 |
 |
 |
 |
||||||
 |
|
||||||||
 |
 |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
|
Cover Story
|
|
|
 The previous academic year was another good one for the College of Engineering. Our graduates, faculty, staff, and students achieved numerous successes despite continued budget cuts that left all of us with fewer resources. The current year is off to a good start as well. Enrollment for fall 2002 was up for the seventh consecutive year. We have over 4,900 undergraduate students and more than 900 graduate students. Our engineering student body has 208 national merit scholars—more than the entire University of Iowa. We climbed two notches in the rankings of engineering colleges by undergraduate enrollment. We are now the seventh largest engineering college in the U.S.; fewer than 300 students separate us from the fifth and sixth largest programs.
|
|
|
|||
 |
|
 |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||||
They come from small towns, large cities, and foreign countries thousands of miles from the Midwest. Some are first-generation college students; others come from a long line of engineers. They want to explore space, save lives, design new materials, and start their own businesses. Some are already active in extra curricular activities; others are taking their time to learn the ropes.