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S T A T E lis;AI C U R A T E S C O O P E R A T I V E PROGRAM IN F E R R O U S
T H E DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGY of The Pennsylvania State
College announces a research program o n carbon and alloy steels which has already a t t r a c t e d t h e cooperation and financial support of seven steel companies—namely, t h e Allegheny Steel Co., Carpenter Steel C o . . Ileppenstalf C o . , Latrobe Electric Co., Vanadium Alloy Steel Co., Bethlehem Steel Corp., a n d Republic Steel Corp. Each of these companies has contributed equally to t h e research fund, and has prepared certain material and test specimens used in t h e investigation. In pursuing the research program, close technical contact is being maintained with representatives of the above companies in order to insure that the investigations undertaken shall have a definite practical aspect. T h e program includes investigations on t h e effects of stress a n d corrosion on alloys a t elevated temperatures and factors affecting the decarburization of steel. T h e project was s t a r t e d on September 1 under the direction of Charles II. Austin. He is assisted by one graduate student and two seniors in metallurgy. Installment of t h e high-temperature deformation apparatus has been completed and a number of interesting test d a t a have been obtained. T h e deformation equipment was especially designed for work of this kind and has been loaned to t h e school by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. A recording potentiometer has been loaned by the Pittsburgh Experiment Station, l \ S. Bureau of Mines. This is t h e first cooperative research project in metallurgy that has been undertaken at The Pennsylvania State College and it is expected that it will prove a n aid in raising the standards and value of resident and extension work in this branch of the mineral industries. S U M M E R C O U R S E S AT M.
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T E X T I L E MICROSCOPY, textile technical analysis, and textile laboratory are the special summer courses being offered again this year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the direction of E . R. Schwarz. The work hegins on J u l y 24 and continues for six weeks, ending on September 4. Textile microscopy consists of 30 lectures a n d 45 hours of laboratory. The lectures will.be given at 10:15 each week day except Saturday a n d t h e laboratory will be offered from 1:00 to 3:30 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. Textile technical analysis consists of 30 lectures given on each week-day morning with the exception of Saturday from 9:15 to 10:15 and will cover the technic of the physical testing of textiles (exclusive of optical methods) a n d will also include discussion of methods of report writing, precision of measurements, graphical interpretation of data, and t h e elements of fabric and yarn structure. Textile laboratory may be devoted to work in. textile technical analysis, to work in textile microscopy, or both, and is offered to fill a 15-hour per week schedule, arranged to suit the convenience of t h e student. Registration for t h e laboratory work is strictly limited and a n early application is necessary to insure membership in the group. Excellent living facilities a r e available at very moderate cost in t h e new dormitory group. Reservations may be made a t any time. A T H I R D SPECIAL PROGRAM on Spectroscopy and I t s Applica-
tions is to be held a t the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this summer, culminating in a research conference t o be held during the week of J u l y 15 to 20. This conference, which is t o be held in the George E a s t m a n Research Laboratories, will comprise lectures and discussions on photographic photometry, absorption spectrophotometry, spectroscopic analysis of materials, biological and chemical effects of spectral radiation, spectroscopy of the extreme ultraviolet, a n d astronomical applications of spectroscopj^. T h e meetings of t h e first d a y will be largely devoted to consideration of general spectroscopic problems of the metallurgist, chemist, a n d biologist; on Tuesday and Wednesday the chief emphasis will be on specific applications of spectroscopy to biology and medicine. During the latter part of t h e week applications of spectroscopy to astronomy will be emphasized, a portion of t h e program being held in collaboration with t h e Harvard Observatory summer school program. T h e research conference coincides with t h e conclusion of the institute summer school courses in practical spectroscopy, and the meetings are open to all interested persons. An invitation is being extended by t h e institute to all properly qualified investigators t o make use of the facilities of t h e spectroscopy laboratory in connection with their researches during such portions of the summer months as they m a y desire. A bulletin giving further information regarding t h e entire summer program on
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spectroscopy can be obtained b y addressing G. R. Harrison, Department of Physics, Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology, Cambridge, M a s s .
