2002

Some Facts about the College of Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

The College of Engineering was one of the original units when the university opened in 1868.  Today it is one of the largest and most respected colleges of engineering in the United States, consistently ranking among the top five.

 

 

College Deans

Dean of Engineering

    David E. Daniel

Associate Dean for Academic Programs

   Roscoe L. Pershing

Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs

   Myron B. Salamon

Associate Dean for Development

   Jeffrey E. Sands

Associate Dean for External Affairs

   Bruce A. Vojak

 

 

Departments

Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering

    Michael B. Bragg, Head

Agricultural Engineering (with the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences)

   Loren E. Bode, Head

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (with the School of Chemical Sciences)

   Mark Kushner, Interim Head

Civil & Environmental Engineering

   Keith Hjelmstad, Interim Head

Computer Science

   Marc Snir, Head

Electrical & Computer Engineering

   Richard E. Blahut, Head

General Engineering

   Harry E. Cook, Head

Materials Science & Engineering

   John H. Weaver, Head

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

   Richard O. Buckius, Head

Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering

   James F. Stubbins, Head

Physics

   Jeremiah Sullivan, Head

Theoretical & Applied Mechanics

   Hassan Aref, Head

 

 

Degrees, 2001-2002

The College of Engineering consistently ranks among the top nationally in number of degrees awarded.*  In 2001–2002, the college granted

·   1,118 BS degrees

·   468 MS degrees

·   192 PhD degrees

 

*In 2001, the Engineering Workforce Commission reported that the college ranked 3rd in BS degrees and 2nd in PhDs awarded nationally.

 

 

Student Body

Engineering Enrollments, Fall 2001

Department	Undergraduate	Graduate
Aero. & Astro. Engr.	343	69
Agricultural Engr.	124	37
Chemical and Biomolecular Engr.	347	85
Civil & Environmental Engr.	496	370
Computer Science	1,155	437
Electrical & Computer Engr.	1,572	480
General Engr.	476	31
Materials Science & Engr.	173	135
Mechanical & Industrial Engr.	791	242
Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engr.	41	41
Physics	257	234
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics	29	50
Total	5,804*	2,211

* Total includes students in programs administered jointly with other colleges.

 

 

Educational Profiles of Engineering Freshmen, Fall 2001

Admission to the College of Engineering as a freshman is based on two factors: High School Percentile Rank (HSPR) and ACT scores.  The freshmen entering in the fall semester of 2001 had the following characteristics.

 

HSPR

Mean:  92.4

Percentile       Percentage of Freshmen

99–100	20%
95–98	31%
90–94	25%
<	24%

 

ACT Composite Score

Mean:  30.0

Score               Percentage of Freshmen

33–36	20%
30–32	42%
27–29	27%
24–26	9%
≤	2%

 

 

Faculty, Fall 2001

Professors	234
Associate professors	87
Assistant professors	90
National Academy of Engineering	33
National Academy of Sciences	13
National Medal of Science	2
American Academy of Arts & Sciences	14

 

 

Total College Expenditures

FY01—$192,775,000

State appropriations, general revenue	15%
Tuition	20%
Institutional support	6%
Industrial and other private gifts, grants, & contracts	16%
Federal grants and contracts	43%

 

 

Research

Sources of College Research Expenditures

FY01—$138,775,000*

State appropriations and state grants	7%
Institutional support	8%
Industrial and other private gifts, grants, & contracts	12%
Federal grants and contacts	73%

*Ranking: third in the nation (ASEE, 2000)

 

 

Major Research Laboratories

Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory

   Barry J. Dempsey, Director

Coordinated Science Laboratory

   Ravi Iyer, Director

Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory

   Joseph E. Greene, Director

Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory

   Ilesanmi Adesida, Director

 

 

Minors and Programs

AE³

Bioengineering Minor

Computational Science and Engineering

Computer Science Minor

Food and Bioprocess Engineering Minor

International Programs in Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering Minor

Minority Engineering Program (MEP)

Polymer Science and Engineering Minor

Support for Under-Represented Graduate Students in Engineering (SURGE)

Technology Entrepreneur Center

Technology & Management Minor

Women in Engineering Program (WIE)

Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE)

 

 

Affiliated Research Organizations

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

   Pierre Wiltzius, Director

Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

   William H. Mischo, Director

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

   Daniel A. Reed, Director

 

 

Research Centers and Industrial Affiliate Programs

 

