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  Through the Years - A Brief Look at Georgia Tech and Mechanical Engineering

 

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Through the Years 1888-1950)

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  The Shop Building (left) and the Academic Building (right)
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  The Annual Catalogue for 1888-1889
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  J. S. Coon's ASME Charter Membership
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  The Machine Shop
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  John Saylor Coon becomes first chair of mechanical engineering (1888)
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  Morning dress (out of shop)
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  Shop dress
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  The students in the foundry made the first seal.
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  The Foundry
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  The Wood Shop
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  The Blacksmith Shop
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  Products of the Wood Shop were sold to the public.
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  The Insubordinate Seniors at their special graduation exercise in November 1901. (left) The Insubordinate Seniors picture taken in 1961 (right)
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  Advertisement for items made in shops.
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  In 1892 the Machine and Wood Shops stood just west of the Academic Building. The original shop building burned down in 1892.
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  Products of the machine shop and the foundry built by students. When the products could no longer be sold, they were used in experimental laboratories or to furnish classrooms, offices, and dormitories.
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  An early math class
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  The drawing room for apprentice, junior and middle classes.
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  A sample from an 1893 class in mechanical drawing.
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  Installing the 80 H.D. Corless Engine on May 1, 1903 in the experimental laboratory.
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  In the library
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  Students test boilers at the Atlanta Water Works in 1904. This was part of the practical experience of a Georgia Tech engineering education.
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  The J. S. Coon Building
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  John S. Coon before his retirement in 1923.
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  Dr. Roy Stevenson King became the second head of mechanical engineering. (1923)
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  Bobby Jones (class of 1922), won the Grand Slam of Golf. (1930)
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  Dr. Homer S. Weber became the third head of the mechanical engineering department. (1946)
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  Tech became the first institution to provide low-cost married housing to GI Bill students. (1945)

Through the Years 1950 - Present

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  The Board of Regents voted to make Georgia Tech coeducational; the first two women students enrolled in the fall quarter. (1952)
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  Dr. Kenneth Picha became the fourth chair of mechanical engineering. (1962)
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  Dr. S. Peter Kezios became the fifth chair of mechanical engineering. (1967)
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  Dr. John A. Brighton became the sixth chair of the department. (1982)
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  The School of Mechanical Engineering was named for its benefactor, George W. Woodruff. (1985)
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  Dr. Ward O. Winer became the seventh chair of the Woodruff School. (1988)
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  The Fuller E. Callaway Jr. Manufacturing Research Center opened.
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  Dr. G. Wayne Clough (a Georgia Tech alumnus) took office as Tech's 10th president. (1994)
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  The Woodruff School moves from the J. S. Coon Building to new facilities in the MRDC Building.
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  Mechanical Engineering Professor Sam Shelton led Georgia Tech's team of mechanical engineers and industrial designers who developed the 1996 Olympic torch. (1996)
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  The campus in Metz, France opened. (1997)
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  On the Cutting Edge was the recruiting theme as seen on the graduate cookout t-shirt. (1999)
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  The MRDC II was dedicated as the J. Erskine Love Jr. Manufacturing Building. (2000)
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  A unique mosaic artwork and key about Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science was installed in the Love Building. (2000)
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  The Woodruff School was the first educational institution to be named a Mechanical Engineering Heritage Site by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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  A display of the Patents of the Woodruff School Faculty was dedicated. (2001)
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  The Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP) was established in Savannah, Georgia. (2001)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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