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KAtSp^fEi. These engineers a r e graduates of "Hanf ord University/' GE's nuclear training school at AEC's Hanford, Wash., atomic plant. Marvin Shockley (left) a n d W a y n e T h o r n e work o u t a heat transfer problem
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GE's " H a n f o r d U " gives no d i p l o m a s but has t r a i n e d 6 0 0 0 students in science a n d nuclear e n g i n e e r i n g
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scientist shortage at "Hanford University." In this u n i q u e school, which awards n o degrees, engineering assistants are educated a n d trained to full-fledged engineering status. D u r i n g their schooling, they relieve experienced engineers of much time-consuming and routine work. The company has conducted a school a t Hanford, Wash., where it operates a n Atomic Energy Commission plant, for t h e past 1 0 years. But for most of this time, its educational light has been concealed under AEC's security blanket along with the atomic operations of the plant. Compared to its short academic life, t h e Hanford nuclear engineering school is something of a veteran in the atomic educational field. Besides its curriculum of basic science and engineering, it offers courses not yet given in most of the world's best colleges and universities. Sonne of these subjects—reactor design is one—are just beginning to appear in textbooks. Many of the nuclear
engineering problems studied w e r e even without solutions a few years back. So far, over 6000 pupils have a t tended rlanford's undergraduate a n d advanced courses. Currently, enrollments a r e running close to 600 a semester. The school has graduated 1 6 engineers and helped 44 students o b tain higher degrees. Others have b e e n aided in fulfilling state requirements to become licensed professional engineers. G E hires engineering assistants with some technical background and p r o motes tfiem according to individual ability. To broaden an assistant's experience in technology, t h e company gives h i m jobs using many different processes a n d types of equipment. Ability, i n practice, is generally meassured in terms of what supervision t h e assistant needs from the h e a d engineer in solving a particular problem. Courses given at the Hanford nuclear school a r e accredited by colleges a n d universities in the Northwest. G E h a s made this working agreement with t h e University of Washington, Seattle;
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