Engineering

Engineering

Application Deadlines

December 1 Spring semester (January)

March 1 Summer session 1 (June) and Summer session 2 (July)

May 1 Fall semester (August)

These are the priority application deadlines for admission and merit-based scholarship consideration. Late applicants will be considered for university admission and financial aid, but programs with higher admission standards will give priority consideration to applications submitted by these dates. Please view important dates on the academic calendar.

WUE-Eligible Program

Undergraduate students from western states who enroll in this program are eligible for a discounted tuition rate. 
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Engineering

Our undergraduate and graduate programs in Engineering allow students to personalize their academic experience and explore the answers to problems they are passionate about alongside industry-experienced faculty. Students work in interdisciplinary teams to solve real-world challenges that make a difference, and it’s all done in dedicated creative spaces that foster innovation.

Looking for our manufacturing engineering and systems engineering programs?

They have moved to the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks.

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Engineering degrees promote innovation, adaptability and cross-discipline collaboration. Under the guidance of industry-seasoned faculty and staff, each program is dedicated to the overall success of individual students. Students in all programs are invited to innovate in one of many learning laboratories or collaborate in creative spaces around campus.

Undergraduate Degrees

Engineering (BSE)

Graduate Degrees

Engineering (MS)

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (MS)

Engineering Education Systems and Design (PhD)

Career opportunities

  • Aerospace engineers
  • Architectural and engineering managers
  • Energy engineers
  • Robotics engineers

Engineering faculty

Jennifer Bekki

Jennifer Bekki

Jennifer Bekki
Associate Professor
Engineering Programs, Engineering Education Systems & Design

Research Interests
Promote systemic changes within the higher education environment with the goal of making necessary improvements to: doctoral + online student persistence, faculty + student mentorship, and the doctoral experience for women, Students of Color, and Women of Color in STEM.

[email protected]
480-727-5127
Polytechnic campus, PRLTA 335E

Samantha Brunhaver

Samantha Brunhaver

Samantha Brunhaver
​Associate Professor and Engineering Education Program Chair
Engineering Programs, Engineering Education Systems & Design

Research Interests
Engineering education and workforce development, academic/professional persistence, career pathways, school-to-work transition, individual and organizational adaptability, culture and equity in engineering workplaces, online education, faculty mentorship and development, project-based learning, mixed-methods and longitudinal research design

[email protected]
480-727-1883
Polytechnic Campus, PRLTA 330H

Brooke Coley

Brooke Coley

Brooke Coley
Assistant Professor
Engineering Programs, Engineering Education Systems and Design

Research Interests
Engineering education and innovation, mental health, social justice, virtual reality, inclusive pedagogies

Lab

[email protected]
480-727-2564

Shawn Jordan

Shawn Jordan

Shawn Jordan
Associate Professor
Engineering Programs, Engineering Education Systems and Design

Research Interests
Context in engineering design education, the maker community, culturally relevant pedagogy, virtual teams, k-12 engineering education, entrepreneurship, cross-disciplinarity, creativity, innovation, and human-centered design

Lab

[email protected]
480-727-1405
Polytechnic Campus, PRLTA 335U

Nadia Kellam

Nadia Kellam

Nadia Kellam
Associate Professor and Associate Director for Research Excellence of The Polytechnic School
Engineering Programs, Engineering Education Systems & Design

Research Interests
Power and privilege on interdisciplinary faculty teams, power as experienced by gender and sexual minority students, narrative research methods, engineering faculty’s transitions to student-centered learning, empathetic teaching, change agency, and makerspaces as spaces of empowerment for students from minoritized groups.

[email protected]
480-727-1917
Polytechnic Campus, PRLTA 330F

Li Tan

Li Tan

Li Tan
Assistant Professor
Engineering programs, Engineering Education Systems and Design

Research interests
Academic pathways, engineering student team collaboration, first-year engineering, long-term influences of K-12 education, longitudinal datasets and methods in engineering education research, quantitative research methods

[email protected]