Computer And Engineering Services Inc history

In the United States, the first officially established engineering society was the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), organized in 1852.

The Society of Mining Engineers was founded in 1871.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was established in 1880 with Thomas Edison as one of its founding members.

Roebling's most famous project, the Brooklyn Bridge, was completed in 1883—Roebling himself did not live to see the project finished.

In 1884, a group of inventors and entrepreneurs formed the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

The history of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Michigan reaches back to 1889, when a degree program in electrical engineering was established.

Likewise, engineering advances made on behalf of medical providers led to the development of the computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan, based on X-ray technology that had been first used in Germany in 1895.

He was a major force in the construction of the first University Power House, bringing the campus widespread electricity for the first time in 1897.nts,” and added the course, “Heat, Electricity and Magnetism.”

The company, founded in 1898 by Warren Bechtel, remains a private, family-held firm.

The sailors pictured in the photo suggest the photo was taken during World War II. Photo credit: R.K. Brown HistoryIn 1904, the EE program began its move into the basement of West Engineering Building (now called the West Hall), which was only half finished at the time.

Carhart was Chair of the Physics Department at the time, yet served as de facto head of electrical engineering until the department was formalized in 1905.

In 1908, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers was founded.

By the second half of the 1910’s, vacuum tube technology had developed to the point where it significantly enhanced the performance of radio and other electronic devices.

To address the problem of boiler explosions, the ASME completed and published its first boiler code in 1915 and inaugurated a system for accrediting manufacturers of boiler equipment.

Three years later, in 1918, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) was founded.

However, it may be more than coincidence that shortly following the war, in 1920, the Department of Engineering Research (later called the Engineering Research Institute) was established.

Funding, when available, came largely from industry. It was a fertile time for Benjamin Bailey to begin his 22-year tenure as Chair of Electrical Engineering in 1922.

He was hired as an instructor in 1926 to assist in the expanding program in electronics, and was considered a pioneer in the field.

Iowa State University’s role in the modern computing history began in 1937, when a physics professor and an electrical engineering alumnus (then a graduate student in physics) began working to develop the world’s first electronic digital computer.

Instruction in television was first offered in 1939.

By the 1940’s, the number of drawing courses was cut in half.

In 1941, he initiated a major research project sponsored by the Fisher Body Division of GM that resulted in a number of patents.

Holland developed a 12-week course for Signal Corps officers, and in 1943, the department as a whole had to provide a unique course of study for 4 different groups of students: civilians, Army, Navy, and Marine trainees.

Burks joined UM in the fall of 1946 as an assistant professor of Philosophy in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA).

In 1947, the EE Department moved into the new south wing of the East Engineering Building.

In 1949, with the aid of funding from the Burroughs Corporation, Burks established UM’s first research effort in the field of computers.

Consequently, although Carr began teaching Math 174, Methods in High-Speed Computation, in 1953, few students had the opportunity to run their programs.

In 1954, Carr introduced Math 173, Methods in High-Speed Computation I, and Math 174 was renamed Methods in High-Speed Computation II.

Bernard A. Galler joined UM in 1955 as an assistant professor of Mathematics and quickly became interested in computing.

In 1956, Burks was approached by John H. Holland, who had recently completed his master’s degree in mathematics at UM and wanted to write a thesis on computer logic that would not be an appropriate fit for the mathematics department.

Accordingly, they petitioned the Graduate School and in 1957 were granted the power to award the Ph.D. and M.A. degrees under a program entitled, “Language Models and Logical Design.” That name was quickly changed to “Communication Sciences.”

The MIDAC was ultimately shut down in 1958, having by then outlived its usefulness.

The first Ph.D. in Communication Sciences was awarded to Holland, whose thesis entitled “Cycles in Logical Nets” was in automata theory, in 1959.

MAD first began working correctly in about February 1960, and was first used on the Computing Center’s IBM 704.

An article in the January 1961 issue of the University Record announced LSA’s intention to expand the Communication Sciences program, then still only officially a graduate program, to the teaching of undergraduates.

In 1963, the Communication Sciences program for the first time listed an introductory 300-level course for undergraduates in the LSA Bulletin.

As of September 1964, 41 master’s degrees in Communication Sciences had been awarded and seven doctoral dissertations had been completed.

In 1965, Communication Sciences was introduced as an undergraduate concentration program in the LSA Bulletin.

In 1967, Burks was able to salvage four of the ENIAC’s original 40 computing units – a high-speed multiplier, two accumulators, and the master programmer – for use as a display at Michigan.

Another milestone in engineering history occurred in 1969 when the United States National Parks Service and the American Society of Civil Engineers established the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) to chronicle America's engineering achievements.

The Computing Center’s first facility was located in remodeled space in the North University Building at 1205 North University Avenue, and it moved to a new facility on North Campus in 1971.

