College of Engineering and Applied Science Campaign Priorities

With the successful completion of this campaign, private support will fund:

Facilities

• Provide a solid foundation and infrastructure for the future through upgraded space for research and education.
  
  
  • Alumni Engineering Learning Center
    
  • Center for Design and Engineering Innovation
    
  • Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine Center
    
  • Center for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
    
    
• Provide for high tech interactive educational opportunities and improved learning labs, conference rooms and other teaching and administrative spaces
  

Program Enrichment

• Develop a national leadership position in select areas of collaborative advance technology.
  
  
  • Intelligent Autonomous Systems
    
  • Alternative Energy Systems
    
  • Sustainable Urban Engineering
    
  • Nanoscale Medical Solutions
    

Faculty Support

• Strengthen the College's ability to recruit and retain outstanding faculty through the creation of endowed chairs (4) and professorships (2).

Scholarship & Student, Diversity, Honors Scholars and Financial Aid & Emergency Student Funding

• Increase scholarship and fellowship support.
  
  
• Create and promote enhanced new degree options such as culinary science, fire officer training and emergency management, as well as a new interdisciplinary master’s program alongside faculty support
  
  
• Increase scholarship support and available emergency funding to emphasize CAS as an institution of opportunity – and continue enrollment growth towards our goal of 2,010 students in 2010

Excellence Fund

• Establish an Excellence Fund to enable the College to seize opportunities for deep engagement with the business, professional and civic communities.