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{{short description|University in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.}}
Polytechnic University, the nation's second oldest private technology university, was founded in 1854 in Brooklyn, New York, and is the New York metropolitan area's preeminent educational resource in science and technology education and research.
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| name = New York University<br />Tandon School of Engineering
| image = NYU Tandon School of Engineering Logo.png
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| established = 1854 (as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute)
| type = [[Private university|Private]]
| faculty = 396
| dean = [[Jelena Kovačević]]
| students = 6,323
| undergrad = 2,761
| postgrad = 3,562
| city = [[Brooklyn]]
| state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
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| country = United States
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]], 15 acres (excluding [[Center for Urban Science and Progress|CUSP]] and leased space)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/2008/03/07/brooklyn-s-polytechnic-university-approves-nyu-merger/|title=Brooklyn's Polytechnic University approves NYU merger|date=7 March 2008|website=Therealdeal.com|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
| parent = [[New York University]]
| website = {{URL|engineering.nyu.edu}}
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| academic_affiliations = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
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The '''New York University Tandon School of Engineering''' (commonly referred to as '''Tandon''') is the engineering and applied sciences school of [[New York University]]. Tandon is the [[List of United States technological universities|second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/about | title=About the School of Engineering – NYU Tandon School of Engineering | publisher=NYU Tandon School of Engineering | access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/Quick_Facts_December%202015.pdf | title=New York University Tandon School of Engineering: Quick Facts | publisher=New York University Tandon School of Engineering | date=December 2015 | access-date=22 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215246/http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/Quick_Facts_December%202015.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2015/10/05/100-million-gift-nyu-school-engineering-chandrika-ranjan-tandon | title=$100 Million Gift to NYU School Of Engineering from Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon | publisher=NYU Tandon School Of Engineering | date=5 October 2015 | access-date=22 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210935/http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2015/10/05/100-million-gift-nyu-school-engineering-chandrika-ranjan-tandon | archive-date=2016-03-03 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html |title=Schools and Colleges |access-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224856/http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html |archive-date=2012-11-06 }}</ref>

The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions were separately founded: the University of the City of New York<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/thenandnow/ |title=Window into the Past: NYU in Retrospect |access-date=2013-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719014440/http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/thenandnow/ |archive-date=2013-07-19 }}</ref> School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, which evolved into the NYU College of Engineering; and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, which evolved into Polytechnic Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/about|title=About the School of Engineering|website=Engineering.nyu.edu|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> In 1973, Polytechnic Institute acquired the College of Engineering from NYU, but in 2008, Polytechnic was absorbed by NYU to become its new engineering school. In 2015 NYU renamed the engineering school in honor of NYU Trustees [[Chandrika Tandon|Chandrika]] and Ranjan Tandon following their donation of $100 million to the school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/october/100-million-gift-to-nyu-school-of-engineering-from-chandrika-and-ranjan-tandon-.html|title=100 million gift to NYU school of engineering}}</ref>

The school's main campus is in [[Brooklyn]]'s [[MetroTech Center]], an urban academic-industrial [[research park]]. It is one of several engineering schools that were founded based on a European [[History of European research universities|polytechnic university model]] in the 1800s, in response to the increasing [[Technological and industrial history of the United States|industrialization of the United States]]. It has been a key center of research in the development of [[microwave]], [[wireless]], [[radar]], [[electronics]] in general, [[polymer]]s, [[industrial engineering]], [[operations research]] and the [[US space program]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/05/education/brooklyn-s-polytech-a-storybook-success.html|title=BROOKLYN'S POLYTECH, A STORYBOOK SUCCESS|date=5 January 1986|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
[[File:NYU Tandon School of Engineering.JPG|alt=|thumb|NYU Tandon School of Engineering]]

==History==
[[File:99Livingston wObservatory 150x200.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Polytechnic Institute at 99 Livingston]]

===Predecessor institutions===
====Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute====
On May 17, 1853, a group of Brooklyn businessmen wrote a charter to establish a school for young men. Founded as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, the school moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street in Brooklyn. The first class, admitted in 1855, consisted of 265 young men aged nine to 17. The school conferred its first bachelor's degrees in 1871. Graduate programs began in 1901, and the school awarded its first doctoral degree in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/about/past-present-future/history|title=Rich History &#124; NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering|publisher=Engineering.nyu.edu|access-date=2014-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711233627/http://engineering.nyu.edu/about/past-present-future/history|archive-date=2015-07-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1889 to 1973 the school became known as Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

In 1917, the preparatory program separated from the Institute and became the [[Poly Prep Country Day School|Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School]]. Polytechnic Institute moved to its present location in 1957, the former site of the [[American Safety Razor Company]] factory, where it became a co-educational institution.

====School of Civil Engineering and Architecture====
In 1854, the University of the City of New York, now [[New York University]], founded the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture at a time when specialized schools of engineering were uncommon in America.<ref name="engineering.nyu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/cable/issue/winter-2012/news/alumni/archivists-angle-history-engineering-nyu|title=Archivist's Angle: The History of Engineering at NYU – Cable|website=Engineering.nyu.edu|access-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008154521/http://engineering.nyu.edu/cable/issue/winter-2012/news/alumni/archivists-angle-history-engineering-nyu|archive-date=2016-10-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> Classes began in 1855 and the school awarded its first undergraduate degree in 1857. As the industrial revolution took shape, the school formalized its engineering curriculum and the school's first dean, [[Charles H. Snow]], changed the name of the school to the School of Applied Science. During this time the engineering school officially separated from the university's arts and science school then called University College.<ref name=":0" />

In 1894 the University of the City of New York moved its engineering school to a new campus in [[the Bronx]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/governance-policies-and-procedures/faculty-handbook/the-university/history-and-traditions-of-new-york-university/a-brief-history-of-new-york-university.html |title=A Brief History of New York University |access-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210318/http://www.nyu.edu/faculty/governance-policies-and-procedures/faculty-handbook/the-university/history-and-traditions-of-new-york-university/a-brief-history-of-new-york-university.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> The new campus gave the university space to build larger science laboratories that could not be constructed at its Washington Square site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyuuniversityheights.com/maccrackens-vision/advantages-in-the-bronx/ |title=Advantages in the Bronx &#124; The College on a Hill |website=Nyuuniversityheights.com |date=2011-04-28 |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> With the addition of the new campus, under the leadership of Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken, the University of the City of New York renamed itself New York University. The neighborhood surrounding the Bronx campus eventually became known as [[University Heights, Bronx|University Heights]]. By 1920 separate electrical and chemical engineering departments were created and the school changed its name to the College of Engineering.

