The School of Engineering at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

was founded in 1914 as the College of Engineering. It was originally a part of the Rutgers Scientific School, which was founded in 1864.Chapter Four: Rutgers Scientific School (1859-1880).
(PDF) Retrieved on September 23, 2008 The school has seven academic departments, with a combined undergraduate student enrollment of over 2,400 students.Headcount Enrollment by Campus, Full-Time/Part-Time Status, and Academic Level, Fall 2007.
(PDF). Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved on September 23, 2008. It offers over 25 academic and professional degree programs. These include several interdisciplinary programs, such as Environmental Engineering (formerly called bioenvironmental engineering or bioresource engineering) with the Department of Environmental Science, and the graduate program in

mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to object ...

Departments and programs

The Rutgers School of Engineering is composed primarily of seven academic departments. All of the degree programs offered are certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. In addition, the School also has undergraduate programs in applied sciences and in Environmental Engineering (formerly known as Bioenvironmental Engineering),Undergraduate Program in Bioenvironmental Engineering.
Department of Environmental Sciences. Accessed on September 23, 2008. and also a graduate program in mechanics.Graduate Program in Mechanics.
Rutgers School of Engineering. Website accessed on September 24, 2008. The joint SoE/SEBS environmental engineering program is separate from the SoE-only civil and environmental engineering program. Students who chose to pursue a degree in applied sciences also have to option to select a concentration in

Packaging Engineering Packaging engineering, also package engineering, packaging technology and packaging science, is a broad topic ranging from design conceptualization to product placement. All steps along the manufacturing process, and more, must be taken into a ...

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Biomedical Science Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. Such disciplines as medical microbi ...

, or

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.Applied Sciences web page.
Office of Academic Affairs. Rutgers School of Engineering. Accessed on September 23, 2008.

Degrees offered

The school offers the Bachelor of Science (B.S.),

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(M.S.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Graduate students are technically enrolled in the Graduate School-New Brunswick, and not directly in the School of Engineering. For this reason, all graduate degrees are awarded to a student by the Graduate School-New Brunswick on successful completion of one or more of the degree programs listed below. The SoE also offers a five-year B.S./

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as account ...

program in conjunction with the

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. Students who opt for this program are, however, required to meet certain

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and

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score requirements, and are required to apply to the program in the Spring semester of their

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.BS/BA - 5 Year Program.
Office of Academic Affairs, Rutgers School of Engineering. Retrieved on September 23, 2008. A combined M.S. and diploma course is also offered by the School of Engineering and the

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.Combined Master of Science - Diploma Course.
Web page hosted by the Rutgers Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Accessed on September 23, 2008. The SoE is also home to the Rutgers-UMDNJ PhD Training Program in Biotechnology, which has received support from the

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for over 20 years.

Research centers

The Rutgers School of Engineering is home to several research centers, and is also affiliated with other research centers throughout Rutgers University. These large-scale research centers are typically funded through various

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and federal grants, and also through corporate sponsorships. Also, numerous smaller research laboratories exist within the various academic departments of the SoE. An (incomplete) list of the research centers is provided below:Official website of Research Centers at Rutgers.
Retrieved on September 23, 2008. * Center for Innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies * Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) * Center for Advanced Energy Systems (CAES) * Center for Advanced Materials via Immiscible Polymer Processing (AMIPP) * Center for Digital Signal Processing Research * Ceramic and Composite Materials Center (CCMC) * Center for Nanomaterials Research * Computationally Advanced Infrastructure Partnerships (CAIP) - previously known as the Center for Advanced Information Processing (CAIP) * Fiber Optic Materials Research Program (FOMRP) * Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology (IAMDN) * Laboratory for Nanostructured Materials Research * Microelectronics Research Laboratory (MERL) * Wireless Information Networks Laboratory ( WINLAB)

Student organizations

The School of Engineering has a student governing organization, the Engineering Governing Council (EGC). The EGC functions as a liaison between students and members of the faculty, distributes funds to the various engineering academic societies active within the SoE, and generally represents the students of the SoE in the Rutgers University Community.Website of the Engineering Governing Council (EGC).
Rutgers School of Engineering. Accessed on September 23, 2008. Several national and international student and professional engineering organizations also have branches or chapters at the Rutgers School of Engineering, and listed below : *

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- A biomedical engineering honor society *

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(AIAA) * American Institute of Chemical Engineers * American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) *

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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 ...

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 ...

Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu () or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Computer Science and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). "The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasi ...

- A national electrical and computer engineering honor society * Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers *

Institute of Industrial Engineers The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), formerly the Institute of Industrial Engineers, is a professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving ...

* International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering * Material Advantage * Minority Engineering Educational Task *

Phi Sigma Rho Phi Sigma Rho (), also known as Phi Rho or PSR, is a social sorority for individuals who identify as female or non-binary in science, engineering, and engineering technologies. The sorority was founded in 1984 at Purdue University. The first ch ...

- A social

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* Research and Development at Rutgers (RADAR) * Rutgers Engineering Pi Club * Rutgers Formula Racing (

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) * Society of Hispanic Engineers * Sigma Phi Delta - An international social-professional engineering fraternity * Society of Women Engineers * Tau Beta Pi - A national engineering honor society

Notable alumni

* Ann Marie Carlton, chemist and environmental engineer

References

External links

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