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Welcome to the School of Engineering: Celebrating 100 Years of Engineering Education and Research

100 Year Anniversary Label

From our School's $4 million Innovation Center, where students tackle real-world problems, to our ETHOS program, where students provide service in our Catholic, Marianist tradition, we prepare professional engineers for lives of leadership and service — ready to make an impact.

As a preeminent engineering school, our research advances the human condition, addresses global needs and stimulates economic growth. We've captured the essence of invention rooted in Dayton's history — we've captured the imaginative spirit that distinguishes engineering at the University of Dayton.

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Departments and Programs

Our departments and programs collaborate and provide a broad education that allows you to arrange your curriculum around your pursuits.  Our undergraduate and graduate degrees are highly respected and many are interdisciplinary.  The School of Engineering integrates study, hands-on experience and service to develop the whole person.  We emphasize team-based, collaborative teaching and learning, and stress community and leadership in all parts of our curriculum.  It's a legacy of our Catholic, Marianist heritage.

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Chemical . . . Materials . . . Bioengineering . . . It's all here at the University of Dayton's Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering. You will receive solid basics and heavy laboratory-based professional experience. The combination is potent as you study with experts respected by scholars worldwide, conduct research in facilities acknowledged as among the best-of-the-best and earn a degree that will make you more competitive. Learn More >>

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

From geotechnical engineering to water resource management, the civil engineering and engineering mechanics programs prepare you to solve problems and improve outcomes. We've got it down . . . The University of Dayton's civil engineering students consistently outperform the pack on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, the benchmark measure of excellence. Learn More >>

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Wired for success. The University of Dayton's electrical and computer engineering programs are among the best in the country. With cutting-edge curriculum and facilities, we combine learning with doing, theory with practice, preparation with results. We have programs that deal with digital and image processing, robotics control, micro-electronics, wide-area surveillance, and the latest robotics equipment in our new lab. Learn More >>

Electro-Optics Graduate Program

Get an advanced degree in the growing optics industry. Electro-optics is at the heart of many new technologies — telecommunications, medicine and manufacturing. At the intersection between science and engineering, the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences collaborate as part of the University of Dayton's electro-optics program — one of the most advanced in the world. Learn More >>

Department of Engineering Management and Systems

You don't have to interrupt your career to earn a master's degree in engineering management or management science. We offer convenient courses and integrate traditional and professional students together in an energetic program that puts you on the fast-track to a leadership position. Learn More >>

Department of Engineering Technology

Theory is what you think. Practice is what you do. Graduates of engineering technology programs combine the best of both and build exciting careers on the challenges. Mechanical, global manufacturing, industrial, electrical and electronic, computers as well as integrated arts — apply your know-how, learn to work in a multidisciplinary environment and expect great results. Learn More >>

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Study energy-reducing design techniques, renewable energy and manufacturing systems, and better forms of solar energy, fuel cells and biofuels. Investigate your areas of interest with researchers and professors committed to developing your skills and providing the framework for you to participate in solutions to the important challenges facing our world.  Be a part of the solution. Learn More >>
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Undergraduate Engineering

We collaborate in providing a uniquely broad education that allows students to arrange their curriculum around their individual pursuits. Our 6 undergraduate degrees, 28 minors and 20 graduate degrees are highly respected and many are interdisciplinary.  The School of Engineering's programs integrate study, hands-on experience and service to develop the whole person. We emphasize team-based, collaborative teaching and learning, and stress community and leadership in all parts of the curriculum. It's a legacy of our Catholic, Marianist heritage.

Chemical Engineering

Good chemical engineers aren't formed — or formulated — by theory alone. At UD, you get solid basics and heavy laboratory-based professional experience. The combination is potent. Learn More >>

Civil Engineering

We've got it down . . . the University of Dayton's civil engineering students consistently outperform the pack on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, the benchmark measure of excellence. Learn More >>

Computer Engineering

Have access to hands-on learning and state-of-the-art laboratories and computing facilities as a University of Dayton computer engineering major.  Learn More >>

Electrical Engineering

Wired for success. The University of Dayton's electrical engineering program is among the best in the country. With cutting-edge curriculum and facilities, we combine learning with doing, theory with practice, preparation with results. Learn More >>

Mechanical Engineering

With an innovative atmosphere for learning and practice, we give you opportunities to analyze, design and build your career — as an engineer, leader and problem-solver in our global community — for life. Learn More >>

abet logoOur chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical undergraduate programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Engineering Technology

Theory is what you think. Practice is what you do. Graduates of engineering technology programs combine the best of both and build exciting careers on the challenges. Mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, electrical, computers, apply your know-how, learn to work in a multidisciplinary environment and expect great results.  Click Here to Go to the Department of Engineering Technology Website >>

Our programs — Computer Engineering Technology, Electronic Engineering Technology, Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology, Global Manufacturing Systems Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology — are accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Student from Renewable and Clean Energy Graduate Program

Graduate Engineering

At the University of Dayton, our world-class programs support local and national research with significant collaborative opportunities through the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB).

