Mechanical Engineering, Department of
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Mechanical Engineering, Department of
Classmark: LUA/DEP/074
Date(s): 1961-2001
Size and medium: 6 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/3827
Collection group(s): University Archive
Description
BOX 1: Miscellaneous
1. Lumed [Leeds University Mechanical Engineering Department] Engineering Drawing and Design Handbook. Fifth Edition.
2. Research Reports: Ref. No. G14 April 1968 Survey of Current Projects; Ref. No. A/G24/TZB Dec. 1971 Visit to the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow, Poland, 11-19 Dec. 1971.
3. Steering Committee for the C.I.M. Unit. Agenda, Minutes, Papers 1987-89.
4. B. N. Cole, Mechanical Engineering 1975. (Inaugural Lecture delivered 28 November 1966).
5. Courses & Conferences.
6. Colloquia on Control Engineering and Cybernetics. Notice of Meeting, n.d.
7. Press Release. Engineer New Leeds University Pro-Vice-Chancellor. [Duncan Dowson]. 18 August 1983.
8. Manufacturing Systems Engineering. (Leaflet re. 4-year MSE degree scheme).
9. Press Release. New Professor of Computer Aided Engineering at Leeds University. [Alan de Pennington]. 30 May 1984.
10. Draft article re. Geometric Modelling Project. n.d.
11. CAD-CAM Data Exchange Technical Centre. (Leaflet & Brochure).
12. Engineering ISM4. Manometry. [Problems & Answers].
13. Mechanical Engineering News. Monthly Newspaper of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, no. 28, April 1975 (incl. articles on 100 years of engineering at Leeds University).
14. Research in Mechanical Engineering [various editions].
15. Prospectuses, Information for Students, syllabuses, programmes of study, etc.
NB see Department of Engineering for earlier prospectuses
16. Collaboration Agreement between Lucas Automotive, International Computers Ltd. and the University of Leeds relating to the LUCAS CAV Manufacturing Network Project, 9 Nov. 1988.
17. Undergraduate Prizes in Mechanical Engineering: corresp. etc., 1963-94.
18. School of Mechanical Engineering: Prizes & Awards 1999, 2001
BOX 2: Subject Groups, 1974-1984
Minutes and supporting papers for meetings of Subject Groups responsible for monitoring courses following introduction of new scheme of study, October 1974, and other general information re. schemes of study in Mechanical Engineering. Three binders: 1974-75, 1975-80, 1980-84.
BOX 3: John Richard Francis Hayes, B.Sc. (1964): Lecture Notes
1. Engineering: Subsidiary I: Metallurgy; Management Economics; Industrial Management.
2. Engineering: Subsidiary II: Fuel & Non-metallic Materials; Statistics.
3. Engineering I: Subsidiary Civil: Subsidiary Electrical; Maths T1: Applied.
4. Engineering I: M1 Strength of Materials; M3 Theory of Machines; M5 Metrology.
5. Engineering I: M2 Thermodynamics; M4 Fluid Mechanics.
6. Engineering II: M1 Strength of Materials; M3 Theory of Machines; M5 Production Engineering.
7. Engineering II: M2 Thermodynamics; M4 Fluid Mechanics.
8. Engineering II: SC1 Civil Engineering; SE1 Electrical Machines; SE2 Electronic Engineering.
9. Engineering III: M Laboratory Project (W. Cruickshanks & J. R. F. Hayes).
BOX 4: J. R. F. Hayes (cont’d): Lecture Notes; Laboratory Report Books; Drawings.
10. Engineering III: M1 Properties of Materials; Beam & Plate Theory; Systems of Revolution.
11. Engineering III: M1&3 Strength of Materials; Vibrations; Servomechanisms. (Typewritten notes).
12. Engineering III: M2 Thermodynamics: General Relations; Heat Transfer.
13. Engineering III: M3 Machines: Friction & Lubrication; Vibrations; Graphics incl. (13a) Lab. Reports.
14. Engineering III: M4 Fluid Mechanics: Compressible Flow; Ideal Fluid Theory; Aerofoil Theory.
15. Engineering III: M6 Design Report (1963-64).
16. Engineering IV: M2 (a), 4(a) & (c): Combustion Process; Viscous Flow; High-Speed Compressible Flow.
17. Engineering IV: Mathematics T1: Pure; Computation.
18. Engineering IV: Mathematics 3T(F): Matrices and Computing.
19. Laboratory Report Books (Electrical (2)); Strength of Materials (2); Heat Engines (2); Theory of Machines; Fluid Mechanics (2); Metrology.
20. Engineering: Drawings, Years I, II, III (1961/2 - 1963/4). [Filed in Plans Chest IV, Drawer 7]
BOX 5: J. R. F. Hayes (cont’d): Examples; Examination Papers (Additional papers received May 1996)
21: Engineering IM Examples.
22. Mathematics T1 Examples.
23. Subsidiary Examples & Handouts ISC & ISE(a).
24. Engineering IIM1, 3, 5 Examples.
25. Engineering IIM2, 4 Examples.
26. Engineering II Subsidiary Subjects Examples
27. Engineering IIIM1, 3 Examples.
28. Engineering IIIM2, 4 Examples
29. Engineering IVM & Maths 3T(F) Examples.
30. Examination Papers.
BOX 6: Tribology
1. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology (c.1986).
2. Industrial Unit of Tribology. Newsletter. nos. 2/83 (Autumn 1983), 1/84.
3. Industrial Unit of Tribology. (Director’s) Reports, 1969-72.
4. Industrial Unit of Tribology. Prospectus October 1971 (2 copies).
5. Industrial Unit of Tribology. Publicity Brochures, Leaflets, etc., various dates.
6. Folder containing Press Release re. creation of Institute of Tribology; Jost Report on Lubrication (Tribology) 1966; Proposal for an Institute of Tribology (carbon n.d.); photocopies of pps re. establishment of Institute 1967; Leaflet re. M.Sc. Course in Tribology (?1978).
7. Proposal for an Institute of Tribology (as Revised March 1967).
8. Tribo-International ‘80. The Fourth Commercial Exhibition of Bearings, Lubricants, Lubrication, Gears, Seals, Novel mechanisms & Supporting Industries.
9. D. Dowson, Tribology (Inaugural Lecture, 5 February 1968).
10. Prospectuses - Institute of Tribology postgraduate courses and research.
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