University of Oklahoma College of Engineering

The University of Oklahoma College of Engineering in the engineering unit of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. It has an enrollment of 2,086 undergraduates and 2,193 graduate students, [cite web | url=http://www.ou.edu/provost/ir/Factbook_2006/HTML/06_1_38%20nc%20undup.xls.htm | title=Unduplicated Enrollment by College, Major and Level, Fall 2005 | accessdate=2006-07-10 | format=HTML | publisher=University of Oklahoma | language=English ] .

The college was founded in 1909, but engineering work started five years before that under the School of Applied Science.cite news | first=Charles F. | last=Long | pages= | title=With Optimism For the Morrow: A History of The University of Oklahoma | date=September 1965 | publisher=Sooner Magazine | url=http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/issue_info.asp?issueID=478 ] Between 1998 and 2002, the college had negotiated dozens of licenses and patent applications, marketed more than 55 inventions and helped with the formation of 12 start-up companies. [cite web | url=http://coe.ou.edu/academics/techinn.htm | title=Technology Innovation | accessdate=2006-07-10 | format=HTML | publisher=University of Oklahoma, Engineering Dean's Office | language=English ]

The college's main office are currently located in Carson Engineering Center with many classes being held in that building, Felgar Hall, Sarkeys Energy Center and the Engineering Center. Within the next five years, the college will be expand beyond these buildings as two new building are currently under construction, the new ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility and Devon Energy Hall. Four of these buildings (Carson, Felgar, Devon and the Practice Facility) will complete an "engineering quadrangle" on the northeast section of OU's main campus. Many graduate level classes and research labs have moved to the recently opened Stephenson Research Center located on Norman's south campus.

Academic programs

The college grants degrees at the Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD levels. Engineering fields covered at the college include:
*Aerospace Engineering
*Architectural Engineering
*Bioengineering
*Chemical Engineering (standard, premedical/biomedical, and biotechnology)
*Civil Engineering
*Environmental Engineering
*Environmental Science
*Computer Engineering
*Computer Science
*Electrical Engineering
*Engineering Physics
*Geological Engineering
*Industrial Engineering (standard and information technology)
*Materials Engineering
*Mechanical Engineering
*Petroleum Engineering

External links

* [http://coe.ou.edu/ OU College of Engineering]

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