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CHE Department History
Early Curriculum Cntd.
The 1928 catalog notes that, "The courses in chemical engineering are given
as part of the work of the Department of Chemistry in the College of
Engineering, the instructors in Chemistry giving part of their time to chemical
engineering." Thus, chemical engineering was now recognized as part of the
College of Engineering, rather than part of the College of Arts and Sciences
along with the Department of Chemistry.
The maturation of chemical engineering was a gradual process. It was first
administered in the College of Arts and Sciences, then in the College of
Pharmacy, and finally found its natural home in the College of Engineering. The
pharmacy switch was made because Dr. Leigh, Head of Chemistry, was made Dean of
Pharmacy and brought along chemistry and little-brother chemical engineering
with him into pharmacy. Dr. Leigh was Professor, Head of the Chemistry
Department, Dean of Liberal Arts, Dean of Pharmacy, and Vice President of the
University—with three out of the four positions being held at the same time.
In the CHE required courses in 1928, "Thermodynamics 310" was introduced and in
the 1930-31 catalog we find for the first time "Cy 335, Unit Processes" in
chemical engineering. There was also "Cy 444, Industrial Chemistry Laboratory,"
which in later catalogs was listed as "Chemical Engineering Laboratory."
Interestingly, the 1930-31 catalog lists 13 courses for graduate work in
chemical engineering, all of them being courses in chemistry. The 1936 catalog
introduced "Cy 447-8, Principles of Chemical Engineering" and "Cy 457-8,
Chemical Engineering Design."
The 1939 catalog listed new courses "Cg 345-6 Industrial Stochiometry," "Cg 363
Metallic Materials of Construction," "Cg 364 Non-metallic Materials," and "Cg
467-8 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics."
The graduate courses in the 1939 catalog, as contrasted to the 1930-31 catalog,
listed only four courses, "Cg 511 and 512 Advanced Chemical Engineering" and "Cg
521 and 522 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering." By 1945 there were two more
graduate courses, "Cg 531 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" and "Cg
541 Advanced Unit Operations."
The curriculum for 1945 (shown below) will, no doubt, bring back memories to our
older alumni.
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