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2. Flying ambulance
3. Medical body scanner
4. Robotic surgery*
5. Medicine*
6. Medical 3-D projection display
7. Rail transportation*
8. Fountain*
9. Cosmetics*
10. Shoes*

11. Water desalination plant*

12. Robotic dolphin
13. Lasers*
14. Green roof*
15. Robotic gecko*
16. Futuristic shopping
17. Video games*
18. Building changing color
19. Virtual computer interface
20. Vertical farm*

21. Hover scooter

22. Hover board
23. Energy-efficient street lamps
24. Personal flying vehicles*
25. Stadium*
26. Sound system
27. Robot cleaning
28. Robot cooking*
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34. Diamond from mining*
35. Glass sky road
36. Roller coaster connecting buildings
37. Skywalk connecting buildings
38. Communications tower
39. Traffic circle
40. Hover cars

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42. Thermal energy heating pipes*
43. Mining*
44. Robot painting building
45. Toy factory
46. Robots working in factory*
47. Bridge over river*
48. Recycling*
49. Solar panels*
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Designing Cool Gadgets
Have you ever wondered who
created the worlds tallest,
fastest roller coaster? Or who
designed the smartphone that
lets you play Angry Birds while
youre waiting in line to ride it?
Engineers are the minds behind
almost all of todays technologies. They solve problems using
science and math, drawing on
their creative powers to come
up with better ways to get
things done. And they find new
ways to turn imagination into reality. Engineering is many things,
some of which are shown here.
What else can you dream up?

irst the iPod, then the

iPhone, and now the
iPad: For the past decade,
Apple has clearly been
getting things right
when it comes
to producing revolutionary
portable computing devices. Its latest offering, the
iPad 2, has been a runaway
success, boasting features like
an interactive touchscreen, an HD display,
two cameras, Wi-Fi, and countless downloadable apps that range from the useful
and educational to the purely fun and
silly. The sleek new design is also 33
percent thinner and 15 percent lighter than the original iPad. Rival companies

Making Movies

artoons have come a long way since the hand-drawn moving pictures of decades past. Now, the animated films at your local cineplex are made possible by
sophisticated computer software created by engineers. Modeling the realistic
textures and movement of such things as fur, hair and fabric, for example,
takes serious computing power. Without it, the swashbuckling hero
of Puss in Boots would look decidedly less so. And when a cartoon character looks solid enough to touch, its thanks to
a 3-D animation software package called Maya, now
the industry standard. Clearly, it takes a lot
of ingenuity to create characters that
virtually pop off the screen.

like Motorola and Samsung have raced

to bring tablet computers to the market
as well, but so far Apple commands the
majority of the market share. Could a tablet with a 3-D display be coming
next? Or maybe one that
easily folds into your
pocket? Only time
and tomorrows
engineers
can tell.

Defying Gravity

odays roller coasters are engineering marvels, taller and faster than ever.
Kingda Ka in New Jersey has a 418-foot drop
and races to speeds of up to 128 mph. Its hydraulic launch system catapults riders to maximum speed in just 3.5 seconds. In 2002, the top
speed of the worlds fastest ride was only
106.9 mph. And engineers are still pushing
the speed envelope. The Ring Racer in Germany will use an air launch system to zoom
to 135 mph in 2.5 seconds. Hold tight!

Creating Makeup

akeup, lotions and shampoos all contain chemicals, even if theyre marketed as all natural.
Thats why chemical engineers have always been crucial
to the manufacturing of cosmetics. For example, many
products now use nanosize chemical particles
(measuring three-billionths of an inch or less)
in order to make them more effective. When
the active ingredients in sunscreens, like titanium dioxide, are reduced to nanoparticles,
the sunscreen doesn't leave a white,
greasy film on the skin. Some cosmetics have supersmall beads
that contain key chemicals that
get activated only when theyre
needed. Chemical engineers have
also developed smart makeup
that reacts to your pH (acid) levels and body temperature to create a color just for you.

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Cleaning Up
Pollution

an you imagine big cities without smog? Soon,

the buildings around you might be cleaning up
the air. TX Active, a new innovative cement product,
kills pollution by neutralizing the toxins that come into
contact with it. The secret ingredient is titanium dioxide, a chemical often used to turn paints bright white.
TX Active begins consuming smog as soon as it is
exposed to sunlight or ultraviolet light. Its maker, Italian company Italcementi, claims that if 15 percent of a
citys surface area were covered with the material, air
pollution could be cut in half. With cement production
alone contributing to 5 percent of global carbon emissions each year, smog-eating buildings sound like the
perfect way to green up the streets.

Finding Solutions

it and athletic amputees have proved over and over

that the loss of a limb is no reason to give up sports
(story, page 12). But prostheses for swimmers have remained clunky, at best. Thats why Richard Stark, a student
at Swedens Ume Institute of Design, was inspired to create Neptune, a specially engineered prosthesis for competitive swimmers. The colorful, flexible superflipper can be adjusted to provide different amounts of resistance and can
also rotate 90 degrees to accommodate breaststroke kicks.
Judging from Starks tests, Neptune works just swimmingly.

Fashioning New Materials

hey say practice makes perfect, but at the elite level, athletes need
more than just training to improve. Materials engineers play a key
role in creating athletic wear that can record the bodys movements in
fine detail, helping athletes and coaches better understand what makes
a great performance.
The Under Armour E39 shirt is designed to do just that. Equipped with
electronic sensors and a three-axis accelerometer, this biometric top can
monitor breathing and heart rate, as well as measure the swiftness of a
runners left and right strides independently. NFL tested and player approved, these smart shirts could soon be helping you make varsity.

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neptune flipper courtesy richard stark

Building a Greener World

hese days, living inside a bubble is beginning to look more and more attractive. South Korea is planning to construct a series of giant domes that mimic
the worlds ecosystems while providing a place for scientists and regular citizens
to study the environment. Designed by SAMOO Architects and Engineers, the
Ecorium Project spans 33,000 square meters and will feature an education center,
a wild plant area, a wetland reserve, an environmentally focused think tank, and a
large system of interconnected greenhouses.
Ecorium scientists will study natures many different ecosystems and how to
best protect them and also offer public exhibitions and programs on environmental preservation. And you thought your local science center was cool!

Making Video Games

intendo revolutionized video gaming in 2006 with the Wii and its
motion-activated controller. Sony eventually introduced a similar
controller, the PlayStation Move.
But in 2010, Microsoft responded with Kinect, a plug-in device
for its Xbox 360 console that
gets rid of hand-held controllers
altogether. Using a webcam and
3-D light sensors, the technology
is ideal for dance games. In the
best-selling Kinect game Dance
Central, players move their feet, hips and arms to any one of 32 different
dance anthems while their on-screen avatars mimic their moves.

Exploring the
Oceans

erospace engineers may call space the

final frontier, yet Earths oceans are still
95 percent uncharted territory. Now, Virgin
wants to shine some light into the deep
and is about to launch the ultimate undersea expedition to do so. The Virgin Oceanic
submarine will complete five pioneering
dives one in each of the worlds oceans
over the next two years. The single-person
sub will be the first manned vehicle to visit
four of the five chosen sites, as well as the
first underwater vessel capable of reaching
full ocean depth. No one knows what new
treasures or creatures well find down there,
but theyre bound to be extraordinary.
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software to make sure all the systems worked

properly and in sync.
Campbell says that work on the Fusion 3D
camera system is the best thing that has ever
happened to him professionally. Adds Pace: The
smartest move I made in business was partnering
with a brilliant engineer.
James Cameron plans to film two sequels
to Avatar to be released in December 2014 and
December 2015. When working with Cameron,
you can never know the full extent of what he
wants to accomplish until just before you start
shooting, Campbell says. Hes always pushing
the boundaries when making his movies, and
hell expect us to adapt the Fusion system for
whatever situation he comes up with for the
Avatar sequels.

photo of james cameron by mark fellman

rowing up, Patrick Campbell liked

working on cars and figured that
studying mechanical engineering
was a good way to get into the
field. He never imagined that one day he would
help create a 3-D camera system that would wow
moviegoers around the world in the highestgrossing movie of all time.
Campbells interest in cars turned to cameras
after a chance meeting with cinematographer
and inventor Vince Pace. At the time, Pace was
designing underwater camera housings and
lighting for James Camerons blockbuster film
Titanic. Campbell joined the team at Paces
company in California and started working on
a 3-D digital camera for Ghosts of the Abyss, a
Cameron documentary that explored the wreck of
the Titanic on the ocean floor.
Before the film premiered in 2003, Cameron
approached Pace with the idea of making a
lightweight digital 3-D camera for a film he
wrote before Titanic but didnt make because the
technology wasnt advanced enough at the time.
All we knew then was that it would be non-water
related, but that was about it, Campbell recalls.
The project was Avatar.
The demands for the camera were stringent. It
had to shoot in high-definition 3-D, but it also had
to be lightweight and comfortable enough to be
carried around for hours. The result was the Fusion
3D camera system, which consists of two camera
sensors and two lenses mounted 2.75 inches
apart roughly the same distance as between a
pair of eyes. The angle of the lenses changes as a
subject gets closer or farther away, mimicking the
way eyes move when looking at something. The
engineers incorporated lots of electronics and

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new building
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lectrical engineer Scott Brusaw dreamed of electric roads as a child. A few years ago, his wife,
Julie, reminded him of his boyhood fascination
and asked why roads couldnt be paved with solar cells
to collect and convert sunlight into electricity. No way,
Brusaw said at first: Solar cells are too fragile to drive on.
But then Brusaw consulted materials engineers at
Pennsylvania State University and the University of
Dayton and learned about bombproof glass being created for U.S. Army Humvees. After I talked to the glass
experts, I walked away convinced it could work, he says.

So he started Solar Roadways, a company

dedicated to bringing his dream of electric
roads alive.
Brusaw estimates that the United States
has 25,000 square miles of asphalt-covered
surfaces that get at least four hours of
sunlight each day. If all that solar-heated
pavement were used to create electricity,
it could provide enough juice to meet the
nations power needs three times over.
With $100,000 from the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Solar Roadways developed a prototype solar road panel. In 2011,
the company got an additional $750,000
grant to improve upon it. The panel is the
core component of Brusaws vision of an intelligent highway system powered not by
fossil fuels but by the sun.

charging UP
Paved with solar road
panels, rest stops
provide convenient
charging stations for
electric vehicles.

Imagining the solar-powered

highway of the future

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Directions and traffic

warnings appear on
overhead signs after
getting information from
sensors in the roads.

warming effects
Heating elements
underneath the
road melt winter
snow and ice.

clear and strong

A strong glass surface is
rough enough to provide
traction, yet it lets sunlight
shine through. Solar
cells embedded in the
glass collect and convert
light into electricity.

safety measures
Energy-efficient LEDs
light up road markings
for safer nighttime
driving.

communcations

Microprocessors
monitor and control
the road panels
and allow them to
communicate
with the cars
traveling above.

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new building
will put a
whole new
spin on
architectural
engineering.
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ENGINEERING IS..
Have you ever wondered who created the worlds tallest, fastest roller coaster? Or, for that matter, who
designed the airplane or car that brought you and your family to the theme park? Have you ever thought
about who came up with text messaging? From smart phones to solar power plants, engineers are the
minds behind almost all of todays technologies.
Engineers solve problems using science and math, harnessing the forces and materials in nature. They
draw on their creative powers to come up with quicker, better, and less expensive ways to do the things
that need to be done. And they find ways to make dreams a reality. Engineering is many things, some of
which are shown here. What else can you dream up?

Creating New Materials

anotechnology is the re-engineering of matter

at the atomic and molecular levels. That kind of
manipulation means researchers can create brand-new
materials that have applications in many areas, including health care, auto manufacturing, aeronautics, fashion, and cosmetics. For example, engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are working on
materials that repair themselves if damaged. They could
be used as skins for rockets and aircraft. Engineers at
Lehigh University have created a material with iron
nanoparticles that removes cancer-causing arsenic from
groundwater. And Georgia Tech researchers have created fibers that harness electricity from body movement.
Woven into clothing, the fibers generate electricity
from nanowires attached to their surface. The electricity
could then be used to power portable electronic devices
truly juicy couture.

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Saving the Earth

oal-fired power plants are a major source of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. But they continue to be built because coal remains an abundant and
cheap fuel source. Still, a report from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology says that carbon dioxide emissions could be drastically cut, even with increased coal
burning. The trick: Future power plants would have to
capture the carbon and then sequester, or bury, it underground. The MIT report calls for the construction
of large-scale demonstration plants to help engineers
develop the best carbon capture-and-storage technologies. Meanwhile, MIT civil engineer Ruben Juanes
determined that carbon dioxide could be injected into
saline aquifers. Safely trapped as tiny bubbles within
briny, porous rock, the carbon dioxide wont leak back
into the atmosphere, even centuries later.

MAKEUP: ISTOCK; EARTH: COURTESY NASA

Entertaining the Public

he 3-D movies from decades past were often gimmicky stinkers. But at least the effects were fun,
and you got to wear colored glasses in the theater.
Now, 3-D is making a comeback, and this time, the content may equal the technology. The creepy Coraline
delighted kids and adults alike. DreamWorks Monsters
Vs. Aliens (left) benefited from new, computer-assisted
filming technologies. And Avatar, a 3-D sci-fi flick directed by James Cameron (Titanic) is slated for release in
2009. One expert predicts that 3-D will be mainstream
within five years. Then, the technology will quickly filter
into home video devices, dragging gaming and Internet surfing into the third dimension. Itll also open up a
new market: reprocessing old 2-D movies into 3-D ones
for home enjoyment.

Building Virtual Worlds

irtual reality allows us to experience other worlds, both

real and make-believe. Engineers use complex algorithms
to build 3-D virtual spaces that fool our senses and make us feel
as if were really there. At Disney World, strap on a VR helmet
and find yourself riding Aladdins magic carpet. Soon, you could
step into an Immersive Cocoon (right) and be surrounded by
the sights and sounds of another world. But VR technology isnt
all fun and games. An electrical engineer has designed a computer-generated, 3-D approximation of war-torn Iraq to test
bomb-detecting sensors under many different conditions. The
tests revealed ways to use the sensors more effectively. Thats a
lifesaving payoff thats real, not virtual.

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Making Cool Gadgets

hen Apples engineers created the iPhone

(right) a few years ago, it was an immediate hit, despite a fat price tag. Not only was it a cell
phone but an iPod-like music and video player, too.
It could surf the Web, handle e-mails, and receive
GPS signals. Plus, it looked great and had touchscreen control.
The latest iPhone not only costs less than the
original but is 3G, so its cellular and Wi-Fi connections are faster and more robust. Its also a computer platform, so software makers can design countless applications for it, which owners
can download from Apples latest e-tailing venture, the App Store. The iPhones popularity sparked a race among mobile phone manufacturers to mimic its sleek interface. Next, Palm hopes its Pre smartphone can capture a share of that excitement.

Defying
Gravity

odays roller coasters are engineering marvels, taller and

faster than ever. Kingda Ka in New
Jersey (left) has a 418-foot drop
and races to speeds of 128 mph.
Its hydraulic launch system catapults riders to maximum velocity
in just 3.5 seconds. In 2002, the
top speed of the worlds fastest
ride was only 106.9 mph.
Though it makes you feel
weightless, a coasters hair-raising downhill plunge actually
makes you appreciate gravitys
pull. Some hit G-forces of nearly
six times gravity well beyond
what space shuttle astronauts experience upon launch. Albert Einstein called roller coasters perfect
examples of energy conservation
in a mechanical system, because
they convert potential energy into
kinetic energy and rely entirely
on gravity and momentum. And
engineers are still pushing the
speed envelope. The Ring Racer
in Germany will use an air launch
system to zoom to 135 mph in 2.5
seconds. Hold on tight!

