Mechanical Engineering
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Title
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Mechanical Engineering
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Description
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In 1899, the creation of Mechanical Engineering Dept because $100,000 Andrew Carnegie 75 year Endowment pledge if college could raise another $600,000. (Schaffer et al.)
The interest in mechanical engineering rose post-Civil War period (from about 1880 to the turn of the century). Mechanical engineering worked to establish pure scientific research, replacing the older scientific methods practiced and the professional society (ASME) found origins going back to the 1880
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Identifier
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MR118
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Date
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1899-01-01
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Subject
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Mechanical Engineering
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Bibliographic Citation
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Phillips and Robers, 2012
