Dates

• Existence: 2004-

Administrative History

The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology (2004- ) is an administrative unit at Brigham Young University responsible for subordinate departments and instruction on their subjects.

The Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, previously the College of Engineering and Technology, was established in 2004 to honor Ira A. Fulton, a successful Arizona businessman, faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and generous philanthropist. Fulton and his wife, Mary Lou, donated to several engineering projects including the money for the college to buy an upgraded supercomputer which was the fastest at the time, and still available to all BYU students. Douglas M. Chabries was the dean of the college when renamed in 2004. Since then the college has been administered by Alan R. Parkinson (2005-2016) and Michael A. Jensen (2016- ).

The College of Engineering and Technology is the administering body for the following departments and school: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and the School of Technology. The college is 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 Web site, Nov. 4, 2009 (Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; previously known as the College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University; renamed in 2003 in honor of Ira A. Fulton)

Brigham Young University organizational history, via WWW, Oct. 28, 2010 (Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; est. 2004; administers subordinate departments including Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and the School of Technology)

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, via WWW, Jan. 19, 2018 (November 6, 2003 the Brigham Young University College of Engineering and Technology was renamed in honor of church member and generous philanthropist Ira A. Fulton; From 1999-2006 the Fultons contributed more than $10M to purchase and upgrade one of the fastest supercomputers in American higher education at that time, which is still available to students all across campus; departments: chemical engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and the School of Technology)

BYU Magazine, via WWW, Jan. 22, 2018 (Douglas M. Chabries, dean of BYU’s engineering college; Nov. 6 BYU renamed Chabries’ corner of campus the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology)

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