Kate Gleason College of Engineering

TheKate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) is the engineering college at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The college is home to all of RIT's engineering departments except for software engineering, which is part of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.

In winter quarter 2007, 2,558 students were enrolled in the college, about 16 percent of RIT students.^[1]

The College of Engineering is renamed the Kate Gleason College of Engineering in 1998.^[2]

History

In 1885, the Rochester Mechanics Institute was founded as a school for fostering technical development in the Rochester area. In 1891, the Mechanics Institute merged with the Rochester Athenaeum, forming the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, in order to provide more comprehensive education for both of the student bodies.

In 1944, the university adopted its current name of Rochester Institute of Technology. At this point, the RIT campus was still in downtown Rochester, and the College of Engineering was still in the original Mechanics Institute buildings.

In 1968, the RIT moved to a combined campus in Henrietta, New York. The College remains there today and is housed at the James E. Gleason Building and the Center for Microelectronic Engineering.

Departments

The College of Applied Science and Technology houses the engineering technology department, while the software engineering department is part of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Seven departments are housed within the College:

• Applied Statistics
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering and Microsystems Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Academics

All of the KGCOE's academic programs are ABET accredited except for the recently began Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering programs. Each of the departments sets a minimum requirement for Cooperative education (co-op) experiences and Senior Design requirements (intra-departmental or multi-disciplinary programs are available).

The college offers degrees ranging from Associate's degree and the typical Bachelor of Science, with some departments also offering Master's and Doctoral degrees.

Organizations and clubs

The college also hosts many engineering student organizations and clubs, such as:

• RIT Aero Design Club
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Engineering House
• Engineers for a Sustainable World [1]
• Engineering Student Council
• FIRST Robotics Team [2]
• Multi-Disciplinary Robotics Club [3]
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Microelectronic Engineering Student Association [4]
• National Society of Black Engineers
• Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)
• RIT Formula SAE Team [5]
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers [6]
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers [7]
• Society of Women Engineers [8]
• Tau Beta Pi [9]
• IEEE Computer Society Student Chapter
• Toyota Production Systems Lab [10]

References

1. ^ "The Year in Review: RIT by the numbers". Rochester Institute of Technology. http://www.rit.edu/news/umag/winter2007/pdfs/30_features_year_in_review.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-03. 
2. ^ http://www.rit.edu/overview/history_coe.html

External links

• KGCOE web site
• History of RIT
• KGCOE Senior Design program