Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950) [PAGE 27]

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Their has been a mark i ex tnsion in the >ordinatcd fjr Ids of research nd graduate study. The Departs* at of Electrii I Engineering has developed a pro"ram covering the field of vacuum tubes, tntennas, radio direction-finding, ultrasonics, infra-red, semi-conductorSj and power line analysis. The v uum-tube lal ratory is esp ially well equipped. The number of graduate students in electrical engineering last y ir exceeded 200, and 103 students n ived advanced degrees. Similarly, in the Department of M e d nieal Engine ring, the entire undergraduate program has been revised and new courses md programs have been developed in the graduate field. Tl graduate enrollment has increased to over 80. Tl cooperative research program, sponsored by the National Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Association and the Institut of Boiler and Radial r Manufacturers, has made noteworthy contributions. The Dej rtment of Civil Engin- ring continued to be the leading department in its field. The scope and breadth of its res in h work is common knowledge among engineering firms over the country. In addition, the Engin< ring Coll has several < mmitte I at work studying how to make our graduates better prepared as iti> as as well as techni il experts.

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

In the Chemistry Department alm< I the whole r ical events is studied and taught. There is a world-w

of ch< :em.

from other institutions, from industry and rnmentj luat , of this department. Its researches are notabli t theni

on amino acids, synthetic, rubber and proce in ( hem il

neering—having played an important part in the v* r effort For thu eleventh time in 16 years, a graduate of the division hem al engineering has ro ived a I n prize from the Amei in Institute of Chemi< I Engineei \h mbers of the chemistry staff literally

loader! with hon< !

The jump from basic studi« in the held ol nistrv, whether on the Urbana-Ch mpaign impu oi in < hi. o, to health ami th< prof on of in licine is easily m. u The divi n of biochemist!-)

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