VCU College of Engineering

Last updated
Virginia Commonwealth University
College of Engineering
VCU Engineering by Jeff Auth.jpg
VCU Engineering West Hall, Monroe Park campus.
Type Public university, engineering college
Established1996
Dean Azim Eskandarian, DSc, Fellow of ASME [1]
Academic staff
64
Students1,993 (1,746 undergraduate/247 graduate) [2]
Undergraduates 75% male, 25% female
Address
601 West Main Street Richmond, VA
, , ,
37°32′44″N77°26′58″W / 37.5456°N 77.4495°W / 37.5456; -77.4495
CampusMonroe Park Campus, VCU
Website egr.vcu.edu

The Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering is a Richmond-based engineering education institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in biomedical engineering, chemical and life science engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical and nuclear engineering. [3] Established as the "School of Engineering" in 1996, its name and status was officially changed to the College of Engineering in April 2018. The college's dean, Barbara D. Boyan, cited doubled faculty numbers and an increase in funding as reasoning for the switch from school to college. [4]

Contents

Upon its founding, initial courses at the VCU school were offered in mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering. The school added a new undergraduate major in biomedical engineering in the fall of 1998. The undergraduate biomedical engineering program is unique in the Commonwealth, established as a response to the growing presence of biomedical companies in Virginia. VCU's long-standing degree programs in computer science joined the school in fall 2001. In May 2000, a graduate degree program in engineering was created and added to the historic graduate programs of biomedical engineering. [5]

Facilities

The first two of the School of Engineering's planned facilities opened in the fall of 1998—the main classroom building and the Virginia Microelectronics Research Center. Together, they total 147,000 square feet (13,700 m2) at a cost of $42 million. To foster growth in enrollment and faculty number, the school embarked on an ambitious campaign to expand facilities, fund endowed scholarships, chairs, and academic programs. The campaign raised more than $67 million to meet these needs. [5]

Current facilities

147,000 square feet (13,700 m2) West Hall [6]
131,000 square feet (12,200 m2) East Hall
28,000 square feet (2,600 m2) Microelectronics Lab
25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) Health & Life Science Engineering Lab

92,000 square feet (8,500 m2) Institute for Engineering and Medicine [7]

94,000 square feet (8,700 m2) Engineering Research Building [8] In January 2008, the school opened East Hall, a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) facility housing 48 research labs, 50 faculty offices, six classrooms, and other student spaces allowing for future growth of the college. [5]

Engineering Research Building Vcuerb.jpg
Engineering Research Building

Departments

Statistics

Alumni: 2,936 [14]
2010 Freshman Class: 291
2011 Freshman Class: 286
2011 Freshman Admit SAT Mid 50%: 1190 - 1350
2011 Freshman Admit SAT Average: 1280
Fall 2009 Freshmen returning as Sophomores: 80%

Placement after Graduation: 64% full-time employment, 36% Graduate School

Top Employers of Alumni: Mitsubishi nuclear energy, Thomas & Betts Power, Altria, MWV, TRANE, and Infilco Degremont.[ citation needed ]

Student diversity

Undergraduate Fall 2015 Diversity Statistics [1] White - 944 students (47.2%)
Asian - 377 students (18.8%)
International - 288 students (14.4%)
Black/African American - 188 students (9.4%)
Hispanic/Latino - 113 students (5.6%)
Two or More Races - 59 students (2.9%)
Unknown - 23 students (1.1%)
Native American/Alaskan - 4 students (0.2%)
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 2 students (0.1%)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virginia Commonwealth University</span> Public university in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2022, more than 28,000 students pursued 217 degree and certificate programs through VCU's 11 schools and three colleges. The VCU Health System supports health care education, research, and patient care. It was the only school in the South to have graduated a class every year during the Civil War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duke University Pratt School of Engineering</span>

The Pratt School of Engineering is located at Duke University in the United States. The school's associated research, education, alumni and service-to-society efforts are collectively known as Duke Engineering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">J. B. Speed School of Engineering</span> Public engineering school located on the campus of the University of Louisville

The J. B. Speed School of Engineering was founded in 1924 as part of the University of Louisville in the U.S. state of Kentucky with money from the James Breckenridge Speed Foundation which was created by his children William S. Speed and Olive Speed Sackett to honor J. B. Speed. Until 2003, it was known as the J. B. Speed Scientific School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cornell University College of Engineering</span> Engineering school in Ithaca, New York, US

The College of Engineering is a division of Cornell University that was founded in 1870 as the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts. It is one of four private undergraduate colleges at Cornell that are not statutory colleges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering</span>

The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering is the engineering college of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California. It has nearly 250 faculty members and more than 6,000 students enrolled in fourteen bachelor's and in eleven master's degree programs through nine engineering departments. Its facilities house more than 80 classrooms, laboratories and work spaces occupying more than 160,000 square feet. In the 2021 U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, the College of Engineering is ranked 8th out of 220 public and private undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. where doctorates are not offered.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McMaster Faculty of Engineering</span> Faculty of McMaster University

The McMaster Faculty of Engineering is a faculty located at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The faculty was established in 1958 and was the first engineering program to developed problem-based learning curriculum. It currently has seven departments in chemical engineering, civil engineering, computing and software, electrical and computer engineering, engineering physics, material science and engineering and mechanical engineering. The faculty offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees.

