North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records 1924-2023

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North Carolina State University. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Size
23 linear feet (21 archival storage boxes, 8 cartons, 2 archival half boxes); 1 website
Call number
UA 105.014

Contained here are records, 1924-2011, of the North Carolina State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its predessecor departments. The collection includes correspondence, reports, reprints, and photographs pertaining to courses and curricula, equipment and travel expenses, the Department of Geology, ceramics, clay and bricks. Also included is material pertaining to organizations such as the Foundry educational Foundation, Geological Society of North America, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi. Financial and grant records are also included.

The origins of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering lie in the Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries Engineering. Only in 1972 did the University create a discrete Materials Engineering Department, which became the Materials Science and Engineering Department in 1986.

Biographical/historical note

Materials Science and Engineering comprise the design, development, selection, and processing of engineering materials. Typical of the industries served by materials engineers are: aerospace, electrical and electronics, construction, nuclear power, and transportation. Material Sciences and Engineering includes specialty areas such as ceramic engineering, metallurgical engineering, polymeric materials, and materials processing. In general, Materials Scientists develop materials that have certain properties, such as Gore-Tex, which is made of a polymer that keeps water out while allowing sweat to evaporate. Materials Science Engineers work, according to their website, "with every material imaginable in every setting imaginable, including the human body."

The origins of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering lie in the Departments of Geology and Mineral Industries Engineering. Only in 1972 did the University create a discrete Materials Engineering Department, which became the Materials Science and Engineering Department in 1986.

Additional information and resources on the history of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering can be found through the NC State University Historical State website.

List of Department Heads
1972 - 1979
W. W. Austin, Jr.
1980 - 1986
Hans Conrad
1986 - 1999
J. J. Hren
1999 - 2009
J. M. Rigsbee
2009 -2017
Justin Schwartz
2017
Don Brenner

Scope/content

Contained here are records, 1924-2011, of the North Carolina State University's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and its predessecor departments. The collection includes correspondence, reports, annual reports, reprints, and photographs pertaining to courses and curricula, equipment and travel expenses, the Department of Geology, ceramics, clay and bricks. Also included is material pertaining to organizations such as the Foundry educational Foundation, Geological Society of North America, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi. Financial and grant records are also included. In 2008 1.5 linear feet of employee time sheets (1996-1997) were deaccessioned according to instructions for GU206 of the UNC-system retention and disposition schedule. A. F. Greaves-Walker's consulting files, formerly in this collection, have been transferred to the Greaves-Walker Ceramic Engineering Papers (MC 00675).

Arrangement

This collection has not been fully processed. Series 1 has received some processing, and files are arranged alphabetically. The remaining records have not received any processing and are arranged in the order received.

Use of these materials

North Carolina State University owns copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records, UA 105.014, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Related material

Greaves-Walker Ceramic Engineering Papers (MC 00675)

Source of acquisition

Transferred from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

Processing information

Processed by: Russell S. Koonts; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katherine M. Wisser; finding aid updated by Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 June.

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The collection is organized into three principal series:

General Records 1924-1995 (Series 01)
Size: 7.5 linear feet

Contained here are documents that received some archival processing in 2000.

