Dr. Walid Najjar s project relates to advancing the design and manufacture of specialized computer chips, embedded in all kinds of consumer products. For most seniors the design project is the most challenging and rewarding feature of their undergraduate experience. Other students in the College seek out opportunities to be involved in research at an earlier stage in their academic careers. NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates awards help underwrite some of these endeavors. Structural growth must accompany per capita growth.
New buildings are currently under construction, with others in the planning stages.
In the B-wing of Bourns Hall, Lab 120 is receiving a major remodel. This building is scheduled for occupancy for the Fall Quarter, 2001. Planning has begun for a second Engineering Building for which construction will begin in 2002, with occupancy in 2005. The College of Engineering Center for Engineering and Research Technology, CE-CERT, has two new buildings under construction. CE-CERT, with funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is developing the next generation smog chamber for studying the atmospheric processes that form ozone and fine particulate pollution.