Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science

Infobox_University
name = Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science


established = 1852
free_label = Dean
free = T. Kyle Vanderlick
type = Private
city = New Haven
state = Connecticut
country = USA
website = [http://www.eng.yale.edu www.eng.yale.edu]

The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science offers undergraduate and graduate classes and degrees in electrical, mechanical, chemical, biomedical and environmental engineering as well as in applied physics. There are strong research programs in biomolecular engineering, combustion, microelectronics, materials, medical imaging and nanoscience. Yale Engineering was ranked Number 1 among federally-funded U.S. universities in 2007 in faculty publication citation impact for the period from 2001 to 2005 based on average citations per paper. [ [http://www.eng.yale.edu/content/NEPressReleases.asp Yale Engineering News] ] Yale Engineering had also been ranked Number 1 from 1997 to 2001. [Science Watch, 18(1), Jan./Feb. 2007] Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Yale were both ranked in the top ten in the U.S. according to the scholarly activity index of the Chronicle of Higher Education. [Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 12, 2007] Yale Engineering also has the second lowest student to faculty ratio in the U.S. [Prism Magazine, Nov. 2006]

History

Engineering education at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut has a long history starting in 1852 with the professorship of William Augustus Norton and its beginnings in the Sheffield Scientific School. In the first half of the twentieth century, a gradual reorganization of engineering education at Yale took place with the integration of Sheffield programs with Yale College and Graduate School and the creation of a School of Engineering. In 1961, the school was reduced to a department within Yale College. Since that time, engineering has undergone a renaissance at Yale. In 1970, Becton Center (designed by Marcel Breuer) was opened, replacing Winchester Hall and North Sheffield. [Cunningham, W. Jack, "Engineering at Yale", Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven, Connecticut, 1992. ISBN 1-878508-06-7] The appointment of D. Allan Bromley as Dean of Engineering in 1994 provided much needed momentum. Dean Bromley was a forceful advocate for engineering at Yale. New programs in biomedical and environmental engineering were introduced during his tenure. Bromley also instituted the Sheffield Fellowship, to recognize technological leaders, the Sheffield Distinguished Teaching Awards, and the "Select Program", a five-year combined B.S. M.Eng. degree program, all named to honor the Sheffield Scientific School. In 2000, Paul A. Fleury was appointed Dean. Yale Engineering celebrated it sesquicentennial in 2002. The Malone Engineering Center was opened in October, 2005, designed by Cesar Pelli and named for the father of John C. Malone, a major donor. In 2008, T. Kyle Vanderlick began as dean [ [http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/07-09-06-02.all.html T. Kyle Vanderlick named Yale Dean of Engineering] ] and the school was reestablished as the School of Engineering & Applied Science. [ [http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/08-04-14-01.all.html Yale Creates School of Engineering & Applied Science, Yale University Office of Public Affairs] ]

Buildings

* Mason Laboratory (1911) Charles C. Haight. Built originally for the Sheffield Scientific School, it was the gift of Sheffield graduates William Smith Mason and George Grant Mason. Mason was remodeled in 1967 and provides classroom, office, and laboratory facilities. [ [http://www.facilities.yale.edu/Campus/Building1.asp?lstBldg=1630&submit1=Continue Yale Facilities: Mason Laboratory] ]
* Dunham Laboratory (1912) Henry G. Morse. Also originally built for Sheffield, it was the gift of Austin C. Dunham. This Collegiate Gothic building includes laboratories, class rooms and offices. Addition added in 1958 (office of Douglas Orr). [ [http://www.facilities.yale.edu/Campus/Building1.asp?lstBldg=1510 Yale Facilities: Dunham Laboratory] ]
* Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center (1970) Marcel Breuer. Built from pre-cast concrete panels, Becton contains offices, laboratories, a library, and an auditorium. Funded in part by a donation from Henry P. Becton. [ [http://www.facilities.yale.edu/Campus/Building1.asp?lstBldg=1525&submit1=Continue Yale Facilities: Becton Center] ]
* Malone Engineering Center (2005) Cesar Pelli. This triangular building was funded in part by John C. Malone and built with a limestone veneer and a glass curtain wall. Malone contains laboratories for research and teaching. The building fronts the Farmington Canal [ [http://www.yale.edu/opa/v34.n8/story1.html University dedicates Malone Engineering Center] , Yale Bulletin and Calendar, October 21, 2005, Volume 34, Number 8] ]

Deans [ [http://www.eng.yale.edu/eng150/timeline/ Yale Engineering through the Centuries] ]

* Robert Doherty, 1932-1936
* Samuel W. Dudley, 1936-1948
* Walter J. Wohlenberg, 1948-1955
* Dana Young, 1955-1961
* Felix Zweig, 1961-1966 [ [http://www.yale.edu/opa/yb&c/story16.html In memoriam, Felix Zweig, Yale Bulletin and Calendar, Volume 36, Number 6, October 12, 2007] ]
* D. Allan Bromley, 1994-2000
* Paul A. Fleury, 2000-2007
* T. Kyle Vanderlick, 2008-

References

ee also

* List of Yale University people

External links

* [http://www.eng.yale.edu/ Official site]