The Center for Engineering and Health, a member center of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, looks to develop methodologies and tools to Improve health delivery for better care at our affiliated hospitals and beyond. We are a joint venture of Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Through the Center for Engineering and Health, we look to leverage the extraordinary expertise of the Northwestern medical and engineering schools. Healthcare delivery is complicated, expensive, and ever changing. We believe that by using the talent and knowledge of leaders in both medical and engineering disciplines, we can develop solutions that lead to better patient outcomes, as well as more efficient, cost-effective care. Our goal is to develop a nationally recognized source of innovation in the field of mobile health technologies, engineering, and analytics for affordable, equitable, and state-of-the-art healthcare delivery.

Materials science and engineering is an interdisciplinary field that forms the foundation for many engineering applications by extending the current supply of materials, improving existing materials, and developing new, superior, and sustainable materials and processes. A key characteristic of the Drexel Materials undergraduate program is experiential learning integrated into the curriculum through co-op, a six-month internship program, as well as Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) linking graduate, and undergraduate project-based learning and undergraduate research with our award-winning faculty. At the graduate level, the creation of new knowledge, the pursuit of funded research, and the expert training of future leaders in academic and industrial research are fundamental to materials science and engineering.

The mechanical engineering program is the largest major in the college, with 178 BS degrees awarded in 2019-20. More than 900 students are enrolled in our mechanical engineering undergraduate program. Drexel's mechanical engineering program is an innovative and flexible curriculum, offering undergraduate students the unique opportunity to specialize in areas of IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics and controls, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, high-performance materials, alternative energy and biomechanics.

KATE GLEASON WAS A BUSINESS LEADER, INVENTOR, AND THE FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.

Catherine Anselm Gleason was born in Rochester during 1865 and has been heralded as the first lady of gearing and the ideal business woman.

Kate's career began at age eleven when she started helping her father, William, in his machine shop after her older half-brother died from typhoid. By fourteen, Kate was the company bookkeeper and in 1884 she became the first woman to enroll in the Mechanical Arts program at Cornell University.

When Kate left for Cornell, her father hired someone to replace her in the business, but the firm began struggling financially. Her father couldn't afford to pay the salary of the man he had hired to replace Kate, and she was called home to help at Gleason Works.

By 1890, Kate was the Secretary-Treasurer and soon led sales and finance within the business. In 1893, the tool business dried up in the US and Kate decided to expand her sales region to include the European market. After a two month voyage, she arrived in Europe where she secured orders from England, Scotland, France, and Germany. This trip was among the first attempts by any American manufacturer to globalize their business.

Kate resigned from Gleason Works in 1913, and the next year was the first woman in New York to be named Receiver in Bankruptcy, serving as such for the Ingle Machine Company in East Rochester. Also in 1914, Kate was unanimously elected to membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as its first woman member. In 1917, Kate became the President of the First National Bank of East Rochester, another first for an American woman.

Years later, Kate left Rochester for business ventures in California and South Carolina, travelling extensively and eventually purchased an estate in France.

Kate Gleason serves as an inspirational role model for the engineering students studying within the RIT College named in her honor. The Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) is committed to producing engineering graduates who provide innovation in product development, becoming leaders in the global engineering community.

Working as an engineer in the upcoming decades, you will have the chance to play a critical role in making the world a better place. In fact, students at Michigan Tech are getting a head start—by helping to facilitate sustainable development, appropriate technology, beneficial infrastructure, and social change—while they are still in school.

Prospective Students
To schedule a visit to the University of Wyoming, call 307-766-4075. Be sure to mention your interest in engineering. For more information on how to become an engineering student, see the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Prospective Students page.

Current Students
For general student information see the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Current Students page.

Professional Societies
Involvement in professional organizations is encouraged early in the student's career. The department has a very active student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This group has received recognition as the outstanding IEEE student chapter in the thirteen-state Rocky Mountain region. Industrial field trips, nationally known speakers, and social functions are sponsored by the IEEE student chapter. Many students participate in the annual and national IEEE design contests and paper competitions.

Accreditation
The Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering curriculum at the University of Wyoming is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Graduate work may be completed for the M.S. or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering.

Policies

Internship/CO-OP Credit

Any internship credit for ECE majors must be through EE4800.

“Technical Elective” or "CPEN Elective" credit can be earned for professional internships or CO-OPs.  Before beginning the internship/CO-OP, a proposal must be written by the student explaining what ECE skills they will be using and learning during their work experience.  It must be approved by the ECE department. After completing the internship/CO-OP, the student must write a report which their work supervisor approves. It documents what ECE skills they used and learned during the internship/CO-OP.  It will be graded by the faculty supervisor, who will provide a S/U grade.  One credit is earned for each semester or summer, up to a maximum of 3 credit hours. More information on the internship program can be found here.

Lab Policies:

Students must earn a passing grade in all the labs associated with a course otherwise they do not pass the course. 

If a student has a passing grade in the lab portion of a course, that course can be retaken without repeating its lab portion.  The previously earned lab grade will be carried into the grading of the repeated course. 

Substitutions for EE4870:

If EE4870 Network Hardware has not been offered in three consecutive semesters, the following 7 courses have been approved by the faculty to be allowed as substitutions for it the next semester:  EE4345 - Hardware DSP; EE4360 - VLSI Design; COSC 4010-04 - Cyber Security; COSC 4765-01 - Computer Security; COSC 4555 - Machine Learning; EE5410 - Neural and Fuzzy Systems; EE5670 - Digital Image Formation and Acquisition

Transfer Credit Policy (for ECE)

(1) To graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electrical with a Bio-Option, or Computer Engineering from UW, students must successfully complete at least 30 hours of EE or BE courses from the University of Wyoming.

(2) Courses will be considered for preapproved transfer as a UW EE course only if they are taken from an institution in the attached list.  No online courses taken outside the Wyoming system will be considered for preapproved transfer.

(3) Before taking a course, a student should verify that the course has the potential to transfer by working with their professional advisor to get the “College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Petition for Curriculum Adjustment” form signed.  Even a very good course may not have the potential for transferring if it is outside of the collective ECE faculty’s expertise.  The approval of the course may be conditional.  For instance, the UW ECE department may stipulate that after completion of the course it will test that student and examine the course content to determine if they have learned the specified material.  If they pass the examination, credit will be transferred for that course on a one-time basis.

(4) Students enrolled in the International Engineering Option, Minor, or Study Abroad will have their international courses considered for preapproved transfer. They may also petition to have the hours required in item (1) lowered.  

Time Limits for GA Support:

A Masters student will only be allowed two years of state-funded support, even if they only received four semesters of half GA support during that time. A Doctoral student can only receive five years post Bachelors (even if they are only at half support).

Direct PhD Admission (BS to PhD)

Direct PhD admission has to be approved by the ECE faculty. You need to submit the student's transcripts and make a case during the meeting.

Switching from MS to PhD

The current MS student should complete the MS degree (Plan A or plan B) and then depending on their GPA there are two paths: If the GPA is 3.8 or above, there is no requirement of faculty review, and it is automatic admission to PhD. If the GPA is lower than 3.8 and higher or equal than 3.4, the ECE faculty will review the application.

There are several unique factors that blend together to make Miami University’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) the right place to focus on socially engaged engineering and computing. Faculty and students, supported by all CEC constituents, working together to advance the idea of improving the general well-being of individuals and societies through integrating social and technical aspects into our pedagogical, design and scholarly endeavors as a practice and field of inquiry. We intended to accelerate the social benefits of technological innovation, by ensuring our graduates understand user/community needs and incorporate this into their future designs.