Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Department Timeline

Department Names
1908 – 1914 Department of Experimental Engineering
1914 – 1932 Department of Applied Mechanics and Experimental Engineering
1932 – 1958 Department of Applied Mechanics
1958 – 1972 Department of Engineering Mechanics
1972 – Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Department Heads
1918 – 1931 Professor J. S. A. Johnson
1932 – 1948 Professor Louis O'Shaughnessy
1948 – 1970 Professor Dan H. Pletta
1970 – 1989 Professor Daniel Frederick
1989 – 2002 Professor Edmund G. Henneke
2004 – Professor Ishwar K. Puri

Timeline of ESM Programs
1908 – 1946 Service courses in mechanics required of all engineering students
1946 MS degree established in Applied Mechanics (renamed Engineering Mechanics in 1958)
1951 PhD degree established in Applied Mechanics (renamed Engineering Mechanics in 1958)
1958 BS degree in Engineering Mechanics awarded with emphasis on mathematics and the physical and engineering sciences (renamed Engineering Science and Mechanics in 1972)