradley, “Problems in General
Chemistry”._
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis.
_For Chemical Students._ This course includes the analysis
of numerous unknowns for both the anions and the cations.
Class work covers the practical and theoretical aspects
of analysis, including the theory of electrolytes, ionic
equilibrium and the law of mass action.
_Text: McAlpine and Soule, “Qualitative Chemical Analysis”._
_For Civil Students._ Laboratory work, the same as CH 21.
Class work consists of the chemistry of materials used in
engineering work, chemical theory and special topics.
_Texts: Leighou, “Chemistry of Engineering Materials”;
Cornog & Vosburgh, “Introductory Qualitative Analysis”._
_For Electrical and Mechanical Students._ This course is
designed to acquaint the students with the methods of
analysis and the application of chemical principles to
engineering work. Laboratory work consists of qualitative
analysis, and water and fuel analysis. Class work includes
the application of chemical theory and such special topics
as alloys, fuels, corrosion and the treatment of water for
industrial and sanitary purposes.
_Texts: Chapin, “Second Year College Chemistry”; Cornog &
Vosburgh, “Introductory Qualitative Analysis”._
CH 22 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.
This course undertakes a more thorough treatment of the
modern developments of inorganic chemistry than is possible
in course CH 11. Such topics as the mass law, vapor
pressure, dissociation, velocity of reaction, and kinetic
theory are studied in considerable detail. Attention is
also given to the recent ideas of the structure of the
atom. The course is profusely illustrated by problems.
_Texts: Chapin, “Second Year College Chemistry”; Hougen and
Watson, “Industrial Chemical Calculations”._
CH 31 Physical Chemistry. Junior Year.
CH 41 Physical Chemistry. Senior Year.
These two courses form a continuous treatment, the
subject matter of which is selected with a more especial
view to the needs of students entering the chemical
industries than is usual in this subject. The abstract
principles of chemistry are developed in such a way as
to emphasize their practical importance, and to lead the
student to facility and confidence in the application of
theoretical knowledge to his everyday work. A large part
of the work consists to the solution of problems by the
students. The problems are discussed in detail, the aim
being to develop the power to use principles, rather than
merely to impart factual knowledge of the phenomena. The
topics considered in the course are the pressure-volume
relations of gases, the properties of solutions related
to molal composition, the conduction of electricity
in solutions, the ionic theory, the mass-action law
applied to the rate and equilibrium of chemical changes,
heterogeneous equilibrium from the phase-rule standpoint,
thermo-chemistry and thermo-dynamic chemistry. Under
the latter topic are considered the free-energy change
attending chemical reactions, the maximum work obtainable
from them, the effect of temperature on free-energy and
a number of applied topics in electro-chemistry such as
electro-motive force of voltaic cells, electrode potentials
in relation to the equilibrium of oxidation and reduction
reactions, electrolysis in relation to electromotive force
and concentration, and gas polarization. Throughout the
two courses, the scientific background of the chemical
industries is constantly impressed upon the student. Only
by constantly applying the principles to concrete problems
will the student acquire such a knowledge and the power to
use it in new cases.
_Text: Getman and Daniels, “Outline of Theoretical
Chemistry” (for CH 31 and CH 41)._
CH 32 Quantitative Analysis.
This course includes both the theory and the practice of
quantitative analysis. In the laboratory, training is given
in the correct technique of quantitative work, first in
volumetric and then in gravimetric determinations. Later,
extended analyses are carried out. In the classroom the
principles underlying the laboratory work are studied;
additional methods also are considered. Throughout the
year the student receives training in the calculations of
analytical chemistry, with special attention to the errors
of measurement. Particular consideration is given to the
accuracy of the methods studied, in connection with the
requirements of their use, and to the saving of time by
proper planning of work and choice of method.
_Texts: Kolthoff and Sandell, “Textbook of Quantitative
Inorganic Analysis”; Giesy, “Problems in Quantitative
Analysis”._
CH 33 Thermodynamics.
This follows the lines of course ME 31 Thermodynamics but
is adapted to the needs of industrial chemists.
_Text: Lichty, “Thermodynamics”._
CH 41 Physical Chemistry.
(See CH 31.)
CH 42 Organic Chemistry. Prerequisites, CH 11, CH 31, CH 32.
This is a course in the principles and practices of
organic chemistry. In the lectures and recitations a
systematic study of the aliphatic and aromatic compounds is
undertaken. In the laboratory certain selected experiments
in the analysis and synthesis of organic compounds is
carried out as well as exercises in the study of the
chemical properties of various classes of compounds.