In 1972, the concept of CRISP, or Computer Registration Involving Student Participation, began in CCS 673, a course taught by Galler, which developed the concept for a computerized registration system.

The first woman to receive a PhD in Computer and Communication Sciences was Nancy Martin, in 1973, who was advised by John Holland.

In 1975, Holland published “Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems,” one of the most frequently cited works in the fields of artificial intelligence and evolutionary computing, with implications for fields as varied as psychology, neuroscience, economics, and linguistics.

In 1976 the School of Electrical Engineering acquired its first department-owned mini-computer.

Among other recommendations, a 1977 review of the CICE program suggested that additional steps be taken to further coordinate between the two units.

Intertec had been providing engineers and technicians to the Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies since 1978.

In late 1979, the Dean of Engineering, Doctor John C. Hancock, directed the School of Electrical Engineering to assist the other Schools of Engineering in establishing computing facilities similar to its own.

In February, 1981, the Mechanical Engineering VAX 11/780 went on-line.

In January, 1982, the first Civil Site VAX serving the Schools of Civil, Chemical, and Materials Engineering became active for users.

During the year 1983, the Potter Engineering Center added a VAX System, Electrical Engineering added 2 VAX Systems, and Agricultural Engineering placed one VAX System on the Network.

The CCS and most of the CICE faculty took appointments in the new department as of Fall 1984.

In 1985, Electrical Engineering added a Gould PN9080 System and Agricultural Engineering added their second VAX System to the Network.

A 1986 restructuring resulted in three divisions (one of which was still CSE), with each headed by Division Associate Chairs, rather than Division Chairs.

RCM conducted the tests in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency standards, and an independent research laboratory, the Franklin Research Center of Philadelphia, confirmed the results in February 1987.

Craig Erickson was an original principle in the beginnings of what today is known as Management and Engineering Services which began in 1989.Building on nearly 20 years of his engineering background, the original focus was in creative environmental solutions.

In total, the chemical industry boasted sales of $268 billion in 1990.

By 1991 only 25 percent of RCM's revenues originated with contracts to businesses serving government needs, the amount equal to its business from United Technologies.

Civil Engineering created an IBM PC clone lab with 20 machines and an additional 30 machine were added in 1992.

RCM completed its first acquisition in December 1994 with Great Lakes Design, a professional engineering firm based in Grand Haven, Michigan, which accrued $3.9 million in annual revenues; RCM purchased the company for $200,000.

By 1995, CSE began holding annual retreats for their faculty off-campus.

In February 1996 RCM merged with The Consortium in a $6.5 million stock transaction.

The January 1997 acquisition of Programming Alternatives of Minnesota, Inc. yielded RCM a staff of IT consultants with crucial client-server skills.

As of December 31, 1998, there were 14,761 ECN users, 561,700 ECN accounts, 300 Gig of Memory, and 10 Terabytes of disk space.

Introduced in March 1999, the service connected customers who needed analytic capacity with corporate laboratories that possessed excess capacity or specialized capabilities.

In 2000 the top 500 engineering services design firms secured a total of $43 billion in revenues, according to Engineering News Record . That year, 168 firms reported an average profit of 7.1 percent, while 10 reported a loss.

The William Gould Dow Distinguished Lecture was established in his honor, thanks to the generous donations of family and friends; the first lecture was given in 2001.

Wright, Andrew G. "The Top 200 Environmental Firms: War, Recession and Growth." Engineering News Record, 8 July 2002.

Groundbreaking for construction of the project took place on November 21, 2003.

In 2004, Dave Carmichael became the Director of ECN.

Although the CE numbers would increase again, from 2005 onward, declared majors in CS-Eng would increasingly grow and eventually outstrip CE.

Sixty years later, on September 4, 2006, Bernie Galler passed away at the age of 77.

Then, on May 14, 2008, Burks also passed away at 93.

Beginning about 2009, a resurgent interest in hacking arose amongst students at UM and across the country.

In July 2010, UM released its first mobile app for the iPhone, which is still in use today.

The first black woman to earn a PhD in CSE at UM was Kyla McMullen, who defended her dissertation on May 3, 2012.

In 2013, the Center for Future Architectures (C-FAR), headed by Todd Austin and centered at CSE with the involvement of fourteen other major research institutions, was announced.

With a goal of securing all servers on the Internet, he initiated development of Let’s Encrypt – an Internet certificate authority and server management service that would convert any website to HTTPS automatically and for free, which became functional in 2015.

By 2016, CSE researchers had made Michigan number one in hardware publications for 12 years straight, and researchers including Todd Austin, Scott Mahlke, Trevor Mudge, and Thomas Wenisch each were included in one or more of the ISCA, HPCA, and MICRO Halls of Fame.

In 2018, a Master’s program in data science was launched collaboratively between CSE, the Department of Statistics in the College of LSA, the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, and the School of Information.