Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
UNIVERSITY WILL
START ENGINEERING
EXPERIMENT STATION
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Dean Spencer says in part:
"All of the Engineering Expert
ment Stations in Land-Grant Col
: leges and Universities are banded
together in the Engineering Section
of the Association. Quarterly, eacn
director reports to the Secretary OIL
the Section on projects contemplat-
ed. projects being prosecuted, and
bulletins published on completeu
projects. These reports are assemD-
led and sent quarterly in mimeo-
! granh form to each Engineering EX-
periment Station Director. Annually,
a printed report summarizing the
quarterly reports is printed and CIV
en- wide circulation. By this proce-
dure each Experiment Station and
the public at large is kept informed
of research work being carried on
and duplication of effort is thereby
avoided. am enclosing with this
report a copy of the latest engineer
ing Experiment Station Record.
This in order that you may gain
some idea of the character of the
research being carried on in the
various Land-Grant College Engi-
neering Experiment S o n
throughout the United States.
'The purpose of the establishment
of an Engineering Experiment Sta-
ton at the University of Delaware
may be summarized as:
Ito increase the usefulness OF
the University to the Industries OF
, the State by carrying on and pub
fishing results of engineering re-
search of use and interest to the In
dustries of the State. .
2-To increase the usefulness OF
University in developing and con-
serving the natural resources OF the
State. -.
s-To increase the usefulness OF
the University to the various State
County. and Municipal Boards, Bu-
reaus. and Commissions by tncreas-
ing facilities to offer engineering ad-
vice and the results of engineering
research.
ITO increase the usefulness OF
the University to the individual cit
izens of Delaware by offering oppor-
tunity to study and to publish re-
suits of study of methods of more
effectively and economically using
the various products used by the
citizens of Delaware.
5-To furnish provision for the
various members Of the teaching
force of the School of Engineering
to carry on engineering research
thereby developing their interest III
engineering and their usefulness as
teachers.
c-To acquire and broadcast en-
sineering information to the nation
as whole.
"Perhaps tho best evidence that
Engineering Experiment Stations
established in other states have been
a. very great assistance to industry
is the amount Of financial support
given to Engineering Experiment
Stations by industry. 1t goes WIN
out saving that the Industries OF the
Enited States are not investing
funds unless they expect full ana
adequate financial return for tne
funds invested. In the November
1929. report of the Committee on
Fngineering Experiment Stations Oh
tbe Association of Land-Grant Col
leges and Universities, it was stated
that during the year, Sl'41O'OS9.OO
had been allotted to Engineering Ex-
Ieriment Stations to carry on their
york OF this amount, $161, $4,000, or
only a little over IL per cent came
from the various state funds by ac-
tion of legislature, $685., 1880, or 40
ner cent came out of the regular
University budget; and it is sign1fi-
cant to note that $6S3,981, or nearly
8 per cent was contributed by indus
try.
att is also of significance to no
tice the increase in the amount OF
funds contributed by industry to the
operation OF Engineering Expert
ment Stations in the Land-Grant
Colleges. According to the Novem-
Der, 1929, report, the amount con-
tributed to the operation Of Eng1-
neering Experiment Stations in the
United States was s251 $50. This in
dicates an increase of 272 per cent |
in four years in the funds contri-
buted for the operation Of Engineer
ing Experiment Stations was $703,-
O8O in November, 1925. This is an
increase of 200 per cent in four
years in the total funds available.
"It is somewhat difficult to pre-
dict what a station could do for
Delaware industries until a station
T. fC Jfo Ffo
However, there are several items
which occur to the writer which
will probably be a fruitful field for
Engineering Experiment Station
work which will be of direct bene-
fit to the Delaware industries.
(1)-So far as I am able to learn,
no work has been done in Expert
ment Station research along the
lines of the hard fibre industry. This =,
is one Of the prominent Delaware
industries to which we may be Of I,
assistance.
(2)-The rayon industry is also
prominent in Delaware and there
are no doubt many chemical and
mechanical problems in connection
with the rayon industry which
might profitably be studied.
(3)-There are, of course, tremen-
dous deposits of sand in Delaware.
This sand should be studied to find !
where deposits occur Of sand suit ,
able for foundry practice and also :
where the best sands occur for use :
in making concrete. :
(4-The use of electric power on ,
the farm is very poorly developed :
in the State of Delaware. There
seems to be a field of development :
here which will be of direct benefit :