Research Centers

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center

   Predrag S. Hrnjak and Anthony M. Jacobi, Co-Directors (acrc@uiuc.edu)

   http://acrc.me.uiuc.edu

Anderson Laboratory for Global Education in Engineering

Timothy N. Trick, Director (trick@ece.uiuc.edu)

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/OCEE/anderlab

Center for Advanced Research in Information Security

Roy H. Campbell, Director (roy@cs.uiuc.edu)

http://www.caris.uiuc.edu

Center for Bio-Optoelectronic Sensor Systems

K. Y. Norman Cheng, Director (k-cheng@uiuc.edu)

http://www.micro.uiuc.edu/boss/

Center for Cement Composite Materials

   Leslie Struble, Director (lstruble@uiuc.edu)

   http://www.civil.nwu.edu/ACBM/main.html

Center for Complex Systems Research

Alfred W. Hubler, Director (a-hbuler@uiuc.edu)

http://www.ccsr.uiuc.edu/

Center for Computational Electromagnetics

Weng C. Chew, Director (chew@sunchew.ece.uiuc.edu)

http://www.ccem.uiuc.edu/

Center for Microanalysis of Materials

Ivan Petrov, Director (petrov@uiuc.edu)

http://www.mrl.uiuc.edu/~cmm/

Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing

   Ravi K. Iyer (r-iyer@uiuc.edu) and Janak H. Patel (j-patel@uiuc.edu), Co-Directors

   http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/

Center for Silicon Quantum Computers

John Tucker, Director (jrtucker@uiuc.edu)

Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets

   Michael Heath, Director (m-heath@ uiuc.edu)

   http://www.csar.uiuc.edu/

Center for Theoretical Astrophysics

Frederick Lamb, Director (fkl@uiuc.edu)

http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/Research/CTA/

Center of Excellence for Airport Technology

Barry J. Dempsey, Director (bjdemps@uiuc.edu)

http://cee.ce.uiuc.edu/coeairporttech/

Computational Science and Engineering

Michael T. Heath, Director (heath@cs.uiuc.edu)

http://www.cse.uiuc.edu

Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics

Philip Krein, Director (krein@ece.uiuc.edu)

http://machines.ece.uiuc.edu/

Illinois Center for Cryptography and Information Protection

Richard Blahut (head@ece.uiuc.edu)

http://www.iccip.csl.uiuc.edu

Illinois Center for Integrated Microsystems

Naresh R. Shanbhag, Director (shanghag@uiuc.edu)

http://www.icims.csl.uiuc.edu

Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics

William W. Mantulin (mantulin@uiuc.edu) and Theodore Hazlett, (thazlett@staff.uiuc.edu), Co-Directors

http://lfd.uiuc.edu

Manufacturing Research Center

Shiv Kapoor, Director (s-kapoor@uiuc.edu)

http://mtamri.me.uiuc.edu/cmtsr.home.html

Materials Computation Center

Duane Johnson, Director (mcc@uiuc.edu)

http://www.mcc.uiuc.edu

Mid-America Earthquake Center

Daniel Abrams, Director (d-abrams@uiuc.edu)

http://mae.ce.uiuc.edu

Motorola Center for Communications

Ravi Iyer, Director (iyer@crhc.uiuc.edu)

http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/mcc/

Power Systems Engineering Research Center

Peter Sauer, Site Director (sauer@ece.uiuc.edu)

http://www.pserc.wisc.edu/

 

Industrial Affiliates

The College of Engineering has a number of affiliates programs that provide opportunities for multiple companies to support research in particular technology areas, such as computing, energy, and manufacturing, in return for shared access to research reports, publications, and seminars. 

 

Industrial Affiliate Programs

Communications, Electromagnetics, Propogation, and Signal Processing Affiliates Program

Lila Rhoades (lila@crhc.uiuc.edu)

http://www.ceps.csl.uiuc.edu

Continuous Casting Consortium

Brian G. Thomas, Director (bgthomas@uiuc.edu)

http://bgtibm1.me.uiuc.edu/

Fracture Control Program

Huseyin Sehitoglu, Director (huseyin@uiuc.edu) http://www.mie.uiuc.edu/content/asp/research/research_centers/fracture_control_program.asp

Illinois Computer Affiliates Program

Lila Rhoades (lila@crhc.uiuc.edu)

http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/ICAP/index.html

Power Affiliates Program

Peter Sauer, Director (sauer@ece.uiuc.edu)

http://power.ece.uiuc.edu

  

 

International Programs in Engineering

The staff of International Programs in Engineering offers engineering students opportunities for overseas study.  Credit earned overseas may be used to satisfy degree requirements.  Last year, more than 150 undergraduate engineering students studied 13 languages and traveled to 27 countries.  The International Minor in Engineering requires language proficiency and at least a six-week residence overseas.  Learn more at http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/international.  Financial support is available for both undergraduate and graduate students.

