Your Path to UIC Engineering

AT UIC’S

COLLEGE OF YOU’LL FIND:

EXPANSIVE

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES UIC engineers are in demand: on average over the last few years, more than 300 companies and organizations have turned to UIC for recruits, drawing from graduates of the college’s six departments for creative, innovative, technically knowledgeable employees to work in areas as diverse as: ■ Alternative energy technologies ■ Pharmaceuticals, foods, and industrial chemicals ■ Power, water, and transportation systems ■ Wireless communications, networks, and controls ■ Consumer electronics, nanotechnologies, and robotics ■ Automotive and aerospace engineering ■ Biomedical device design and bioinformatics ■ Data mining and software engineering ■ Quality control and manufacturing optimization

EXCEPTIONAL

TEACHERS/LEADING-EDGE SCIENTISTS Twenty-nine faculty members have been named National Science Foundation CAREER winners and two are members of the National Academy of Engineering. Faculty members consistently receive campus teaching awards—more than 80 to date. And in addition to field-specific research, faculty scientists conduct interdisciplinary research in: ■ Biotechnology ■ Nanotechnology ■ Information technology ■ Cybersecurity ■ Infrastructure ■ Energy/environmental technology UIC College of Engineering

ENGINEERING EXCITING

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIETIES Students can apply their passion for engineering outside of the classroom, make friends, and build future professional contacts through UIC Engineering’s more than twenty student groups: ■ Association for Computing Machinery ■ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ■ American Institute of Chemical Engineers ■ American Society of Civil Engineers ■ American Society of Mechanical Engineers ■ Biomedical Organizational Alliance ■ Engineering Design Team ■ Engineers Without Borders ■ Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society) ■ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ■ Institute of Industrial Engineers ■ Linux Users Group ■ National Society of Black Engineers ■ Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society) ■ Renewable Energy Team ■ Society of Automobile Engineers ■ Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers ■ Society of Manufacturing Engineers ■ Society of Women Engineers ■ Tau Beta PI (Engineering Honor Society) ■ Women in Computer Science ■ Veterans in Engineering

BIOENGINEERING

Bioengineers apply engineering principles

to the human body or devices that interact with the human body for diagnosis or therapy. Bioengineering’s breadth allows students, and those who have moved on to careers, a vast list of options. Bioengineers may employ fundamental mechanical principles in the mechanics of motion CAREER PATHS FOR and gait, for example, or electrical BIOENGINEERS INCLUDE: ■ Research and development labs concepts to understand the impulse ■ Bioentrepreneurship of heart activity or the study of ■ Medical device and product material properties to design new development implants or framework scaffolds to ■ Biomedical informaticist grow cells. Other bioengineering work ■ Consultant includes developing new materials ■ Pharmaceutical quality control for incorporation into the body, ■ Agricultural engineering controlling or enhancing the body’s ■ Medicine natural mechanisms, the design of ■ Dentistry ■ Pharmacy new drug delivery systems or new drugs themselves, ways to perform Degrees offered: BS, MS, PhD surgery or see into the body in a minimally or noninvasive manner, and the creation of medical devices for diagnosis or therapeutic purposes. Bioengineers need to understand fundamental engineering concepts and have knowledge of human anatomy and physiology so they can anticipate the body’s response to foreign objects, among other potential outcomes. Bioengineering’s many applications mean bioengineers are well rounded, with a great breadth of knowledge.

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chemistry, physics, and mathematics to the industrialscale production of chemicals, including petroleum products, polymers, pharmaceuticals, electronic devices, and foods. The field also extends to environmental protection, waste treatment, alternative energy sources, and CAREER PATHS FOR frontiers such as microelectric CHEMICAL ENGINEERS INCLUDE: materials and nanotechnology.

Chemical Products: ■ New/alternative energy Mainly, the difference between ■ Biochemical and biomedical chemical engineers and other devices engineers is the sophisticated ■ Polymer materials application of chemistry in addition ■ Renewable resources engineering to other engineering disciplines.

■ Reaction engineering and Chemical engineers have been catalysis referred to as “universal engineers” ■ Petrochemical industry for the breadth of their scientific Pharmaceutical Industry: ■ Particle technology and technical skills. There is a ■ Gene therapy consensus that the most pressing ■ Tissue engineering problems facing society in the near ■ Biological materials future will include energy, water, and the environment. Chemical Consumer Products: ■ Food and nutritional products engineers are trained to address ■ Risk management all three. While many chemical ■ Environmental engineering engineers work in traditional Degrees offered: BS, MS, PhD fields involving chemical and oil companies, they are increasingly moving into other fields such as food processing, semiconductor manufacturing, pharmaceutical and drug development, mining, materials, and more.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineers apply

CIVIL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Civil Engineers

work in both the public and private sectors to build the quality of modern life, from designing the next generation skyscraper to providing clean water, air, and soil, to developing modern high-speed rail transit. All structures rely on significant input from civil and materials engineers. Civil engineering research provides solutions to real-world problems.

