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History of the ECE Department: 1970-1979

 

1970
	February 2 - College of Engineering holds Engineering Complex Dedication of nine new buildings including Larsen and Benton Halls.
	Eight-transistor chip, smaller than the date on a Lincoln penny, was designed and constructed in microelectronics facilities.
1971
	Peter Zory was the first to demonstrate distributed feedback (DFB) laser oscilliation in a corrugated waveguide.
1973
	EE Chairman, Wayne Chen, becomes dean of the College of Engineering
	Dr. Eugene R. Chenette is Acting Department Chair
	Research funding approaching $5 million.
	Equipment was acquired for research in microelectronics, noise, power, magnetics, biomedical engineering, and computer science.
1975
	Dr. Eugene R. Chenette becomes Department Chair
1977
	Dr. Eugene R. Chenette becomes Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering
	Dr. Donald G. Childers becomes Acting Department Chairman
1978
	Dr. Robert L. Sullivan becomes Department Chair
1979
	Dr. Blake E. Cherrington becomes Department Chair