15 archival storage boxes

Advising 1948-1949
Box 1, Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science, North Carolina Section 1938
Box 1, Folder 2
American Association of University Professors 1938-1941
Box 1, Folder 3
American Ceramic Society, Inc. 1935-1947
Box 1, Folder 4
American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : General 1939-1950
Box 1, Folder 5
American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : Committee on Industrial Minerals and Ceramics Courses 1939-1947
Box 1, Folder 6
American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering : Mineral Industry Education Division 1939-1948
Box 1, Folder 7
American Society for Engineering Education 1949-1973
Box 1, Folder 7
American Society for Engineering Education : Printed Materials 1949-1979
Box 1, Folder 8
Annual Reports 1951-1984
Box 1, Folder 9
Athletics Council 1937-1946
Box 1, Folder 10
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company 1937-1946
Box 1, Folder 11
Bauxite 1942
Box 2, Folder 1
Berry, E. Willard 1937-1944
Box 2, Folder 2
Brochures 1968-1995
Box 2, Folder 3
Budget Requests 1937-1980
Box 2, Folder 4
Bureau of Mines, United States 1948, undated
Box 2, Folder 5
C Average 1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 6
Canadian Department of Mines and Resources 1938
Box 2, Folder 7
Chancellor's correspondence : Bostian, Carey H. 1953-1954
Box 2, Folder 9
Chancellor's correspondence : Harrelson, John W. 1936-1953
Box 2, Folder 10
Clinchfield Sand and Feldspar Corporation 1938-1940
Box 2, Folder 11
Committee Appointments : School of Engineering 1941-1980
Box 2, Folder 12
Committee Appointments : University 1979
Box 2, Folder 13
Committees : Buildings, Engineering 1938
Box 2, Folder 14
Committees : Computer 1982
Box 2, Folder 15
Committees : Engineering Design Center Advisory 1973-1978
Box 2, Folder 16
Committees : English 1938
Box 2, Folder 17
Committees : Graduate Instruction 1938-1942
Box 2, Folder 18
Committees : Graduate Studies 1967-1970
Box 2, Folder 19
Committees : Graduate Studies 1971-1980
Box 2, Folder 20
Committees : Honor and Student Government 1939-1954
Box 2, Folder 21
Committees : Honors and Awards 1967-1985
Box 3, Folder 1
Committees : Library 1979-1981
Box 3, Folder 2
Committees : Nominating, For Head of Materials Engineering Department 1979
Box 3, Folder 3
Committees : Open House 1973
Box 3, Folder 4
Committees : Outstanding Teacher Selection 1973-1976
Box 3, Folder 5
Committees : Planning and Semester Coordinating 1945-1978
Box 3, Folder 6
Committees : Publicity 1937-1942
Box 3, Folder 7
Committees : Reexamine the Fifth-Year Program in Engineering 1953
Box 3, Folder 8
Committees : Research Advisory 1952-1953
Box 3, Folder 9
Committees : Schedule 1943
Box 3, Folder 10
Committees : Scholarship and Standards 1949
Box 3, Folder 11
Committees : School of Engineering 1951-1981
Box 3, Folder 12
Committees : Space and Facilities 1975-1978
Box 3, Folder 13
Committees : Student Trips 1949
Box 3, Folder 14
Committees : Student Welfare 1938-1941
Box 3, Folder 15
Committees : Teacher Education 1938-1941
Box 3, Folder 16
Committees : Tenure 1978
Box 3, Folder 17
Conrad, Hans 1985
Box 3, Folder 18
Constitution and by-laws, School of Engineering 1938
Box 3, Folder 19
Contracts and Grants 1980-1981
Box 3, Folder 20
Cooperative plan for engineering education 1943
Box 3, Folder 21
Course and curriculum : Engineering, general 1937-1953
Box 3, Folder 22
Course and curriculum : Engineering, general 1937-1953
Box 3, Folder 23
Course and curriculum : University, general 1937-1983
Box 3, Folder 24
Course and curriculum : Architectural engineering 1937-1940
Box 3, Folder 25
Course and curriculum : Biological and agricultural engineering 1980
Box 3, Folder 26
Course and curriculum : Ceramic engineering 1949-1953
Box 4, Folder 1
Course and curriculum : Chemical engineering 1950, undated
Box 4, Folder 2
Course and curriculum : Civil engineering 1942-1983
Box 4, Folder 3
Course and curriculum : Electrical engineering 1947-1950
Box 4, Folder 4
Course and curriculum : Engineering mechanics 1937-1953
Box 4, Folder 5
Course and curriculum : Geological engineering 1937-1953
Box 4, Folder 6
Course and curriculum : Geological engineering, ECPD report undated
Box 4, Folder 7
Course and curriculum : Geology Dept. 1935-1962
Box 4, Folder 8
Course and curriculum : Industrial engineering 1938-1953
Box 4, Folder 9
Course and curriculum : Materials engineering, graduate 1970-1978
Box 4, Folder 10
Course and curriculum : Materials engineering, undergraduate 1970-1984
Box 5, Folder 1
Course and curriculum : Mathematics Dept. 1939-1955
Box 5, Folder 2
Course and curriculum : Mechanical engineering 1937-1953
Box 5, Folder 3
Course and curriculum : Metallurgical engineering 1956
Box 5, Folder 4
Course and curriculum : Minerals industry 1954-1955
Box 5, Folder 5
Course and curriculum : Nuclear engineering undated
Box 5, Folder 6
Course and curriculum : Physics Dept. 1949-1953
Box 5, Folder 7
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1937-1938
Box 5, Folder 8
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1939-1940
Box 5, Folder 9
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1941-1942
Box 5, Folder 10
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1943-1945
Box 5, Folder 11
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1946
