| Year | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Department established; First EE degree conferred | |
| 1910 |  | John R. Benton appointed the First Dean of the College |
| 1911 |  | First New Engineering Building completed, later named Benton Hall, on the site of the current Grinter Hall |
| 1914 | The Transit Club and the Kelvin Engineering Club consolidate to form the Benton Engineering Society | |
| 1928 | Graduate programs added to the college of engineering | |
| 1919 | Steady growth spurs the expansion of Benton Hall—South wing completed, including: woodshop, a forge, and a foundry. | |
| 1925 |  | John Vincent Atanasoff received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, graduating with straight As. He would later invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer (ABC), the first automatic electronic digital computer. |
| 1927 |  | New Engineering Building completed, now Walker Hall (mathematics) |
| 1932 |  | Colonel Blake R. Van Leer becomes Dean |
| ?? – 1937 | Joseph Weil, Department Chair | |
| 1937 |  | Joseph Weil becomes Dean (1937-1963) |
| 1942 | Dr. Palmer H. Craig, Acting Chair (4 faculty members in the department) | |
| 1945 | Dr. Palmer H. Craig, Department Chair | |
| 1946 | Dr. Fred H. Pumphrey, Department Chair | |
| 1951 |  | Weil Hall completed |
| 1952 | Merwin J. Larsen, Department Chair | |
| 1965 |  | Dr. Wayne Chen, Department Chair (becomes Dean, 1973) |
| 1967 | Benton, Larsen, and Black Halls officially dedicated | |
| 1973 | Dr. Eugene R. Chenette, Acting Chair | |
| 1975 | Dr. Eugene R. Chenette, Department Chair (becomes Assistant Dean, 1977 | |
| 1977 |  | Dr. Donald G. Childers, Acting Chair |
| 1978 | Dr. Robert L. Sullivan, Department Chair | |
| 1979 | Dr. Blake E. Cherrington, Department Chair | |
| 1982-83 |  | 1982–83 Department Directory |
| 1988 | Dr. Robert L. Sullivan, Department Chair | |
| 1990 |  | Dr. Martin Uman, Department Chair |
| 1997 |  | NEB completed |
| 2003 |  | Dr. Mark Law, Department Chair (Associate Dean, 2009) |
| 2009 |  | Dr. John Harris, Interim Chair |
| 2011 | Dr. John Harris, Department Chair | |
| 2022 |  | Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, Department Chair |
Adapted from “A Trip Through Time” by Angela Ventura Medyk, “History—College of Engineering” from The Florida Engineer, and “College of Engineering Timeline”.