7th Annual Elements of Mechanical Engineering Conference November 8-9, 2009 Marriott Hotel and Conference Center at Grand National Mechanical Engineering AU MECHANICAL ENGINEERING A Pictorial History - 120 Years and Counting Jeffrey C. Suhling Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849-5341 Office: +1-334-844-3332 Fax: +1-334-844-3307 E-Mail:
[email protected] 1 AU – 1860s Mechanical Engineering 2 AU – 1880s Mechanical Engineering Agricultural and Mechanical College (AMC) of Alabama William Leroy Broun Old Main 3 AU – 1880s Mechanical Engineering 4 AU – 1880s Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanic Arts Formed in 1884-1885 George H. Bryant from MIT was Hired in 1885 as the First Instructor in “Mechanics”. He resigned in 1892. B. A. Blakely from Cornell and John Jenkins Wilmore from Purdue Hired as Instructors in Mechanic Arts J. J. Wilmore 5 AU – 1880s Mechanical Engineering William James Samford Old Main Burned in 1887 and Samford Hall Built 6 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering 1898 Glom 7 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering In 1898-99 AMC was Renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) 8 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering 9 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering Ross Wilmore Petrie Thach Lane Smith Broun Mell The Faculty - 1890s 10 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering Graduating Classes 1893 1896 11 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering Graduating Classes 1895 12 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Arts Students (1890s) 13 AU – 1890s Mechanical Engineering Langdon Hall – Home of Mechanic Arts Laboratories