CATALOG 1952-1953


 The Highway Materials Laboratory provides for routine testing and identification
of bituminous materials used in highway construction. Viscosimeters, penetrometers,
flash point testers, a ductilometer and other equipment needed for this type of testing
are available. Bituminous paving mixes may be studied by use of a Hubbard-Field,
Marshall and Hveem Stability apparatus and centrifuge extraction device.
 One of the features of the University campus is a modern up-to-date pilot plant for
the study of sewage treatment methods. The pilot plant extends over an acre in area
and contains 31 scale-model units actually in the process of sewage treatment. The
various model units are designed to provide the greatest flexibility in sewage treatment.
Three or more conventional treatment processes are in operation simultaneously on
pilot plant scale treating approximately 90,000 gallons of sewage or trade waste each
day. The pilot plant, together with the main campus sewage disposal plant, comprise
the field laboratory for sanitary engineering studies and research. There are also two
modern instruction and research laboratories fully equipped for the biological, biochemi-
cal and bacteriological studies necessary for water and sewage treatment. Public Health
Engineering has become a separately accredited option in Civil Engineering.

 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES

 The Electrical Engineering Laboratories are located for the most part in the
Engineering and Industries building. The equipment ranges from that suitable for
instruction in electrical fundamentals to that available for the most advanced types
of electrical research.
 The Dynamo Laboratory provides facilities for instruction in direct and alternating
current rotating machinery and transformers for students of all branches of engineer-
ing, as well as for more advanced study by electrical students of the power major.
Transformer banks are available for both single phase and poly phase transformation.
Recent acquisitions include fractional horsepower motors and constant current trans-
formers. For advanced instruction, such units as the exploring coil generator, ampli-
dyne, mototrol, synchronous converter, sine-wave generator, synchronous dynamometer
set, rectifier-inverter units and several matched sets of selsyn units provide a wide se-
lection for specialized study. In addition to standard instrumentation, there are avail-
able in the laboratory recording ammeters and voltmeters, and a late model 6-element
magnetic oscillograph.
 The Circuits Laboratory is provided for the thorough study of electrical measure-
ments, both D.C. and A.C., and for the analysis of linear circuits.
 The Communications Laboratory provides instruction in the fundamentals of
vacuum tube and gas filled tube characteristics. For students in the Communication
option the Electronic Laboratories, which include radio, television, and microwave
departments are available. Here the student will find many of the most modern devices
in this field, together with the necessary equipment to analyze and test their per-
formance. A partial list includes numerous types of transmitting and receiving de-
vices, including short-wave and frequency modulation, television apparatus and wire-
communication equipment. Special devices include signal generators, square wave
generators, audio and radio frequency oscillators, radio frequency bridges, field strength
measuring equipment, precision wave meters, cathode ray tubes, crystal control standards
of frequency, and a large variety of all types of electron tubes. A recent addition is a
shielded room where radio measurements may be made without interference from
stray fields.