Engineering
Program Description
OU Engineering students are among the most sought-after graduates in the nation. As the largest Engineering program in the state, the college gives its students unique opportunities such as the Sooner Racing Team, in which students build and race their own race car. Each of the college's seven schools ? Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Materials Science, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Petroleum and Geological Engineering ? gives its students multiple opportunities to apply their Engineering skills. The College of Engineering also houses more than 50 technical societies for students to become involved in, including the Engineering Club, Society of Women Engineers and Engineers Without Borders.
The Engineering Department has also recently began construction on two new facilities, Devon Energy Hall and the ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility, which will give Engineering students new laboratories, a reference library and practice facilities to test experiments.
Degree Options
An Engineering student can graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Engineering or Engineering Physics degree. For more specific degree options and graduate programs, see information on individual areas of interest.
Interests & Skills
Engineering students typically have interests in mathematics and science. Students are often creative, research-oriented and enjoy working with groups. The most successful students usually possess strong written and verbal skills.
Notable Achievements
Many College of Engineering faculty members have been recognized for their teaching and research. Faculty members in the department currently hold 68 patents for their work. Faculty members have also authored more than 600 journal articles and 100 books. In addition, 30 faculty members work as either an editor or serve on editorial boards of national and international journals.
Engineering students have received state and local recognition for their achievements. In 2005, an OU student was one of only 69 engineering students across the nation to be admitted in Tau Beta Pi Scholars, an honor fraternity. Mechanical Engineering students recently took first place in a national Senior Design Report Contest sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The College of Engineering also has an impressive list of alumni, including hundreds of corporate executives and successful entrepreneurs, 12 former or active U.S. generals, two former astronauts and four former ambassadors.
Your Future
Types of Employers
Government agencies
Petroleum companies
Manufacturing companies
Computer companies
Communications companies
Aircraft manufacturers
Recent Graduates Jobs
Project management engineer,
U.S. government
Mechanical engineer, Shell
Oil Company
Product engineer, 3M
Scientist, BEM Systems, Inc.
Engineer, Southwest Research
Institute
Electrical engineer, Mercury
Racing
Assistant engineer, Design
Engineers, Inc.
Experienced Alumni Jobs
Manager, NASA
Planning engineer, ExxonMobil
Lead engineer for
explorations, NASA
Senior highway designer,
Missouri Department of
Transportation
Material engineer, Intel
Technologies
Environmental engineer,
Xerox Corp.
Contact Us
OU College of Engineering
Phone: (405) 325-2621
Email: engineering@ou.edu
Website: coe.ou.edu
