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History
During World War II, the Curtiss-Wright Corporation sponsored a course for women engineering students at several American universities, including
Iowa State University. The course consisted of work in engineering methods, engineering mechanics, drafting and processing, and once completed, the
cadettes received an engineering certificate.
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Sample
Program:
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Engineering
Mathematics: Logarithms, Slide Rule, Trigonometry, Algebra
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Job Terminology
and Specifications: Airplanes, Aeronautical Industrial Organization
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Elements of
Aircraft Drawing and Standards:
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Elementary
Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
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Properties and
Processing of Aircraft Materials: Shop, Lecture
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On the blackboard is the organization
for a laboratory period. The cut and formed parts are on the table
for inspection prior to assembling.
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The graduation dinner was held 14
December 1943 at 7:00 p.m. Included were selections such as White
Christmas, sung by the Cadette Sextant, and an Address by ISU President
Charles E. Friley, and the presentation of certificates, and a showing
of the film, "Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadette Training at Iowa
State College.
There
were approximately 90 graduates from the various states, including
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and
Oklahoma.
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Sample Review Problem
Mechanics of Materials
Course B-4
32D0-2. A 50 inch diameter boiler is made of steel plate 1/2 inch in
thickness, The boiler is subjected to an internal pressure of 110
p.s.i. the longitudinal seam is a double riveted butt joint with a
single 9/16 inch spice plate. The outside rows of rivets have a
pitch of 6 inches and the inner rows a pitch of 3 inches. The
rivets are 7/8 inches in diameter. Determine the average shearing
and bearing unit stresses, and also the average tensile unit stresses at
both net sections of the main plate.
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