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Brewing
New Fuels

orn and soy arent just foods.

Theyre also the feedstocks for
alternative fuels such as biodiesel and
ethanol. Some say that increased demand for those crops has led to spiraling food costs and shortages. But the
new hope for biofuels is a plant that
wont compete for farmland: algae. Yep,
pond scum. An acre of algae should
produce 10,000 gallons of oil perhaps as much as 100,000. Soy produces only 50 gallons per acre. Moreover,
fast-growing algae can be grown on
land unsuitable for other crops and
doesnt require scarce fresh water.
However, the process of growing and
processing algae is still quite expensive. Thats why engineers at schools
like Arizona State University continue
to research affordable methods to turn
algae into a truly green fuel.

Developing Alternative Energy

growing gust of support is giving clean, inexhaustible wind energy a real lift.
The U.S. Department of Energy says its possible for wind to produce 20 percent
of the nations electricity by 2030, up from 1 percent now. Legendary Texas oilman T.
Boone Pickens says it can be done within a decade. Hes building the countrys biggest wind farm in Texas, already the leader in wind power. But engineers have several
hurdles to clear to make wind mainstream, including figuring out how to store excess
capacity during calm periods and how to move electricity hundreds of miles from
windy vistas to power-hungry cities. Universities in Wyoming, Colorado, and Iowa are
among the many schools working to make wind energy a force to be reckoned with.

Fighting Terrorism

arvard University engineer

Robert Wood is developing a
robotic fly. Propelled by tiny, flapping
wings, the microrobot (right) weighs
no more than a few grains of rice and
flits about just like a real fly. Its pretty
cute, but its also a deadly serious device. With light and odor sensors attached, Woods robofly could be a tiny
spy in the sky, keeping track of terrorists or detecting bombs.

GAS PUMP: ISTOCK; ROBOTIC FLY: COURTESY HARVARD; WIND TURBINES: SCIENCE PHOTO STOCK

Like Wood, many engineers are

working to fight terrorism by devising
technologies to help keep the country
safe. Some are developing wireless
networks of dust-sized sensors to sniff
out chemical or biological weapons.
Other engineers are developing machines to scan trucks for explosives.
And still others are toiling to improve
cybersecurity in order to protect the
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Designing New Vehicles

ars of tomorrow will certainly look different from today's. Gasoline-powered,

internal-combustion engines are bulky. Getting rid of them would free up a
lot of space, allowing engineers to rethink automotive design. Car interiors may
look more like comfortable lounges with customized seating arrangements. And
forget steering wheels: Carnegie Mellon University researchers predict that selfdriving robotic cars are only a decade away. Car exteriors will look different, too.
Audi engineers suggest that cars could use holograms to change looks. Toyota
predicts that nanotechnology will enable cars to morph into different shapes
and styles based on a drivers whims. Ferrari's Monza concept vehicle (above)
is "part car, part motorcycle, part
flying wing." It takes the idea of a
"hybrid" to a whole new level.

Reducing
Poverty

Curing Illness

he chemotherapy drugs that Mark Davis wife needed to battle breast cancer
made her horribly ill. Davis, a chemical engineer at the California Institute of Technology,
resolved to find a better way. Most chemo
drugs attack healthy as well as cancerous
cells, thus causing awful side effects. Davis
devised a solution thats now in clinical trials.
He bonded the molecules of a strong drug
with those of a polymer. The resulting molecules are too big to pass through blood vessels in healthy tissues but can slip through
the leakier blood vessels that feed tumors. In
one test, the new drug delivery method effectively treated a case of pancreatic cancer
considered to be fatal. No wonder biomedical engineering is such a popular, fast-growing discipline.

early half the worlds population lives on less than $2 per

day. But abject poverty shouldnt
be tolerated as a natural part of
the human condition. Noted physicist and futurist Freeman Dyson
believes that technology can help raise people out of destitution. Hes chairman
of the Solar Electric Light Fund, which brings affordable solar power to rural areas in the developing world. In poor communities, lack of electricity can have a
devastating effect on health, education, enterprise, agriculture, and the environment. One recent SELF project installed solar power at four health clinics in a
mountainous region of Lesotho, Africa, where HIV infection is rampant. SELFs
motto reads: Energy is a human right. And who better to help grant that right
than engineers? After all, theyre energy experts.

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Protecting Soldiers

oldiers in battle wear many pounds of protective

gear. But that protection isnt perfect. Those who
survive bomb blasts often suffer brain trauma, resulting in symptoms ranging from memory loss to blurred
vision. MRI scans often cant detect brain injuries from
shock-wave jolts, because the damage consists of microscopic tears to brain cells. But Shu Yang, a University
of Pennsylvania materials engineer, has developed a
crystal patch that changes color when hit by a shock
wave. The resulting color can indicate the severity of
the blast. A patch worn on a uniform could allow medics to more quickly determine if a blast victim is at risk
of injury. The U.S. Army is also using special sensorequipped helmets in Afghanistan that measure how
badly a head is shaken by blasts. The collected data
will help researchers develop helmets that offer better
shock-wave protection.

Exploring Outer Space

ere going back to the moon this time, for good. NASA expects to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface by
2024. So engineers must design modular living and working quarters
that can house four astronauts for four weeks at a time. The shelters
will have to store adequate supplies of air, food, water, and equipment
and protect occupants from heat, dust, and radiation. NASA engineers
are also developing pressurized, two-person rovers so astronauts can
explore hundreds of miles of moon terrain. And since its easy to get
lost in a lunar environment, NASA has given Ohio State University engineers $1.2 million to develop a navigation system that will work like
GPS but without satellites. That way, no one will get lost in space.

Ending World Hunger

orld hunger could worsen as cropland becomes

scarcer and the Earths population
increases. A Columbia University environmental health scientist thinks the
solution lies in building high-rise, indoor
farms right in the heart of the worlds cities. Dickson Despommier says that such farms
could grow a variety of foods using hydroponics.
That means no need for pesticides, fertilizers, or good
soil, which is an issue in poor regions. It would take 4 to
6 acres of land outdoors to match the crop yield of just 1
acre indoors. The farms could raise chickens, pigs, and fish,
too, all in a controlled, closed system. It will take a lot of work
for engineers to make vertical farming a reality, but Despommier
notes that the necessary technologies already exist.

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AGRICULTURE
Modern agriculture is a high-tech indu
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As an agricultural engineer, youll inte
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people
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harvesting machinery, or work on the
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ARCHITECTURAL
Great architecture is a beautiful thing to
behold. But without architectural engineers,
the worlds coolest structures would remain
on the drawing board. Major in architectural
engineering, and youll work on systems to
keep buildings lit, plumbed, and ventilated, as
well as develop the safest, most cost-efficient
construction methods. With skyscrapers
reaching new levels of height and complexity
the Burj Dubai will soar about 2,654 feet into
the air youll have your work cut out for you.

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BIO/BIOMEDICAL
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COMPUTER
Want to be a leader in the information-technology
revolution? Computer engineers deal with all aspects
of computing systems. You could specialize in
operating systems, networks, software, or hardware.
Computing is ubiquitous: Microchips are embedded
into products ranging from toasters to telephones, so
youll always be in demand. You might get involved
in designing future quantum computers, which will
manipulate atoms and molecules and be millions of
times faster than todays supercomputers.
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Power to the pe
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engineers love
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engineer, youll
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shortages. Want to help solve them or work
on ways of preventing new disasters? Then
check out environmental engineering. Water
distribution systems, recycling methods,
sewage treatment plants, and other pollutionprevention and -control systems are the kinds
of eco-friendly projects you might work on.
Or you might find new ways to improve air
quality or reduce the use of pesticides.

GENERAL
Inventing a new technolo
gy requires one skill
set; bringing it to marke
t demands another.
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a comprehensive interd
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that integrates basic and
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te and run systems essential

As an industrial engineer, youll crea
services such as healthcare,
to society from manufacturing to
gns, materials, machines,
finance, and retailing. Youll juggle desi
strial processes functioning
information, and people to keep indu
technical problem-solving
as smoothly as a Rolex watch. Your
manager. Your credo:
skills will make you an ideal project
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your forte as a
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gear, foodstuffs, or
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production contro
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ndling.

MATERIALS
Ancient alchemists tried to turn base metals
into gold. As a materials engineer, youll be
their modern equivalent except with
sound science on your side. Youll render raw
substances plastics, metals, and ceramics
into useful products like Gore-Tex or fiberoptic cables, possibly using nanotechnology.
Perhaps youll develop new composite
airplane skins that can detect small cracks and
repair themselves.

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MECHANICAL

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NUCLEAR
Nuclear energy is one of
the most powerful
energy sources known.
As a nuclear engineer,
youll work to safely har
ness that power
perhaps using it to prope
l spacecraft across
the solar system. You mi
ght create industrial
or medical uses for radioa
ctive material or
manage the safe disposal
of nuclear wastes.
You might even help de
velop future nuclear
power plants that promi
se safer, cleaner energy
from the fusion of atomi
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Even though the United States hopes to wean itself
from oil addiction, petroleum engineers will certainly
be busy for years to come. As a petroleum engineer,
youll work to discover and safely retrieve oil regardless of where its found from dry deserts to the
open ocean. Youll work to ensure drilling processes
are safe, economical, and environmentally friendly.
And you might also develop the alternative energy
sources that will eventually help us kick the oil habit.

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OCEAN
Oceans cover 70 percent
of the Earth, yet they
remain largely unexplor
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barely tapped. As an oce
an engineer, youll
blend oceanography, ma
thematics, physics,
and materials science wit
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and electrical engineeri
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knowledge to solve pro
blems ranging from
beach erosion to energy
recovery and pollution
control. You might desig
n piers, oil rigs, or
underwater tunnels. In
short, youll dive into the
deep end of Earths last
great frontier.

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A
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FUTURE
FINALLY,

SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES ARE HAVING THEIR DAY IN THE SUN.

s solar power the heavenly answer to our energy needs? Perhaps. Not only is sunlight
clean, abundant, and everlasting its free.
Until recently, however, the cost of converting
it into electricity was prohibitive especially
when compared with natural gas, which was cheap.
But as they say, things change. New technologies
are making solar power more cost-effective. Oil and
gas prices are rising. And whats more, many states
have enacted laws to push power companies to use
cleaner technologies.
California, for instance, declared that 20 percent
of its energy must come from renewable sources by
2010, rising to 33 percent by 2012. So last year, the

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state got its first solar-powered electric plant in 20

years. Built by the U.S.-Australian company Ausra just
outside of Bakersfield, Calif., its relatively small: just
5 megawatts, enough to supply electricity to 3,500
homes. But more solar plants are on the way. Silicon
Valley venture capital firms are hot on solar power;
many are investing heavily in companies like Ausra
and BrightSource Energy, one of its competitors.
BrightSource also got funding from Google.org, the
philanthropic arm of the ubiquitous Internet giant.
The rush to solar power will certainly keep engineers from a variety of fields busy for years to come.
Because of the mechanics involved heat transfer,
power distribution, new materials solar-power re-

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search and development is multidisciplinary, involving mechanical, electrical, and materials engineers.
The technology pushing the current solar boom
is concentrated solar power. The Bakersfield plant,
for example, uses mirrors to intensify the suns rays
and create heat, which is then used to boil water and
make steam to power a turbine. CSP plants can store
excess heat in oil or molten salt and then use it later
to keep the plant running at night or on cloudy days.
Ausra claims that plants requiring just 92 square
miles of desert land could provide enough juice to
meet all of the United States electricity needs. CSP
costs are falling, and engineers are working on ways
to make it even cheaper. Graduate mechanical engi-

neering students at MIT, for example, are working on

solar collectors that use ordinary bathroom mirrors
and off-the-shelf components.
Solar cells, or photovoltaics, have a future,
too, especially for non-grid power. Engineers are
looking for cheaper materials and more efficient
technologies. An Ohio State University team made
up of a chemist, an electrical engineer, and a materials
engineer recently developed a promising hybrid
material from plastic and the metals molybdenum
and titanium. Unlike silicon, it absorbs all of the
energy sunlight produces. For engineers who opt for
a career in solar power, the futures so bright, theyd
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AMATEUR AND

PRO ATHLETES TURN TO ENGINEERS TO ANALYZE THEIR EVERY MOVE.

Forty years after sending a man to the moon, scientists have

figured out how to add 10 mph to a fastball. Joe Levecchio, a
high school pitcher living in Daytona Beach, Fla., was scuffling
along with a heater that barely crept above 80 mph, a speed
that wasnt going to blow away many batters or impress many
scouts. It wasnt for lack of trying: He put so much into every
pitch that he strained his back. But thats in the past. In just a
few months, he gained both a 92-mph pitch and a scholarship
to the University of Miami. All he needed was a lesson in biomechanical physics.
Every sport from baseball to badminton is really physics in
action. The flight of a javelin, the spiral of a perfectly thrown
football any game you see is full of enough physics problems
to fill a textbook. Players and coaches are undeniably experts in
their sports, but it takes a scientist to understand the forces at
work and to truly push the bounds of athletic possibility.
Mont Hubbard, a professor of mechanical and aeronautical
engineering and the director of the Sports Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of California at Davis, is a world-renowned
expert in the science of sports. Some aeronautical engineers specialize in airplanes and space shuttles; Hubbard has studied Frisbees and bobsleds. He and his students are currently working on
computer simulations and mathematical models for
uneven bars routines in womens gymnastics. Research in his lab has measured the joint strength
needed to perform each move, knowledge that
gymnasts can exploit with focused exercises.
Computer models show that the flashiest tricks
are very sensitive to the body mass of the gymnast; its
no accident that the best female gymnasts are pixies.
Ultimately, Hubbard believes, his computer models
could someday discover new moves that have never
been tried in the gym. And although his lab has
had grants from the U.S. Olympic
Committee, hes not especially
interested in improving any
particular athletes performance.
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each sport at its deepest levels.

In contrast to Hubbard, Levecchio has
more than an academic interest in fastballs.
To master his delivery, he visited the American
Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala. Engineers there covered his body in reflective markers
and tracked his pitching movements with cameras
snapping 450 frames per second, a process called
motion capture analysis. Computers modeled his
motions in three dimensions and compared them
with a database of elite pitchers.
Levecchio learned that weakness in his abdominal muscles
was keeping the springlike
power in his lower body from
reaching his arm. He also discovered
that his pitching arm wasnt fully cocked when he
fired his pitch.
Its hard to be your best when you cant see
what youre doing wrong, Levecchio says.You can
pick up things on a computer that youd never see
on videotape.