 

 

Women in Engineering

The mission of the Women in Engineering Program is to create a climate conducive for academic pursuit and personal growth that allows for equal opportunities for women in engineering.  Outreach, recruitment, and retention activities range from pre-college level to higher education.  Approximately 1,000 undergraduate women and 350 graduate women are enrolled in engineering disciplines.

 

 

Job Placement

The Engineering Career Services Office serves students graduating in engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics and statistics.  In 2000–2001:

 

Companies interviewing: 580

Companies interviewing for the first time at UIUC: 160

 

Number of on-campus interviews:

BS graduates	6,579
MS graduates	2,115
PhD graduates	303

 

Average monthly starting salary offers:

BS graduates	$4,384
MS graduates	$5,173
PhD graduates	$6,800

 

Approximately 13% of the May 2001 bachelor’s graduates planned to attend graduate school.

 

 

AE³

The Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE³) is a center for effective teaching and learning.  It advocates excellence in engineering education specifically through instructor development, course redesign, and learning innovations.  In the midst of current concerns that large research universities often ignore teaching, AE³ is a clear example of a commitment to creating strong teachers and well-prepared, engaged students.  http://www.ae3.cen.uiuc.edu

 

 

Minority Engineering Programs

The Minority Engineering Program is designed to assist under-represented students who have the potential to enter engineering and to follow them through graduate school.  This program provides coordination and support for 

 

·   enrichment activities

·   outreach activities

·   counseling

·   assistance with job searches

·   student societies: AISES, NSBE, SHPE, and NOBCChE

·   graduate programs: SURGE, MERGE, and GEM

·   scholarships and internships

 

 

Work Experience Programs

The college’s work experience programs provide undergraduates the opportunity to acquire work experience with cooperating engineering employers.  Working as co-ops, semester interns, or summer interns, students

 

·   gain professional experience

·   learn from practicing engineers

·   identify initial career goals

·   start their careers early

·   add value to their formal education

·   earn a wage to help cover college expenses

 

 

Continuing Education

During the 2000–2001 academic year, the Office of Continuing Engineering Education offered educational programs to engineers and computer scientists in 30 states and 6 countries.  Some highlights are given here. 

 

·   51 credit courses in computer science and engineering delivered via the Internet drew 815 enrollments.

·   55 professional development programs were offered for 379 individuals participating in 8 seminars and 47 satellite programs.

·   12 new satellite programs were developed and produced for small- and medium-sized manufacturers and businesses in Illinois and 1 program was create for community college faculty.  All programs were delivered statewide via the Illinois Satellite Network.

 

 

WYSE Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering

WYSE offers academic contests and guidance programs for high school youth.  In Illinois and Missouri in 2001, 50 colleges and universities hosted more than 6,000 students from 500 high schools.  WYSE is headquartered in the College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

 

Important Engineering Addresses

Engineering Hall

1308 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801  USA

http://www.engr.uiuc.edu

Office of the Dean of Engineering

   Room 306 • 217-333-2151

Associate Dean for Academic Programs

   Room 206 • 217-333-2280

Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs

   Room 306 • 217-333-2152

Associate Dean for Development

   Room 310 • 217-244-2364

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/dev/

Associate Dean for External Affairs

   Room 306 • 217-333-6057

AE³

   Room 210A2 • 217-265-0668

   http://www.ae3.cen.uiuc.edu

Career Services

   Room 203 • 217-333-1960

   http://ecs.cen.uiuc.edu

Continuing Engineering Education

   Room 400 • 217-333-6634

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/ocee

Cooperative Education

   Room 203 • 217-244-4165

   http://ecs.cen.uiuc.edu/coop/

International Programs

   Room 210 • 217-244-0054

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/international/

Minority Programs

   Room 206 • 217-244-3815

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/mep/

Women in Engineering

   Room 206 • 217-244-3517

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/wie/

Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE)

   Room 210A • 217-333-2860

   http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/wyse/

 

 

The University of Illinois is an equal opportunity and affirmative action institution.

Produced by the Engineering Publications Office 1/02