Union University
Union University Dept of Engineering
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Purpose


Learn

Union University offers a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, B.S.E., with a elective concentration in either electrical or mechanical engineering. Students will be equipped with a sound engineering base as well as a distinctive liberal arts education that integrates faith and learning - preparing them for the work of engineering and for the work of life.

What’s in a Union engineering education?

The Real World
  • Professors with extensive industry experience
  • Internship opportunities and co-op education
  • Industry partnerships
  • Student design patents promoted and supported
  • Support for student designs and the opportunity to seek U.S. patents
The Complete Engineer
  • Integration of faith and learning
  • A solid liberal arts education
Global Vision
  • China partnership
  • Mission opportunities
The Union Experience
  • Nationally recognized academic excellence
  • Campus-wide low student-teacher ratio
  • Scholarships

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Design

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!

Serve

Students at Union University have local and international service opportunities. Union engineering students have:

  • Developed an automated data collection system with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for nation-wide use.
  • Designed and built a device to help treat cortical visual impairment (CVI) in children, in partnership with the STAR Center, an agency that works with the disabled. (Press Release)
  • A group of Union Engineering Students spent Spring Break 2006 on a mission trip to North Africa. The students helped school children learn about about renewable energy. They also met with local professors and university students on the viability of an artesian well. The goal was to build relationships and maximize the usage of the region’s resources in order for some missionaries who live in the area to have a platform for their ministry. (Press Release)