We also offer a cooperative program in which students alternate some periods of school with periods of engineering employment and receive the B.S. degree in five years. The work periods are normally the spring and summer of the third year and the antecedent summer and fall of the fifth year. It is also sometimes possible to include the summer after the second year. Students do not pay tuition during the work periods and are paid a normal salary by the company or government agency. Although the department arranges employment contacts, final negotiations are made between the student and the employer.
Students successfully completing a cooperative program receive a notation on their transcript.
For those who have visited before, some updates. Perhaps the most exciting news is that we have added three new faculty members, all assistant professors. Professor Lori Graham joins us from the University of Virginia where she has been an assistant professor for the past 4 years after completing her doctoral work at Princeton University. Professor Ben Schafer is joining us after two years as a senior practicing engineer at Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger in Boston. Dr. Schafer received his Ph.D from Cornell University two years ago in the area of structural stability.