The course is conducted with special reference to the
industrial applications of organic chemistry. Some of
the newer physico-chemical tools used in the study of
the science will be considered. If time permits, certain
special topics such as dye-stuffs, alkaloids, and compounds
of biochemical importance will be studied.
_Texts: Conant, “The Chemistry of Organic Compounds”;
Coghill and Sturtevant, “Organic Compounds”._
CH 43 Industrial Chemistry.
The class work includes a study of industrial equipment
and processes. Safety work in the chemical industry is
given particular consideration. The laboratory work
covers typical operations and processes of manufacturing
chemistry, which are carried out in small scale commercial
equipment.
_Text: Riegel, “Industrial Chemistry”._
CH 44 Unit Operations.
This is an introductory course in the unit operations of
chemical engineering, the purpose of which is to introduce
the student to the use of large scale chemical equipment.
CH 46 Chemical Engineering.
The class work consists of a study of industrial equipment
and processes. Safety work in the chemical industry is
given particular emphasis. The laboratory work comprises
a study of unit operations and processes. Seminars, which
include reports on the laboratory work and articles in the
technical literature, are held at regular intervals. A
portion of the time is devoted to surveying as applied to
the chemical plant. This includes work in measurements for
equipment foundations, piping, etc. The laboratory work
includes evaporation, drying, filtration, distillation,
etc. Particular stress is laid on the quantitative aspects
and interpretation of the data.
_Texts: Perry, “Chemical Engineers’ Handbook”; Walker,
Lewis, McAdams & Gilliland, “Principles of Chemical
Engineering”; Kohler, “Laboratory Manual in Chemical
Engineering”; Busse, “Shop Surveying Notes”._
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Professor F. D. Carvin
Assoc. Prof. H. E. Walter
Asst. Prof. F. J. Burns
Asst. Prof. D. E. Davis
Asst. Prof. P. E. Schweizer
Mr. H. R. Booth
Mr. B. Eskin
Mr. K. A. MacFadyen
Mr. D. F. Oliver
Mr. J. L. Polaner
Mr. H. E. Purdy
Mr. A. Reminger, Jr.
Mr. E. W. Wraith, Jr.
Mr. D. E. Zeliff
The Mechanical Engineer is concerned with the problems of design,
construction and operation of machine tools, of the power machinery
to operate these tools and of power machinery in general, such as
refrigeration, ventilation, automotive, hydraulic and heat transfer
machines. He is greatly concerned with the problems of industrial
management and public affairs in general. The subject matter covered by
this department has been developed with these points in mind.
The first two years of the course develop a background of mathematics,
physics, chemistry and English upon which the technical subjects of
the last two years depend. An introduction to the technical phase of
the work is had in this period through such subjects as engineering
drawing, shop work and electricity. A practical view-point may be
developed by work in industry during the summers.
In the third year, the student is introduced to the several basic
courses in engineering such as thermodynamics, heat power, hydraulics,
strength of materials, machine design and electricity. A knowledge of
the problems of our social and industrial life is obtained by a study
of economics, staff control and business law.
The student’s time in the fourth year, is divided between strictly
technical work in college and an attempt to co-ordinate with this the
cooperative industrial work in industry. In this manner, the practical
side of his profession is emphasized. The technical work in school
consists of applying the principles developed in the previous year
to definite engineering problems. This is done by a study of power
plants, turbines, internal combustion engines, heating and ventilation
and structural design. In the laboratories, tests are made on various
machines to determine their operating characteristics; fuels and
lubricating oils are examined; materials are studied both from the
machine tool view-point and their heat treatment and metallurgical
properties. The economic side of the question is further emphasized by
courses in management and staff control.
Students who have satisfactorily completed the first three years of
work in mechanical engineering may choose the aeronautical option
courses in the fourth year. In this course, some of the more general
subjects in mechanical engineering are replaced by more specialized
instruction in aeronautics.
Arrangements may be made whereby students of aeronautical subjects,
who wish to enroll in the aircraft mechanics course at the Casey Jones
School in Newark or in flying courses at the various fields, will
receive credit in their co-operative work for such time spent in these
courses. This work may be taken during the summer or during the regular
co-operative period. The cost of such courses must be carried by the
student; it is not included in the regular college fees.
The student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
holds eight to ten meetings a year at the college. All students in the
department are expected to attend these meetings.
Engineering Drawing
The aim in Engineering Drawing is to so train all the students of the
engineering departments that they will be able to write, to read, and
to understand the universal language of Engineering Drawing.
The work is designed as training for engineers, not draftsmen,
therefore an attempt has been made to eliminate copy work as such, and
to place stress upon an understanding of what is being done and of the
reasons for doing it that way.
