prideandpurpose hofstra.edu/SEAS School of Engineering and Applied Science Hofstra’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) educates engineers and computer scientists who are creative, entrepreneurial and prepared to tackle critical global challenges and make a difference in the world. Off-campus co-op programs and internships with world-class companies in the New York metropolitan area provide robust real-world experience. Department of Faculty Co-Op Program Our engineering faculty are outstanding teachers, Students who have completed the first half of their Engineering and they are hired and promoted based on their third year of engineering studies, while maintaining a The Department of Engineering provides ability to communicate and inspire students. solid academic record, are eligible to enter the co-op undergraduate students with an education that Many also work on research projects that culminate program, which matches them with a company that equips them to contribute to making the world a in scientific papers and conference presentations will employ them as full-time, paid employees for a better place. Engineers are problem solvers and with undergraduate students as co-authors. semester plus a summer (a six- to eight-month period), creative thinkers who use technology as a means The department boasts expertise in areas as and where they will experience the range of to that end. disparate as remote sensing of the environment, responsibilities and opportunities typically reserved for The first two years in all engineering degree therapeutic use of ultrasound in medicine, design entry-level degreed employees. Co-op students gain programs are largely devoted to a common of large structures for earthquake resistance, on-the-job skills that make them much more attractive curriculum, with a strong emphasis on mechatronics and robotics, optical fiber to companies after graduation, in particular those mathematics, physical sciences, and fundamental networks, and cell and tissue engineering, to name companies with which they have already established a engineering tools for analysis and design. but a few. Collaborations among faculty with different track record through the co-op program. More than The third and fourth years are principally devoted research backgrounds also occur. Finally, our faculty 50 companies currently participate in the program, to course work in the field of specialization. have an open-door policy toward students who need and the network is expanding rapidly. advising or help with learning concepts. Institutional research shows that 100 percent Summer Research Opportunities of 2013-2014 School of Engineering and Facilities Highly motivated students may be employed in any Applied Science undergraduate degree Undergraduate students use the engineering of a number of laboratories for paid summer research recipients who completed our graduation laboratories as part of their course work, and all assistantships. Most often they will already have survey (or other reliable source) reported that the laboratories are available for use by selected finished two years of their program of study and they were employed or had started or were upper-level undergraduates for advanced will be given the opportunity to work on projects planning to start graduate school within one research. Our labs include: that would be equivalent to graduate research work. year of graduation. Employment prospects The department’s focus on undergraduate education are further enhanced by summer internship • The Materials Analysis Laboratory, featuring a number of benchtop programmable test stands opens up this exciting option for students especially opportunities and the new SEAS co-op program interested in advancing scientific knowledge. available to third-year students. used to apply loads on structural elements. • The Aerodynamics Laboratory with several Engineering education is a rigorous preparation wind tunnels and a modern particle image Student Organizations for a fulfilling career in the service of human velocimetry system. Many student branches of professional engineering society. At Hofstra, that rigor is tempered by • The Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, societies are available on campus, including: a congenial atmosphere where members of featuring an atomic force microscope for • American Institute of Aeronautics and our faculty mentor students throughout their advanced research on mechanical properties Astronautics (AIAA) academic careers, in the classrooms and in of different types of cells. • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) the laboratories, leading to capstone design • The Ultrasound Research Laboratory with • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and/or research projects that prepare them for its scanning acoustic microscope and • Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) professional success. imaging system for noninvasive testing of • Institute of Industrial Engineers (IEE) biological tissue. • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Undergraduate Program Options • The Mechatronics Laboratory with robotic arms. • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) • Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Engineering Science • The 3-D Printer Laboratory for creating • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) • Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Engineering models for various tests. Hofstra also has a chapter of Theta Tau, the oldest and Science: Biomedical or Civil Option • A number of other labs devoted to electrical, largest professional engineering fraternity in the United • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering civil, and environmental experiments. • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Industrial Engineering States, whose diverse membership includes both men • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering and women engineering students.

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