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TALIAN ARCHITECT David

Fisher has come up with
one of the coolest building designs ever: the
worlds first skyscraper in
motion. And once its built,
it will also be an iconic testament to the art of civil
engineering.
Planned for Dubai, Fishers $700 million Dynamic
Tower luxury apartment
building will consist of
80 floors, each constantly
rotating 360 degrees at
different speeds, independently of one another. For
residents, itll mean ever
changing views. But itll
also result in a building
whose exterior silhouette
will always be shifting, never looking the same way
twice.
For civil engineers, figuring out how to piece

together a building thats

always on the move is a
challenge. The hardest
thing for its engineers will
be constructing a foundation that can handle constantly shifting loads, says
Robert Hodgson, a civil engineering teaching fellow
at the University of Exeter
in the United Kingdom.
Theyll have to design
a foundation capable of
withstanding all possibilities. Thats a tall order, he
adds, but theres no reason that it cant be done.
Fisher stresses that this
will be a very green building. But isnt keeping 80
high-rise floors constantly
rotating a waste of energy?
Not in this case. All of its
electricity will come from
79 wind turbines nestled
between the stories. Solar

HIGHAMB
AM

panels on the roof of each

floor will generate additional power. And besides,
Fisher says, very little energy
is actually needed to keep a
floor spinning around like a
CD no more than what a
washing machine requires.
The skyscrapers other
claim to fame: It will be the
worlds first prefabricated
high-rise. Each floor will
consist of sections built
in a factory in Italy that
are pieced together on-site.
Hodgson says its smart
engineering to divide each
floor into sections, or modules, because it would be
impossible to prefabricate
and then lift entire floors
to such heights. Moreover,
the construction method
means that each unit can
be customized at the factory well in advance. The

modules will arrive at the

site with all necessary
plumbing, electrical wiring,
fixtures, and even furniture
already in place.
Fisher says its such
an efficient construction
method that an entire floor
can be completed in just
seven days. Quick construction not only saves
energy, he says, but greatly
reduces fumes, waste, noise,
and other pollution at the
building site.
Fishers Dynamic Tower
is definitely aimed at the
wealthy. Apartment prices
will range from $3.7 million
to $36 million. But Fisher
says civil engineers can
adapt his module-based,
prefab construction process to many other lowercost projects, too even if
they dont spin.

MBITIONS
BITIONS

A jaw-dropping
new building
will put a
whole new
spin on
architectural
engineering.

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New digital
technologies
allow everyone

SonicBoo
to be a guitar
hero.

Next time
youre listening to your
favorite music
on an MP3 player
or shredding out
a wailing solo while
playing Guitar Hero, give
a nod of thanks to the unsung engineers who made it
possible. Engineering is key to
how music is played, recorded,
distributed, and consumed. Thats
why engineers can have long and
fruitful careers in the music business
which is more than you can say for
most wanna-be pop idols.
Consider the iPod. The device ushered
in the digital music era and remains the
worlds best-selling portable audio player.
Its a beautiful example of how the engineers art can make the complex appear simple.
IPods may be crammed with cutting-edge technology, but theyre sleekly designed and easy to operate,
which is why theyre popular. Thats also true of Guitar
Heros mini-guitars. Their simple push-button controls
mask elaborate engineering that can faithfully mimic
the sound of a real, screeching guitar.
Well-tuned engineering also explains why the
electric guitar is little changed since its invention nearly 80 years ago. However, engineers
are now starting to update that classic, sixstring technology. A few years ago, Gibson

introduced the first fully digital electric guitar, based on

a prototype by Adrian Freed, an electrical engineer at the
University of CaliforniaBerkeleys Center for New Music
and Audio Technologies. The sound and volume of each
string can be controlled separately and then sent via
an Ethernet cable to a computer, effects box, or amplifier. Gibsons engineers have also produced a line of selftuning guitars.
Engineers are creating completely new instruments
and sounds, as well. Freed, for example, uses newly developed fibers, fabrics, and malleable materials to construct
electric instruments from scratch. There is a growing market for new electronic instruments like the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, which has a large, flat surface that
produces myriad sounds when stroked. Laser harps allow
players to pluck celestial notes from beams of light.
In the recording studio, musicians rely on the skills
of engineers to sweeten their sounds. Music engineers
use digital technologies to mix and layer countless tracks
into a seamless whole. And they devise software that can
make flat voices sound tuneful and lush. Sound engineers are in demand because music permeates nearly all
media including films, television, radio, Web sites, and
electronic games. Now, many schools offer degrees in audio and music engineering, like the University of Miami.
Engineers have even created instrument-playing robots, which have become a hit on YouTube. Frivolous fun?
Perhaps. Freed admits that bot-bands wont have much
of a future once the current novelty of seeing robots
play instruments wears off. But someday, he adds, the
same robotic technologies will be used to help physically handicapped people play musical instruments. And
thats an outcome worthy of a standing ovation.

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Earth Day,

Want to save the planet? Opportunities for

awaii native Alexandria Boehm is passionate about her career in environmental engineering. When shes not traveling the world to aid coastal communities, shes teaching a course on environmental law and science policy through
the Stanford University Law School. Boehm and her fellow professors dive into topics like beach pollution and
disappearing wetlands. Her students enjoy brainstorming their own ideas for tackling these problems, she says. And
Boehm gets the chance to test out her own solutions during her frequent travels.
Boehm recently spent three months studying polluted drinking water in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She brought some Stanford engineering students with her to try and find out whether giving individual households information about the quality of
their water would help them make changes to keep it clean. Since houses dont have pipes, residents bring well water into their
homes and store it in containers. When the water comes out of the well, its very clean, but when they store it in their homes,
thats when it gets dirty, explains Boehm. So far, weve found that theres a lot more bacteria on peoples hands and in their
water than we thought. We were really surprised at that.
To test the water, Boehm and her team converted an apartment in Dar es Salaam into a laboratory. They bought tables to
serve as lab benches and built their own filtration devices and portable incubators. They tested more than a hundred samples
of water a day from homes, wells, and peoples hands. Boehm hopes the information will prove valuable, because Tanzania has
one of the highest death rates for children under 5 for gastroenteritis, which comes from poor drinking water.
Boehm also works closer to home. She spent a week in the Catalina Islands off the California coast to study how sunlight
affects harmful microbes in the water. The beach is really polluted, and theres a big study here on how often people get sick
from the water, she says. Were wondering: Can sun disinfect the water? And if so, how is that happening?
In the future, Boehm would like to do more work in her home state of Hawaii. Theres plenty to keep an environmental engineer like her busy: More than one-third of the worlds people live in coastal communities. But for now, she loves her work at
Stanford. Id like to stay here and continue doing what Im doing, she says, and continue to branch out a little bit more.

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Every Day

environmental engineers run wide and deep.

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Like a Laser
R

ay guns that zap bad guys with a lethal beam of light have
Military
long been mainstays of science fiction, from Buck Rogers to
Star Wars. Now, after more than 40 years of trying, engineers
engineers
are close to making high-energy battlefield lasers a reality.
concentrate
Recently, defense contractor Northrop Grumman demonstrated a prototype of an electric laser gun that shoots out a 105-kiloon creating
watt beam of light. A laser beam of 100 kilowatts or more is considered weapons-grade. Northrops laser has a light intensity
new weapons
thats about the same as the surface of the sun.
for the
Its strong enough to knock out the rockets, mortars, and
artillery shells bedeviling U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanibattleeld.
stan. But Northrop says the weapon can easily be ratcheted
up to much higher levels of force. That means future versions could be mounted in jet fighters to shoot down enemy aircraft in a split second.
Other types of future laser weapons would be adjustable, able to emit low-power stun
beams as well as high-power killer ones. The military is eager to field so-called directedenergy weapons because theyre ultra-precise and much faster than bullets.
Developing a workable laser weapon like Northrops required a complete host
of engineering disciplines, explains Nasser Peyghambarian, a professor of materials
science and engineering at the University of Arizona. Optical, mechanical, electrical,
and materials engineers all contributed. And although Northrops engineers are civilians, they work closely with their counterparts in the military.
Why do some engineers gravitate toward weapons program research? Peyghambarian says its often a combination of wanting to help defend the country while
working on gee-whiz, cutting-edge technology. Many Northrop engineers admit
to being influenced by the futuristic weapons portrayed in science fiction, Bishop
says, and are doing everything they can to make gunpowder a 20th-century
technology.
While that goal is now within reach, the deployment of laser weapons is still
years away. That means young, aspiring engineers of today could still be part of the
effort to deliver what Bishop calls the promise of defense at the speed of light.

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engineer wears
protective clothing
to keep dust from
interfering with a laser
beam in the lab.
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The digitally created

villain Davy Jones

The

Arrrrt
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A software
designer
helped Pirates
come to life.

ne of the key moments in the blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End was a battle
between two ships in a raging ocean storm.
The 15-minute scene featured a gigantic
whirlpool and lots of lightning, waves, and
spray. It wasnt the type of thing that could
be faked in a neighborhood swimming pool
or even on a Hollywood soundstage. So the
directors came up with a solution: They created the scene on a computer with software
developed by Industrial Light & Magic, the
special effects company created by George
Lucas when he made the first Star Wars film
in the 1970s.
Frank Petterson, a production technology supervisor at ILM, was a member of the
team that developed the fluid simulation
software. I have always been interested in
math and computers, he says. I was your
standard computer kid who got my first one
when I was 4 or 5 years old.
Computer games piqued his interest
in computer graphics, and he went on to
get a Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford
University. There, Petterson began to realize that working in movies offered a more
creative outlet for his talents than developing games. Now, his specialty is designing
software that can simulate water.Water is
probably the most difficult special effect to
do tougher than smoke and fire, he says.
The reason is we all know what it looks like.
We live around it. If you see water that looks
wrong, you know it.
Petterson got his start in water simulation working on Poseidon, the 2006 film
about survivors who fight to escape a sinking ship. The visual-effects supervisor said,
We need a giant ship to be hit by a giant
wave and then turn over and sink. Can we do
this? And how can we do this? he recalls.
For his work on developing the fluid simulation software used on the Pirates movie,
Petterson received an Academy Award for
scientific and engineering achievement in
2008. He also worked on an important water
scene for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince.
What I enjoy about my work is that its artistic, Petterson says. The tools that we use
to generate the images arent as important
as the images themselves. Ultimately, I work
for a company of artists and I love it.

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NATURE
Engineers find elegant design solutions in the
natural world.

n the not-so-distant past, engineering and biology were two distinct fields
of study that rarely had much to do with each other. No more. Nature, once
strictly the realm of biologists, is increasingly being scrutinized by engineers,
who appreciate that it can offer sustainable, energy-efficient solutions to vexing human problems.
Biomimicry is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field of industrial design based on several billion years worth of research and development
courtesy of evolution. Heres a small sample of the many engineering innovations inspired by the natural world.

IN A SWOON OVER SWIRLS PAX Scientific designs products inspired by the

elegance of vortices the whirlpools you see when water runs down a drain.
The spiral shape of a vortex is such a useful design that it regularly appears
in natural things such as nautilus shells, galaxies, and DNA, says PAX founder
Jay Harmon. The company incorporates the shape into products such as fan
and boat propellers, wind-turbine blades, and the impellers that push water
through pumps, making them more energy-efficient.
BUMPS FOR SMOOTH STROKES Whales are such graceful swimmers that they
can swiftly change direction with the greatest of ease despite their girth.
LILY AND IMPELLER: CHARLIE NUCCI; BIRD: ISTOCK; CAR: COURTESY MERCEDES

The low drag of

this Mercedes-Benz
concept car comes
from the streamlined shape of a
boxfish (right).

The PAX Scientific

impeller (top)
efficiently moves
water with a design
inspired by a lily.

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The shape of a kingfishers beak (left)
influenced the quiet, efficient design
of the Shinkansen bullet train.

ES WAY

Frank Fish, an expert in the biomechanics of sea animals at West Chester University, discovered that whales swim so effectively because of their tubercles
the bumps along the leading edge of their flippers. Inspired by that concept, he started WhalePower, a company that designs bump-edged blades for
wind turbines. The blades dont stall as easily, improving their effectiveness.
AS COOL AS A TERMITE The massive Eastgate shopping center in Harare,
Zimbabwe, eschews air conditioning. Instead, it relies on a system of passive
cooling inspired by African termite mounds. Termite mounds capture breezes
and ventilate hot air via chimneys to maintain a constant temperature inside
despite outside temperatures that fluctuate between 35 degrees Fahrenheit at night and 104 degrees during the day. At Eastgate, fans suck in fresh
air from outside and expel warm, stale air through flues. The system uses 90
percent less energy than traditional air conditioning.
CYBER SCAMPERERS Robert J. Full runs a University of CaliforniaBerkeley bioengineering lab thats dedicated to unlocking the locomotion secrets of insects,
lizards, centipedes, and other critters. Fulls Ariel is a crab-inspired robot that can
maneuver in surf. His RiSE robot mimics the gecko and can crawl up walls. And
his six-legged, cockroach-like RHex bot can scamper across rough terrain.
TRAIN AND SWIMMER: GETTY IMAGES; SHARK: ISTOCK

The toothlike
scales on a shark
(top) are mimicked
by the texture of
a Speedo Fastskin
swimsuit.
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TO MEASURE
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS TURN THE SOPHISTICATED DESIGNS OF ENGINEERS INTO REALITY.

OK,

SO AN ENGINEER, after much research,

comes up with an awesome design for a
six-lane bridge. Now, whos going to make it
happen? Enter the engineering technologists informally known
as ETs. No, they dont build the bridge; they supervise the construction crew and make sure its done right. And when things
go wrong, they know what to look for and how to fix it. Although
theyre basically known as the hands-on people, they sometimes
get involved in design as well.
Despite the important role of the engineering technologist,
its a career that typically mystifies high school students, says
Ron Burkhardt, assistant director of admissions at Purdue University. We tell them that engineers develop designs and solutions
quantitatively, while engineering technologists optimize and
implement those designs and solutions using proven business
and industrial practices. Once this is explained, Burkhardt says,
many students want to pursue this application aspect of technology. They realize they want to be ETs.
Indeed, more students switch from engineering to engineering technology, rather than the other way around. Thats usually
because of the different math requirements of each program, says
John J. McDonough, a former professor of civil engineering technology and associate dean of engineering at the University of Maine.
Its easier to go from calculus-based programs to algebra based.
But many students also realize they want to be in the middle of the
action, rather than doing research and design. McDonoughs own
daughter, Carolyn, started out in engineering and then switched to
engineering technology. She saw the light, he says proudly.
Still, like those studying engineering, students in a four-year

engineering technology program must gain a solid grasp of science and math. Some ET programs offer an equal mix of theory
and laboratory courses along with classes in communication an
essential skill for working in the real world.
There is also the option of earning a two-year associates degree to become an accredited engineering technician that is,
someone who installs, tests, or calibrates a product. Or a student
may start out in a two-year program at a community college before moving on to a four-year engineering technology program.
Thats what Derek Fletcher did. To save money, the Oshkosh,
Wis., native stayed close to home during his first two years in college, earning an associates degree in electrical engineering technology from Fox Valley Technical College. Hes now a senior at the
Michigan Technological University, working on a bachelors degree
in the same discipline. After graduation, Ill probably look for a
job, Fletcher says, something thats very hands-on and out in the
field. But hes got management aspirations, too, so he may also enroll in an MBA program at the University of WisconsinOshkosh.
George H. Sehi, dean of science, mathematics, and engineering
at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, tells his students
that ETs are in big demand. They are more valuable because they
have the hands-on understanding of the system. Industry wants
someone who can not only run the machine but also tell the difference between a signal and just a noise.
So it all comes down to what you prefer to do: design or apply
the design. The good news is that engineers and ETs work closely
together. There is an overlap in their work, McDonough says, to
the point that three or four years after graduation, you cant tell
them apart.

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Fasten Your

Seat Belts
New spacecraft will
soon be fullling
tourists astronautical
dreams.