The ability to make good freehand sketches rapidly, easily and
accurately is an asset to any engineer. Much time and attention is,
therefore, devoted to sketching. An engineer must, also, be able to
inspect a drawing and know whether or not it is well drawn, accurate
and complete, so training is given in checking drawings.
The work is so planned that opportunities for the exercise of planning,
judgment and initiative are given to each student.
Every student is urged to set for himself a high standard in each of
the following items:
1. Accuracy--accuracy is a necessity.
Exactness, completeness, and fitness are of the utmost importance in
the work of an engineer. A working drawing, no matter how pleasing
its appearance, is worthless if the dimensions on it are incorrect,
if important dimensions and notes are lacking, or if a job completed
according to instructions on it will not function properly. Drawings
lacking in accuracy are not acceptable.
2. Appearance--a good appearance is a predisposing factor.
The appearance of a drawing depends upon a few simple and easily
mastered elements.
_Balance_: No crowding, no great open spaces.
_Proportion_: Of letters to views--of views to the size of
the drawing.
_Line Work_: Clear-cut and uniform.
_Lettering_: Well formed and well proportioned.
Poorly lettered drawings are not acceptable.
_Cleanliness_: Keep hands and tools clean.
3. Speed--Time is the essence of the contract.
Speed depends upon understanding, planning, mastering of technique and
most of all upon concentration.
The Mechanical Engineering Laboratories
The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory is designed to meet the general
purposes of testing and studying machines and materials. It consists of
several distinct sections devoted to the special phases of experimental
engineering. These sections are as follows: steam, internal combustion
engines, flow of fluids, hydraulics, fuels and oils, metallurgy and
heat treatment, and machine tools.
The steam division of the laboratory consists of a steam boiler,
simple, automatic and compound engines, low speed and high speed
turbines, jet and surface condensers, feedwater heater, pumps, weighing
tanks, meters and calorimeters. Each machine is equipped with apparatus
for measuring quantities conforming with the A. S. M. E. test codes.
The internal combustion engine section includes Diesel engines, a gas
engine, Diesel and gasoline automotive engines and water and air cooled
airplane engines. Each test engine is connected to a dynamometer.
Instruments are provided for making the necessary measurements called
for in standard testing. Several engines are used for study purposes.
The flow of fluids laboratory makes provisions for the study of the
flow characteristics of steam, air and liquids. Instruments used in
measuring the flow of fluids are examined and tested. Steam nozzles
and orifices are attached to a condenser for steam flow tests. A
forced draft fan and a two-stage air compressor provide air for the
investigation of the flow in ducts, nozzles, orifices and general air
machines. A small wind-tunnel permits the examination of air flow
around small models. The loss of head in pipes, fittings and valves can
be tested.
The hydraulic division contains centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, an
open flow channel, weirs, nozzles, orifices, weighing tanks and meters.
Hydraulic machines are tested. The friction loss in pipes and fittings
is examined.
The fuel and oil section of the laboratory is equipped to make the
various standard test of these materials. This includes calorimeters,
viscosimeters, flash and fire point testers, distillation outfit
and flue-gas analysis equipment. A lubarometer is used to test the
coefficient of friction of lubricating oils and to study the effects of
various bearing metals.
The metallographic and heat treatment laboratories are equipped with
gas and electric furnaces, each with temperature measuring instruments,
for the melting and heat treatment of metals. Microscopes, both visual
and photographic, are used for the examination of metal structures.
Grinding and polishing machines are provided for the preparation of
specimens.
The machine tool section of the laboratory is equipped with lathes,
milling machines, shapers, grinders, gas welding outfit and the usual
small tools required for metal cutting. While the major part of the
machine shop instruction is given in connection with the co-operative
industrial work, this laboratory is used to demonstrate shop practice
and machine tool methods in general.
The test work in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory is designed to
familiarize the student with the construction details, features of
operation, methods of control and the comparative merits of the various
machines. The student is taught to operate these machines in the safest
possible manner and test them along the lines adopted by the various
professional engineering societies.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (M.E.)
Courses offered to students entering September 1937 and later.
