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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

College of Engineering and Technology dean correspondence, approximately 1977-1987

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1032 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence to and from the dean, L. Douglas Smoot, of the College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University. Correspondence is in the form of memos and letters. Correspondence concerns department spending/budget, research, and other general administrative issues. Dates range from approximately 1977 to 1987.

Dates: approximately 1977-1987

College of Engineering and Technology records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1032
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence from 1977-1987 of administrators in the College of Engineering and Technology, including L. Douglas Smoot, David M. Ward, Paul O. Hedman, Dee H. Barker, Kent E. Kohkonen, Michael R. King, Cliff S. Barton, and S. Olani Durrant.

Dates: 1977-1987

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