=== Acquisition of NYU College of Engineering by Polytechnic Institute ===
Enrollment at New York University expanded considerably from the early 1900s into the postwar decades. However, by the early 1970s this growth ceased due to rising crime and financial troubles in New York City. New York University faced financial hardships leading it to sell its [[Bronx Community College#Campus|University Heights campus]] that housed its engineering school to [[City University of New York]], which in turn renamed the campus [[Bronx Community College]].
Also during that period from 1969 to 1975, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn was forced to rely on subsidies provided by New York state to keep the school afloat. The state supported Polytechnic on the basis that closing the school would create economic hardship locally.<ref name="nytimes.com" /> With both Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and New York University facing financial difficulties, the state brokered a merger with New York University's engineering school. Polytechnic Institute acquired the faculty, programs and students of New York University's engineering school to form Polytechnic Institute of New York.<ref name="nytimes.com" /> Polytechnic Institute of New York gained university status in 1985 and changed its name to Polytechnic University.
[[File:NYU Tandon - Church (48228034036).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|250x250px|Wunsch Hall, the oldest building on campus, stands in contrast to the more modern buildings of MetroTech Center, including the adjacent Dibner Library]]By 1986 Polytechnic University in Brooklyn was the largest technological university in the [[New York metropolitan area]] and the second-largest in graduate enrollment in the nation after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Of the 300 engineering schools in the United States, Polytechnic had the second-largest graduate enrollment and was among the most successful institutions in the country as a producer of science and engineering graduates who went on to doctoral studies. An average of 7.2 percent of Polytechnic graduates went on to achieve a Ph.D., compared with two other schools with large engineering programs: Carnegie Mellon, with an average of 6 percent, and Princeton, with 4.5 percent.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> Polytechnic University became well known for its research centers in electrophysics and polymer blends.

=== Merger between Polytechnic University and NYU ===
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|1986: 5,100 students<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
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|2015: 5,212 students<ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/Fall%202015%20Census-Official%20Statistics.pdf |title=Report on Enrollment, Retention & Graduation : Based on Census Data for Fall 2015 |website=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502052202/http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/Fall%202015%20Census-Official%20Statistics.pdf |archive-date=2016-05-02 }}</ref>
|}
Discussions about a merger with Polytechnic University and New York University began in 2004. Four years later Polytechnic University and New York University agreed to take steps toward a merger beginning with a formal affiliation between the two schools. This affiliation resulted in the school changing its name to Polytechnic Institute of New York University.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/ftp/files/NYU-NYU-Poly-fact-sheet.pdf |title=FACT SHEET : NYU-POLY AFFILIATION/MERGER |website=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008154357/http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/ftp/files/NYU-NYU-Poly-fact-sheet.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The schools officially merged in 2014 when the [[New York State Board of Regents|New York State Regents]] approved the change of charter making NYU the sole member of Polytechnic University.<ref name="Proposed Affiliation">{{cite web|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/polytechreport.pdf |title=At the campus announcement|website=Nysenate.gov |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/05/senate-report-warns-of-breach-of-duty.html |title= POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY New York State Board of Regents Approves Partnership Between Polytechnic University and New York University |publisher=Atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com |date=2008-05-21 |access-date=2012-02-01}}</ref>

Since the merger, applications to the school and incoming SAT scores have increased substantially. The school has also experienced an influx of students coming from outside of New York state. Fundraising and faculty research awards have increased since the merger.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> The school also opened a bioengineering facility in partnership with the medical and dental schools.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/research/bioengineering |title=Bioengineering &#124; NYU Tandon School of Engineering |website=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref>

The school has had several fundraising campaigns over the years. From 2001 to 2005 the school raised more than $275 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hays |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/275m-poly-article-1.902554 |title=$275M & MORE FOR POLY |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=2001-06-26 |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> Alumnus [[Joseph J. Jacobs]], who founded [[Jacobs Engineering Group]], one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world, gave the school more than $30 million over the course of his life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Nov04/ |title=ePoly Briefs :: News and events for faculty and staff of Polytechnic University |website=Archive.poly.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728221417/http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Nov04/ |archive-date=2016-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A gift of $100 million from [[Chandrika Tandon|Chandrika]] and Ranjan Tandon in 2015 resulted in the school changing its name to the Tandon School of Engineering. New York University has committed to investing over $500 million to its engineering school in the coming years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/1/26/14397270/nyus-500m-downtown-brooklyn-expansion-will-open-this-summer|title=NYU's $500M Downtown Brooklyn expansion will open this summer|work=Curbed NY|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> In 2022, NYU announced it will invest $1 billion in the school to hire 40 tenure-track faculty members, improve lab and student spaces, and bolster the cybersecurity and artificial intelligence programs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=de Freytas-Tamura |first1=Kimiko |title=N.Y.U. Putting $1 Billion Into Its Engineering School in Brooklyn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/nyregion/nyu-engineering-downtown-brooklyn.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 November 2022}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=Liam |title=NYU Puts $1 Billion Into Brooklyn Engineering School |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/12/01/nyu-puts-1-billion-brooklyn-engineering-school |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=1 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Name==
[[File:Electrostatic Laboratory of the Polytechnic Institute.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Polytechnic Institute Electrostatic Laboratory 1903–1904]]

The school started from two origins and has carried a number of different names:
*1854: Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute; University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture (founding names, separate institutions)
*1889: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (also spun out [[Poly Prep Country Day School|Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School]])
*1896: New York University School of Applied Science (separate from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)<ref name="engineering.nyu.edu"/>
*1920: New York University College of Engineering (separate from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)
*1973: Polytechnic Institute of New York (acquired the faculty, programs and students of New York University College of Engineering)
*1985: Polytechnic University (acquired university status)
*2008: Polytechnic Institute of New York University (affiliated with New York University)
*2014: New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (merged with New York University)
*2015: New York University Tandon School of Engineering

==Campuses==
The NYU Tandon School of Engineering main campus is in [[Downtown Brooklyn]] and is close to [[Public transportation in New York City|public transportation routes]]. It is located in the [http://brooklyntechtriangle.com/about/ Brooklyn Tech Triangle] and about a 20-minute subway ride from NYU's main campus in [[Lower Manhattan]]. It is also connected to the Washington Square campus by the NYU Shuttle Bus system. In addition to its main address at [[MetroTech Center]] in Downtown Brooklyn, the school offers programs in [[Manhattan]]. The school is an integral part of [[NYU Abu Dhabi]], [[NYU Shanghai]] and the [[Center for Urban Science and Progress|NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP)]] in downtown Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/about|title=About the School of Engineering|work=NYU Tandon School of Engineering|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>

===Brooklyn campus===
[[File:Jacob's building of NYU Tandon School of Engineering.jpg|thumb|Jacobs administrative building of NYU Tandon School of Engineering]]
[[File:Wunsch Building.JPG|thumb|right|Wunsch Building]]

The school played a major role in bringing about [[MetroTech Center]], one of the largest urban university-[[Science park|corporate parks]] in the United States, while closing down the larger campus at its former Long Island Graduate Center. Today, the 16-acre, $1&nbsp;billion complex in Brooklyn includes the school's main campus, along with several technology-dependent companies such as [[Securities Industry Automation Corporation]] (SIAC), as well as [[New York City Police Department]]'s 9-1-1 Center, [[New York City Fire Department]] Headquarters and the U.S. technology and operations functions of [[JPMorgan Chase]].

