Engineer Magazine 2014

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TRAILBLAZER A trailblazer in recognizing the value of combining engineering experience at partner companies with compatible classroom instruction, Marquette created one of the first co-op programs in the nation as the United States emerged from World War I. This year, more than 285 STUDENTS ARE WORKING AT 100 COMPANIES across the country through the program. A few examples:

GE HEALTHCARE

BRADY CORP.

MODINE

ABBOTT

MILLION

Amount awarded in the past five years by government, corporate and foundation sources to support the work of research and innovation in the Opus College of Engineering.

REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WATER EQUIPMENT AND POLICY RESEARCH CENTER U 5 FACULTY U 9 PROJECTS FUNDED U 13 GRANTS MID-WEST ENERGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM U 7 FACULTY U 11 PROJECTS FUNDED U 11 GRANTS CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE U 9 FACULTY U 12 PROJECTS FUNDED U 12 GRANTS

PLEXUS

MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION

ARCO DESIGN/BUILD INC.

2ND LARGEST

Where Marquette’s Opus College of Engineering ranks in undergraduate enrollment compared with engineering programs at U.S. Catholic universities and colleges. Source: American Society for Engineering Education, 2013.

FIVE

FLOORS

29.6 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

of Engineering Hall focused on experiential learning and solutions to global problems:

LL EFFICIENT ENERGY AND SAFE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 1

2

E NGINEERING OUTREACH, STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING AND RAPID PROTOTYPING OF STUDENT DESIGNS

NANOSCALE DEVICES, SENSORS AND CONTROLS

3 HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH CARE

4

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