Because of its penetrating impacts on people’s daily lives, civil engineering has become deeply intertwined with other engineering and nonengineering fields, and is ever-renewing with CAREER PATHS FOR the development and application of CIVIL ENGINEERS INCLUDE: modern technologies. For example, ■ Environmental engineering advances in computing hardware and ■ Bridge design ■ Construction engineering software have led to the development ■ Geomatics engineering of sophisticated structural analysis ■ Geotechnical and programs that can be used to geoenvironmental engineering predict the performance of bridges ■ Hydraulic and hydrologic and buildings under extreme loads. engineering Environmental engineers employ ■ Lake management environmental sensor networks to ■ Materials engineering identify and protect water supplies ■ Structural engineering from pollution and other threats.

■ Transportation systems Transportation engineers increasingly Degrees offered: BS, MS, PhD have interactions with computer scientists, industrial engineers, urban planners, and public policy makers, and often play a leading role in such interdisciplinary collaborations. Civil engineers are at the core of the teams maintaining and developing urban structural, water, power, and transportation systems.

They are also leaders in addressing modern issues such as sustainability and developing environmentally friendly materials and energy-efficient systems for buildings and infrastructure.

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with many other disciplines, and computer science affects virtually all aspects of modern life. Computer scientists center on discovering what tasks are possible with computers, everything from very abstract proofs of what is possible with any computer to how we can create a system that cuts milliseconds from a certain computation for better efficiency. The practical aspects extend far and wide, from technology used every day— like smartphones and computers— to optimizing complex processes CAREER PATHS FOR COMPUTER that ensure that every package on SCIENCE GRADUATES INCLUDE: a delivery driver’s route reaches its ■ Animation and visualization destination on time and as efficiently ■ Biotechnology ■ Computational finance as possible. Computer science’s ■ Computer graphics contributions can be most felt within ■ Consulting the worldwide communication ■ Information and cybersecurity infrastructure. Computer scientists ■ Wireless systems also enjoy solving challenging ■ Software engineering puzzles. They devise solutions to ■ Gaming software development given problems with an unusual Degrees offered: BS, MS, PhD degree of freedom in deciding exactly what problems to solve and the questions to ask. While programming, or coding, is one important aspect of computer science, the field is far more than programming. In fact, students find there is more elegance and creativity in the discipline than they would have imagined. Computer science is limited only by human imagination.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Scientists collaborate

ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Electrical Engineers

work in many subdisciplines. These subdisciplines include power engineering (the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; transformers; motors/ generators; power electronics; and power grids); control engineering (dynamic systems modeling and controller design, digital signal processors, microcontrollers, and programmable logical controllers); electronics (the design of analog/ CAREER PATHS FOR digital circuits, transistors, integrated ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER circuits, and microprocessors); and ENGINEERS INCLUDE: microelectronics/nanoelectronics Electrical Engineering (the design and fabrication of small ■ Electrical circuits and electronic components, transistors, networks design ■ Control, communications, and resistors, capacitors, and ICs). smartphones ■ Image, videoprocessing, and medical diagnostics ■ Nanotechnology, energy sources and distribution ■ Avionics, radar, and automation

Computer Engineering ■ Computer design or development ■ Digital networks and smart grids ■ Robotics and control ■ HDTV, 3-D TV, and video gaming ■ Internet and multimedia security

Computer Engineers design

computers and computer systems, computer hardware and system software, desktop computers, supercomputers, smartphones, and tablets and work in signal processing and communications, including the analysis and manipulation of analog/ digital signals, amplification, filtering modulation, and demodulation.

Electrical engineering graduates are sought by all major industries, including the aerospace, chemical, nuclear, automotive, medical, metallurgical, textile, railway, petroleum, computer, electronics, communications, power, and other electrical industries.

Degrees offered: BS, MS, PhD

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the cause and effect of the physical world we live in: the what, why, and how of everything—from air to zirconium—to create something wonderful and useful in the end. Mechanical engineering involves utilization and consideration of material behavior, design principles, environmental CAREER PATHS FOR consequences, and human needs.

MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL Since the industrial revolution, the ENGINEERS INCLUDE: ever-changing world has necessitated Mechanical Engineering a constant need for mechanical ■ Sustainable energy engineers, and the demand is only ■ Space exploration rising as human life continues to ■ Advanced electronics and robotics evolve. A mechanical engineer is a ■ Next-generation transportation thoughtful problem solver, equipped ■ Wellness and health with analytical skills and the capability ■ Immersive visualization and to innovate.