The school has seven buildings in Brooklyn, as well as leased spaces in some other nearby buildings. The seven buildings are as follows:

* Jacobs Academic Building
* Jacobs Administration Building
* Rogers Hall
* [[Wunsch Building]]
* Dibner Building
* Othmer Residence Hall
* Civil Engineering Building (currently closed)

An eighth 460,000-square-foot space at [[370 Jay Street|370 Jay St]], adjacent to Rogers Hall, which houses the [[Center for Urban Science and Progress|Centre for Urban Science and Progress]] and other academic units within NYU, opened in Fall 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/budget/capital-budget.html |title=Capital Budget |access-date=2016-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229113917/https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/budget/capital-budget.html |archive-date=2015-12-29 }}</ref>
[[File:Jay St Bklyn td 58 - 370 Jay Street.jpg|alt=|thumb|370 Jay St Building]]

===Manhattan sites===
[[File:NYU Bioengineering building.jpg|thumb|right|Biomatrix Research Center]]
The Bioengineering Institute research facility is located at 433 First Avenue in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/03/16/nyu-opens-new-building-for-nursing-dentistry-and-bioengineering-.html |title=NYU Opens New Building for Nursing, Dentistry, and Bioengineering |access-date=2016-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504000300/https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/03/16/nyu-opens-new-building-for-nursing-dentistry-and-bioengineering-.html |archive-date=2016-05-04 }}</ref> The School of Engineering and Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry are located in the building where chemical, biomolecular engineers, as well as mechanical engineers do research in biomaterials and biotherapeutics for regenerative medicine.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

The engineering school also has a location in downtown Manhattan. The downtown site offers degree programs in Financial Engineering, Management of Technology, Information Management and Accelerated Management of Technology, and the Exec 21 [[Construction Management]] certificate.

===Online===
[[NYU Tandon Online|NYU Tandon Digital Learning]] (formerly known as NYU Tandon Online) is the digital learning department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering which offers 4 master's degrees, an advanced graduate certificate, and certificate of completion programs fully online. Focused on peer-to-peer engagement, the unit has been recognized as providing one of the top online learning programs by the Online Learning Consortium among others.

==Academic profile==
[[File:Polytechnic School of Engineering - School and dorm.jpg|thumb|250px|Rogers Hall, main academic building and Othmer dormitory building on the background]]

===Departments===
*Applied Physics
*Biomedical Engineering
*Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
*Civil and Urban Engineering
*Computer Science and Engineering
*Electrical and Computer Engineering
*Finance and Risk Engineering
*Mathematics (merged into the [[Courant_Institute_of_Mathematical_Sciences|Courant Department of Mathematics]])
*Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
*Technology, Culture and Society
*Technology Management and Innovation (affiliated with [[Leonard N. Stern School of Business]])

===Accreditation===
[[File:NYU Tandon - Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology (48228034691).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Bern Dibner Library matches the modern architectural style of [[Downtown Brooklyn]]]]
All undergraduate and graduate programs at the engineering school are accredited by the Middle States Association. Undergraduate chemistry students have the option to pursue a degree approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The [[ABET|Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)]], the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE), [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] (ASCE), [[International Association of Financial Engineers]] (IAFE), [[Institute of Industrial Engineers]] (IIE), [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] (ASME), [[Construction Management Association of America]] (CMAA), [[American Institute of Chemical Engineers]] (AIChE), [[American Society for Metals]], [[Society of Manufacturing Engineers]] (SME), [[American Academy of Environmental Engineers]] (AAEE), [[Biomedical Engineering Society]] (BMES), [[American Chemical Society]] (ACS), [[American Physical Society]] (APS) and the [[Joint Policy Board for Mathematics]] (JPBM) have recognized the school's undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, computer science and physics, chemistry and mathematics.

=== Admissions ===
Tandon's incoming classes typically consist of about 700 students, with a total academic population of over 5,000. For Fall 2019, the average SAT scores for incoming freshmen was 1448.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-12/Fall%202019%20Census%20-%20Official%20Statistics.pdf|title=Fall 2019 Census}}</ref> The acceptance rate for the graduate programs in 2016 was 28%.<ref name="US News">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/new-york-university-02120|title=US News}}</ref> The PhD student-faculty ratio in 2018 was 3.6:1.<ref name="US News"/>

For Fall 2018, the international students represented 91 countries and domestic students represented the 47 U.S States.<ref name="NYU Tandon Fast Facts">{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.nyu.edu/about/fast-facts|title=NYU Tandon Fast Facts}}</ref> The student body comprises 28.8% females and 71.2% males.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/new-york-university-02120|title=NYU Tandon - U.S. News Profile}}</ref>

===Rankings===
*Ranked #2 by ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Program in 2019<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Program|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/computer-information-technology/rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>
*Ranked #20 by ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs in 2019<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Online Engineering Programs &#124; Online Graduate Engineering Rankings|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/engineering/rankings?int=a38e09|magazine=US News|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
*Ranked #1 by The Princeton Review Top Graduate Schools for Video Game Design in 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/game-design/top-25-game-design-grad|title=Top 25 Game Design Programs|publisher=[[The Princeton Review]]|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>
*Ranked #5 by Risk.net's Top 25 quant finance master's programmes in the world<ref name="QuantNet Ranking of Financial Engineering Programs">{{cite web|url=https://www.risk.net/quantitative-finance/7344891/quant-finance-masters-guide-2020|title=Risk.net's Top 25 Quant Finance Master's programme|year=2019|publisher=Quant Network LLC|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
*Ranked #25 in 2020 ''U.S. News'' Best Global Universities for Electrical and Electronic Engineering<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/electrical-electronic-engineering|title=US News Best Global Universities for Electrical and Electronic Engineering}}</ref>
*Ranked #21 in ''Construction Week Online'' – The world's top 25 universities for civil engineering in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/people/training/169882-list-of-the-worlds-top-25-universities-for-civil-engineering-in-2019-ranked|title=Construction Week Online}}</ref>
*Ranked #38 in ''U.S. News'' Best Engineering Schools Ranked in 2021.<ref name="Best Engineering Schools">{{cite magazine|title=Best Graduate Engineering Schools|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
*Ranked #66 in ''U.S. News'' 2019 undergraduate engineering programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate|title=U.S. News & World Report New York University Undergraduate Rankings 2019|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
*Ranked #65 in 2020 ''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings by subject: engineering and technology<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/subject-ranking/engineering-and-IT#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title=Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 by subject: engineering and technology|date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
*Ranked #81 in 2020 ''U.S. News'' Best Global Universities for Engineering<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/engineering|title=U.S. News Best Global Universities for Engineering}}</ref>

==Research== <!-- [[NYU-Poly research and research centers]] redirects here -->
[[File:NYU Tandon Starbucks.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Starbucks cafe, right by the entrance to Rogers Hall]]
In 2018, the school received about $52.5 million in externally sponsored research expenditures.<ref name="NYU Tandon Fast Facts"/> Some of the school's first research institutes included the Polymer Research Institute, established in 1942, and the [[Microwave Research Institute]], established in 1945. The American Chemical Society designated the Polymer Research Institute as a National Historic Chemical Landmark on September 3, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=930&content_id=CTP_004592&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=1cd6888c-c9c1-46e0-8b39-8782953586bd |title=Polymer Research Institute |publisher=Portal.acs.org |access-date=2015-05-31}}</ref> The Microwave Research Institute developed electromagnetic and microwave defense and communication systems and later renamed itself the [[Weber Research Institute]]. Other notable research centers of the institute include NSF-sponsored [[Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT)]], which ranked #1 among [[high technology|technology]] [[research center]]s in funding and #2 in the number of industry participants according to the United States [[National Science Foundation]],<ref name=autogenerated6>{{cite magazine | url= http://bx.businessweek.com/robotics/view?url=http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r4644963471&f=9791 | title= Wireless Research Center Led By NYU-Poly Ranks At Top In National Science Foundation Survey | magazine= Bloomberg Businessweek | access-date= 2015-05-31 }}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Center for Advanced Technologies in Telecommunications (CATT), a New York State and NSF sponsored research center that is also affiliated with Columbia University,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catt.poly.edu/ |title=Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications &#124; CATT |website=Catt.poly.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411183904/http://catt.poly.edu/ |archive-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> NSF-funded Internet Security and Information Systems Lab, a U.S. [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) designated Center of Excellence in Information Assurance, Information Assurance Education and a Center of Excellence in Research,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isis.poly.edu/ |title=Information Systems and Internet Security |website=Isis.poly.edu |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> and the New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (NYS RISE), which is housed jointly at NYU's Brooklyn campus, and Stony Brook University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nysrise.org/news/|title=NYSRISE|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/press/11012013-nys-rise |title=Governor Cuomo Announces New Academic Partnership Focused on Storm Resilience and Emergency Preparedness|publisher=Governor's Press Office |date=2013-11-01 |access-date=2014-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2013/11/01/nyu-poly-and-stony-brook-university-launch-new-york-state-resilience-instit|title=NYU-Poly and Stony Brook University Launch the New York State Resilience Institute for Storms and Emergencies|work=NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>

Over the years the school has been a key center of research in the development of microwave physics, radar, polymers and the space program.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> During World War II the school's [[Microwave Research Institute]] worked on problems whose solution led to the development of radar, and later broke ground in electromagnetic theory and electronics in general. In later years the school participated in the space program, solving re-entry problems of crewed space capsules.<ref name="nytimes.com"/>

The school has been affiliated with some major inventions and innovations including: the Panama Canal locks; lockmaking;<ref name="incredible-people.com">{{cite web |url=http://incredible-people.com/biographies/james-j-wood/ |title=James J. Wood » - Biographies of famous people : Famous People biography Biography - World Famous Biographies- Biographies of famous people : Famous People biography |access-date=2015-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715004137/http://incredible-people.com/biographies/james-j-wood/ |archive-date=2014-07-15 }}</ref> the Brooklyn Bridge cables; cable-lift elevators;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nyc.poly.edu/destinations/brooklyn_bridge/ |title=An NYU-Poly Year in NYC |website=Nyc.poly.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141855/http://nyc.poly.edu/destinations/brooklyn_bridge/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> cordless phones; ATMs; bar codes; laser; radar; penicillin; polymers; elevator brakes; lightweight, ultra durable automotive brake rotor;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physnews.com/nano-materials-news/cluster211370955/ |title=Physics News :: Tough, light, inexpensive composite brake rotors could make their way to regular cars |website=Physnews.com |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gizmag.com/aluminum-composite-brake-rotors/21175/ |title=Tough, light, inexpensive composite brake rotors could make their way to regular cars |website=Gizmag.com |date=2012-01-22 |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> light beer; cardiac defibrillator; artificial cardiac pacemaker; RFID; contact lenses; zoom lens; first telephone handset; commercial television;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/18/obituaries/benjamin-adler-86-an-early-advocate-of-uhf-television.html|title=Benjamin Adler, 86, An Early Advocate Of UHF Television|date=18 April 1990|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> non-stick coating as an application of Teflon; suspension system for the largest radio telescope; microwave technology; [[Apollo Lunar Module]], the first, and to date only, crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space; X-ray crystallography;<ref name="nytimes.com"/> structure of the DNA molecule; submarine; modern refrigerator; A/C generator; electric motors; transformer;<ref name="incredible-people.com"/> submarine communications facilities;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/30377.aspx |title=NAE Website - Dr. Jack M. Sipress |website=Nae.edu |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Jack_Sipress |title=Oral-History:Jack Sipress – Engineering and Technology History Wiki |website=Ethw.org |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> development of the artificial sweetener aspartame; development of nontoxic processes to create food colorings and remove caffeine from coffee; the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit; lateral transistor; the wireless microphone; as well as [[Eugene Kleiner]]'s first semiconductor (and much of the [[Silicon Valley]]), and [[Spencer Trask]]'s investing and supporting of Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb.<ref name="incredible-people.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/building_a_nation_of_makers.pdf#page=62 |format=PDF |title=Letter to President Obama |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121234914/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/building_a_nation_of_makers.pdf#page=62 |archive-date=2017-01-21 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/multimedia/photos/2011/04/i2e-invention-gallery |title=i2e Invention Gallery &#124; NYU Tandon School of Engineering |website=Engineering.nyu.edu |date=2011-04-01 |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810195230/http://engineering.nyu.edu/multimedia/photos/2011/04/i2e-invention-gallery |archive-date=2016-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cchayes.com/media/hofload.php?img=15 |title=inspiration gallery poster |website=Cchayes.com |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Feb03.htm |title=ePoly Briefs Home |website=Archive.poly.edu |access-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225948/http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Feb03.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Academic labs===
Academic labs and research centers include:
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*Computational Mechanics Laboratory<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.poly.edu/~rdingre |title=NYU-Poly : Computational Mechanics Laboratory |publisher=Faculty.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228195052/http://faculty.poly.edu/~rdingre/ |archive-date=2014-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Dynamical Systems Laboratory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.poly.edu/~mporfiri/lab.html |title=Maurizio Porfiri |publisher=Faculty.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (formerly Integrated Digital Media Institute)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bxmc.poly.edu |title=BXMC |publisher=Bxmc.poly.edu |date=2014-01-01 |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*Wireless Implementation Testbed Laboratory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://witestlab.poly.edu |title=Wireless Implementation Testbed Lab @ NYU – Home |publisher=Witestlab.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*Bio-interfacial Engineering and Diagnostics Lab<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.poly.edu/~rlevicky/ |title=Levicky Group |publisher=Faculty.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*Control and Telecommunications Research Laboratory<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eeweb.poly.edu/controllab/ |title=:: Polytechnic Institute of NYU :: Control Lab |publisher=Eeweb.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206031520/http://eeweb.poly.edu/controllab/ |archive-date=2014-02-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*High-Speed Networking Lab<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eeweb.poly.edu/labs/hsnl/ |title=:: POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY :: High Speed Networking Lab |publisher=Eeweb.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222093818/http://eeweb.poly.edu/labs/hsnl/ |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Power and Power Electronics Engineering Laboratory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://power.poly.edu/ |title=Power Lab @ NYU-Poly |publisher=Power.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*CITE Game Innovation Lab<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poly.edu/research/cite |title=NYU-Poly Game Innovation Lab &#124; CITE Game Innovation Lab at Polytechnic Institute of NYU |publisher=Poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>
*Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Laboratory<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.poly.edu/~jmontcla/ |title=Montclare Lab |publisher=Faculty.poly.edu |access-date=2014-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213123317/http://faculty.poly.edu/~jmontcla/ |archive-date=2014-02-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Translational Neuroengineering (associated with the NYU Center for Neural Science and the NYU Langone Medical Center)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tneuro.com/positions-available |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420172607/http://www.tneuro.com/positions-available |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-20 |title=Positions Available - Translational Neuroengineering |publisher=Tneuro.com |access-date=2014-02-12 }}</ref>
*Urban Future Lab (founded in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation)<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nyu-school-of-engineering-names-noted-green-tech-expert-pat-sapinsley-head-of-cleantech-initiatives-300094200.html |title=NYU School of Engineering Names Noted Green-Tech Expert Pat Sapinsley Head of Cleantech Initiatives |website=Prnewswire.com |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanfuturelab.com/ |title=Urban Future Lab |publisher=Urban Future Lab |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref>

