Speed Scientific School
Cooperative Education and Career Services

Speed Scientific School

Speed Scientific School continues to honor James Breckenridge Speed today by training engineers who will spark American industry in the 21st century.

The School is unique in that it offers a five-year program that includes and ABET-accredited Master of Engineering degree with a one-year cooperative education work experience.

What is the Cooperative Education Program?

How Does It Work?

What are the Benefits?

• Advantages to the Employer
  • Access to a skilled short-term, cost-effective workforce.
  • Opportunity to evaluate potential full-time employees.
  • Reduction of recruiting and training costs.
  • Continuous coverage of positions throughout the year.
  • Enhancement of community relationship and image.
• Advantages to the Student
  • Adds relevance to education.
  • Develops job-related skills.
  • Develops maturity and social skills.
  • Provides useful employment contacts.
  • Provides added financial support.
• Advantages to the University
  • Broadens the educational process.
  • Keeps faculty informed of current technology and applications.
  • Enhances graduate placement.
  • Nurtures university-employer relations.

What is the Employer's Role?

• Participate in the selection of students.
• Designate a supervisor who can provide adequate direction for the student.
• Provide orientation to the company.
• Plan the student's full-time work for each semester co-op period, offering progressive experience.
• Provide a competitive wage to the student.
• Evaluate the student's performance.

Engineering Programs

Civil Engineering - All Civil Engineering students receive a comprehensive grounding in mathematics and the physical sciences. They can select one of five specialties for in-depth study: environment, structures, water resources, geotechnical, or transportation.

Electrical Engineering - Courses and research subjects include image processing, control systems, microprocessors, microwave and antenna components, solid-state devices, optical electronics, circuits and systems, electronic circuits, VLSI circuit design, and computer solutions to engineering problems.

Engineering Math and Computer Science - The engineering math and computer science program prepares specialistsin many areas of computer software and hardware. Students are trained to understand the theoretical and operational aspects of computer functions and to use this knowledge to give computers their capabilities. The program also prepares engineering designers who can apply mathematical and computer modeling an many areas of engineering and applied science. The curriculum focuses on artificial intelligence, computer simulation and computer electronics design.

Industrial Engineering - Industrial Engineers combine science and technical knowledge with human sciences to design and plan systems that involve people, materials, money, energy, equipment, and other resources. Subjects include materials science, biomechanics, manufacturing processes, fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, quality control, thermodynamics, and human factors engineering.

Mechanical Engineering - The Mechanical Engineering program encompasses the natural sciences, mechanical engineering fundamentals, and advanced engineering specialties. Students take courses in chemistry, active and passive networks, thermodynamics, engineering computation and statistics, fluid and materials mechanics, mechanical vibrations, heat transfer, and computer-aided engineering.

Facilities

• A Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Center in the multi-million dollar Henry Vogt Building.
• The area's largest computer graphics/computer-aided design (CAD) center.
• The General Electric Factory Automation Laboratory with industrial robots, automated materials-handling systems, flexible machining center with computer-numerical control machines, programmable controllers, microcomputers, and machine vision systems.
• A fully equipped Materials Testing Laboratory and Geomechanics Laboratory.
• The Center for Industrial Ergonomics Laboratory with physiological monitoring equipment, computer workstations, and other features.
• An IBM 3090 computer system, an HP UNIX network of workstations, and a PC local area network.
• A large-scale integrated circuits design laboratory, an image processing laboratory, the lasers and electro-optic lab, an artificial intelligence lab, a microwave lab, and an active-network design lab.
• A Rapid Prototyping Center featuring selective laser sintering (SLS), to produce prototypes for a broad consortium of manufacturers.

For Additional Information

Or, send email directly to Joseph H. Pierce.