History
Michigan Technological University began life as the Michigan Mining School in Houghton
back in 1885. Established by the state of Michigan to train mining engineers to better
operate the local copper mines, we began our journey with four faculty members and
twenty-three students.
Today, Michigan Tech serves more than 7,203 students. The University offers educational
excellence in many fields of engineering—as well as the arts, humanities, and social
sciences, business and economics, computing, forestry, environmental science, the
sciences, and technology.
The College of Engineering currently consists of nine separate academic departments,
with 4,714 students, 156 full time faculty, and dozens of regular staff.
Enrollment and Graduation Data
Michigan Tech Engineering Enrollment
| College of Engineering |
| Undergraduate students |
3,679 |
| Graduate students |
812 |
| Total student enrollment |
4,491 |
| data from Fall 2018 |
| Department |
Undergraduate |
Graduate |
| Biomedical Engineering |
292 |
38 |
| Chemical Engineering |
457 |
36 |
| Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering |
519 |
79 |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering |
646 |
161 |
| Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences |
69 |
51 |
| Materials Science and Engineering |
122 |
38 |
| Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics |
1,444 |
386 |
| Engineering Others* |
130 |
23 |
| Total |
3,679 |
812 |
| Grand Total |
4,491 |
|
* Atmospheric Science, Automotive Systems and Controls, Data Science, Engineering,
General Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Engineering
data from Fall 2018
|
About 90 percent of Michigan Tech students receive financial assistance—totaling more
than $73 million per year—in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and part-time
student employment.
- 83-98% of engineering students are employed within their field of study, enlist in
the military or are enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.
- Over 370 employers come to campus each year to recruit students.
- 15 of the new recruiting organizations for Fall 2018 were in construction and manufacturing.
Faculty
- Full-time Faculty: Total 156
- Full professors: 53
- Associate professors: 45
- Assistant professors: 26
- Lecturers: 23
- Instructors: 9
- Endowed Chairs, Distinguished Professorships, and University Professorships: 22
Endowed Chairs, Distinguished Professorships, and University Professorships
Department of Chemical Engineering
- Dr. Timothy C. Eisele, Chemical Engineering Endowed Faculty Fellowship
- Dr. Caryn Heldt, James and Lorna Mack Endowed Chair of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
- Dr. David R. Shonnard, Robbins Chair in Sustainable Use of Materials
- Open, Herbert H. Dow Professor for Chemical Process Safety
- Open, Endowed Junior Professorship Mining and Material: Cleveland Cliffs
- Open, Endowed Junior Professorship: multiple donors
- Open, Endowed Chemical Engineering Safety chair: Dow Chemical Foundation
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- Dr. David Watkins, Distinguished Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- Dr. Zhanping You, Distinguished Professor, Transportation Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Dr. Timothy J. Schulz, University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
- Snehamoy Chatterjee, Witte Family Endowed Faculty Fellow in Mining Engineering
- Dr. Jeremy Shannon, Carl G. Schwenk Endowed Faculty Fellow in Applied Geophysics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Dr. Jaroslaw W. Drelich, Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Dr. Yun Hang Hu, Charles and Carroll McArthur Professorship in Materials Science and
Engineering
- Dr. Steven Kampe, Franklin M. St. John Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
- Dr. Joshua M. Pearce, Richard Witte Endowed Professorship
- Dr. Paul G. Sanders, Patrick Horvath Endowed Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Dr. Jeff Allen, John F. and Joan M. Calder Endowed Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
-Engineering
Mechanics
- Dr. Sajjad Bigham, Lou and Herbert Wacker Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. William Endres, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor (Mechanical Engineering)
- Dr. Lyon B. King, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor (Space Systems)
- Dr. Jeff Naber, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Endowed Professor (Energy Systems)
- Dr. Greg Odegard, John O. Hallquist Endowed Chair in Computational Mechanics
- Dr. Gordon Parker, John and Cathi Drake Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Fernando Ponta, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor (Wind Energy)
- Dr. William W. Predebon, J.S. Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical Engineering–Engineering
Mechanics
- Open, Richard and Elizabeth Henes Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
