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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(See pp. 110 to 112.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING
The branches of Civil Engineering in which advanced work is
offered include the control, development and conservation and treatment
of water; the analysis of structures with particular reference to
those types achieving economy through continuity of arrangement;
the study of earthquake effects and means of resisting them; investigation
of stresses in dams and the design of different types of dams;
the study of the increasingly important problems of sanitation, sewage
treatment and disposal works; the location, design, construction and
operation of railroads and highways; the study of properties and
economical utilization of construction materials; and the study of soil
mechanics as related to foundations, earth dams, stability of slopes,
and other earthwork problems.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
The field of electrical engineering affords opportunity for many
choices of life work. Some of these require only the preparation
provided in the four-year undergraduate courses, whereas adequate
preparation for the more technical work incident to the design and
operation of electrical equipment requires the completion of the
five-year course. Still other fields of endeavor call for a knowledge
of mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering far in excess of
that obtainable in the four- and five-year courses. To meet this need
the Institute has provided courses of graduate study and research in
electrical engineering which may be taken by students who have
completed the five-year engineering course at the Institute, or by
students from other colleges who have substantially the same preparation.
These courses provide for advanced work in the application
of mathematical analysis and physical laws to mechanical and electrical
problems incident to electrical design and research, electric