Box 6, Folder 1
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1947-1948
Box 6, Folder 2
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1949-1950
Box 6, Folder 3
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1951-1952
Box 6, Folder 4
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1953
Box 6, Folder 5
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1954
Box 6, Folder 6
Dean's Office : general correspondence 1955
Box 6, Folder 7
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 1977-1978
Box 6, Folder 8
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 1977-1978
Box 6, Folder 8
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 1979
Box 7, Folder 1
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 1980
Box 7, Folder 2
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Ely, John F. 1981
Box 7, Folder 3
Dean's Office : Associate Dean: Zorowsku, Carl F. 1979-1981
Box 7, Folder 4
Employee agreement relating to inventions 1945
Box 7, Folder 5
Engineering 100, Engineering for Freshmen 1953-1954
Box 7, Folder 6
Engineering Experiment Station 1937-1946
Box 7, Folder 7
Engineer's Council for Professional Development 1934-1953
Box 7, Folder 8
Engineer's Council for Professional Development : course materials 1941-1948
Box 7, Folder 9
Equipment requests 1974-1984
Box 7, Folder 10
Explorers Post 382 1962-1965
Box 7, Folder 11
Extension Division 1938-1943
Box 7, Folder 12
Faculty Council 1943-1947
Box 8, Folder 1
Faculty, General 1952-1985
Box 8, Folder 2
Feldspor Floation Corp. 1948-1949
Box 8, Folder 3
Foreign travel 1983
Box 8, Folder 4
Foundry Education Foundation 1977-1978
Box 8, Folder 5
Foundry Education Foundation 1979
Box 8, Folder 6
Foundry Education Foundation 1980
Box 8, Folder 7
Foundry Education Foundation 1981-1984
Box 8, Folder 8
Fraternities 1924-1939
Box 8, Folder 9
Freshmen enrollment 1951-1953
Box 8, Folder 10
General correspondence, A 1938-1984
Box 8, Folder 11
General correspondence, B 1937-1985
Box 8, Folder 12
General correspondence, C 1933-1985
Box 9, Folder 1
General correspondence, D 1934-1985
Box 9, Folder 2
General correspondence, E 1937-1984
Box 9, Folder 3
General correspondence, F 1934-1984
Box 9, Folder 4
General correspondence, G 1935-1984
Box 9, Folder 5
General correspondence, H 1936-1985
Box 9, Folder 6
General correspondence, I 1937-1984
Box 9, Folder 7
General correspondence, J 1935-1984
Box 9, Folder 8
General correspondence, K 1942-1985
Box 9, Folder 9
General correspondence, L 1938-1985
Box 9, Folder 10
General correspondence, M 1934-1985
Box 10, Folder 1
General correspondence, N 1937-1985
Box 10, Folder 2
General correspondence, O 1937-1984
Box 10, Folder 3
General correspondence, P 1935-1984
Box 10, Folder 4
General correspondence, R 1934-1985
Box 10, Folder 5
General correspondence, S 1934-1985
Box 10, Folder 6
General correspondence, T 1934-1984
Box 10, Folder 7
General correspondence, U 1937-1946
Box 10, Folder 8
General correspondence, V 1933-1984
Box 10, Folder 9
General correspondence, W 1933-1984
Box 10, Folder 10
General correspondence, X - Y - Z 1947-1984
Box 10, Folder 11
General Electric Foundation 1975-1985
Box 11, Folder 1
Geological Society of America 1934-1946
Box 11, Folder 2
Geological Society of America : publications 1935-1946
Box 11, Folder 3
Geology Department : annual report 1947-1954
Box 11, Folder 4
Geology Department : budget 1940-1954
Box 11, Folder 5
Geology Department : equipment 1943-1954
Box 11, Folder 6
Geology Department : fellowship 1939
Box 11, Folder 7
Geology Department : general expenses 1953
Box 11, Folder 8
Geology Department : office space 1952
Box 11, Folder 9
Geology Department : purchase orders 1949-1950
Box 11, Folder 10
Geology Department : repairs 1952
Box 11, Folder 11
Geology Department : supplies 1950-1952
Box 11, Folder 12
Geology Department : transfer of program to School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics 1967
Box 11, Folder 13
Graduate school 1949-1971
Box 11, Folder 14
Graduates 1927-1953
Box 11, Folder 15
[Box 12 no longer exists. The contents have been moved to another collection, MC 00675]
High school visits 1950-1953
Half box 13, Folder 1
Honors program 1952-1980
Half box 13, Folder 2
Industrial employment 1946-1947
Half box 13, Folder 3
Industrial extension 1967-1977
Half box 13, Folder 4
Letterhead 1979
Half box 13, Folder 5
Library, D.H. Hill 1934-1950
Half box 13, Folder 6
Maintenance and operations 1934-1950
Half box 13, Folder 7
Materials Engineering Dept. 1969-1985
Half box 13, Folder 8
Metallurgical Mites 1943-1944
Box 14, Folder 1
Microscope, E. Leitz, Inc. 1933-1940
Box 14, Folder 2
Mineral Industries Dept. : meeting minutes 1954-1966
Box 14, Folder 3
Mineral Industries Dept. : name change 1954-1969
Box 14, Folder 4
Minerals Resources Research Institute 1977-1980
Box 14, Folder 5
Minorities in engineering 1980
Box 14, Folder 6
Miscellaneous 1947-1988
Box 14, Folder 7
NC Academy of Science 1935-1946
Box 14, Folder 8
News releases 1939-1951
Box 14, Folder 9
Nuclear Reactor, Statement of responsibilities, procedures, and regulations governing use of radioactivity on the campus 1953
Box 14, Folder 10
Page Hall : renovations 1944-1976
Box 14, Folder 11
Page Hall : renovations 1977-1980
Box 14, Folder 12
Ph.D. Program: Metallurgical Engineering 1973 (Accession 2019.0063)

