Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records
Scope and Content
Collection contains reports, correspondence, and agendas for visits from the University of Florida's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Visiting Advisory Board, which was a Board made up of various industry professionals and faculty from other universities to provide advice on curricula and the program. Also contains correspondence to and from Reza Abbaschian, long-time department chair. Much of the correspondence is addressed to Abbaschian from other faculty in the department or college. The correspondence largely relates to departmental administration and projects funded. Also included are various publications from the MSE department, including ABET accreditation materials (see series 166 for final accreditation reports), alumni survey results, and summaries of departmental accomplishments.
Dates
- Creation: 1962 - 2011
Creator
Access
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Biographical/Historical Note
The University of Florida's Department of Materials Science and Engineering began with the efforts of Dr. Frederick Rhines, who left Carnegie Mellon University for the University of Florida in 1959 to start a program for Materials Science. On September 1, 1959. Dr. Rhines founded the Metallurgical Research Laboratory at UF, along with Dr. Bob DeHoff, Dr. Bob Gould, and Dr. Ray Rummel, among others. An academic curriculum was organized in 1960 under the auspices of the Department of Mechanical Engineering with a specialty in Metallurgy. In 1962, with a $20,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the program was granted permission to award Masters and Ph.D. degrees. In 1965, the Department of Metallurgic and Materials Engineering was established as a separate department from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
When the College of Engineering underwent a reorganization in the early 1970s, the Department was renamed to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 1972.
For more information on the Department’s early years, see the “Celebrating 50 Years of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering” booklet in this collection.
Department Chairs:
Frederick Rhines: Head of Metallurgical Research Laboratory 1959-1964, Department Chairman 1965-1973
Ellis D. Verink, Jr.: 1973-1986
Reza Abbaschian: 1986-2002
Kevin S. Jones: 2002-2010
Simon Phillpot: 2010-2015
Jim Baciak (Interim Chair): 2015-2017
Michele Manuel: 2017-present
Extent
6.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains information on the University of Florida's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), including reports to advisory boards, administrative correspondence, and departmental publications.
Arrangement
Arranged into 3 subseries.
Subseries 1: Visiting Advisory Board, 1986-2011 (arranged chronologically)
Subseries 2: Correspondence and Memoranda, 1962-2003 (arranged alphabetically and then chronologically)
Subseries 3: Publications, 1987-2009 (arranged alphabetically)
Location
Please note that this collection is housed in the Auxiliary Library Facility off campus and will require advance notice for timely retrieval. Please contact the Special and Area Studies Collections department prior to your visit.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2022.
Subject
- Title
- A Guide to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Sarah Coates
- Date
- June 2022
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu