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University Daily Kansan Friday. April 20,1956.
Radio Isotope Lab One Of 4
In a small, red-brick building secluded between the University of Kansas garage and the powerhouse, there is a laboratory for a science as new as the atomic age.
The building was completed in July, 1952, and is called the Radioactive Isotopes Research laboratory. Because of this lab, KU is one of the four universities in the nation at which students with fellowships from the Radiation Biophysics Program may study. The other three are Vanderbilt University, University of Rochester, and the University of Washington at Seattle.
Radiation Biophysics is one of the new programs at the University set up on an interdepartmental basis. Students take an equal distribution of courses in chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. A bachelor's and even a master's degree in radiation biophysics may be gained upon fulfilling the requirements.
Research being conducted at the University in this field is pointed toward solving some of the new problems the people must face who live in the Atomic Age.
Dr. Frank E. Hoecker, director of the laboratory and chairman of the radiation biophysics program, was chosen by the State Department to deliver a scientific paper, "The Deposition of Radioactive Substances in Bone," and to act as advisor to the U. S. delegation at the Geneva Conference last year.
About the program, Dr. Heecker said, "It is indeed an achievement for KU to be chosen as one of the four Universities in the nation where students may study the science of Radiation Biophysisc."
Chemical Engineers' Jobs Demonstrated
What a chemical engineer is and what he does are shown in the Engineering Exposition display of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, said Robert V. Phillips, Leavenworth senior and president of the local group.
Marshall Brown, Topeka senior,
and Warren Harbert, Marysville
junior, designed the display, which
is located on the basement and first
floors of Lindley Hall.
Teamwork Results In Display Of Industrial Design Dept.
"We are trying to show the relationship between the engineer and the designer," said Merle Smith, Minneapolis, Kan., junior of the industrial design exhibit in Marvin Hall. Smith is chairman of the exhibit.
"The relationship between the two is similar to that of the interior and the exterior of a finished product. They work together, not
as separate units. It is an industrial designer's job to make a radio or an electric shaver attractive to the buyer and practical for consumer use." Smith said.
Sketches showing plans from the roughest outline to the finished design are displayed along with models in various stages of completion. Models of the products as they appear on the market are shown.
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