University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering
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The College of Engineering is an academic department at the University of Illinois at Chicago
offering both undergraduate and graduate programs of study.
The college is recognized for its academic excellence with undergraduate and graduate programs in six academic departments. The College has 117 faculty members: one member of the National Academy of Engineering
; 40 are Fellows of their professional societies; 20 are National Science Foundation
CAREER or Presidential Young Investigator Award winners; and, more than 10 are editors of major research journals.
Research programs in the college have grown rapidly over the years and are conducted in 6 departments and 7 interdisciplinary centers. During 2008-2009, the total research expenditure for the College of Engineering was more than $21 million.
$22 Million Research Expenditures in 2007 - 2008
Additionally, faculty participate in many university-wide centers, including:
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
offering both undergraduate and graduate programs of study.
History
The College of Engineering predates the current campus, having been founded in 1946 at the Navy Pier campus.The college is recognized for its academic excellence with undergraduate and graduate programs in six academic departments. The College has 117 faculty members: one member of the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
; 40 are Fellows of their professional societies; 20 are National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
CAREER or Presidential Young Investigator Award winners; and, more than 10 are editors of major research journals.
Research programs in the college have grown rapidly over the years and are conducted in 6 departments and 7 interdisciplinary centers. During 2008-2009, the total research expenditure for the College of Engineering was more than $21 million.
Departments
The college has six departments:- Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Materials Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research
The college performs leading edge research in four interdisciplinary areas:- Biotechnology
- Nano-Technology
- Information Technology
- Energy/Environmental Technology
$22 Million Research Expenditures in 2007 - 2008
Institutes and centers
The College of Engineering houses some internal institutes and centers:- Center for Research and Instruction in Technologies for Electronic Security
- Electronic Visualization LaboratoryElectronic Visualization LaboratoryThe Electronic Visualization Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary research lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It brings together faculty and students from the Art and Computer Science departments of UIC...
- Energy Resources Center
- Manufacturing Research Center (joint with UIUC)
- Nanotechnology Core Facility
- Advancement of Smart Infrastructure Sensor Technology
Additionally, faculty participate in many university-wide centers, including:
- Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
- National Center for Data MiningNational Center for Data MiningThe National Center for Data Mining is a center of the University of Illinois at Chicago , established in 1998 to serve as a resource for research, standards development, and outreach for high performance and distributed data mining and predictive modeling.NCDM won the High Performance Bandwidth...
- Urban Transportation Center