News Articles

• The first eight years

  A narrative by David C. N. Robb, Massachusetts Zeta ’56

  

• Memories

  The roots of Engineering can be traced back to a crude shop that was to be the backbone of Engineering. Read the history compiled by technicians Francis A. (Bugsy) Duda and Charles Cichanowicz.

  

• Dittfach History of Engineering Part 1

  A history of the institution and College of Engineering, as written in 1973 by Professor John H. Dittfach.

  

• Dittfach History of Engineering Part 2

  A history of the institution and College of Engineering, as written in 1973 by Professor John H. Dittfach.

  

• A Tribute to Joseph Marcus (1921-1985)

  Many of us at the College of Engineering know very little about the larger-than-life faculty members who ran the college during its early years, even those professors whose names have been immortalized in our buildings. One of these pioneers was Professor of Chemical Engineering Joseph Sol Marcus of Marcus Hall fame.

  

• Wind Energy Center History

  Wind energy research and development began at UMass Amherst under the leadership of program founder, Professor William E. Heronemus. Professor Heronemus, along with a number of other faculty, began looking into a number of areas related to wind energy potential.