Whitacre College of Engineering
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| Established | 1925 |
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| Endowment | $100 million |
| Dean | Albert Sacco |
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Academic staff
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155 |
| Students | 5,088 |
| Undergraduates | 4,360 |
| Postgraduates | 728 |
| Location |
Lubbock, Texas, U.S. 33°35′14″N 101°52′34″W / 33.587172°N 101.876017°WCoordinates: 33°35′14″N 101°52′34″W / 33.587172°N 101.876017°W |
| Website | www |
The Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering is the college of engineering at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The engineering program has existed at Texas Tech University since 1925. Additionally, the Whitacre College of Engineering administers graduate engineering degree programs at the university's campus in Amarillo, Texas. Many of the college's degree programs are accredited by ABET. The Whitacre College of Engineering is the first and, presently, only school in the world to offer a doctor of philosophy degree in wind science and engineering.
In August 2008, the Whitacre College of Engineering announced that it would rename its petroleum engineering department the Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering. Herd, a Texas Tech petroleum engineering alumnus and Tyler, Texas oil man, donated $15 million to the college. The department was ranked tenth in the nation in the April 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report.
The Texas Technological College, present day Texas Tech University, School of Engineering was created in the fall of 1925. At that time the school consisted of 313 students and two faculty members, and was housed in the textile engineering building, now the industrial engineering building. In 1928, the School of Engineering expanded and opened the west engineering building, now the electrical and computer engineering building. The school's civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and textile engineering programs were accredited by the Engineering Council for Professional Development in 1933. The chemical engineering and petroleum engineering programs were accredited in 1959 and 1960 respectively. The chemical engineering building opened for classes in 1960. In the early 1970s the Pulsed Power Research Center was created for the purpose of plasma research.
On November 12, 2008, Texas Tech announced that they received a $25 million gift from AT&T and friends of Ed Whitacre in honor of former CEO and Texas Tech alumnus Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Additionally, the college announced that it will be renamed the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering.
In 2011, Texas Tech’s Whitacre College of Engineering was ranked 78th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In the magazine's 2010 graduate engineering rankings, the overall graduate engineering program moved up to 99th among 198 programs nationwide. The Department of Industrial Engineering ranked 29th in the industrial/manufacturing category.
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