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CORROSION . Harkins, who was associated with the university far nearly 40 years. Prof. Harkins was well known for his contributions to physical chemistry. A committee has been established for securing funds for the lectureship with Hubert F. Jordan of U. S. 'Rubber Co. as chairman and Roy Dahlstrom of National Lead Co.'s titanium division as vice chairman. T. F. Young, department of chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago 37, 111., is acting as treasurer for the group. Recent advances in industrial finishes will be the topic of a symposium to be held at Case Institute of Technology, Feb. 27 to 29. Planned as a short course in the fundamentals of paint as an engineering material, the symposium is designed for all concerned with problems of selection, specification, and application of protective and decorative coatings as a mass production orperation. Lecturers will include authorities in the field, and the registration fee is $35. Reservations may be made through W. von Fischer, head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland 6, Ohio. Two Mexican chemists have received one-year fellowships to Harvard University under grants from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The foundation was established b y Celanese Corp. for the purpose of raising chemistry teaching standards in Mexico. The two scientists, selected by Louis F. Fieser, are Miguel Romero of the Instituto Quimico at Mexico City, and Jorge Dominguez of the Instituto Politecnico at Monterey. Illinois Institute of Technology has received a $40,000 grant from Delta-Star Electric Co., division of H. K. Porter Co., Inc. The grant will provide annual income for one or more $600 undergraduate scholarships beginning next September. The Newark College of Engineering, in cooperation with the New York Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association and the New York Paint and Varnish Production Club, has announced that the 10th annual series of evening conferences on different phases of the paint industry wiil begin on Feb. 4. Courses on the technology of paint, varnish, and lacquer, and the chemistry of synthetic resins and high polymers will be held in Eberhardt Hall, and a course on basic coatings laboratory procedures will be offered at the Mullaly Memorial Coatings Laboratory. Engineers and chemists associated with New York's large distilling industry this Spring will have an opportunity to take a comprehensive course dealing with the AND
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technology of alcoholic beverages offered a t the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in the department of chemical engineering. First introduced in 1947, t h e course is presented in alternate years. Discussions will include analyses of products, special methods of fermentation, distillation, blending, bottling, and aging. A survey of governmental regulations will b e given a n d plant layouts a n d equipment will b e investigated. Registration begins Jan. 3 1 . T h e State University of N e w York has announced that registration for the spring semester of its evening courses in chemistry at t h e New York City unit, t h e Institute of Applied Arts a n d Sciences, will take place from F e b . 2 t h r o u g h F e b . 6. Courses to be offered include general chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry, qualitative and quantitative analysis, a n d chemistry of foods. These are given one evening a week for a 15-week period. Detailed information is available from I n stitute of Applied Arts and Sciences, extension division, 3 0 0 Pearl St., Brooklyn 1, N. Y. Atomic injury, industrialization of p h o tosynthesis, and biochemistry of cancer are among t h e topics discussed b y t h e University of Chicago staff in a series of eight lectures which began Jan. 2 3 . T h e next program is scheduled for Jan. 30. Single admission tickets to the lectures a r e $1.50; series tickets, $9. A program leading to the B.S. degree in materials engineering is n o w available in the college of engineering at t h e University of Michigan. It was stated that t h e program is designed to permit specialization in the use of a variety of materials, including metals. Specialization b e gins in t h e second year a n d becomes more intensive in later portions of t h e p r o gram, a n d after graduation, materials engineers are eligible to study toward advanced degrees in chemical, metallurgical, a n d other branches of engineering. T h e program is open to students who wish to enroll at the beginning of the new semester in February.
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