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People-centered approach in Lafayette Engineering

Who are we designing for? What are the needs/constraints? Who will be helped/harmed? What are our social responsibilities as engineers?

Study abroad

• more than 2/3 study abroad

• 1/3 of these students stay for whole semester

• Madrid, Bonn, and Stockholm

• Also options for Interim (winter or summer), but those are for any major

• Cost of study abroad = here (scholarships and grants apply)

• Study abroad is built into our four years here

When do engineering students choose their intended major?

March of freshman year

How many total engineering degrees do we offer?

5 BS degrees, 2 BA degrees

What are the degrees?

• BS: Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical, Integrative

• BA: Engineering Studies and BS/BA Engineering + Int Studies

Steel Bridge Team

• The pre-req to join Steel Bridge team is CE 311 (steel)

• CE 311 is a required course for civils but can be taken as an elective for MechEs

• Lafayette usually ranks in the top 5 in the nation every year

• Most recent first place wins: 2018, 2019

Structural Testing Lab

• Used for large-scale materials testing

• Big Maroon monster is a machine that tests the strength of various materials by seeing the amount of pressure that various materials can withstand

• Prof Mante works with PennDOT to improve actual road structures in PA

Manufacturing Lab

• home to ME 210: Manufacturing and Design

• class usually taken fall of sophomore year MEs, but is open to anyone who has taken Calc 1 and Physics 1

• Students learn how to use industry-grade machines in the lab sections of the class, led by lab techs who are often retired industry professionals

• Final project: racecar or windmill

Student Projects Lab

• home to EV club

• open to any major at Laf, not just engineering

• work on a F1 style race car throughout the year to compete in a national competition

• Laf student gets to race in the car!

• Team has a fully electric car they bring to competition, spring 2025 they placed 12th in formal hybrid and electric competition

Unit Operations Lab

• used in upper level ChE courses

• distillation chamber (two story column)

• gifted by ExxonMobil (industry grade)

• used in Experimental Design II

• distillation is a process used to separate things that spontaneously mix

Digital Circuits Lab

• DC I and II (students learning to code)

• Embedded Systems (create touchscreen calculator and one dimensional pong game

• RFID Jukebox (by Music major and ECE major)

• Fully functional alarm clock that runs away

AEC 500: Robotics Lab

• self driving and self balancing motorbikes

Scott Pavillion

• newly renovated (Oct 2022)

• classrooms and study lounges

3D Printing Lab

• AEC 402

• to access printers, students need to attend one workshop to learn about safety and the specific protocols behind these machines

• about 3 workshops are offered per semester

• can 3d print anything

Research

• can happen as soon as summer after freshman year!

• EXCEL program - paid program where students involved get free housing and a hourly stipend for working with a Laf professor

• Independent studies

• Honors thesis