===Research centers===
Research at the engineering school is conducted either through academic departments or through one of many interdisciplinary research centers including:

*Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT)
*Center for Finance and Technology (CFT)
*Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing (IMAS)
*Polymer Research Institute (PRI)
*Urban Intelligent Transportation Systems Center (UITSC)
*[[Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT)]]
* CRISSP (Cyber-Security. Includes Tandon School of Engineering, Wagner Graduate School, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Stern School of Business, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
*[[Weber Research Institute]]
*Research Center for Risk Engineering
*Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
*Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
*The Games for Learning Institute
*Media and Games Network (MAGNET)
*New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (includes NYU, Stony Brook University, Columbia University, Cornell University, City University of New York and Brookhaven National Laboratory)
*[[NYU WIRELESS]]
*Biomatrix Research Center (located in Manhattan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/news/2015/02/25/nyu-new-biomatrix-centers-key-halting-cancer-healing-wounds-hyaluronan |title=NYU New Biomatrix Center's Key to Halting Cancer, Healing Wounds: Hyaluronan|work=NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>

===CUSP===
The [[Center for Urban Science and Progress]] (''CUSP'') is a degree-granting research facility of NYU located at [[370 Jay Street]] in [[Downtown Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and is adjacent to NYU School of Engineering's Rogers Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/budget/capital-budget.html |title=Capital Budget |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907190444/http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/budget/capital-budget.html |archive-date=2015-09-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/universityInitiatives/documents/cusp/testimony-to-the-city-council-by-koonin-sept-2012-as-presented.pdf |title=Testimony of Steven Koonin |publisher=Nyu.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>

==Notable faculty and alumni==
{{Main|List of NYU Tandon School of Engineering people|List of New York University alumni}}
[[File:Ephraim Katzir visited the Tel Aviv Wax Museum (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Ephraim Katzir]], alumnus, fourth President of [[Israel]]]]
[[File:Rabbi Norman Lamm.jpg|thumb|[[Norman Lamm]], alumnus, third President of [[Yeshiva University]]]]
New York University Tandon School of Engineering has just over 33,000 living alumni living in 68 countries as of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/alumni/piaa/history |title=History &#124; Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association &#124; NYU Tandon School of Engineering |website=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> The school's alumni include inventors, scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, country presidents, university presidents, academic leaders (including [[NYU Stern]]'s founder [[Charles Waldo Haskins]]) and more than 2,000 CEOs and leaders at large corporations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sierra-cedar.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/06/CSS-NYUPoly.pdf |title=NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Achieves On Time, Within Budget Campus Solutions and HCM ab Upgrade 7.6 to 9.0 |website=Sierra-cedar.com |access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref> Among its past and present graduates and faculty are at least four Nobel Prize winners, seven National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation winners, two astronauts, [[Russ Prize]], [[IEEE Edison Medal]], [[Turing Award]], [[Gordon Prize]] and [[Draper Prize]] winners and over 100 [[National Academy of Engineering]] members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/sites/polyproto.poly.edu/files/ftp/files/Polytechnic_eBook_for_web.pdf |title=Changing The World : The First 150 Years |publisher=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/sites/polyproto.poly.edu/files/NYU-Poly_UG_Viewbook_2013.pdf |title=What Will You Do ? |publisher=Engineering.nyu.edu |access-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192517/http://engineering.nyu.edu/sites/polyproto.poly.edu/files/NYU-Poly_UG_Viewbook_2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Nobel laureates===
*[[Gertrude B. Elion]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
*[[Rudolph Marcus]], [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
*[[Francis Crick]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
*[[Martin Perl]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton

===National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation===
*[[John G. Trump]]
*[[Joel S. Engel]]
*[[Richard J. Gambino]]
*[[Herman Francis Mark]]
*[[Rudolph A. Marcus]]
*[[Ernst Weber (engineer)|Ernst Weber]]
*[[Jerome Swartz]], developed early optical strategies for barcode scanning technologies

===Russ Prize, Gordon Prize, Draper Prize===
*[[Joel S. Engel]]
*[[Clive Dym]]
*[[Harold S. Goldberg]]
*[[Elmer L. Gaden]]

===IEEE Edison Medal===
*[[William B. Kouwenhoven]], invented the closed-chest [[cardiac defibrillator]]
*[[Bancroft Gherardi, Jr.]]

===Turing Award===
*[[Judea Pearl]]

===Astronauts===
*[[Paolo A. Nespoli]]
*[[Charles Camarda]]

===DARPA directors===
*[[Jack Ruina]]

===Pulitzer Prize winners===
*[[James Truslow Adams]], writer who coined the term "[[American Dream]]

