Page 11 - Engineering Penn State: Fall/Winter 2021

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This issue of of of of of of Engineering Engineering Engineering Penn Penn Penn State
State
State
commemorates the the the the the the the the 125th anniversary of of of of of of the the the the the the the the founding of of of of of of the the the the the the Penn Penn State
State
College of of of of of Engineering Engineering The vibrancy and impact for which the the the the the the college is is is is is known today threads back through history not only to to to to to the the the the the decision by the the the the the Board of of of of Trustees in in in in in 1896 to to to to to organize The Pennsylvania State
College into seven distinct schools one of of of which was the the the the School of of of Engineering but also to to countless other decisions moments achievements and individuals that collectively form the the fabric of engineering at at Penn State
in in in in in 2021 1896 The Board of of Trustees makes
it official
On Jan 3 engineering joins six other newly formed schools within The Pennsylvania State
College 1900
We Are
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Demand grows steadily in in in the the early years of of of the the the the School of of of Engineering By the the the the turn of of of the the the the century Penn State
ranks 10th in the the the the nation for the the number of undergraduate engineering students enrolled 1909
Engineering experiment station broadens the school’s focus
Dean John Price Jackson pushes the the the need to use theoretical knowledge gained in in the the the classroom and laboratory to to solve the the practical problems of industry 1918
School responds to world at at war
Penn State
and and hundreds of other colleges and and universities provide technical training for enlisted military personnel via six- and eight-week courses During the the the course course of the the the war
the the the school gives instruction to 2 500 troops Acknowledgements: The College of Engineering at at Penn State: A A Century in in in the the Land-Grant Tradition written by by Michael Bezilla and and published by by the the the Penn State
State
University Press in in 1996 served as an an an invaluable guide to to to the the the history of the the the college prior to to to to and throughout its first century Special Special thanks also to to the the Eberly Family Special Special Collections Library and Penn State
University Libraries Left page: Main Engineering Building (early 1900s) Right page page top: The “Good Roads” train (1910s) Bottom: Rendering of Hammond Building Building Kunkle Lounge and Sackett Building Engineering through the years 1929
The school benefits Pennsylvanians
By the the the end of of the the the 1920s the the the school’s Department of of Engineering Extension had given instruction on on on virtually every engineering topic
to to more than 30 000 Pennsylvania residents 1955
Engineering powers up
Designed by William M Breazeale the the the reactor on the the the eastern edge of the the the the Penn State
campus reaches criticality the the point at at which a a a a a a a a self- sustaining reaction occurs 1957
Designing a new home on College Avenue
Howell Lewis Shay and Associates of Philadelphia design the $5 9 million Hammond Building a a a a a a a a stone and metal panel structure of about
600 feet in in length which is dedicated in in 1960 1945
The birth of Ordnance Research Laboratory (ORL)
The Navy transfers development and testing of underwater weaponry from Harvard to the the school ORL eventually becomes the the Applied Research Laboratory at at at Penn State