In 1882 this Mass. univ. established the 1st curriculum for electrical engineering within its physics department
... of Physics and Civil Engineering in 1859, when he was granted his 
master's .... Massachusetts and in 1864 became clerk of the Quartermaster's 
Department... [DOC] [TLE] The University of Michigan, an encyclopedic survey ... Wilfred B ... [PAR] The first degrees in civil engineering were granted by Rensselaer in 1835.