The majority of our full-time graduate students receive a teaching or research assistantship, which provides tuition plus a stipend. Other financial support includes scholarships and fellowships through the School of Engineering, the Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute (DAGSI), and individual academic programs.

Aerospace Engineering

We offer doctoral and master's programs in aerospace, and you choose from a variety of concentrations, such as aerospace fluids, aerospace design, aerospace struture, or propulsion.  Learn More >>

Bioengineering

This unique collaborative effort between the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences draws expertise from many areas of the University of Dayton offering a wide range of relevant courses with the program emphasis areas based on significant on-going research at UD. Learn More >>

Chemical Engineering

The chemical engineering program is a bustling scene of scholarship, research and lab work. We offer special opportunities for graduate students including courses with DAGSI, evening courses, and federally funded research. Learn More >>

Civil Engineering

From geotechnical engineering to water resource management, the civil engineering and engineering mechanics graduate programs will prepare you to solve problems and improve outcomes. Learn More >>

Electrical Engineering

Did you know that we have programs that deal with (1) digital and image processing, (2) robotics control, (3) micro-electronics, and (4) wide-area surveillance? Or that you can get your hands on the latest robotics equipment in our new lab? Learn More >>

Electro-Optics

Make an impact. Electro-optic technology is changing the way we see our world by rapidly revising the way we use and interact with technology. Our program is one of the most advanced in the world. Join us as we light the way to the future. Learn More >>

Engineering Management and Systems

You don't have to interrupt your career to earn a master's degree in engineering management or management science. We offer convenient courses and integrate traditional and professional students together in an energetic program that puts you on the fast-track to a leadership position. Learn More >>

Materials Engineering

Study alongside materials experts respected by scholars worldwide, conduct research in facilities acknowledged as among the best-of-the-best and earn a degree that will make you more competitive. Learn More >>

Mechanical Engineering

Investigate your areas of interest with researchers and professors committed to developing your skills and providing the framework for you to participate in solutions to the important challenges facing our world. Learn More >>

Renewable and Clean Energy
Energy-reducing design techniques, renewable energy and manufacturing systems, and better forms of solar energy, fuel cells and biofuels. Be a part of the solution. Learn More >>
School of Engineering: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program

Faculty and Staff

Your education is our primary objective, and our core of professionals — over 80 percent of our faculty members have received their doctoral degrees and many are registered as professional engineers — provide guidance and opportunities for your intellectual growth. We are eager to hear from students.

To view a complete list of faculty and staff contacts, please click on your area of interest below. 

Office of the Dean Faculty & Staff
Undergraduate Engineering Faculty & Staff
Graduate Engineering Faculty and Staff

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

We take a moment to cherish our storied past, celebrate our present and build for a bright future. We have come a long way from the purchase of Dewberry Farm to create the St.Mary's School for Boys to today's 400+ acres of the University of Dayton campus.

We celebrate our storied century.  From our humble beginnings in St. Joseph's Hall, we have walked the heavily trodden floors of the chemistry labs above the old women's gym, rattled around in the newer, but still old, and now no longer, Mechanical Engineering Building, to the labs in Wohlleben Hall; and now, we enjoy the splendor of the five-story, beautifully renovated Kettering Laboratories.  The School continues to enroll a record number of students, eclipsing all-time highs.  And with our brothers and sisters at the University of Dayton Research Institute, who have shared our history since 1956, our research has helped the University achieve the top spot among all Catholic universities for sponsored engineering research and the number one spot among all universities in the country in sponsored materials research according to the National Science Foundation.  Indeed, I'm proud to report that U.S. News and World Report ranked our graduate engineering programs 52nd in its latest rankings of engineering graduate schools, tied with the University of Notre Dame for the top spot among Catholic universities. 

We celebrate our notable alumni including Nobel Prize winner Charles Pedersen; Carroll Hochwalt, founder of Monsanto's Central Research Laboratory; Joseph Pesce, who helped develop talking motion pictures for Westinghouse; Roman Schoenherr, who helped develop the overhead projector; and Bro. Raymond Fitz, S.M., president emeritus of the University of Dayton. And not least among our distinguished alumni are each and every one who continue to generate pride in our School and walk everyday in our motto — Learn. Lead. Serve.

We celebrate our students and their achievements in their quest for learning:  ASME student section that was selected as top student section internationally; chemical engineering students who won first place in the country in their CME car competition; civil engineering students who are routinely among the leaders in the country in the FE exam pass rate; electrical and computer engineering students who were recognized for their research in sensors, vision and robotics; the engineering technology student who with his Baja car was featured on the front cover of the SAE Momentum magazine; and the team of mechanical and aerospace students who won first place participating in the United Kingdom's Merlin Aircraft Design and Handling Competition topping Ph.D. students from England, France and Germany.

We celebrate our faculty and staff and their dedication to the development of the whole person and the success of our students.  It is their inspiring spirit and their caring and giving of themselves that has helped our School achieve the distinction of having one of the highest retention and graduation rates in engineering in the country. And, it is our faculty and staff that continue to provide academic leadership to several Ohio Centers of Excellence in areas of critical, national importance such as energy, Ladar and optical communication, nanomaterials, sensors, and bioengineering.

We celebrate our Marianist spirit of service through ETHOS, where students travel the world and use their skills to solve problems and improve lives.  Last summer, 32 students traveled to 11 different countries.  Over the years, they have brought drinking water to African villages as well as developed solar cookers in Bolivia and solar sterilizing medical equipment in Nicaragua.  These students show that you can make the impossible possible, and they do it with the Marianist spirit saying that they set out to change the world and returned with the world changing them.

We celebrate 100 years of excellence and build toward a bright future.  What we do in the next few years will set the stage, the course for the next 100 years.  Looking ahead, we know what the University footprint must be, and the School of Engineering has a critical role to play in the community and the region. I truly believe that we have the faculty, staff, alumni and friends as well as the vision and the responsible capability to say that the University will continue to be a shining beacon for the next 100 years.

Dean Tony Saliba
September 30, 2011

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High School Students: Discover Engineering the Hands-On Way Through Our Programs Designed Specifically for You.

Curious about engineering? Join other high school students at the University of Dayton School of Engineering and feed your curiosity.

SUMMER HONORS ENGINEERING CAMP

June 17-22, 2013
Residential camp. Application required. Tuition fee.

High school honor students — attend our six-day, University of Dayton Summer Honors Engineering Camp and explore engineering, design robots, solve real-world engineering problems and network with experienced engineers. More >>

MINORITY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ENRICHMENT CAMP FOR YOUNG MEN

June 23-29, 2013
Residential camp. Application required. Tuition fee. 
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Engineering will come alive next summer on the University of Dayton campus — and you can be in the thick of the action. If you are a minority, male, high school senior, join us and conduct experiments, live on campus, hang out with engineers, and visit engineering and science laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. More >>

Women in Engineering Summer Camp

July 7-12, 2013
Residential Camp. Tuition fee. Click here to go to the online registration form >>
Registration closes when maximum capacity is reached or by deadline to RSVP.

Is engineering for you? — attend the Women in Engineering Summer Camp — find out! Join women with like interests during your six-day stay at the University of Dayton. This unique, informative and rewarding camp is open to all high school women who this summer are rising sophomores, juniors or seniors. Explore through experiments, innovation modules, a day with industry and a dinner with an engineer. Camp 2013 will mark the program's 40th anniversary.  More >>

University of Dayton Open Houses 2013:  Engineering Information Sessions

Fall 2013

This fall — plan to attend one of the University of Dayton's Open House events and also plan to attend a School of Engineering special presentation beforehand. Find out why your engineering education at the University will be unique.  

Reservations required. For more information, email Annette Packard.

CAREER AWARENESS DAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

November 2013
Registration required. No fee. 

Career Awareness Day — an engineering overview: attend presentations by practicing engineers, tour selected labs, and interact with current students. Enjoy a continental breakfast and a lunch. We invite high school students and parents, math and science teachers, and guidance counselors to register and attend. More >>

Interested in attending a University of Dayton general information session and campus tour after the School of Engineering's Career Awareness Day? Just contact our Office of Admission at 1-800-837-7433.

CLEVELAND HOTEL RECEPTION

December 2013
Program held at the Embassy Suites Cleveland-Rockside

Find out more about our community at the University of Dayton — attend our informational program in your area. Our representatives will visit your community and answer questions about our admission process as well as provide a link between your community and ours. More >>

EXPLORE ENGINEERING

February or March 2014
Noon-4 p.m.
Registration required. No fee.

The School of Engineering invites high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to Explore Engineering — experiment, the hands-on way! Visit campus and discover engineering. More >>

MINORITY ENGINEERING INFORMATION SESSION AT EXPLORE ENGINEERING

February or March 2014
11 a.m., prior to our Explore Engineering program
Registration required. No fee.  

High school sophomores, juniors and seniors register for the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) Information Session at Explore Engineering and learn about the School of Engineering's MEP program from our director as well as college students currently enrolled in our program.   More >>