Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics (University of Michigan) records 1914-2001 1922-1941, 1993-2001
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) began in 1868 as the Mechanical Engineering program, with a mandate to instruct students in the new field of machine, power and marine engineering. Both the departments and its facilities grew steadily from 1900 to 1940. Although the department split and merged with other engineering departments over the years as new fields of engineering developed, one of the most significant shifts occurred in 1956 when the status of the Ind...