These are materials likely collected by Hans Stadelmaier about the program in Metallurgical Engineering. Folder includes faculty bios, a brief history of the program, list of courses, and bibliography.

Box 27, Folder 1
Planning and Placement Center 1942-1980
Box 15, Folder 1
Quail Roost retreat 1982
Box 15, Folder 2
Registrar's Office 1937-1955
Box 15, Folder 3
Requests for examination of specimen materials 1947-1955
Box 15, Folder 4
Safety and health 1985
Box 15, Folder 5
Scholarships and financial aid 1948-1980
Box 15, Folder 6
Seminars 1967-1985
Box 15, Folder 7
Sigma Xi 1934-1980
Box 15, Folder 8
Society of the Promotion of Engineering Education 1937-1944
Box 15, Folder 9
Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1941-1943
Box 15, Folder 10
Society of Exploration Geophysicists 1941-1943
Box 15, Folder 11
Southern Association for the Advancement of Science 1945
Box 15, Folder 12
Space, Equipment and Facility needs 1941-1945
Box 15, Folder 13
Spencer Lens Company 1937-1945
Box 15, Folder 14
Television, College Programs 1954
Box 15, Folder 15
Tennessee Mineral Products 1937-1941
Box 15, Folder 16
Tips to Freshmen 1951-1952
Box 15, Folder 17
United States Geological Survey 1939-11946
Box 15, Folder 18
University of North Carolina, Consolidated University 1933-1941
Box 15, Folder 19
University of North Carolina, Consolidated University : Administrative Council 1939-1941
Box 15, Folder 20
Vaughn, L.L. Director of Instruction 1947-1949
Box 15, Folder 21
Vocational Guidance Bureau 1939
Box 15, Folder 22
Ward's Natural Science Establishment 1936-1943
Box 15, Folder 23
World's Fair Exhibition 1940-1941
Box 15, Folder 24
Unprocessed Materials 1975-2011 (Series 99)
Size: 13.25 linear feet

