| University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering | |
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| Established | 1959 |
| Dean | Bill D. Carroll |
| Academic staff | 160 |
| Students | 3,700 |
| Location | Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Website | College of Engineering |
The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering is a college of engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The engineering program was established in 1959 when Arlington State College was officially given the status of a senior college. The college currently offers 8 baccalaureate, 12 Masters, and 9 Ph.D. degrees. The College of Engineering recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009, and is the 4th largest engineering program in Texas.
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As Arlington State college was given the status of a senior college in 1959, five baccalaureate degrees were initially offered in aeronautical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering.[1] The founding dean was Dr. Wendell H. Nedderman, who later served as president of the university beginning in 1972. By 1968, all five of the baccalaureate degree programs were accredited by the Engineering Council of Professional Development. Masters and Ph.D. degree programs were initiated during the same time frame. In the mid 1980's, the College of Engineering added three new buildings: Nedderman Hall, the Aerodynamics Research Center, and Automation & Robotics Research Institute. The original engineering building, Woolf Hall, was also remodeled.
As the University of Texas at Arlington continues in its effort to become a nationally recognized research university,[2] the College of Engineering has seen rapid growth within the past decade. In 2001, a Nanotechnology Research & Teaching Facility opened. In 2008, the Optical Medical Imaging Lab facility and Civil Engineering Laboratory Building were completed. An expansion of the Engineering Laboratory Building was completed in 2009. Scheduled for completion in 2011, a $116 million Engineering Research Complex consisting of 230,000 square feet (21,000 m2) of space is currently under construction.[3]
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