RESEARCH
METALLURGY
CHEMISTRY
RESEARCII
FELLOWSHIPS IN COAL AND
λ ON-M ETALLICS T H E UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON offers four fellowships in the College of Mines for research in coal a n d non-metallics in co operation with t h e United States Bureau of Mines. Fellows will enter upon their duties on Monday, J u l y 1, and continue for 12 months. P a y m e n t s under a fellowship are made a t the end of each m o n t h a n d amount t o $714.36 for t h e year. The fellowships are open t o graduates of universities and technical colleges who are qualified to undertake investigations. Ordinarily t h e appointees register as graduate students a n d be come candidates for t h e degree of master of science in mining or metallurgical or ceramic engineering; occasionally an appointee registers for the bachelor of science degree in one of these cur ricula. The purpose of these fellowships is to undertake the solution of various problems being studied by t h e United States Bureau of Mines that a r e of especial importance to t h e State of Washington, the Pacific N o r t h w e s t , and Alaska. T h e investigations consist principally of laboratory work directed largely by t h e bureau's technologists. T h e work is performed in Mines Laboratory, Seattle, Wash., a large modern building fully equipped with the newest forms of machinery and apparatus. Foi the year 1935-36 the following subjects have been selected for investigation: coal— problems in the treatment and utilization of coal and coke; non-metallics problems in kaolin, talc, soapstone, silica sand, diatomite, a n d other non-metallics. As applications will be passed upon early in M a y , each ap plicant should submit the following material promptly to Milnor Roberts, Dean, College of Mines, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.: photograph; copy of his collegiate record from the registrar of college where he graduated, or will g r a d u a t e in June; statement of his practical and technical experience, if a n y ; statement of his experience or interest in investigations, such as will be carried on under t h e fellowships; letters from three per sons, such as instructors a n d employers, covering specifically the applicant's character, ability, education, a n d experience.
Calendar of Meetings American Chemical Society 90TH M E E T I N G . 91 ST M E E T I N G .
San Francisco, Calif., week of August 19, 1935. Kansas City, Mo., spring of 1936.
92ND M E E T I N G . Pittsburgh, P a . , fall of 1936. CHICAGO R U B B E R G R O U P . Hotel Sherman, Chicago, M a y 10,
1935. " N e w Developments in Rubber Research," by H . A. Winkelmann. MIDWEST REGIONAL MEETING.
Louisville, K y . , October 31 to
November 2, 1935. SIXTH N A T I O N A L ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM.
Rochester
Ν. Y., December 30, 1935, to J a n u a r y 1, 1936. TWELFTH
COLLOID
SYMPOSIUM.
Cornell
University
Ithaca
Ν. Υ., J u n e 20 to 22, 1935. LOCAL SECTIONS
NORTHEASTERN. M a v 10, 1935. "Separation of Isotopes," by H. C. Urey. R H O D E ISLAND. Providence, April 26, 1935. " M o d e r n Refining of Petroleum," by Gustav Egloff. ROCHESTER. M a y 6, 1935. " T h e N a t u r e of Filterable Viruses," by G. P. Berry. WESTERN N E W Y O R K . Niagara Falls, M a y 7, 1935. Schoellkopf Medal Presentation. Medalist, F. A. Lidbury.
Other Scientific Societies AMERICAN ASSOCIATION O P C E R E A L C H E M I S T S .
D e n v e r , Colo.
June 4 to 8, 1935. AMERICAN I N S T I T U T E OF CHEMICAL E N G I N E E R S .
Wilmington,
Del., M a y 13 t o 15, 1935. AMERICAN
LEATHER
CHEMISTS
ASSOCIATION.
Skytop
Lodge,
Skytop, P a . , J u n e 12 to 14, 1935. AMERICAN
PHARMACEUTICAL
ASSOCIATION.
Portland,
Ore.,
week of A u g u s t 5, 1935. AMERICAN P H Y S I C A L SOCIETY.
Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D . C ,
April 2 5 ' t o 27, 1935. AMERICAN S O C I E T Y
FOR T E S T I N G
MATERIALS.
Book-Cadillac
Hotel, Detroit, Mich., J u n e 24 t o 28, 1935. SPECIAL L I B R A R I E S ASSOCIATION. Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., J u n e 11 t o 14,1935. Twenty-seventh a n n u a l convention.
