Welcome to the Department of Engineering
NEW!!! Mechanical Engineering Concentration Launched in Fall 2009
If you are interested in making the world a better place and helping to solve the challenges of the 21st century such as energy, the environment and human health, Engineering is the career for you. At ECU, our highest priority is the excellence of our engineering program and we achieve this through small engineering classes taught by faculty (not graduate students), project based learning, and high faculty-student interaction. ECU Engineering prepares our graduates for 21st century engineering challenges. We believe successful engineers must have a broad base of technical skills to assure they can meet the engineering challenges of the future. To develop these engineering skills, all ECU graduates take a common core of courses which build essential engineering skills in key areas such as computer applications, engineering graphics, force analysis (statics and dynamics), materials, fabrication processes, electrical circuits, controls and instrumentation, engineering project management, engineering quality, and engineering economics.
ECU engineers learn by doing. Beginning in freshman year and continuing through the curriculum, ECU Engineering students have twice as many laboratory experiences as traditional engineering programs. As a result, ECU Engineers develop advanced skills in solving engineering problems and are better prepared for the challenges of the engineering work place. ECU engineers are also prepared with the career success skills required by industry including project management, team work, and engineering cost analysis. ECU engineering graduates enter the work place as motivated, technically capable, and confident engineers, ready to make an impact in the global economy.
Building on the core courses, at the end of sophomore year, each ECU Engineer chooses a body of specialized knowledge from one of our four engineering concentration areas: