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How to design a world-class engineering college : a history of engineering at carnegie mellon...
Van Pelt Library LD791.C89 P55 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pileggi, Leah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnegie Institute of Technology--History.
- Carnegie Institute of Technology.
- Carnegie Mellon University--History.
- Carnegie Mellon University.
- Engineering schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.
- Engineering schools.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Physical Description:
- 99 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh : Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- A history of the engineering at Carnegie Mellon University-the Carnegie Institute of Technology-might be entitled The Little Engineering College That Could. What began in 1900 as a wide-ranging assortment of two- and three-year technical programs is now a world-class top-ten engineering college with an international presence. This success can be attributed to key decisions made by a small number of faculty and administrators, strategic funding, highly motivated and self-driven students, and an unusually adaptable teaching and research environment. But mostly, it was the people. Brilliant and devoted people. The right people at the right time, some of whom drove themselves on the university's behalf until they collapsed. They established the institutional DNA that continues to drives engineering at Carnegie Mellon today. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Birth of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Technical Schools 13
- Andrew Carnegie 13
- The Key to Success-Choosing the Right People 16
- Finding the Right 'Engineer for the Job 17
- Arthur A. Hamerschlag 18
- Initial Structure of the Carnegie Technical Schools 21
- Building Construction and Hiring 21
- From Technical School to University 25
- A Broader Perspective 31
- A New Dimension for Carnegie Tech 31
- Beginnings of Interdisciplinary/Collaborative Research at Carnegie Tech 32
- Birth of the Carnegie Plan 34
- General Electric's Advanced Engineering Courses 35
- The Carnegie Plan 42
- Graduate Research 44
- Research Funding 45
- World War II 46
- The Plan Lives On 49
- A Merger and a Separation 53
- Benjamin Richard Teare 54
- Going Global 56
- Mellon Institute + Carnegie Tech 58
- A Toor de Force 60
- Diversity 61
- Engineering and Public Policy 63
- Many Firsts 67
- Design Beginnings 67
- Engineering Design Research Center (EDRC) 71
- Strategic Faculty Hires between 1974 and 1984 72
- The Data Storage Systems Center 73
- The SRC-CMU Computer-Aided Design Center 75
- A Fresh Look at CIT's Freshman Curriculum 77
- Wipe the Slate Clean 78
- The Information Networking Institute 80
- The Department of Biomedical Engineering 81
- Full Steam Ahead for the Little Engineering College That Could 83
- Exploiting Expertise in a Collaborative Environment 83
- Global Expansion of the CIT Brand 84
- Educating the Engineers of the Future 87
- A Change of Scenery 88
- CIT in 2013 91.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0887485758
- 9780887485756
- OCLC:
- 840477807
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