===Business leaders===
Alumni leaders at large companies include:
*[[Ursula Burns]], Chairperson and CEO of [[Xerox]]
*[[Arthur C. Martinez]], Chairman and CEO of [[Sears]]
*[[Robert J. Stevens]], Chairman and CEO of [[Lockheed Martin]]
*[[Alfred Amoroso]], Chairman of [[Yahoo!]]
*[[John Dionisio]], Chairman and CEO of [[AECOM]]
*[[Herbert L. Henkel]], Chairman of [[Ingersoll Rand]]
*[[Spencer Trask]], Chairman of [[The New York Times]]
*[[Jason Hsuan]], Chairman and CEO of [[TPV Technology]]
*[[John Trani]], Chairman and CEO of [[Stanley Black & Decker]]
*[[John Elmer McKeen]], Chairman and CEO of [[Pfizer]]
*[[Mark Ronald]], Chairman and CEO of [[BAE Systems]]
*[[Vincent A. Calarco]], Chairman and CEO of [[Chemtura]]
*[[Sunil Godhwani]], Chairman and CEO of [[Religare]]
*[[Robert Prieto]], Chairman and CEO of [[Parsons Brinckerhoff]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
*[[Richard Santulli]], Chairman and CEO of [[NetJets]]
*[[Stav Prodromou]], Chairman and CEO of [[Peregrine Semiconductor]]
*[[Michael H. Kappaz]], Chairman and CEO of [[KM Group]]
*[[Israel Borovich]], Chairman and CEO of [[EL AL]]
*[[Hugh John Casey]], Chairman of [[New York City Transit Authority]]
*[[Stewart G. Nagler]], Vice Chairman, Director and CFO of [[MetLife]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
*[[Craig G. Matthews]], President, CFO and Chief Operating Officer of [[KeySpan]]
*[[Charles D. Strang]], Chairman, CEO and President of [[Outboard Marine Corporation]]
*[[Charles Ranlett Flint]], founder of [[IBM]]
*[[Nils Lahr]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[IBEAM Broadcasting Corporation]]
*[[Fadi Chehadé]], CEO of [[ICANN]]
*[[Joseph J. Jacobs]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Jacobs Engineering Group]]
*[[Glenford Myers]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Radisys]]
*[[Bern Dibner]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Burndy]]
*[[Eugene Kleiner]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]]
*[[Ta-lin Hsu]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[H&Q Asia Pacific]]
*[[Paul Ferri]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Matrix Partners]]
*[[William C. W. Mow]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Bugle Boy]]
*[[Jerome Swartz]], Chairman, CEO and founder of [[Symbol Technologies]]
*[[Alfred P. Sloan]] (attended, but transferred), Chairman, CEO and founder of [[General Motors]]
*[[Rachelle Friedman (entrepreneur)|Rachelle Friedman]], Chairperson, CEO and founder of [[J&R]]
*[[Bill Friend (engineer)]], President of [[Bechtel]]
*[[Michael Horodniceanu]], President of the [[MTA Capital Construction]]
*[[Ami Miron]], Vice President, [[General Instrument Corporation]]
*[[Charles Hinkaty]], Vice President, [[Citibank]]
*[[Eugene Fasullo]], Chief Engineer of [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]
*[[Jay Greene]], [[NASA]] chief engineer
*[[George W. Melville]], chief engineer of the United States Navy. [[Congressional Gold Medal]] winner.
*[[Howard A. Chinn]], Chief Engineer of [[CBS]]. Pioneered techniques of analog audio recording as well as radio and television broadcasting practices.
*[[Virginia P. Ruesterholz]], President, [[Verizon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stevens.edu/sit/trustees/trustee-profiles.cfm |title=Trustee Profiles &#124; Stevens Institute of Technology |access-date=2012-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610123539/http://www.stevens.edu/sit/trustees/trustee-profiles.cfm |archive-date=2013-06-10 }}</ref>
*[[Alan Schriesheim]], Director and CEO of [[Argonne National Laboratory]], Board member of [[Rohm and Haas]]

===Inventors===
Partial list of inventors affiliated with the school:
*[[Barouh Berkovits]], contributed to invention of the [[cardiac defibrillator]] and [[artificial cardiac pacemaker]]
*[[Gordon Gould]], invented the [[laser]]
*[[Mario Cardullo]], contributed to the invention of the [[Radio-frequency identification]] (RFID)
*[[Erol Gelenbe]] invented the [[Random neural network]] and the [[G-network]]
*[[Robert G. Brown]], invented the first [[handset#telehony|telephone handset]]
*[[Jasper H. Kane]], invented the practical, deep-tank fermentation method for production of large quantities of pharmaceutical-grade [[penicillin]]
*[[Maurice Karnaugh]], inventor of the [[Karnaugh map]] (K-map)
*[[Norman Gaylord]], played a prominent role in the development of permeable [[contact lenses]]
*[[Ronald R. Yager]], invented [[Ordered weighted averaging aggregation operator]]
*[[Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer)|Thomas J. Kelly]], designed and built the [[Apollo Lunar Module]]
*[[Fredric J. Harris]], co-inventor of the [[Window function#Blackman–Harris window|Blackman–Harris filter]]
*[[David J. Thomson]], invented the [[multitaper]]
*[[Erol Gelenbe]], invented [[G-networks]] and [[random neural network]]s
*[[Joseph Owades]], inventor of [[Lite beer]]
*[[John Colagioia]], invented Thue (programming language)
*[[Paul Peter Ewald]], inventor of [[X-ray diffraction]] method for determination of molecular structure
*[[Henry C. Goldmark]], designed and installed the [[Panama Canal locks]]
*[[Helias Doundoulakis]], patented the suspension system for the largest [[radio telescope]] in the world
*[[George Glauberman]], discovered the [[ZJ theorem]] and the [[Z* theorem]]
*[[Torunn Atteraas Garin]], oversaw the development of the artificial sweetener [[aspartame]]; developed nontoxic processes to create food colorings and remove caffeine from coffee
*[[James Wood (engineer)|James Wood]], fabricated the steel cables for the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], making cable-lift elevators possible. He also contributed to the inventions of lockmaking, submarine, A/C generator, electric motors, transformer and the design of the modern refrigerator. He held 240 patents.<ref name="incredible-people.com"/>
*[[Joe Landolina]], invented [[Vetigel]]
*[[Hung-Chang Lin]], invented the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit, the lateral transistor, and the [[wireless microphone]]. He held 61 patents
*[[Hans Reissner]], designed the first successful all-metal aircraft, the Reissner Canard (or Ente) with both skin and structure made of metal. Also, first solved Einstein's equation for the metric of a charged point mass. His closed-form solution, rediscovered by several other physicists within the next few years, is now called the [[Reissner–Nordström metric]].
*[[Harold Horton Sheldon]], invented a precision photoelectric color-scope measurement instrument, more accurate than the human eye
* [[Fred Waller]], invented [[Cinerama]], the [[Waller Gunnery Trainer]], and patented the [[water ski]]
* [[Joginder Lal]], [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] Polymer Research Manager and expert in the synthesis and mechanism of the formation of high polymers

==See also==
*[[List of university and college mergers in the United States]]
*[[Gee Bee Model R]]
*[[NYU Tandon School of Engineering Lynford Lecture Series]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://engineering.nyu.edu}}
*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute|short=x}}

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Latest revision as of 11:28, 10 July 2024

New York University
Tandon School of Engineering
TypePrivate
Established1854 (as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute)
Parent institution
New York University
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
DeanJelena Kovačević
Academic staff
396
Students6,323
Undergraduates2,761
Postgraduates3,562
Location
Brooklyn
,
New York
,
United States

40°41′40″N 73°59′12″W / 40.694412°N 73.986531°W / 40.694412; -73.986531
CampusUrban, 15 acres (excluding CUSP and leased space)[1]
Websiteengineering.nyu.edu

The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States.[2][3][4][5]

The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions were separately founded: the University of the City of New York[6] School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, which evolved into the NYU College of Engineering; and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, which evolved into Polytechnic Institute.[7] In 1973, Polytechnic Institute acquired the College of Engineering from NYU, but in 2008, Polytechnic was absorbed by NYU to become its new engineering school. In 2015 NYU renamed the engineering school in honor of NYU Trustees Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon following their donation of $100 million to the school.[8]

The school's main campus is in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center, an urban academic-industrial research park. It is one of several engineering schools that were founded based on a European polytechnic university model in the 1800s, in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States. It has been a key center of research in the development of microwave, wireless, radar, electronics in general, polymers, industrial engineering, operations research and the US space program.[9]

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

History

Polytechnic Institute at 99 Livingston

Predecessor institutions

Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute

On May 17, 1853, a group of Brooklyn businessmen wrote a charter to establish a school for young men. Founded as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, the school moved into its first home at 99 Livingston Street in Brooklyn. The first class, admitted in 1855, consisted of 265 young men aged nine to 17. The school conferred its first bachelor's degrees in 1871. Graduate programs began in 1901, and the school awarded its first doctoral degree in 1921.[10] From 1889 to 1973 the school became known as Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

In 1917, the preparatory program separated from the Institute and became the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School. Polytechnic Institute moved to its present location in 1957, the former site of the American Safety Razor Company factory, where it became a co-educational institution.

