Engineering Program
Engineering at UMHB, where a unique environment for engineering education has been created through a firm foundation in theoretical engineering knowledge coupled with practical design applications, providing a context for our students to focus their Christian commitment on engineering solutions which can improve our world. The Engineering major, which combines mathematical, physical, and computational science, is recommended for engineering students who wish to complete an inter-disciplinary engineering degree. The engineering program is designed to enable students to demonstrate skill in the appropriate use of engineering specific technology, to develop confidence in strategies of problem-solving and to apply problem-solving strategies to “real-world” activities. The engineering student is expected to communicate technical information effectively in both written and verbal form. The engineering student is challenged to integrate his/her knowledge of mathematics and science with a Christian perspective to discover significant relationships between a Christian life and an engineering profession. Engineering students who pursue and Engineering major at UMHB will combine a lifetime career preparation with a Christian commitment to improve our world and thereby will have a unique experience for life.
The Engineering program has been extended to include a wide range of topics crucial to the future of engineering design, the research projects are equally varied in the goals of research. Collaboration between a diverse group of UMHB faculty in and beyond the College of Sciences is an important aspect of the engineering research program enabled by an increase of students seeking research opportunities. Since all engineering students in the UMHB program attain a firm theoretical foundation in a wide range of engineering fields (i.e.. mechanical, electrical, energy, and biomedical), specialized undergraduate research projects have been created which investigate the intersection between science, mathematics, and engineering design. In that way, individual faculty members with special interests in specific fields of engineering have been able to pursue unique engineering projects, cooperating with students in the creation of designs. Students who participate in these diverse design solutions have become expert in specialized areas of engineering through their emersion in the research topic in addition to the broad understanding of engineering principles gained through their coursework, and the Engineering faculty have been able to conduct unique research that has broadened the engineering expertise of UMHB engineering students.
The application for admissions into the upper-level engineering program should be completed by the end of the sophomore year. Engineering, Mathematics and Laboratory Sciences GPA will be utilized in that determination. Please note that UMHB does not guarantee admittance into upper-level engineering program at UMHB. More information concerning the program may be obtained from Dr. William G. Tanner. Jr., Chairperson, Computer Science, Engineering and Physics.