<p>Does anyone know anything about their engineering program. I realize its not highly ranked but i cannot figure out why. I know it's mainly undergraduate and an undergrad school for the most part but this would lead me to believe it's a lot of hands on experience with real professors. Any research opportunities? They just built an amazing new engineering building, but if its not hotbed engineering school why go to all that trouble. I love the campus, uptown, and the people and sports, but the only thing which holds me back is the reputability of the engineering school. Will i be able to find a job upon graduation? Are their good grad school opportunities? Im not talking about MIT or Caltech but a solid Big Ten School such as Purdue, UMich, UIUC, OSU, Penn State or maybe even a school like Berkeley or CMU. I realize beign a senior its a little crazy to be thinking about grad school but im fairly certain im sticking with engineering (really the only thing which interests me, I hate business/econ/finance, i cant stand those kind of classes at my high school, economics, computer classes...). </p>
<p>Im a little concerned about how my choice of undergrad will hinder/help my future. </p>
<p>If you have any input whatsoever please post i would love to read. The more info the better. Even if you are familiar with the shcool and not necessarily the engineering</p>
<p>Hi SquattingDog 10! I know quite a bit about Engineering at Miami…I’m the Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) there! A big part of my job is to help students like you learn more about us. You can contact me via this post or through seasfyi (at) muohio.edu.</p>
<p>In direct answer to your questions, we’re ranked on a different list than all of the schools you list because we don’t have doctoral programs in engineering and those others do. On the non-doctoral engineering programs list, we’re ranked 26th in the nation and have moved up in the last number of years. Also, the research opportunities are fantastic in SEAS since (a) there are few grad students to battle for research projects and (b) you get to work directly with the professors and potentially publish or present your work at conferences.</p>
<p>You’re right that there are a LOT of hands-on experiences in SEAS at Miami. Plus, all the courses and labs are taught by faculty and not by grad assistants. This helps us achieve extremely high placement rates for our graduates…historically well into the 90% range, and even 80% this year with the economy in the tank. Also, more and more of our students are attending graduate schools…I’d written letters of recommendation for students going to OSU and Case-Western so far this year.</p>
<p>I also think it’s extremely important that you attend a school where you are comfortable…it sounds like that could definitely be Miami (which is awesome!). But make sure you check places out before you commit to anyplace; some places will be a round hole to your square peg. I’d love to see you at Miami in engineering, though, so make sure you contact me and visit us. Thanks for posting!</p>
<p>Dr. Kirk
(AKA Brian Kirkmeyer, Assistant Dean of SEAS)</p>
<p>Thank you very much DrKirk, you’ve definitely helped me more than you think.</p>
<p>I do believe we have met before DrKirk. This past summer (early june) I scheduled a tour at Miami SEAS, you lead my father and I as well as two other guys on tour of the new engr building. You and my father talked quite a bit about Purdue and your experiences and how there are as many ME students at Purdue as the SEAS. I definitely love the atmosphere at Miami as I have been there multiple times for football and hockey and just visiting (i know someone who graduated in ME at SEAS). I like the small liberal arts feel and love the big sports. As it stands now Miami is definitely in the top two of my choices and I would hopefully be receiving some scholarship money from the Bridges Program (did not get it in as im a white kid from suburbs, but they still offered me half of the scholarship if I were to attend a personalized visit). Im still waiting on a decision from OSU but I can definitely tell Miami is one of my top choices.</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the information and who knows i may be seeing you again come August.</p>