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(Encyclopedia) Bosporus, University of the, at İstanbul, Turkey; opened 1863 as Robert College, with funds contributed by Christopher R. Robert and other Americans for the higher education of Turkish…New Mexico State University
(Encyclopedia) New Mexico State University, at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering,…human-factors engineering
(Encyclopedia) human-factors engineering: see ergonomics.fatigue, in engineering
(Encyclopedia) fatigue, in engineering, microscopic cracking of materials, especially metals, after repeated applications of stress. Fissures may be formed within pieces of metal during their…East Kilbride
(Encyclopedia) East Kilbride East Kilbride kĭlbrīdˈ [key], town, South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. Established in…Reynolds, Osborne
(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, Osborne, 1842–1912, British mechanical engineer. He was educated at Cambridge and became (1868) the first professor of engineering at the Univ. of Manchester, where his…Köthen
(Encyclopedia) KöthenKöthenköˈtən [key], city (1994 pop. 31,860), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. Köthen has lignite mines, sugar refineries, textile mills, chemical factories, and heavy engineering…Purdue University
(Encyclopedia) Purdue UniversityPurdue Universitypərdy&oomacr;ˈ, –d&oomacr;ˈ [key], main campus at West Lafayette, Ind.; land-grant with state support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened…Rice University
(Encyclopedia) Rice University, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; chartered 1891 as Rice Institute through a bequest of William Marsh Rice, opened 1912, renamed 1960. It follows the residential…San Marcos, University of
(Encyclopedia) San Marcos, University of, at Lima, Peru; the first university in South America; founded 1551 by the Spanish king Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) and recognized by papal bull…Trending
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