 Mechanical EngineeringHistorical Sketch
Subjects in engineering were first offered as early as 1854 at UM, but not a complete schedule leading to an engineering degree was established until much later. In 1900, the School of Engineering was organized and courses of study were offered covering four years of college work leading to a professional degree in engineering. Courses in mechanical engineering were initiated in the 1951/52 academic year. The ME department was officially organized with its first chair (Professor Tadeusz Czaki) and only faculty member in the 1952/53 academic year. In 1954 the Engineering School occupied its new quarters in Carrier Hall. In the 1956/57 academic year, graduate work was begun in mechanical engineering and the department had grown to 3 faculty members. Professor James R. Macdonald became the second ME chair during the academic year 1957/58 and by 1959/60 the department had grown to 4 total faculty members. In the academic year 1967/68, Professor John A. Fox became the third chair and by 1970/71 the department had grown to seven total faculty. At the beginning of the 1986/87 academic year Professor Jeffrey A. Roux became the fourth ME chair and today the ME department is composed of 8.25 faculty members; there are approximately 100 undergraduate and 35 graduate students affiliated with the ME department and its faculty.
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