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-^// C.//. IZjt. 3 T^, ECHNOGRAPH THIS IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST TRUCK Your first impulse is to dive for the ditch when you see this mastodon of trucks roaring down the road. But if you were a contractor, you'd soon de- termine that this world's-largest- truck is an 18-wheel, 750horsepower monsterthat can haul 165 tons of pay- load each trip. The box and frame are built from a remarkable United States Steel grade called USS "T-1" Constructional Alloy Steel. Its more than three times stronger that standard steel, so they could use thinner, lighter sections. Result: They shaved 72^ tons of dead weight from the trailer by de- signing with the new steel, a net weight savings of 25%. The savings went into extra payload capacity. Unlike most ultra-strong alloy steel, "T-l " Steel can be easily formed, and it can be welded in the field without fancy heat treating equipment. "T-1" Steel resists impact, corrosion, abrasion. And it retains its strength down to a hundred degrees below zero. "T-1" Steel's only one of the amazing high-strength metals pro- duced by U. S. Steel. U. S. Steel is constantly working on newer and stronger metals for the important jobs of the future. The suc- cess of this research and the applica- tion of these steels depends upon engi- neers. If you would like details of the many engineering opportunities in the steel industry, .send the coupon. USS and ••T-1 are registered trademarks United States Steel United States Steel Corporation Personnel Division 525 William Penn Place Pittsburgh 30, Pennsylvania Please send me the booklet, "Paths of Opportunity.' Editor Dave Penniman THE ILLINOIS Business Manager Roger Harrison TECHNOGRAPH Circulation Director Volume 75, Number 5 February, 1960 Steve Eyer Asst. —Marilyn Day Editorial Staff George Carruthers Steve Dilts Granville King Table of Contents Jeff R. Golin Bill Andrews ARTICLES: Ron Kurtz Jeri Jewett Wanted: Engineers Who Can Write Verne Moberg 14 Business Staff Human Capabilities and Space Flight Milton Haefner 20 Chuck Jones Charlie Adams Job Opportunities Overseas ludy Ondria 25 Production Staff Women in Engineering Eileen Morkham 26 Mark Weston Solid Rocket Fuels Mike Murphy 27 Photo Staff The Other Role of the Engineer Robert Jones 29 Dave Yates, Director The Inscription Helen Geroff 41 Bill Erwin Dick Hook Scott Krueger Harry Levin FEATURES: William Stepan Art Staff From the Editor's Desk 9 Barbara Polan, Direct In and Around Chicago Sheldon Altman 30 Gary Waffle Jarvis Rich The Deans' Page 34 Jill Greenspan Technocutie Photos by Dave Yates 44 Advisors The Thing That Couldn't Be Done Stephen Lucas 49 R. W. Bohl Skimming Industrial Headlines Edited by the Staff 52 N. P. Davis Wm. DeFotis Brain Teasers Edited by Steve Dilts 60 P. K. Hudson Begged, Borrowed, and . Edited by Jack Fortner 64 O. Livermore E. C. McClintock MEMBERS OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE MAGAZINES ASSOCIATED Chairman: Stanley Stynes Cover . Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Arkansas Engineer, Cincinnati Coopera- Pictured on this month's cover is a "pensive young man" tive Engineer, City College \'ector, Colorado Engineer, Cornell Engineer, Denver Engi- studying engineering who might someday become a writer also. neer, Drexel Technical Journal, Georgia Tech For more about engineers in the writing field turn to page 14. Engineer, Illinois Technograph, Iowa En- gineer, Iowa Transit, Kansas Engineer, —Barbara Polan Kansas State Engineer, Kentucky Engineer, Louisiana State IJniversity Engineer, Louis- iana Tech Engineer, Manhattan Engineer, Marquette Engineer, Michigan Technic, Min- nesota Technolog, Missouri Shamrock, Ne- braska Blueprint, New York University Copyright, 1959, by Illini Publishing Co. Published eight times during the year (Oc- Quadrangle, North Dakota Engineer, North- tober, November, December, January, February, March, April and May) by the Illini western Engineer, Notre Dame Technical Publishing Company. Entered as second class matter, October 30, 1920, at the post Review, Ohio State Engineer, Oklahoma office at Urbana, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Office 215 Engineering State Engineer, Oregon State Technical Tri- Hall, Urbana, Illinois. Subscriptions $1.50 per year. Single copy 25 cents. All rights angle, Pittsburgh Skyscraper, Purdue Engi- reserved liy The i'.linois Technograph. Publisher's Representative — Littell-Murray- neer, RPI Engineer, Rochester Indicator, Barnhill, Inc., 737 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago II, 111., 369 Lexington Ave., SC Engineer, Rose Technic, Southern Engi- New York 17, New York. neer, Spartan Engineer, Texas A & M Engi- neer, Washington Engineer, WSC Tech- nometer, Wayne Engineer, and Wisconsin Engineer. 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Write today to Mr. L. H. all departments at Westinghouse. Its typical activities Noggle, Westinghouse Educational Department, include studies of flow and combustion, heat transfer, Ardmore & Brinton Roads, Pittsburgh 21, Pennsylvania. lubrication, stress, and vibration . studies aimed at solving today's si)ecific problems, as well as building a you CAN BE SURE . ..IF it's store of knowledge for tomorrow. The young engineer at Westinghouse isn't expected to know all the answers . our work is often too advanced Westinghouse for that. Instead, his abilities and knowledge are backed THE TECHNOGRAPH HOW TO MAKE A "LEFT TURN" IN OUTER SPACE (and the ''right turn" toward a gratifying career) Like the dimensions of the universe tude of space vehicles. It consists ponents activities. These include itself, the future of space technology of a series of gas reaction controllers prime contract responsibility for is beyond imagination. 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