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Other name | Michigan Engineering |
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| Type | Publicengineering school |
| Established | 1854; 172 years ago (1854) |
Parent institution | University of Michigan |
| Endowment | $807.6million[1] |
| Dean | Karen Thole |
Academic staff | 579[1] |
| Students | 9,682[1] |
| Undergraduates | 6,351[1] |
| Postgraduates | 3,331[1] |
| Location | |
| Campus | 800 acres (3.25 km2) |
| Website | engin |
TheUniversity of Michigan College of Engineering (branded asMichigan Engineering) is theengineering school of theUniversity of Michigan, a public research university inAnn Arbor, Michigan. It was founded in 1854.
The college was founded in 1854[2] with courses in civil engineering. Since its founding, the College of Engineering established some of the earliest programs in various fields such asdata science,computer science,electrical engineering, andnuclear engineering.[3][4] The college'saerospace engineering program celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. The Materials Science and Engineering program is the oldest continuing metallurgy and materials program in the United States.[5] In 2021, it founded the first Robotics Department among the top 10 engineering schools in the United States.[6]
The college was first located on the University's Central Campus before moving to the University's North Campus — which occupies approximately 800 acres (3.25 km2) — starting in the late 1940s.[7] Today, the College of Engineering is prominently located in the center of the University's North Campus (the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory is located on Central Campus), which is shared with theSchool of Music, Theatre and Dance, theSchool of Art and Design, and theTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The North Campus also housesLurie Tower, one of 2grand carillons on the Ann Arbor campus, and one of only 23in the world.
| No. | Name | Service year | Length (Approx.) | Field of study |
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| 1 | Charles Ezra Greene | 1895–1903 | 8 years | Civil |
| 2 | Mortimer Elwyn Cooley | 1903–1928 | 25 years | Mechanical |
| acting | George W. Patterson | 1927–1928 | 1 year | Electrical |
| 3 | Herbert Charles Sadler | 1928–1937 | 9 years | Marine |
| 4 | Henry C. Anderson | 1937–1939 | 2 years | Mechanical |
| 5 | Ivan C. Crawford | 1940–1951 | 11 years | Water |
| 6 | George Granger Brown | 1951–1957 | 6 years | Chemical |
| 7 | Stephen Stanley Attwood | 1957–1965 | 8 years | Electrical |
| 8 | Gordon Van Wylen | 1965–1972 | 7 years | Physics |
| 9 | David V. Ragone | 1972–1980 | 8 years | Metallurgical |
| acting | Hansford W. Farris | 1980–1981 | 1 year | Electrical |
| 10 | James J. Duderstadt | 1981–1986 | 5 years | Nuclear |
| 11 | Charles M. Vest | 1986–1989 | 3 years | Mechanical |
| interim | Daniel E. Atkins III | 1989–1990 | 1 year | Computer |
| 12 | Peter M. Banks | 1990–1996 | 6 years | Climate and Space |
| 13 | Stephen W. Director | 1996–2005 | 9 years | Electrical |
| 14 | David C. Munson Jr. | 2006–2016 | 10 years | Electrical |
| 15 | Alec Gallimore | 2016–2023 | 7 years | Aerospace |
| interim | Steven L. Ceccio | 2023–2024 | 1 year | Mechanical |
| 16 | Karen Thole[8] | 2024–present | incumbent | Mechanical |
The University of Michigan College of Engineering has the following academic departments:[9]
The college grants degrees atbachelor's,master's, andPhD levels. The undergraduate degree programs offered by the College of Engineering are:[11]
College-wide programs, which offer specialized courses or instruction, include:[12]
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Various laboratories are located at the college of engineering, including theCenter for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS) and the Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS), both of which areNSF laboratories. Another major laboratory is the Center for Ultra-Fast Optical Sciences. The Phoenix Memorial Laboratory is a laboratory dedicated to research into the peaceful use of nuclear technology. It once housed theFord Nuclear Reactor, which was decommissioned in 2003.
The College of Engineering also has 11wind tunnels,electron microscope andion beam laboratories, a civil engineering test facility, andsolid state manufacturing facilities. Various laboratories dedicated toautomotive engineering,neutron science, optical sciences, androbotics are scattered throughout the college. Ahydrodynamics laboratory is located on the University's Central Campus. An office of theWeather Underground is located at the College of Engineering.
The Duderstadt Center, formerly the Media Union and affectionately known as "The Dude" by engineering students, is named after former University president and nuclear engineering professorJames Duderstadt. It houses the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library and also containscomputer clusters, audio and video editing laboratories, galleries, and studios, as well as usability and various digital media laboratories, includingvirtual reality. The Millennium Project, which focuses on the future of the university learning environment, is also housed in the Duderstadt Center.
Computer services and networking is provided by theComputer-Aided Engineering Network, more commonly known asCAEN.[13] CAEN operates various computer laboratories throughout the College of Engineering facilities and the university campus.
The University of Michigan, partnering with theMichigan Department of Transportation, opened a 32-acreproving ground test course forautonomous cars in 2015. The course, calledMcity, was built on the site of a formerPfizer facility, which the University purchased in 2009. Mcity contains five miles of roads and includes a mock town square, tunnel, highway exit ramps, a railroad crossing, gravel roadway, traffic circle, roundabout, and other obstacles. Faculty and engineering students utilize Mcity to work on projects and collaborate with automakers and suppliers who test vehicle technology at the course.[14]
In 2019 professors Elliot Soloway and Cathie Norris founded theUniversity of Michigan Center for Digital Curricula under the auspices of the University of Michigan College of Engineering for the purposes of building fully digital open curricula.[15] This curricula is primarily designed to be delivered using the Collabrify Roadmaps[16] software platform developed by the Norris and Soloway in the mid 2010s.
The College of Engineering is ranked No. 7 in the United States byU.S. News & World Report in its 2021 publication.[17]
College of Engineering's student Honor Code differs from other University of Michigan academic units in that it allowsunproctored exams.[18]
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There are student branches of various professional organizations such asAIAA,IEEE andASME, minority groups such asSWE,NSBE andoStem as well as honor societies such asTau Beta Pi and Epeians, the Engineering Leadership Honor Society atMichigan.[19] Most are housed in Pierpont Commons (the student union on North Campus) or in "The Bullpen" in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) building. Engineering Student Government (ESG), represents the student body of the College of Engineering, also has an office in the EECS building.
Many multidisciplinary engineering project teams are primarily housed in the Wilson Student Project Center. Several major project teams include:
In 2006, the UM Human Powered Submarine Team won the International Submarine Races.[21]Radio Aurora Explorer, a University of Michigan designed and fabricated Cubesat, is the firstNational Science Foundation sponsoredCubeSat mission.
Tech Day is an event held by the college eachfall inviting prospectivehigh school students and their parents, as well as prospective college transfer students, to explore Michigan Engineering.[citation needed]
The SWE/TBP Career Fair is anengineeringcareer fair held each fall as a collaboration between the University of Michigan Student Section of theSociety of Women Engineers and the Michigan Gamma chapter ofTau Beta Pi. The event began in 1986[22] and has grown to be one of the largest student-run career fairs in the country, hosting nearly 300 companies each year.[23]
The Engineering Research Symposium is a one-day event that began in 2006 and features student research from the undergraduate through PhD levels, includingposter presentations,scientific visualizations, anddissertation work in department-nominated oral and poster presentations.[24]
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