| G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Johns Hopkins University | |
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| Established | 1913 |
| Type: | Private |
| Endowment: | US$ $84.5 million (FY ‘05)[1] |
| Dean: | Nicholas P. Jones |
| Faculty: | 170 (including 23 associated research scientists)[2] |
| Students: | 1,904 (1,301 undergrad and 603 graduate) [2] |
| Location | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | http://engineering.jhu.edu |
The G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering, located in Baltimore, Maryland, is a highly regarded engineering school in the United States. It is located in the main Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Its Biomedical Engineering program ranked 1st and Environmental Engineering ranked 5th in the latest US News rankings. The Engineering and Applied Science Programs for Professionals (EPP) is the continuing education component of the Whiting School. EPP offers master’s degree programs and courses in 14 distinct disciplines.
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History
Engineering at Johns Hopkins was originally created in 1913 as an educational program that included exposure to liberal arts and scientific inquiry.[3] In 1919, the engineering department became a separate school, known as the School of Engineering. By 1937, over 1,000 students had graduated with engineering degrees. By 1946 the school had six departments. In 1961, the School of Engineering changed its name to the School of Engineering Sciences and, in 1979, was renamed the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering. The school's named benefactor is George William Carlyle Whiting, co-founder of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.
Departments
The Whiting School contains ten departments:
- Applied Mathematics & Statistics [1]
- Biomedical Engineering [2], ranked best in the nation by U.S. News
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering [3]
- Computer Science [4]
- Electrical and Computer Engineering [5]
- Civil Engineering [6]
- Geography and Environmental Engineering [7]
- Materials Science & Engineering [8]
- Mechanical Engineering [9]
- Applied Physics (at the Applied Physics Laboratory)
Academic Centers and Institutes
- Center for Educational Outreach
- Center for Leadership Education
- Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute
Research Centers and Institutes
- Advanced Technology Laboratory
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- Center for Advanced Metallic and Ceramic Systems
- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling
- Center for Contaminant Transport, Fate, and Remediation
- Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics
- Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments
- Center for Imaging Science
- Center for Language and Speech Processing
- Center for Materials Sensing and Detection
- Center for Multi-Functional Applique
- Center for Networking and Distributed Systems
- Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center
- Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated
- Surgical Systems and Technology
- Institute for Computational Medicine
- Institute in Multiscale Modeling of Biological Interactions
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology
- Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
- Whitaker Biomedical Engineering
External links
- [ http://engineering.jhu.edu School of Engineering Official Website]
References
- ^ Fast Facts.
- ^ a b Fast Facts.
- ^ Johns Hopkins University Catalog. Johns Hopkins University (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
