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Dodge Hall in April -- Photo by Richard E. Haskell
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Timeline |
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| 1959 | William Hammerle is appointed Associate Professor of Physics. He heads a program in Engineering Science within the Department of Physics.
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| 1965 | John E. Gibson is appointed the first dean of the new School of Engineering. J. Carroll Hill and David E. Boddy come from Purdue with John Gibson to start the new School of Engineering. Carroll Hill is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. David Boddy is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. William Hammerle transfers from the Physics Department to the new School of Engineering. A General Engineering program is established with an emphasis on Systems Engineering, a broad core curriculum, and laboratories associated with every engineering course.
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| 1966 | Gilbert Wedekind is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Richard Shank is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering and Associate Dean. Richard E. Haskell is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Keith R. Kleckner is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering.
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| 1967 | Howard R. Witt is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. Glenn Jackson is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Robert Edgerton is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering.
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| 1968 | Benjamin Cheydleur is named Director of the Computer Center and appointed Professor of Engineering. Percy McCormick is appointed Professor of Engineering. Dodge Hall of Engineering is constructed.
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| 1969 | David Evans is appointed Professor of Engineering. Tung Weng is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. The general engineering program is accredited.
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| 1970 | Joseph Hovanesian is appointed Professor of Engineering.
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| 1972 | A Ph.D. program in Systems Engineering is approved. An undergraduate major in Computer and Information Science is established.
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| 1973 | Paul R. Pasley is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering.
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| 1974 | Yau (Mike) Hung is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1977 | Retired engineers Kenneth A. Meade, John G. Gievers, Martin A. Erickson, and Sixten Nygren donate their time to teach classes and labs, assist with research projects, and help in the fabrication and machining of laboratory equipment.
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| 1978 | Mohammed S. Ghausi is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering. Nan (Robert) Loh is appointed Professor of Engineering. The first Ph.D. degrees are awarded to Howard C. Crabb (Prof. Benjamin Cheydleur, Advisor) and to Bhushan Bhatt and Terry Beck (Prof. Gilbert Wedekind, Advisor). Separate majors in computer, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering are created and receive accreditation.
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| 1979 | Sarma Vishnubhotla is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1980 | Janusz Laski is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. Mohamed Zohdy is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Jerry Marsh is appointed Special Instructor.
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| 1981 | Hoda S. Abel-Aty-Zohdy is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Christian Wagner is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Thomas Windeknecht is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. The Center for Robotics and Advanced Automation is established with Prof. Nan Loh as director.
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| 1982 | Because of the large number of computer science offerings, and the relevance of computers both to and within the engineering disciplines, the name of the school is changed to the School of Engineering and Computer Science.
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| 1983 | Brian Sangeorzan is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1984 | Thomas Butler is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science. Ka C. Cheok is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Manohar Das is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Randy Gu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Fatma Mili is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Andrew Rusek is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. Robert Van Til is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. The non-departmental structure of the School is changed by forming the following three departments: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
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| 1985 | Frank Cioch is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Edward Gu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Ching (Ken) Ko is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1986 | Subra Ganesan is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. Patrick Bennett joins the School of Engineering and Computer Science as academic advisor. Forrest Wright joins the School of Engineering and Computer Science as manager of mechanical laboratories and instrumentation.
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| 1987 | Robert Desmond is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science. Naim Kheir is appointed Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering.
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| 1988 | Howard Witt is appointed Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science.
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| 1989 | Marlene McKean joins the advising office as an office assistant.
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| 1990 | Gary Barber is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Candy McLellan joins the dean's office as administrative secretary.
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| 1991 | Prof. David Evans retires. Sankar Sengupta is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Patricia Tucker joins the dean's office as executive secretary.
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| 1993 | Michael Polis is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science.
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| 1994 | Patrick Dessert is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Terrence Heinz joins the School of Engineering and Computer Science as computer technologist.
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| 1995 | Keyu Li is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1996 | Barbara Kline joins the School of Engineering and Computer Science as accounting clerk. She has worked in other departments at Oakland University since 1968.
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| 1997 | Prof. Howard Witt retires. Gautam Singh is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1998 | Krzystof (Chris) Kobus is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Barbara Oakley is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 1999 | Prof. Robert Edgerton retires. Prof. Thomas Windeknecht retires. Ishwar Sethi is appointed Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Qingchong Liu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 2000 | Prof. David Boddy retires. Prof. Tung Weng retires. Djamel Bouchaffra is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Laila Guessous is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Lunjin Lu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Lorenzo Smith is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Donna Searight joins the Mechanical Engineering Department as administrative secretary.
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| 2001 | Prof. Joseph Hovanesian retires. Prof. Keith Kleckner retires. LianXiang Yang is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Donggang Yao is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Pieter A. Frick is appointed Professor of Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science. |
| 2002 | Prof. Gilbert Wedekind retires. Daniel Aloi is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Yin-Ping (Dan) Chang is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Debnath Debatosh is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Jia Li is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Qian Zou is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering.
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| 2003 | Prof. Naim Kheir retires. Darrin Hanna is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Imad Elhajj is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Zissimos Mourelatos is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering. Sayed Nassar is appointed Associate Professor of Engineering.
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| 2004 | Dae-Kyoo Kim is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Jorge Castro joins the School of Engineering and Computer Science as network administrator.
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| 2005 | Huirong Fu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. Xia Wang is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. A new Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is created. A new 21-credit core curriculum is implemented.
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| 2006 | Hongwei Qu is appointed Assistant Professor of Engineering. The name of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering is changed to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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| 2007 | Richard E. Haskell in honored for 40 years of service at Oakland University. |