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ant to indulge your inner Buzz Lightyear? You

may soon have that chance. Space tourism,
once an idea confined to science fiction, is
fast becoming a reality. Teams of engineers at several companies are furiously developing spacecraft to send tourists
on suborbital flights into space, perhaps as early as 2010.
Space travel for the masses wont come cheap. At a minimum, itll cost you around $100,000 to become a real astronaut and gaze down upon Earth. Despite the astronomical
prices, space tourists may number 20,000 per year by 2020.
Heres a look at five pioneers of a burgeoning industry.
VIRGIN GALACTIC
British entrepreneur Richard Branson, whose Virgin brand
encompasses everything from airlines to Internet services,
expects his venture will be whizzing tourists into space by
2010. A mother ship, the WhiteKnightTwo, will carry the sixpassenger SpaceShipTwo (below) to 50,000 feet. At that
point, SpaceShipTwo will rocket beyond the stratosphere
to a peak altitude of 62 miles. Voyagers will experience
weightlessness and unearthly views. The price? A steep
$200,000. Nevertheless, Virgin Galactic has already booked
several hundred reservations. Its also building a cool, ecofriendly spaceport in the New Mexico desert designed by
iconic architects Foster + Partners.

BLUE ORIGIN
Backed by Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of
Amazon.com, Blue Origin hopes to start weekly treks
into space by 2010 from a port in rural Texas. Blue Origins craft, the New Shepard, is a cone-shaped, computercontrolled rocket that will carry three passengers and
take off and land vertically. The company has successfully
tested a prototype of the craft at least three times.
SPACE ADVENTURES
So far, only a handful of extremely rich civilians have journeyed into space as tourists, thanks to Space Adventures.
It books passengers aboard the Russian Soyuz rockets
that routinely fly to the international space station in
orbit approximately 215 miles above Earth. Google cofounder Sergey Brin plunked down $5 million toward the
$30 million trip. For non-billionaires, Space Adventures is
engineering a spacecraft that will whisk a pilot and three
passengers to an altitude of 62 miles. Expected cost? The
bargain price of $102,000.
EADS ASTRIUM
This subsidiary of EADS, the European aeronautics company that makes Airbus jetliners, is working on a rocket plane
the size of a business jet that will shoot four passengers 60
miles into space for three minutes of gravity-free fun, starting in 2012. Cost: at least $240,000.
XCOR AEROSPACE
For budget-minded budding astronauts, theres this California manufacturer of rockets and engines. XCOR is building and expects to test in 2012 a pocket-sized rocket
plane called Lynx that will zap a pilot and one passenger
38 miles into space for a 90-second taste of weightlessness. Cost: a mere $100,000.
These ventures wont blast tourists to infinity and certainly not beyond. But cutting-edge engineering ensures
theyll soon be providing infinitely amazing adventures.

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WATER. SOME ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE MAKING IT THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE IT.

N SUMMER 2007, four civil engineering students from the University of Dayton visited the tiny village of Barombi in Cameroon. They were just tourists for the day, on a break from service
work in the nearby city of Kumba. But that all changed when
the chief there told them that villagers were becoming ill and
dying because the lake they depended on for drinking water was contaminated. Cleaner water was available from a stream
half a mile outside the village, he said, but reaching it involved an
uphill trek through thick jungle. Thats when Justin Forzano had
a brainstorm. If a system can flow by gravity, you dont have to
worry about power, explains Forzano, a junior at UD at the time.
He and the other students proposed to build a pipeline that would
allow the stream water to flow downhill into the village. They were
careful not to make any promises to the chief but hoped to return
the next summer to follow through with their plan.
Of course, you dont have to stumble into an African village
in trouble to find an opportunity to make a difference. A growing number of engineering students tap into safe-water projects
through campus chapters of Engineers Without Borders USA, a
nonprofit humanitarian organization that works with developing communities worldwide to improve quality of life through
PHOTOS BY DAVID COOLEY AND NADIA GLUCKSBERG

sustainable engineering projects. Students from the University of

Hartford EWB chapter, for example, have made three trips to the
Indian village of Abheypur to install a solar-powered pump in the
towns main well to bring clean water to residents. And four teams
of students from the EWB chapter at Valparaiso University have
worked to create a windmill-powered water system in Nakor, Kenya. The system has substantially reduced the rate of waterborne
illnesses among villagers and provided irrigation for their crops.
After returning to the United States, the UD students worked to
make the Barombi pipeline a reality. They raised $15,000 for supplies and successfully lobbied the civil engineering department to
create an independent study class that would allow them to get
credit for the project. In summer 2008, two more students joined
the original four in Cameroon to work alongside villagers and local
professionals to build the pipe, a spigot for communal access, and
simple filtration systems in each villagers home. Plenty of naysayers questioned the students ability to get the project up and running in such a short time, recalls UD graduate Hayley Ryckman.
But any lingering doubt was washed away the day they turned the
water on, she says. It opened our minds to what were capable of
doing after we graduate.
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Keep your eye on these engineers who are changing the world.

FRESH FACES
The Clean Dirt-Biker

laying with toys all day thats how Neal Saiki describes his job.
The engineer worked with a group to design the first-ever humanpowered helicopter, which flew about 8 inches off the ground. It didnt
travel too far but was cool enough to be shown off at a museum in
Washington, D.C. More recently, Saiki created an electric dirt bike. It
costs just 1 cent per mile to operate way cheaper than gas. Also, the
batteries it uses are completely recyclable. Saiki says designing environmentally friendly products was important to him because he loves
camping, hiking, and rock climbing and wants to preserve the great
outdoors from pollution. Now, so many people want his electric motorcycles that theres a three-month waiting list.

Wake Up...Or Else

A Green Go-Getter

slum in India has gotten cleaner water,

thanks to filters developed by engineers
in an organization that Regina Clewlow created. Clewlow started Engineers for a Sustainable World to encourage fellow engineers to
brainstorm ways to improve the lives of people in poor countries. As a high school student, she learned about environmental issues
through Amnesty International. In college, she was disappointed to find
that there werent many opportunities to connect engineering to social
problems. Her organization now has about 3,000 members. Clewlow is
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ressing snooze in the morning a little

too often? No worries to the rescue is Gauri Nanda with her Clocky. How
it works: If you hit snooze, the alarm clock
jumps off your nightstand and lands on its
wheels, beeping the whole time. Then its
time to play hide-and-seek. The gadget rolls,
bumps into things, backs up, and eventually
stops. When the clock rings again, the sleepy
owner has to walk around and find it to turn
it off. Nanda invented the alarm clock for herself while she was studying design at MITs
Media Lab. She says engineering helped her
figure out which parts were needed and
how they could be put together. She started
her own design company,
Nanda Home, and has
sold more than 130,000 of
the clocks in three years.

NEAL SAIKI PHOTO BY MICHAEL LEWIS

World Banker

Web site that allows people to make small, $25 loans has become
a pretty big deal. Matt Flannery used his programming skills to
develop Kiva.org, which allows people to lend money to entrepreneurs
in developing countries after browsing their profiles online. Kate Ewhrugakpo in Nigeria borrowed $350 to buy sewing machines and fabric for
designing clothes and paid back the loan in eight months. Ana Glora
Ventura borrowed $150 to buy meat and vegetables to sell stuffed pastries outside her home. The venture paid for her childrens schooling.
More than 250,000 lenders have helped about 40,000 borrowers in 40
countries through Kiva. When the lenders get their money back, they
can relend to someone else, donate their funds to Kiva, or withdraw their
money.

A Real Rocket Scientist

aurie Carrillo is an aerospace engineer at the NASA-Johnson

Space Center whos working on the Orion CEV spacecraft, slated
for a moon launch after the current space shuttle retires in 2010. Shes
experimenting with different materials to find the best combinations
for keeping the temperature ideal inside the spacecraft. She says it
cant be too cold or else condensation will form. As a child, Carrillo
was fascinated by space and remembers watching the U.S. astronaut
Sally Ride on Sesame Street. Before being a part of this project, Carrillo
helped organize and analyze wind particles, meteorites, and lunar
rocks brought back from NASA missions.

The Apprentice
Takes Charge

andal Pinkett is most famous for winning the TV

reality show competition, The Apprentice, but his
passion is helping those less fortunate. He has multiple
engineering degrees from Rutgers University, Oxford
University, and MIT. As a graduate student, he created
online software for low-income families to gather community information on after-school programs, churches, and libraries in their area. He chatted with residents
to find out what they needed and let them contribute
information to the database. Now, he manages his own
consulting firm to help companies figure out how to
use technology to organize and convey their information. Pinkett often gets recognized in public since his
Apprentice win and has used his celebrity status to
launch a lucrative public-speaking career.

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Hes Got the Multi-Touch

usic fans can rock out with virtual guitars on an interactive wall, thanks
to a touch-screen technology that Jeff Han tinkered with. Most touchscreens, such as the ones at airport check-in kiosks, allow only one finger touch
at a time. But Hans large, multitouch screens can be activated by touching or
sweeping several fingertips across the surface. Users can slide digital photos
around as if they were prints on a desk, and several people can edit different
photos at the same time. Han, a consulting research scientist at New York University, studied computer science and electrical engineering subjects that
helped him develop technology that lets many people collaborate.

Ideas at Play

aul Griffith likes to create things pretty cool things. He invented lowcost eyeglass lenses that can mold into various shapes within 10 minutes
to correct peoples vision. Its one project from Squid Labs, a company he started
dedicated to engineering design and technology innovation. His labs have also
created a smart rope that can save the lives of firefighters and rock climbers. A
spinoff company called Monkeylectric
sells colorful lights for bike wheels. He
also coauthors a comic called Howtoons
that shows kids how to build things
themselves. Griffith was awarded a MacArthur Foundation genius grant to
help keep his innovations going. His degrees in materials science and mechanical engineering helped him figure out
how to make his ideas a reality.

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Edifice Expert

orking for the SmithGroup architectural firm, Cynthia Cogil uses

engineering to make buildings that are better for the environment. She helped design
one that turns off the lights when it senses
enough daylight coming in. Also, its roof
collects water that gets filtered before coming out of the faucet. Whats more, the toilet doesnt use water. Instead, chutes bring
waste into a holding tank where it decomposes. Cogil says her job as an architectural
engineer allows her to use the math and
science skills that always were her strengths
in school. And she gets to work on cool projects like the International Spy Museum in
Washington, D.C., which is one of the citys
most popular attractions.

JEFF HAN PHOTO BY AMY GUIP; SAUL GRIFFITH PHOTO BY KATY RADDATZ

Java Queen

offee lover Michelle Gass spends her days figuring out

what others like about coffee. She got a chemical engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and
now is senior vice president of marketing and category at
the Starbucks Corp. She launched the Caramel Frappuccino,
and it was her idea to have a caramel drizzle instead of a little
squirt. She also wanted domed lids and green straws instead
of red ones to give the slush a more appealing look. Gass
finds out what customers want by talking to them and taking
her team to Starbucks shops around the world. The trips help
them understand other cultures and spark new coffee ideas.

Soap Star

ith his high school buddy, Adam Lowry created household cleaning products that are stylish, nice smelling,
and kind to the environment. You may have seen his Method
line at Target or Safeway stores. The cleaners are made with natural ingredients that are less toxic. Lowry worked with designers on cool containers that look decorative on shelves, including a soap bottle shaped like an hourglass. Lowry, who has a
degree in chemical engineering, thinks that cleaners shouldnt
have to be hidden away and that they should add a little pizzazz
to peoples home decor. People like the idea and have bought
more than $75 million worth of his products.

Robotics for Real People

t may sound like science fiction, but this is the real deal: Yoky Matsuoka is figuring out how to
make robotic arms that can be guided by the human brain. As a young tennis player, she often
wondered how her body moved to help her play the sport. When she got injured, she puzzled over
how her body recovered and relearned everything. Now, as a neurobotics researcher at the University of Washington, she gets paid to find out. Matsuoka focuses her research on the hands and arms.
She says it will probably be at least 20 years before neurobotics technology on hands can be used
on a real person. But knowing that her work will eventually change peoples lives and affect society
has kept her in the field.

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Google
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ont be evil is Googles informal corporate motto. Far from being evil, Google
is trying to use its vast wealth to do good. Since becoming a public company
in 2004, it has set aside 1 percent of its equity and profits around $1 billion to fund good causes and invest in promising technologies.
For example, Google.org, the mega search engines philanthropic arm, has invested $2.75 million each in Aptera Motors of California and ActaCell of Texas. Aptera
is designing a fuel-efficient car that combines an aerodynamic shape, lightweight
materials, and electric hybrid technology. ActaCell is developing a better battery for
such vehicles, which can be charged by plugging them into an electrical outlet. The
goal is to develop cars that can cruise for 100 miles on one gallon of gas.
Google.org also supports projects in developing renewable energy sources that
are cheaper than coal, halting emerging infectious diseases, improving public services in developing countries, and investing in small-to-medium-sized businesses in
developing countries. Google employees are encouraged to take time to do charitable work. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin say they want to address some of
the worlds most urgent problems. Theyve certainly put their companys money
where their mouths are.

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Mentoring
at DuPont

PHOTO BY JIM GRAHAM

iane Gulyas joined DuPont 30 years ago

starting at the bottom,
as she puts it with a newly
minted B.S. degree in chemical
engineering from the University
of Notre Dame. Today, many different duties and promotions
later, shes a group vice president heading one of DuPonts
largest divisions: Performance
Materials.
Being a top manager is
about analyzing problems and
then mobilizing people to solve
them, which is why her degree
has served her well as she has
risen through the ranks. Engineering is one of the best ways
to learn advanced problemsolving skills, both individually
and in teams, she says.
Gulyas realizes that shes a
role model for younger women.
Mentoring is a real passion of
mine, she says. I learned a lot
from the women ahead of me,
and I now try to help those who
come after me. Accordingly,
Gulyas mentors 12 women at
DuPont, offering them coaching
and counseling on a one-to-one
basis.
Because she travels often,
she regularly meets with women at DuPont operations worldwide, from Russia to Taiwan.
Gulyas also has advised a young
female business owner in India
as part of a U.S. State Department mentoring program.
Gulyas and her husband, Ed,
have been married 27 years. She
admits that juggling a high-profile career with family life can be
tough at times and that it helps
to have a network of supporters, including family, friends,
and colleagues: It is a team effort. Of course, knowing the
value of teamwork is something
else that Gulyas learned from
engineering.

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Flyin
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KELLEN KNOWLES GRADUATED

FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY-

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
INDIANAPOLIS WITH A MAJOR
IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.
AFTER TAKING SOME TIME OFF
TO PURSUE PERSONAL GOALS

(INCLUDING LEARNING HOW

TO FLY A PLANE), HE PLANS TO
GET A PH.D. AND CONTINUE

Kellen
Knowles
DOING TISSUE ENGINEERING AND

BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH.

ve always had a real

interest in chemistry.
So being able to combine
that with engineering and
finding a field where I can
do that has been really great.
In the area of tissue engineering
and biomaterials, theres a lot of
chemistry involved. Thats something
Im really passionate about. Its so
amazing: being able to get a device that
you can put into the body, changing certain
features of the material so that the body
wont reject it, and working with the biology
to integrate the living and the nonliving.
For my senior design project, were looking
at pacemaker leads, which are commonly
made out of polyurethane and silicone. Those
are two biocompatible materials, but we want
to find a way to make those materials release
antibacterial agents over time, so that it will
help reduce infection. When I was first looking
up engineering, I didnt even know biomedical
was out there. The only reason I found out was
research over time.

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ELYSE RESTER IS A
SENIOR AT GEORGIA

TECH MAJORING IN
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING.
ULTIMATELY, SHE
WANTS TO USE HER
TRAINING TO GET
BASIC SANITATION
AND CLEAN WATER
TO RURAL AREAS
IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.

