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1923

Establishment of Texas Technological College.

1925

Instruction begins. EE Dept has 1 faculty member, Prof William Miller (BSEE from UT, MSEE from MIT), who also serves as Dean of Engineering and Chair of EE.

1927

EE Dept has 3 faculty members.

1928

Graduated: Thelmer Allen Rogers (BSEE), M. Zed Glimp (BSEE).

1929

Graduated: Andrew Allen (BSEE), Melvern Hunter (BSEE), Bernard Schmidt (BSEE), William Tucker (BSEE). Current ELECE building opens as College of Engineering.

1932

EE Dept has 3 faculty, with Prof Charles Bullen as Chair. American Institute of Electrical Engineers Student Chapter has 22 members in its first year.

1933

Graduated: Alpha Wiggins (BSEE) – RCA, President of Euphonics.

1935

Graduated: Marlin Minter (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

1936

Prof Bullen takes a strong role in supporting the Rural Electrification Act.

1938

Graduated: W. Lyle Donaldson (BSEE) – VP at SWRI.

1940

Bernard Schmidt, class of '29, employed at Amarillo public utility, earning $1900 / year.

1941

Harold Hope, USMC stationed on USS Arizona, former TTU student, MIA at Pearl Harbor, presumed KIA.

1942

EE Dept has 4 faculty members. The May graduating class has 14 BSEE. 100% have jobs. U S Army Signal Corps (Riley Donnell). U S Navy Reserve (Tom Prickett). U S Navy Dept Civil Service (Gerald Collier {active duty Pacific Theater 1943 – 1946, rancher}). Naval Research Lab (BH Dennison, Arch Lewis). Curtis-Wright (Alvin Cearley). General Electric Corp (Ralph Johnson, Douglas Taylor). Philco Radio and Television Corp (Ed Walters). Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Corp (Glenn Davidson, J R Duff, Carl Garner {active duty, SPS, John Deere dealer, Mayor of Boise City}, Eugene Goodwin, James Wilhite)

1943

Fall enrollment at TTU: 1696. Graduated: Gilbert W. Knox (BSEE) – Westinghouse. Graduated: Byron Bennett (BSEE) – Dean of Engineering at Montana State U.

1945

At least 132 Texas Tech students KIA in WW2. At least 113 Texas Tech students MIA or POW in WW2. AIEE has 24 members, 2 of whom are women.

1946

Fall enrollment at TTU: 5366. Graduated: Lester Kilpatrick (BSEE) - North America Aviation.

1947

EE Enrollment triples, driven by GI Bill recipients. Hired: Tom Stenis (Assistant Prof); Charles Houston (Associate Prof). EE Dept has 7 faculty members. Graduated: Monte Lee (BSEE) - Westinghouse. MSEE degree program begins.

1948

Graduated: Fred Montgomery (BSEE) – Texas Utilities, IBM, GE, TI, M W Kellogg.

1949

Hired: Marlin Minter (Lecturer)

1950

Hired: Harold Spuhler (Assistant Prof). EE Dept has 12 faculty members.

1951

Hired: Clive Lankford (Technician)

1957

TTU institutes a tenure policy for faculty.

1958

Hired: John Craig (Assistant Prof).

1959

Hired: Paul Griffith (Associate Prof and first PhD); Russell Seacat (Assistant Prof and ABD). Graduated: Darrell Vines (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

1960

EE Dept has 14 faculty members: 3 Prof, 2 Associate Prof, 3 Assistant Prof. Charles Bassett (BSEE) – Gemini 9 astronaut killed in plane crash 1966.

1961

EE Dept has 8 faculty members, with Harold Spuhler as Chair. EE Project Labs assume their well-known open-ended design philosophy (directed by Lankford). Travis Simpson (cadet) with AFIT.

1963

Hired: Tommy Burkes (Assistant Prof); Darrell Vines (Instructor); Clive Lankford (Instructor). PhD program begins.

1964

Graduated: Travis Simpson (BSEE) – TTU faculty. Graduated: William Marcy (BSEE) – Provost TTU, Dean of Engineering TTU.

1965

Graduated: LeEarl Bryant (BSEE) – President of IEEE.

1966

EE Dept has 11 faculty members, with Russell Seacat as Chair. 578 undergraduates, 21 grad students. Research Funding $27,300.

1967

Hired: Magne Kristiansen (Assistant Prof).

1968

Hired: William Portnoy (Associate Prof); Marion Hagler (Assistant Prof). Graduated: Nick Tredennick (BSEE) – MC68000 designer.

