The Department of Aeronautical Engineering was established in 1916 and the first degree awarded in 1917. Professor Felix W. Pawlowski, was hired by Dean Cooley as instructor of Mechanical Engineering in 1914 and began lecturing on aeronautics. The separate degree program established in 1916 was the first in the United States.
Felix W. Pawlowski
1916-1939
Edward A. Stalker
1939-1942
Arnold M. Kuethe
1942-1945 (Acting)
Emerson W. Conlon
1945-1953
Wilbur Nelson
1953-1968
Robert Howe
1968-1983
Harm Buning
1975 (Acting)
Thomas C. Adamson, Jr
1983-1991
Harris McClamroch
1992-1995
Martin Sichel
1996 (Interim)
David C. Hyland
1997-2003
James F. Driscoll
2003-2005 (Interim)
Wei Shyy
2005-2010
Kenneth G. Powell
2010 (Interim)
Dan Inman
2011-
