Kate Gleason College of Engineering

The Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE) is one of RIT's original colleges. With the exception of Software Engineering (located in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences), it is home to all of RIT's engineering departments. As of winter quarter 2007, KGCOE encompasses 16% (or about 2,558 students) of RIT's enrollment.cite web | url=http://www.rit.edu/news/umag/winter2007/pdfs/30_features_year_in_review.pdf | publisher=Rochester Institute of Technology | title=The Year in Review: RIT by the numbers | accessdate=2008-04-03]

History

In 1885, the Rochester Mechanics Institute was founded as a school for fostering technical development in the Rochester area. In 1891, the Mechanics Institute merged with the Rochester Athenaeum, forming the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, in order to provide more comprehensive education for both of the student bodies.

It wasn't until 1944 that the university adopted its current name of Rochester Institute of Technology. At this point, the RIT campus was still in downtown Rochester, and the KGCOE was still in the original Mechanics Institute buildings.

In 1968, the RIT moved to a combined campus in Henrietta, New York, to where KGCOE still exists today in the James E. Gleason Building and the Center for Microelectronic Engineering.

Departments

The KGCOE contains all of RIT's engineering departments, while the College of Applied Science and Technology contains only engineering technology departments.

The KGCOE departments are:
* Applied Statistics
* Computer Engineering
*Electrical Engineering and Microsystems Engineering
*Industrial and Systems Engineering
*Mechanical Engineering
*Microelectronic Engineering

Academics

All of the KGCOE's academic programs are ABET accredited.Each of the departments sets a minimum requirement for Cooperative education (co-op) experiences and Senior Design requirements (intra-departmental or multi-disciplinary programs are available).

The college offers degrees ranging from Associate's degree and the typical Bachelor of Science, with some departments also offering Master's and Doctoral degrees.

The college also hosts many engineering student organizations and clubs, such as:
* [http://aeroserv.rit.edu RIT Aero Design Club]
*American Society of Mechanical Engineers
* [http://www.rit.edu/~633www/ESW/ Engineers for a Sustainable World]
*Engineering Student Council
* [http://www.firstrochester.org/ FIRST Robotics Team]
* [http://ieee.rit.edu/ Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers]
* [http://www.rit.edu/~iiewww/ Institute of Industrial Engineers]
*Microelectronic Engineering Student Association
* [http://www.rit.edu/~nsbewww/ National Society of Black Engineers]
* [http://www.rit.edu/~ptsigwww/ Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society)]
* [http://www.rit.edu/~formula/ RIT Formula SAE Team]
*Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
* [http://www.rit.edu/~smewww/ Society of Manufacturing Engineers]
* [http://www.rit.edu/kgcoe/swe/ Society of Women Engineers]
* [http://www.rit.edu/~tbpwww/ Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)]

References

External links

* [http://www.rit.edu/~630www/ KGCOE web site]
* [http://www.rit.edu/about/history History of RIT]
* [http://edge.rit.edu KGCOE Senior Design program]