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IT and the Electron Microprobe Lab
	The Department of Geology and Geophysics is part of the Institute of Technology (IT), which is constituted of the engineering, physical science, and mathematics resources at the University of Minnesota. The Electron Microprobe Laboratory, though housed in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, serves all of IT and the entire University. Our lab has done analyses for a wide variety of IT departments and organizations: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, the Limnological Research Center, the Institute for Rock Magnetism, the Corrosion Research Center, Physics, Chemistry, and more. We are happy to be one of the labs showcased on IT tours for prospective students and visiting researchers, lecturers, and faculty. Furthermore, we are proud to be part of the Institute of Technology and to serve and collaborate with such excellent colleagues and organizations.

About the Institute of Technology
	The Institute of Technology (IT) -- created in 1935 by bringing together the University's programs in engineering, mining, architecture, and chemistry -- has become one of the premier colleges of its kind in the nation. Today, IT comprises 12 departments and 24 research centers that encompass engineering, the physical sciences, and mathematics: Institute of Technology Departments: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Astronomy Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Geology and Geophysics Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Physics IT Research Centers include: Army High Performance Computing Research Center BioTechnology Institute Center for Transportation Studies Characterization Facility Charles Babbage Institute of Computer History Digital Technology Center Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering Institute for Mathematics and its Applications Nanofabrication Center NSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center NSF Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing System NSF National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics Supercomputing Institute From the University's earliest years, IT departments and programs have played a prominent role in its transformation from preparatory school to one of the country's leading public universities. As science and technology reconfigure our world, IT is working to ensure Minnesota will be in the vanguard of emerging technologies and groundbreaking scientific research. Our educational mission undergirds everything we do. IT's motto -- "Inventing Tomorrow" -- is embodied in our faculty and students.

IT Vision and Mission
	The Institute of Technology (IT) will advance its position as: a preeminent research-oriented college of engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science, and a national resource for doctoral level graduates in these fields a preeminent source for baccalaureate graduates who are prepared to contribute to industry and who are prepared for graduate or professional study a leader in postgraduate education for professional engineers, who will be served by programs that meet their ongoing, multidisciplinary needs for technical and scientific knowledge IT's mission is to provide programs of instruction, research, and service/outreach that are appropriate to a research university and that are responsive to the needs of the state, the nation, and the world. The mission of IT's instructional programs is: to provide a rigorous and stimulating education for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, engineering, physical sciences, and mathematics to provide programs of instruction in engineering that meet nationally accepted standards for professional practice to establish a challenging basic education in computer science, mathematics, and physical sciences for University students majoring in other disciplines The mission of IT's basic and applied research programs is: to sustain its educational programs, enrich modern culture, and improve professional practice to create knowledge and expertise that are essential to our increasingly technological society and to maintain our desired quality of life The mission of IT's service and outreach programs is: to make appropriate contributions in the application of new knowledge to society's problems to provide expertise to the state's industries to enhance K-12 education in science, mathematics, and technology to develop collaborative programs with other educational institutions within the state