Elyse
Rester
I

chose environmental engineering for several reasons. I really wanted to do

something hands-on. I wanted to be outside, working in the field, and I thought
environmental engineering would be a great way to do that. Also, I wanted to
help improve sustainability and work with people. When I first spoke to my
adviser, I was a little unsure of what I wanted to do for a major. He told me about
a professor at Georgia Tech who was building solar pumps to pump clean water
to different parts of rural Africa. When he told me that, I instantly knew that that
was something I wanted to be a part of. Im a member of ESWB, Engineering
Students Without Borders, and they design projects with similar subject matter.
Growing up, we were camping all the time. Wed go hiking and snowboarding. We
were always outdoors. Living in Atlanta has made that a little difficult, but I still
run outside. Im a big fan of doing things outside if at all possible.

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REBECA RODRIGUEZ
GRADUATED FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA WITH A
MAJOR IN AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING AND A

hen I was 11
years old, my
family took a trip to
SKATEBOARDING AND
Texas,
and we went
PLAYING SPORTS LIKE
to
the
Space
Center
SOFTBALL, SOCCER,
Houston.
From
that
AND ULTIMATE
moment
on,
I
wanted
FRISBEE.
to be an astronaut.
I researched what
astronauts studied, and
most of them were
aerospace engineers.
To me, engineers try
to make sense of the
world around them.
They truly explore how
things work and how
they can better the lives
of others. I did a year
abroad in Japan and
then did research with
one of the professors
at a university there, so
I was able to see how
engineering works in
another country. I also
had the chance to go to
Thailand and do some
research on solar cells.
If the chance arises, Id
really like to travel to
space. Now, I really want
to mix engineering with
international work and
hopefully work with
space agencies from
different countries.
MINOR IN JAPANESE.
SHE ENJOYS

Rebeca
Rodriguez

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heres an organization called FIRST

Robotics, which gives high school
kids a game and six weeks to build a
robot for it. It teaches a lot about the
practicalities of engineering. I realized
while I was doing that that it wasnt
just working with the computer that
I liked so much, it was using the
computer to make something in the
real world actually happen. In this
case, it was taking this robot that the
rest of the team had built this
130-pound, hulking contraption
and bringing it to life. That was
my job. It was a really rewarding
experience for me. I want to
go into neuroengineering;
its kind of half neuroscience
and half upper-level electrical
engineering combined
together. The idea is to work
with prosthetics design
taking this idea of
robotic movement
and using it to help
amputees improve
their quality of life. I love
a challenge, and I think
theres no single greater
challenge to us right now than
understanding how the human
body works, especially the nervous
system. The ability to try and understand
bits of that and build technology that can
improve peoples lives in a positive way is
phenomenal to me. I love the idea.
ADAM BOSEN EARNED HIS BACHELORS AND MASTERS

Adam
Bosen

DEGREES IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING FROM THE ROCHESTER

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. HE WANTS TO PURSUE A PH.D.

IN NEUROENGINEERING, WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING
ADVANCED PROSTHETICS. BOSEN IS WORKING TOWARD
EARNING A BLACK BELT IN AIKIDO.

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KRISTEN SCUDDER
IS A JUNIOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA
STUDYING CIVIL
ENGINEERING WITH
AN EMPHASIS ON
ARCHITECTURE. SHE
IS A MEMBER OF A
DANCE COMPANY
AND TEACHES
BALLET.

rowing up, Ive always liked

architecture, but specifically, Im
into bridges. Watching the Springfield
[Va.] interchange get built inspired me.
They conquered one of the worst traffic
problems in the nation. The bridges are
huge. The fact that somebody had to
design and fix that problem I want
to be that person. Right now, Im on
a steel bridge team at school. Were
designing a bridge for one of the national

Kristen
Scudder
competitions for the American Society
of Civil Engineers. Youre given certain
conditions, and you have to use those
parameters to make your design, and
whatever can hold the most weight wins.
You learn a lot through that process. Its
a team of 20 people, so its a big group.
From an architectural aspect, whenever I
go over bridges or underpasses or regular
roads things that seem pretty boring
to most people I see them in a different
light. And thats always really neat.

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Having it All

as Craigslist, the online network of community

bulletin boards, doomed the classified sections
of city newspapers? Maybe. At Craigslist, people
MITCHlove
SPRINGER
can buy and sell things, job hunt, seek
via the perGRADUATED
FROM
sonal ads or have their say in discussion
forums.
And its
THE UNIVERSITY OF
all (mostly) free: The site makes money
by charging for
WISCONSIN-MADISON
job postings in certain cities and for property rental ads
WITH A MAJOR IN
in New York. Founder Craig Newmark received his bachMECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
elors and masters degrees in electrical engineering and
IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE
computer science from Case Western
Reserve University.
ENJOYS RUNNING AND
In 1995, he began putting a list online
of cool things to do
KAYAKING. HE PLANS
in his adopted city of San Francisco
and
TO PURSUE A PHthen
.D. IN developed
software that let people add toBIOMEDICAL
the list ENGINEERING
by e-mail. Now the
ninth most popular site on the
Web,
Craigslist
AND
WORK ON
MEDICAL has pages
.
for 450 cities in more than 50 DEVICES
countries.
Estimated annual
revenue: at least $40 million. Newmark has no plans to
sell out to become an instant billionaire. His life, he says, is
comfortable enough as it is.

s soon as I was able to walk, I

was taking apart things and
basically just being a household
destruction unit. Eventually, I started
seeing why things broke, and I
started telling my parents, I wish
they would have done it this way,
as Craigslist,
online
of community
or I wishthe
they
couldnetwork
have changed
bulletin
boards,
the classifi
it. And
one doomed
day, my parents
said, ed sections
of city
newspapers?
Maybe.
At Craigslist,
Well,
stop wishing
and start
doing. people
can buy andThats
sell things,
hunt,that
seekbeing
love an
via the perwhen Ijob
decided
engineer
would
be
how
I
could
do
sonal ads or have their say in discussion forums. And its
mysite
senior
design
project,
all (mostly)that.
free:For
The
makes
money
by charging for
were
working
on
building
stair
job postings in certain cities and for property rental ads
liftsFounder
inside peoples
homes. Straight
in New York.
Craig Newmark
received his bachstair
lifts
are
fairly
common,
but
if
elors and masters degrees in electrical engineering
and
people have curving banisters, the
computer science from Case Western Reserve University.
problem is getting the lifts in there
In 1995, he began putting a list online of cool things to do
at a low cost. We want to turn it into
in his adopted city of San Francisco and then developed
something that can be made into
software
that
letlike
people
addset,
toalmost
the list by e-mail. Now the
pieces
a Lego
ninth
most
popular
on the Web, Craigslist has pages
so they
can site
be manufactured
for 450
cities inand
more
than
countries.
cheaper
made
for50
any
staircase.Estimated annual
revenue:
at least
$40 million.
Newmark
We want
to make
it so people
can has no plans to
get
up
there
and
stay
in
their
lives
sell out to become an instant billionaire. His life, he says, is
and be happy.
Im as
really
comfortable
enough
it is.excited
about that. I think engineering all
comes down to being creative,
applying yourself, working hard, and
having fun with what you do.

Mitch
Springer
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JOY BARRETT IS A
SENIOR WORKING
ON A DOUBLE
MAJOR IN CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING AND
PHYSICS AT TUSKEGEE

UNIVERSITY.
HER FOCUS IS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING.

OUTSIDE OF
CLASS, SHE DOES
COMMUNITY SERVICE
AND MENTORS
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS.

Joy
Barrett
Y

ou might not always see engineers, but they work in almost every company. My dad
is a mechanical engineer, and he always used to take me up to his jobs to see what
he worked on. I was one of those kids who would take things apart and put them back
together. I didnt know what that meant as a little girl, but I see that that was my first
step into engineering. This past summer, I worked as a chemist for a nuclear company. I
got to see engineers at work using what Im going to school for. That gives me hope to
keep striving. People look at engineering as one of the hardest majors. And Im always
letting them know that as long as you put your heart and mind into something, anything
can be accomplished. Just like theres always a need for a doctor, theres always a need
for an engineer.

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ppropriate technology is
about helping people to
build what they need and not
what is going to make you the
most money. Its also about
the environment and using
whats available locally. I was
blessed to go to Tanzania for
three weeks after working with
a team for two years to develop
a wood-turning lathe. We went
to several villages in Tanzania
telling people about these ideas,
and then we partnered with
them to bring it into real life. We
started working with a craftsman
there, orphans, students and
worked together to build some
machines that they can now
use to earn money. Sometimes,
you dont choose engineering,
but engineering chooses you.
There are some people who are
just wired to fix things. If you see
something thats not right in the
world, and you dont say, Man,
someone should do something
about that. Instead, you say,
I should do something about
that then you might be an
engineer.

Alex
Moseson
ALEX MOSESON IS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY RESEARCHING
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD. HE HOPES TO BE A
PROFESSOR SOMEDAY AND USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OTHERS EXCITED ABOUT
THE FIELD. HE VOLUNTEERS WITH ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS, AND HIS HOBBIES
INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.

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GOOD ADVICE
So how do you prepare for engineering school? We asked current college engineering
students all members of ASEE for their advice to high school students thinking
about pursuing engineering. Naturally, they all said that you should take plenty of
math and science. But they also offered these suggestions:

Develop an

interest in the
arts. This helps in
developing creative
thinking ability.

Take your
English classes
seriously.

Your ability to communicate

is important in college
and, later, in
the workplace.

Take a drafting or

drawing class
in high school that makes you
think in 3-D when designing
something.

Get your
hands on things,

take them apart,

repair them. Develop your
mechanical intuition and
reasoning.

Get
summer
internships

Stay well-rounded, and

pursue other interests

besides engineering.
Good engineers know the
needs and wants of culture
and society.

with rms in your eld of

interest. A little experience
early on can signicantly
inuence your ultimate
career choice.

Get in touch
with a local branch of an
engineering society to
Find someone
an older friend, student,
cousin whos been through
it before and can cheer you
on or tutor you. Dont be
afraid to get help, because

the rst two

years are the
toughest.

meet with real

engineers.

Dont

Dont b
be afraid to

challeng
challenge yourself.
Th only
The
l way you can learn
what you are truly capable
of is to test yourself.

Explore the world.

See things from a different
perspective. Dont just do
what everyone else does.

Be yourself.

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Colleges offer women engineering students sisterhood and support.

GIRL POWER

oming into Virginia Techs engineering program, Angela Walker knew that as a woman, she would be in the minority. Thats
why she chose to live in Hypatia, an all-female engineering
community, her first two years. Nothing can replace the ability to
walk down the hallway and get help on homework, says Walker, now
a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. If it werent for the network of people you meet through this program, many girls might feel
intimidated to the point that they decide to drop out of engineering,
she says. We empower each other.
Programs like Hypatia make a difference. Many women in engineering programs report feeling isolated. Thats no surprise: Women make

Residents of Hypatia, Virginia Techs all-female engineering dorm

up 57 percent of the total undergraduate population but just

17 percent of engineering undergraduates. Engineering educators want those numbers to go up not only to fill a serious engineer shortage in this country but also to diversify
the profession. The more diverse an engineering team is, the
greater the potential for creative ideas and solutions. Thats
why schools like Virginia Tech and the Pennsylvania State
University are doing everything they can to provide moral
support for women engineering students.
Carly Petrarca admits that visiting engineering schools
her senior year of high school was a little intimidating after
all the hype she had heard about the lack of women in the
field. But her confidence got a boost when she learned about
Penn States Women in Engineering Program.
Starting with a three-day orientation before classes begin, the program puts together teams of female students and
matches them with mentors, laying a foundation of support
for their freshman year and beyond. Even though women
are a minority, the program is huge, and you dont feel like
youre a minority at all, Petrarca says.
Attending monthly meetings kept her on top of everyPHOTO BY NED DISHMAN

thing from study skills to building a rsum that eventually

landed her an internship at Walt Disney World. Her mentor
became a friend that she still e-mails for advice. Now a senior in industrial engineering and a mentor herself, Petrarca
says the network also helped her through some rough spots:
The curriculum is definitely challenging, but having these
resources, youre constantly reminded not to give up.
Support doesnt always have to come through a formal
program. At Tufts University, electrical engineering professor Karen Panetta is leading a team of undergraduate women
from different engineering disciplines through several projects. Theyre building a solar-powered car for the World Solar
Challenge in Australia and designing all-new solar-energy
systems for two historic lighthouses on Thacher Island off the
coast of Massachusetts. The Nerd Girls, as they proudly call
themselves, invite K-12 students to their campus to dispel
myths about engineering. They have even inspired a reality TV
show. They are cool, hip young women, Panetta says, who
show how having interdisciplinary interests in music, art, drama, dance, and sports coupled with math and science
makes incredible engineers who can change the world.
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These profs love helping students to thrive.

CLASS ACTS
A Probing Mind

EBECCA RICHARDS-KORTUM sees the engineer in everyone. Its one way

this Rice University professor of bioengineering helps undergraduates
in many disciplines create solutions to global health problems.
She leads a program called Beyond Traditional Borders, which allows students to tackle specific challenges faced by health care providers in developing countries. One group, for instance, helped a community in Lesotho
make low-cost incubators to improve hospital neonatal care. Its a great opportunity for students to learn science and put engineering into action to
solve problems, Richards-Kortum says. Its a real source of inspiration for
me to see how engaged and enthusiastic they are and how much they want
to make a difference in their careers.
Making a difference fuels her own research. She has won numerous awards
for her work in developing miniature microscopes to identify precancerous
tissue without need for invasive procedures such as biopsies. This is particularly important in developing countries where expensive screening methods
often arent available. Her lab is now collaborating with doctors in India to
test battery-powered versions of the microscopes to detect oral cancer.
Traveling and seeing firsthand what life is like for impoverished groups
has been a humbling and inspiring experience, she says. Its changed a lot
about what I think is important in my career.

Rogue Scholar

DDSMAKERS probably wouldnt have bet money that Armando Rodriguez would one day become a professor. He grew up
in a rough New York City neighborhood in the 1960s and 1970s, and
many of his friends were lost to the streets. His mother died of cancer
when he was 13, and his father was a window cleaner. He couldnt
provide much advice to me other than, Go to school or Im going
to kill you, Rodriguez says. But his father did steer him to someone
in the neighborhood who Rodriguez says saved his life. He was the
guy who saved me from juvenile delinquency and worse later on.
He bought me books and helped me with projects. I know the difference an individual can make in a persons life Ive lived it.
Today, as a professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State
University, Rodriguez teaches courses about control systems in
spacecraft, robots, submarines, and missiles. He leads a mentoring
program funded by the National Science Foundation that has provided scholarships to hundreds of undergraduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. I wish I could provide such
scholarships to millions more across the nation, he says. For many
of the students I target, it often represents the difference between
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Driving Force

HEN MARCUS ASHFORD was studying mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University, there wasnt a
single black faculty member in the department. Now, as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama, he hopes to inspire
change. A lot of kids dont see themselves in certain positions
because theyve never seen anyone like them doing it, he says.
We are our own best recruiters. If the work that we do is exciting
enough, and you can get people to see that, well draw them in.
In 2004, the National Society for Black Engineers named Ashford Graduate Student of the Year for his revolutionary design of
a fuel preprocessor for the Lincoln Navigator. It reduced emissions by 80 percent, improved fuel economy, and helped start
the SUV in cold weather. Part of his doctoral dissertation at the
University of Texas at Austin, the invention was patented by UT
and Ford. Now, Ashford is working on hydrogen, which he calls
the ultimate fuel of the future.
Ashford enjoys his role as a teacher. When youre discussing something in class, occasionally youll notice that deer in
the headlights look that says they dont quite get it. You start
tweaking what youre saying, and then you see the lights going
on. You can see it in their eyes. Oh! Thats what hes saying! And
thats an amazing feeling.

