Established 1959 Website College of Engineering Phone +1 817-272-2571 Founded 1959 | Location Arlington, Texas, U.S. Dean Peter E. Crouch Number of students 7,238 Academic staff 158 | |
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Address 634 Nedderman Hall, 416 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, United States Similar University of Texas at Arlington, University of North Texas Co, Tarrant County College, Whitacre College of Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas Profiles | ||
The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering is a college of engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The engineering program was established in 1959 when Arlington State College was officially given the status of a senior college. The college currently offers 9 baccalaureate, 13 Masters, and 9 Ph.D. degrees. The College of Engineering celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009, and is the 3rd largest engineering program in Texas.
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History
As Arlington State college was given the status of a senior college in 1959, five baccalaureate degrees were initially offered in aeronautical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering. The founding dean was Dr. Wendell H. Nedderman, who later served as president of the university beginning in 1972. By 1968, all five of the baccalaureate degree programs were accredited by the Engineering Council of Professional Development. Master's degree programs were initiated during the same time frame. The university's first doctoral program, a Ph.D. in Engineering, was started in 1969. In the mid 1980s, the College of Engineering added three new buildings: Nedderman Hall, the Aerodynamics Research Center, and the Automation & Robotics Research Institute (now known as the UT Arlington Research Institute, or UTARI). The original engineering building, Woolf Hall, was also remodeled.
As The University of Texas at Arlington continues in its effort to become a nationally recognized research university, the College of Engineering has seen rapid growth within the past decade. In 2001, a Nanotechnology Research & Teaching Facility opened. In 2008, the Optical Medical Imaging Lab facility and Civil Engineering Laboratory Building were completed. An expansion of the Engineering Laboratory Building was completed in 2009, and a $116 million Engineering Research Complex consisting of 230,000 square feet (21,000 m2) of space opened in January 2011.
In 2015, the University of Texas at Arlington became the first and only institution in North Texas to offer a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering.
The College of Engineering consistently ranks in the top 100 of the nation's engineering programs according to US News & World Report rankings.
Today, the College of Engineering has more than 7,000 students in seven departments (bioengineering, civil engineering, computer science & engineering, electrical engineering, industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, materials science and engineering, and mechanical and aerospace engineering). The College of Engineering is the most comprehensive engineering program in North Texas.
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Research centers
UT Arlington's College of Engineering has numerous research centers, labs, and groups. Additionally, it enjoys affiliations with the UTA Research Institute and the Nanotechnology Research and Education Center.