Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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1910s
1918
Early agricultural equipment courses offered
Service courses in farm equipment were taught in the Department of Agronomy and not by engineering. Agricultural engineering courses were first taught in the 1920-1921 academic year.
1920s
1920-1921
First agricultural engineering courses
The agricultural engineering instructional program commenced in the 1920-1921 academic year. R. E. Bosque and H. D. Lewis were the earliest instructors, and they were part of the agronomy faculty.
1930s
1937
Agricultural engineering degrees first offered
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1979
Agricultural engineering departmental history published
G. W. Giles wrote A Department Grows to Maturity: The History of Agricultural Engineering at N.C. State University (1914 to 1977). An updated version of this history was hosted on the department's website.