| 1884 |
Drawing and applied mechanics offered for the first time. |
| 1891 |
Machine shop added to shop building at southwest corner. |
| 1897 |
Four-year professional course organized in the shops. |
| 1899 |
Electrical Engineering curriculum added. |
| 1902 |
Denison Hall built for chemistry, physics and electrical engineering. |
| 1907 |
Civil engineering curriculum established. |
| 1908 |
South wing of mechanics hall added. |
| 1908 |
Position of Dean of Mechanics Arts created; E.B. McCormick named first dean. |
| 1910 |
Engineering Experiment Station established. |
| 1911 |
East wing of mechanical engineering hall (Seaton) completed. |
| 1912 |
College organized into divisions including Division of Engineering. |
| 1915 |
Farm machinery courses transferred from Agronomy to Engineering to form beginnings of an agricultural engineering department. |
| 1920 |
Engineer's Day held, forerunner of Open House. |
| 1921 |
Central and west wing of mechanics arts building (Seaton Hall) completed |
| 1921 |
"K" constructed on Prospect Hill. |
| 1923 |
Dairy department building reassigned and renamed Chemical Engineering Hall. |
| 1924 |
Chemical engineering curricula added. |
| 1930 |
"S" added to Prospect Hill. |
| 1937 |
Industrial arts program established. |
| 1953 |
Extension of west wing of engineering building. |
| 1954 |
Shop practice converted to industrial engineering and industrial arts. |
| 1955 |
Engineering building named "Seaton Hall' by President McCain. |
| 1958 |
Nuclear engineering established. |
| 1960 |
Industrial engineering and industrial arts shortened to "industrial engineering." |
| 1962 |
K-State's TRIGA Mark II reactor first achieved criticality Nov. 16 at 8:27 p.m. |
| 1963 |
Institute for Environmental Research completed; Ralph Nevins named first director. |
| 1963 |
College of Architecture and Design is formed. Architectural engineering and construction join the new college. |
| 1972 |
Ward Hall dedicated. |
| 1974 |
Architectural engineering and construction science rejoin the college of engineering. |
| 1974 |
College names first Company of the Year. |
| 1975 |
Engineering technology added. |
| 1983 |
Durland Hall, Phase I completed. |
| 1985 |
Electrical engineering name changed to electrical and computer engineering. |
| 1989 |
College inducts inaugural Hall of Fame class. |
| 1991 |
Engineering technology programs merged with the Kansas College of Technology in Salina, creating the K-State at Salina College of Technology and Aviation. |
| 1993 |
Computing and information sciences join the college. |
| 1994 |
Manufacturing engineering started and named changed to industrial and manufacturing systems engineering. |
| 1994 |
Agricultural engineering named changed to biological and agricultural engineering. |
| 1997 |
Durland Hall, Phase II renamed Rathbone Hall. |
| 1997 |
Undergraduate programs of mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering merged to become the department of mechanical engineering with a nuclear engineering option. |
| 2000 |
Fiedler Hall completed, a 75,000-square-foot addition to the Engineering Complex. |
| 2000 |
Professional Progress Award established. |
| 2006 |
Scholars Assisting Scholars tutoring program launched (funding received in 2005). |
| 2011 |
University Engineering Initiative Act, or UEIA, was passed by the Kansas Legislature and signed into law. |
| 2016 |
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the official opening of Engineering Hall (Durland Phase IV). |
| 2018 |
Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering added. |
| 2018 |
Ike, EE ’65, and Letty Evans name the Ike and Letty Evans Academic Success Center. |
| 2018 |
Tim, CHE ’75, and Sharon Taylor name the Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering; and Jim, CNS ’84, and Laura Johnson establish the GE Johnson Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science in honor of Jim’s father, Gil, CE ’55. |
| 2018 |
Carl, IE ’79, and Mary Ice name the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering – the first named academic college at K-State. |
| 2019 |
Alan, ME ’69, and Jan Levin name the Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering. |
| 2019 |
Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering added. |
| 2020 |
Carl and Melinda Helwig invest in naming the biological and agricultural engineering department. |
| 2022 |
Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity added. |
| 2025 |
Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering added back. |