Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science
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The College of Engineering and Science (COES) is the engineering school at Louisiana Tech University
. The roots of the current COES date back to the founding of Louisiana Tech in 1894 when the Department of Mechanics was created. Today, the college includes seven engineering programs, four science programs, and two engineering technology programs. The COES engineering programs are currently located in Bogard Hall, Nethken Hall, the Biomedical Engineering Building, and the Institute for Micromanufacturing on the Louisiana Tech campus. New educational facilities in Louisiana Tech's Enterprise Campus including University Hall, the new proposed COES Building, and Tech Pointe will be used by the COES in the near future.
In 1972, Louisiana Tech established the Biomedical Engineering Program within the College of Engineering. The program was the seventh undergraduate biomedical engineering program in the United States to be accredited by ABET
and the first program to award in Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Its first program chair was Dr. Daniel Reneau, the current President of Louisiana Tech University. As program chair, Dr. Reneau founded the Alpha Eta Mu Beta
(AEMB) honor society for biomedical engineering students and established the first chapter of the society at Louisiana Tech.
The Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM) was first established in 1991 as the first institute of its kind in the United States. The IfM's mission (in part) is to research and develop microsystems and nanosystems technology, generate commercially viable intellectual technology, and develop curricula and edcuate students in the fields of micro/nano scale technolgoies and systems. While the original focus of the institute was on micromanufacturing, the mission was expanded in 2003 to include centers of excellence in nanotechnology, biotechnology, biomedical nanotechnology, environmental technology, and information technology. The IfM has three facilities for its research and development activities: the IfM building on the south part of the Louisiana Tech campus, the Technology Transfer Center at the Shreve Park Industrial Campus in Shreveport, and the X-ray Beamlines/Processing facility at CAMD in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana Tech established the first Nanosystems Engineering program in the United States in 2005 after approval was granted by the Louisiana Board of Regents. In May 2007, Josh Brown became the first person in the world to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Nanosystems Engineering when he graduated with a double major in nanosystems engineering and electrical engineering. On August 25, 2011, the program became the nation's first undergraduate degree program in the field of nanoengineering to receive ABET accreditation. As of 2011, the Nanosystems Engineering Program has produced 21 graduates with another 70 students enrolled in the program.
In November 2010, Louisiana Tech and Bossier Parish Community College
(BPCC) signed an agreement to establish an Associate of Science in Engineering program at BPCC. The program is designed for BPCC students that wish to continue their studies and transfer to Louisiana Tech to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. Under the deal, BPCC students can transfer 60 credit hours from BPCC courses toward one of seven Louisiana Tech engineering disciplines.
The Louisiana Tech COES is in the process of creating a new undergraduate degree program, the B.S. in Cyber Engineering. In August 2011, the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved Louisiana Tech's proposal to create the B.S. program in Cyber Engineering.
Bogard Hall is the second and current home of the College of Engineering and Science. Louisiana Tech constructed the building in 1940 and named it after Frank Bogard, the Dean of Engineering at Louisiana Tech from 1910 to 1918 and from 1923 to 1937. Bogard Hall was built to meet the expanding engineering program at Tech.
Nethken Hall is the home of Louisiana Tech's electrical engineering and computer science programs. The building is located on Arizona Avenue a few hundred feet from Bogard Hall. When construction was completed in 1967, the building was simply named the Electrical Engineering Building. In 1970, it was renamed in honor of Harley J. Nethken, a former Tech professor, electrical engineering department head, and Acting Dean of the School of Engineering at Tech from 1942 to 1946.
In early 2011, Louisiana Tech announced plans to construct a new Integrated Engineering and Science Building adjacent to Bogard Hall. The 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) building will provide new classrooms, shops, and meeting rooms for engineering, science, and math students at Louisiana Tech. When the new engineering building is complete, the university will begin renovations of Bogard Hall.
The first celebration by Louisiana Tech to honor the university's engineering students was held in 1924 with a banquet. The first official Engineers' Day was held in 1934 as a way to introduce prospective students. Through the years, the events grew into a week-long celebration called Engineers' Week. After a brief hiatus in the 1990s, Engineers' Week was brought back in 1998 with large support from the student body.
The Engineers' Week activities became Engineering and Science Week in order to include students majoring in science degrees after the College of Engineering and the School of Science merged. In recent years, the Louisiana Tech Engineering & Science Association has expanded Engineering and Science Week to include new events like E&S Day, the Spring Release, the E&S Ball, and the E&S Major Competition.
The publication started in September 1939 as The Engineer. The Engineer was published from 1939 until budget cuts led to the magazine's folding in 1991. After a 12-year hiatus, The Engineer resumed biannual publication in 2003. The magazine was renamed The E&S Magazine in 2005 to incorporate the science students within the COES.
