Tag Archives: College of Engineering

Thomas Clark Shedd, Hardy Cross, and the “Broad Aspects” of Civil Engineering

By Bethany Anderson | Published: April 10, 2013

In February, the University Archives acquired the papers of Thomas Clark Shedd, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1925 through 1958. Comprising correspondence, publications, photographs, a field notebook, and even a slide rule, Shedd’s papers document his research on railway and bridge design as well as his interest in teaching and the development [...]

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History of the Engineering Open House

By Bethany Anderson | Published: March 7, 2013

“Engineers, as all citizens, have a stake in the future,” Dean Daniel Drucker wrote in his welcome letter for the 1975 Engineering Open House.[1] Echoing this sentiment a year later, he noted the global and societal importance of the work of the University of Illinois Engineering faculty, students, and alumni:

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Joseph Tykociner and the “Talking Film”

By Bethany Anderson | Published: February 18, 2013

When Joseph Tykosinki-Tykociner arrived at the University of Illinois in 1921, little did the itinerant electrical engineer know that his dream of inventing sound motion pictures would reach fruition less than a year later. Tykociner, like many enterprising inventors of the early 20th century, developed his ideas during an era in which the academic discipline [...]

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Capturing and Preserving Engineering’s History

By Bethany Anderson | Published: February 7, 2013

In 1950, Nathan M. Newmark began work on perhaps the most important project of his career—the design and construction of the earthquake-resistant Latino-Americana Tower in Mexico City. This was to be no ordinary building, however, given the difficulties of construction on the city’s unique geological strata prone to seismic activity. As Professor of Civil Engineering, [...]

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