'5 PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1953 i SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1953 ERI Solves Problems In All Research Areas Century Of Growth ENGINEERING SCHOOLS 'CLAIM TO FAME': Electronics 'U' Boasts Largest Non-Government Testing Tank Researchers ..... i . ___ _.. __ _ . _.__ _ -. __.. t --._____....... Working closely with the na- tion'sindustry, the Engineering Research Institute, a department of the College of Engineering, currently functions as a multi- million dollar business solving re- search and production problems in every field of engineering from cosmic rays to the lighting of schoolrooms. FOUNDED IN 1920, and located in the East Engineering Bldg., the Institute is arranged so that a private industry may contract with the University for technical aid from specialists in the College of Engineering. To meet the demands of in- dustry, the Institute has such facilities as a cyclotron, a wind tunnel, a high temperature lab- oratory, and a great amount of electronic equipment. The program gives faculty men a chance to do research under the best conditions possible in the fields of their special interests. MANY STUDENTS have earned much of their education by work- ing as research assistants in the Institute. Over a hundred of the thousand-man staff are students. Much classified work is current- ly being done for the Armed Forces. Revenue from the institute has contributed the major share of the upkeep of the Willow Run Airport, where some of its installations are located, and has paid for the new Cooley Memorial Research Build- ing. eletedB EUniversitycanbot a big- Com pl gest" in the engineering college's (Continued from Page 1) department of marine engineer- __ ing and naval architecture. space was urgently requested The largest naval testing tank and the first unit of the perma- not owned by the federal govern- nent brick Engineering Shop ment is housed in the east side now housed in the east part of of the West Engineering Bldg. and the present Automotive Labora- measures 360 feet long. The tank, tory was constructed. 10 feet deep and 15 feet wide, A building which was occupied holding 500,000 gallons of water, by the Dental School was turned1is used to test boat models of all over to the department in 1891,!types, from floating dry docks to * * *seven-foot dinghies. BUILDING continued through- s dnhe out the earlier part of this cen- CAPTAIN of this model fleet is tury at an accelerated pace and Prof. Louis A. Baier of the engi- reached a peak with the comple- neering college. Prof. Baier knows tion of an addition to the East more than the theory of boat- Engineering Bldg. finished in 1947 building, for he has served as a at a cost of $1,545,000 and pro- destroyer pilot in Chesapeake Bay viding 94,848 square feet of office, and once built a 55 foot ketch and laboratory and classroom space. sailed it to Bermuda. x.71 ', 4 (4nhtiawc IJi/ka'k COO. PONTIAC 17, MICHIGAN is proud to have flrnished the millwork and cabinet work on the COOLEY MEMORIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY and also on the following University Buildings. FOOD SERVICE BUILDING Architect-Louis C. Kingscot Contractor-George A. Fuller MARRIED STUDENTS' DORMITORY Architect-Charles Noble Contractor-George A. Fuller CHEMISTRY BUILDING,. Architect-Louis C. Kingscot Contractor-Bryant & Detwiler GENERAL SERVICE BUILDING Architect-Harley-Ellington & Day Contractor-Bryant & Detwiler MEN'S DORMITORY Architect-Andrew R. Morrison Contractor-Bryant & Detwiler RESIDENCE, HALLS. FOR MEN Architect-Andrew R. Morrison Contractor--George A. Fuller WOMEN'S DORMITORY Architect-Clair W. Ditchy Contractor--George A. Fuller ANGELL HALL1 Architects-Smith-Hinchman & Grylls Contractor-Bryant & Detwiler OUT-PATIENT CLINIC BUILDING Architects-Giffels & Vallet Contractor-Jeffress-Dyer, Inc. KRESGE MEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING Architects-Giffels & Vallet Contractor-Jeffress-Dyer, Inc. WOMEN'S PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING Architects-Lee & Kenneth C. Black Alden B. Dow Conntractor-Jeffress- Dyer, Inc. Today, in addition to the en- larged East Engineering Bldg. the College of Engineering buildings consist of East Hall, formerly a city school building, the West Engineering Bldg. and the Automotive Laboratory orig- inally constructed in 1888. The new Cooley Memorial Lab- oratory will be opened this week on the North Campus continuing the expansion of engineering fa- cilities. As the University community recalls 100 years of constant growth, expansion and improve- ment of the College of Engineer- ing this week it may look with appropriate pride to the contribu- tions made by a host of Michigan Only two other schools in the Country - Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology and Webster Institute-offer degrees in the specialized field of naval archi- tecture, and it is the smallest department in the engineering college. Fifty-five students are currently enrolled in the cur- riculum and are taught by four professors in the department. The data determined by testing scale models in the tank is useful to ship designers and shipyards, for few boats are actually con- structed without having