It is an honor to be named the first department head of the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering. Our year was remarkable in many ways, and the future holds great promise.
One word that describes this year in particular is growth. We increased our student enrollment, our faculty and our staff. Students show interest in the department as we offer curricula that prepare future engineers for multidisciplinary careers: architectural engineering, subsea engineering and project management; and professions where skillsets are ever-emerging: cybersecurity, engineering medicine, engineering entrepreneurship and the newest offering, engineering law. We also offer online degrees, such as our Doctor of Engineering, which draws tremendous attention from prospective students.
This past year, we graduated our second cohort of students participating in the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering. The degree is flexible, meaning students can customize their engineering degree based on their interests. I’m excited for the opportunities that will present themselves for students who partake in this program.
As we push forward, I am thankful for the faculty, staff and students who are paving the way toward excellence. I look forward to guiding multidisciplinary engineering to new heights as department head and cultivating continual improvement.
Thanks and Gig ‘em!
Timothy J. Jacobs, Ph.D.
Department Head, Multidisciplinary Engineering
Professor, J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Steve Brauer, Jr. ‘02 Faculty Fellow