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Found 23 events matching "agricultural engineering"

1965
Department of Agricultural Engineering renamed

The Department of Agricultural Engineering was renamed the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

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.

1958
Tobacco bulk curing unit developed

A tobacco bulk curing unit was developed by the Department of Agricultural Engineering.

1937
Agricultural engineering degrees first offered
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.

1956
Weaver Laboratories built

Weaver Laboratories was built for Agricultural Engineering and named for David Stathem Weaver, a former director of the Agricultural Extension Service.

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.

1957
Doctoral degrees first offered in agricultural engineering
1948
Master's degrees first offered in agricultural engineering
1957
Department of Agricultural Engineering moved to Weaver Labs
1948
Department of Agricultural Engineering moved to David Clark Labs
1948-1961
G. Wallace Giles served as head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering
1940-1948
David S. Weaver served as head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering
1961-1987
Francis J. Hassler served as head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering
2017-2023
Garey Fox served as head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
1987-1990
James H. Ruff served as head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
1991-1999
David B. Beasley served as head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
2006-2014
Robert O. Evans served as head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
1999-2006
James H. Young served as head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
1949
Women faculty increased

Twenty-two women were listed on the faculty, most at the instructor or laboratory technician level. Departments with more than one woman employee included English (six), statistics (three), textiles (three), and modern languages (two). Women were also on the faculty in architecture, agricultural economics, mathematics, physics, social studies, chemistry, engineering, research, and agronomy.