The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or commonly known as Bourns Engineering or BCOE, is an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology-accredited College of Engineering located in

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on the campus of the

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. The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering was established in 1989, and named in honor of Marlan Bourns, a B.S. physics graduate of the

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and Rosemary Bourns, founders of Bourns, Inc. BCOE is home to the world's largest indoor atmospheric chamber, an 8,000 square foot class 100/1,000 cleanroom, a 4,300 square foot mechanical engineering machine shop and a 13-ton 3 Tesla Siemens Prisma MRI machine and more. The college has more than 300,000 square feet of lab and research space. Notable research centers include the Center for Environmental Research & Technology, Winston Chung Global Energy Center, Center for Research and Education in Cyber Security and Privacy, and the Center for Research in Intelligent Systems.

Departments and programs

The Bourns College of Engineering has five departments, four interdepartmental programs, and an online master's program all of which are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (

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), the nationally recognized accrediting body for engineering programs. * Bioengineering (BIEN) * Chemical & Environmental Engineering (CEE) * Computer Science & Engineering (CS&E) * Electrical & Computer Engineering(ECE) * Mechanical Engineering (ME) * Computer Engineering (CEN) * Data Science * Material Science & Engineering (MSE) * Robotics * Masters of Engineering Online

Degrees

The college offers the following degrees: * Bioengineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D) * Computer Science with Business Applications (B.S.) *

Chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) *

Computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) * Computer engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D) * Electrical engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) *

Environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) * Materials science and engineering (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) *

Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) *

Robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...

(B.S., M.S.)

Research centers

* Center for Industrial Biotechnology * Center for Advanced Neuroimaging * The Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) * Center for Research and Education in Cyber Security and Privacy * Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CRIS) * Phonon Optimized Engineering Materials * Ubiquitous Communication by Light Center (UC-Light) * Winston Chung Global Energy Center

Professional student organizations

Diversity Organizations

* Bourns College of Engineering Students Leadership Council * National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) * Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) * Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Professional Engineering Societies

Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) * American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) * American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) * Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) *

Biomedical Engineering Society BMES (the Biomedical Engineering Society) is the professional society for students, faculty, researcher and industry working in the broad area of biomedical engineering. BMES is the leading biomedical engineering society in the United States and was ...

(BMES) * Chemical and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association (CEEGSA) * Computer Science Graduate Student Association (COMPGSA)
Citrus Hack
*

Engineers Without Borders The term Engineers Without Borders (EWB; french: Ingénieurs sans frontières, ISF) is used by a number of non-governmental organizations in various countries to describe their activity based on engineering and oriented to international development ...

(EWB) *

IEEE Electron Devices Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...

(EDS) * Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) * Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGSA) *

Materials Research Society The Materials Research Society (MRS) is a non-profit, professional organization for materials researchers, scientists and engineers. Established in 1973, MRS is a member-driven organization of approximately 14,000 materials researchers from academi ...

(MRS) *

Optical Society of America Optica (formerly known as The Optical Society (OSA) and before that as the Optical Society of America) is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals and organizes conference ...

(OSA) *

Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers, is a United States-based, globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. SAE Internatio ...

(SAE) * Theta Tau

Honor Societies

* Tau Beta Pi (TBP) California Alpha Beta

References

External links

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