School of Civil Engineering and Architecture

In 1854, the University of the City of New York, now New York University, founded the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture at a time when specialized schools of engineering were uncommon in America.[11] Classes began in 1855 and the school awarded its first undergraduate degree in 1857. As the industrial revolution took shape, the school formalized its engineering curriculum and the school's first dean, Charles H. Snow, changed the name of the school to the School of Applied Science. During this time the engineering school officially separated from the university's arts and science school then called University College.[12]

In 1894 the University of the City of New York moved its engineering school to a new campus in the Bronx.[12] The new campus gave the university space to build larger science laboratories that could not be constructed at its Washington Square site.[13] With the addition of the new campus, under the leadership of Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken, the University of the City of New York renamed itself New York University. The neighborhood surrounding the Bronx campus eventually became known as University Heights. By 1920 separate electrical and chemical engineering departments were created and the school changed its name to the College of Engineering.

Acquisition of NYU College of Engineering by Polytechnic Institute

Enrollment at New York University expanded considerably from the early 1900s into the postwar decades. However, by the early 1970s this growth ceased due to rising crime and financial troubles in New York City. New York University faced financial hardships leading it to sell its University Heights campus that housed its engineering school to City University of New York, which in turn renamed the campus Bronx Community College. Also during that period from 1969 to 1975, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn was forced to rely on subsidies provided by New York state to keep the school afloat. The state supported Polytechnic on the basis that closing the school would create economic hardship locally.[9] With both Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and New York University facing financial difficulties, the state brokered a merger with New York University's engineering school. Polytechnic Institute acquired the faculty, programs and students of New York University's engineering school to form Polytechnic Institute of New York.[9] Polytechnic Institute of New York gained university status in 1985 and changed its name to Polytechnic University.

Wunsch Hall, the oldest building on campus, stands in contrast to the more modern buildings of MetroTech Center, including the adjacent Dibner Library

By 1986 Polytechnic University in Brooklyn was the largest technological university in the New York metropolitan area and the second-largest in graduate enrollment in the nation after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Of the 300 engineering schools in the United States, Polytechnic had the second-largest graduate enrollment and was among the most successful institutions in the country as a producer of science and engineering graduates who went on to doctoral studies. An average of 7.2 percent of Polytechnic graduates went on to achieve a Ph.D., compared with two other schools with large engineering programs: Carnegie Mellon, with an average of 6 percent, and Princeton, with 4.5 percent.[9] Polytechnic University became well known for its research centers in electrophysics and polymer blends.

Merger between Polytechnic University and NYU

Enrollment History:
1986: 5,100 students[9]
2015: 5,212 students[14]

Discussions about a merger with Polytechnic University and New York University began in 2004. Four years later Polytechnic University and New York University agreed to take steps toward a merger beginning with a formal affiliation between the two schools. This affiliation resulted in the school changing its name to Polytechnic Institute of New York University.[15] The schools officially merged in 2014 when the New York State Regents approved the change of charter making NYU the sole member of Polytechnic University.[16][17]

Since the merger, applications to the school and incoming SAT scores have increased substantially. The school has also experienced an influx of students coming from outside of New York state. Fundraising and faculty research awards have increased since the merger.[15] The school also opened a bioengineering facility in partnership with the medical and dental schools.[18]

The school has had several fundraising campaigns over the years. From 2001 to 2005 the school raised more than $275 million.[19] Alumnus Joseph J. Jacobs, who founded Jacobs Engineering Group, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world, gave the school more than $30 million over the course of his life.[20]

A gift of $100 million from Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon in 2015 resulted in the school changing its name to the Tandon School of Engineering. New York University has committed to investing over $500 million to its engineering school in the coming years.[21] In 2022, NYU announced it will invest $1 billion in the school to hire 40 tenure-track faculty members, improve lab and student spaces, and bolster the cybersecurity and artificial intelligence programs.[22][23]

Name

Polytechnic Institute Electrostatic Laboratory 1903–1904

The school started from two origins and has carried a number of different names:

  • 1854: Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute; University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and Architecture (founding names, separate institutions)
  • 1889: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (also spun out Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School)
  • 1896: New York University School of Applied Science (separate from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)[11]
  • 1920: New York University College of Engineering (separate from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn)
  • 1973: Polytechnic Institute of New York (acquired the faculty, programs and students of New York University College of Engineering)
  • 1985: Polytechnic University (acquired university status)
  • 2008: Polytechnic Institute of New York University (affiliated with New York University)
  • 2014: New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (merged with New York University)
  • 2015: New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Campuses

The NYU Tandon School of Engineering main campus is in Downtown Brooklyn and is close to public transportation routes. It is located in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle and about a 20-minute subway ride from NYU's main campus in Lower Manhattan. It is also connected to the Washington Square campus by the NYU Shuttle Bus system. In addition to its main address at MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, the school offers programs in Manhattan. The school is an integral part of NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai and the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in downtown Brooklyn.[24]

Brooklyn campus

Jacobs administrative building of NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Wunsch Building

The school played a major role in bringing about MetroTech Center, one of the largest urban university-corporate parks in the United States, while closing down the larger campus at its former Long Island Graduate Center. Today, the 16-acre, $1 billion complex in Brooklyn includes the school's main campus, along with several technology-dependent companies such as Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), as well as New York City Police Department's 9-1-1 Center, New York City Fire Department Headquarters and the U.S. technology and operations functions of JPMorgan Chase.

The school has seven buildings in Brooklyn, as well as leased spaces in some other nearby buildings. The seven buildings are as follows:

  • Jacobs Academic Building
  • Jacobs Administration Building
  • Rogers Hall
  • Wunsch Building
  • Dibner Building
  • Othmer Residence Hall
  • Civil Engineering Building (currently closed)

An eighth 460,000-square-foot space at 370 Jay St, adjacent to Rogers Hall, which houses the Centre for Urban Science and Progress and other academic units within NYU, opened in Fall 2017.[25]

370 Jay St Building

Manhattan sites

Biomatrix Research Center

The Bioengineering Institute research facility is located at 433 First Avenue in Manhattan.[26] The School of Engineering and Colleges of Nursing and Dentistry are located in the building where chemical, biomolecular engineers, as well as mechanical engineers do research in biomaterials and biotherapeutics for regenerative medicine.[18]

The engineering school also has a location in downtown Manhattan. The downtown site offers degree programs in Financial Engineering, Management of Technology, Information Management and Accelerated Management of Technology, and the Exec 21 Construction Management certificate.

Online

NYU Tandon Digital Learning (formerly known as NYU Tandon Online) is the digital learning department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering which offers 4 master's degrees, an advanced graduate certificate, and certificate of completion programs fully online. Focused on peer-to-peer engagement, the unit has been recognized as providing one of the top online learning programs by the Online Learning Consortium among others.

