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Departmental Timelines
- Department of Physics
- Established in 1881
- Merged with the Western Reserve University' Physics department in 1967
- Department of Chemistry
- Chemistry, 1881-1904
- Chemistry including Engineering, 1904-1907
- Chemistry and Engineering Chemistry, 1907-1913
- Chemistry, 1913-1925
- Chemical Engineering, 1925-1939
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1939-1967
- Chemical Engineering, 1967-2014
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014 -
- Department of Mathematics and Astronomy
- Established in 1881
- In 1930 the department split into the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Astronomy
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Established in 1881
- Civil Engineering, 1882-1947
- Merged with the Mechanics and Materials Department in 1947 and renamed
- Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1947-1975
- Civil Engineering, 1975-2020
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2020-
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Established in 1887
- Mechanical Design, 1975-1976
- merged with the Department of Fluid, Thermal & Aerospace Sciences in 19?
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1976-
- Department of Mining
- Established in 1887
- In 1903, splits into the Mining Department and the Geology and Mineralogy Department
- Mining Engineering, 1887-1907
- Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, 1907-1921
- Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, 1921-1931
- Metallurgical Engineering, 1931-1961
- Metallurgy, 1961-1969
- Metallurgy and Materials Science, 1969-1987
- Materials Science and Engineering, 1987 -
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Established in 1887
- Electrical Engineering, 1887-1967
- Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics1967-1998
- Electrical, Systems, Computer Engineering and Science, 2/9/1998-12/10/1998
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 12/10/1998-2019
- Electrical, Computer, and system Engineering, 2019-
- Department of Applied Mechanics
- Established in 1898
- Applied Mechanics, 1898-1934
- Mechanics and Materials, 1934-1947
- Merged into Civil Engineering Department in 1947
- Department of Geology and Mineralogy
- Established in 1903
- merged with the Western Reserve University' Geology department in 1967
- Department of Mathematics
- established in 1930
- merged with the Western Reserve University' Mathematics department in 1967
- Department of Astronomy
- established in 1930
- merged with the Western Reserve University' Astronomy department in 1967
- Department of Engineering Administration
- Established in 1931
- Management,1960-1964
- Organizational Sciences,1964-1967
- In 1967, the department merged with the Weatherhead School
- Department of Fluid, Thermal & Aerospace Sciences
- Established in
- Merged in 1976 with the Mechanical Design department to create the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department.
- Department of Computer Engineering and Science
- Computer Engineering, 1979-1981
- Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Sciences, 1977-1979
- Computer Engineering and Information Sciences, 1972-1977
- Computer Engineering, 1968-1972
- Computing and Information Sciences, 1968-1972
- Computer Engineering and Science, 1981-2/9/1998
- Merged with the departments of Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics on 2/9/1998 to form the Electrical, Systems, Computer Engineering and Science department. The name of the merged department changed on 12/10/1998 to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.
- Department of Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering
- System Engineering, 1973-1977
- Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Sciences, 1977-1979
- Systems Engineering, 1979-1993
- Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering, 1993-2/9/1998
- Merged with the departments of Computer Engineering and Science and Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics on 2/9/1998 to form the Electrical, Systems, Computer Engineering and Science department. The name of the merged department changed on 12/10/1998 to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department.
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Established in 1976
- Mechanical Engineering, 1887-1975
- Mechanical Design, 1975-1976
- Merged with Fluid, Thermal & Aerospace Sciences department in ?
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1976 -
- Department of Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering
- Established in 1998 from the merger of the department of Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering, Computer Engineering and Science, and Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics.
- The Department split in 2019 into the Department of Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering and the Department of Computer and Data Science
- Department of Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering, 2019-
- Department of Material Science and Engineering
- Mining Engineering, 1887-1907
- Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, 1907-1921
- Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, 1921-1931
- Metallurgical Engineering, 1931-1961
- Metallurgy, 1961-1969
- Metallurgy and Materials Science, 1969-1987
- Material Science and Engineering, 1987-
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Polymer Science and Engineering, 1964-1969
- Macromolecular Science, 1969-2002
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 2002-
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- established in 1968
- Department of Computer and Data Sciences
- established in 2019