History of
The Chemical Engineering Department at
The University of Texas at Austin


Introduction
The Beginnings
1920's
  • Oil, Texas, and UT
  • Curriculum
  • Chemistry Building Fire
  • Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
    1930's
  • Depression Years and Texas Oil Boom
  • Additional Faculty
  • Natural Gas Research
  • Growth of UT Permanent Fund and New Buildings
  • Chemical Engineering Building Approved
    The War Years(1940-1945)
  • Beginnings of the Petrochemical Industry
  • New Units at Refineries
  • Demand for Chemical Engineers
  • Faculty 1940-45
  • Improved Chemical Engineering
  • V-12 Program
  • AIChE Student Chapter
    The Veterans Return(1946-1949)
  • The GI Bill
  • Faculty 1945-49
  • Growth in Petroleum and Chemical Industries
    1950's
  • Petrochemical Growth
  • Enrollment
  • Faculty(1950-59)
  • Graduates
  • National Science Foundation
    1960's
  • Change and Turmoil
  • Petrochemical Developement
  • Block Courses(Organized Electives)
  • Engineering and Science Enrollment Declines
  • Faculty 1960-69
  • The Vietnam Draft
  • Visting Committee
  • Living Arrangements
  • The Graduates
    1970's
  • The Oil Crisis
  • The EPA
  • Enrollment
  • New Faculty
  • Van Winkle and Bradley
  • New Building and Library Expansion
  • Students, Courses and Calculations
  • The Graduates
  • Faculty(1970-1979)
    1980's
  • Oil Again at Center Stage
  • Commodity Chemicals and Industrial Restructuring
  • Synthetic Fuels
  • Job Prospects
  • UT Chemical Engineering Alumni Club
  • Alumni Club Helps Job Seekers
  • University Permanent Fund
  • New Chemical Engineering Building
  • Expanded Educational Focus
  • The Septenary Committee
  • New Faculty
  • Merit and Undergraduate Programs
  • Undergraduate Enrollment
  • Teaching Load
  • The Graduate Program
  • Faculty(1980-1989)
    1990's
  • The Challenge of Commodities
  • Enrollment
  • New Faculty
  • The McKetta Challenge - 1993
  • Disciplines and Programs
  • Instructional and Research Computing
  • Job Opportunities
  • Faculty(1990-1999)
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