'20 foot' and the Canons of Ethics.

"When I was a student, I vividly remember the hydraulics lab. That, along with the wind tunnels, is one of the biggest assets to the engineering college. Being able to visualize the sub and supercritical flow helped me and my fellow students understand the formulas and theory we were being taught. Morris Skinner was great explaining cavitation, water hammer, and other fundamental hydraulic properties and equations. Hydraulics was my most practical class. It translated easily into real world engineering.

"The professor I remember the most is Tom G. Sanders, because he was a tough and demanding teacher who wasn't afraid to put you on the spot. We could always count on him to offer a few 'Sanderisms' such as saying '20 foot' instead of '20 feet.' Wastewater (nowadays called Environmental) was one of my worst grades in college due to the rigorous homework assignments. No one will forget the Canons of Ethics, or at least that we had to learn them word for word, in a wastewater class. Even though my grade did not reflect it, his style must have worked. Not only did I work an activated sludge problem and a BOD5 mixing problem on the PE Exam, my company, Baseline Engineering, is today a leader in wastewater treatment design and implementation in Colorado.

"A close second is Dr. Gutkowski only because he was so upset over all the 'errata' in his structures book. He was even more upset that with one week left in the class, most of his students refused to buy his book. That was unforgettable."