1969

Texas Technological College becomes Texas Tech University. Hired: Kwong Chao (Assistant Prof). EE Dept Research Funding $257,031.

1970

EE Dept has 22 faculty members. Graduated: Fred Yeatts (PhD) – CEO of Sencom.

1971

Hired: Tom Trost (Assistant Prof); Don Gustafson (Assistant Prof).

1972

Hired: John Reichert (Associate Prof); John Walkup (Assistant Prof).

1973

Graduated: Keh-Shew Lu (MSEE) – CEO of Diodes Inc.

1974

Hired: Richard Saeks (Associate Prof). Crosbyton Solar Power Project initiated. EE Dept Research Funding $420,000.

1976

Graduated: Chung Shing Lee (MSEE) – Vice President of Texas Instruments.

1977

Graduated: Keh-Shew Lu (PhD) – CEO of Diodes Inc. Graduated: Mark Newton (BSEE) – LLNL, Sandia.

1978

Graduated: Ming Chiang (MSEE) – Vice President of Texas Instruments.

1979

Graduated: Arati Prabhakar (BSEE) – Head of NIST, head of DARPA.

1980

EECS Dept has 27 faculty members. Hired: Tom Krile (Associate Prof).

1982

Graduated: Karan Watson (PhD) - Provost TAMU.

1983

Crosbyton Solar Power Project collapses. Graduated: Mike Metscher (BSEE) – CEO of Future Point Systems.

1984

EECS Dept has 29 faculty members, with Prof Marion Hagler as Chair. Graduates: 92 BSEE, 7 MSEE, 3 PhD.

1985

Graduated: Erna Grasz (BSEE) – CEO of Asante Africa Foundation.

1986

Hired: Osamu Ishihara (Associate Prof); Micheal Parten (Associate Prof); Sunanda Mitra (Assistant Prof). Graduated: Larry Heck (BSEE) – Chief Scientist of Speech Products Microsoft.

1987

EE Department spins off CS Department. ELECE building major renovation completed. Graduated: Brian Nutter (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

1988

Hired: Michael Giesselmann (Assistant Prof).

1989

Hired: Travis Simpson (Lecturer).

1990

EE Dept has 27 faculty members. Graduates: 66 BSEE, 16 MSEE, 7 PhD. Graduated: Brian Nutter (PhD) – TTU faculty.

1991

Graduated: James Dickens (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

1993

Graduated: Stephen Bayne (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

1994

Graduated: Enrico Obregon (BSEE) – Boeing.

1995

Graduated: James Dickens (PhD) – TTU faculty.

1996

Graduated: Atindra Mitra (PhD) – WPAFB. Graduated: Enrico Obregon (MSEE) – Boeing.

1997

EE Dept has 33 faculty members, with Jon Bredeson as Chair. Graduated: Stephen Bayne (PhD) – TTU faculty. Graduated: John Mankowski (PhD) – TTU faculty.

2000

ECE Dept has 28 faculty members: 2 Endowed Profs, 7 Prof, 6 Associate Prof, 4 Assistant Proffessor. Graduates: 36 BSEE, 28 MSEE, 3 PhD.

2002

Graduated: Jeremiah Cain (BSEE) – Lockheed.

2006

Graduated: Daryl Ellis (BSEE) – Tektronix.

2008

ECE Dept has 27 faculty members, with Prof Vittal Rao as Chair.

2009

Graduated: Colby Sites (BSEE) – Intel, Main Street Hub, Cloudflare OJO.

2010

Graduated: Colby Sites (MSEE) - Intel, Main Street Hub, Cloudflare OJO.

2011

ECE Dept has 29 faculty members, with Prof Michael Giesselmann as Chair. Graduates: 63 BSEE, 6 BSCMPE, 63 MSEE, 5 PhD. Graduated: Jacob Stephens (BSEE) – TTU faculty.

2013

Graduated: Brandon Brewster (BSEE) – ExxonMobil, Valero.

2015

Graduated: Jacob Stephens (PhD) – TTU faculty.

2017

Graduated: Amy Weatherby (BSEE) – TI.

2021

ECE Dept has 31 faculty members, with Prof Stephen Bayne as Chair. Graduates: 70 BSEE, 51 BSCMPE, 27 MSEE, 16 PhD. .

2022

Current Students: 182 pre-EE, 144 pre-CMPE, 255 BSEE, 193 BSCMPE, 66 MSEE, 80 PhD. ECE Dept Research Funding: $8,118,594.

2023

ECE Dept has 31 faculty members: 7 Endowed Profs, 7 Profs, 7 Associate Profs, 2 Assistant Profs, 1 Lecturer, 7 Instructors.

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