In the first few years of Gumbo Fest, former COES Dean Dr. Les Guice would cook a batch of gumbo with his special recipe. When the event became too big, a caterer was brought in to prepare the food for the annual Gumbo Fest.
(ASCE) competes in the Deep South Regional Conference's Concrete Canoe Competition
every year. Known as "the America's Cup of Civil Engineering", the Concrete Canoe Competition requires the students to apply lessons and information learned in the classroom toward designing and constructing a water-worthy concrete canoe while developing time management, leadership, and dedication skills.
The Louisiana Tech ASCE chapter won the Deep South Regional Conference competition four times in the school's history and three times in the last four years (1998, 2008, 2010, and 2011). In 2011, Louisiana Tech defeated LSU
, UNO
, Mississippi State
, Ole Miss
, and the University of Memphis
to win the Deep South Regional Conference title and advance to the National Concrete Canoe Comeptition in June.
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
. The roots of the current COES date back to the founding of Louisiana Tech in 1894 when the Department of Mechanics was created. Today, the college includes seven engineering programs, four science programs, and two engineering technology programs. The COES engineering programs are currently located in Bogard Hall, Nethken Hall, the Biomedical Engineering Building, and the Institute for Micromanufacturing on the Louisiana Tech campus. New educational facilities in Louisiana Tech's Enterprise Campus including University Hall, the new proposed COES Building, and Tech Pointe will be used by the COES in the near future.
Program History
The COES started in 1894 as the Department of Mechanics. As the engineering program at Louisiana Tech grew over time, the Department of Mechanics expanded and evolved into the Mechanical Arts Department, the School of Engineering, and the College of Engineering. The college in its current configuration was formed when the College of Engineering and the School of Science merged on May 15, 1996. The merger combined the engineering programs of the College of Engineering with the chemistry, mathematics & statistics, and physics programs of the School of Science.In 1972, Louisiana Tech established the Biomedical Engineering Program within the College of Engineering. The program was the seventh undergraduate biomedical engineering program in the United States to be accredited by ABET
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABET, Inc., formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, is a non-profit organization that accredits post-secondary education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology...
and the first program to award in Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Its first program chair was Dr. Daniel Reneau, the current President of Louisiana Tech University. As program chair, Dr. Reneau founded the Alpha Eta Mu Beta
Alpha Eta Mu Beta
Alpha Eta Mu Beta is a biomedical engineering honor society founded by Dr. Daniel Reneau of Louisiana Tech University, United States, in 1979. The first chapter of AEMB was founded at Louisiana Tech University...
(AEMB) honor society for biomedical engineering students and established the first chapter of the society at Louisiana Tech.
The Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM) was first established in 1991 as the first institute of its kind in the United States. The IfM's mission (in part) is to research and develop microsystems and nanosystems technology, generate commercially viable intellectual technology, and develop curricula and edcuate students in the fields of micro/nano scale technolgoies and systems. While the original focus of the institute was on micromanufacturing, the mission was expanded in 2003 to include centers of excellence in nanotechnology, biotechnology, biomedical nanotechnology, environmental technology, and information technology. The IfM has three facilities for its research and development activities: the IfM building on the south part of the Louisiana Tech campus, the Technology Transfer Center at the Shreve Park Industrial Campus in Shreveport, and the X-ray Beamlines/Processing facility at CAMD in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana Tech established the first Nanosystems Engineering program in the United States in 2005 after approval was granted by the Louisiana Board of Regents. In May 2007, Josh Brown became the first person in the world to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Nanosystems Engineering when he graduated with a double major in nanosystems engineering and electrical engineering. On August 25, 2011, the program became the nation's first undergraduate degree program in the field of nanoengineering to receive ABET accreditation. As of 2011, the Nanosystems Engineering Program has produced 21 graduates with another 70 students enrolled in the program.
In November 2010, Louisiana Tech and Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier Parish Community College is a two-year institution of higher education established in 1967 by the Louisiana State Legislature, initially as a pilot program to test the feasibility of commuter two-year colleges...
(BPCC) signed an agreement to establish an Associate of Science in Engineering program at BPCC. The program is designed for BPCC students that wish to continue their studies and transfer to Louisiana Tech to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering. Under the deal, BPCC students can transfer 60 credit hours from BPCC courses toward one of seven Louisiana Tech engineering disciplines.
The Louisiana Tech COES is in the process of creating a new undergraduate degree program, the B.S. in Cyber Engineering. In August 2011, the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved Louisiana Tech's proposal to create the B.S. program in Cyber Engineering.
