Scope and Content The collection (1900-1961, undated) contains biographical information and materials related to Dr. Fuller's research and teaching career. The material includes correspondence, course notes, publications, and a report on the civil engineering drawing classes at Iowa State College (University). The collection also contains information on the civil engineering summer camps of Columbia, Harvard, and Cornell Universities. A textbook used by Professor Fuller for teaching, ...

Scope and Content This collection (1864-1983, undated) contains the papers and publications, research, engineering projects, and correspondence of Anson Marston. The papers also contain biographical information, including a biography of Marston written by Herbert Gilkey, memorials, documents concerning his military career, and a history of the Phelps-Newcomb family. In addition, the collection includes information regarding Marston's projects and research involving sewage and drainage systems, culvert...

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Arthur Akers (1927-2010) was a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Iowa State University. While at Iowa State University, Akers' research interests included orifice discharge coefficients, stresses in bourdon tubes, simulation of fluid power systems, and optimal control procedures. This collection contains biographical information and copies of Akers' published works related to fluid mechanics and hydraulics.

Scope and Content This collection (1835-1970, undated) contains biographical information, newspaper clippings, speeches written by Ben Willis as well as others, and correspondence regarding the WOI Radio program “Prairie Valley Intelligencer.” There are also scripts and programs to minstrel shows and poetry. From his years as a professor at Iowa State, there are slides of lab equipment and schematics used for class lectures. In addition, the collection contains a scrapbook and negatives documenting the...

Abstract Burrell Franklin Ruth was a chemical engineering professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University. In addition to his work as a professor, Ruth was associated with the Ames Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission as a Senior Chemical Engineer. His collection includes his research, notes, calculations, publications, speeches, and writings. His research included work on the fundamentals of filtration, flow of fluids through porous media, humidification, mechanism...

Abstract Carl E. Ekberg, Jr. was Professor (1959-1988) and Head (1959-1985) of the Department of Civil Engineering at Iowa State University. He conducted research on prestressed concrete structures for highway and railway bridges and was involved with research on steel deck reinforced concrete floors. This collection includes biographical information, correspondence, meeting materials, news clippings, publications, and reports. The collection also contains documents related to many of the...

Scope and Content This collection (1970-2008) contains biographical information, correspondence, research projects, class and employment information, contracting and consulting work, trips, meetings, seminars, and conferences, committee work, published materials, videotapes, audiotapes, and photographs. The collection is arranged in the following series: Biographical Information, 1984-[ongoing]; Correspondence,...

Abstract Charles Mitchener Dodd, professor and ceramic engineer, attended Hiram College (1914-1916) and received his B.S. (1926) and Ceramic Engineering Degree (1933) from Ohio State University. He served as a Professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy before accepting the position of Professor and Head of ceramic engineering at Iowa State College (University). Dodd's area of expertise was in structural clay products, refractories, and ceramic...

Abstract Charles R. Mischke was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1964-1992) at Iowa State University. He received his B.S. (1947) and M.M.E. (1950) in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his Ph.D. (1953) in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He also served as an Assistant and Associate Professor (1953-1957) at the University of Kansas and as Professor and Chair (1957-1964) of mechanical engineering at the Pratt Institute in New York. Mischke gained expertise...

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The collection contains class materials Charles Wright used in teaching computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science courses. The papers also include research files and notes relating to Wright’s work in computer architecture. In addition, the documents contain biographical information.

Scope and Content This collection (1992) contains a series of publications aimed at school age children and produced by the College of Engineering and financed by Rockwell International. Included are Engineering Game Plans; Designing Before the First Play, that has problems for students focusing on the various fields of engineering. There are also an oversized copy, coloring book, brochure, and teacher resource manual for Not all Engineers...

Abstract Dan Shechtman is a materials scientist and professor at the Technion in Hafia, Israel, and at Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2011) for his discovery of quasicrystals. This collection contains publications announcing both Shechtman's faculty appointment to the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Iowa State University and his winning of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The collection includes...

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This collection (1993-1995) contains a vita, correspondence, guidelines for publication, reviewers' comments, publication drafts, galley proofs, and a final copy. These papers document the efforts of a woman scientist to publish an article titled, Gas Supersaturation and Gas Bubble Trauma in Fish Downstream from a Midwestern Reservoir (American Fisheries Society 124: 423-436).

Abstract Sanitation engineer, professor, and consultant, E. Robert Baumann was born in Rochester, New York in 1921. He earned a B.S.E. degree (1944) in civil engineering from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. degree (1945), an M.S. degree (1947), and a Ph.D. (1954) all in sanitary engineering from the University of Illinois. He was a professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering from 1953 until his retirement in 1991. The collection (1946-2010,...

