REVOLUTIONIZING ENGINEERING EDUCATION OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT A GLANCE 2015
OLIN AT A GLANCE LOCATION Needham, Massachusetts, 14 miles west of Boston FIRST COMMENCEMENT May 2006 MAJORS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering CONCENTRATIONS Bioengineering, Computing, Design, Materials Science, Robotics ADMISSION Highly selective, with an emphasis on outstanding academic achievement and extracurriculars; special attention given to creativity, passion and enterprise
AFFORDABILITY The founders of Olin were deeply committed to recognizing excellence and providing for affordability. As a result, every enrolled student receives an eight-semester, half-tuition meritbased scholarship valued at more than $85,000. The scholarship program is complimented by Olin’s policy of meeting full demonstrated need, meaning finances should never stand in the way of an Olin education.
FOUNDING The F.W. Olin Foundation committed more than $460 million to support the college, one of the largest and most visionary grants in the history of higher education. Thirty partner students made history by co-founding Olin. FACILITIES Olin’s facilities encompass 382,000 square feet of first-class academic, administrative and residential space, including a fully converged IT infrastructure, campus-wide wireless connectivity and state-of-the-art labs and classrooms. PARTNERSHIPS Olin, Babson and Wellesley are part of a wide-ranging collaboration that brings together liberal arts, business and engineering perspectives to tackle major societal issues.
ABOVE Rachel Boy ’15 Bloomsburg, PA
CATALYZING CHANGE VIA THE COLLABORATORY In an effort to fulfill the second part of our dual mission—to collaborate with others to transform engineering education—we created our “Collaboratory.” Through it Olin has hosted more than 1,200 visitors from more than 400 institutions, and inspired and collaborated with 12 other institutions to make significant curricular changes.
About Olin
The idea for Olin goes back nearly two decades, when the National Science Foundation and the leaders of the engineering community began urging fundamental reforms in engineering education, including more emphasis on entrepreneurship, teamwork and communication. The F.W. Olin Foundation took up the challenge, committing more than $460 million to create a new undergraduate engineering college. Bringing together some of the best minds and the best ideas in engineering education, Olin developed a hands-on, interdisciplinary program geared toward producing engineering innovators.
The Olin Curriculum
The Olin curriculum is based on the idea that engineering starts with people—understanding who we’re designing for, what they value, and where there are areas of opportunity—and ends with people—understanding the social context of our work and how to get solutions out of the lab and into the world. Olin’s approach to engineering education contrasts with how engineers are currently educated. At most schools, students spend the first semesters — sometimes years — taking prerequisites in math and science before they get to do any engineering. These programs discourage many of the students who are most interested in engineering. At Olin, students start engineering in context right away, with three classes in the first semester that provide hands-on experience in several areas of engineering and the development of critical thinking and communication skills. As they progress through the curriculum, they tackle projects of increasing complexity that prepare them for the global challenges they will face as graduates. Students stay engaged by working collaboratively — with faculty and other students — on projects connected to real-world problems.
SCOPE
Senior Capstone Program in Engineering Olin’s hands-on curriculum culminates in SCOPE, a substantial, year-long project carried out under realistic constraints for a corporation or other sponsor. As part of SCOPE, the sponsor supplies an authentic, challenging engineering problem. Olin provides a student engineering team, a dedicated project space, a faculty adviser and access to the Olin technology base. Projects involve multiple engineering disciplines, including elements of engineering science, engineering design and entrepreneurship. Alternatively, students have the opportunity to complete a year-long Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship capstone where they work in teams with faculty advisors Current SCOPE Sponsors developing technologies AGCO and ventures to help Analogic alleviate poverty in lowapportable income communities. Army Research Laboratory Boeing Boston Scientific Care.com Dassault Systems Harley-Davidson Ivani Locus Robotics Raytheon Rockwell Automation Santos Family Foundation
OLIN MAKES ITS MARK The college has garnered a national reputation for innovation in engineering education, and its alumni are making their mark at top companies, entrepreneurial ventures and graduate schools. Below are statistics that highlight our accomplishments to date:
Alumni & Student Accomplishments 7 6% of the Class of 2014 completed an internship or research experience during their education 3 4% of all alumni have been accepted or have attended graduate school; of those 47% who entered a STEM graduate program attend a Top 10 graduate school, as defined by U.S. News & World Report 27% who entered a STEM graduate program won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 1 undergraduate alumni giving rate # (Council for Aid to Education)
Institutional Accomplishments A DMISSION RATE IS 10.6% — placing Olin among the most selective colleges and universities in the country R ANKED #3 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, non-doctoral, by U.S. News & World Report Founding leadership received GORDON PRIZE for innovation in engineering and technological education R ANKED #1 Top 10 Financial Aid Providers by Parents & Colleges Ranked as a TOP FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PRODUCER by the Chronicle of Higher Education four times since 2006 Named BEST 379 College, BEST Value College + BEST in the Northeast by Princeton Review Additional 2014 Princeton Review rankings include: #2 Best Classroom Experience #3 Students Study the Most #4 Professors Get High Marks #6 Their Students Love this College #11 Great Financial Aid #12 Best Quality of Life #17 Best Career Services #19 Happiest Students Named one of the Fiske Guide’s 2015 BEST BUY Schools
Faculty Profile Their expertise ranges from astrophysics to Chopin, from circuit design to entrepreneurship, from robotics to genetics. Working with the faculty are academic partners and instructors.
