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Electrical Engineering courses started as a division of the Physics Department in 1891. The Trustees approved a course in Electrical Engineering in 1891.
On February 16, 1984, the Board of Trustees received for record the president's report of Senate approval of a name change to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to reflect "the breadth of emphasis" in the department.
ECE includes the following departments:
--Analog Computer Laboratory
--Biophysical Research Laboratory
--Vermilion River Observatory:
Completed in 1962, the Vermilion River Observatory was the site of the University's radio telescope, which was used in the study of signals from radio sources in space. The project was financed by the Office of Naval Research and the
Astronomy and Electrical Engineering Departments:
--Radio Research Laboratory (1974)
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 16th Report, March 11, 1891, p. 75.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 17th Report, 1894, p. 332.
3. Baker and King, History, 1:443.
4. University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol 16, no. 19, Jan. 6, 1919, p. 10.
5. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1971-72, p. 285.
6. Baker and King, History, 1:504.
7. Research in Electrical Engineering, 1966, p. 88, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois.
8. University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. 65, No. 109, May 1, 1968.
9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 62nd Report, Feb. 16, 1984, p. 485.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
3/22/1985, 1/10/2002
by subject and chronologically by academic year
Subject file of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department including letters, memoranda, minutes sent to and received from university administration, department faculty, students, AAAS, Accreditation Board for Engineering Education and Technology Engineering Accreditation Committee, AIEE, ASEE, the BUILD program, IEC, IEEE, IEEE Educational Activities Board, IRE, NAE, NEC, NSF, SCOPE, URSI, and the U.S. Army Signal Corps; proposed courses; grant applications; departmental magazines and newsletters, including North of Green, Technograph, Power Lines, and What-Meter; reports and minutes from departmental committees; teacher evaluations; teaching assignments; letters of recommendation; Tykociner lectures; seminar topics, course schedules and descriptions; proposals for academic programs in bioengineering, computer science, and computer engineering; accreditation reports; computer research time allotments; newspaper clipping on computer memory (1949); Brush Development Co. computer printout (circa 1950s); student projects; prospective students; students; academic work; employment and recruitment; Extension Division; student organizations and honoraries; research sites, including the Midwest Electronics Research Lab, Interstate Research Park, Undergraduate Laboratory for Solid State Electronics, Monticello Road Field Station, Upper Atmosphere Observatory, Submicron Structure Facility, Biophysical Research Laboratory, Bioacoustics Lab, Antenna Lab, Aeronomy Field Station, Chanute Radio Range Annex, and Chanute Radio Beacon Annex; retirement; and faculty senate. Also included is departmental correspondence by William L. Everitt (1940-1950), J. D. Ryder (1951-1954), E.C. Jordan (1954-1978), and G.W. Swenson (1978-1981). The majority of the files are from 1940-1983.