FIRST YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 3 3
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 3
Second Semester
CH 11 Chemistry 3 3
ME 1 Engineering Drawing 1 3
Eng 10 English 4 0
Eng 50 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 11 Principles of Engineering
(The College) 2 0
Math 1 Mathematics 2 2
Phys 1 Introductory Problems in Physics 0 2
Phys 2 Physics 2 3
SECOND YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
EE 71 Electricity 3 0
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
ME 7 Shop Practice 0 3
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 4 0
Second Semester
CH 21 Qualitative Analysis 1 3
EE 71 Electricity 3 0
ME 2 Engineering Drawing 0 2
Eng 20 English 3 0
Eng 60 History of Industrial Civilization 1 0
Ind E 12 Principles of Engineering
(The Industry) 0 2
Math 21 Calculus 3 2
Mech 20 Mechanics 2 0
Phys 3 Physics 2 3
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 60 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
THIRD YEAR (Given in 1939-1940)
First Semester
EE 81 Applied Electricity 3 3
ME 10 Mechanisms 3 0
ME 30 Thermodynamics 4 0
Ind E 13 Staff Control 0 2
Ind E 31 Economics 3 0
Math[17] 31 Differential Equations 3 0
Mech 23 Mechanics 2 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 3
Second Semester
CE 41 Hydraulics 3 0
EE 81 Applied Electricity 3 3
ME 10 Mechanisms 3 0
ME 34 Heat Power 3 3
Ind E 13 Staff Control 2 0
Math[18] 32 Vector Analysis 3 0
Mech 23 Mechanics 2 1
Phys 30 Strength of Materials 3 0
SUMMER WORK
Ind E 61 Co-operative Work
(required for Honors Option Group).
FOURTH YEAR
GENERAL MECHANICAL OPTION
First Semester
ME 14 Machine Design 3 3
ME 20 Physical Metallurgy 3 0
ME 37 Applied Heat Power 3 0
ME 50 Mechanical Laboratory 1 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 41 Accounting 3 0
Second Semester
ME 14 Machine Design 3 3
ME 18 Graphics & Structural Design 3 3
ME 22 Metallography 0 3
ME 36 Power Plants 3 0
ME 50 Mechanical Laboratory 0 3
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 2 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Note: Students who wish to reduce the amount of work per
semester in Freshman and Sophomore subjects may apply to
the Dean for a regular five year schedule.
[17] Math 31 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
[18] Math 32 is optional but recommended for students who contemplate
graduate work.
FOURTH YEAR
AERONAUTICAL OPTION
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
ME 14 Machine Design 3 3
ME 20 Physical Metallurgy 3 0
ME 90 General Aeronautics 3 6
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 3 0
Ind E 41 Accounting 3 0
Second Semester
ME 14 Machine Design 3 3
ME 22 Metallography 0 3
ME 91 Airplane Structure 3 6
ME 92 Airplane Engines 2 1
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 2 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (M.E.)
Offered in academic year 1939-40 to students who completed Junior
requirements before September 1939
FOURTH YEAR
GENERAL MECHANICAL OPTION
First Semester
Attendance Hours
SUBJECT Rec. Lab.
ME 18 Graphics & Structural Design 3 3
ME 22 Metallography 0 3
ME 36 Power Plants 3 0
ME 37 Applied Heat Power 3 0
ME 50 Mechanical Laboratory 1 6
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 5 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work
Second Semester
ME 18 Graphics & Structural Design 3 3
ME 22 Metallography 0 3
ME 36 Power Plants 3 0
ME 37 Applied Heat Power 3 0
ME 50 Mechanical Laboratory 1 6
Ind E 14 Staff Control 1 2
Ind E 21 Industrial Management 5 0
Ind E 51 Business Law 1 0
Co-operative Industrial Work
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION in the DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 1 Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry.
The objective of this course is the development of the
students’ ability and judgment in the field of engineering
drawing. The work of the course is based upon case studies
accompanied by short informal lectures upon modern
commercial practice and upon the theory on which such
practice is based. Emphasis is placed on speed, accuracy,
neatness and on the techniques by which these are obtained.
The course includes study of and practice in lettering,
line work, projection, conventions, tracing, sketching,
shop standards, the use of notes, the reading of blue
prints, the reading of layout drawings, pictorial
representation, developments, and checking as applied to
commercial engineering drawing.
_Text: Freshman Engineering Drawing Notes._
ME 2 Engineering Drawing. Prerequisite ME 1.
The principles laid down in the previous year’s work are
applied to a series of problems in structural drafting,
concrete work, gear drawing developments, and welded steel
work. Such additional work in descriptive geometry as is
necessary for each drawing is given as the work develops.
An opportunity is given to learn modern drafting practice,
the way a drafting room is managed, and to develop the
basis for future courses in design and engineering.
_Text: Sophomore Engineering Drawing Notes._
ME 7 Shop Practice.
A course for sophomore mechanical students, given in two
parts.
Part 1--Surveying and Machine Layout. Three hours a week
for half a semester are devoted to laboratory work in
machine layout. This includes surveys of existing equipment
and exercises in establishing lines and elevations for
setting machines and equipment.