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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464406503321

Titolo

Full Steam Ahead : Purdue Mechanical Engineering Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / / edited by John Norberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Purdue University, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-61249-341-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NorbergJohn

Disciplina

621.04

Soggetti

Mechanical engineering - Research - Indiana - West Lafayette

Mechanical engineering - Study and teaching - Indiana - West Lafayette - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 102).

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""The Gatewood Wing""; ""Namesake of the Gatewood Wing""; ""The Hollander Atrium""; ""The Caterpillar Foundation PEARL""; ""The Perrella Labs""; ""Mechanical Engineering History""; ""The Beginning""; ""Morrill Land Grant Act""; ""Early Resistance to the University""; ""The First Purdue Presidents""; ""The Engineer�s President""; ""The Powerhouse and the Magic""; ""Dawn of the 20th Century""; ""ME Traditions""; ""Steam Engineering and the Thermosciences""; ""World War II and Its Impact""; ""Postwar Period""; ""A Legacy of Strong Leadership""

""Achievements during the Early 21st Century""""Making an Impact""; ""Research Trends""; ""Renaissance Engineers""; ""ME�s Special Stories""; ""Michael Golden""; ""Heavilon Hall""; ""Locomotives""; ""Automobiles""; ""Aviation""; ""David Crosthwait Jr.""; ""Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories""; ""Changin� Times""; ""Ray W. Herrick Laboratories""; ""Astronauts""; ""SAE""; ""Bioengineering""; ""NSBE""; ""Mallot Innovation Awards""; ""Our People""; ""References and Acknowledgements""