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Organized when the University opened in 1868 and formed as a college in March, 1873, the College of Engineering operates an experiment station, twelve departments, and a graduate program.
The duties of the Dean of the College of Engineering have evolved from being chairman at faculty meetings to being chief administrator for and representative of the College within the University system.
The Measurement Program was created in 1948.
Student Placement is an office providing information and assistance to graduating students seeking employment.
The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula are eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.
1. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 114-116.
2. Statutes, September 1, 1957, p. 10.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, June 15, 1948, p. 1289.
4. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 116.
5. Interview with the Acting Director, February, 1980.
6. Interview with the Assistant Dean, February, 1980.
7. Annual Register, 1943-1944, p. 109.
8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, June 24, 1941, p. 317.
9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
6/15/1967; 7/21/1981; 6/2/2003; 7-12/2013; 1-4/2014
Given that many of the files contain sensitive/confidential info, the files were split into two records series per the recommendation of William Maher -- The College of Engineering Subject File and the Dean's Restricted Subject File (11/1/64)
By file number, type of material, and subject. Alphabetical subject subject files are further arranged chronologically.
College of Engineering Subject File includes correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, programs, and related material concerning administrative matters and committee reports (1895-1903), College and departmental reports (1895-1907), war activities (1917-20), course and curriculum additions and revisions (1929-59), and the International Cooperation Administration/ University of Illinois Survey of Kabul University, Afghanistan (1959). The World War I material includes files on the School of Military Aeronautics (1917-18); faculty, staff, students and alumni participation in war work and military service (1917-20); exemptions and reserve corps (1917-18); S.A.T.C. program (1918); special war courses (1917-18); statistics; equipment; and letters of recommendation. Also includes files on the Agency for International Development (1960-68), the Land Grant Colleges Meetings (1956-61), and the Long Range Planning Committee (1959-71), and files on fund-raising and development potential for the Campaign for Engineering (1986-87). Additionally, alphabetical subject files relate to departmental affirmative action committees; the development and use of the Alumni Foundation Information System (AFIS); the establishment of a Center for Supercomputing Research and Development in 1985; research proposals and committees devoted to interdisciplinary artificial intelligence/cognitive science research; the planning committee for the Engineering Open House; renovations and additions made to the Digital Computer Laboratory; the activities of and surveys conducted by the Dean's Student Advisory Committee (DSAC); the establishment of the Computational Science and Engineering graduate program; the development of an aeronautical and astronautical graduate curriculum for employees of the McDonnell Douglas Company in St. Louis, delivered via Electronic Blackboard; the establishment of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA); and the creation of the Engineering Experiment Station. Correspondents include Ira O. Baker, Arthur N. Talbot, Milo Ketchum, Edward H. Rockwell, C. W. Parmelee, W. F. M. Goss, Edmund J. James, David Kinley, Melvin L. Enger, Louis N. Ridenour, William L. Everitt, A. F. Graziano, Edwin L. Goldwasser, Mac E. Van Valkenburg, and William R. Schowalter, among others.
Restricted records have been transferred to
Progress Report Final Report, 1901 Supplementary Report, 1901
Includes correspondence with other engineering deans, federal officials, and the State Council of Defense.
General correspondence of Dean C. R. Richards with administrators, staff, and students concering work and military service of faculty, students, and alumni of the College of Engineering.
(copies of correspondence)
Folders 5-10
Folders 13-15
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(Participants are unidentified).
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This series is a new accession from the College of Engineering Dean's Office (7/2013) that is an addition to exisiting subject files previously accessioned and processed.
Environmental Engineering degree name change from Sanitary Engineering.
Folder 4.
Contains photos.
BS, MS, and PhD programs
Replaced by Career Awards
Research on women in engineering.
Disks contain content related to Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering Revitalization, and the Five-year Budget Plan. See linked digital object record, or Electronic Records series for more information.
Includes The Sun "Miniature marvels," July 14, 1996; List of Recipient of Grants, ca. 1985; 24 plans of Computer and Systems Research Laboratory Building; Fire Alarm System of the Nuclear Physics Laboratory, 1985; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Map, 1986; Springfield Avenue Corridor Masterplan Study, April 5 1993.
Includes spreadsheets concerning budgets and financial information of the College of Engineering. See linked digital object record for complete information.
Contains copies of original files and access derivatives of spreadsheets relating to the College of Engineering's Revitalization and 5-year plan budget. Processing Note: In December 2014, Archives staff took the following actions to prepare a nearline access version of College of Engineering Subject File electronic records: (1) Ran virus-scan program on the files; (2) Used Firefly social security number detector, DROID, and NARA File Analyzer to extract metadata in order to facilitate appraisal and processing decisions; (3) Used TrID file extension identifier to analyze and append missing file extensions on a number of files during processing; (4) Deleted files containing proprietary, confidential, and sensitive information.