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Our 141-year history, which began with an act of congress authorizing a Navy officer to teach “steam engineering and iron shipbuilding” has grown into a worldwide leader in education and research.
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We train naval architects and marine engineers who lead. Michigan NAME sets the global standard for design and research in every endeavor that touches water.
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Proud History
When he arrived in 1879 to teach shipbuilding, Mortimer E. Cooley, an 1878 Naval Academy graduate, was one of just four professors of engineering at U-M.
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