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Departmental Timelines
- Biomedical Engineering
Established 1968
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Previous names:- 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
- In 1961, the department split into Chemistry department and Chemical Engineering department.
- Chemical Engineering, 1967-2014
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014-
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
Previous names:- 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-
- Computer and Data Science
Established in 2019
- Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering
Previous names:- Electrical Engineering, 1887-1967
- Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, 1967-1998
- Electrical, Systems, Computer Engineering and Science, 2/9/1998-12/10/1998
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998-2019
- Electrical, Computer and System Engineering, 2019-
Previous names of departments that merged into this department:
- Computer Engineering and Science, 1981-2/9/1998
- 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
- Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering, 1993-2/9/1998
- Systems Engineering, 1979-1993
- Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Sciences, 1977-1979
- System Engineering, 1973-1977
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Polymer Science and Engineering, 1964-1969
- Macromolecular Science, 1969-2002
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering, 2002-
- Materials Science and Engineering
Previous names:- 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-
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Previous names:- Mechanical Engineering, 1887-1975
- Mechanical Design, 1975-1976
- Merged with Fluid, Thermal & Aerospace Sciences department in ?
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1976-