IT Historical Milestones
	Education and research in science, mathematics, and technology have been an integral part of the University of Minnesota for nearly 150 years. Although IT was founded in 1935, its roots extend to the University's infancy. 1851 U of M founded as a preparatory school 1858 Minnesota becomes 32nd U.S. state 1862 U.S. Congress passes the Morrill Act, which establishes the federal land-grant university system 1869 U of M reorganized as a land-grant university, with math professor and Civil War army engineer William Watts Folwell as its first president 1870 Math department established in the School of Science, Literature, and the Arts 1872 Minnesota Geological Survey established 1874 Geology and geophysics department established 1884 College of Engineering organized 1888 School of Mines established 1889 Physics department established; Pillsbury Hall completed 1891 Electrical engineering department established 1892 Astronomy department established 1893 Chemistry department established 1894 Math department established in the College of Engineering 1898 Mechanical engineering department established 1909 Biosystems and agricultural engineering department established 1910 Civil engineering department established 1911 Experimental Engineering Building completed 1912 Main Engineering Building completed (renamed Lind Hall in 1975) 1913 Agricultural Engineering Building completed 1914 Chemistry Building completed (renamed Smith Hall in 1971) First Engineering Day celebrated on St. Patrick's Day; this annual celebration (which eventually became Engineering Week in the 1950s and then IT Week in the 1980s) has been held continuously for nearly 80 years 1918 Minnesota Technolog, IT's student magazine, debuts 1919 Chemical engineering department established 1924 Old Electrical Engineering Building and Main Library completed (library was renamed Walter Library in 1959) 1927 Former faculty member Arthur Compton wins the Nobel Prize in physics 1928 Physics Building completed (renamed Tate Laboratory of Physics in 1965) 1929 Aerospace engineering and mechanics established 1935 Institute of Technology created by consolidating engineering, architecture, mines, and chemistry in one collegiate unit Samuel Lind named the new college's first dean 1938 Vincent Hall and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory completed 1939 Alumnus Ernest Lawrence (Physics '23) wins the Nobel Prize for developing the cyclotron 1940 Professor Alfred O. C. Nier (Electrical Engineering '31) establishes that uranium 235 is responsible for slow fission in uranium 1946 Professor E.W. Davis develops the first of many processes for converting taconite rock into commercial iron ore 1948 Mechanical Engineering Buildin and Akerman Hall completed 1949 Chemical Engineering Building completed (renamed Amundson Hall in 1970) 1956 Alumnus Walter Brattain (Physics '27), former faculty member John Bardeen, and William Shockley win the Nobel Prize for inventing the transistor 1957 Mines and Metallurgy Building completed (annexed to Amundson Hall in 1970) 1958 Earl Bakken (Electrical Engineering '48) designs the first battery-operated heart pacemaker 1961 Melvin Calvin (Chemistry '35) wins the Nobel Prize for his work in photosynthesis using Carbon 14 1962 President O. Meredith Wilson launches a major University reorganization: College of Science, Literature, and the Arts becomes the College of Liberal Arts; Geology and astronomy departments transferred from SLA to IT; School of Physics and Astronomy established 1963 Wilson's reorganization continues: mathematics departments from CLA and IT merge, becoming the School of Mathematics in IT 1970 School of Mines and Metallurgy abolished; its programs are transferred to the newly reconfigured departments of chemical engineering and materials science and civil engineering; Computer science and engineering department established 1971 Kolthoff Hall> completed; UNITE Instructional Television debuts 1972 Seymour Cray (Electrical Engineering '49) founds Cray Research and leads development of supercomputers; Former faculty member John Bardeen wins his second Nobel prize in physics, for the development of the theory of superconductivity 1975 Astronaut Donald K. Deke Slayton (Aero '49) commands Apollo-Soyuz space mission 1977 Former faculty member John Van Vleck and two others win the Nobel Prize in physics for contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electrons in magnetic, noncrystalline solid materials. 1983 Civil Engineering Building completed, extending seven stories below ground 1987 Center for the Development of Technological Leadership established 1988 Electrical Engineering/Computer Science Building completed on the site of the old Experimental Engineering Building; Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences dedicated in honor of Winchell, the founder of the Minnesota Geological Survey 1989 School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture separates from IT, becoming the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 1997 Basic Sciences/Biomedical Engineering completed; IT Center for Educational Programs established to develop and administer enrichment programs for K-12 students, including the U of M Talented Youth Mathematics Program, established in 1981 1998 Digital Technology Center established; UNITE begins offering courses via streaming video over the Internet 2000 Biomedical engineering department established; George T. Piercy Molecular Materials Wing of Amundson Hall completed 2001 Alumnus Daniel McFadden (Physics '57, Behavioral Sciences Ph.D. '62) and University of Chicago economist James Heckman earned the Nobel Prize in economics for their contributions to microeconometrics; Renovation and expansion of Mechanical Engineering Building completed 2002 Walter Library reopens after a two-year renovation and restoration; IT becomes a five percent partner in the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), which will be the most powerful on Earth

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