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For more than 150 years, CEE faculty have led the way in research, teaching and real-world works.</p> <p>Read more about some of the most notable faculty figures from CEE's past.</p> <p><a class="button" href="/about/history/old-masters">Meet our old masters</a></p> </div> <div class="col-md column2 " > <p><img src="/_sitemanager/viewphoto.aspx?id=33033&s=500" alt="Researchers gather for a conference in Talbot Lab, 1939" class="image" data-fancy-caption="" width="500" loading="lazy" /></p> </div> <div class="col-12"></div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 white-box " id="tile6470" data-tileid="6470" > <div class="wrapper py-5"> <div class="lower maxwidth1140 " id="lower6470"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"><h2>CEE: History and Heritage</h2> <p>In 2003, CEE Professor Emeritus John D. 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In the 2017-2018 academic year, more than one-third of the incoming freshman class was comprised of young women. 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