The Facts

The CEAS is the best place to study engineering and applied sciences and here are a few facts that show why.

• We have almost 2500 students, including 300 Ms. students and 70 Ph.D. students.
• We have 98 faculty members
• The job placement rates for many programs is 100 percent, with salaries for engineering majors among the highest for all WMU graduates.
• WMU is the only place in the world with paper, paper coating, and printing pilot plants on the same campus, giving students first-hand experience in pulping, papermaking, printing, and recycling.
• More than 20 student organizations, many affiliated with professional societies, offer students the opportunity to hone their leadership and teambuilding skills as well as take part in such projects as the Sunseeker solar racecar, mini-Baja vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.
• The Department of Computer Science is home to a powerful Beowulf-style supercomputer, supporting research in high performance computational science and visualization.

Specialized engineering centers and laboratories include:

• A Computer-Aided Engineering Center with some of the same engineering design and production software used by the worlds leading corporations.
• An Applied Aerodynamics Laboratory and advanced design wind tunnel.
• Instructional laboratories in digital logic, microcomputers, circuits, energy conversion, and noise and vibration.
• An interdisciplinary design studio, with cutting-edge software for product design.
• A Civil Engineering materials lab shared with the Michigan Department of Transportation provides students with a real world lab experience.