7 archival storage boxes, 9 cartons, 1 half box

Approved grant and other sponsored program proposals 1988-1994
Carton 16
Approved grant and other sponsored program proposals 1990-1996
Carton 17
Cartons 18-21 no longer exist.
Graduate student project files 2001-2005 (Accession no. 8717)
Box 22
MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 1/4 1997-2002 (Accession no. 8729)
Box 23
MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 2/4 1997-2002
Box 24
MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 3/4 1997-2002
Box 25
MSE Contracts and Grants (closed) and Archived Accounts files, box 4/4 1997-2002
Box 26
Cartons 27-101 no longer exist.
MSE Messenger Newsletter 2006
Half box 102
Analytical Instrumentation Facility [notebook] 1990?
Half box 102
Grant Files: MURI, DARFA BAA 1998-2005
Box 103
Grant Files: computer disks [3.5 inch disks] 1994-1996
Box 104
College of Engineering Off-Campus Executive Committee Meeting 1998, 1999 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 105
Compact Plan 2000 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 105
Klein Report 1997 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 105
Annual reports 1981-1996 (Accession 2014.0216)

Some years missing.

Carton 105
Annual reports 1976-1987 (Accession 2014.0206)

Some years missing.

Carton 106
Annual reports 1981-1997 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 107
Annual reports 1975-1998 (Accession 2014.0216)

Some years missing.

Carton 108
Departmental Seminar Notices 1993-1994
Box 104
Departmental Seminar Notices 1997-1998
Box 104
Departmental Seminar Notices 1998-1999
Box 104
Endowment reports 2008 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
Departmental Seminar Notices 1999-2000
Box 104
Lattice Endowment 2002 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
College of Engineering Off-Campus Executive Committee Meeting 2000, 2001 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
College of Engineering Retreats 2003, 2004 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
Strategic Advance 2008 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
Engineering Building I, R&D Magazine Laboratory of the Year 2006 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
Resume booklets 1995-2002 (Accession 2014.0216)
Carton 106
High Intensity Electro-Magnetic and Ultrasonic Effects on Inorganic Materials Behavior and Processing workshop (1 of 2) 1989 Jul. 17-18 (Accession 2014.0216)
Half box 102
High Intensity Electro-Magnetic and Ultrasonic Effects on Inorganic Materials Behavior and Processing workshop (2 of 2) 1989 Jul. 17-18 (Accession 2014.0216)
Half box 102
Departmental Seminar Notices 1995-1996
Box 104
Distinguished Engineering Alumnus 2003 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Annual reports 1990-1992 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Articles 2013-2014 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Departmental PR and History 1999 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Curricula changes, syllabi 2007-2011 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Newsletter 2006 Spring (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Correspondence - departmend head appointment 1998 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Advisory Committee 2000-2001 (2015.0104)
Carton 109
Academic Advisory Committee 2000-2004 (2015.0104)
Carton 110
Articles 1999, undated (2015.0104)
Carton 110
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professors 2008 (2015.0104)
Carton 110
Administrative Review 2004 (2015.0104)
Carton 110
Photographs 1978, 1994 (Accession 2015.0104)
Carton 109
Advisory Council 2004 (2015.0104)
Carton 110
Web Content March 2000-2023
Size: 1 website

This series is comprised of web sites of North Carolina State University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, captured by the NC State University Libraries since July 2016 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service, with prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to March 2000, which may be less complete and was performed at undetermined intervals.

Materials Science and Engineering website (http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/) March 2000-2023
Size: 1 website

This is the official website of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since July 2016. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to March 2000.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Records, UA 105.014, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

North Carolina State University owns copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.