Scope and Content The collection (1904-1963, undated) consists of biographical information, news clippings, publications, and college memorabilia, including football game postcards designed and sold by Paine to finance his education. In a separate box is a football-shaped photograph album containing photographs of the Iowa State College (University) Campus (Paine also made the album). The collection also contains 15 b/w photographic negatives created by Paine. Images include the...

Abstract George Burnet was trained as a chemical engineer and served as professor and head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University. Burnet also served as Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering during a period when it merged with and later split from the Department of Chemical Engineering. He also served as a Senior Scientist at Ames Laboratory. Burnet's chief research interests were in fertilizer technology, engineering education methods and development, coal...

Abstract George H. Junkhan was a Professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University from 1959 until 1994. He received his B.S. (1955) in mechanical engineering, an M.S. (1959) in mechanical engineering, and a Ph.D. (1964) in theoretical and applied mechanics and mechanical engineering from Iowa State University. Junkhan also served as a Visiting Professor (1971-1972, 1989-1990) at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Brussels, Belgium. This collection contains correspondence,...

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This collection (1931-2006, undated) contains papers, notebooks, tests and quizzes from George Pagels’ time as student and teacher from Northwestern University, University of Illinois, and Iowa State College. His master’s thesis, “Supporting Strength of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts,” is also included.

Abstract George R. Town was Professor of Electrical Engineering (1949-1970) and Dean of the College of Engineering (1959-1970) at Iowa State University. Town attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, where he received an Electrical Engineering Degree (1926) and a Doctor of Engineering Degree (1929). This collection includes biographical information, general correspondence, committee files, writings, letters commemorating his retirement, and slides of the Iowa State campus. The bulk...

Scope and Content This collection (1882-1938, undated) includes manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and biographical information. In addition, the collection contains letters between Bissell and the Dean of Engineering Anson Marston, Iowa State University Secretary Edgar Stanton, President William Beardshear, President Albert Storms, and the Board of Trustees. The majority of the correspondence is related to consulting work, the development of mechanical engineering at Iowa State, and the administration of the...

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This collection contains a vita, articles, and publications. There are two articles published in 1986, titled, “Basis of Life-Cycle Costing” and Evaluating Project Alternatives by Rate of Return and Present Worth.” Also included are thirty-four publications, spanning the years, 1962-1986. The topics include analysis of food service, inventory management, energy conservation analysis, and ventilation requirements of hospitals.

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This collection documents Gilkey's career at Iowa State University as well as his publications.

Scope and Content The collection (1928-1988, undated) contains biographical material, correspondence, memoranda, writings and publications, course material, materials related to professional societies, consulting work, background resources and conference and meeting data. The collection is sorted into multiple series, but some topics, such as consulting work and related correspondence, may be found in multiple series. Biographical materials in the collection include newspaper...

Abstract Grover Leon Bridger was a chemical engineer who specialized in chemical fertilizer and the production of heavy inorganic chemicals such as phosphates, nitrates, and ammonia. Bridger received his education from Rice Institute (University) and Iowa State College (University). During his career, Bridger taught chemical engineering at Rice University; Iowa State University, where he also served as Head of the Department of Chemical and Mining Engineering; and the Georgia Institute of Technology....

Abstract Harry Joseph Weiss was a professor (1953-1989) of mathematics and engineering mechanics at Iowa State University. Weiss was born on February 15, 1923, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to Iowa State, Weiss worked at Carnegie Technical Institute (Carnegie Mellon University) and Brown University. As a member of the faculty at Iowa State, Weiss also served as a consultant for several aerospace firms. His main focus of research was in applied mathematics, continuum mechanics, and...

Abstract Henry Montgomery Black was born on May 13, 1907, to Alexander and Sarah (Montgomery) Black of Reinbeck, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1929) from Iowa State College (University) and a S.M. (1934) from Harvard University in mechanical engineering. From 1946 until 1972, he served as a professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State and, until 1977, taught courses on campus. During World War II, Black served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers (1941-1946),...

Abstract As of 2005, the College of Engineering at Iowa State University trains students in several engineering disciplines: aerospace engineering; chemical and biological engineering; civil, construction, and environmental engineering; electrical and computer engineering; industrial and manufacturing systems engineering; materials science and engineering; and mechanical engineering. This collection includes administrative records, news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications,...

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This collection consists of materials related to the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Records include news clippings, brochures, publications, student quiz records, subject files, biographical files, and faculty papers.

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This collection consists of materials related to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Records include news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, alumni newsletters, subject files, biographical files, creative components, and faculty papers.

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This collection consists of materials related to the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Records include news clippings, annual reports, newsletters, brochures, publications, subject files, biographical files, Camp Marston records, construction engineering program records, creative components, and faculty papers.