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Illinois Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1996    

Biography

The Department of Mechanical Engineering began in 1940 when Armour Institute of Technology joined the Lewis Institute to form the Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1963 it became the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and in 1996 it expanded once more to become the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department collection, 1957-2004

 Collection
Identifier: 004.06.03
Description of the Collection Materials from trainings, seminars, and awards given by the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department. Includes: Seminars offered by the Department of Industrial Engineering, 1957- 1977 Seminar Applicator Training MTM-2 and MTM-3, 1977 Industrial Engineering Program Info, 1968- 1970 Packaging Engineering Seminar, 1969- 1970 ...
Dates: 1957-2004

Lloyd Hamilton Donnell and Leonard M. Taussig portraits, 1966

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.06
Description of the Collection

Portraits of Lloyd Hamilton Donnell and Leonard M. Taussig, two men associated with Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering. The Leonard Taussig portrait is a 10 x 13” color photograph. The Lloyd Donnell portrait is an apparent self portrait, acrylic on canvas painting. Both used to hang in the MMAE office.

Dates: 1966

MMAE and IGT reports, 1942-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.11
Description of the Collection

Reports related to Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Gas Technology and the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department's Solar Energy Heat Transfer Laboratory.

Dates: 1942-1989

MMAE Department general information, 1969-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.01
Description of the Collection

General information on programs offered in the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department including posters about events, brochures and other mailings, and course information.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1969-1977

MMAE Department records, 1951-1991

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.05
Description of the Collection Office files of the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) department and its predecessor entities. Files include both administrative and academic files of the department and include financial materials, project files, topical files and student records. Names frequently appearing in the collection include faculty members Harold Bretz, Lawrence J. Broutman, Norman N. Breyer, John S. Kallend, Paul Gordon, Sheldon Mostovoy, Philip Nash, Von Richards. The contents of...
Dates: 1951-1991

MMAE Events collection, 1966-2008

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.02
Description of the Collection

Flyers, posters, and other information on events sponsers by the Materials, Mechanical, Electric, and Aerospace engineering Department including workshops, meetings, alumni day.

Dates: 1966-2008

MMAE research publications, 1967- 1970

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.03
Description of the Collection

ssorted research publications from faculty and lab staff associated with the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department including: 1. Philip G. Hodge jr. publication, 1967- 1969 2. X-Ray Diffraction, 1969 3. Research Themis Project, 1969 4. Project Themis Report, 1970 5. Project Themis Technical Report, 1970 6. Study Mobile Overpass Roadway Repair Vehicle, 1970

Dates: 1967-1970

Rollin Dix papers, 1971-1996

 Collection
Identifier: 004.01.09
Description of the Collection

Materials related to Rollin Dix, professor of mechanical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. Dix joined the engineering faculty in 1964 and retired in 2004 as Chairman of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Department, and as Associate Dean for Academic Computing. This collection relates to his research and academic projects while on faculty at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1971-1996

Vectors MMAE newsletter collection, 2002-2009

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.04
Description of the Collection Copies of Vectors, the department newsletter of the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering apparently published one a year, beginning in 1997. Incomplete set, list of volumes and featured people below. Vol. 6, 2002 Jamal Yagoobi; Herek L. Clark; John S. Kallend; Michael Gosz; Kevin Philip Meade; Philip G. Nash; Hassan M. Nagib; Amy Lee Segami; Dietmar Rempfer; Sheldon Mostovoy; Victor...
Dates: 2002-2009

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