Please join us in celebrating the Electrical Engineering Program's 100TH ANNIVERSARY. To commemorate this important moment and to recognize the important strides our Program has made over the last 100 years, a weekend anniversary celebration was organized on October 11-12, 2008.
A reception in celebration was held on Saturday, October 11th, from 4 to 10 p.m. in Huddleston Hall where guests enjoyed socialization with alumni, faculty, emeriti, staff, students, and friends of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and an Anniversary Dinner with a Keynote Speaker. On Sunday, October 12th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. guests enjoyed tours of the Department, faculty and student research posters and demonstrations, featured speakers, and a parting social with boxed lunch.
- Celebration Links:
- Notes from Alumni
- Activities
- Lodging
- Buffet Menu
- Participants
- Photo Memories
- Newsletter Archives
- Historical:
- History - I
- History - II
- History - III
- History - IV
In conjunction with the 100th Anniversary celebration, the Wildcats played host to William and Mary College at 12 noon at Bolder Field.
The Electrical Engineering Program has a rich and vibrant history. The first mention of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING study appears in the section of the catalog of Dartmouth College of 1890-91 describing the organization and courses offered by The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Catalogs issued in 1869-70 through 1876-77 list "Lectures On Applied Electricity."
The first faculty member having the title of Instructor in Electrical Engineering and Physics was George L. Teeple, (1891-92). In the previous year, the 1890-91, his title was Instructor in Mechanical Engineering and Physics. He continued as Instructor through the year 1894-95 when Arthur F. Nesbit became Instructor in Physics and Electrical Engineering. Nesbit became Instructor from 1895-96 through 1898-99, as Associate Professor 1899-1900 through 1904-05, and Professor from 1905-06 through 1907-08. In September 1908 Electrical Engineering and Physics were made separate departments with Professor Nesbit as Head of the Department of Physics, and Professor Charles E. Hewitt, a graduate in the Class of 1893 of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and The Mechanic Arts and an M.M.E. degree from Cornell University, as Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering.