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Oregon State University College of Engineering
Oregon State University's College of Engineering is the engineering college of Oregon State University, a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon. By enrollment, the college is now the largest at the university and the seventh-largest engineering college in the nation (2023).
The college's first professorship, exclusively in engineering, was awarded to Grant Adelbert Covell in 1889. That same year, Covell founded the OSU Department of Mechanical Engineering and organized the construction of the first engineering building, Mechanical Hall. Although degrees in civil engineering were awarded by OSU as early as the 1870s, the college was not officially chartered until 1889. The first departments were established in electrical (1897), mining (1904), and civil (1905) engineering over the college's initial 20 years. Mechanical Hall burned down in 1889 but was rebuilt soon after. Later, in 1920, the building was renamed Apperson Hall. In 1908, the college's name changed to the OSU School of Engineering. Covell served as the school's first dean.
Oregon State University became the only public university in the state to offer accredited degrees in all major engineering fields. OSU was designated Oregon's engineering university by the State Board of Higher Education in 1914, to provide the university a distinct curriculum among Oregon universities. Chemical engineering was incorporated into the college as a formal department in 1932, followed by industrial engineering in 1943, nuclear engineering in 1968 and computer science in 1974.
Since its opening, the college of engineering has seen a continued expansion of classrooms and laboratories. Through the 1900s, the college added a new building to campus nearly every decade: Merryfield Hall (1909), Batcheller Hall (1913), Graf Hall (1920), Covell Hall (1928), Dearborn Hall (1949), Gleeson Hall (1955), the Radiation Center (1963), Rogers Hall (1967), Owen Hall (1988).
In 1955 J. Robert Oppenheimer visited the college to give two historic lectures in nuclear physics on the "Constitution of Matter". The visit to the college was not without controversy. Leaders at the University of Washington canceled his planned lecture at their campus due to J. Edgar Hoover's accusations Oppenheimer participated in pro-communist activities. Recordings of his two lectures at the college are now stored in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress.
In 2008, Apperson Hall received a major remodel and was renamed Kearney Hall.
The College of Engineering claims over 35,000 graduates since its founding in 1889.
As of Fall 2022, there were over 9,800 students enrolled in the college of engineering at the Corvallis campus. The college of engineering's faculty is made up of approximately 122 members whose time is split between teaching and research. The college's operational budget for the 2022–2023 school year was $128.2 million with $64.6 million from research grants and $19.4 million from private donors.
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Oregon State University College of Engineering
Oregon State University's College of Engineering is the engineering college of Oregon State University, a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon. By enrollment, the college is now the largest at the university and the seventh-largest engineering college in the nation (2023).
The college's first professorship, exclusively in engineering, was awarded to Grant Adelbert Covell in 1889. That same year, Covell founded the OSU Department of Mechanical Engineering and organized the construction of the first engineering building, Mechanical Hall. Although degrees in civil engineering were awarded by OSU as early as the 1870s, the college was not officially chartered until 1889. The first departments were established in electrical (1897), mining (1904), and civil (1905) engineering over the college's initial 20 years. Mechanical Hall burned down in 1889 but was rebuilt soon after. Later, in 1920, the building was renamed Apperson Hall. In 1908, the college's name changed to the OSU School of Engineering. Covell served as the school's first dean.
Oregon State University became the only public university in the state to offer accredited degrees in all major engineering fields. OSU was designated Oregon's engineering university by the State Board of Higher Education in 1914, to provide the university a distinct curriculum among Oregon universities. Chemical engineering was incorporated into the college as a formal department in 1932, followed by industrial engineering in 1943, nuclear engineering in 1968 and computer science in 1974.
Since its opening, the college of engineering has seen a continued expansion of classrooms and laboratories. Through the 1900s, the college added a new building to campus nearly every decade: Merryfield Hall (1909), Batcheller Hall (1913), Graf Hall (1920), Covell Hall (1928), Dearborn Hall (1949), Gleeson Hall (1955), the Radiation Center (1963), Rogers Hall (1967), Owen Hall (1988).
In 1955 J. Robert Oppenheimer visited the college to give two historic lectures in nuclear physics on the "Constitution of Matter". The visit to the college was not without controversy. Leaders at the University of Washington canceled his planned lecture at their campus due to J. Edgar Hoover's accusations Oppenheimer participated in pro-communist activities. Recordings of his two lectures at the college are now stored in Washington, D.C. at the Library of Congress.
In 2008, Apperson Hall received a major remodel and was renamed Kearney Hall.
The College of Engineering claims over 35,000 graduates since its founding in 1889.
As of Fall 2022, there were over 9,800 students enrolled in the college of engineering at the Corvallis campus. The college of engineering's faculty is made up of approximately 122 members whose time is split between teaching and research. The college's operational budget for the 2022–2023 school year was $128.2 million with $64.6 million from research grants and $19.4 million from private donors.