Building History
The College of Engineering and Science and its predecessors have had two main homes on the Tech campus since 1904. The first building for Tech’s engineering program was built in 1904 and named the Mechanic Arts Building. This building housed the Mechanic Arts Department (which over time expanded into the School of Engineering) from 1904 until 1940. The Mechanic Arts Building was demolished shortly after the erection of Bogard Hall on the east side of the campus.Bogard Hall is the second and current home of the College of Engineering and Science. Louisiana Tech constructed the building in 1940 and named it after Frank Bogard, the Dean of Engineering at Louisiana Tech from 1910 to 1918 and from 1923 to 1937. Bogard Hall was built to meet the expanding engineering program at Tech.
Nethken Hall is the home of Louisiana Tech's electrical engineering and computer science programs. The building is located on Arizona Avenue a few hundred feet from Bogard Hall. When construction was completed in 1967, the building was simply named the Electrical Engineering Building. In 1970, it was renamed in honor of Harley J. Nethken, a former Tech professor, electrical engineering department head, and Acting Dean of the School of Engineering at Tech from 1942 to 1946.
In early 2011, Louisiana Tech announced plans to construct a new Integrated Engineering and Science Building adjacent to Bogard Hall. The 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) building will provide new classrooms, shops, and meeting rooms for engineering, science, and math students at Louisiana Tech. When the new engineering building is complete, the university will begin renovations of Bogard Hall.
Engineering and Science Week
Louisiana Tech University holds Engineering and Science Week each year during the spring quarter to honor innovation and dedication in the engineering field. The week-long activities feature an award ceremony for outstanding engineering students for the school year, a competition between the different COES departments, presentations and exhibits targeted to prospective engineering students, and the Engineering & Science Ball.The first celebration by Louisiana Tech to honor the university's engineering students was held in 1924 with a banquet. The first official Engineers' Day was held in 1934 as a way to introduce prospective students. Through the years, the events grew into a week-long celebration called Engineers' Week. After a brief hiatus in the 1990s, Engineers' Week was brought back in 1998 with large support from the student body.
The Engineers' Week activities became Engineering and Science Week in order to include students majoring in science degrees after the College of Engineering and the School of Science merged. In recent years, the Louisiana Tech Engineering & Science Association has expanded Engineering and Science Week to include new events like E&S Day, the Spring Release, the E&S Ball, and the E&S Major Competition.
The Engineer/E&S Magazine
The E&S Magazine is the semiannual publication of the Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science. This publication chronicles the activities of the engineering and science students at Louisiana Tech, provides updates on the growth of the College of Engineering and Science, and publishes technical and engineering articles. The two editions of the magazine are usually published in the spring quarter (March–April) and the fall/winter quarter (November–December).The publication started in September 1939 as The Engineer. The Engineer was published from 1939 until budget cuts led to the magazine's folding in 1991. After a 12-year hiatus, The Engineer resumed biannual publication in 2003. The magazine was renamed The E&S Magazine in 2005 to incorporate the science students within the COES.
Gumbo Fest
The Gumbo Fest is held every September by the Engineering and Science Association to provide a way for returning engineering and science students to reconnect after the summer and introduce the incoming freshmen COES students to the college. Incoming COES students are introduced to the different organizations within the college during the festival. The first Gumbo Fest took place in 2001 and has continued every year since. The festival was originally held around Bogard Hall, but has recently been moved to Argent Pavilion on the Louisiana Tech Football Complex.In the first few years of Gumbo Fest, former COES Dean Dr. Les Guice would cook a batch of gumbo with his special recipe. When the event became too big, a caterer was brought in to prepare the food for the annual Gumbo Fest.
Concrete Canoe Competition
The Louisiana Tech chapter of the American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
(ASCE) competes in the Deep South Regional Conference's Concrete Canoe Competition
Concrete canoe
A concrete canoe is a canoe made of concrete, typically created for an engineering competition.In spirit, the event is similar to that of a cardboard boat race—make the seemingly unfloatable float...
every year. Known as "the America's Cup of Civil Engineering", the Concrete Canoe Competition requires the students to apply lessons and information learned in the classroom toward designing and constructing a water-worthy concrete canoe while developing time management, leadership, and dedication skills.
The Louisiana Tech ASCE chapter won the Deep South Regional Conference competition four times in the school's history and three times in the last four years (1998, 2008, 2010, and 2011). In 2011, Louisiana Tech defeated LSU
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
, UNO
University of New Orleans
The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor...
, Mississippi State
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
, Ole Miss
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
, and the University of Memphis
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
to win the Deep South Regional Conference title and advance to the National Concrete Canoe Comeptition in June.
Degrees offered
- Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical engineeringBiomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve...
- BS, MS, MSNT, MSE, PhD Bimoedical Engineering, PhD Engineering, PhD Computational Analysis & Modeling - Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
- BS, MS, PhD - ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- BS, MSNT - Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
- BS, MS, PhD - Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
- BS, MS, PhD CAM - Construction Engineering TechnologyConstruction engineeringConstruction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and utilities. Construction Engineers are unique such that they are a cross between civil...