The Water Guy

HEN HE WAS a senior in high school, Marc Edwards

was sure he wanted to be a veterinarian. But after
he spent a summer working with pets and getting bitten,
he realized that vets end up treating the owners more than
the animals. So he switched to civil engineering. Edwards is
now a private consultant and professor at Virginia Tech.
In 2004, homeowners in Washington, D.C., contacted
him about leaks in their home plumbing. Working in part
for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and
the Environmental Protection Agency, Edwards set out to
investigate. He found astronomically high levels of lead
which can cause birth defects and mental retardation in
D.C.s water. After he alerted WASA and the EPA, both agencies fired him. But Edwards continued investigating, aided
by three keen graduate students. Eventually, he discovered
that the lead was due to chloramine, a chemical disinfectant WASA had begun using in 2000. The whole experience
taught him not only about fighting bureaucracy but also
about the quality of todays engineering students. You often hear that North American students dont have a work
ethic, and they dont know this and they dont know that, he
says. But I will tell you that it almost brings tears to my eyes
to think about my students commitment and the hours they
invested. It was remarkable.
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DIRECTORY
ASEE's engineering and engineering technology schools

ENGINEERING SCHOOLS
ALABAMA
Alabama A&M University
Normal, AL 35762
http://www2.aamu.edu/set/
(256) 372-5560

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
www.eng.ua.edu
(205) 348-6400

University of Alabama,
Birmingham

Birmingham, AL 35294
http://www.uab.edu/engineering/
(205) 934-8410

University of Alabama,
Huntsville

Huntsville, AL 35899
http://www.uah.edu/engineering/
(205) 824-6474

Auburn University

Auburn, AL 36830
www.eng.auburn.edu
(334) 844-2308

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL 36688
www.usouthal.edu/engineering
(251) 460-6140

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL 36088
www.tuskegee.edu
(334) 727-8356

California State University,

Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92634
www.fullerton.edu/ecs
(714) 773-3362

California State University, Long

Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe
(562) 985-5123

California State University, Los

Angeles

Los Angeles, CA 90032

www.calstatela.edu/academic/engr/
tmp/et
(323) 343-4512

California State University,

Northridge

Northridge, CA 91330
www.csun.edu/~ecsdean/degprog.
html
(818) 885-4501

California State University,

Sacramento
Sacramento, CA 95819
hera.ecs.csus.edu
(916) 278-6127

University of California,
Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
www.coe.berkeley.edu
(510) 642-5771

University of California, Davis

ALASKA

Davis, CA 95616
http://engineering.ucdavis.edu/
(530) 752-1979

University of Alaska, Anchorage

University of California, Irvine

Anchorage, AK 99508
www.engr.uaa.alaska.edu
(907) 786-1900

Irvine, CA 92697
www.eng.uci.edu
(949) 824-4333

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

University of California, Los

Angeles

Fairbanks, AK 99775
www.uaf.edu/cem
(907) 474-7730

ARIZONA
Arizona State University

Los Angeles, CA 90095

www.engineer.ucla.edu
(310) 825-9580

University of California,
Riverside

Tempe, AZ 85287
http://engineering.asu.edu/
(480) 965-1726

Riverside, CA 92521
www.engr.ucr.edu
(951) 827-5190

University of Arizona

University of California, San

Diego

Tucson, AZ 85721
www.engr.arizona.edu
(520) 621-6594

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ 86011
http://www.cefns.nau.edu/
(928) 523-2408

ARKANSAS
Arkansas State University
State University, AR 72467
engr.astate.edu
(870) 972-2088

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR 72801
engr.atu.edu
(479) 964-0877

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
www.engr.uark.edu
(479) 575-7780

University of Arkansas, Little

Rock
Little Rock, AR 72204
http://ualr.edu/eit/
(501) 569-8203

CALIFORNIA
California Institute of
Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
www.eas.caltech.edu
(626) 395-4100

California Polytechnic State

University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
ceng-web.calpoly.edu
(805) 756-2131

California State Polytechnic

University, Pomona

Pomona, CA 91768
www.csupomona.edu/~engineering
(909) 869-2600

California State University,

Fresno

Fresno, CA 93740
http://www.csufresno.edu/engineering/index.shtml
(559) 278-2500

La Jolla, CA 92093
www.soe.ucsd.edu
(858) 534-6237

University of California, Santa

Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
www.engr.ucsb.edu
(805) 893-3141

University of California, Santa

Cruz

Santa Clara University

George Washington University

Illinois Institute of Technology

University of Southern California

Howard University

University of Illinois, Chicago

Stanford University

FLORIDA

University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign

Santa Clara, CA 95053

www.engr.scu.edu
(408) 554-4600

Los Angeles, CA 90089

http://viterbi.usc.edu/
(213)-740-7832
Stanford, CA 94305
soe.stanford.edu
(630) 723-3938

COLORADO
Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO 80401
http://engineering.mines.edu/
(303) 273-3650

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523
www.engr.colostate.edu
(970) 491-3366

Colorado State University,

Pueblo

Monterey, CA 93943
www.nps.edu
(831) 656-2727

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211
http://www.pacific.edu/x6908.xml
(209) 946-2151

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA 92182
www.engineering.sdsu.edu
(619) 594-6061

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA 92110

www.sandiego.edu/usdengr
(619) 260-4627

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA 94132
www.sfsu.edu/~cse/
(415) 338-1571

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA 95192
www.engr.sjsu.edu
(408) 924-3800

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
Univ., Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
www.db.erau.edu
(386)-226-6000

Florida A&M University/Florida

State University
Tallahassee, FL 32310
www.eng.fsu.edu
(850) 487-6161

Florida Gulf Coast University

University of Colorado,
Colorado Springs

Florida Institute of Technology

Boulder, CO 80309
www.colorado.edu/engineering
(303) 492-5071

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

www.eas.uccs.edu
(719) 255-3543

University of Colorado, Denver

Denver, CO 80217
www.cudenver.edu
(303) 556-4768

University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
www.du.edu/secs
(303) 871-3787

U.S. Air Force Academy

U.S.A.F.A., CO 80840
http://www.usafa.af.mil/
(719) 333-1110

CONNECTICUT
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT 06601
www.bridgeport.edu/sed
(203) 576-4111

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
www.engr.uconn.edu
(203) 486-2221

Fairfield University

University of Hartford

Naval Postgraduate School

Orlando, FL 32816
www.cecs.ucf.edu
(407) 823-2156

University of Colorado, Boulder

Harvey Mudd College

Los Angeles, CA 90045

www.lmu.edu/page21304.aspx
(310) 642-2834

University of Central Florida

Florida Atlantic University

Fairfield, CT 06430
http://www.fairfield.edu/soe/index.
html
(203) 254-4000

Loyola Marymount University

Washington, DC 20059
www.howard.edu/ceacs
(202) 636-6565

Pueblo, CO 81001
http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/
engineering/Pages/default.aspx
(719) 549-2890

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

www.cse.ucsc.edu
(831) 459-2158

Claremont, CA 91711
http://www.hmc.edu/academicsclinicresearch/academicdepartments/
engineering.html
(909) 607-3883

Washington, DC 20052
www.seas.gwu.edu
(202) 994-6080

West Hartford, CT 06117

uhaweb.hartford.edu/ceta
(860) 768-4844

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT 06516

http://www.newhaven.edu/8/
(203) 932-7168

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT 06320
http://www.cga.edu/display.
aspx?id=486
(860) 444-8547

Yale University

New Haven, CT 06520

www.eng.yale.edu
(203) 432-4200

DELAWARE
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
www.udel.edu/engg
(302) 831-2401

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
engineering.cua.edu
(202) 319-5160

University of the District of

Columbia

Washington, DC 20008
http://www.udc.edu/academics/soe/
(202) 274-5220

Boca Raton, FL 33431

www.eng.fau.edu
(561) 297-2049

Fort Myers, FL 33965

www.fgcu.edu/cob/eng
(239) 590-7390
Melbourne, FL 32901
www.coe.fit.edu
(407) 768-8020

Florida International University

Miami, FL 33199
www.eng.fiu.edu
(305) 348-2522

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
www.eng.ufl.edu
(352) 392-0944

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL 33124

www.eng.miami.edu
(305) 284-2404

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL 32224
www.unf.edu/cocse
(904) 620-1350

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL 33620
www.eng.usf.edu
(813) 974-3780

GEORGIA
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
www.coe.gatech.edu
(404) 894-3350

University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
www.engr.uga.edu
(706) 542-1653

Mercer University

Macon, GA 31207
www.mercer.edu/engineering
(912) 752-2012

HAWAII
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
www.eng.hawaii.edu
(808) 956-7727

IDAHO
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725
coen.boisestate.edu
(208) 426-1153

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID 83209
www.isu.edu/engineer
(208) 282-2902

University of Idaho, Moscow

Moscow, ID 83844
www.uidaho.edu/engr
(208) 885-6479

ILLINOIS
Bradley University

Peoria, IL 61625
www.bradley.edu/cegt
(309) 677-2721

All of the four-year, U.S. engineering colleges and engineering technology schools on this list are either ABET accredited or applying for accreditation.
This list contains ASEE institutional member schools.

Chicago, IL 60616
http://www.iit.edu/engineering/
(312) 567-3009
Chicago, IL 60607
www.uic.edu/depts/enga
(312) 996-3463

Urbana, IL 61801
www.engr.uiuc.edu
(217) 333-2151

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, IL 60115
www.ceet.niu.edu
(815) 753-1442

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL 60208
www.tech.northwestern.edu
(847) 491-7379

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL 60914
engn.olivet.edu
(815) 939-5391

Southern Illinois University,

Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901
howard.engr.siu.edu
(618) 453-4321

Southern Illinois University,

Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026
www.siue.edu/engineering
(618) 692-2541

INDIANA
University of Evansville

Evansville, IN 47722
http://www.evansville.edu/schools/
engineering.cfm
(812) 488-2651

Indiana Institute of Technology

Fort Wayne, IN 46803
www.indianatech.edu/engineering
(800) 937-2448

Indiana University Purdue

University, Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN 46202
www.engr.iupui.edu
(317) 274-9726

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556
www.nd.edu/~engineer
(574) 631-5534

Purdue University, Calumet

(Eng.)
Hammond, IN 46323
www.calumet.purdue.edu/ems
(219) 989-2468

Purdue University, West

Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN 47907
www.ecn.purdue.edu/Engr
(765) 494-5345

Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology

Terre Haute, IN 47803

www.rose-hulman.edu/academics
(812) 877-8288

Trine University

Angola, IN 46703
http://www.trine.edu/academics/
schools/engineering_technology/
(260) 665-4100

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN 46383
www.valpo.edu/engineering
(219) 464-5121

IOWA
Dordt College

Sioux Center, IA 51250

www.dordt.edu
(712) 722-6000

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011
www.eng.iastate.edu
(515) 294-5933

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242

www.engineering.uiowa.edu
(319) 335-5763

KANSAS
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
www.engg.ksu.edu
(785) 532-5590

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University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS 66045
www.engr.ku.edu/index.php
(785) 864-3881

Wichita State University

Wichita, KS 67260
www.engr.wichita.edu
(316) 978-3400

KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
www.engr.uky.edu
(859) 257-1687

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
www.louisville.edu/speed
(502) 852-6281

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY 42101
http://www.wku.edu/ogden/
(270) 745-2461

University of Massachusetts,
Amherst

Western Michigan University

University of New Hampshire

New York Institute of Technology

MINNESOTA

NEW JERSEY

University at Buffalo, SUNY

University of Minnesota, Duluth

The College of New Jersey

University of Massachusetts,
Lowell

Minnesota State University,

Mankato

Monmouth University

Mankato, MN 56001
cset.mnsu.edu
(507) 389-5998

West Long Branch, NJ 07764

http://www.monmouth.edu/academics/schools/science/default.asp
(732) 571-3421

Northeastern University

University of Minnesota, Twin

Cities

New Jersey Institute of

Technology

St. Cloud State University

Princeton University

Amherst, MA 01003
www.ecs.umass.edu
(413) 545-0300

University of Massachusetts,
Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
www.umassd.edu/engineering
(508) 999-8539

Lowell, MA 01854
www.uml.edu/engineering
(978) 934-2570
Boston, MA 02115
www.coe.neu.edu
(617) 437-2153

Franklin W. Olin College of

Engineering

LOUISIANA

Needham, MA 02492
www.olin.edu
(781) 292-2300

Louisiana State University

Smith College

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

www.eng.lsu.edu
(225) 578-5731

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA 71272
www.latech.edu/tech/engr
(318) 257-4647

University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Lafayette, LA 70504
engineering.louisiana.edu
(337) 482-6685

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA 70606

http://www.mcneese.edu/engineering
(337) 475-5237

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA 70148
coe.uno.edu/
(504) 286-6328

Southern University and A&M

College
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
www.engr.subr.edu
(504) 771-5290

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA 70118

www.sse.tulane.edu
(504) 865-5764

MAINE
University of Maine

Orono, ME 04469
www.engineering.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2216

MARYLAND
Capitol College

Laurel, MD 20708
www.capitol-college.edu
(301) 369-2800

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD 21218
www.wse.jhu.edu
(410) 516-4050

University of Maryland, Baltimore

County
Baltimore, MD 21250
www.umbc.edu/engineering
(410) 455-3270

University of Maryland, College

Park
College Park, MD 20742
www.eng.umd.edu
(301) 405-3865

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD 21251
www.eng.morgan.edu
(443) 885-3231

U.S. Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD 21402
http://www.usna.edu/
EngineeringandWeapons/
(410) 293-6310

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
www.bu.edu/eng
(617) 353-2800

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138
www.seas.harvard.edu
(617) 495-2833

Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://engineering.mit.edu/
(617) 253-3291

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Northampton, MA 01063
www.science.smith.edu/departments/
engin
(413) 585-7000

Tufts University

Medford, MA 02155
ase.tufts.edu/engineering
(617) 628-3237

Wentworth Institute of
Technology
Boston, MA 02115
www.wit.edu
(617) 989-4135

Western New England University

Springfield, MA 01119
www1.wne.edu/engineering/
(413) 782-1285

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA 01609
www.wpi.edu
(508) 831-5000

MICHIGAN
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
www.cst.cmich.edu
(989) 774-1870

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MI 48221
eng-sci.udmercy.edu
(313) 993-1216

Grand Valley State University

Grand Rapids, MI 49504
www.engineer.gvsu.edu
(616) 331-6750

Kettering University
Flint, MI 48504
www.kettering.edu
(810) 762-9500

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
www.lssu.edu
(906) 635-2206

Lawrence Technological
University
Southfield, MI 48075
www.ltu.edu/engineering
(248) 204-2500

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824
www.egr.msu.edu
(517) 355-5113

Michigan Technological
University
Houghton, MI 49931
www.engineering.mtu.edu
(906) 487-2005

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
www.engin.umich.edu
(734) 647-7010

University of Michigan, Dearborn

Dearborn, MI 48128
www.engin.umd.umich.edu
(313) 593-5290

Oakland University

Rochester, MI 48309
www.oakland.edu/secs
(313) 370-2217

Saginaw Valley State University

University Center, MI 48710

http://www.svsu.edu/set/home.html
(989) 964-4144

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI 48202
www.eng.wayne.edu
(313) 577-3776

Kalamazoo, MI 49008
www.wmich.edu/engineer
(269) 276-3253

Duluth, MN 55812
www.d.umn.edu/cse
(218) 726-7585

Minneapolis, MN 55455
http://cse.umn.edu/index.php
(612) 624-2006

St. Cloud, MN56301

http://www.stcloudstate.edu/cose/
(320) 308-2192

University of St. Thomas

St. Paul, MN 55105

www.stthomas.edu/engineering
(651) 962-5750

MISSISSIPPI
Jackson State University

Jackson, MS 39217
http://www.jsums.edu/cset/index2.
htm
(601) 979-2153

Durham, NH 03824
www.ceps.unh.edu
(603) 862-1781

Ewing, NJ 08628
http://www.tcnj.edu/~engsci/
(609) 771-2538

Newark, NJ 07102
http://nce.njit.edu/#
(973) 596-3000

Princeton, NJ 08544
http://www.princeton.edu/
engineering/
(609) 987-2260

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ 08028
http://www.rowan.edu/open/
colleges/engineering/
(856) 256-5300

Rutgers, The State University of

New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ 08854
http://soe.rutgers.edu/
(732) 445-2212

Stevens Institute of Technology

University of Mississippi

NEW MEXICO

University, MS 38677
http://www.engineering.olemiss.edu/
(662) 915-7407

MISSOURI
University of Missouri, Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
www.engineering.missouri.edu
(573) 882-4375

University of Missouri, Kansas

City
Kansas City, MO 64110
www.sce.umkc.edu
(816) 235-2399

Missouri University of Science &

Technology
Rolla, MO 65409
www.mst.edu
(573) 341-4111

St. Louis University, Parks

College of Eng.
St Louis, MO 63103
www.parks.slu.edu
(314) 977-8203

Southeast Missouri State

University

Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

http://www6.semo.edu/pep/index.
asp
(573) 651-2167

Washington University in St.

