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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
is offered include the control, development and conservation 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.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Advanced work in Mechanical Engineering is offered in the
following fields: machine design, involving the properties of materials
and the processes of production; metallography, the structure
of metallic alloys and effects of heat treatment; thermodynamics
and power plant design and analysis; internal combustion
engines; refrigeration.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
The courses in Electrical Engineering provide for advanced
work in the theory of electrical machine design, electric transients,
high voltage engineering courses, electrical engineering
problems involving the use of vacuum tubes, and problems relating
to the distribution of electrical power for lighting and industrial
purposes.