Industrial Engineers work in a

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Industrial Engineering ■ System analyst ■ Health care planner ■ Quality control analyst ■ Engineering manager ■ Safety engineer ■ Project manager

branch of engineering that applies scientific principles in the management and operations of a broad variety of business, manufacturing, and service Degrees offered: BS, MS, areas. Simply put, industrial engineers Master of Energy Engineering, PhD make businesses work better. They are specially trained to eliminate practices that waste time, money, energy, and other resources. The great thing about being an industrial engineer is that you are qualified to work in almost any industry you want.

MECHANICAL & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical Engineers study

ABOUT ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Criteria High school students applying for admission to UIC’s College of Engineering are evaluated on a combination of high school class rank and ACT/SAT scores. In past years, successful applicants ranked in the top 25 percent of their graduating class with an average ACT composite score of 27.3 and an average ACT math subscore of 28.6.

Students who fall below these criteria or attend a high school that does not rank are considered for admission based on other aspects of their application, including high school grade point average, high school curriculum, essays, extracurricular activities, and recommendation letters.

Prior course work The UIC College of Engineering recommends that high school applicants successfully complete four years of course work in math and three years of lab science, in addition to UIC requirements for course work in English, social science, and electives. Visit the admissions website at go.uic.edu/admission for more information on these requirements.

Transfer students applying for admission are evaluated on the basis of their cumulative GPA and their science/math GPA scores.

Applicants must have completed at least 24 semester hours of transferable course work at the time of enrollment, including as many of the following as possible: calculus I, II, and III; differential equations; English composition I and II; general UIC College of Engineering

physics I (mechanics) and II (electricity and magnetism); and general chemistry I. Transfer students may visit go.uic.edu/course for UIC course descriptions or www.transferology.com for Illinois Articulation Initiative information and transfer articulation.

HOW TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION Go to UIC Admissions go.uic.edu/admission and click on “Apply to UIC,” then click on the Common Application. Please note application deadlines.

In addition, high school students should submit official ACT or SAT scores to UIC’s Office of Admissions and Records. Test scores provided on an official high school transcript will be accepted as official.

TUITION AND FEES

Illinois residents Academic year 2014–15: $16,888 (excludes room and board).

Nonresidents Academic year 2014–15: $28,278 (excludes room and board).

FINANCIAL AID Eighty percent of UIC students receive some form of financial aid.

Financial aid at UIC is awarded in the form of grants, scholarships, loans, employment, and tuition waivers and helps pay the costs of tuition, fees, books, supplies, room and board, transportation, and other personal expenses.

Financial aid is available on a need basis through the UIC Office of Student Financial Aid, which coordinates and administers state, federal, private, and university financial aid.

Visit the OFSA website at go.uic.edu/financialaid to learn more.

OFSA can be contacted at (312) 996-3126 or by writing/visiting: Office of Student Financial Aid (MC 334) 1200 West Harrison Street, Room 1800 SSB Chicago, Illinois 60607-7163

CONTACT INFORMATION UIC College of Engineering 851 South Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 www.engineering.uic.edu General Administration (312) 996-2400

SCHOLARSHIPS

Visit go.uic.edu/scholarships for a complete list of UIC scholarships.

Visit go.uic.edu/COEScholarships for a list of scholarships offered through the UIC College of Engineering.

Bioengineering Science and Engineering Offices (MC 063) 851 South Morgan Street, Room 218 SEO Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-2335 Fax: (312) 996-5921 www.bioe.uic.edu Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Building (MC 110) 810 South Clinton Street, Room 202 CEB Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-3424 Fax: (312) 996-0808 www.che.uic.edu Civil & Materials Engineering Engineering Research Facility (MC 246) 842 West Taylor Street, Room 2095 ERF Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-3428 Fax: (312) 996-2426 www.cme.uic.edu

Computer Science Science and Engineering Offices (MC 152) 851 South Morgan Street, Room 1120 SEO Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-3422 Fax: (312) 413-0024 www.cs.uic.edu Electrical & Computer Engineering Science and Engineering Offices (MC 154) 851 South Morgan Street, Room 1020 SEO Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-3423 Fax: (312) 996-6465 www.ece.uic.edu Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Engineering Research Facility (MC 251) 842 West Taylor Street, Room 2039 ERF Chicago, Illinois 60607 Phone: (312) 996-5317 Fax: (312) 413-0447 www.mie.uic.edu

AT UIC’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING YOU’LL FIND: ■ A path to an exciting, rewarding career ■ An outstanding education ■ Excellent research opportunities ■ Top-notch faculty ■ A diverse student body ■ Excellent internship opportunities ■ Vibrant downtown Chicago location