prelimin- ary model testing done. MOST OF THE testing done by -Daily-van Otteren VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS ARE CARRIED ON IN THE NAVAL ARCHITECTURE TANK * * * * ' * * engineers to the American scene the University is for private enter- during the laist century. prise as the government operates ------ t I 1 several tanks throughout they country. Models to be tested are at- tached beneath a car which straddles the tank and towed at -speeds from 10 to 750 feet per minute. Several thousand models ranging from ocean lin- ers to sailboats have been tested this way, according to Prof. Baier., The models are sh~aped to exact scale from white pine and finished with three, coats of marine paint. mct of thm nr i to 14 fpp t i 2 model. Courses in naval architecture were first offered in 1882-83 and the tank was constructed as a laboratory for the department in 1904, with original dimen- sions of 300 by 22 feet. It was the second such tank to be con- structed in the United States. In 1948 the tank was remodeled to its present dimensions. Work -at T' By LARRY SUKENIC On the fourth floor of the East Engineering building the corridor in the south wing comes to an abrupt end at a door marked Elec- tronic Defense Group. Behind this door a group of some fifty engineers and scientists from seven departments in the University have been busily en- gaged in a research project for the United States Signal Corps in electronics and related sciences since June 1951. ~ * * * EDG, WHICH WAS originally organized at the University by Prof. William G. Dow and Prof. H. W. Welch of the engineering col- lege, has developed to the point where it is now served by scientists and engineers from the mechani- cal, chemical and metallurgical en-- ineering, physics, chemistry, math, and psychology departments. At present Prof. Dow is the group supervisor and Prof. Welch is in charge of co-ordinating the technical program. The EDG program includes basic research in the design and pro- duction of ceramic ferro magnetic and ferro electric material and the application of these materials in electronic equipment, as well as assisting in the evaluation and design of equipment used by the Signal Corps. THE EDG ALSO provides direct consultation services for the Sig- nal Corps by conferences and ex- change of ideas with electronic and research staffs of other uni- versities. In November of last year 65 engineers from all over the country attended a Symposium on Electronic Defense at the University. Among engineers who attended were members of the Research and Development Board, representatives of various laboratories interested in elec- tronic defense problems, and several members of advisory groups for the Department of Defense. EDG's special fields of interest take in the mathematical theory of communication, the principles of radio transmission and receiv- ing design, research work in the theory of visual detection, and projects involving the design and development of military electronic equipment. With the opening of the Cooley Memorial Laboratory on the North Campus this year plans call for transferring EDG from its present headquarters to the new site where it will occupy about half of the laboratory space. spent in the construction of each if f ment. Two or three days are error methods in shipbuilding, Prof. Baier said. Copper sulfate and water mustE be added to the water at frequent' intervals to precipitate dirt and{ slime from the tank, but some algae forms on the tank in spite of these precautions. In addition to being the largest University tank in the world, -it is probably also the largest one- fish fishpond, for one of the sev- eral small fish dumped in the tank I rf Mail- Powering the tow car is a 75 after the engineering college open to the University of Michigan College of Eng ineerin century of progress. MEMORIALS AND BUILDING S gona TONES Phone 8914 MOST, J1M emnae arl U 1. eeI nl length. horsepower electric motor draw- house last spring still swims lazily * * ing electricity from University about the pool. A FULL -TIME patternmaker powerlines. Data for the models1 constructs the models to be tested is recorded graphically for further Blitino NO Bar in the tank and is sometimes as- study and tabulation. Such meas- BN sisted by students in the depart- urements eliminate the trial and For Chem Prof In 1892 Prof. Edward D. Camp- Congratulations to the bell was permanently blinded by S.h.ola laboratory explosion. Engineering S hool However, he went back to his of the University of Michigan lecturing duties at the University even before the bandages were on its 100th Anniversary removed from his sightless eyes and then continued for 33 years under his handicap to do active Ann Arbor Sheet Metal Works research in the chemistry of me- ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN tals. BOB LUZIUS-1PROPRIETOR He also served as an administra- tor in the College of Engineering IL__ ________ until 1925. I 936 N. Main St. ]III I 1 1 I CO GRAIuL O S T.. A4 s the first 100 years are the hardest! I I We have 66 to go I. . . . _.4 BROACHES e BROACHING MACHINES BROACH FIXTURES " SPECIAL MACHINERY .r A r~~ I CI n PI n - C 1 1Kt 1'C T DA Kin AA A f U lI "1t r"f Il ''~'. - - 0