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Brigham Young University. College of Engineering and Technology

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1984 - 2004

Administrative History

The College of Engineering and Technology (1984-2004) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University.

The College of Engineering and Technology, previously the College of Engineering Sciences and Technology, was established in 1984 within Brigham Young University and continued under its name until it was established as the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology in 2004. Between 1984 and 2004, the college was administered by deans L. Douglas Smoot and Douglas M. Chabries.

The College of Engineering and Technology was the administering body for the following departments and school: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Education, Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology, Technology Education and Construction Management, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the School of Technology. The college was administered by a dean under the direction of the president of the university.

Citation:
Its Alumni directory, 2004: t.p. (Ira B. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University)

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology WWW Home page, Aug. 12, 2005 (College of Engineering Sciences and Technology, est. 1972; renamed in 1985 to College of Engineering and Technology)

BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2013 (College of Engineering and Technology 1984-2004, organized to train and prepare students as craftsman, technicians, technologists, and engineers to enable them to work together to solve problems and challenging needs in the world, previously the College of Engineering Sciences and Technology, est. within Brigham Young University and continued under its name until it was established as the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology in 2004, administered by deans L. Douglas Smoot and Douglas M. Chabries, administering body for: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Education, Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Technology, Technology Education and Construction Management, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the School of Technology. The college was administered by a dean under the direction of the president of the university)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Graduate Studies records on Department of Engineering and Technology, 1984-2002

 Sub-Series — Carton 17: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233639670], Folder: 23-29
Identifier: UA 1141 Series 6 Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents

Materials are related to the graduate program of the Department of Engineering and Technology from 1984-2002. Materials include reports, department reviews, and proposals.

Dates: 1984-2002

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology dean records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5364
Scope and Contents

Contains a history, minutes, photographs, memorandums, slides, and forms from the dean's office of the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Includes information on college activities, curriculum, expenses, faculty, and students. Also includes information on the construction of the Clyde Building. Materials date from between 1953 and 2014.

Dates: 1953-2014

William E. McKell collection on campus engineering buildings

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233647061]
Identifier: UA 5571
Scope and Contents

Contains twenty photographs of campus buildings and activities concerning engineering and technology at Brigham Young University. This collection includes pictures of the old Industrial Arts, Brimhall, Harvey Fletcher, Clyde, Shell, and temporary engineering buildings, the blacksmith shop and students, and metal, woodwork, and auto mechanics classes, circa 1890-1974.

Dates: approximately 1890-1974

L. Douglas Smoot papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7504
Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, articles, awards, photographs, journals, calendars, and other memorabilia that document Douglas Smoot's professional life as a professor of engineering at Brigham Young University, religious, and family and personal life, including involvement with Academy Square in Provo, from 1907 to 2011. The collection consists mostly of methodically compiled scrapbooks that are organized by year rather than by content.

Dates: 1907-2011