College of Engineering
A kinematics class witnesses a demonstration of a Fellow's gear-sharpener used for cutting spare gears.
Pat Eller cuts a 2-inch piece of steel pipe with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch in engineering lab.
Dr. Robert R. Furgason received his B.S. and his M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho and his doctorate degree from Northwestern University. He joined the staff in 1957 as an instructor and is now an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research interests include heat transfer in chemical reacting systems, photometric property measurements, utilization and disposal of potato waste products, and automatic control applications. He is the author of a number of papers on the above subjects and is completing work under a $10,000 National Science Foundation grant. Dr. Furgason also holds membership in several professional and honorary societies. In addition, he is a person of varied interests; he is an enthusiastic skier, has a private pilot's license, and enjoys bird hunting, fishing, and boating. He is the alumni advisor for the Kappa Sigma fraternity, faculty advisor of the Vandal Flying Club, and past faculty advisor of Sigma Tau.