3 5 Full-time ( 46% women / 54% men ) 2 0 Part-time and Adjunct ( 15% women / 85% men ) 8 TO 1 Student to Faculty Ratio P ASSION Undergraduate teaching and working with students on research and scholarly activities I NNOVATION No academic departments; no tenure awarded; faculty work eagerly across disciplines
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STUDENT/ FACULTY RATIO
Victoria Preston ’16 Edgewater, MD confers with professor Aaron Hoover on her Principles of Engineering course project. LEFT
ACCEPTANCE RATE
10.6% Class of 2018 Profile A pplicants: 998 I nvited to Candidate Weekends: 221 A dmitted: 106 E nrolled: 86 students G eography: 23 states; 8 foreign countries; 12 non-US citizens A verage GPA: 3.9/4.0 (unweighted) P ercent Female / Male: 45% women / 55% men ABOVE Subhash Gubba, ’17 National Merit Scholars: 11% Sugar Land, TX L eadership: 85% participated in community service; 70% musicians; 71% athletes; 47% participated on academic teams; 35% held a job during high school; 27% involved in research projects; 12% were student government officers T his class includes students who: Built a rainwater collection system for a school garden Did a presentation for Apple’s Education Division and for MacWorld in San Francisco Developed a low-cost autonomous wheelchair Participated on an IEA Equestrian Team Completed a Junior Thesis Project on the history and equality of the poverty line Created a county-wide FIRST Robotics initiative Recorded a self-written EP of vocal and guitar music Worked at a TB-HIV research lab in South Africa Painted a mural at the Hawaii Convention Center and the new Pacific Hall at the Bernice CLASS OF 2018 Pauahi Bishop Museum GENDER RATIO: Traveled to 15 countries Was an international finalist at FIRST Robotics WOMEN World Championships Sang in a Grammy-nominated performance of Bernstein’s Mass
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INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Alumni Profile Class of 2012-14 at six-months post-graduation 9 3% employed or in graduate school Employed 76% STEM Grad School 11% Other Grad School 2% Entrepreneurs 4% Other 7% $ 78,073 average starting salary Alumni Awards Classes of 2006–2014 Fulbright Scholars 12 G oldwater Scholarships 3; G ates Cambridge Scholar 1 M arshall Scholarship 1 S amsung Scholar 1 N ational Science Foundation Awards 43
SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE
95% Student Profile E nrollment: 334 students (50% women / 50% men) O rigins: 38 states, 13 countries, 23 foreign nationals F irst-to-Second Year Retention Rates: 96% S ix-year Graduation Rate: 95% F inancial Aid: 100% of full-time students receive merit scholarships and 49% qualify for need-based assistance
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FIRST-TO-SECOND YEAR RETENTION RATE
LEFT Paige Cote ’16 Orland, ME
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Employment, Graduate Schools, Research and Internships EMPLOYED OR IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
Students enter Olin College ready for real-world challenges. Many of them spend summers in labs, corporations and service organizations after just one year at Olin. The project-based, real-world learning at Olin prepares them, and our Office of Post Graduate Planning helps to place them. The following information represents data from Olin’s 661 alumni, classes of 2006–14.
Top Graduate Schools Harvard University MIT Stanford University Carnegie Mellon University University of California, Berkeley Cornell University University of Washington
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Top Employers Microsoft* * Denotes a company athenahealth* that has also sponsored Google a SCOPE project Boeing* Rockwell Automation* United States Navy Pocket Gems Twitter Apple Facebook*
Top Summer Research Programs Caltech Cornell University Harvard University IMEC – Belgium J ohns Hopkins University MIT Stanford
BELO W Jiaying Wei ’17 Leawood, KS receives guidance from course NINJA (Need Information Just Ask) Adela Wee ’15 Arcadia, CA
University of California, Los Angeles University of Maryland University of Washington
Top intern employers Ken Berry ’15 Alpharetta, GA; Chris Joyce ’15 Arlington, VA; Luke Morris ’17 Pensacola, Fl; and Madeline Perry ’15, Newton, MA inspect welds on the new chassis for Olin’s MiniBaja car. ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT
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Contact Us ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
Vincent Manno Provost; Dean of Faculty 781.292.2591 vincent.manno@olin.edu
Michelle Davis Chief Marketing Officer 781.292.2251 michelle.davis@olin.edu
ADMISSION
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Charles S. Nolan Vice President; Dean of Admission 781.292.2201 charles.nolan@olin.edu
Richard K. Miller President 781.292.2301 richard.miller@olin.edu
COLLABORATORY
POST GRADUATE PLANNING
Lynn Andrea Stein Associate Dean; Director of the Collaboratory 781.292.2525 las@olin.edu
Sally Phelps Director of Post Graduate Planning 781.292.2281 sally.phelps@olin.edu
DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY AND ALUMNI RELATIONS Mary Kay McFadden Vice President for Development, Family and Alumni Relations 781.292.2291 marykay.mcfadden@olin.edu
FINANCE Stephen P. Hannabury Executive Vice President and Treasurer 781.292.2401 stephen.hannabury@olin.edu
SCOPE PROGRAM Alisha Sarang-Sieminski SCOPE Director 781.292.2553 alisha.sarang-sieminski@olin.edu
STUDENT LIFE Rae-Anne Butera Dean of Student Life 781.292.2321 rae-anne.butera@olin.edu
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS Joanne Kossuth Vice President for Operations; Chief Information Officer 781.292.2431 joanne.kossuth@olin.edu
FRANKLIN W. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Olin Way Needham, MA 02492-1200 781-292-2300 www.olin.edu Nondiscrimination Statement Olin College does not discriminate in admission, employment, or other college-administered programs on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or veteran, marital or citizenship status. DESIGN Sametz Blackstone Associates PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY Mark Ostow, Alex Budnitz
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