Department of Mechanical Engineering
Collection
Identifier: UA 0019
Scope and Contents
The collection contains guidelines/requirements for MS program, course evaluations, graduate program evaluation, course proposals/changes, MEAM Master’s Program info, graduate student enrollment surveys, fact sheets, quarter to semester conversion, ME dept. fact sheet-employment placement, co-op placement, graduate program annual reports, admission stats, ENGR 320 technical communications course, and dissertations. The materials are arranged in the order they were received and folder title retained.
Dates
- 1958 - 2007
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyrights to this collection is held by The North Dakota State University Archives.
Biographical / Historical
The roots of the department are found in the first university Bulletin (May 1892), with the establishment
of the Department of Mechanics. With the arrival in 1893 of Edward S. Keene, Professor in Mechanical
Engineering (eventual first Dean of the School of Mechanic Arts), courses in steam engineering, thermodynamics and dynamo-electric machines were added to the curriculum. The department underwent a number of name changes between 1894 and 1907: Department of Mechanics & Physics - 1894-1895, Department of Mechanics - 1895-1898, Department of Mechanics and Physics – 1899-1904; Department of Mechanical Engineering & Physics - 1904-1906, and the Department of Engineering & Physics - 1907-1917. During this period of time the comprehensive four-year curriculum in mechanics was developed.
When the School of Mechanic Arts was established in 1917, the following divisions were established
architecture and architectural engineering, civil engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical
engineering, and physics. In the 1927-1928 Catalog, the Department of Mechanical Engineering becomes
the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. In the 1940-1941 Bulletin, there are separate
departments for Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. In the 1974-1976 Bulletin, the
department became the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
Extent
.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
The collection contains guidelines/requirements for MS program, course evaluations, graduate program evaluation, course proposals/changes, MEAM Master’s Program info, graduate student enrollment surveys, fact sheets, quarter to semester conversion, ME dept. fact sheet-employment placement, co-op placement, graduate program annual reports, admission stats, ENGR 320 technical communications course, and dissertations. The materials are arranged in the order they were received and folder title retained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Tanya Erickson for Department of Mechanical Engineering (Acc. 2016-024ua).
Legal Status
The North Dakota State University Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to Department of Mechanical Engineering Records
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu