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The roots of the department are found in the first university Bulletin (May 1892), with the establishment of the Department of Mechanics. With the arrival in 1893 of Edward S. Keene, Professor in Mechanical Engineering (eventual first Dean of the School of Mechanic Arts), courses in steam engineering, thermo-dynamics and dynamo-electric machines were added to the curriculum.
The department under went a number of name changes between 1894 and 1907: Department of Mechanics & Physics - 1894-1895, Department of Mechanics - 1895-1898, Department of Mechanics and Physics – 1899-1904; Department of Mechanical Engineering & Physics - 1904-1906, and the Department of Engineering & Physics - 1907-1917. During this period of time the comprehensive four-year curriculum in mechanics was developed.
When the School of Mechanic Arts was established in 1917, the following divisions were established architecture and architectural engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, and physics. In the 1927-1928 Catalog, the Department of Mechanical Engineering becomes the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. In the 1940-1941 Bulletin, there are separate departments for Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. In the 1974-1976 Bulletin, the department became the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics |
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The records include general information on the mechanical engineering program (1980s-2004), workshops and seminars (1987, 1993) sponsored by the department, and a copy of the departmental newsletter (1993).
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