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Carnegie Tech's third President Robert Doherty publishes "The Development of Professional Education," laying the groundwork for integrated education. An electrical engineer with a business background, Doherty's vision empowered students to think critically and solve problems holistically, requiring one fourth of their coursework to be in the humanities and social sciences.
In his quest to increase interdisciplinary education, Doherty's work also led to funding CMU's business school in 1949. -
CMU professor and future Nobel Laureate, Herbert Simon publishes his theories on cognitive psychology and the science of design. In the book, he proposes a framework for the curriculum of engineering design, an emerging field to formalize the engineers' process for identifying and solving problems. -
Design Research Center is founded, with the aim to research a formal process to engineering design. In 1986, the Center evolved into the Engineering Design Research Center, with funding from the National Science Foundation. -
The Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing of New Products capstone (now known as "Integrated Product Development") is launched as part of CMU's Engineering Design Research Center. The capstone is arguably the first course in the world to be taught by an integrated team of faculty members across engineering, business, and design. -
For the first time, the IPD capstone is sponsored by Ford, who later was awarded five patents related to the product designs for its F-150® and the Escape SUV®. This sponsorship laid the groundwork for the capstone's unique approach in connecting students with corporate leaders in order to solve real-world problems in industry. -
Faculty of the IPD capstone Jonathan Cagan and Craig M. Vogel publish the first edition of "Creating Breakthrough Products," presenting a formal innovation methodology. The book was one of the first publications to formally teach a process of integrating teams and disciplines to create valuable and impactful products and services. -
CMU establishes a campus at NASA's Research Ames Base in Mountain View, CA to play a more active role in one of the world's most exciting tech ecosystems. The campus focuses on a "learn-by-doing" education philosophy and adopts a story-centered curriculum. -
The IPD capstone is awarded The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)'s Curriculum Innovation Award, recognizing CMU's position as a pioneer of cross-disciplinary coursework. -
Known today as the Master of Science in Software Management, the Master of Science in Information Technology-Management of Software Systems Development (MSIT-MSSD) program launches at CMU's campus in Mountain View, CA. The program is tailored to software professionals looking to expand their management skills in the tech industry. -
CMU launches a new master's degree, to build upon the cross-disciplinary foundations of the IPD capstone. -
MIIPS students partner with Navistar in redesigning their long-haul truck. Their work contributed to a final design, which subsequently won International Truck of the Year, 2003. -
CMU offers an Entrepreneurship concentration for the MSSM degree, allowing students to apply their work in the classroom to original software, product, and business ideas. The same year, a MSSM student launches Yunteq, which is acquired by Coraid. -
MSSM welcomes its first cohort of full-time students. The program allows aspiring software innovators the option to complete an internship as part of their practical experience. -
The Institute is founded, becoming a hub for CMU's growing cross-disciplinary education. III's co-founders represent three of the university's leading schools: Peter Boatwright (Tepper School of Business); Jonathan Cagan (College of Engineering), and Eric Anderson (School of Design). -
The institute creates coursework and applied researching opportunities to explore the growing potential for connected products and experiences. -
MIIPS launches a 16-month Advanced Study program. The format extends the experience with an internship and additional semester, allowing students to expand their expertise on emerging topics and complete a master's essay. -
Institute faculty play a critical role in developing VentureBridge, a startup mentorship program supplying CMU student entrepreneurs with support to bring their high-tech business ideas to fruition in the Bay Area. -
III establishes the CMU-Emirates Silicon Valley Innovation Lab to serve as an incubator of ideas and as a hotbed of technology and innovation. This is jointly undertaken with CMU’s student community at Carnegie Mellon University’s Silicon Valley campus and overseen by lab director Stuart Evans, Distinguished Service Professor. -
The MSTV program is the first bi-coastal degree for the Institute, maximizing on the resources and world-class academics of each of its locations in Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley. -
Four online certificates and a comprehensive MIIPS online degree bring innovation to an even wider audience as the Institute moves into virtual education through CMU's first online degree program. -
The Engineering Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (EDIE) additional undergraduate major will provide students the know-how to pioneer products around technology and deliver product solutions to the people who need them. -
With more than 1,000 alumni worldwide, the community of integrated innovators continues to expand. Students emerge from our programs with hard and soft skills that empower them to solve real-world problems holistically and regardless of industry, technology, or discipline.