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Moore School of Electrical Engineering

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 The Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania came into existence as a result of an endowment from Alfred Fitler Moore on June 4th, 1923. The Endowment was placed on the University's School of Electrical Engineering in the campus' Towne Building.

From this point, Penn's website lists the history for all of Penn Engineering, indistinct from the Moore School, as follows:

  • 1926 Site (factory manufacturing musical instruments, S.W. corner of 33rd and Walnut) acquired for Moore School. Graduate Program for Fuel Engineering offered.
  • 1928 First evening Engineering Graduate Program (in Electrical Engineering) offered.
  • 1946 ENIAC (world's first electronic large-scale, general-purpose digital computer) dedicated. First computer course offered (graduate-level, through Electrical Engineering). Department of Metallurgical Engineering established.
  • 1947 Third floor added to Moore Building.
  • 1951 Department of Chemical Engineering established.
  • 1952 Electromedical Division of Moore School established (first significant laboratory effort in its field in the country).
  • 1953 Graduate Program in Systems Engineering offered.
  • 1954 Department of Chemistry transferred to College of Arts and Sciences. Four departments of Towne Scientific School become, with Moore School of Electrical Engineering, the five Engineering Schools (School of Chemical Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Metallurgical Engineering).
  • 1959 Pender Laboratory dedicated.
  • 1961 Program in Biomedical Electronic Engineering offered (first Ph.D. Program in this field in the country).
  • 1963 Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) dedicated.
  • 1965 Moore School Graduate Research building dedicated.
  • 1971 Trustees approve single Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) rather than baccalaureate degrees designed by individual discipline.
  • 1972 Valley Forge Research Center established. Undergraduate Program in Computer Science and Engineering offered (prior to 1972, part of Electrical Engineering). Reorganization of the Faculties of the Schools of Engineering into single Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. (5 May)
  • 1973 College of Engineering and Applied Science formed with Departments of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Urban Engineering, Computer and Information Science (Undergraduate Program--Computer Science and Engineering), Electrical Engineering and Science, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Metallurgy and Materials Science, Systems Engineering (Undergraduate Program--Systems Science and Engineering). Undergraduate Program in Bioengineering offered. Faculty approve Bachelor of Applied Science Degree Program in addition to Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree Program. (8 May)
  • 1974 Applied Science Program established. Undergraduate Program in Systems Engineering offered (prior to 1974, part of Electrical Engineering).
  • 1976 Management and Technology Program established.
  • 1977 Curriculum Deferred Option offered to incoming Engineering and Applied Science freshmen.
  • 1979 Metallurgy and Materials Science renamed Materials Science and Engineering. (1 July) College of Engineering and Applied Science renamed School of Engineering and Applied Science. (16 August)
  • 1982 Civil and Urban Engineering renamed Civil Engineering. (10 December)
  • 1983 Electrical Engineering and Science reorganized as Electrical Engineering. (1 July) Undergraduate Computer and Cognitive Sciences Program offered. Graduate Group in Transportation established; Master of Science in Transportation offered.
  • 1986 Departments of Civil Engineering and Systems Engineering reorganized as Department of Systems. (1 July) Center for Sensor Technologies established.
  • 1987 Faculty approve Executive Master of Science in Engineering (ExMSE) Program. (10 November) Center for Communications and Information Science and Policy established.
  • 1988 ExMSE Program offered.
  • 1990 Bachelor of Applied Science in Biomedical Science offered. Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Science offered. Institute for Research in Cognitive Science established.
  • 1992 Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical, Materials Science, and Systems Science offered.
  • 1993 Faculty approve minor in Cognitive Science with School of Arts and Sciences.
  • 1994 Center for Human Modeling and Simulation established. Department of Systems renamed Department of Systems Engineering. (1 July)


The Moore School is part of and as been integrated into Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science. It no longer exists as a separate entity.

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