Courses in engineering were first offered in 1906 in the basement of one of the oldest buildings on campus. Today, 140 full-time faculty serve about 1,600 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students, utilizing state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and live interactive broadcast systems. The School of Engineering’s research program of over $80 million per year is funded through strong ties with government and industry.

The goals of the School of Engineering are: to provide undergraduate and graduate programs of instruction for qualified students leading to academic degrees in engineering; to extend the frontiers of engineering knowledge by encouraging and assisting faculty in the pursuit and publication of research; to stimulate and encourage in its students those qualities of scholarship, leadership, and character that mark the true academic and professional engineer; to serve the industrial community of California and the nation in providing for the continuing education of engineering and scientific personnel; and to provide professional engineering leadership in the solution of community, regional, national and global problems.

The School of Engineering offers various programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Engineer degrees; and, through the Graduate School, the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

Administration

Leonard M. Silverman, Ph.D., Dean

Elliot I. Axelband, Ph.D., Associate Dean

George Bekey, Ph.D., Associate Dean

Joseph S. Devinny, Ph.D., Associate Dean

Thomas Katsouleas, Ph.D., Associate Dean

Chrysostomos L. Nikias, Ph.D., Associate Dean

Jay Schoenau, Associate Dean

Margery Berti, A.B., Assistant Dean

Louise A. Yates, B.A., M.S., Assistant Dean