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Technology
Trends in Top US Engineering Programs
Edulix Research
Report - January 2003
Often
the specific areas where leading US engineering programs recruit
new faculty to lead research and instruction give an indication
of current and future technology trends in the US and the
rest of the world. While market forces, world geopolitical
developments and the political environment in the US may have
a continually shifting bearing on how these trends affect
the job market on a short-term basis, the long-term benefits
of following these trends to help plan one's career objectives
could be rewarding.
In this research report, we
follow trends in new faculty recruitment in leading US engineering
programs in 2003.
|
Department
|
Specific
Area
|
Universities
Actively Recruiting
|
| Mechanical
Engineering |
MEMS |
Penn
state, UCLA, Columbia, UFL, Lehigh, WPI, ASU, etc. |
|
nanotechnology
/Nano-Engineering. |
Northeastern |
|
mechatronics |
SDSU |
|
micromechanics |
Stanford,
Columbia, UCI, Texas A&M |
|
thermal-fluid
sciences |
UCSD,
Stanford, Michigan |
|
biomedical
engineering, applied MEMS/nanotechnology, robotics,
and vehicle dynamics |
Virginia
Tech, Georgia Tech |
|
multi-scale
modeling and simulation |
Stanford |
|
energy |
Stanford,
UTA, |
|
heat
transfer, with emphasis on modern thermophysics (e.g.,
molecular-level transport, microsystems, energy conversion). |
U
Michigan |
|
micro
fluid dynamics and/or cardiovascular fluid dynamics and/or
environmental fluid mechanics |
Rice |
|
fuel
cell/thermal systems |
Penn
state, UCI |
|
biomechanics
and cardiovascular biomechanics |
Georgia
Tech |
|
computational
materials science and engineering
|
UCLA,
UC Santa Barbara, Wisconsin |
|
|
|
| Electrical
Engineering |
Digital/VLSI/ULSI |
UC
Berkeley, UCSD, UCI |
|
photonics/Optoelectronics |
Washington,
Virginia Tech |
|
medical
imaging processing and analysis, molecular imaging |
CWRU,
Johns Hopkins |
|
nanoelectronics,
and bio-electronics |
Virginia
Tech, BU, U Illinois - Chicago |
|
control,
robotics and mechatronics |
SDSU,
Cornell |
|
wireless
communications, telecommunications networking,
and advanced signal processing for communications systems |
Rutgers,
Cornell |
|
electronics
and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), terahertz electromagnetics,
bioelectronics, and optoelectronics |
Wisconsin,
USC |
|
communications
and computer networks, computer system design, nanoelectronics,
optical systems |
UCI,
Johns Hopkins |
|
RF/wireless
microsystems, as well as emerging nano/molecular computational
systems and technologies |
UCI,
USC, etc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Biomedical Engineering |
biomaterials
and biomedical sensors and instrumentation |
Georgia
Tech, Emory |
|
computational
bioengineering |
Lehigh |
|
biomaterials |
Georgia
Tech |
|
|
|
| Civil
Engineering |
Transportation
Infrastructure |
Virginia
Tech |
|
earthquake
engineering and fundamental materials characterization |
Cornell,
Caltech |
|
intelligent
transportation systems and telematics |
UCI,
Penn State |
|
civiliInfrastructure
and Information Systems |
CMU,
Delaware, UIUC |
|
GIS
modeling and emphasis in Geotechnical, Water Resources,
or Environmental Engineering |
SDSU |
|
micro-mechanics,
MEMS, smart materials, fiber-reinforced cement composites |
Columbia,
Purdue |
|
|
|
| Computer
Engineering |
Database
Design and Modeling |
Penn
state |
|
embedded
systems |
Wisconsin,
Rice, UCSD, Texas - Austin |
|
communications/networking |
Brown |
|
computer
architecture and digital system design |
SDSU,
Virginia Tech |
|
bioinformatics,
Computer Vision and Robotics, Database & Multimedia
Systems, Distributed Systems, Embedded Systems, Internet
and Ubiquitous Computing, Networking, Security, VLSI |
Penn
State, UC Berkeley, CMU |
|
Distributed
Computing, VLSI Design, Graphics, Virtual Reality, Software
Engineering, Telemedicine
|
Rutgers |
|
Human
computer interaction (HCI) |
Stanford |
| Industrial
Engineering |
Supply
Chain Management and IT-based
manufacturing |
Buffalo,
Virginia Tech, U Minnesota, GWU, Cornell |
|
Financial
Engineering |
Princeton,
Columbia |
|
Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing Processes/Systems |
Cornell |
|
Production
and Information Systems/ERP |
Virginia
Tech |
|
revenue
management |
U
Minnesota |
|
Stochastic
Process, Simulation |
Stanford,
UNC |
|
Ergonomics,
Human Factors |
Clemson |
|
data
mining |
Cornell |
|
|
|
| Chemical
Engineering |
polymers
and composites |
Stanford,
Cornell, Delaware |
|
transport
science |
Stanford |
|
nanotechnology
|
OSU,
UFL, UC Davis, UCLA |
|
biomaterials
|
U
Virginia |
|
surface
science/thin films |
Clemson,
U Missouri-Columbia, Drexel |
|
fuel
cell |
UCI |
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