Louis

St. Louis, MO 63130

http://www.engineering.wustl.edu/
(314) 935-6350

MONTANA
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
www.coe.montana.edu
(406) 994-2272

Hoboken, NJ 07030
www.stevens.edu/ engineering
(201) 216-5000

New Mexico Institute of Mining &

Technology
Socorro, NM 87801
www.nmt.edu
(505) 835-5227

New Mexico State University

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV 89557
http://www.unr.edu/engineering/
(702) 784-6925

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
thayer.dartmouth.edu
(603) 646-2606

Bronx, NY 10465
www.sunymaritime.edu
(212) 409-7412

Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.poly.edu
(718) 260-3600

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY 12180
www.eng.rpi.edu
(518) 276-6203

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY 14627
http://www.hajim.rochester.edu/
(585) 275-4151

Rochester Institute of
Technology (COE)
Rochester, NY 14623
www.rit.edu/~630www
(585) 475-2146

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794
www.ceas.sunysb.edu
(631) 632-8380

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
www.lcs.syr.edu
(315) 443-2545

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

U.S. Military Academy

NEW YORK

Union College

Albuquerque, NM 87131
www.soe.unm.edu
(505) 277-5521

West Point, NY 10996

www.usma.edu
(845) 938-4041

Schenectady, NY 12308
http://www.union.edu/academic_
depts/engineering/index.php
(518) 388-6000

Alfred University

Alfred, NY 14802
engineering.alfred.edu
(607) 871-2422

Webb Institute

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY 13699
www.clarkson.edu/engineering
(315) 268-6446

Columbia University

Glen Cove, NY 11542

www.webb-institute.edu
(516) 671-2213

NORTH CAROLINA

New York, NY 10027

http://www.engineering.columbia.
edu/
(212) 854-2993

Duke University

Cooper Union

North Carolina A&T State

University

New York, NY 10003

http://cooper.edu/albertnerken-school-of-engineering
(212) 353-4285

Durham, NC 27708
http://www.pratt.duke.edu/
(919) 660-5386

Greensboro, NC 27411
www.eng.ncat.edu
(336) 334-7589

Cornell University

North Carolina State University

Hofstra University

University of North Carolina,

Charlotte

Ithaca, NY 14853
www.engineering.cornell.edu
(607) 255-4326

Manhattan College

Las Vegas, NV 89154

www.egr.unlv.edu
(702) 895-3699

State University of New York,

Maritime College

University of New Mexico

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Syracuse, NY 13210
www.esf.edu
(315) 470-6633

Kings Point, NY 11024

http://www.usmma.edu/academics/
departments/Engineering.shtml
(516) 726-5705

Hempstead, NY 11549
www.hofstra.edu
(516) 463-5544

NEVADA

State University of New York,

College of Env. Sci.

Las Cruces, NM 88003

http://engr.nmsu.edu/
(575) 646-7234

NEBRASKA
Lincoln, NE 68588
http://engineering.unl.edu/
(402) 472-3181

Buffalo, NY 14260
www.eng.buffalo.edu
(716) 645-0972

Polytechnic Institute of New York

University

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS 39762
www.engr.msstate.edu
(662) 325 - 2270

Old Westbury, NY 11568

www.nyit.edu
(516) 686-7931

Raleigh, NC 27695
www.engr.ncsu.edu
(919) 515-2311

Charlotte, NC 28223
www.coe.uncc.edu
(704) 687-8272

Riverdale, NY 10471
http://www.manhattan.edu/
academics/engineering/
(718) 862-7281

Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902
watson.binghamton.edu
(607) 777-6203

City College of the City

University of New York

New York, NY 10031

http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/
prospective/gsoe/index.cfm
(212) 650-5435

College of Staten Island, City

University of New York
Staten Island, NY 10314
www.csi.cuny.edu/
(718) 982-2430

NORTH DAKOTA
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND 58202
www.und.edu/dept/sem
(701) 777-3411

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND 58108
http://www.ndsu.edu/cea/
(701) 231-7525

OHIO
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
www.afit.edu
(937) 255-5654

University of Akron

Akron, OH 44325
http://www.ecgf.uakron.edu/
(330) 972-6978

This list contains ASEE institutional member schools.

DIRECTORY
Case Western Reserve
University

Cleveland, OH 44106
www.engineering.case.edu
(216) 368-4436

Cedarville University

University of Portland

Portland, OR 97203
http://engineering.up.edu/
(503) 943-7180

PENNSYLVANIA

Cedarville, OH 45314
http://www.cedarville.edu/
Academics/Engineering-andComputer-Science.aspx
(937) 766-7680

Bucknell University

University of Cincinnati

Carnegie Mellon University

Cincinnati, OH 45221
http://www.ceas.uc.edu/
(513) 556-5417

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH 44115
www.csuohio.edu/engineering
(216) 687-2555

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH 45469
http://www.udayton.edu/
engineering/
(937) 229-2736

Miami University

Oxford, OH 45056
http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/
(513) 529-0700

Ohio Northern University

Ada, OH 45810
http://www.onu.edu/academics/
engineering
(419) 772-2371

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH 43210
http://engineering.osu.edu/
(614) 292-2651

Ohio University

Athens, OH 45701
http://www.ohio.edu/engineering/
(614) 593-1474

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606
www.eng.utoledo.edu
(419) 530-8000

West Virginia University Inst. of

Technology
Bowling Green, OH 43403
http://engineering.wvutech.edu/
(304) 442-3161

Wright State University

Dayton, OH 45435
www.engineering.wright.edu
(937) 775-5001

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH 44555
www.eng.ysu.edu
(330) 941-3009

OKLAHOMA
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK 73034
http://www.uco.edu/cms/engineering/index.asp
(405) 974-2000

Oklahoma Christian University

of Science and Arts

Oklahoma City, OK 73136

www.oc.edu/academics/prof-studies/engineering
(405) 425-5425

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078
www.ceat.okstate.edu
(405) 744-5140

University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
http://www.ou.edu/coe
(405) 325-2621

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK 74104
www.ens.utulsa.edu
(918) 631-2478

OREGON
George Fox University
Newberg, OR 97132
engr.georgefox.edu
(503) 554-2786

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR 97601
www.oit.edu
(541) 885-1000

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331
http://engr.oregonstate.edu/
(541) 737-3101

Portland State University

Portland, OR 97207
www.pdx.edu/cecs
(503) 725-2820

Lewisburg, PA 17837
http://www.bucknell.edu/
Engineering.xml
(570) 577-2000
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
www.cit.cmu.edu
(412) 268-5090

Drexel University (Eng.)

Philadelphia, PA 19104
http://www.drexel.edu/coe/
(215) 895-2210

Gannon University
Erie, PA 16541
www.gannon.edu
(814) 871-7618

Grove City College

Grove City, PA 16127
www.gcc.edu
(724) 458-2000

Lafayette College

Easton, PA 18042
www.lafayette.edu/admissions/
majors
(610) 250-5000

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA 18015
http://www3.lehigh.edu/
engineering/
(610) 758-4025

Pennsylvania State University,

Erie

Erie, PA 16563
http://psbehrend.psu.edu/school-ofengineering
(814) 898-6153

Pennsylvania State University,

Harrisburg

Middletown, PA 17057
http://harrisburg.psu.edu/scienceengineering-technology
(717) 948-6541

Pennsylvania State University,

University Park
University Park, PA 16802
www.engr.psu.edu
(814) 865-7537

University of Pennsylvania

University of Puerto Rico,

Mayaguez Campus
Mayaguez, PR 00681
www.uprm.edu/engineering
(787) 265-3822

Universidad del Turabo

Gurabo, PR 00778
http://www.suagm.edu/turabo/
(787) 743-7979

University of Houston, Clear

Lake

Houston, TX 77058
http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/
portal/SCE
(281) 283-3700

Lamar University

RHODE ISLAND
University of Rhode Island

LeTourneau University

VIRGINIA

Kingston, RI 02881
www.egr.uri.edu
(401) 782-2186

Roger Williams University

Bristol, RI 02809
www.rwu.edu
(401) 254-3314

SOUTH CAROLINA
The Citadel

Charleston, SC 29409
engineering.citadel.edu
(843) 953-6499

Clemson University

Clemson, SC 29634
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/
(864) 656-3202

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, SC 29117
http://www.scsu.edu/academicdepartments/departmentofcivilmechanicalengineeringtechnologyandnuclearengineering.aspx
(803) 536-7117

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208
www.engr.sc.edu
(803) 777-3270

SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701
http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/sdsmt
(605) 394-2511

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD 57007
http://www3.sdstate.edu/engr/
index.cfm
(605) 688-4161

TENNESSEE
Christian Brothers University

Longview, TX 75607
http://www.letu.edu/opencms/
opencms/_Academics/Engineering/
(903) 233-3210

University of North Texas

Denton, TX 76203
http://engineering.unt.edu/
(940) 565-4300

Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View, TX 77446
www.pvamu.edu
(936) 261-9900

Rice University

Houston, TX 77005
engr.rice.edu
(713) 348-4955

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX 75275
http://www.smu.edu/lyle.aspx
(214) 768-3050

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843

http://engineering.tamu.edu/
(979) 845-1321

Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Kingsville, TX 78363
http://www.tamuk.edu/engineering/
(361) 593-2001

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX 76129
www.engr.tcu.edu
(817) 257-7677

Texas State University, San

Marcos
San Marcos, TX 78666
www.science.txstate.edu
(512) 245-2119

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/
(806) 742-3451

University of Texas, Arlington

Philadelphia University

Lipscomb University

University of Texas, Austin

University of Memphis

University of Texas, Dallas

Nashville, TN 37204
engineering.lipscomb.edu
(615) 966-5887

Pittsburgh, PA 15261
http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/
(412) 624-9800

Memphis, TN 38152
http://www.memphis.edu/herff/
index.php
(901) 678-2171

Robert Morris University

Tennessee State University

Moon Township, PA 15108

http://www.rmu.edu/web/cms/
schools/sems/engineering/Pages/
default.aspx
(412) 397-2559

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA 19081
www.engin.swarthmore.edu
(610) 328-8082

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA 19122
http://www.temple.edu/engineering/
(215) 204-7800

Villanova University

Villanova, PA 19085
http://www.villanova.edu/engineering/
(610) 519-4940

Widener University

Chester, PA 19013
http://www.widener.edu/academics/
collegesandschools/engineering
(610) 499-4037

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/372.
asp
(570) 408-4603

PUERTO RICO
Polytechnic University of Puerto
Rico
San Juan, PR 00919
www.pupr.edu
(787) 754-8000

This list contains ASEE institutional member schools.

Northfield, VT 05663
www.norwich.edu/academics/
engineering
(802) 485-2256

University of Vermont

Memphis, TN 38104
http://sun.cbu.edu/cbu/Academics/
SchoolofEngineering/index.htm
(901) 321-3405

University of Pittsburgh

Norwich University

Beaumont, TX 77710
http://dept.lamar.edu/engineering/
COE/
(409) 880-8741

Philadelphia, PA 19104
www.seas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-7246

Philadelphia, PA 19144
http://www.philau.edu/engineeringandtextiles/
(215) 951-2750

VERMONT

Nashville, TN 37209
http://www.tnstate.edu/engineering/
(615) 963-5101

Tennessee Technological
University

Cookeville, TN 38505
www.tntech.edu/engineering
(931) 372-3172

University of Tennessee,
Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN 37403
http://www.utc.edu/Academic/
EngineeringAndComputerScience/
(423) 425-2256

University of Tennessee,
Knoxville
Knoxville, TN 37996
www.engr.utk.edu
(865) 974-5321

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN 37235
http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/
Home.aspx
(615) 322-2762

TEXAS
Baylor University

Waco, TX 76798
www.baylor.edu/ecs
(254) 710-4188

University of Houston (CoE)

Houston, TX 77204
www.egr.uh.edu
(713) 743-4246

Arlington, TX 76019
www.uta.edu/engineering
(817) 272-5725
Austin, TX 78712
www.engr.utexas.edu
(512) 471-1166

Richardson, TX 75083
www.utdallas.edu/dept/eecs
(972) 883-2974

University of Texas, El Paso

El Paso, TX 79968
http://engineering.utep.edu/
(915) 747-6444

University of Texas, Pan

American

Edinburg, TX 78539
http://portal.utpa.edu/utpa_main/
daa_home/coecs_home
(956) 665-3510

University of Texas, San Antonio

San Antonio, TX 78249
engineering.utsa.edu
(210) 458-4490

University of Texas, Tyler

Tyler, TX 75799
cecs.uttyler.edu
(903) 565-5529

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX 78212

http://web.trinity.edu/x6151.xml
(210) 999-7511

UTAH
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
www.et.byu.edu
(801) 378-4326

Utah State University

Logan, UT 84322
www.engineering.usu.edu
(435) 797-2775

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

www.coe.utah.edu
(801) 581-6911

Burlington, VT 05405
http://www.uvm.edu/~cems/soe/
(802) 656-0978

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA 22030
http://volgenau.gmu.edu/
(703) 993-1500

Hampton University

Hampton, VA 23668
http://set.hamptonu.edu/
(757) 728-6970

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529
www.eng.odu.edu
(757) 683-3787

Virginia Commonwealth
University
Richmond, VA 23284
http://www.egr.vcu.edu/
(804) 828-3925

Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA 24450
www.vmi.edu
(540) 464-7311

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA 23806
http://engrtech.vsu.edu/engineeringhome.html
(804) 524-8989

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA 24061
www.eng.vt.edu
(540) 231-9752

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA 22904
www.seas.virginia.edu
(434) 924-3072

WASHINGTON
Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA 99258
www.gonzaga.edu/engineering
(509) 313-3523

