How to Apply Applications to the Master of Engineering program for the 2015–2016 academic year will be accepted through April 1, 2015. Translating thinking into making is an ethos echoed across the Apply online at http://m.eng.cooper.edu creative culture of Cooper’s engineers, artists and architects. Please submit the following supplemental information High-performing students admitted to any of the School’s no later than April 1, 2015 to the Office of Admissions, four departments–civil, chemical, electrical and mechanical— The Cooper Union, 30 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003. benefit from continuous access to leaders in both industry Materials may also be sent to [email protected]. and academia in an intimate learning environment. All students Please reference in the subject line of your email are encouraged to consider such factors as sustainability, “Graduate Engineering Supplemental Information.” economics and teamwork through their coursework.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: NYC’S INNOVATION COMMUNITY • B.E. or B.S. in an engineering discipline; New York City’s economy and its academic and business • Official copies of school transcripts. This includes cultures are being transformed by innovation in the technology secondary (high school), college and university work; sector. The Cooper Union is a hub of innovation providing students the opportunity to immerse themselves in • GRE scores (optional); Silicon Alley, Manhattan’s East Village startup community. • TOEFL scores (if bachelor’s degree was taught in Students participate in accelerators such as the six-week a language other than English); intensive Invention Factory and the 10-week Global • Two letters of recommendation; Accelerator programs. All students enjoy innovation courses, • Résumé (see below for detailed information). the possibility for student-owned intellectual property, lectures THE by successful inventors and entrepreneurs, and rocket pitches • In a separate document, please submit a résumé, dvance your career by enrolling in an intensive at which students present business plans and solicit feedback listing any professional licensure or certification along Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) program in on prototype inventions from a network of businesses that with a statement indicating what areas within downtown Manhattan, an epicenter for innovation, are far less accessible to those outside New York City. engineering you seek to study. COOPER A technology and design. The Albert Nerken School of Be sure to outline any relevant academic honors or awards, Engineering, part of The Cooper Union for the Advancement DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES teaching or work experiences, internships, publications, UNION of Science and Art, offers an M.Eng. degree that will enable Our graduates have gone on to complete doctoral degrees research, projects, websites, patents, or other evidence of you to pursue highly technical and managerial positions at top-tier institutions like MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART creative scholarship. or a Ph.D. at a top research institution. Graduates of Cooper Yale and Georgia Tech. and medical degrees at NYU School Union include a Nobel Prize Winner in Physics and 33 of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine. They are also actively GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Master of Engineering Fulbright scholars. recruited by Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike The degree is comprised of 30 total credits beyond the Program for their consistent ability to solve societal issues through baccalaureate degree. Students may complete the ALBERT NERKEN HIGHLY SELECTIVE, RIGOROUS, PRACTICAL responsible technological innovation. requirements in one of two ways: either the thesis option SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING The Cooper Union, established in 1859, is a small highly Admission into the M.Eng. program is highly competitive that comprises of 24 credits in courses and 6 representing selective university in Manhattan. It is among the nation’s and based primarily on superior undergraduate performance, the thesis or the recently introduced non-thesis option oldest and most distinguished institutions for higher industry/research experience, strong evidence of independent, which is 30 credits of course work. education known nationally for its rigorous fundamentals, creative thought, and extracurricular activities using research grounding and project-oriented curriculum. technology to solve problems facing contemporary society. Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering

Graduate students in the Department of Chemical Engineering Through course projects, research, and consulting focus on courses that advance fundamental principles such as opportunities, graduate students in the Department of transport phenomena, thermodynamics and reaction Mechanical Engineering explore design innovations, robotics, engineering. Students develop their creative abilities and are mechatronics, energy and sustainability, nanotechnology, encouraged to explore many related fields, including biomedical, dynamic systems, biomedical engineering and cutting-edge energy and environmental engineering, and sustainability. computational methods. Courses balance analytical rigor In addition to studying advanced courses in chemistry and creative design, thereby preparing graduates for a and chemical engineering, as well as applications such as variety of careers. nanotechnology, equipment design and pharmaceutical Graduates are valued for their strong project-based design engineering, graduate students carry out research under skills and analytical abilities. They have successful careers as the guidance of full-time faculty members from either the entrepreneurs and in the aerospace, automotive, biomedical, chemistry or chemical engineering department. energy and construction industries. They often pursue doctoral studies in a range of mechanical engineering fields.

SPECIALIZATION AREAS: process simulation, sustainability, nanomaterials, particle technology and fluidization, pharma- SPECIALIZATION AND RESEARCH AREAS: computer-aided ceutical engineering, pollution prevention and mitigation. design and engineering, computational fluid dynamics, combustion, refrigeration, robotics, biomedical systems, EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES: Our graduates work respiratory biomechanics, automotive systems, mechatronics, for a wide range of employers including Exxon/Mobil, thermoelectric power generation, building sustainability, Infineum, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Philips Petroleum, Developing their capacities for both team and individual vibrations and acoustics Graduate students in the Department of Civil Engineering PepsiCo, Pall, and Consolidated Edison. Others earn doctoral work, graduate students in the Department of Electrical become equipped with the theoretical and practical degrees from leading universities across the country. EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES: Arup, Boeing, Engineering work with practicing professionals, faculty and Bloomberg LP, Consolidated Edison, Credit Suisse, Exxon, knowledge needed to solve many problems facing both our peers on a variety of cutting-edge problems. Students are General Dynamics, General Motors, Honda, IBM, Merck, built and natural environments. Coursework grounded in the provided with tools to address engineering problems, based NASA, Raytheon, Southwest Research Institute, SpaceX, principles of mathematics, structural mechanics and on a strong theoretical foundation and scientific computation. Stryker, United States Patent and Trademark Office computer applications prepares students for careers in Students work with faculty exploring a diverse array of urban planning, structural engineering, construction subjects, including audio and image processing, electronics management and infrastructure rehabilitation. design, machine learning and artificial intelligence, parallel To augment the major curriculum, graduate students and distributed processing, RF engineering and wireless have the opportunity to declare minors varying from communications, and sustainable engineering. computer engineering to civil engineering management. Students and faculty often collaborate on projects related to SPECIALIZATION AREAS: electronic systems and sustainability, alternative energy sources and the mitigation materials, signal processing and communications, and of damage caused by natural and man-made disasters. computer engineering EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES: Alcatel-Lucent, SPECIALIZATION AREAS: structural and geotechnical, Bloomberg LP, Goldman Sachs, Google, The Hackerati, water resources and environmental engineering. ITT Exelis, LGS Innovations, Maxentric Technologies, EMPLOYERS OF OUR GRADUATES: Thornton Tomasetti, Mini-Circuits, Nvidia, Spotify, Southwest Research Institute, Arup, Mueser Rutledge, Weidlinger Associates, Skanska, SRI International Gilbane, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, NYC Department of Design and Construction