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Research
i The Schellenger Laboratories
THE SCHELLENGER RESEARCH LABORATORIES were created by the will of
. Emma H. Schellenger, which established the Schellenger Foundation in
Electricity as a memorial to her husband, Newton C. ScheUenger, to promote,
encourage, and do research and development directly or indirectly
in the field of electricity.
The El Paso National Bank serves as Trustee of the Foundation. The
Schellenger Foundation Committee establishes research policy:
Thomas G. Barnes, Choirman
Floyd A. Decker Oscar H. McMahan William W. Raymond
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President Joseph R. Smiley, Ex-oficio
Alvio A. Smith, Ex-officio
The principal laboratory is located in a wing of the Engineering Building
with annexes in other campus buildings. The staff is composed of more
than forty faculty members and students who engage in scientific research
activities under various grants and contracts which total more than
$5oo,ooo. Original research is currently being carried on in the fields of
electricity, electronics, meteorology, and acoustics.
The laboratories furnish employment for many students, giving them
the unusual opportunity of undergraduate participation in basic research
in the fields of their major study endeavors. Employment opportunity is
available to all students of the College and to all faculty members on the
basis of abilities in the fields of science under current research application.
Interested individuals should apply to the director of the laboratory.
As a result of such employment, undergraduate students have the opportunity
for the experience and prestige to be gained from co-authoring
reports and brochures. They also have the opportunity of association with
scientists who visit the laboratories. During the past year the laboratories
acted as host to the first national Conference on the High Atmosphere,
under the sponsorship of the American Meteorological Society and the
American Rocket Society, for the purpose of integrating information on
the upper ahnosphere which was gained during the International Geophysical
Year.
The latest scientific equipment is available, including an anechoic room,
climate chambers, a Bendix C-15 Computer, a Rawin Set for tracking
balloon-borne meteorological instruments, and the finest electronic instru-
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ments for testing and measurement.
The laboratory is a nonprofit research organization, operating under
pertinent regulations of The University of Texas. The laboratory is open
to proposals for contracts and grants for pure and applied research and
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