Electrical engineering education: AIEE in university of santa clara

THE STUDENT BRANCH of the AIEE at the University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif., was granted its charter October 15, 1926. A joint AIEE-Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Student Branch was established November 13, 1956. Meetings are held twice a month with either a guest speaker or a fdm on some pertinent phase of electrical engineering. Inasmuch as the University is located in the San Francisco Bay area, there are many opportunities for interesting and educational field trips to industrial manufacturing plants and laboratories. On the University campus is located the eighth of the early California missions (right). Originally founded by Father de la Pena and the Spanish Franciscans in 1777, it became the University of Santa Clara in 1851. It was the first college west of the Mississippi River. The University´s College of Engineering was founded in 1912 and has grown rapidly in the last few years. Plans are being made for the construction of a new engineering building in order to meet this increased enrollment.