Engineering major

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EMU’s first engineering grads head to work, grad school and service.

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EMU engineering students prepare to release a helium-filled weather balloon on the hill behind campus. The balloon, which carried a camera, transponders and atmospheric measuring devices, traveled nearly 165 miles to the Eastern Shore of Maryland before descending into a cornfield. A photo taken by the camera frames the main feature image.

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EMU offers Mechanical and Computer Engineering as majors. Engineering students get hands on experience to prepare them for professional careers.

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Engineers for a Sustainable World is a student club that works on sustainable solutions to real-world problems.

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Inspired by a visit to a NASA research facility three years ago, engineering student Dylan Grove ’19 dedicated his senior engineering capstone project to building a wind tunnel for EMU.

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NASA scientist Russell DeYoung with (from left) aspiring astrophysicist Finn Wengard, biology professor JIm Yoder and engineering professor Esther Tian. Wengard holds a water quality monitoring device, donated by NASA as part of a new Space Act Agreement with EMU.

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Prepare to make a difference

Find your engineering gift to the world in small classes where professors invest time in you and mentor you personally.

Gain marketable skills through academic rigor. Prepare to serve the common good. Adventure into sustainability. Step boldly into intercultural study.

All engineering majors enroll in a robust core of challenging math and science courses, including an engineering core of 28 credits, a math/science core of 31 credits, and also a concentration of 17 upper-level credits in either mechanical engineering or computer engineering.

Distinctives
- NASA scientists periodically visit campus for lectures and seminars, to work with faculty on course and curriculum review, and to collaborate with faculty and students on research programs
- One-on-one mentoring by faculty
- Gain highly-valued skills in collaboration, empathy, intercultural understanding and strengthening community that come with a liberal arts education
- Do research and develop your skills of presenting your findings
- Challenge yourself in EMU's state-of-the-art science center and labs
Student opportunities and internships
- A bike project at EMU took top honors among 61 other competitors in the first and second-year design team division at the American Society for Engineering Education’s Zone 2 Conference.
- Join EMU Engineers for a Sustainable World, a club that aims to promote sustainable design on campus through student-led engineering design projects.
- The annual Academic and Creative Excellence Festival gives student an opportunity to learn from each other and present original research.
- Get involved with the EMU Center for Innovation and Leadership (CIL) to launch your innovative ideas for business, engineering, creative design and leadership.
Engineering students at EMU have completed internships in a variety of settings:
- JLS Automation, York, Pennsylvania
- Engineering Solutions, Harrisonburg, VA
- Venture Products,Orrville, Ohio
- Rosetta Stone, Harrisonburg, VA
- REU at the University of Maine in Orono, ME
- Antares Group, Harrisonburg, VA
- Millrock Casework, a division of Classic Distribution, Mt Crawford VA
- Dynamic Aviation, Bridgewater, VA
Affordability
- Students who declare a major in engineering – concentrating in mechanical or computer engineering – may earn up to $3,000 in addition to need and merit-based awards.
- 99% of undergrads receive financial aid
- The average assistance package is over $37,000
- Over $17 million in aid is awarded each year
Financial aid packages often include:
Learn more by contacting EMU's Financial Assistance Office or checking out our net price calculator.

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