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA 98119
www.spu.edu/depts/ee
(206) 281-2296

Seattle University

Seattle, WA 98122
www.seattleu.edu/scieng
(206) 296-5500

Walla Walla University

College Place, WA 99324

http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/areas-of-study/undergraduateprograms/engineering/
(509) 527-2765

Washington State University

Pullman, WA 99164
www.cea.wsu.edu
(509) 335-6613

University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
www.engr.washington.edu
(206) 543-0340

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506
www.cemr.wvu.edu
(304) 293.4821

WISCONSIN
Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI 53201
http://www.marquette.edu/engineering/
(414) 288-6591

Milwaukee School of
Engineering
Milwaukee, WI 53202
www.msoe.edu
(414) 277-6763

University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Madison, WI 53706
www.engr.wisc.edu
(608) 262-3482

University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI 53201
http://www4.uwm.edu/ceas/
(414) 229-4126

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Platteville
Platteville, WI 53818
www.uwplatt.edu/ems
(608) 342-1561

University of Wisconsin, Stout

DUBAI

CALIFORNIA

American University in Dubai

California State Polytechnic

University, Pomona

Dubai, Dubai 28282

www.aud.edu
(971) 431-83405

Menomonie, WI 54751
http://www.uwstout.edu/
(715) 232-1122

FRANCE

WYOMING

57045 Metz Cedex 01,

www.enim.fr
(00) 333-87-34-69-00

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
www.eng.uwyo.edu
(307) 766-4253

CANADA
University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4

www.engineering.ualberta.ca
(800) 407-8354

University of Calgary

Calgary, AB T2N 1N4

http://schulich.ucalgary.ca/
(403) 220-5732

University of Manitoba

Ecole Nationale d'Ingnieurs de

Metz (ENIM)

KUWAIT
Kuwait University

Safat, Kuwait 13060

http://www.kuniv.edu/ku
(965) 248-42040

LEBANON
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
http://webfea.fea.aub.edu.lb/fea/
(961) 1-347-952

MALAYSIA

Winnipeg, MBR3T 5V6

www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/engineering
(204) 474-9807

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Dalhousie University

MEXICO

Halifax, NS B3J 2X4

engineering.dal.ca
(902) 494-6217

Lakehead University

Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1

engineering.lakeheadu.ca
(807) 343-8321

McMaster University

Johor Bahru, Takzim, Malaysia

www.utm.my
(+6) 07-55-30370

Tecnologico de Monterrey
(ITESM)

San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico 78211

www.itesm.mx
(52) 81-8328 4087

Universidad Autonoma de
Nuevo Leon

Hamilton, ONL8S 4L7

http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/
(905) 525-9140

San Nicolas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

66451
www.fime.uanl.mx
(52) 81-83 29 4020

Queen's University

NEW ZEALAND

Kingston, ON K7L 3N6

http://engineering.queensu.ca/
index.php
(613) 533-2055

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON M5S 1A4

http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/
home.htm
416-978-3131

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1

http://www.engineering.uwaterloo.
ca/
(519) 888-4567

University of Western Ontario

London, ON N6A 5B9
http://www.uwo.ca/
(519) 661-2111

University of Windsor

University of Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/
(64) 09-3737599

PORTUGAL
Instituto Superior de Engenharia
de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal 1957-007
http://www.isel.pt/
(+351) 218 317 000

SAUDI ARABIA
King Khalid University

Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia 61421

http://www.kku.edu.sa
(966) 7 241 7079

SINGAPORE

Windsor, ON N9B 3P4

http://www.uwindsor.ca/engineering/
(519) 253-3000

National University of Singapore

Concordia University

TURKEY
Eastern Mediterranean
University

Montreal, QC H3G 1M8

encs.concordia.ca
(514) 848-2424

Ecole de Technologie
Suprieure
Montreal, QC H3C 1K3
www.etsmtl.ca
(514) 396-8800

Ecole Polytechnique de
Montral
Montreal, QC H3C 3A7
www.polymtl.ca/etudes
(514) 340-4711

McGill University

Montreal, QCH3A 2K6

www.mcgill.ca/engineering
(514) 398-7257

Singapore, 117576
http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516 2101

Mersin, Turkey 10
http://www.eng.emu.edu.tr
90 392 630 1381

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Khalifa University of Science,
Technology and Research
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
www.kustar.ac.ae
(971) 2-401-8117

ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLS

CHINA
Tsinghua University

Beijing, China 100084

http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/
then/index.html
+86 10 62785001

COSTA RICA
Colegio Federado de Ingenieros
y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica 2346-1000
www.cfia.or.cr
(506) 2202-3900

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COLORADO
Colorado State University,
Pueblo

Pueblo, CO 81001
http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/
Pages/Default.aspx
(719) 549-2696

Metropolitan State College of

Denver
Denver, CO 80217
http://www.mscd.edu/et/
(303) 556-2503

CONNECTICUT
Central Connecticut State
University
New Britain, CT 06050
http://www.ccsu.edu/page.
cfm?p=457
(860) 832-1800

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT 06117

http://www.hartford.edu/ceta/
(860) 768-5163

GEORGIA
Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA 30460
http://cost.georgiasouthern.edu/
(912) 478-5111

Baton Rouge, LA 70813

www.engr.subr.edu
(504) 771-5290

Orono, ME 04469
www.engineering.umaine.edu
(207) 581-2216

MARYLAND
Laurel, MD 20708
www.capitol-college.edu
(301) 369-2800

University of Massachusetts,
Lowell

Lowell, MA 01854
www.uml.edu/engineering/departments/et.html
(978) 934-2570

Springfield Technical
Community College

Wentworth Institute of
Technology

Boston, MA 02115
http://www.wit.edu/engineeringtechnology/index.html
(617) 442-9010

MICHIGAN

Lake Superior State University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

www.tech.purdue.edu/
(765) 494-2552

Purdue University, Calumet

(Tech)

Hammond, IN 46323
http://www.purduecal.edu/engr/
index.php
(219) 989-2472

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

www.lssu.edu
(906) 635-2206

Michigan Technological
University
Houghton, MI 49931
www.tech.mtu.edu
(906) 487-2259

Detroit, MI 48202
www.et.eng.wayne.edu
(313) 577-0800

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI 49008
www.wmich.edu/engineer
(269) 276-3243

MINNESOTA

Queensborough Community
College
Bayside, NY 11364
www.qcc.cuny.edu
(718) 631-6262

Rochester Institute of
Technology (CAST)

Rochester, NY 14623
http://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/
(585) 475-2146

Technical Career Institutes

New York, NY 10001
www.tciedu.com
(212) 594-4000

Flushing, NY 11369
http://www.vaughn.edu/engineeringtechnology-degrees.cfm
(718) 429-6600

NORTH CAROLINA
Central Piedmont Community
College
Charlotte, NC 28235
www.cpcc.edu\et
(704) 330-6860

Westville, IN46391
www.pnc.edu
(219) 785-5200

MISSOURI

University of North Carolina,

Charlotte

Purdue University, West

Lafayette

Kansas City, MO 64131

www.kc.devry.edu
(800) 821-3766

Purdue University, North Central

West Lafayette, IN 47907

https://engineering.purdue.edu/
Engr/
(765) 494-5345

KANSAS
Kansas State University, Salina
Salina, KS 67401
http://www.sal.ksu.edu/engtech/
index.html
(785) 826-2672

Pittsburg State University

DeVry University, Kansas City

Linn, MO 65051
www.linnstate.edu
(573) 897-5192

St. Louis, MO 63135

http://www.stlcc.edu/Programs/
Engineering_Science/index.html
(314) 513-4535

MONTANA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ruston, LA 71272
http://www.latech.edu/coes/
(318) 257-4647

Arizona State University,

Polytechnic campus

McNeese State University

Mesa, AZ 85212
http://technology.asu.edu/
(480) 727-2727

Lake Charles, LA 70606

http://www.mcneese.edu/
engineering
(318) 475-5875

ARKANSAS

Northwestern State University

Natchitoches, LA 71497
scitech.nsula.edu
(318) 357-6699

Charlotte, NC 28223
www.et.uncc.edu
(704) 687-2305

Cullowhee, NC 28723
http://www.wcu.edu/3624.asp
(828) 227-2159

OHIO

St. Louis Comm. CollegeFlorissant Valley

Louisiana Tech University

Dallas, NC 28034
http://www.gaston.edu/
(704) 922-6200

Western Carolina University

Linn State Technical College

Bozeman, MT 59717
www.coe.montana.edu
(406) 994-2272

Little Rock, AR 72204

http://ualr.edu/eit/
(501) 683-7117

Utica, NY 13504
http://www.sunyit.edu/
(315) 792-7500

Gaston College

Mankato, MN 56001
cset.mnsu.edu
(507) 389-5998

LOUISIANA

University of Arkansas, Little

Rock

State University of New York,

Institute of Technology

Minnesota State University,

Mankato

Alabama A&M University

ARIZONA

Farmingdale, NY 11735
info.lu.farmingdale.edu/
(631) 420-2115

Vaughn College of Aeronautics

& Technology

Wayne State University

ALABAMA
Normal, AL 35762
http://www2.aamu.edu/set/
(256) 372-5560

State University of New York,

Farmingdale

Morrisville, NY 13408
www.morrisville.edu/academics
(800) 258-0111

INDIANA

Purdue University (Statewide

Technology)

Old Westbury, NY 11568

www.nyit.edu
(516) 686-7665

State University of New York,

Morrisville

Springfield, MA 01102
www.stcc.edu/academics
(413) 781-7822

Marietta, GA 30060
www.spsu.edu
(678) 915-7778

Indianapolis, IN 46202
www.engr.iupui.edu
(317) 274-2533

Excelsior College

New York Institute of

Technology

MASSACHUSETTS

Big Rapids, MI 49307

http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/colleges/technolo/homepage.htm
(231) 591-2890

Indiana University Purdue

University, Indianapolis

Buffalo, NY 14222
www.buffalostate.edu/technology
(716) 878-6017
Albany, NY 12203
www.excelsior.edu
(518) 464-8501

Capitol College

Ferris State University

Fort Wayne, IN 46805

http://new.ipfw.edu/etcs/
(260) 481-0146

Alfred State College

Buffalo State College

University of Maine

Southern Polytechnic State

University

Indiana University Purdue

University, Fort Wayne

NEW YORK
Alfred, NY 14802
www.alfredstate.edu
(607) 587-4611

MAINE

Pittsburg, KS 66762
http://www.pittstate.edu/college/
technology/
(620) 235-4365

Universit de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1
www.usherbrooke.ca/genie
(819) 821-7000

Pomona, CA 91768
www.csupomona.edu/~engineering
(909) 869-2600

Southern University and A&M

College

Montana State University

University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH 03824
www.ceps.unh.edu
(603) 862-3537

University of Akron

Akron, OH 44325
http://www.ecgf.uakron.edu/
(330) 972-6978

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221
http://www.ceas.uc.edu/
(513) 556-5417

Columbus State Community

College

Columbus, OH 43215
http://www2.cscc.edu/academics/
departments/engineering/
(614) 287-5353

University of Dayton

NEW JERSEY

Dayton, OH 45469
http://www.udayton.edu/
engineering/
(937) 229-2736

Middlesex County College

Kent State University, Kent

Edison, NJ 08818
www.middlesexcc.edu
(732) 548-6000

New Jersey Institute of

Technology

Kent, OH 44242
http://www.kent.edu/technology/
index.cfm
(330) 672-2892

Newark, NJ 07102
engineering.njit.edu
(201) 596-3000

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Miami University

University of North Texas

Sinclair Community College

Prairie View A&M University

Oxford, OH 45056
http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/
(513) 529-0700
Mason, OH 45040
http://www.sinclair.edu/academics/
sme/departments/
(937) 512-2918

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606
www.eng.utoledo.edu
(419) 530-8000

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH 44555
www.eng.ysu.edu
(330) 742-3009

Zane State College

Zanesville, OH 43701
www.zanestate.edu
(740) 454-2501

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
www.ceat.okstate.edu
(405) 744-5140

OREGON
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
www.oit.edu
(541) 885-1000

Denton, TX 76203
www.etec.unt.edu
(940) 565-2022

Prairie View, TX 77446

www.pvamu.edu
(936) 261-9900

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843

http://engineering.tamu.edu/
(979) 845-1321

Texas Southern University

Houston, TX 77004
http://www.cost.tsu.edu/
(713) 313-7007

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409
www.depts.ttu.edu/etec
(806) 742-3451

UTAH
Brigham Young University

Utah Valley University

Orem, UT 84058
http://www.uvu.edu/tc/
(801) 863-8321

Drexel University (Tech.)

VIRGINIA

Erie, PA 16563
http://psbehrend.psu.edu/school-ofengineering
(814)898-6153

Pennsylvania State University,

Harrisburg

Middletown, PA 17057
http://harrisburg.psu.edu/scienceengineering-technology
(717) 948-6541

Pennsylvania State University,

University Park
University Park, PA 16802
www.engr.psu.edu
(814) 865-7537

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA 19122
http://www.temple.edu/engineering/
(215) 204-7800

RHODE ISLAND
Johnson & Wales University
Providence, RI 02903
www.jwu.edu
(401) 598-1000

New England Institute of

Technology
Warwick, RI 02886
www.neit.edu
(401) 467-7744

SOUTH CAROLINA
Midlands Technical College
Columbia, SC 29202
www.midlandstech.com/eet/
(803) 738-7752

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, SC 29117
http://www.scsu.edu/academicdepartments/departmentofindustrialelectricalengineeringtechnology.
aspx
(803) 536-8474

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www.camosun.ca/tt
(250) 370-3822

Nova Scotia Community College

Halifax, NS B3J 2X1
www.nscc.ca
(902) 491-4911

SAUDI ARABIA
Yanbu Industrial College

Yanbu Al-Senaiyah, Saudi Arabia

http://www.yic.edu.sa/
(966) 04-3946111

TENNESSEE
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614
http://www.etsu.edu/cbat/
(423) 439-7822

TEXAS
University of Houston (CoT)
Houston, TX 77204
www.tech.uh.edu/
(713) 743-4100

University of Houston,
Downtown
Houston, TX 77002
www.dt.uh.edu
(713) 221-8000

This list contains ASEE institutional member schools.

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DON P. GIDDENS, President
WALTER W. BUCHANAN, President-Elect
RENATA S. ENGEL, Immediate Past President
SANDRA A. YOST, Vice President, External Relations
RAY M. HAYNES, Vice President, Finance
RALPH FLORI, Vice President, Member Affairs
NICHOLAS J. ALTIERO, Vice President, Institutional Councils;
Chair, Engineering Deans Council
STEPHANIE G. ADAMS, Vice President, PICs; Chair, Professional Interest Council I
WAYNE T. DAVIS, Chair, Engineering Research Council
JEFFREY L. RAY, Chair, Engineering Technology Council
TERRI MORSE, Chair, Corporate Member Council
CATHERINE K. SKOKAN, Chair, Professional Interest Council II
JOSEPH J. RENCIS, Chair, Professional Interest Council III
BEVLEE A. WATFORD, Chair, Professional Interest Council IV
PATRICIA D. BAZROD, Chair, Professional Interest Council V
MARIE DAHLEH, Chair, Council of Sections, Zone I
DOUG TOUGAW, Chair, Council of Sections, Zone II
CHRISTI PATTON-LUKS, Chair, Council Of Sections, Zone III
MARILYN A. DYRUD, Chair, Council of Sections, Zone IV
NORMAN L. FORTENBERRY, Secretary

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