The Cockrell School of Engineering is one of the eighteen colleges within the University of Texas at Austin. It has more than 8,000 students enrolled in eleven undergraduate and thirteen graduate programs. Annual research expenditures are over $267 million and the school has the fourth-largest number of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science</span>

The University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), is the undergraduate and graduate engineering school of the University of Virginia. Established in 1836, the school is the oldest university-affiliated engineering school in United States, and oldest engineering school in the Southern United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boston University College of Engineering</span>

The Boston University College of Engineering (ENG) is the engineering school of Boston University. Founded in 1950, it originally started as the New England Aircraft School and was later renamed the College of Engineering in 1963. The college offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in various engineering disciplines, with a wide range of concentrations available. The college also offers a study abroad program for its undergraduate students in Grenoble, Madrid, Sydney, Dublin, Auckland, and Singapore. As of 2024, the College of Engineering is ranked as the 34th best graduate engineering school by US News.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science</span> Engineering school of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science is the undergraduate and graduate engineering school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia. The school offers programs that emphasize hands-on study of engineering fundamentals while encouraging students to leverage the educational offerings of the broader University. Engineering students can also take advantage of research opportunities through interactions with Penn’s School of Medicine, School of Arts and Sciences, and the Wharton School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Florida College of Engineering</span> Engineering college in Gainesville, Florida

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is the largest professional school, the second largest college, and one of the top three research units at the University of Florida. The college was founded in 1910, and in 2015 was named in honor of Herbert Wertheim – a serial inventor, philanthropist and UF Distinguished Alumnus. Located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, the college is composed of nine departments, 15 degree programs, and more than 20 centers and institutes. It produces research and graduates in more than a dozen fields of engineering and science including: aerospace, agricultural, biological, biomedical, chemical, civil, coastal, computer, computer science, digital arts, electrical, environmental, industrial, materials, mechanical, nuclear, and systems.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Purdue University College of Engineering</span> Public engineering school of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

The Purdue University College of Engineering is the engineering school and one of eight major academic divisions of Purdue University, a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. Established in 2004, its forerunner began in 1874 with programs in Civil and Mechanical Engineering.

The College of Engineering and Applied Science is the engineering and applied science college of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the birthplace of the cooperative education (co-op) program and still holds the largest public mandatory cooperative education program at a public university in the United States. Today, it has a student population of around 4,898 undergraduate and 1,305 graduate students and is recognized annually as one of the top 100 engineering colleges in the US, ranking 83rd in 2020.

The College of Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU) is made up of 9 departments with 168 faculty members, over 6,000 undergraduate students, 10 undergraduate B.S. degree programs and a wide spectrum of graduate programs in both M.S. and Ph.D. levels. Each department offers at least one degree program, however many include more than one degree, multi-disciplinary programs, certifications and specialties as well as other degree programs affiliated with other colleges at Michigan State University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Utah College of Engineering</span> John and Marcia Price College of Engineering in Utah, U.S.

The John and Marcia Price College of Engineering at the University of Utah is an academic college of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and computer science.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Kentucky College of Engineering</span> ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the campus of the University of Kentucky

TheUniversity of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the campus of the University of Kentucky. The college has eight departments. The college operates the University of Kentucky College of Engineering Extended Campus at Paducah in partnership with West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, Kentucky, offering bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and mechanical engineering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virginia Tech College of Engineering</span>

The Virginia Tech College of Engineering is the academic unit that manages engineering research and education at Virginia Tech. The College can trace its origins to 1872, and was formally established in 1903. Today, The College of Engineering is the largest academic unit of Virginia Tech and has 14 departments of study. Its undergraduate program was ranked 4th and its graduate program was ranked 30th among doctoral-granting universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2018. In 2014–15, the College of Engineering consisted of 10,059 students. The current dean is Dr. Julia Ross.

The University of Missouri College of Engineering is one of the 19 academic schools and colleges of the University of Missouri, a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. The college, also known as Mizzou Engineering, has an enrollment of 3,204 students who are enrolled in 10 bachelor’s programs, nine master’s programs and seven doctorate programs. There are six academic departments within the College: Chemical and Biomedica Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Engineering and Information Technology; and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The college traces its beginning to the first engineering courses taught west of the Mississippi River in 1849. The college was ranked 88th nationally by the U.S. News & World Report in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering</span> School at the University of Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering is one of the schools and colleges at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was established on September 1, 1947 as the School of Engineering and now considered as the best public engineering school in New England, enrolling 2250 undergraduate students and 610 graduate students including 300 M.S. students and 310 Ph.D. students for the 2018–2019 school year. The College of Engineering at UMass Amherst has eight buildings, including the Elab II, research facilities, computer labs, and graduate offices. It has more than 16,000 living alumni around the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science</span> School of engineering and computer science at Syracuse University

The Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science is one of the 13 schools and colleges of Syracuse University. The College offers more than 30 programs in four departments – Biomedical and Chemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and The College.

References

  1. 1 2 "Deans Welcome". VCU College of Engineering. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. "VCU College of Engineering Facts and Figures". VCU College of Engineering. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. "Departments; VCU College of Engineering". Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. Kendra Gerlach (27 April 2018). "VCU's engineering school becomes the VCU College of Engineering". VCU News. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 History - VCU Engineering Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Created by VCU University Relations (2012-06-19). "Facilities | VCU School of Engineering". Egr.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  7. "The VCU Institute for Engineering and Medicine". iem.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  8. "Engineering Research Building | College of Engineering | Virginia Commonwealth University". egr.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  9. Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Created by VCU University Relations (2012-06-28). "Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering | VCU School of Engineering". Egr.vcu.edu. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  11. "VCU School of Engineering | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering". Egr.vcu.edu. 2012-06-18. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  12. "Department of Computer Science | VCU School of Engineering". Egr.vcu.edu. 2012-06-14. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  13. Created by VCU University Relations (2012-06-18). "VCU School of Engineering | Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering". Egr.vcu.edu. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  14. "Facts and Figures - VCU Engineering". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2011.