Union Engineering fosters an instructional environment
that promotes engineering design skills and inventive thinking. In
most engineering courses, students are required to complete a
project based on the course material. Projects help students
demonstrate understanding of the course material and refine design
and communication skills.
As students develop their
design skills,
they are encouraged to develop new products
and apply for U.S. patents. This encouragement is supported in
practical ways — students are taught the patent application process,
and the department provides financial assistance to help students
afford the first patent filing fee.
In the first four years of Union's Engineering
program, seven students have obtained three separate provisional
patents ... and more ideas are in the works!