- BS - Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- BS, MS, PhD - Electrical Engineering TechnologyElectrical Engineering TechnologyElectrical engineering technology is an engineering technology field that implements and applies the principles of electrical engineering...
- BS - Industrial EngineeringIndustrial engineeringIndustrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
- BS, MS, PhD - MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and StatisticsStatisticsStatistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
- BS, MS, PhD CAM - Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
- BS, MS, PhD - Nanosystems Engineering - BS, MSNT, PhD
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- BS, MS, MSNT, PhD
Honor Societies
- Alpha Eta Mu BetaAlpha Eta Mu BetaAlpha Eta Mu Beta is a biomedical engineering honor society founded by Dr. Daniel Reneau of Louisiana Tech University, United States, in 1979. The first chapter of AEMB was founded at Louisiana Tech University...
(Biomedical Engineering) - Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering)
- Chi EpsilonChi EpsilonChi Epsilon is the national civil engineering honor society in the United States. It honors engineering students who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability...in the civil engineering profession." There are currently 136 chapters, of which 130...
(Civil Engineering) - Eta Kappa NuEta Kappa NuEta Kappa Nu is the electrical and computer engineering honor society of the IEEE, founded in October 1904 by Maurice L. Carr at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The organization currently has around 200 student chapters and about 3,000,000 members and is headquartered in Chicago,...
(Electrical Engineering) - Omega Chi EpsilonOmega Chi EpsilonOmega Chi Epsilon is an American honor society for chemical engineering students. The first chapter was formed at the University of Illinois in 1931. The second chapter was formed at the Iowa State University in 1932. The organization is a member of the Association of College Honor...
(Chemical Engineering) - Pi Mu EpsilonPi Mu EpsilonPi Mu Epsilon is the U.S. honorary national mathematics society.The society was founded at Syracuse University on May 25, 1914, by Professor Edward Drake Roe, Jr, and currently has chapters at 337 institutions across the nation.-Goals:...
(Mathematics) - Pi Tau SigmaPi Tau SigmaPi Tau Sigma is an International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. Pi Tau Sigma's core values are:*Integrity ,*Service , and...
(Mechanical Engineering) - Tau Beta PiTau Beta PiThe Tau Beta Pi Association is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States and the second oldest collegiate honor society in America. It honors engineering students who have shown a history of academic achievement as well as a commitment to personal and professional integrity...
(College of Engineering & Science)
Professional Organizations
- Association of Business, Engineering, and Science Entrepreneurs (ABESE)
- Amateur Radio Club (W5GHT)
- American Institute of Chemical EngineersAmerican Institute of Chemical EngineersThe American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a professional organization for chemical engineers.AIChE was established in 1908 with the purpose of establishing chemical engineers as a profession independent from chemists and mechanical engineers.As of 2010, AIChE had over 40,000 members,...
(AICE) - American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical SocietyThe American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
(ACS) - American Society of Civil EngineersAmerican Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
(ASCE) - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning EngineersAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning EngineersThe American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers is an international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration...
(ASHRAE) - American Society of Mechanical EngineersAmerican Society of Mechanical EngineersThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
(ASME) - Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(ACM) - Association of General Contractors (AGC)
- Astronomy Club
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Eco-Car Marathon TeamEco-marathonThe Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world with events in Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and the USA...
- Engineers Without BordersEngineers Without BordersEngineers Without Borders – International is an international association of some national EWB/ISF groups, whose mission is to facilitate collaboration, exchange of information, and assistance among its member groups that have applied to become part of the association...
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Nanotechnology Council
- Institute of Industrial EngineersInstitute of Industrial EngineersThe Institute of Industrial Engineers is a professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity...
(IIE) - Engineering and Science Association (ESA)
- National Society of Black EngineersNational Society of Black EngineersNational Society of Black Engineers , founded in 1975 at Purdue University, is one of the largest student-run organizations in the US, centered on improving the recruitment and retention of African-American engineering students.-History:...
(NSBE) - North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Society of Physics StudentsSociety of Physics StudentsThe Society of Physics Students is a professional association with international participation, granting membership through college chapters with the only requirement that the student member be interested in physics. All college majors are welcome to join SPS, but the highest representation tends...
(SPS) - Society of Women EngineersSociety of Women EngineersThe Society of Women Engineers , founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for...
(SWE)
Rankings
- First Nanosystems Engineering program in the United States
- #123 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program
- #125 Graduate Engineering Program
- #140 Undergraduate Engineering Program in the United States
- #7 in U.S. for Nanotechnology Commercialization (as of 2009 Small Times rankings)