BU College of Engineering Magazine- Spring 2003

Timeline

1928
Hilding N. Carlson Professor of Science and Mathematics at Boston University's College of Business Administration starts conducting evening classes in Aeronautical Engineering at Logan Airport.

1940
Carlson leaves BU, along with Professor Walter J. Goggin to form the New England Aircraft School.

1950
BU approves a plan to absorb the New England Aircraft School which is then renamed the College of Industrial Technology (CIT). The college offers a B.S. in Engineering Administration, a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, and a B.S. as well as a Certificate Program in Maintenance Engineering.

1954
Anne Everest studies at the College of Industrial Technology as its first woman engineering student. Everest studied aeronautical engineering, taking classes both at Logan Airport and at the Charles River Campus

1954
The College of Industrial technology awards its first bachelor of science degrees in aeronautical engineering.

1956
B. Leroy Sheley is named Dean of the College.

1958
On-campus division of the College is moved from the top floor of 680 Cummington Street (COM), to the basement of 775 Commonwealth Avenue (SFA).

Hilding N. Carlson
Dean
1951-1956

B. Leroy Sheley
Dean
1956-1962

1960
CIT hires its first faculty member with a Ph.D.

1962
Louis Carey becomes Dean ad interim.

1963
B.S. degree program in Manufacturing Engineering initiated. CIT is consolidated into 110 Cummington Street.

1963
Arthur T. Thompson becomes Dean.

1964
The College of Industrial Technology is renamed Boston University College of Engineering.

1965
B.S. degree program in Systems Engineering and Information Engineering are started. Aeronautical Engineering is renamed Aerospace Engineering.

1966
B.S. degree program in Bioengineering is initiated.

1967
M.S. degree programs in Manufacting Engineering and Systems Engineering are initiated.

1968
The College creates a joint Master degree program in Manufacturing Engineering and Business Administration (MBA). The college also receives its first external agency award.

1969
Bioengineering is renamed Biomedical Engineering.

Louis Carey
Dean ad interim
1962-1963

Arthur T. Thompson
Dean
1963-1974

1970
John Silber becomes president of Boston University and begins to transform the university into the world-class institution it is today.

1971
B.S. programs in Aerospace, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering are accredited. The College's manufacturing program is the first of its kind to be accredited in the U.S.

1973
ROTC unit returns to campus at ENG facility request.

1974
Merril L. Ebner becomes Dean ad interim. B.S. programs are initiated in mechanical and computer engineering.

1975
Louis Padulo becomes Dean.

1976
Bachelor of Science degree program in Electrical Engineering is initiated. Master of Science degree programs in Applied Mechanics and Computer Systems Engineering are initiated.

1977
The College initiates a Master of Science degree program in Electrical Engineering. The program at GTE Sylvania begins offering graduate courses in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.

1978
Honeywell Manufacturing Management Program (ACM) begins. G.E. advanced course in Manufacturing (ACM) is initiated.

Merril L. Ebner
Dean ad interim
1974-1975

Louis Padulo
Dean
1975-1986

1981
The Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) is founded by Dean Padulo with a grant from the NSF's Women in Science Program. The program offers master's degrees in engineering for non-engineers. In 1983, LEAP was open to men as well as to women.

1982
First corporate classroom engineering television course offered. Master of Science in Applied Mechanics is renamed Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Overseas Master of Science program in Mechanical Engineering is initiated in Germany. The College of Engineering creates a Master of Science Program in Biomedical Engineering and opens new laboratories and classrooms.

1983
Ph.D. degrees in engineering are initiated and offered through the newly created Division of Engineering and Applied Science of the Graduate School.

1984
The College establishes the NeuroMuscular Research Center (NMRC), whose mission focuses on increasing knowledge of motor control and improving the quality of health care for neuromuscularly impaired patients.

1985
The Cooperative Education Program is initiated at the College of Engineering with the placement of 18 students in co-op positions. This year also marks the initiation of the Master of Science degree in the Biomedical Engineering program at the College.

1986
Carlo De Luca becomes Dean ad interim.

1987
The new Engineering research Building (ERB) opens at 44 Cummington Street. The seven-story, $10 million building houses offices for the Departments of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering as well as the entire department of Biomedical Engineering.

Carlo De Luca
Dean ad interim
1986-1989

1990
Charles DeLisi becomes the Dean with the goal of significantly increasing research efforts. The Trustees of the University approve the awarding of Ph.D.'s for seven specific disciplines: aerospace, biomedical, computer, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, and systems engineering.

1993
The College establishes the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and creates the Center for Photonics Research.

1994
The College establishes the Biomolecular Engineering Research Center and the Center for Hearing Research.

1995
Manufacturing Engineering's facilities are renovated and integrated within the Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation.

1997
Dedication and opening of the Photonics Center at Boston University.

1999
Graduate Program in Bioinformatics initiated offering M.S./Ph.D. degrees.

2000
Dedication and opening of the Charles DeLisi lobby.

2000
David K.Campbell becomes Dean.

2001
Boston University is awarded a $14 million Whitaker Foundation Leadership Award to expand its biomedical engineering programs. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering adds a Master of Science program in Photonics.

Charles DeLisi
Dean
1989-2000

David K. Campbell
Dean
2000-