Academic profile

Rogers Hall, main academic building and Othmer dormitory building on the background

Departments

  • Applied Physics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Civil and Urban Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Finance and Risk Engineering
  • Mathematics (merged into the Courant Department of Mathematics)
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Technology, Culture and Society
  • Technology Management and Innovation (affiliated with Leonard N. Stern School of Business)

Accreditation

Bern Dibner Library matches the modern architectural style of Downtown Brooklyn

All undergraduate and graduate programs at the engineering school are accredited by the Middle States Association. Undergraduate chemistry students have the option to pursue a degree approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Society for Metals, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS) and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) have recognized the school's undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, computer science and physics, chemistry and mathematics.

Admissions

Tandon's incoming classes typically consist of about 700 students, with a total academic population of over 5,000. For Fall 2019, the average SAT scores for incoming freshmen was 1448.[27] The acceptance rate for the graduate programs in 2016 was 28%.[28] The PhD student-faculty ratio in 2018 was 3.6:1.[28]

For Fall 2018, the international students represented 91 countries and domestic students represented the 47 U.S States.[29] The student body comprises 28.8% females and 71.2% males.[30]

Rankings

  • Ranked #2 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Program in 2019[31]
  • Ranked #20 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs in 2019[32]
  • Ranked #1 by The Princeton Review Top Graduate Schools for Video Game Design in 2019[33]
  • Ranked #5 by Risk.net's Top 25 quant finance master's programmes in the world[34]
  • Ranked #25 in 2020 U.S. News Best Global Universities for Electrical and Electronic Engineering[35]
  • Ranked #21 in Construction Week Online – The world's top 25 universities for civil engineering in 2019[36]
  • Ranked #38 in U.S. News Best Engineering Schools Ranked in 2021.[37]
  • Ranked #66 in U.S. News 2019 undergraduate engineering programs.[38]
  • Ranked #65 in 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject: engineering and technology[39]
  • Ranked #81 in 2020 U.S. News Best Global Universities for Engineering[40]

Research

Starbucks cafe, right by the entrance to Rogers Hall

In 2018, the school received about $52.5 million in externally sponsored research expenditures.[29] Some of the school's first research institutes included the Polymer Research Institute, established in 1942, and the Microwave Research Institute, established in 1945. The American Chemical Society designated the Polymer Research Institute as a National Historic Chemical Landmark on September 3, 2003.[41] The Microwave Research Institute developed electromagnetic and microwave defense and communication systems and later renamed itself the Weber Research Institute. Other notable research centers of the institute include NSF-sponsored Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT), which ranked #1 among technology research centers in funding and #2 in the number of industry participants according to the United States National Science Foundation,[42] Center for Advanced Technologies in Telecommunications (CATT), a New York State and NSF sponsored research center that is also affiliated with Columbia University,[43] NSF-funded Internet Security and Information Systems Lab, a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) designated Center of Excellence in Information Assurance, Information Assurance Education and a Center of Excellence in Research,[44] and the New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (NYS RISE), which is housed jointly at NYU's Brooklyn campus, and Stony Brook University.[45][46][47]

Over the years the school has been a key center of research in the development of microwave physics, radar, polymers and the space program.[9] During World War II the school's Microwave Research Institute worked on problems whose solution led to the development of radar, and later broke ground in electromagnetic theory and electronics in general. In later years the school participated in the space program, solving re-entry problems of crewed space capsules.[9]

The school has been affiliated with some major inventions and innovations including: the Panama Canal locks; lockmaking;[48] the Brooklyn Bridge cables; cable-lift elevators;[49] cordless phones; ATMs; bar codes; laser; radar; penicillin; polymers; elevator brakes; lightweight, ultra durable automotive brake rotor;[50][51] light beer; cardiac defibrillator; artificial cardiac pacemaker; RFID; contact lenses; zoom lens; first telephone handset; commercial television;[52] non-stick coating as an application of Teflon; suspension system for the largest radio telescope; microwave technology; Apollo Lunar Module, the first, and to date only, crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space; X-ray crystallography;[9] structure of the DNA molecule; submarine; modern refrigerator; A/C generator; electric motors; transformer;[48] submarine communications facilities;[53][54] development of the artificial sweetener aspartame; development of nontoxic processes to create food colorings and remove caffeine from coffee; the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit; lateral transistor; the wireless microphone; as well as Eugene Kleiner's first semiconductor (and much of the Silicon Valley), and Spencer Trask's investing and supporting of Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb.[48][55][56][57][58]

Academic labs

Academic labs and research centers include:

  • Computational Mechanics Laboratory[59]
  • Dynamical Systems Laboratory[60]
  • Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (formerly Integrated Digital Media Institute)[61]
  • Wireless Implementation Testbed Laboratory[62]
  • Bio-interfacial Engineering and Diagnostics Lab[63]
  • Control and Telecommunications Research Laboratory[64]
  • High-Speed Networking Lab[65]
  • Power and Power Electronics Engineering Laboratory[66]
  • CITE Game Innovation Lab[67]
  • Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Laboratory[68]
  • Translational Neuroengineering (associated with the NYU Center for Neural Science and the NYU Langone Medical Center)[69]
  • Urban Future Lab (founded in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation)[70][71]

Research centers

Research at the engineering school is conducted either through academic departments or through one of many interdisciplinary research centers including:

  • Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT)
  • Center for Finance and Technology (CFT)
  • Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing (IMAS)
  • Polymer Research Institute (PRI)
  • Urban Intelligent Transportation Systems Center (UITSC)
  • Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT)
  • CRISSP (Cyber-Security. Includes Tandon School of Engineering, Wagner Graduate School, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Stern School of Business, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Weber Research Institute
  • Research Center for Risk Engineering
  • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
  • Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
  • The Games for Learning Institute
  • Media and Games Network (MAGNET)
  • New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (includes NYU, Stony Brook University, Columbia University, Cornell University, City University of New York and Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  • NYU WIRELESS
  • Biomatrix Research Center (located in Manhattan)[72]

CUSP

The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) is a degree-granting research facility of NYU located at 370 Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn, New York and is adjacent to NYU School of Engineering's Rogers Hall.[73][74]

Notable faculty and alumni

Main articles: List of NYU Tandon School of Engineering people and List of New York University alumni
Ephraim Katzir, alumnus, fourth President of Israel
Norman Lamm, alumnus, third President of Yeshiva University

New York University Tandon School of Engineering has just over 33,000 living alumni living in 68 countries as of 2015.[75] The school's alumni include inventors, scientists, entrepreneurs, politicians, country presidents, university presidents, academic leaders (including NYU Stern's founder Charles Waldo Haskins) and more than 2,000 CEOs and leaders at large corporations.[76] Among its past and present graduates and faculty are at least four Nobel Prize winners, seven National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation winners, two astronauts, Russ Prize, IEEE Edison Medal, Turing Award, Gordon Prize and Draper Prize winners and over 100 National Academy of Engineering members.[77][78]

Nobel laureates

National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation

Russ Prize, Gordon Prize, Draper Prize

IEEE Edison Medal

Turing Award

Astronauts

DARPA directors

Pulitzer Prize winners

Business leaders

Alumni leaders at large companies include:

Inventors

Partial list of inventors affiliated with the school:

See also

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