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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Entity titleDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringEntity identifier128Entity typeAgencyDate range2008 - DescriptionThe department was one of five created within the faculty of Engineering in 1963, when its first professors were appointed. The foundation head of the department was Professor R. G. Barden. In 1967 Mechanical Engineering absorbed the former department of Applied Mechanics. Department name changed to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2008. Departmental Chairmen: Ronald George Barden 1963-74 John Douglas Cornell Crisp 1975-76, 1978-81 William Henry Melbourne 1977, 1982-94, 1997-98 Rhys Jones 1995, 1999-2000 John William Howard Price 1996 John Sheridan 2001-2006 Ian Marshall 2007 Mark Thompson 2008-2011 Chris Davies 2012-

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