PAGE SEVEN FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1952 THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JAUARY 18, 152.THE:M_.IGAN._ AIL ork On F7 H 79r in r G : L, ytt T * Ai l * * * * * * * * Engineering Unit To Be Near Huron Research Center Gets New Home By BARNES CONNABLE One of the University's fastest growing arms, the Engineering Re- search Institute will finally find a home when development of the huge area north of the Huron River is achieved. Harried scientists who have trekked from building to building during the scattered Institute's 30- year existence on campus will have the benefit of a large, modern building with vast facilities, ac- cording to present plans. THE INSTITUTE functions as a coordinator and liason body for scientists from various depart- ments, private firms and the gov- ernment. Although many of its projects will still be undertaken in laboratories on the present campus, a large part of its work will be handled in the new build- ing. Forerunner to the Institute was the engineering research department, established by the Board of Regents in 1920 to aid _ small industries in Michigan. By 1950, sporting a new name and a staff of more than 600 persons, it was working on 210 projects at a cost of $2,600,000 for Fed- eral government agencies and , industrial concerns throughout the country. Now one of the five largest col- lege research organizations in the nation, the Institute does its re- search on a contract basis and is a self-supporting organization ad- ministratively. THE INSTITUTE'S relations with industry and government pays dividends, its officials be- lieve, by aiding members of the engineering faculty in keeping up to date on developments in their fields and providing paying jobs for engineering students. Founders of the original de- partment were Prof. Albert E. White of the engineering col- lege and the late Dean Mortimer E. Cooley. Prof. White was chairman of the department from its beginning and now heads the Institute. The new building will be a me- morial to Dean Cooley, who head- ed the engineering college from 1903 to 1928. * , * ONE OF THE department's ear- liest developments was the single- phase motor, first to operate on house current, which now can be found in the million's of sewing machines, vacuum sweepers and washing machines. During the war the depart- ment devoted its facilities al- most entirely to research for the Army and Navy. Its most im- portant contributions were fire- power developments. Expenditures for more than 200 secret research projects for the government during the war years amounted to more than a million dollars annually. Federal officials cited the University work as "in- valuable in the solution of urgent problems arising during the course of the war." Last year the Instittue re- portedly handled $3,000,000 in research contracts from govern- ment and industry. It has led in work on more than 2,000 sub- jects since its founding. Probably the most noted of the Institute's divisions is its Willow Run Research Center, which this week jumped into the headlines with the arrival of a "hot" foil of palladium from a Canadian ato- mic stockpile. Located at Willow Run Airport, the Center is staffed by 250 re- searchers seeking answers to prob- lems in aerophysics, aerodynamics, propulsion, electronics, controls and acoustics. After-Six FORMAL RENTALS TAILS and TUX Reservations now ONE OF INSTITUTE'S PRESENT OFFICE BUILDINGS 0 MODEL OF PLANNED COOLEY MEMORIAL LABORATORY f FROM TIlE AIR-Aerial phot f " 1w/ c' R / SPRAWLING CAMPUS-Map shows the projected new Huron campus, in relation3 to the present University buildings. A recreation center, the municipal golf course and the Arboretum, separates the two. Top of the diagram is west. ~ - - "overflow" campus area-outlined in white-in relation to the hilly area northeast of the city. 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